Core collapse supernova rates determined from the SVISS SNe (black stars). Grey stars are displaced by + 0.01 in z and show the SVISS rates without extinction correction. Also shown is a collection of measured rates from other authors. We plot star formation histories from two different sources, scaled to supernova rates through the use of Eq. (2). Error bars are statistical with total errors (statistical and systematic added in quadrature) as a transparent/faded extra error bar for all surveys. Redshift bin sizes are not shown, but are given in Table 3. The rate from Cappellaro et al. (1999) has been rescaled from SNu to a volumetric rate by assuming a local B-band luminosity density 2.0 × 10⁸ h₇₀ L_⊙ Mpc^-3 at redshift ~0. The local CCSN rates from Botticella et al. (2012) and Mattila et al. (2012) have been measured in small volumes and are likely dominated by inhomogeneity. The star formation rate in the local volume is higher than the average over an extended volume and can therefore cause the SNR to be higher than expected.