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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#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)

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