NationMaster - Discussion - Crime

wakewakaran 5th April 2013	whaat -_- How is Japan #6? USA I can kind of understand... sort of, though I don't think USA should be the number 1 country for crime and Japan is effin safe!!!! seriously! I even forgot my work laptop, wallet, electronic dictionary, and a few junk in a bag in the Ueno train station restroom in Tokyo. Ueno is the last stop for the narita express trains and skyliner, meaning there are A LOT of foreigners there. Heck, when i went to the station staff, they said someone found it and brought it to them and of course I had to show them proof and tell them what was inside so they know it was mine but seriously, if it was in another country, most likely I would have never gotten them back which is serious trouble. Also, EVERYTHING WAS THERE! NOTHING WAS STOLEN. Though I do know that crimes tend to happen in the Kansai region (Osaka, Kyoto, etc) because there are more foreigners from... how should I say this... undeveloped countries? or not even that, east "enemy" countries as well (most crimes were not by pure Japanese. Mainly by naturalized people). Anyway, enough of the so called "racism" you guys may think but, Japan should NOT be #6. Everyone can tell you all the good stuff that has happened that if it was in another country, it would be bad.
Triffid 19th March 2013	You can play around with statistics as much as you want,but they are largely meaningless because they are dependent on so many factors which are not constant from country to country. The cold hard facts of logic are indesputable.That is if every country had the same laws, same enforcement,same recordal ,same culture,too name a few factors,you might be able to have meaningful comparisons.That aside if all countries had the same determining factors,no one could say in all honesty that if you give those who commit crimes ,weapons that enable greater ability to commit maximum damage ,then they will cause less deaths than if they didnt have those weapons. It's just nonense and defies logic to argue that giving the population access to moreweapons with greater killing ability can in anyway reduce fatalities.If this was true every country would have nuclear weapons and the US would not be hypocritically seeking nuclear non proliferation. I wait for the day americans are walking down the street with gun holsters like the wild west and Rocket propelled granade launchers on their shoulders arguing that teachers should have these in classrooms to combat machine gun toting students. One day society will wake up and realise that guns should be banned from urban areas except those in gun clubs.There is no legitimate reason for guns in urban areas.
marina 16th March 2013	I am looking for a extremely reliable source for my research regarding the subject related to the crime statistic and its detail. can anyone tell me how accurate sources are, and what original sources are used for this site? Thanks much
Wentz 3rd March 2013	I see Australia is not seen as a country at all since it is not on the list either. Unless I am really going blind.
Captain Obvious... 28th February 2013	You people seem to be forgetting that the statistics shown are probably from 2002 or something. The crime rate in most of these countries has probably increased... So this list is almost completely inaccurate.
Jason Miller 9th February 2013	Figures it would be the United States lol.
ted 8th February 2013	To be fair most of that US crime is drug and alcohol related, you should look for a "violent crime" chart
ErikwithaK 7th February 2013	No China? No Australia? And the list should be crimes per 100,000, not just total crimes. US has less than twice as many crimes than the UK, but five times the population.
Teddy 19th January 2013	Whao!...Is this the result throughout the year? or am i wrong? Confused
Oline wright 18th January 2013	would be nice to see this with a total population comparison. Since this is a comparison of total crimes it seems likely that it may also show "non-violent crimes" or the "victimless crimes" such as smoking Marijuana etc.
Whoever I wanna be 17th January 2013	This is not 100k incidents, how could that even make sense? Anyway, @William, how does that number equate to every four people doing a crime? I did the math, something you should try sometime, and it comes to being every 23, which is significantly better than most other developed nations (UK and Canada, namely). Seriously, every four? Do you even know the population of the US?
mohammad waseem 12th January 2013	suprisingly no pakistan at all miracle by zardari bhaii
Jacob 11th January 2013	Chelly, really? These numbers are per 100,000 people? Really? I don't understand how you can look at these numbers and come to that conclusion. That must've been a very busy 100k people to have committed 12 million violent crimes in the US. Your argument is completely without basis on its face.
Dutch 10th January 2013	Yep. Going to have to agree with Alex here (though to be fair, Chelly is correct that that is often the measure used). Also, worth noting the disclaimer at the bottom of the page, regarding reporting, competency of the authorities, and we might also add, lack of corruption in the judicial system. Just a thought.
Bruce 10th January 2013	Agree on the total not normalized. Unless every single person, including babies experiences 118 reported crimes per year. An average of 472 per family per year. Not likely.
Jake 8th January 2013	One thing people aren't mentioning is that crime rates also closely correlate to income inequality. That is another reason crime rates in America are so high. Including the most heinous crime of all MURDER
larry( gun expert ) 6th January 2013	can i count on the police to protect me and my family like they do for members of government or prisoners that are being transported to court from jail house
Snow 6th January 2013	Chelly Sorry but you are WRONG! Look at the numbers they are NOT per 100,000 people...it is TOTAL reported crime.
