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"Thing happened" doesn't necessarily need to be qualified.
However something to rememeber about headlines: people report on things which are noteworthy (or aligned with propaganda, but let's stick with the former).
Therefore, things happening that are reported by the news as a singular occurrence are, in reality, relatively rare.
This is why in a place like Coventry (where I am from) there is a really serious amount of crime (violence against people is third highest per capita in the UK) but stabbings never get reported in the newspaper, unless it was a young child or a mother or something else notable.
In London, where crime is significantly lower (violent crime per capita is about 50% of what it is in Coventry), stabbings are reported much more frequently in the news.
That something is reported can be a sign that it's not ubiquitous.
> violent crime per capita is about 50% of what it is in Coventry
Wood End doing most of the heavy lifting there..?
Actually statistically Wood End does not appear more violent than anywhere else: https://crimerate.co.uk/west-midlands/coventry
However... when I was a teenager the police intentionally did not go there on patrol and there was a general tone across the city amongst people of: "don't talk to the police". People would pridefully talk about not being "a grass"[0]- so, those statistics should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Nonetheless, it's obvious that violent crime (even reported) is more rampant than the average and it is rarely commented on in regional or national news. Which I infer is because it is so common and therefore not noteworthy/newsworthy.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergrass_(informant)#:~:text....