[dazc]

From petty crime, I suspect, yes. Why, because even when criminals are convicted they spend very short periods of time in prison (if at all). And, on release, they have much less chance of integrating into normal society than previously and fall into a pattern of reoffending, going to prison, reoffending, and so on.

In the UK, it seems, almost everyone has a tale about when they were burgled, when they were mugged or when their car was broken into.

Is this so in other countries, I think not?

[mantap]

I have never been burgled, mugged or had my car broken into. The only crime that I worry about on a regular basis is pickpocketing but this is similar to other European countries.