NationMaster - Icelandic Crime statistics

Acquitted	44	[44th of 49]
Assaults	45	[45th of 57]
Burglaries	45	[45th of 54]
Car thefts	48	[48th of 55]
Convicted	52	[52nd of 56]
Death penalty > Abolition date	60	[60th of 64]
Death penalty > Last executed	44	[44th of 55]
Drug offences	10 per 100,000 people	[10th of 34]
Embezzlements	40	[40th of 44]
Frauds	54	[54th of 61]
Jails	56	[56th of 62]
Murders	61	[61st of 62]
Police	46	[46th of 48]
Prisoners	143 prisoners	[143rd of 164]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners	36%	[36th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita	142 per 100,000 people	[142nd of 164]
Rapes	56	[56th of 65]
Robberies	63	[63rd of 64]
Sentence Length	30	[30th of 34]
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	86	[86th of 116]

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SOURCES: Total acquitted in criminal courts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total recorded burglaries. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total recorded automobile thefts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Amnesty International; Drug offence cases per 100,000 population (2000).; Total recorded frauds. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups). Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total recorded intentional homicides, completed. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total number of police; Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held. Different reporting practices mean that that statistics, whilst broadly correct, are not exact. For example, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reporst that a further 110,284 juveniles were held in custodial institutions at October 2000 and a further 1,912 in 'jails in Indian country' at 30.6.2001.; Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population. Data for 2003.; Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.; Total recorded rapes. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total recorded robberies. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total sentence length; Number of unpaid parking fines incurred in Britain in 1991 by diplomats protected by diplomatic immunity. According to Mr Lennox-Boyd, Forty alleged serious offences by persons entitled to diplomatic immunity were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1991. "Serious offences" are defined in accordance with the Report to the Foreign Affairs Committee "The Abuse of Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges"--1985--as offences falling into a category which would in certain circumstances attract a maximum penalty of six months or more imprisonment. The majority involved drinking and driving, and shoplifting. Seven diplomats were withdrawn from their posts in Britain in 1991 following alleged offences, as against six in the previous year.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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