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Europe > Netherlands > Crime

DUTCH CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 4,361 [11th of 30]
Assault victims 1% [16th of 20]
Believe in police efficiency 52% [17th of 17]
Car thefts 35,384 [12th of 46]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,952 [24th of 55]
Drug offences 12,683 per 100,000 people [17th of 46]
Illicit drugs
major European producer of synthetic drugs, including ecstasy, and cannabis cultivator; important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish entering Europe; major source of US-bound ecstasy; large financial sector vulnerable to money laundering; significant consumer of ecstasy
Murders 157 [30th of 49]
Perception of safety > Walking in dark 81% [5th of 15]
Police 34,281 [19th of 47]
Prisoners 16,930 prisoners [26th of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita 112 per 100,000 people [76th of 164]
Rape victims 0.8% [7th of 20]
Rapes 1,801 [14th of 50]
Robberies 21,389 [11th of 47]
Software piracy rate 28% [94th of 107]
Suicide rates in ages 15-24 6.8 per 100,000 people [14th of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 25-34 10.6 per 100,000 people [14th of 17]
Total crime victims 25.2% [4th of 20]
Total crimes 1,422,863 [9th 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: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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