SeanNY 2nd January 2013	"The figures are incidents per 100,000 people, not the total number." - Chelly 24th December 2012 So Chelly, you are telling us that the U.S. has 11,877,218 crimes per 100,000 people? That's over 118 crimes per person. Unlikely in my view, unless you inlcude parking tickets and overdue library books. More likely, in your rush to condemn the US for supposedly having the highest "RATE" of crime, which is untrue, you have failed to apply some basic math.
lucas 31st December 2012	Anything is wrong here. Where is Brazil ?
x5 27th December 2012	"Everyone says that guns are needed to protect themselves but without guns you wouldn't have to." What a ridiculous statement. Guns have only been around for ~500 years. Are you saying prior to that, no one had any need to protect themselves?
Harry 24th December 2012	For the people who cannot see a country on the list, for example China or Pakistan.... it says some countries data wasn't available, not that there isn't crime!! China is communist, they control all data going in and out, and Pakistan well, it's one of the most corrupt countries on the planet. Lastly, this is about crimes which are "validated and processed"!! most 3rd world countries don't have proper police! they don't record crimes like in the West. Wake up.
Eric 20th December 2012	Why isn't there an option to display by rate? Bulk numbers don't tell much since population sizes are so disparate.
Mike 17th December 2012	These are raw numbers, not CRIME RATES. Of course the USA has the most crime. We have the best reporting and we have a whole lot of people (only China and India have more). As far as I'm concerned these numbers mean nothing. Give us a CRIME RATE, number of crimes per 100k population. Do that and the US is way below most of Europe.
Nic 17th December 2012	I lived in Sao Paulo, Brasil for two years. The police rarely even entered the favellas or poor neighborhoods where people didnt even have phones often. Crime was rampant there. Crime mostly unreported. So in a country like USA where I an from and have resided most if my life, I see why are vrime rates ate the highest. Were larger than England for example, and there is a camera on every corner. I live in the boonies, very far away from large cities, and large populations. There are cameras on all the street corners and traffic lights. Even way out here. Were under heavy surveillance. Big brother sees all. Of course our crime is high.
Anon 16th December 2012	America has less violent crimes per capita than a few countries on this list. And to those of you saying that violent crimes are caused because of guns, why do the UK and Germany have the highest per capita crime rates with tight gun control laws? Why do the cities in the US with the most gun control have the highest crime rates? Look at the facts, gun control doesn't work. Find something else to blame crime on, like people, rather than pointing the finger at anything else. We ban guns, then knives are used for murder, then we ban knives then something else is used and banned until we get all the way to hands, then we ban hands? If somebody is broken enough to want to kill somebody, they'll find a way to do it. A gun makes the playing field equal. If guns didn't exist some big strong psycho would have no way to have his killing spree stopped. Also criminals aren't going to give up their guns, and will find a way to get one illegally anyways.
Tom 14th December 2012	Ibrahim, I'll find your opinion worthwhile once you stop using women and children as human shields.
Rudy van Heusden 10th December 2012	Why doesn't Brazil appear on the list?????
Angela 6th December 2012	People also have to remember, we actually punish criminals here in America and people have faith in our system. We do not have rebels running wild with low crime stats. I am happy to know our crime force is out there trying to catch the people who do harm. I have lived in Europe and America, but I have traveled to a lot of countries. I can say, most areas of Europe and America, I felt very safe. However, some of the countries with lower rates, were very dangerous. I think can be misleading to people who have not visited these other countries, were corruption is rampant and so is criminal activity. I feel very safe in America where I live (I wouldn't in the ghettos of major cities), but overall, most areas are safe. America is safe because people are reported and while corruption can happen anywhere in the world, it is not tolerated here. Our cops are not accepting tips or participating in the criminal activity, like I have seen in other areas of the world. Cops in Mexico City were helping criminals when my friend visited, I mean come on! Cops in Jamaica were accepting money after pulling over people illegally as well. We also penalize people for marijuana and other offenses that other countries do not see as criminal. We also penalize people for abusing their kids or wife, but in some middle eastern countries for example, it is accepted. You cannot lock up a daughter here just because she spoke to a boy, but in some areas of the world, you can do that and even perform an "honor killing". We do not tolerate that here and I thank God we don't! We also report all crimes, where some countries do not. This is also off of total crimes, which any country with a large population will have a large crime rate as well. It needs to be per capita.
Nazni Akram 5th December 2012	People often connect Muslims and Muslim counties with crime stating that the overpopulation in this community leads illiteracy and reason for them to become criminals. I m sure this data is enough to lock those illogical people's mouth.So analyze and thin before coming to any irrational conclusion .
Alyssa 13th November 2012	Wikipedia is not a reliable source anyone can edit that page.
nero 21st October 2012	You can speculate and say south africa would but the reality is its not, crime has actually been on the decline in SA so in few years there might be less poverty and less crime, i can also not say that 100%, the US has the most divorces, most fat people most crimes, more debt than south africa to name a few. Theres alot of good things that come from their to but its not as perfect a nation as it would like people to believe thats just my take on it.
