Robberies (per capita) statistics - countries compared

SOURCE
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)

DEFINITION
Total recorded robberies. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

Crime Statistics > Robberies (per capita) (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Spain:

12.3265 per 1,000 people

# 2

Chile:

6.92522 per 1,000 people

# 3

Costa Rica:

4.79109 per 1,000 people

# 4

South Africa:

4.4434 per 1,000 people

# 5

Estonia:

3.56639 per 1,000 people

# 6

Mexico:

2.02555 per 1,000 people

# 7

Portugal:

1.6237 per 1,000 people

# 8

United Kingdom:

1.57433 per 1,000 people

# 9

Uruguay:

1.57114 per 1,000 people

# 10

Poland:

1.38838 per 1,000 people

# 11

United States:

1.38527 per 1,000 people

# 12

Latvia:

1.37991 per 1,000 people

# 13

Venezuela:

1.37833 per 1,000 people

# 14

Lithuania:

1.21601 per 1,000 people

# 15

Australia:

1.16048 per 1,000 people

# 16

Netherlands:

1.13549 per 1,000 people

# 17

Zimbabwe:

0.974838 per 1,000 people

# 18

Mauritius:

0.947197 per 1,000 people

# 19

Russia:

0.923114 per 1,000 people

# 20

Jamaica:

0.851974 per 1,000 people

# 21

Dominica:

0.82574 per 1,000 people

# 22

Canada:

0.823411 per 1,000 people

# 23

Germany:

0.720773 per 1,000 people

# 24

Seychelles:

0.652806 per 1,000 people

# 25

Italy:

0.649295 per 1,000 people

# 26

Malaysia:

0.613535 per 1,000 people

# 27

Papua New Guinea:

0.612083 per 1,000 people

# 28

Ireland:

0.601096 per 1,000 people

# 29

Denmark:

0.580265 per 1,000 people

# 30

Bulgaria:

0.572617 per 1,000 people

# 31

Colombia:

0.571239 per 1,000 people

# 32

Moldova:

0.569921 per 1,000 people

# 33

Belarus:

0.550291 per 1,000 people

# 34

Finland:

0.497798 per 1,000 people

# 35

Hong Kong:

0.497608 per 1,000 people

# 36

Ukraine:

0.455965 per 1,000 people

# 37

New Zealand:

0.439901 per 1,000 people

# 38

France:

0.400686 per 1,000 people

# 39

Czech Republic:

0.400254 per 1,000 people

# 40

Norway:

0.387764 per 1,000 people

# 41

Hungary:

0.349156 per 1,000 people

# 42

Kyrgyzstan:

0.290906 per 1,000 people

# 43

Switzerland:

0.290827 per 1,000 people

# 44

Indonesia:

0.253168 per 1,000 people

# 45

Zambia:

0.239655 per 1,000 people

# 46

Slovenia:

0.235704 per 1,000 people

# 47

Slovakia:

0.232738 per 1,000 people

# 48

Sri Lanka:

0.231597 per 1,000 people

# 49

Romania:

0.185535 per 1,000 people

# 50

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

0.144743 per 1,000 people

# 51

Iceland:

0.11458 per 1,000 people

# 52

Tunisia:

0.0950869 per 1,000 people

# 53

Korea, South:

0.093008 per 1,000 people

# 54

Greece:

0.078084 per 1,000 people

# 55

Georgia:

0.0718409 per 1,000 people

# 56

Armenia:

0.0543077 per 1,000 people

# 57

Japan:

0.040599 per 1,000 people

# 58

India:

0.0263001 per 1,000 people

# 59

Turkey:

0.0234421 per 1,000 people

# 60

Saudi Arabia:

0.0226361 per 1,000 people

# 61

Azerbaijan:

0.0183266 per 1,000 people

# 62

Thailand:

0.0121522 per 1,000 people

# 63

Yemen:

0.00844309 per 1,000 people

# 64

Qatar:

0.00463472 per 1,000 people

Weighted average:

1.0 per 1,000 people

DEFINITION: Total recorded robberies. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

SOURCE: 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) via NationMaster

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