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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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realist 31st August 2010 |
Surely South Africa is no.1. Please let us have at least one thing that we come out on top of. We come second even with the ANC government's lies - so we know we are definitely first!!!! Viva Africa Viva!! |
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Frank 29th August 2010 |
It is nonsense just talking about "murder pr. capita", like it is to talk about "death pr. capita". Do they mean PR. YEAR? |
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McdonaldKaren27 29th August 2010 |
One acknowledges that humen's life seems to be high priced, but people require money for different things and not every person gets enough cash. Therefore to receive fast loan and short term loan will be good solution. |
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Vico 28th August 2010 |
Where's Brazil? I know from other sources that brazil has the highest criminality rate. |
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Hera 23rd August 2010 |
LOL at some of the comments on here, some people have no class what so ever. Also,who said you could kill a woman in Saudi Arabia and it wouldn't be considered a crime? bullshit. Fool, why don't you try to do it, and see what happens. |
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Jop 23rd August 2010 |
And look at south africa. Wow my countrys doing so good ffs |
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sai smert 22nd August 2010 |
Americas murder rate is more than China and India and the higest in the devloped world above asia europe some taliban countries |
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The-King 22nd August 2010 |
Saudi Arabia is 61 ,thank god am a Saudi thank god i can leave my house with the door open without having any fear (i actually do that) |
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Amy+Becker 20th August 2010 |
If the genders of the murderers were made known, we would find one thing in common for them, almost all of them are male but at least most of their victims are also male. If the police do not have any ideal of who murdered someone, they always have a better chance of finding the murderer when they look for someone with testicles. Maybe it is about time to let women take over and clean up the mess males have made and maybe than males will stop killing each other because far too often, they kill women and children too. Personally, if they just kill each other, I would say fine, let them go at it. Just leave women and children alone. |
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law 20th August 2010 |
Look at Juarez, Mexico vs El Paso, Texas, which is in effect one large city, the people on both sides are the same and Spanish is dominant on both sides of the border, many rich people move to el Paso but many more of the most poor cross illegally. If you go to either side you will notice that the populations are identical. Juarez has a murder rate of 120/100,000 and effective total gun ban, El Paso has a murder rate of 2.12/100,000 and almost no restriction on gun ownership except that criminals can’t buy or possess guns. The gun control policy of el Paso is serving the city well while in Juarez it appears to be a total failure. Gun control advocates seem to think that it is the gun control that determines crime levels, therefore, to avoid being hypocrites you must admit that the gun control policy of Juarez and El Paso have shaped the crime rates in those cities because the populations are highly mixing and very similar. The question is, why does a poor person in Juarez take up a gun (when it is illegal) and use it for illegal purposes, while the same guy might cross the border illegally later and own a gun legally and never use it for illegal purposes? |
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veggiedude 18th August 2010 |
Saudi Arabia and Qatar is way low at #61 and 62. But keep in mind in those countries you can kill a woman and it isn't considered murder if it complies with Sharia law! Also note, countries with death penalty show it has no effect in stopping crime. |
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Pete 18th August 2010 |
Sorry Ted, UK which bans guns has a higher robbery rate than USA as well as 9 other countries. Also Australia, New Zealand and UK are #1,2,and 3. in Percentage of people who will be crime victims in their life times. (all 3 countries ban guns). USA is #15 |
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Ted 16th August 2010 |
The USA is the gun capital of the world.They have more guns in the streets,more murders and more robberies then any other country in the world.For a so called civilized country they have failed miserably. |
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Ted 16th August 2010 |
The U.S.A.is the gun capital of the world.There's more guns per capital then any other country in the world.There murder rate is the highest for a so called civilized country. |
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Marcelo 15th August 2010 |
Chile has almost the same rate of UK and Canada??¿?¿??¿?, and Finland has much more, when I went to Finland I felt much more security in the street than when I walk in the streets of Chile, now I am very confused with that's rates....., if are ok that rates, well well for Chilean people they had a very safe country if you compare with another of the region. |
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E Louise 13th August 2010 |
YOU WANT UPDATE: For doubters read the WALL STREET JOURNAL of AUGUST 11, 2010, article: JAMAICA'S GROWING VIOLENCE THREATENS RETIREE ECONOMY. Retirees returning to their homeland Jamaica are being assaulted and murdered for their guaranteed income they worked so hard and long to acquire in the United States and Britain; no wonder Jamaica has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. |
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E Louise 13th August 2010 |
YOU WANT UPDATE: For doubters read the WALL STREET JOURNAL of AUGUST 11, 2011, article: JAMAICA'S GROWING VIOLENCE THREATENS RETIREE ECONOMY. Retirees returning to their homeland Jamaica are being assaulted and murdered for their guaranteed income they worked so hard and long to acquire in the United States and Britain; no wonder Jamaica has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. |
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Ash 13th August 2010 |
This is ridiculous. In some countries murders are not reported because the government commits or condones them. In certain countries some murders are considered justice instead of murder. Honor killings are an example of this. |
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Enrique 11th August 2010 |
This list was done by the NRA! The US has to be #1 if not top 3!!! it's bullshit list. |
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SHE 8th August 2010 |
FOR Gods sake philippines do not belong... thanks a lot |
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duckmaster 1st August 2010 |
These figures are 10 years old! For example: in eastern Europe homicide rate is five times lower now. Check wikipedia article "homicide rate by country" for newest data. |
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John 28th July 2010 |
#46 United Kingdome #47 Italy??? The UK having more murders than Italy uhhhh BULLSHIT! theres no British Mafia |
