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Europe > Latvia > Crime

LATVIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 2.97 % Time series [34th of 38]
Acquitted 108 [25th of 30]
Adults prosecuted 15,508 [21st of 28]
    Adults prosecuted (per capita) 6.66157 per 1,000 people [18th of 33]
Assaults 882 [43rd of 49]
    Assaults (per capita) 0.360262 per 1,000 people [41st of 57]
Burglaries 12,312 [24th of 38]
    Burglaries (per capita) 4.31048 per 1,000 people [25th of 54]
Car thefts 2,845 [28th of 46]
Convicted 12,615 [27th of 34]
    Convicted (per capita) 5.54105 per 1,000 people [25th of 56]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 8.91 % Time series [30th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights 51.34 % Time series [6th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 5.45 % Time series [28th of 39]
Drug offences 629 per 100,000 people [39th of 46]
Embezzlements 472 [22nd of 36]
    Embezzlements (per capita) 0.0375546 per 1,000 people [33rd of 44]
Females prosecuted 2,014 [21st of 26]
Frauds 573 [40th of 48]
    Frauds (per capita) 0.0454148 per 1,000 people [55th of 61]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 11.194 [26th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 1.2648 [17th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Non-firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 10.0337 [8th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 11.2985 [11th of 32]
Illicit drugs
transshipment and destination point for cocaine, synthetic drugs, opiates, and cannabis from Southwest Asia, Western Europe, Latin America, and neighboring Balkan countries; despite improved legislation, vulnerable to money laundering due to nascent enforcement capabilities and comparatively weak regulation of offshore companies and the gaming industry; CIS organized crime (including counterfeiting, corruption, extortion, stolen cars, and prostitution) accounts for most laundered proceeds
Jails 8,110 [1st of 80]
    Jails (per capita) 0.00655022 per 1,000 people [18th of 62]
Judges and Magistrates 315 [26th of 35]
    Judges and Magistrates (per capita) 0.159825 per 1,000 people [13th of 45]
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Chamber Trial
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Elected 2003, 2006
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Name Anita Usacka
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Term End 2015
Kidnappings 16 kidnappings [26th of 39]
Manslaughters 11 [36th of 42]
    Manslaughters (per capita) 0.0100437 per 1,000 people [14th of 43]
Murders 214 [24th of 49]
    Murders (per capita) 0.10393 per 1,000 people [8th of 62]
Murders committed by youths 55 [42nd of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 7.8 [19th of 57]
Murders with firearms 28 [24th of 36]
    Murders with firearms (per capita) 0.0131004 per 1,000 people [14th of 32]
Police 10,325 [36th of 47]
    Police (per capita) 4.51878 per 1,000 people [9th of 48]
Prisoners 8,483 prisoners [33rd of 168]
Prisoners > Female 5.3% [41st of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 0.6% [73rd of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita 339 per 100,000 people [19th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 35.9% [59th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 86.4% [108th of 128]
Rapes 106 [41st of 50]
    Rapes (per capita) 0.0454148 per 1,000 people [42nd of 65]
Robberies 2,664 [28th of 47]
    Robberies (per capita) 1.37991 per 1,000 people [12th of 64]
Sentence Length 58 [7th of 21]
Software piracy rate 56% [65th of 107]
Total crimes 49,329 [35th of 50]
    Total crimes (per capita) 21.921 per 1,000 people [29th of 60]
United States extradition treaties > Citation
43 Stat. 1738.
49 Stat. 3131.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed
October 16, 1923
October 10, 1934
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
March 1, 1924
March 29, 1935
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0 [128th of 143]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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); 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); 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); 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); Wikipedia: Gun violence ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Judges of the International Criminal Court ; World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties ; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija

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