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Middle East > Saudi Arabia > Crime

SAUDI CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assaults 13,864 [21st of 49]
Burglaries 14 [36th 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 18,717 [18th 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)
Executions 143 executions [3rd of 22]
Definition: Crime > Executions
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)
Illicit drugs
death penalty for traffickers; improving anti-money-laundering legislation and enforcement
Definition: Crime > Illicit drugs
Source: Amnesty International
Jails 104 [16th of 80]
Definition: Crime > Jails
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Kidnappings 107 kidnappings [15th 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)
Manslaughters 53 [19th of 42]
Definition: Crime > Manslaughters
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 202 [28th 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)
Prisoners 28,612 prisoners [19th 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 > Female 6.6% [20th of 134]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners > Female
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 > Foreign prisoners 50.9% [6th of 86]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners > Foreign prisoners
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Per capita 110 per 100,000 people [79th of 164]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners > Per capita
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Rapes 59 [44th of 50]
Definition: Crime > Rapes
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Robberies 598 [54th 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 51% [70th 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 84,599 [32nd of 50]
Definition: Crime > Total crimes
Source: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Saudi Arabia is a destination country for workers from South and Southeast Asia who are subjected to conditions that constitute involuntary servitude including being subjected to physical and sexual abuse, non-payment of wages, confinement, and withholding of passports as a restriction on their movement; domestic workers are particularly vulnerable because some are confined to the house in which they work unable to seek help; Saudi Arabia is also a destination country for Nigerian, Yemeni, Pakistani, Afghan, Somali, Malian, and Sudanese children trafficked for forced begging and involuntary servitude as street vendors; some Nigerian women were reportedly trafficked into Saudi Arabia for commercial sexual exploitation
Definition: Crime > Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
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)
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 3 - Saudi Arabia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government continues to lack adequate anti-trafficking laws and, despite evidence of widespread trafficking abuses, did not report any criminal prosecutions, convictions, or prison sentences for trafficking crimes committed against foreign domestic workers
Definition: Crime > Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 33.8 [27th of 143]
Definition: Crime > Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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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); Amnesty International; 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); 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; 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: Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah, Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah , saudi arabia b, saudi-arabia

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