FACTOID # 8: Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
 
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Europe > Bulgaria > Crime

BULGARIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 739 [32nd of 30]
Assaults 3,084 [43rd of 49]
Burglaries 39,455 [20th of 38]
Car thefts 11,281 [26th of 46]
Death penalty > Abolition date 1,998 [10th of 64]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,989 [6th of 55]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 15.9494 [22nd of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 0.7714 [19th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 4.8366 [19th of 32]
Illicit drugs
major European transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals; some money laundering of drug-related proceeds through financial institutions
Jails 33 [30th of 80]
Murders 332 [31st of 49]
Murders committed by youths 51 [44th of 73]
Murders with firearms 63 [19th of 36]
Prisoners 9,918 prisoners [63rd of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita 127 per 100,000 people [68th of 164]
Rapes 593 [31st of 50]
Robberies 4,266 [31st of 47]
Software piracy rate 68% [47th of 107]
Total crimes 148,915 [33rd of 50]

... View all Crime stats

SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Last updated: 01/04/03; Wikipedia: Gun violence ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria

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