Monty 21st October 2012	thus we see secular order countries are full of crime I have to admit , I saw the truth,Islam countries are the best place to live If west don't attack Islam countries , world will be better place
M. Rahman 20th October 2012	Muslim country R not in top 32
bob 17th October 2012	interesting, but why is Russia lower than united kingdom its like five times larger?
Pillepalle 23rd August 2012	I came here to find out about crime rate in sharia ruled states. Since the statistic above cant give me satisfying information, does any kind person know such statistic(s) and link it here?
Rich UK 18th August 2012	John 27th January 2011 Look at #2 on the list: The UK has very strict gun control (possession of a handgun anywhere is a minimum five-year prison sentence), and no death penalty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Two UK police officers were recently convicted of selling guns, intended for destruction, to criminals. They did not go to jail. Trust in the police, the judicial system, and official (or any other) statistics is low here.
Ali 6th August 2012	From where i can get the figure of latest crime data can anyone help? please ? as it say " SOURCE: 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) " Means the data is 10 years old ??
John K 30th July 2012	Everyone keep in mind: this is TOTAL number, NOT PER-CAPITA, if it were per capita, the United States would be MUCH lower. This list implies that there is less crime in Colombia than there is in Canada.
Monk 27th July 2012	If you compare the fact that the US has 309 million people, and the UK only 62 million, Germany 82 Million, you will see that the actual crime rate is much higher in those countries. Also if you look at the murder rate per capita in the world the U.S. isn't even in the top 37. THAT is the purpose of the second amendment
sami 11th July 2012	Useless. Should be rated based on per capita (or per 100,000). How can you compare a country like Canada with 30 million people with India with Billion and say crime rate is lower in Canada when in fact it is twenty five times greater in Canada on per capita basis.
John 10th July 2012	I'm from http://www.unifiniti.com and I KNOW that China has around 4.7 Million crimes a Year.
emmet 8th July 2012	I think the US has the most classroom killings in the world.
yosra 8th July 2012	It would be more significant to add an other colum in which will be mentioned the ration : number of crimes/ Number of inhabitant or the area!
Northern Paladin 29th June 2012	"Total crimes" is a useless statistic. Why no "total crimes per 100,000"? Obviously the United States has more total crimes than U.K. We have over 311,000,000 people compared to 62,000,000 in the UK. So the US is about 3,800 crimes per 100,000 while the UK is at 10,483 per 100,000!
joseph 18th June 2012	im not a pothed im an established herbalist
faisal sahar 18th June 2012	the top most country in the crime is Pakistan, if we compare to the number of people suffered vs total population or a particular area vs its total population. US is the top because it has a large population. so PAKISTAN should be on the TOP LIST. WE WANT JUSTICE, WE WANT PEACE, WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP CORRUPTION AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, LETS TRY IMRAN KHAN IF HE BRINGS ABOUT ANY CHANGE.
maestroe 17th June 2012	There are hundreds of countries missing from this list!
Sham 13th June 2012	Where is Singapore?
Hussnain 12th June 2012	WOW im really surprised that pakistan is not even on top 83. USA on top :O lol
Shakaib 6th June 2012	unbelievable Pakistan is not there.
Jessica 2nd June 2012	Proud to be an American citizen, anyone can say whatever they would like but it'll never change of how much I love my country. By the way our crime rates are getting better, because here it takes time because we are a big country and we just don't accuse anyone because your innocent until proven guilty.
J 25th May 2012	U.S IS FIRST IN EVERYTHING INCLUDING ECONOMY MAN.....!
Me 24th May 2012	What alot of you fail to realize is that these records show recorded accounts of crimes....many 3rd world countries do not have the proper authority or availability to capture as many criminals as the U.S.
My+name 22nd May 2012	Remember most crime is actually property crime. One country can have very high property crime and low violent crime and vice versa.
My+name 22nd May 2012	Tabloid papers mislead the public into thinking total crime is going up. In many western countries, like Australia, crime overall is decreasing. They simply emphasise certain categories.
Sara Idzerda 30th April 2012	what I find so interesting is the fact that the united states also has the highest belief in police efficacy...
Anonymous 27th April 2012	The United States shows the highest numbers of crimes committed, but keep in mind that these numbers only represent how many crimes have been reported. In the United States the population is high and there are many law enforcement buildings, officers, and access to resources for victims then say, somewhere like the poorer countries in South America, who's numbers above are quite low, but where crimes take place extremely often.
kevin 26th April 2012	Stig, You are totally incorrect. The crime rate, per capita, including murder is MUCH higher in the UK than in the USA.
samuel 25th April 2012	Does this include the actions of the politicians and businessmen? Oh what about the common man? We are all frequent law breakers here, in one way or another. These are the guys who got caught in India
Andy Plotkin 15th April 2012	I would like to point out that the U.S. does not have more prisoners in jail than China, because the Chinese do not count the 600,000 people incarcerated in detention camps. In addition, if you consider the income inequality, the racial and ethnic heterogeneity of the U.S. population, and the degree of freedoms Americans enjoy, the U.S. incarceration rate is fairly low. In addition, if you think about the fact that less than 1% of the U.S. population is in jail on any given day, what the heck is the big commotion about?
max 27th March 2012	I wish there were another column for population-adjusted crime rates.
