The US compared to the UK has had ~13.6 more shootings and ~29.4 more injured/dead in the last 23 years.
The population in the US is ~5 times bigger than in the UK. I would not call that it’s literally on PAR per capita, I would call that a whole lot more.
UK population: 66,971,411
Mass shootings:
Year
Shootings
Injured and dead (total)
2020s
8
41 injured or dead (total)
2010s
9
67 injured or dead (total)
2000s
1
5 injured or dead (total)
18 shootings and 113 injured or dead in 23 years
US population: 333,287,557 (~5 times more than in the UK)
Mass shootings:
Year
Shootings
Injured and dead (total)
2023
24
270+ injured or dead (total) This includes the most recent shooting, thus the plus sign. (This is more shootings and injured in one year in the US, than the last 20 years in the UK).
All data taken from Wikipedia.
The US compared to the UK has had ~13.6 more shootings and ~29.4 more injured/dead in the last 23 years.
The population in the US is ~5 times bigger than in the UK. I would not call that it’s literally on PAR per capita, I would call that a whole lot more.
UK population: 66,971,411
Mass shootings:
US population: 333,287,557 (~5 times more than in the UK)
Mass shootings:
I cannot find similar data from Europe as a whole.
Sources:
United_States (Wikipedia)
List of mass shootings in the United States (Wikipedia)
United Kingdom (Wikipedia)
List of mass shootings in the United Kingdom (Wikipedia)