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Central America and the Caribbean > El Salvador > Crime

SALVADORAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 1,456 [15th of 30]
Assaults 4,542 [32nd of 49]
Burglaries 496 [34th of 38]
Car thefts 3,069 [27th of 46]
Illicit drugs
transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana produced for local consumption; significant use of cocaine
Jails 21 [36th of 80]
Kidnappings 19 kidnappings [24th of 39]
Murders 2,024 [6th of 49]
Murders committed by youths 1,147 [10th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 50.2 [2nd of 57]
Murders with firearms 1,441 [5th of 36]
Police 16,149 [29th of 47]
Prisoners 11,055 prisoners [29th of 168]
Prisoners > Female 4.8% [49th of 134]
Prisoners > Per capita 158 per 100,000 people [56th of 164]
Rapes 842 [21st of 50]
Robberies 5,327 [21st of 47]
Software piracy rate 81% [25th of 107]
Total crimes 44,762 [36th of 50]
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 1.7 [109th of 143]

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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); 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; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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