Official Belgian police statistics show that the Brussels-Capital Region recorded 170 criminal facts per 1,000 inhabitants in 2011, and the same report notes that this figure should be read with caution because Brussels is an exclusively urban area with many commuters and tourists. A Eurostat-based comparison also put Brussels’ homicide rate above the Belgium-wide average (3.09 versus 1.87 per 100,000). Those data make crime concerns about Brussels plausible, but they do not establish that crime actually caused Farage’s dislike of going there, and the phrase "horrible, crime-ridden dump" is subjective rhetoric rather than an objective finding. (police.be) Sources: Belgian Federal Police, "Rapport annuel Statistiques policières de criminalité 2011"; Scottish Government, "Homicide in Scotland, 2011-12" (Table 18, citing Eurostat Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics).