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Europe > Latvia > Crime

LATVIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 108 [25th of 30]
Assaults 882 [43rd of 49]
Definition: Crime > Assaults
Source: 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)
Burglaries 12,312 [24th of 38]
Definition: Crime > Burglaries
Source: 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)
Car thefts 2,845 [28th of 46]
Definition: Crime > Car thefts
Source: 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)
Drug offences 629 per 100,000 people [39th of 46]
Definition: Crime > Drug offences
Source: 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)
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 11.194 [26th of 32]
Definition: Crime > Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
Source: 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)
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 11.2985 [11th of 32]
Definition: Crime > Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
Source: Wikipedia: Gun violence
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
Definition: Crime > Illicit drugs
Source: Wikipedia: Gun violence
Jails 8,110 [1st of 80]
Definition: Crime > Jails
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Kidnappings 16 kidnappings [26th of 39]
Definition: Crime > Kidnappings
Source: 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)
Murders 214 [24th of 49]
Definition: Crime > Murders
Source: 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)
Murders committed by youths 55 [42nd of 73]
Definition: Crime > Murders committed by youths
Source: 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)
Murders with firearms 28 [24th of 36]
Definition: Crime > Murders with firearms
Source: World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002
Police 10,325 [36th of 47]
Definition: Crime > Police
Source: 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)
Prisoners 8,483 prisoners [33rd of 168]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners
Source: 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)
Prisoners > Per capita 339 per 100,000 people [19th of 164]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners > Per capita
Source: 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)
Rapes 106 [41st of 50]
Definition: Crime > Rapes
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Robberies 2,664 [28th of 47]
Definition: Crime > Robberies
Source: 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)
Software piracy rate 56% [65th of 107]
Definition: Crime > Software piracy rate
Source: 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)
Total crimes 49,329 [35th of 50]
Definition: Crime > Total crimes
Source: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study

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SOURCES: 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; 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); 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

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

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