Assaults (per capita) (most recent) by country

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)

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.

Crime Statistics > Assaults (per capita) (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

South Africa:

12.0752 per 1,000 people

# 2

Montserrat:

10.2773 per 1,000 people

# 3

Mauritius:

8.76036 per 1,000 people

# 4

Seychelles:

8.62196 per 1,000 people

# 5

Zimbabwe:

7.6525 per 1,000 people

# 6

United States:

7.56923 per 1,000 people

# 7

New Zealand:

7.47881 per 1,000 people

# 8

United Kingdom:

7.45959 per 1,000 people

# 9

Canada:

7.11834 per 1,000 people

# 10

Australia:

7.02459 per 1,000 people

# 11

Finland:

5.32644 per 1,000 people

# 12

Iceland:

4.66406 per 1,000 people

# 13

Tunisia:

4.02561 per 1,000 people

# 14

Jamaica:

3.95943 per 1,000 people

# 15

Portugal:

3.59445 per 1,000 people

# 16

Chile:

3.32476 per 1,000 people

# 17

Norway:

3.2064 per 1,000 people

# 18

Netherlands:

2.68964 per 1,000 people

# 19

Ireland:

2.47037 per 1,000 people

# 20

Mexico:

2.40275 per 1,000 people

# 21

Spain:

2.24221 per 1,000 people

# 22

Czech Republic:

2.14803 per 1,000 people

# 23

Zambia:

1.96475 per 1,000 people

# 24

Denmark:

1.80339 per 1,000 people

# 25

France:

1.75554 per 1,000 people

# 26

Germany:

1.4183 per 1,000 people

# 27

Uruguay:

1.34192 per 1,000 people

# 28

Hungary:

1.11532 per 1,000 people

# 29

Slovenia:

1.09796 per 1,000 people

# 30

Hong Kong:

1.07987 per 1,000 people

# 31

Dominica:

1.01407 per 1,000 people

# 32

Poland:

0.850459 per 1,000 people

# 33

Turkey:

0.76779 per 1,000 people

# 34

Slovakia:

0.686982 per 1,000 people

# 35

Colombia:

0.587116 per 1,000 people

# 36

Belarus:

0.543689 per 1,000 people

# 37

Italy:

0.500284 per 1,000 people

# 38

Romania:

0.419615 per 1,000 people

# 39

Bulgaria:

0.41396 per 1,000 people

# 40

Qatar:

0.378888 per 1,000 people

# 41

Latvia:

0.360262 per 1,000 people

# 42

Estonia:

0.345086 per 1,000 people

# 43

Japan:

0.339272 per 1,000 people

# 44

Thailand:

0.313542 per 1,000 people

# 45

Greece:

0.311399 per 1,000 people

# 46

Korea, South:

0.30684 per 1,000 people

# 47

Moldova:

0.272952 per 1,000 people

# 48

Papua New Guinea:

0.243643 per 1,000 people

# 49

India:

0.218755 per 1,000 people

# 50

Costa Rica:

0.178287 per 1,000 people

# 51

Saudi Arabia:

0.178098 per 1,000 people

# 52

Ukraine:

0.112007 per 1,000 people

# 53

Georgia:

0.10434 per 1,000 people

# 54

Indonesia:

0.0767107 per 1,000 people

# 55

Yemen:

0.0489699 per 1,000 people

# 56

Kyrgyzstan:

0.0404197 per 1,000 people

# 57

Azerbaijan:

0.0252781 per 1,000 people

Weighted average:

2.5 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)

Crime Statistics > Assaults (per capita) (most recent) by country

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