Pedro 22nd March 2012	I must agree with Fernando in his comments above: I dont know how much I rely on this data table. ... I can safely assure one thing: We have more than 751 crimes per city/week.
nige 22nd March 2012	usally things can be seen to proright with basicly more a block defannly define easily seen and adds of avalabillaty to be able to help nolage logic biuld of.
Jack 15th March 2012	I love how these people always go to the problems in Mexico. I've traveled around that country as well as Guatemala and Honduras, which are the murder capitals of our hemisphere and have never had a problem ever!!!! But I wasn't walking around some poor area at night wearing my bling either. Most of the people I've met in those countries were very kind and wonderful people. Those that doubt the US statistics probably live in their little shack in the Ozarks and have never heard of home invasions, car jackings and drive by shootings. These things are real and they happen right here in the good ol' USA Jethro.
Addi 22nd February 2012	I thought Jamaica would be on top, but i guess there not that bad at all compaere to the USA where everyone want to go!!!!!!! "I'm very surprise"
Brian 9th February 2012	Why does your list not include Ecuador?
someguy 7th February 2012	This is because in the U.S if you commit a crime you wont get away with it.
tu madre tuviste te llamo 31st January 2012	that is sad how America has the highest crime rate
U-noe-hu 28th January 2012	I am surprised as to why Khalis and John even asked such a question. Singapore is among the safest countries and there is a very low crime rate here! Honestly, u guys have smthin again S'pore or smthin? >
Use your Head 21st January 2012	There are multiple factors you need to consider, the most important being massive population differences, these are not per capita and as aresult they are disproportionate. Also one must take into consideration that when collecting statistics they only include crimes that have been reported,ergo countries with weak infrastructure usually have "lower"crime rates. On another note, the United states does have a relatively high crime rate, in comparison to other developped countries, but I'm sure they are striving to improve.
Hanif Baloch 17th January 2012	Pakistan is not listed, it mean there is low rate than non islamic countries
Jack D 3rd January 2012	Wow Ireland Have an amazingly low crime rate for the amount of drunks They have ;)
Paula 8th November 2011	Thank you, Edria Murray! Posting bald numbers is very misleading. I thought something along those lines when I read the statistics. There are so very many people here. And might I add, a LOT of immigrants? Of both the legal and illegal type! Thank you for adding that important bit of information into the equation!
Dave 24th October 2011	If america has 307 million people and south africa has 48 million (6.4:1) then south africa has 17176633.6 crimes if it was the same size as U.S? Im not a math type guy, but thats what it seems like?
Travis 19th October 2011	Actually, none of that is offset by population, kind of an important factor to include if you want to get a real perspective on crime. You might want to think about . . . well, you might want to think period.
Ibrahim Yilmaz 13th October 2011	I think the writing of Dare shows the American mentality most. Why they can so easiliy accuse the others but still commit most crime.
Reader 2nd October 2011	Singapore is safer than most advanced country, Khalis. For your information, this is already 2011, a decade has passed and it's enough time to decrease the crime rate. In case you're still living in the past. Stop complaining.
DPOGHO 19th September 2011	Come on Americans you should come to PNG and experience it yourselves than you will know how to live in a developing country that has a high crime rate rather than looking it up on the internet. safer than safe.
wakaba 19th September 2011	It is different from the numerical analysis that the police in Japan are announcing.
elk 17th September 2011	aww...seriously...why isn't s'pore on that list! D':
Khalis 14th September 2011	Allo, where is Singapore in this list? If you tell me there's none, what about the 2001 failed embassy bombings. The culprit still on the run?
Khalis 14th September 2011	Why on earth is Singapore is not in this list?
A non 14th September 2011	is the crime rate chart per year?
John Talley 13th September 2011	This article is crazy. Where is the sources for these numbers. Wikipedia article has a bigggg different picture. I can almost bet the author hasn't been outside the county he or she lives in. Take a trip to southern African or Mexico and leave your car unlocked at the airport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate While there is about 15% of the American population in the jail system, we are a long way from being number 1.
Shahid 26th August 2011	I'm not surprised to see United States on top and this does not mean that US is a dangerous place to live in. The way I see it, their system is so strong that every little crime gets caught either by the police or FBI or whatever. I believe that hundreds of people are killed, kidnapped, tortured, harassed, abused, get robbed and what not here in my country (Paksitan) everyday but there's hardly anything ever reported. I don't believe this report and even if the numbers are correct, I'm sure cases don't even get registered in places like Pakistan where there's no justice and systems are not as transparent as in US.
josh 21st August 2011	does this website keep up to date every day
Tony 18th August 2011	The biggest reason we have so much crime is that people know they will not be punished severely for their actions. Our country tends to lean on the fact our prisons are overcrowded and throwing more criminals in their is against there Constitutional rights because they have to share a room with four, six, and sometimes even eight other criminals. You tell me what is wrong with this picture.
