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Europe > France > Crime

FRENCH CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 39,875 [6th of 30]
Assault victims 1.4% [8th of 20]
Believe in police efficiency 65% [13th of 17]
Car thefts 301,539 [4th of 46]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,977 [15th of 55]
Drug offences 176.1 per 100,000 people [14th of 46]
Illicit drugs
transshipment point for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics
Murders 1,051 [12th of 49]
Perception of safety > Walking in dark 77% [11th of 15]
Police 124,284 [7th of 47]
Prisoners 56,957 prisoners [23rd of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita 95 per 100,000 people [95th of 164]
Rape victims 0.7% [10th of 20]
Rapes 8,458 [8th of 50]
Robberies 24,304 [16th of 47]
Software piracy rate 42% [82nd of 107]
Suicide rates in ages 15-24 10.3 per 100,000 people [9th of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 25-34 21.3 per 100,000 people [3rd of 17]
Total crime victims 21.4% [13th of 20]
Total crimes 3,771,850 [4th of 50]

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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); UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin; UN International Crime Victims' Survey; 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; 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); International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: France, French Republic, Republique Francaise

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