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DEBORAHYates28 24th July 2010 |
Set your life more simple get the loans and all you want. |
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Clinton 23rd July 2010 |
The stats are 1998-2000, about 10-12 years old, so things might have improved in some places and become worse in others in case you were wondering. Have a look on the site at; 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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JARED 22nd July 2010 |
You left out somalia :) |
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Dave (Nova Scotia) 18th July 2010 |
Go to Google Earth, go to Johanesburg, go to street view, now: Does your city have walls and gates with barbed wire, electric fencing, ATD signs on nearly every residence of middle class or richer families? Go to Soweto and you will see almost the same thing. Who whants to live like that! |
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JAMAICA HERE I COME 17th July 2010 |
I go to Jamaica at least three times a year and never have any problems. Crime is everywhere, I plant to move there in a couple of years. Nowhere more beautiful and tranquil. |
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Patricia 13th July 2010 |
I am glad Barbados is not mentioned. I guess the people are either too busy chilling or learning. Where there is high literacy rate there is usually low crime rate and Barbados has a 99.8% literacy rate. |
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Cautious 12th July 2010 |
I hope all those that made comments about FIFA hosting the world cup in SA are now eating their words. South Africa hosted a brilliant and safe world cup! |
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thothistox 30th June 2010 |
These stats are ancient. Poland's murder rate was at the specified level in 2000, but that was a freak year. Its murder rate is now at Western European levels. |
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Jesse 27th June 2010 |
I think this data is really inaccurate. Although I believe that in the Netherlands verantwoord lenen is the way to go. |
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Dandelina 27th June 2010 |
Sharia Law predominantly features in the legal system of Qatar and Saudi Arabia which explains why the crime rate(not only murders) is the lowest in the world. the statistics shows the efficacy of Sharia Law. |
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Meees 23rd June 2010 |
The reason why Iraq and Afghanistan aren't on the list is because this list is comprised of countries that are not officially declared war zones. I mean, imagine if they compiled these stats during World War II. Russia would probably have 50-100 per 1000 citizens. Oh, and London/Toronto more make New York look like Disneyland? Hahaha, good one. |
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Zaki Adam 22nd June 2010 |
Why Saudi Arabia and Qatar is in last of this list? Though they are the most conceited people and Barbaric too. |
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Appu 20th June 2010 |
What ever the standard may be or the crime rate per country.. just think about this .. the world is losing life's without its natural cause.. this 0.1 in 1000 means .. we lose 600k life out of 6 billion in this world and that is real shame for this modern society in which we live.. As the cultures and our knowledge has grown .. we should respect life.. |
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Lol 17th June 2010 |
England and canada are very safe compared to the united states. |
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Camorra 15th June 2010 |
Hey, my country is low in crimes and I must help it. Tonite I am going to kill someone... |
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Marc 15th June 2010 |
"Keep in mind most the US actually overestimates the crime rate. Cities like London and even Toronto today make New York City look like Disneyland." Sorry but that has to be one of the dumbest things I have read, LOOK AT STATISTICS. I am so sick and tired of people from Toronto and London (you 2 have more in common than you think) complaining about their crime rates, for example, Toronto ranks lower than most major Canadian cities, who, rank MUCH lower than American cities. Sorry, London and Toronto do not make New York look like disneyland, I'm glad youve been to Times Square and SoHo but you really need to see the actual CITY. Find any murder per capita rankings and you will see, London and Toronto rank way lower than New York. Also, where the hell did you get the idea that Americans overestimate, they underestimate as much or more than most of the world. Every year there is a cop in the NYPD coming out about how they downgrade crimes like robbery to misdemeanors. |
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Rocky 14th June 2010 |
And not to mention where is IRAQ AND AFGHANASTAN???? Colombia is not at the top of the list, tooo many other countries missing! This list is crap! |
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The Great Mmno 14th June 2010 |
In home country of Khakimmnoland, we have rate of murder at 728.92838 oer 1,000 persons. It is very dangerous place, and we are lucky to have fertile women that poop out many babies. |
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Carlos 14th June 2010 |
Thats bullshit and these statistics are wrong colombia aint the #1 dangerous i would have agreed in the 80s and 90s but sure hell not anymore its much safer and peaceful due to the president that have served two terms already. I love colombia and i go everytime and its the best. Hellz atlanta is completely not safe at all. |
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Champ 12th June 2010 |
Why is China not on these stats. They are on the top of murders per capita as well as Mexico. These are not reliable stats. |
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California John 12th June 2010 |
In the US, half the murders are committed by blacks. They make up only 13% of the population. The problem isn't gun ownership. It's who has guns. It's the same all over the world. Wake up!!! It's just reality. |
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Connor 11th June 2010 |
When was this last updated? I am doing a project on population density of European countries and how it relates to the murder rate of certain countries for my FST class (Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry) Just wondering if this is reliable for information |
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David 11th June 2010 |
The number for Puerto Rico is 0.224755, that make the island number 5 in this list. Something that doesn't make me proud!! :( |
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Sökmotoroptimering 10th June 2010 |
According to different comparison sheets I read, Brazil is comparable to Venezuela (fourth in this list). So it makes no sense not to include it. / Sökmotoroptimering |
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Pedro Uwadum 9th June 2010 |
It looks amazing that South Africa is ranked second and the World Cup is to be held there. South Africa is a country that i even dread of visiting. FIFA, take note of this pls. |
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Darek 8th June 2010 |
Why does US-statistics made still the same mistake with Polish murder index ? Poland: 0.0562789 ??? About 700-800 manslaughters on 38 mln people it's about 0.02 not 0.056. |