Allie 4th August 2011	We have the most laws.
Larry 30th July 2011	Guess this figures are very reasonable, not because some countries keep records better or not. The breakdown is always there for u to see.
Dare 28th July 2011	Be reasonable, the United States try to actually catch those criminals, thus their crimes are in the record. As for the Muslim countries, I presume they barely keep a record of crimes the terrorists commit, what's the point? For the rest, I don't know about those countries, they probably don't spend as much time, AND money to catch them criminals and having them on the record.
Jason 28th July 2011	Yo Yo Dummies, I think the Source listed shows records from 2002.
Syed Zeeshan 25th July 2011	Unbelievable, Pakistan doesn't figure in the list at all, well done Zardari and company!!!
Bob Freitau 23rd July 2011	Yea, We're Number 1, We're Number 1!
khalid 18th July 2011	data source and date any advise?
Batman 10th July 2011	So you're telling me China has less than 751 crimes reported? LOL.
Heinrich Bronkhorst 8th July 2011	It's true that those with higher population will have higher crimes. For instance Johannesburg in South Africa is the 4th most dangerous country in the world and South Africa's daily murder figures are that of United Kingdom's yearly figures. Poor countries will have higher crime rates due to a lot of funding and corruption. Africa is a hub of corruption. People are born with it there as it is a way of life. I know this as I live in Africa and the UK, travelling frequently on business. The UK has a low crime rate, even compared to American crimes of equal stature, i.e. homicide, muggings and such. Look at Canada. Canada has more guns per person than the USA, yet the USA has a viral problem with gun crime. It's not the movies or games, because they have the same movies and games in Canada. It's the mentality. Canadians are good and friendly and actually have a great country. I'd love to live there one day. Americans have the mentality that if it moves it needs bullet holes. Simple as that. Look at their wars. Americans have killed more of their own and their Allied forces than the enemy killed theirs. The UK is focused on killing the enemy. The Americans are focused on killing everybody.
Ajay 3rd July 2011	I live in India and I know the crime here, it should be in top 3.
tom 15th June 2011	@ dan yeah of course medc are goin to have higher crime rates than ledc beacause we have much better law enforcement than in poor countries which means most of the crimes that happen aren't reported.
IRANIAN STUDENT 3rd June 2011	I AM PROUD THAT I AM IRANIAN IRAN IS NOT IN THIS LIST BUT US IS THE FIRST IN THIS LIST!!!
Valo 26th May 2011	The excuse that the USA's crime rate is the highest b/c of its massive population is a cop out. The USA's population is at 307 million. China's population is at 1.3 BILLION. Yet China doesn't make the list... Hmmm...
arun jain 7th May 2011	how you count the crimes per country per year ?and what about the unaccounted crimes . Also you have not mentioned other countries like singapore, Bhutan, srilanka
Feruza 1st May 2011	For which year are these data?
Vagina 28th April 2011	It would be nice to have this broken down by gender. I am sure that you would find that if you wanted to find a criminal, you would find them faster if you looked for someone with a vagina. The more violent the crime, the more likely they are to have a vagina but at least their victim will have had a vagina. At least when women kill people, they usually kill other women. That would be fine with me if they would leave men and children alone.
spunkychica 27th February 2011	O M G N O W A Y i cannot beleive that my home cuntry is at the top of this list. like that is impossibelle. that should be a law. that the united states of this america is not allowed to be at the tiop of a crime rate i mean come on. Why can't we just all get a long and hold handds and bake cookies with unicorns on them.
Shane 19th February 2011	Bear in mind that crimes are reported differently in each country. That makes comparisons like these almost worthless. Take the reporting of violent crimes in the UK. If you look at the statistics from the UK government website, just over half of those violent crimes recorded result in no injury to the victim. In the US, those crimes would not be recorded and included in the stats. Until there is a universal recording method, or until someone is prepared to work through the various reports and standardize the numbers, these sort of figures shoud be taken with a grain of salt.
broken+aussie 18th February 2011	ive lived through a home invasion with my family in the house, the police really are useless i know my partner called them over 3 times even they could hear our 15 month girl sxreaming as they broke the window to get in. 40 mins later and a 5 inc scar on my stomic did the police arived it makes me sick the level of gun control in australia, if i had a gun myself and my family wouldent still be living in fear i would like a good nights sleep for once.
broken aussie 18th February 2011	im an Aussie and i feel sick at our gun control ive lived through a home invasion which took 5 calls from us i dont know how many other ppl called but 40 mins later they showed up if i had a gun it wouldn't of happened, now i know for a fact of other instances of police taking over 40 mins to attend other violent crimes Ive been a witness too.why cant we defend ourselves?
