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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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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The list is outdated by more than 9 years, therefore obviously not correct anymore.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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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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