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ExtraMedium 7th June 2010 |
Wikipedia has an updated chart. The global avg. in 2004 (last year with good data globally) was 7.6/100K. Honduras (coup last year) is #1. RSA is #9 and Brazil is #14. |
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nick 6th June 2010 |
I have never seen any data to promote the idea that any western European country has a higher per capita murder rate than the US, the closest is portugal, with 9.9/100,000 in lisbon. The worst in Europe is Moscow. I got my other data from BBC, but it seems high for America to be in the high 60's, so here's more. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/24/usa.andrewclark |
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mike 3rd June 2010 |
It says Iceland is worse than UK and i do not believe this!Glasgow alone must be much worse. there are other dodgy statistics. the list is rubbish! |
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THUZ LIFE 2nd June 2010 |
JAMAICA THE LAND OF LOVE, JAMAICA JAMAICA |
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Gunnar 31st May 2010 |
@juran "Where is Sweden? the land with most murders per capita in western Europe?" What? Sweden does not have highest murder rate in Western Europe. We have a murder rate of about 1 per 100.000. Which seems to be about the same as the murder rate in Norway and Denmark. |
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anmol 28th May 2010 |
South Africa has an extremely high crime rate and there is no doubt about that. However i must say that both South Africa and Jamaica seem like very interesting places that i would want to go to someday. India is also very dangerous and when i went there four years ago i saw numerous gangsters and murderous villains. Also in India 37000 people were murdered last year at an average of 100 a day. |
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Erica Naillon 27th May 2010 |
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER AND IT WILL NEVER BE THE ANSWER TO YOU PROBLEMS SO STOP THE DAMN VIOLENCE ITS NOT THE WAY TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS SO STOP |
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whats it to you 27th May 2010 |
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER AND IT WILL NEVER BE THE ANSWER TO YOU PROBLEMS SO STOP THE DAMN VIOLENCE ITS NOT THE WAY TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS SO STOP |
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Elena 26th May 2010 |
I doubt that Russia is in top 5. Brazil should be there, not Russia. I've spent 25 years in Russia and nothing happened to me. Now I'm in Brazil and I'm really tired of watching criminal news(here are no other news than criminal). Yesterday two houses on the street where I live were robbed, and in the bus I use almost every day, all passengers had to say bye to their belongings. |
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ukcatfan 25th May 2010 |
Sorry everyone. I just killed one person from every country on the planet, so the numbers are wrong. WAKE UP WHITE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!! |
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Fufel 25th May 2010 |
The worlds lowest murder rate probably belongs to Turkmenistan. Only 2 murders in 2009 (unofficially) |
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Mavis 25th May 2010 |
Let's join together and credit Russell for another lovely bit of Saffie storytelling. Hell, even Clarkson got bored by them banging on about how many times they got killed that day! |
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Mavis 25th May 2010 |
I'd be careful of Saffies, they claim their stats are doctored without offering evidence. |
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Geo D 24th May 2010 |
Please pray for Jamaica you all! we have one of the most beautiful island in the world, with some beautiful and gifted people, but a few bad apples trying to spoil the basket.... |
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Geo D 24th May 2010 |
Please pray for Jamaica you all! we have one of the most beautiful island oin the world, with some beautiful and gifted people, but a few bad apples trying to spoil the basket.... |
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qmoney 23rd May 2010 |
This bullshit and what about BRAZIL and the other AFRICAN countries and WHAT THE ?? EVEN AFGHANISTAN ISN'T ON THE LIST. |
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P McKann 23rd May 2010 |
@TM: Correlation is not causation, but you may look for a link between melatonin levels and propensity for murder. |
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JohnHamilton 22nd May 2010 |
South African do live in fear. This is the case with all race groups. Whites and Indians live in security villages and behind high walls. Any person who visit south Africa will be witness to this. In black townships locals protect each other and are unfairly called xenophobic when they apply streetlaw. In coloured (mixed race) areas you can protect yourself by joining a gang. Those who claim that South Africas do not live in fear should speak for themselfes. Tell your story to baby Marzanne. |
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Kevin 20th May 2010 |
There seems to be a lot of politically motivated responses here regarding South Africa! Unfortunately we are still plagued by old Apartheid thinking in SA. The majority of us don't live in fear as some seem to suggest! |
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iskinder 19th May 2010 |
These data quite obsolet, and incomplete!..... Please! If this site wants to be leader, should at least check what other internet sites say about the subject...For instance, try this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homicide_rate |
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JohnHamilton 18th May 2010 |
The South African Police is responsible for the crime statistics in South Africa. They doctor the statistics to spare the ANC government embarrassment. We live in fear. Some of my family members had been murdered |
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Buell Forum 12th May 2010 |
Buell Forum: www.BadWeatherBikers.com Firearm murders per capita for South Africa and Thailand exceed total murders per capita. One of the two is inaccurate. |
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SURIYA 12th May 2010 |
WHERE IS SRILANKA IN THE LIST? OWING GENOCIDE OF TAMILS,THEY MUST BE THE NUMBER ONE IN THE LIST. |
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Forge 10th May 2010 |
Nando. Funny thing about guns. Check the list of countries by gun ownership and the list of countries by murder rate. South Africa is the only nation in the top 20 of both lists. Which makes sense when you realize that South Africa is two different countries, just trying to integrate itself. (The white section has many guns and little crime, the black section has few guns and lots of crime). |
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T.M. 10th May 2010 |
I'm doing a statistics project for variables associated with what leads to committing murder (variables include geography, income, etc) Might any of you have any sites that could be useful? thank you. |
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None of your business. 9th May 2010 |
@nick Where did you get that from? The UK has the highest murder rate, BY FAR. |
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Russell 9th May 2010 |
SA stats aren't close to right. The police and government don't really like to reveal the real crime stats, and in fact regularly fail to do proper paperwork on any crime most especially including murder. Just last year they classified a farmer who had been shot several times by his workers as "accidental death", and several more reports similar to this one appeared at that time and were then quickly hushed-up again. You're in danger here every moment of every day. |
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Lol Noob 7th May 2010 |
I think Mexico has good burritos and Margaritas! |
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nick 1st May 2010 |
Of all First world Countries, Russia is the highest. Then usually America. However Washington D.C's Murder rate is about 69.3 / 100,000. And Moscow's is about 18.77 / 100,000. Some eastern european countries are high. Portugal is the highest in Western Europe. U.k, Italy, Spain, Germany, and France are the lowest. South America, Africa, Middle East are highest. |
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john 30th April 2010 |
What about such countries as somalia and sudan.. I think the data for these articles must be fundamentally flawed because lack of central government and law enforcement lead to massive errors in the data reported. However, the state of all of these countries could certainly use some serious help. |
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Confused 28th April 2010 |
Even if Iraq was listed wouldn't all of the murders in Iraq be US murders??? |
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john lennon 26th April 2010 |
Brazil please |
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Marieblue 23rd April 2010 |
Euh.... Of course it is out of date and not very accurate... any of you read the 'source'?? It is stats for 2000 not 2010! 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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b 21st April 2010 |
Nation Master is a little behind |
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Keltria 20th April 2010 |
No the animals are not safe in the Parks in SA. They are being slaughtered too. I live in SA, and NOTHING is safe at the moment. |
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Jason (Canada) 18th April 2010 |
Just a very short response- I don't understand why/how so many of you are arguing about who has a higher murder rate. That's very disturbing. And for those who made comments about some rates not being accurate- a few of you failed to read that the stats were PER 1000 not 100000 which you likely misunderstood. |
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Javi 18th April 2010 |
"Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the USA, meaning that PR likes the benefits of being US citizen but not the responsabilities thats what they call being "BORICUA" Puerto Ricans have a revocable conditional US citizenship since 1917 because the constitution of the United States did not allow non US citizen to fight in the armed forces. We have the benefits, and EVERY responsability a person living the US has but we can't vote for the president unless we have an address and are registered in any state. Puerto Rico would be in the top for certain about 2.5 murdered every day,most of it because of drugs, something not to be proud of. |
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Jake 15th April 2010 |
Your all noobs |
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Paulo (Brazil) 14th April 2010 |
Definately not acurated. Brazil unfortunately is in the top 10 certainly, as well as Haiti. Not acurated at all. |
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JR. 14th April 2010 |
The most interesting fact on this statistic is not who is in it or not. It's a sample what happens in society. Political corruption leads people to criminality and a total chaos. It leads populations to starvation,etc."- One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding." — Confucius (c. 551-c. 479 BC). Have a nice day everyone. |
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lee 13th April 2010 |
South Africa looks about right. Thought it would be first. And FIFA is hosting the world cup their..Good look all those that visit. Only thing safe is the animals in game and national parks. |
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APR 12th April 2010 |
Trinidad and Jamaica plus Haitie have the highest crime rates in the Caribbean. According to this list only Jamaica out of those three is worth mentioning. BLah... The 24th position in which the USA is placed also needs toi be revised. I think this list falls within the propaganda category. It reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllly should be revised. Iraq has such a large volume of people losing theior lives through bombing every single week yet its no where to be found on this list. The statistics of murders committed in Iraq is carried in the news just about every week so there is no excuse of not having the statistics. |
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Scott 10th April 2010 |
I think these stats are severely inaccurate and should be taken down. Been doing research on this and there are MANY countries NOT EVEN LISTED who are at the top of the list!! Like Belize, my country, with 34/100k |
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Jimmy 7th April 2010 |
Scotland (UK) has possibly the worst murder and crime rates in the world. |
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Scott Winters 6th April 2010 |
$125 fine for not wearing your seat belt in washington, DC. Did you know that? Thats ridiculous!. |
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juran 3rd April 2010 |
Where is Sweden? the land with most murders per capita in western Europe? |
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Jason Brissett 23rd March 2010 |
JAMAICA is still the most beautifull country in the world, and it has the best foods. No matter what the crime rate is JAMAICA is still a god bless nation becasue our students are leaving to go abroad to study and we have the fastest men and women alive thanks to JESUS CHRIST. WE have the most beautiful beaches and hotels and with God in our vessel we can smile at every storm. |
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Milly 22nd March 2010 |
Soz guys , i murdered i few folks back in the day. I feel bad for adding to this statistic |
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ALFORDRhea25 21st March 2010 |
The mortgage loans seem to be essential for guys, which want to ground their own career. By the way, it is not very hard to get a college loan. |
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Swede 19th March 2010 |
This is the worst and most un-official list EVER!! |
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The funny murderer 12th March 2010 |
Please adjust the murder rate for Turkey. I just killed 5 people :-) |
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Oscar 11th March 2010 |
You've gotta be kidding? Where is El Salvador? there's a lot of mareros who are always killing each other and it appears as if they rule the entire country. Can't believe they're not on the list |
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CELC 10th March 2010 |
