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Africa > Zambia > Crime

ZAMBIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 41 [41st of 49]
Adults prosecuted 33 [33rd of 33]
Assaults 23 [23rd of 57]
Burglaries 35 [35th of 54]
Car thefts 45 [45th of 55]
Convicted 53 [53rd of 56]
Females prosecuted 33 [33rd of 33]
Frauds 56 [56th of 61]
Jails 25 [25th of 62]
Manslaughters 28 [28th of 43]
Murders 19 [19th of 62]
Police 31 [31st of 48]
Prisoners 57 prisoners [57th of 164]
Prisoners > Female 124% [124th of 134]
Prisoners > Per capita 70 per 100,000 people [70th of 164]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 6% [6th of 128]
Rapes 43 [43rd of 65]
Robberies 39 [39th of 64]
Total crimes 43 [43rd of 60]
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 24 [24th 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.; Total number of female prisoners. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; 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 non-intentional homicides. 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.; Female prisoners, expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population. Data for 2003.; Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.; The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.; 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.; Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; 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: Zambia, Republic of Zambia

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