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Europe > Netherlands > Crime

DUTCH CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 4,361 [11th of 30]
Assault victims 1% [16th of 20]
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)
Believe in police efficiency 52% [17th of 17]
Source: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin
Car thefts 35,384 [12th of 46]
Source: UN International Crime Victims' Survey
Death penalty > Last executed 1,952 [24th of 55]
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 12,683 per 100,000 people [17th of 46]
Source: Last updated: 01/04/03
Illicit drugs
major European producer of synthetic drugs, including ecstasy, and cannabis cultivator; important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish entering Europe; major source of US-bound ecstasy; large financial sector vulnerable to money laundering; significant consumer of ecstasy
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 157 [30th of 49]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Perception of safety > Walking in dark 81% [5th of 15]
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)
Police 34,281 [19th of 47]
Source: UN International Crime Victims' Survey
Prisoners 16,930 prisoners [26th of 168]
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 112 per 100,000 people [76th of 164]
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)
Rape victims 0.8% [7th of 20]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Rapes 1,801 [14th of 50]
Source: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin
Robberies 21,389 [11th of 47]
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 28% [94th of 107]
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)
Suicide rates in ages 15-24 6.8 per 100,000 people [14th of 17]
Source: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
Suicide rates in ages 25-34 10.6 per 100,000 people [14th of 17]
Source: GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3
Total crime victims 25.2% [4th of 20]
Source: GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3
Total crimes 1,422,863 [9th of 50]
Source: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin

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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); UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin; UN International Crime Victims' Survey; 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); Last updated: 01/04/03; 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); International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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