Killer students once made Oxford the murder capital of England
Students at Oxford University turned the city into England’s murder hotspot in medieval times, a study has found.
Source: yahoo.com
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Students at Oxford University turned the city into England’s murder hotspot in medieval times, a study has found.
It's estimated that the homicide rate in late medieval Oxford was about 60-75 per 100,000 people - 50 times higher than current rates in 21st-century English cities.
Scientists have released an interactive map that shines a light on the 14th century bloodshed across London, Oxford and York.