JJ - You do realize that these lists are compiled based on the reporting of each country themselves, right? Just because Israel doesn't report more murders, doesn't mean they don't happen. Let's not believe every single thing we read. |
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J.J. 8th March 2010 |
Lakedemon, awie boy, you two are disgusting. Actually, if you must know, the murder rate in Israel AND the Palestinian territories is less than the murder rate in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate). Stick that in your Xenophobic pipe and smoke it. |
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Lakedemon 6th March 2010 |
Israel should be in number one place. The jews are killing the Pallestinian people by the hundreds. But in a typically jewish way I guess they bribed their way out of this list. |
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awie boy 3rd March 2010 |
Israel is the place where beginning of Zionist rite... isn't so, where is Israel??? I think Israel is on the top 5. |
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EMRAH 27th February 2010 |
ROSEMARY Istanbul has a lot of criminal issues in it. other cities are all usually safe |
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Mike 26th February 2010 |
@Mark (johannesburg south africa): your explanation that it is foreigners committing the crimes is only partially satisfying. For instance, if the foreigners were so violent, we would expect their own countries to have higher rates of murder than South Africa. This is not the case (for example, Zimbabwe is much further down the list), so there must be a more subtle explanation. |
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David Merrett 22nd February 2010 |
Found this quite useful as i'm doing an essay on Japanese crime rate. is there any better/ more recent data i could be pointed to? |
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SM 18th February 2010 |
@ Hellodolly: It's been said: one should never judge a philosophy by its abuse. Those who have killed "in the name of christianity" have not followed the person of Christ, the pinnacle of Christianity. That should say something when the outworking of Christian faith is peace, love and redemption while the logical outworking of disbelief in God leaves humanity (and you) with no transcendent moral law by which to condemn the actions of even those so-called "christians" you just mentioned. Thus, you defeat your own question. You stand on the moral law, and rightly so, but without recognizing the moral Law-Giver. |
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Trini to the bone 18th February 2010 |
Where is Trinidad? I know that our country has increased in crime - murders to be specific. I'd like to know where on the list we fit in. I live outside of Trinidad and would love to go back home to live, but keep reading about the increase in crime especially killings. |
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Mappa Friday 15th February 2010 |
It's in the Middle East, next to Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, etc. |
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Idan 15th February 2010 |
Julia - what makes you think Israel has a high rate of murders? FYI it is one the lowest in the world, as opposed to the impression TV news create for you. Israeli cities are much safer (statistically) than most big cities in the States and Europe. |
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julia 14th February 2010 |
Where is Israel??? |
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Hellodolly 12th February 2010 |
@Uzoma+Kelvin+Chibuzo, I'm curious if you know how many people have been killed in the name of christianity? |
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Uzoma+Kelvin+Chibuzo 4th February 2010 |
STOP this killing every body in every conutry, let make this world a better place in the Name of JESUS Christ the Son of God |
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Mark (johannesburg south africa) 1st February 2010 |
South Africa is second on the list because most of the crime ie committed by people from orther African States. |
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Reinaldo+Mendez 18th January 2010 |
Venezuela has an average of 160 per 100,000 people http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4480 |
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Reinaldo Mendez 18th January 2010 |
For God Sake!!....VENEZUELA has the Higher Rates Venezuela from 1980 to 1999 Venezuela had a Average of 92 dead people per WEEK!!!.....from 1999 to 2009 (Chavez presidency) Venezuela has an Average of 259 killed persons per WEEK!!.... Venezuela has 259 Killed persons per WEEK....and just by common delinquency!! |
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Angus 15th January 2010 |
"most recent" a survey from 1998-2000? It would be great if you guys update them or at least where it says "most recent" you put "1998-2000" or something like that. |
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Rozanne 15th January 2010 |
As a South African I think that the list has to be incorrect, really 2nd in the world! Our crime is high but to be be rated second sounds far fetched! |
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Where is Brazil ? 11th January 2010 |
You guys forgot to put Brazil... I seriously doubt that Brazil will have less murders than Norway. I suggest you re-write this list because it is incomplete and inacurate. |
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Where is Brazil ? 11th January 2010 |
You guys forgot to put Brazil... I seriously doubt that Brazil will have less murders than Norway. I suggest you re write thios list because it is incomplete and inacurate. |
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Zakariah 8th January 2010 |
Why is Morocco not on the list. Try and discover how many immigrants from Sub saharan, Algeria, and Asian citizens are killed secretly everyday. |
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Kevin 6th January 2010 |
To Naser, Iraq..."civilized country?" what's your definition of "civilized?" |
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Creo 5th January 2010 |
Easy, El Salvador is third in Latin America, the rank is: 1. Colomibia 2. Venezuela 3. El Salvador Maybe no data avalible? |
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Naser 5th January 2010 |
To Thomas L: Iraq was a civilized country, but US occupied it and destroyed its eveything. A good example could "Abu Ghraib" prison. US is a war criminal. |
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sandra 24th December 2009 |
Where is Puerto Rico? During the 1990's it was the third country in all of the lists with a 40.0 behind Colombia and El Salvador, during the early 2000's it was in the top 15 and now it is nowhere to be found but the rate is now higher than ever in it's entire history. |
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sandra 24th December 2009 |
Where is Puerto Rico? In the 1990's it was the third country in most of the per capita lists, in the early 2000's it was in the top 15 but in this current list it is nowhere to be found and crime is now higher than ever in that self governing island. |
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Livardo 20th December 2009 |
Wikipedia says El Salvador has a 48/100,000 intentional homicide rate placing them at #4. I don't understand how Costa Rica, with one of the lowest crime rates in LatAm makes it here but not El Salvador. |
