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South America > Uruguay > Crime

URUGUAYAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assaults 10,544 [24th of 49]
Burglaries 11,184 [26th of 38]
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 4,517 [24th of 46]
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)
Death penalty > Abolition date 1,907 [62nd of 64]
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 857 per 100,000 people [37th of 46]
Source: Last updated: 01/04/03
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 35.2941 [10th of 32]
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 > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 2.5172 [11th of 32]
Source: Wikipedia: Gun violence
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 7.1321 [16th of 32]
Source: Wikipedia: Gun violence
Illicit drugs
small-scale transit country for drugs mainly bound for Europe, often through sea-borne containers; law enforcement corruption; money laundering because of strict banking secrecy laws; weak border control along Brazilian frontier; increasing consumption of cocaine base and synthetic drugs
Source: Wikipedia: Gun violence
Kidnappings 8 kidnappings [35th of 39]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Murders 217 [23rd of 49]
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 36 [49th of 73]
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 109 [14th of 36]
Source: World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002
Police 18,173 [28th 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)
Prisoners 7,100 prisoners [81st 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 209 per 100,000 people [36th 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)
Rapes 303 [31st of 50]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Robberies 10,282 [14th 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 69% [42nd 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)
Total crimes 134,010 [25th of 50]
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); Last updated: 01/04/03; 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: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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