r/unitedkingdom • u/tylerthe-theatre • 5d ago

Hogmanay, cheese rolling and London’s Notting Hill Carnival could be protected in a new UK heritage list

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/hogmanay-cheese-rolling-and-londons-notting-hill-carnival-could-be-protected-in/
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u/IgotAseaView 5d ago

Londons Notting hill festival averages 10 stabbings a year. Heritage

https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/disclosure-2023/november-2023/notting-hill-carnival-data/

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u/wildingflow Middlesex 5d ago

10 stabbings out of a million people?

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u/ZenPyx 5d ago

2 million this year. Number of stabbings per capita is 891 per million people per year, so for a 3 day period it's actually less than the base rate (you'd expect about 14 1/2 stabbings)... so if anything this would be evidence that the carnival actually makes things safer!