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Southeast Asia > Thailand > Crime

THAI CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 20,668 [10th of 30]
Assaults 20,125 [25th of 49]
Burglaries 13,222 [32nd of 38]
Car thefts 3,276 [35th of 46]
Drug offences 428.9 per 100,000 people [6th of 46]
Executions 1 executions [28th of 22]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 79.5805 [1st of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 41.4695 [4th of 32]
Illicit drugs
a minor producer of opium, heroin, and marijuana; transit point for illicit heroin en route to the international drug market from Burma and Laos; eradication efforts have reduced the area of cannabis cultivation and shifted some production to neighboring countries; opium poppy cultivation has been reduced by eradication efforts; also a drug money-laundering center; minor role in methamphetamine production for regional consumption; major consumer of methamphetamine since the 1990s despite a series of government crackdowns
Jails 134 [19th of 80]
Murders 5,140 [8th of 49]
Murders committed by youths 1,456 [8th of 73]
Murders with firearms 20,032 [3rd of 36]
Police 215,450 [5th of 47]
Prisoners 213,815 prisoners [6th of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita 340 per 100,000 people [17th of 164]
Rapes 4,020 [14th of 50]
Robberies 780 [53rd of 47]
Software piracy rate 78% [31st of 107]
Total crimes 565,108 [17th 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); 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); Amnesty International; Wikipedia: Gun violence ; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand

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