Debow 17th February 2011	The USA is made up of most countries rejects,so we will always have high crime. We let anyone in, legal and not legal. Plus our prisons compared to most countries are like a resort area with bars, crime is prisons here highest in world also.Our country has crime from the white house to the streets. We worry more about what other countries are doing and not our own safety, our own education system. Drugs and crime are part of our culture. I would bet over 50 % of the people in America do some sort of drug. Freedom we have, but what price do we pay?
kinesha 11th February 2011	hi!! Omg i cannot believe Africa my home country :(
durrain 31st January 2011	WHOA!!!!U.S has the most street crimes!!!!
John 27th January 2011	Gernot: Blaming the high number of total crimes on the death penalty and lack of gun control is, in a word, silly. Look at #2 on the list: The UK has very strict gun control (possession of a handgun anywhere is a minimum five-year prison sentence), and no death penalty. And yet, we have five times their population and less than twice their number of crimes. Makes them more than twice as criminal as we are.
Brian 9th January 2011	Anupam Katkar ,You're absolutely correct.Gernot ,Americans and their guns have saved far more lives than they've taken.I don't know where you're from but at some point in time Americans may very well saved your parents or grand parents.It's "trendy"for people to bash America until you need us to save you from some horrible tyrant bent on wiping you out.We have our problems for sure but most of us wouldn't live any where else.
Anupam Katkar 20th December 2010	A compilation of statistics will have to take into account reported crimes. In a country with strong law enforcement, high crime-fighting budget and good technology, a significant proportion of crimes would be detected as opposed to a country which does not have these. This helps explain why USA tops the list.
Central 20th December 2010	Pete, So you believe that USA is the most populated country in the world. OK you are an american, we'v go that. :) BTW - the link you have in the end of your post is just ONE TYPE of crime. See the difference?
anonomous 17th December 2010	I am an american living in a middle class area in Brazil and almost everyone lives behind a gate with a big dog. It is virtually impossible to own a gun here so only the cops and robbers have them.The only places that even remotely resemble this place are the inner cities in the U.S.A. Kidnappings are epidemic here and they will hold you for your debit or credit card. Almost everyone I know here in Campinas Brazil has been robbed (by being put in fear ) at least once. You have two extremes with urban and suburban US being policed up the wazoo where joe sixpack almost allways has some minor criminal history ala his drinking and here in Brazil the complete opposite where everyone most of the time does in traffic and in other areas pretty much what they want ,Where should both societis be , I believe somewhere in the middle with a good effective police dept that is honest and deployed effectively where it is needed and not a judicial system that is a national business like in the USA. Both systems are very imperfect. The states needs the police and the judiciary out of Joe workingmans pockets and life,and Brazil needs help because overall people here live with fear. I miss the cops from the fifties and sixties they were like us working people and not actors like they seem to be today.
Gernot 14th December 2010	Unfortunately America is full of crazy people who think that guns and violence are the answer. Their film industry has a lot to do with it, encouraging the idea that problems are solved by killing people. The US still has a death penalty which means that the official line is that killing people is OK. The gun lobby is too powerful, and so everyone carries a gun, just as the junk food industry is too strong, and so the country is full of very fat people. It's a tragedy.
Guest 13th December 2010	I agree with Kate
andy 12th December 2010	Kate, agreed
Demarco 12th December 2010	Amy Becker thats is the most unjustified sexist thing i have ever heard you cant just come on here and start spitting out personal opinions with no real relation to the topic involved. MAybe there are more males associated with violent crimes then females (if that is even true), but what makes you say that their victims are also male.. ever heard of a petifile domestic violence? the targets in these cases are children and often women. Women can be just as violent in men and to prove you wrong i hope you are a victim of a violent crime commit by a fellow women
Kate 9th December 2010	Amy Becker - you're an idiot
jtrieloff 5th December 2010	This doesn't really give you a good picture on a world level. First of all crime by number doesn't really do anything because variances in populations. Secondly, every country has different rules and laws, so we have people committing crimes in one country that's not considered a crime in another country. That's comparing countries' level freedom by how many laws they have without considering the severity or moderation of each law. Actually, come to think of it...I'd like to see those numbers. Who's truly freer on this planet.
Scott 1st December 2010	The two most populous countries in the world don't even make the list? #82 Montserrat had 751 crimes. So according to this, China and India had less than 751 crimes apiece? I notice a comment pointing out that Brazil isn't on the list, either. Isn't Sao Paulo FAMOUS for it's crime? I'll bet the city alone dwarfs the 751.
Kenny harrowland 4th November 2010	Just as a note to all those claiming that USA got the highest because of the population, this isnt quite true, India and china have the majority when it comes to population, but still got a lower crime rate. but the crime per capita is still more accurate though.
Vinu 27th October 2010	Its totally dumb to justify the crime rate of US by comparing its population with Germany's... in that case, the US crime rate is about 7 times than that of India's, while India's population is almost 4 times the US population. Justify this now!