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Tom D. Pinta 20th December 2009 |
You are doing a great job collecting and releasing these statistics. Keep on doing the good thing. |
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Benin 10th December 2009 |
These data are worthless, they date from like a century ago. Things have changed since then. Some countries are way safer now than they were back while others just stated sinking into it. |
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jamaican loyalist 8th December 2009 |
I'm looking at this thing for the first time and to the outsider it would look bad, but being a Jamaican National, I wouldn't give up my little island for any of the so-called crime free countries that exist. |
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Dino (Canada) 6th December 2009 |
I am just glad that I live in the best country in the world. The rest of you could only be so lucky. |
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From russia 4th December 2009 |
In Russia there is some cities where murder rate is more than 200/100000. You wont find this kind of numbers in any of American city. |
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Will 29th November 2009 |
Haha, this is nothing, South Africa is nr 2, but South Africa is 11 diffrent nations, if you only take the ''Boer People''(Afrikaans(dutch) white people) the number will be more than 2.506008 per 1000 people, its called a secret ''genocide '' coz the whole number is calculated in the intire murder rate of the whole country. |
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K.B. 25th November 2009 |
These statics are so old, from about 2002. It looks totally different today, 2009. |
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Carioca 24th November 2009 |
Where is Brazil. Esta onde o Brasil? |
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Halina 21st November 2009 |
What’s wrong with Poland? The ARITHMETICAL MISTAKE! If you take your number of murders in Poland and divide it by the actual population of Poland, the rate per 1000 is: 0.0188, which makes it half the rate of the US and close to countries comparable to Poland, like Hungary or Czech Republic, and not much different from France. |
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AK 19th November 2009 |
Where is Albania ? It has 3 million inhabitants with a crime rate of 12 murders/ 1000 people. Everyday 5 to 6 people get killed there in that tiny country ! |
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T 19th November 2009 |
According to this list ( http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/7950/54 ) brazil should be with their 2 major cities in the top 3... But this list is regarding countries so it could be correct... |
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Dirceu (brazil) 18th November 2009 |
Brazil should be at least around 5th counting official kills, maybe 1th/2nd counting all murder, so I believe the list is very wrong. |
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imani 13th November 2009 |
It is the people why jamaica is like this. They should introduce the law called an eye for an eye, and see if we dont get results. |
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imani 13th November 2009 |
It is the people why crime rate is so high in Jamaica. I strongly think we should use the system called an eye for an eye. Then result will come |
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dd 28th October 2009 |
The list is outdated by more than 9 years, therefore obviously not correct anymore. I would imagine the top 10 hasn't changed much, though. |
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Elias 27th October 2009 |
People, there is difference between crime statistics and actual, documented and reported deaths caused by murder. |
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Magnus (El Salvador) 27th October 2009 |
Where is El Salvador in the list? With 12 murders every day and a population of under 6 millions, the country chould top the list... |
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morrowh from brazil 22nd October 2009 |
I think this is completly wrong. In Brazil, just in Rio de Janeiro, more than 8000 poeple die a year in crime estatistic, and where is Brazil in this list? morrowh |
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angelo 22nd October 2009 |
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the USA, meaning that PR likes the benefits of being US citizen but not the responsabilities thats what they call being "BORICUA" |
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Pieter South Africa 19th October 2009 |
Put your childre in an orphanage before you visit beautiful South Africa |
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jacob 17th October 2009 |
JAMAICA is still the most beautifull country in the world, and it has the best foods. No matter what the crime rate is JAMAICA is still a god bless nation becasue our students are leaving to go abroad to study and we have the fastest men and women alive thanks to JESUS CHRIST. WE have the most beautiful beaches and hotels and with God in our vessel we can smile at every storm. Love From Jamaica to you all. |
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RR 14th October 2009 |
Nice but as indicated, "Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence." Some are not as safe as they seem on paper. |
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Jan 11th October 2009 |
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the USA and not it's own country anymore. Their statistics will be lumped in with the US. |
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Nancy t. 11th October 2009 |
Whoever asked about Puerto Rico - it is likely that PR statistics are wrapped in U.S. numbers, since they come under Federal jurisdiction for many types of investigations. |
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Jv 4th October 2009 |
I thought mexico was the #1 on murders??? |
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Mario 3rd October 2009 |
Some huge cities in the "evil" United States such as San Diego, San Jose and El Paso (1.3 million, 1 million, 800,000 population respectively) have fewer than 15 murders per year, making them the safest large cities on earth. There are many US cities that are some of the safest cities on earth. Sorry if this fails to perpetuate the anti-American communist agenda, but it's a statistical fact. Keep in mind most the US actually overestimates the crime rate. Cities like London and even Toronto today make New York City look like Disneyland. |
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Julie 3rd October 2009 |
Don't forget all those "suicides" in Japan... you know, the ones where someone commits suicide by shooting themselves first, then hanging upside down on a fence. |
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fcg 2nd October 2009 |
I don't see Puerto Rico here. Per capita, is like the 30th country in the world for most crimes. This list is questionable. |
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Abel T. Tamba (Liberia) 2nd October 2009 |
First of all,let me commend you for this informative work. What ranking is Guinea? |
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Old_Timer 1st October 2009 |
Where is Brazil? That shit hole called Brazil should be #1. Maybe crime there is so widespread that is impossible to have precise numbers |
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alan 28th September 2009 |
