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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Australia: 30.1% 
# 2   New Zealand: 29.4% 
# 3   United Kingdom: 26.4% 
# 4   Netherlands: 25.2% 
# 5   Sweden: 24.7% 
# 6   Italy: 24.6% 
# 7   Canada: 23.8% 
# 8   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 23.2% 
# 9   Malta: 23.1% 
# 10   Denmark: 23% 
# 11   Poland: 22.7% 
= 12   France: 21.4% 
= 12   Belgium: 21.4% 
# 14   Slovenia: 21.2% 
# 15   United States: 21.1% 
# 16   Finland: 19.1% 
# 17   Austria: 18.8% 
# 18   Switzerland: 18.2% 
# 19   Portugal: 15.5% 
# 20   Japan: 15.2% 
Weighted average: 22.4%  



DEFINITION: People victimized by crime (as a % of the total population). Data refer to people victimized by one or more of 11 crimes recorded in the survey: robbery, burglary, attempted burglary, car theft, car vandalism, bicycle theft, sexual assault, theft from car, theft of personal property, assault and threats. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

SOURCE: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin

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Bloink
2nd February 2010 		"Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence."

Indeed. It's no coincidence that most of these are countries with relatively trust-worthy police forces.
Chris
17th January 2010 		@Angie:
There are other sorts of crimes y'know, such as robbery, rape, assaults, etc. And those types of crimes you always hear on the news all the time.
James
25th November 2009 		I couldn't find the paper they reference on http://www.unicri.it/wwd/analysis/icvs/publications.php


anybody find the source for this info?
Deidre
3rd November 2009 		Somethings is wrong here South Africa not on this list? All i have ever heard is that SA has the highest crime rate in the world. I dont think this list is correct! When was the last time it was updated???
Mark
3rd September 2009 		Oy - surely South Africa should be on this list? We do crime as well as we do rugby... these stats look really dodgy to me as Oz is winning and New Zealand, Sweden and Denmark feature and we don't!
Shinto
10th June 2009 		One must drop there preconceptions when dealing with Facts. Beginning with the Myth that America has the most crime in the world. France does have a higher crime rate than post people think. Due to slew of immigration from 3rd world countries and an unarmed population. Facts are facts. There are slums and ghettoes in France and areas that law-enforcement have deemed no-go-zones. This is reality live with it.
kaithe
20th November 2004 		i just want to know the grahp of total rate in the whole asia including the philippines from previous year up to now. Your file is good
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