Are there no White British criminals in London?

[Kermit power]

Obviously there have at some point been some White Brits convicted of crimes in London - The Krays and Jeffrey Archer spring to mind, for example - but if you watch the latest series of "The Met" on the BBC, you could certainly be forgiven for thinking otherwise!

Black British certainly, along with other various other ethnic minorities and whites from Ireland, Romania, Lithuania and Hungary amongst others, but not one single case in 5 episodes has seen a single White Brit charged with a crime.

I would've thought the BBC of all broadcasters would be keen to show a balanced view, and even if they're not fussed, given recent news coverage you'd think the Met would certainly want to!

All of the investigations seemed perfectly thorough and unbiased, but all the same it struck me as an odd impression to give?

[Rivenink]

Maybe the BBC isn't quite as "woke" as we're constantly told it is.

[s1962a]

What a strange post.

So i googled "crime" and clicked on "News"

This link was posted 10 mins ago about a really horrible conviction.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/child-...

Is this not what you meant?

[PRTVR]

s1962a said:

What a strange post.

So i googled "crime" and clicked on "News"

This link was posted 10 mins ago about a really horrible conviction.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/child-...

Is this not what you meant?

Not really, his comments were regarding London and the programme on the met police.

[Kermit power]

s1962a said:

What a strange post.

So i googled "crime" and clicked on "News"

This link was posted 10 mins ago about a really horrible conviction.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/child-...

Is this not what you meant?

Congratulations!

You've shared a link about a White Brit not from London, and more pertinently not featuring in the BBC documentary series "The Met" to illustrate the apparent strangeness of my post!

You did actually read my post before commenting, didn't you?

[s1962a]

Kermit power said:

s1962a said:

What a strange post.

So i googled "crime" and clicked on "News"

This link was posted 10 mins ago about a really horrible conviction.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/child-...

Is this not what you meant?

Congratulations!

You've shared a link about a White Brit not from London, and more pertinently not featuring in the BBC documentary series "The Met" to illustrate the apparent strangeness of my post!

You did actually read my post before commenting, didn't you?

You are right. Upon reading it again you are talking about the BBC bias, not specifically "Are there no White British criminals in London?" as your title suggests.

Isn't London like majority ethnic minority or something like that? What percentage of Londoner are ethnicially white British?

[otolith]

Is that series 4? I've just skipped through episode 5 on iPlayer and they appear to convict two white burglars, a black nonce and a white nonce?

[Castrol for a knave]

Kermit power said:

Obviously there have at some point been some White Brits convicted of crimes in London - The Krays and Jeffrey Archer spring to mind, for example -

Surprised you didn't mention John Christie, Wat Tyler* and Jack the Ripper.

• technically from Kent.

[Kermit power]

otolith said:

Is that series 4? I've just skipped through episode 5 on iPlayer and they appear to convict two white burglars, a black nonce and a white nonce?

The white burglars are Irish.

The first nonce is the trickiest one in the entire series as he's blurred out with no name given. He might be white or might be mixed race. Not sure.

All the others across the 5 episodes are very clearly either not British and/or not White.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I guess it's the CoL police and not the Met that deals with financial fraud, insider trading, covid fraud as alleged re Michelle Mone, etc.

[TTwiggy]

The majority of crime is committed be the poorest and most marginalised people. Would you like me to join the dots for you?

[Kermit power]

TTwiggy said:

The majority of crime is committed be the poorest and most marginalised people. Would you like me to join the dots for you?

Agreed, but to the extent of 1 "maybe" and all the rest being definitely not across the entire series?

Also, the drugs, violence and gang crimes yes, but I'm not sure sex crimes (of which there are a number) have the same demographics?

[Yertis]

s1962a said:

You are right. Upon reading it again you are talking about the BBC bias, not specifically "Are there no White British criminals in London?" as your title suggests.

Isn't London like majority ethnic minority or something like that? What percentage of Londoner are ethnicially white British?

I happened upon this very statistic at lunch time. About 36 %

Wikipedia: The ethnic demographics of the 2021 census were reported as 53.8% White, with White British reported at 36.8%, Asian or Asian British at 20.8%, Black or Black British at 13.5%, mixed 5.7% and other at 6.3%.[210]

[bitchstewie]

No none at all.

All crime in London is committed by black or brown people or foreigners.

Jesus christ

[Vanden Saab]

bhstewie said:

No none at all.

All crime in London is committed by black or brown people or foreigners.

Jesus christ

Not only that, they are all poor...apparently.

[Bill]

Kermit power said:

Agreed, but to the extent of 1 "maybe" and all the rest being definitely not across the entire series?

I have no idea, but presumably the crims featured have to consent to being shown on TV? Maybe it's a self selecting group of the thickest/most blatant??

[Carl_VivaEspana]

Bill said:

Kermit power said:

Agreed, but to the extent of 1 "maybe" and all the rest being definitely not across the entire series?

I have no idea, but presumably the crims featured have to consent to being shown on TV? Maybe it's a self selecting group of the thickest/most blatant??

They would need to film the show in Oldham to reach these heights.

[Earthdweller]

Demographics and diverse communities

Of course, there are criminals of every race, colour and creed, that is a given

That certain groups are more disposed to committing different types of crime is also a given and that means that there is a disproportionate representation of criminals and victims of violent crime within certain ethnic groups

These are all undisputed facts

Now beyond that London is made up of 32 boroughs many of which are amongst the lowest crime and safest places to live in the U.K.

London has a core of 7/8 boroughs with significant economic, social, and deprivation which along with often transient and immigrant populations leads to high crime amongst a generally younger resident population

The demographic of the white population tends to be older, wealthier and settled and living in the safer, low crime areas

It’s not rocket science nor unique to London or the U.K.

[Southerner]

Bill said:

I have no idea, but presumably the crims featured have to consent to being shown on TV? Maybe it's a self selecting group of the thickest/most blatant??

I’m not sure if they do, do they? Cocky “gangsta” types or burglary scumbags etc maybe, but how many nonces are really likely to agree to having their police interviews all over the BBC? Seems unlikely but I don’t know. Obvs all the “cop show” stuff filmed on the streets etc is done without permission; occasionally someone kicks off about it.

[RSTurboPaul]

Some would say that a lot of them base themselves in a building with a large clocktower just next to the Thames.