What ranking is Iraq. How reliable is this ? |
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Sherpaboy - USA 26th September 2009 |
What constitutes Homicide? Do we include the number of folks killed by Governments? |
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Gwyn Banning 24th September 2009 |
Why are these figures so old? I am US citizen living in South AFrica and based on information from various sources, I do not believe the difference in the US and S Africa is so great, particularly for some cities in the US. While crime is a serious problem here and certainly related to poverty, I am not so sure that it is that much greater. Please update these statistics!!!! |
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African 23rd September 2009 |
How about you Wayne go live where there is no crime. these stats are old and you go about blabbering unpatriotic mouth. What are you doing to make the country better. |
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blh 23rd September 2009 |
It would be interesting to bring all these stats on the number of inhabitants per km ². For example, Japan h 337.8 km ² and France 96.3 h / km ², or 3.5 times more while the number of crimes was 3.5 times higher in France ... |
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Man on the river 19th September 2009 |
To Canatan: Turkey is not a terrorist country, Turkey is a terror victim four decades... Learn first and talk later. |
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ROSEMARY 19th September 2009 |
WHY IS TURKEY NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LIST? DON'T THEY PROVIDE INFO? CRIME AND VIOLENT CRIME IS VERY HIGH IN TURKEY |
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SM 17th September 2009 |
NZ should be in a worse place than that, our crime is out of control. We have more murders than that we have around 1-2 a week here. (thats the start there is a whole lot of other crime here, read nz herald thats all we have is crime in the paper) The justice system is a disgrace, you get 8-10 years here for murder..and the murder of kids here is appalling, do not raise a family here. In fact do not live here I want to move away fast. |
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ST 11th September 2009 |
There are probably far more dangerous places than those on this list. The real dangerous places are too bad to go around counting the murders. |
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FR 8th September 2009 |
How dare u claim last updated 2009 when source of information comes from a UN report done in 2000! It's been almost 10 years. Current stats say crime rates are higher in New Orleans, USA than Colombia. The page needs a REAL UPDATE! |
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hiro 7th September 2009 |
I think this report is incorrect please update with the correct report,.. don't make people confuse |
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Michael Crean 7th September 2009 |
For Katoch 19/9/09, since when has America been a country ? As for crime ( murder )the only way to keep the numbers down (as we will never prevent it), is "an eye for a eye". How many people are killed by re-offending murderers ? |
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MPA 5th September 2009 |
Why is it per 1,000? The standard is per 100,000. |
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wayne south africa 4th September 2009 |
South Africa is a sick sick country with a sick government who cares more about the fancy cars they buy than the death of their people through violent crime. DONT COME HERE, UNLESS YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH........ |
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Martin 3rd September 2009 |
SA should be right ontop, with 55 murder a day, please update this. |
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JJ 2nd September 2009 |
Guns are not the issue. It is illegal to own a gun in almost every country in the top 10. Contrary - most Swiss males have guns (military assault weapons) - but don't kill people with them. And yes poverty is likely the problem, but there is almost no poverty in the US ("poor" people have cars, cell phones, nice clothes, eat out often, and are mostly overweight), so likely greed is a better answer. |
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andynct 2nd September 2009 |
This is so out of date. 10 years old stats! |
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krusher 31st August 2009 |
I want to know and cant find the exact stat on how many murders have taken place, and where Dayton Ohio ranks in the murders per capita, over the last several years or any given yr. This year alone we have had close to 450, 11 of which have happened in the last 2 weeks |
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Abe Bird 26th August 2009 |
Why not putting the whole cuontries into the list? |
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Donnette Davis 22nd August 2009 |
Not surprised that South Africa is at Number 2. I wonder how many people who read this article (stats) will actually realise that it is NOT a safe place to visit, regardless of how it is portrayed by the SA Media to international receivers.... |
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annab 19th August 2009 |
Omg! And here we are thinking that Jamaica is a paradise! |
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katoch 19th August 2009 |
Cant believe United States at no. 24. Number one should not be placed so low it is discrimination and dishonoring of a country like America. |
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Jerry 14th August 2009 |
Now if we shop at Walmarts were nut cases LOLOL Sorry Thomas L but that Dog Won't hunt. |
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Alexandra 14th August 2009 |
Guns don't kill people. People kill people. |
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Marketmann 10th August 2009 |
These stats are a yesterday's paper. Here's a more responsible and updated numbers: http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=108&subid=900003&contentid=255032 |
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Mexicanchencho 7th August 2009 |
Where is belgium??? |
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Bobby in U.S. 2nd August 2009 |
You all are misinformed about us and our guns. we don't buy them to feel safe from criminals. we know the risks of gun ownership and the greater risk to our children. That is just the argument for keeping our guns. We make that argument all the time to the real reason we want to keep our guns. Our Government. A lot of us don't trust them any more than some of you. |
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Niemann 17th July 2009 |
Actual rate (2008) in Colombia is 0.316 per 1,000 people. See: http://www.medicinalegal.gov.co/drip/2008/2%20Forensis%202008%20homicidios.pdf (in Spanish) |
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Trev 15th July 2009 |
Please adjust South Africa. The murder rate is now 38/100 000. http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/crimestats/2008/march_april_2001_2008/catagory/murder.pdf |
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Rufus S 7th July 2009 |
