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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)
DEFINITION
Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
Crime Statistics > Assaults (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
 |
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# 1
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United States: |
2,238,480 |
|
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# 2
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United Kingdom: |
723,886 |
|
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# 3
|
South Africa: |
548,847 |
|
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# 4
|
Mexico: |
253,972 |
|
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# 5
|
India: |
236,313 |
|
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# 6
|
Canada: |
235,270 |
|
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# 7
|
Argentina: |
185,973 |
|
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# 8
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Australia: |
141,124 |
|
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# 9
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Germany: |
126,932 |
|
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# 10
|
France: |
106,484 |
|
|
# 11
|
Zimbabwe: |
93,062 |
|
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# 12
|
Spain: |
90,453 |
|
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# 13
|
Belgium: |
61,755 |
|
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# 14
|
Sweden: |
61,631 |
|
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# 15
|
Japan: |
55,766 |
|
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# 16
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Chile: |
55,575 |
|
|
# 17
|
Turkey: |
53,485 |
|
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# 18
|
Netherlands: |
52,521 |
|
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# 19
|
Morocco: |
46,341 |
|
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# 20
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Tunisia: |
35,723 |
|
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# 21
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New Zealand: |
31,812 |
|
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# 22
|
Austria: |
31,576 |
|
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# 23
|
Poland: |
30,969 |
|
|
# 24
|
Italy: |
28,699 |
|
|
# 25
|
Finland: |
28,022 |
|
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# 26
|
Peru: |
26,728 |
|
|
# 27
|
Colombia: |
25,219 |
|
|
# 28
|
Portugal: |
23,378 |
|
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# 29
|
Zambia: |
22,127 |
|
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# 30
|
Thailand: |
20,125 |
|
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# 31
|
Indonesia: |
18,562 |
|
|
# 32
|
Korea, South: |
14,925 |
|
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# 33
|
Norway: |
14,727 |
|
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# 34
|
Saudi Arabia: |
13,864 |
|
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# 35
|
Hungary: |
11,781 |
|
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# 36
|
Romania: |
11,137 |
|
|
# 37
|
Jamaica: |
10,833 |
|
|
# 38
|
Mauritius: |
10,784 |
|
|
# 39
|
Uruguay: |
10,544 |
|
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# 40
|
Denmark: |
10,330 |
|
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# 41
|
Ireland: |
9,921 |
|
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# 42
|
Burma: |
8,059 |
|
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# 43
|
Hong Kong: |
7,450 |
|
|
# 44
|
Czech Republic: |
7,350 |
|
|
# 45
|
Switzerland: |
6,123 |
|
|
# 46
|
Croatia: |
5,404 |
|
|
# 47
|
Ukraine: |
5,264 |
|
|
# 48
|
Slovakia: |
4,801 |
|
|
# 49
|
Bolivia: |
4,643 |
|
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# 50
|
El Salvador: |
4,542 |
|
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# 51
|
Greece: |
3,322 |
|
|
# 52
|
Panama: |
3,182 |
|
|
# 53
|
Bulgaria: |
3,084 |
|
|
# 54
|
Slovenia: |
2,501 |
|
|
# 55
|
Costa Rica: |
2,284 |
|
|
# 56
|
Belarus: |
2,116 |
|
|
# 57
|
Kuwait: |
2,097 |
|
|
# 58
|
Lithuania: |
1,668 |
|
|
# 59
|
Papua New Guinea: |
1,351 |
|
|
# 60
|
Luxembourg: |
1,328 |
|
|
# 61
|
Iceland: |
1,270 |
|
|
# 62
|
Cyprus: |
1,192 |
|
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# 63
|
Moldova: |
1,188 |
|
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# 64
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Yemen: |
1,015 |
|
|
# 65
|
Latvia: |
882 |
|
|
# 66
|
Malta: |
823 |
|
|
# 67
|
Oman: |
717 |
|
|
# 68
|
Seychelles: |
700 |
|
|
# 69
|
Albania: |
554 |
|
|
# 70
|
Maldives: |
523 |
|
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# 71
|
Georgia: |
488 |
|
|
# 72
|
Estonia: |
460 |
|
|
# 73
|
Qatar: |
327 |
|
|
# 74
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
208 |
|
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# 75
|
Azerbaijan: |
173 |
|
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# 76
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Montserrat: |
96 |
|
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# 77
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Dominica: |
70 |
|
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# 78
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Philippines: |
62 |
|
| |
Total: |
5,896,973 |
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Weighted average: |
75,602.2 |
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DEFINITION: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
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)
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