Sara 14th October 2010	Hahahaha, you guys, you don't realize what you're saying. The U.S. DOES lead in crime. The chart we're looking at is for TOTAL, not per capita. In order to see the highest crime rates per capita, you click the tab that says "per capita" (who woulda thunk?!), and then you can see that Dominica has the highest rate per capita. Besides, if you guys even knew what per capita meant, you'd know the U.S. was not the leader. It's common sense.
l ewis hope 20th September 2010	omg england is rank # 2
jorge 9th September 2010	first off, where is puerto rico on this list. second, you mean to tell me that morocco and venezuela hasve almost the same level of crimes? i've been to morocco and is one of the safest places on earth.
Fukki 23rd August 2010	wht about Pakistan..?am shocked that its not on the list..
Amy+Becker 19th August 2010	It would be nice to have this broken down by gender. I am sure that you would find that if you wanted to find a criminal, you would find them faster if you looked for someone with testicles. The more violent the crime, the more likely they are to have testicles but at least their victim will have had testicles too. At least when males kill people, they usually kill other males. That would be fine with me if they would leave women and children alone.
oooooooooooh my days 6th August 2010	the united kingdom is 2nd in the would for crime rates take that world
Pete 13th July 2010	THIS IS TOTAL NUMBER OF CRIMES NOT PER CAPITA SO OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST PEOPLE WILL WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST DUH - HERE IS WHERE ITS AT http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita
alex 26th June 2010	Please all, find another website if you want reliable statistics that are evenly weighted
YallTrippin 7th June 2010	Yall are trippin. u know americans are crazy. big pop. or not. look at the strong sense of nationalism from all the commenters. stop getting so personal. chill. especially the person who was all like "yeah world". chill the hell out.
Fernando 6th June 2010	I dont know how much I rely on this data table. Brazil doesnt even make the top 82 countries, having less crimes than countries such as Finland and Denmark, countries globally praised for their safety & well-being? And even less than Montserrat that has 751 crimes. As a Brazilian who is honored by our positive aspects but acknowledges our lack of infrastructure and bad use of govt money (as opposed to the countries above mentioned, for instance, I can safely assure one thing: We have more than 751 crimes per city/week...
Kylie 12th May 2010	No one else noted that this list is incomplete. There are high populated are missing. And this these numbers are only old and although American are good at killing, robbing, and felonious behaviour, the rest of the world is catching up. America's numbers are going down. Yeah world.
gordon blodgett 10th February 2010	there is no Dominican Republic. if all the information is not there, then a full analysis can not be determined. I think that all the information on all the countries of the world would show a better view.
g5 kid 26th November 2009	WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Q-isstanbul 3rd November 2009	where is Brazil?
jonathan 20th September 2009	where are my country? brazil?
Andrea 30th August 2009	how are the crime statistics related to population figured in?
lerato ndlovu. 21st August 2009	as a south african im shocked when i see that we are no.7 . the truth is people are being murdered every hour in our country. come and see how our houses look like concentration camps barbwire,electric fences,security gates,high walls.i know more than 20 people personally who've been killed in the past 10years. criminals burn elderly people with irons. wives being raped in front of their husbands,people being stabbed and shot for mobile phones. we are prisoners in our own homes.this evening i saw a guy being shot dead for a mobile phone. almost everybody in this country has been a victim of crime. kids cant play outside anymore, cars being highjacked the worst is when they come into your own home and take you belongings beat you, wife, maid lock you in the bathroom or shoot you for nothing. south africa is the capital city of crime in the whole wide world.
Clare 15th July 2009	This may be a daft question...I probably missed it...but what year(s) are these statistics from? I am doing a dissertation looking at crime statistics, and need to know! Thanks
gabe 27th April 2009	like oh my god. i like love your site. its sooo helpful. keep doing what your doing!
Mr.Mexican (Mexico) 2nd March 2009	Hello, "Ron (Boca Raton, Florida)" knows nothing about mexico, the tourist areas are not a problem. Mexico relies somewhat heavily on tourism for income, so guess what. 85% of the population is out to guard and protect you. It's the back alleys and drug hotspots that are crime infested. Just wanted to point that out. thanks
Steven Harris (United States) 31st January 2009	To Quirel: You speak with the tone of someone who feels they may be somewhat of an authority, and yet you miss the most basic concept, as noted at the bottom of the list. That it has more to do with reporting and intervention of crime, than the actual prevalence of crime. And secondly, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the United States would have a higher crime rate by default simply because of it's larger geographic area, and much larger population. I feel you may be feeding too much on anti-everyone-else propaganda.
Jason (USA) 17th January 2009	Read this again morons: DEFINITION: Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
john (US) 18th October 2008	there is a note that you are missing at the bottom of the page DEFINITION: Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. this means that if law enforcement is not present or notified that crimes are not added to the tally, so the rate of crime in mexico may be higher per capita but this gragh wouldn't show it if the system of law enforcement was less efficient than in other countrys.
Jack (UK) 12th September 2008	Leonard, these statistics cover all crime, not just gun crime. Also you should note, guns laws are strict (but not outrightly banned) in Britain, but criminals (not suprisingly) dont obey these laws. The UK is a hell of a lot more dangerous than outsiders are lead to believe.
Leonard (USA) 23rd August 2008	WHAT!!?? How on earth does Britain have such a high crime rate? All guns are banned in Britain, surely it should appear at the bottom of the list??
