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Crime Statistics > Adults prosecuted (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   United States: 48.029 per 1,000 people 
#2   Finland: 31.6349 per 1,000 people 
#3   New Zealand: 31.059 per 1,000 people 
#4   Turkey: 29.5727 per 1,000 people 
#5   United Kingdom: 24.8958 per 1,000 people 
#6   Korea, South: 24.5982 per 1,000 people 
#7   Slovenia: 11.5251 per 1,000 people 
#8   Canada: 11.5125 per 1,000 people 
#9   Hungary: 11.1701 per 1,000 people 
#10   Netherlands: 10.7919 per 1,000 people 
#11   Croatia: 10.1168 per 1,000 people 
#12   Portugal: 10.0978 per 1,000 people 
#13   Czech Republic: 9.98438 per 1,000 people 
#14   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 9.88753 per 1,000 people 
#15   Thailand: 8.91289 per 1,000 people 
#16   Estonia: 8.53488 per 1,000 people 
#17   Germany: 6.89863 per 1,000 people 
#18   Latvia: 6.66157 per 1,000 people 
#19   Belarus: 6.0199 per 1,000 people 
#20   Slovakia: 5.98472 per 1,000 people 
#21   Bulgaria: 5.82282 per 1,000 people 
#22   Zimbabwe: 4.51723 per 1,000 people 
#23   Kyrgyzstan: 4.15332 per 1,000 people 
#24   Hong Kong: 3.69532 per 1,000 people 
#25   Romania: 2.73896 per 1,000 people 
#26   Norway: 2.61463 per 1,000 people 
#27   Cyprus: 1.88429 per 1,000 people 
#28   Georgia: 1.48813 per 1,000 people 
#29   Japan: 1.14484 per 1,000 people 
#30   France: 0.893959 per 1,000 people 
#31   Mexico: 0.600021 per 1,000 people 
#32   Papua New Guinea: 0.187737 per 1,000 people 
#33   Zambia: 0.0222873 per 1,000 people 
Weighted average: 10.5 per 1,000 people  


DEFINITION: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

SOURCE: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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