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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Reader 20th November 2009 |
I notice that people keep asking why China isn't on the list. China actual has a very low murder rate. Gun ownership is very low. civilian handgun ownership is 100% illegal, and since there is almost no hunting for sport rifle and shotgun ownership is very low, too. Knife carrying is also very low. This means that if a Chinese person gets into a fight or robs somebody, there is little chance of somebody actually being killed. This is why China is so low down the list. Victims of crime and violence usually survive with just a few cuts and bruises. |
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Chandra 18th November 2009 |
Yes Philippines ranks among the top ten nations, and this is only for "reported" and "documented" homicides. What more the unreported cases? |
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hungryhippo247 18th November 2009 |
I can't believe Philippines is No. 8! My own country. It hurts me to see this. |
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bodee 31st October 2009 |
Trinidad is the worst place to live, you work hard to make a little of your life then some one or somw few come and take it all from you, by Kidnapping or just past the money or die, It is known as the killers Paradise, be on the look out for little kids with big guns |
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Outcast 9th October 2009 |
There were 6400 muders in guatemala in 2008. Man, this site is crap ! |
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patrick 26th September 2009 |
You stats seems wrong check TRINIDAD and Tobago stats. |
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John 23rd September 2009 |
Let's all move to Qatar where it's sid to be the safest place on Earth. |
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Scott 22nd September 2009 |
Did we just decide to ignore the fact that the land mass of Greenland even exists? Is there any data on Greenland, also, why have you completely excluded the land mass from the map? |
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AIslynn 9th September 2009 |
Hawaii is part of the US so it is already counted into the US |
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boxer89 1st September 2009 |
I was expecting to see guatemala there and el salvador. |
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Moonalotta 28th August 2009 |
Wheres Hawaii on this list ? |
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Yeah, this list is crap 5th August 2009 |
I was looking at the murders with firearms numbers and El Salvador is listed in the total numbers but not in the per capita. El Salvador is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. It can't be left out of the list. What about Brazil, China, North Korea, Iran, etc? |
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Michael 24th July 2009 |
There seems to be a serious error in the German figure: German crime statistics counts Attempted Murder as Murder. Die actual number of people murdered in Germany last year was 370. |
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Vitaly (Russia) 24th July 2009 |
Wow! What a dangerous country I live not realizing it. Russia is going mad. |
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Burningiceburg INDIAN 12th June 2009 |
India is having second largest population in the world is ranked top in the murders list cos, this country, where a intentional homicide is committed the accussed is fined with death penality, that is why it is ranking so high, in addition to this, China is Country which is having largest population in the world, is not at all mentioned here, if it is given it will be very beneficial to all. Russia is second in the list cos, in this country military offences are dealt very severly and even result with death penality. And one more country is missing that is BRAZIL, where the rate of offence is pity high compared to the top two countries. |
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Bill 8th May 2009 |
Several countries are missing.. what about Brazil? It has the reputation of a very dangerous country.. having it ranked would be very useful... or maybe it's me who couldnt find it going to check again. |
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john brown 4th May 2009 |
And where does turkey rank in murder stats as well? |
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buster 29th April 2009 |
Where dose China rank in the murder statistics? |
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Andy Romson (Belgium) 12th March 2009 |
venezuela has the highest crime rate in south america..... where is it on the top list? obviously this list needs some serious updating. |
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Ian Graham Staff Editor 23rd February 2005 |
Six of the top ten countries for recorded intentional homicides have the death penalty. They are India, Indonesia, the United States, Thailand, Mexico and Russia. Mexico retains the death penalty only for exceptional crimes such as military crimes. Russia is considered abolitionist in practice. (http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-countries-eng) Ukraine and South Africa are the most recent countries in the top ten to abolish the death penalty. South Africa abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1997, and Ukraine in 1999. Only two of the bottom 10 countries on this list – Dominica and Qatar – have the death penalty. In the year 2000, Dominica had two murders and Qatar had one. In the world, there are 78 countries that practice the death penalty, 83 that do not have the death penalty for any crime, 13 that have abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes, and 22 that have the death penalty but have not executed anybody for at least 10 years. |
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