Ron (Boca Raton, Florida) 2nd August 2008	The comments by Quirel about Mexico show that he/she knows nothing about Mexico. The tourist areas are a problem, but the rest of the country is rather peaceful. And that is where most of the real Mexican population resides.
Dan (USA) 15th July 2008	Everyone, read APJ's comment. What is the period over which "Total crimes" is reported?
Scott (Canada) 14th May 2008	The only reason Canada is on here is because of the country right under us! A country full of thugs and criminals!
truthfinder (USA) 14th April 2008	How come there is no mention of countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and other countries in the list.
Joel (Bahamas) 2nd January 2008	Is crime in the bahamas high?
Rc (Canada) 26th November 2007	These stats are for total crimes and any stats are never going to be 100% accurate example Mexico could have highest murder rate but they could have way less of other crimes South Africa might have major gang problems but they might not have many car thiefs for example.... these stats are for "TOTAL CRIMES" and thats only the crimes that have been reported many crimes go un-reported or charges get dropped,etc.... and also depends on how accurate the stats they are getting from the police/government on these crimes happening and lots of times the governments edit or change stats also to make a country/city/town/etc... seem better or less violent then it really is..... news likes to do this also..
thing1 (united states) 31st October 2007	in answer to Quier's comment, it is correct, any smart person can do the math and figure out that while the populations may be different, America is still higher then any other. just go get a calculator, crunch some numbers to figure out what percentage the crime rate number is compared to the population of the country and you will find that about 7% of the us is on that list, and about 3% of Mexico is on that list, and 2% of Ireland is on that list. its not brain science, just smile math. which country has clouded jails? the US.which county has more stupid laws? the US. when you have so many laws, and so many restrictions, people are bound to rebel. in Costa Rica, there are few laws, they have no military, no speed limits, let they have few accidents, and fewer people on drugs because if its not illegal, it takes away the thrill of it so people be as likely to do it. anyone who wants to talk further on this issue can find me on live journal as 1gniht or on my space under Becker, URL loveofbass. thing1
Quirel (United states.) 19th October 2007	OK. How about seeing this list according to population? And there's NO way this list is accurate. Mexico is listed has having one fifteenth of the crimes of the United States. Right.
fabie (philippines) 29th September 2007	why crimes are increasing as the time is going old?
Albert Kay (Singapore) 27th January 2007	The United States appears to stand out in this statistic, having four times as many crimes as Germany which is next on the list. However this is misleading as the population of the United States is about four times as high as the population of Germany. As a country with a high population is likely to have more crime (there are more people to commit crimes) -------------------------------------------------------- I don't agree with the above statement... What about India and China ? I doubt that USA have population bigger than either one of the 2 countries. India and China is not even at the Top 5 spots....
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hoffa (canada) 10th July 2006	This chart is ready proof that "facts" relayed on the internet are often several degrees short of reality. I am not sure what methodology was used to arrive at these results; to assert that more crime is committed in Japan than Columbia is surely nonsense. Please explain how Jamaica (a country rife with murder, theft and corruption) can be less crime-laden than the Nordic paradise of Norway. In short, these numbers are f**ked.
Kathrine (South Africa) (South Africa) 9th June 2006	South Africa always appears in the top 4 in most cases (rape, murder, theft etc) and the lowest in policing, feeling safe etc. Yet America is top for total crime.. should it not be SA. We certainly dont feel safe and everyone I know has personally experienced crime or has a loved one who has had crime. A friend of mine stays in New Zealand and we been there for extended stay (6 months) and never experienced crime or people that had exposure to crime. So where do their stats come from? So how is this stats relative?
chris 16th October 2005	What is the comparison between the crime rates of communist and democratic countries?
Mikhail Singh 29th August 2005	I need information about the terrorism in Aremania and what is this country doing about terrorist
kevin 13th April 2005	I need information on the impact of corruption (of the adults) on the youth in Mauritius.
EV 26th February 2005	So how do we find accurate data about crime rates?
nisheeth 30th January 2005	i would like to know overall which is the best country to live in with comparing it with the rate of crime or general facilities or anything
APJ 11th January 2005	The top three slots going to the US, Germany and the UK does not really indicate that crime is rampant in these societies. One should bear in mind that the level of documented crime in a society depends in large part on the willingness of that society to prosecute its criminals. The US experiences violence within its borders but hardly takes a lax attitude. This is not the case everywhere. One can easily look around the world and find regimes that daily turn blind eyes to rampant violence. Stores can be ransacked, ethnic minorities can be persecuted, political enemies can be imprisoned, and women and children can be abused in their own homes without any government intervention. Such regimes can, because of the lower number of crimes they prosecute, claim a lower level of documented crime. The daily reality faced by their citizens is a different matter. This is why any serious discussion of the true level of crime in a society takes into account the matter of official corruption and the political process in the country.
Bonqueshia shdae 2nd December 2004	Guatemala is a very great country but they are really finer than some other countries

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