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Europe > Switzerland > Crime

SWISS CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assault victims 1% [17th of 20]
Car thefts 65,571 [8th of 46]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,944 [31st of 55]
Drug offences 49,201 per 100,000 people [5th of 46]
Illicit drugs
a major international financial center vulnerable to the layering and integration stages of money laundering; despite significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and Western European synthetics; domestic cannabis cultivation and limited ecstasy production
Kidnappings 203 kidnappings [12th of 39]
Murders 213 [25th of 49]
Murders with firearms 68 [17th of 36]
Perception of safety > Walking in dark 77% [10th of 15]
Police 14,847 [32nd of 47]
Prisoners 4,982 prisoners [40th of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita 72 per 100,000 people [110th of 164]
Rape victims 0.6% [12th of 20]
Rapes 484 [28th of 50]
Robberies 2,445 [30th of 47]
Software piracy rate 25% [103rd of 107]
Suicide rates in ages 15-24 17.9 per 100,000 people [3rd of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 25-34 18.8 per 100,000 people [6th of 17]
Total crime victims 18.2% [18th of 20]
Total crimes 307,631 [21st of 50]

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SOURCES: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin; 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); UN International Crime Victims' Survey; 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: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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