FACTOID # 5: Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
 
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Crime Statistics > Police (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Montserrat: 7.81501 per 1,000 people 
#2   Mauritius: 7.28432 per 1,000 people 
#3   Dominica: 6.40311 per 1,000 people 
#4   Italy: 5.55565 per 1,000 people 
#5   Hong Kong: 4.79374 per 1,000 people 
#6   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 4.7868 per 1,000 people 
#7   Portugal: 4.64878 per 1,000 people 
#8   Kazakhstan: 4.54998 per 1,000 people 
#9   Latvia: 4.51878 per 1,000 people 
#10   Czech Republic: 4.47613 per 1,000 people 
#11   Slovakia: 3.72086 per 1,000 people 
#12   Lithuania: 3.53934 per 1,000 people 
#13   Malaysia: 3.43936 per 1,000 people 
#14   Thailand: 3.35665 per 1,000 people 
#15   Kyrgyzstan: 3.25049 per 1,000 people 
#16   Slovenia: 3.14023 per 1,000 people 
#17   Moldova: 3.01481 per 1,000 people 
#18   Germany: 2.91153 per 1,000 people 
#19   Ireland: 2.8989 per 1,000 people 
#20   Hungary: 2.88528 per 1,000 people 
#21   Spain: 2.86696 per 1,000 people 
#22   South Africa: 2.7668 per 1,000 people 
#23   Estonia: 2.72543 per 1,000 people 
#24   Poland: 2.61367 per 1,000 people 
#25   Jamaica: 2.57054 per 1,000 people 
#26   Georgia: 2.46034 per 1,000 people 
#27   Norway: 2.42412 per 1,000 people 
#28   Turkey: 2.38057 per 1,000 people 
#29   Iceland: 2.24441 per 1,000 people 
#30   Romania: 2.18728 per 1,000 people 
#31   Colombia: 2.12215 per 1,000 people 
#32   Australia: 2.09293 per 1,000 people 
#33   France: 2.049 per 1,000 people 
#34   United Kingdom: 2.04871 per 1,000 people 
#35   Switzerland: 1.93617 per 1,000 people 
#36   Netherlands: 1.92448 per 1,000 people 
#37   Denmark: 1.91716 per 1,000 people 
#38   Chile: 1.85583 per 1,000 people 
#39   Korea, South: 1.85461 per 1,000 people 
#40   Japan: 1.81103 per 1,000 people 
#41   Sri Lanka: 1.72484 per 1,000 people 
#42   Canada: 1.70767 per 1,000 people 
#43   Zimbabwe: 1.68859 per 1,000 people 
#44   Finland: 1.56347 per 1,000 people 
#45   Zambia: 1.13674 per 1,000 people 
#46   Papua New Guinea: 0.985032 per 1,000 people 
#47   India: 0.956207 per 1,000 people 
#48   Costa Rica: 0.370767 per 1,000 people 
Weighted average: 3.0 per 1,000 people  


DEFINITION: Total number of police 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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Jack Shea (USA)
17th April 2007
"Police (per capita) by country" listing does NOT include the USA. Why?
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