These statistics are like all other crime statistics. They only reflect that which is reported. Not all countries have police who actually find and arrest the murderers. In many countries, the police are bought off. Secondly, if America banned all guns, the criminals would have no deterrence from robbing, raping and killing the law abiding American citizens. The criminals will find their guns. Ask Daniel from Mexico. All you America bashers are simply jealous. Perhaps you should take a look around and become a bit more informed. Being able to speak more than one language is admirable, but that alone does not make you more intelligent OR civilized. To the gentleman in Pakistan, it isn't Americans who blow t6hemselves up hoping to meet Allah along with 72 virgins. It's Pakistanis, Afghans, Saudis, Jordanians, Egyptians and others in that region who hide behind women and children while trying to shoot American soldiers. Those are the immoral and uncivilized murderers. Have a nice day, everyone. Try not to sprain your ankles too badly jumping all over the American flag. |
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d. 6th July 2009 |
This list looks weird. I checked my country's data and in 2008 in Poland there were 759 murders per 38 million people. That's around 0,02 per 1000 (0,01971 if you consider an exact number of people). |
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Anonymous 4th July 2009 |
Everyone talks about banning guns. Why don't they suggest we ban murder? |
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CB (Germany) 3rd July 2009 |
The Taliban and Al Qaeda behead, stone and blow up people...not a gun in sight. They and many people who possess guns use them as an extension of thier manhood and to display their inability for compromise. Objects do not kill people...people kill people. |
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Jesper 2nd July 2009 |
I am living in Sweden but are kids not afraid if they play on the street or go to school on their bike in the USA ? |
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Ludwe M (South africa) 22nd June 2009 |
Im a south african teenager and do not believe that crime is that worse in my country. Ther is crime in SA but its normal just like any other country.These statistics are exaggerating things. |
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htup 13th June 2009 |
You can't take my gun away! Nando! |
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Daniel Antonio 8th June 2009 |
How do you know wether widespread gun ownership causes more crime than prevents it? Gun ownership may not be an issue in Spain but it's worth considering it in Mexico since right now only criminals have access to it. |
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Nando 5th June 2009 |
It is funny to hear people asking for guns in US to defend and to feel "safe" and then see this statistics and see how good countries with and without guns do. Keep asking for guns americans, you will never know what peace is. |
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Canatan 2nd June 2009 |
Where is the terrorits country Turkey?? |
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Jonny Saxon 21st May 2009 |
Please! Let's not ignore the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room. There is an abundantly obvious correlation between violent crime and race/culture. Underdevelopement and civility are not mutually exclusive. Let us take a honest look at the effect of fatherlessness and out of wedlock births. Picture in your mind a civilized society. What does it look like. Love thy brother. |
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Wealth distribution 19th May 2009 |
I saw someone blaming wealth distribution in South Africa. That's hardly the case. The scandinavian countries are famous for their wealth distribution, and are all at the bottom of the statistics. Crime is mainly caused by poverty. Wealth distribution done right, prevents poverty, thus preventing crime. Poverty makes people desperate, causing crime. |
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some1 8th May 2009 |
Maria who cares really..its not a big dead what he said, his pouint is still valid |
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Maria (Brazil) 5th May 2009 |
Thomas I think it would be more appropriate for you to say: compare ourselves to other "developed" countries, rather than "civilized" countries. Remember that most of Americans cant even speak a second language.. and even developing countries are civilized!! |
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Michael in LH 3rd May 2009 |
Thomas - guns are not available to nutcases at Walmart or any other stores. Crazy people are forbidden by law from purchasing firearms. |
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Al Bino( 21st April 2009 |
Me don't want to sound repetitios, but i does think that this stats is off. And me also thinks many persons use bad bad, very bad, and bad gramer. |
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arif (pakistan) 26th July 2008 |
you must include murders committed by US in Iraq and Afghanistan this be added murders committed in US and u will be shocked that US is no 1 in murder list |
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gina (germany) 15th February 2008 |
time to update your crime stats I work with criminology and statistics and colombia isn't even on the top five these days brazil is the third most murderous place on the planet and it isnt even on the list britain is the most dangerous country in europe when it comes to murders, not estonia whoever worked on this list should get fired! |
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Thomas Schneider (Austria) 22nd October 2007 |
Hi Guys here you have a more current updated list its till 2006. Colombia isn´t longer leading still leader with murder is a south American followed by south Africa again. And there you will see which rank US is even really now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homicide_rate - 263k - |
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Tomás (Panama) 17th October 2007 |
You should try to make a map with at least 2005 or 2004 data. Information for 1998 to 2000 isn't going to help you detect current trends in 2007 at all, for research or other reasons. |
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Max (Canada) 28th September 2007 |
Josh from texas, you obviously have never been outside of the usa to see how bad the world really is. News from other nations is not broadcast in the usa except for a few things. Once you go outside of the usa, you will learn what violence, danger, chaos and terror really are, the usa only has a few areas that even come close to how a lot of areas in the rest of the world are every day. |
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Thomas L (Ann Arbor MI USA) 19th April 2007 |
For those that try to defend the murder rate of the USA saying we are still better than Irak and Afghanistan - you seem to be missing the point - we should try to compare ourselves to other civilized countries like Japan, Greece, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway. Stop making guns available to every nutcase at Walmart! |
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R.R 1st April 2006 |
Nation Master needs to update the stats. In 2005, Trinidad and Tobago, with a population of a little over 1m (1,070,000 according to the CIA Factbook) had 387 murders or 0.362 per 1,000. Up to March 2006, there have already been 110 murders in T&T, a trend that will eclipse the record 387 set last year. |
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