Total crimes (per capita) (most recent) by country

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
Note: 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 > Total crimes (per capita) (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Dominica:

113.822 per 1,000 people

# 2

New Zealand:

105.881 per 1,000 people

# 3

Finland:

101.526 per 1,000 people

# 4

Denmark:

92.8277 per 1,000 people

# 5

Chile:

88.226 per 1,000 people

# 6

United Kingdom:

85.5517 per 1,000 people

# 7

Montserrat:

80.3982 per 1,000 people

# 8

United States:

80.0645 per 1,000 people

# 9

Netherlands:

79.5779 per 1,000 people

# 10

South Africa:

77.1862 per 1,000 people

# 11

Germany:

75.9996 per 1,000 people

# 12

Canada:

75.4921 per 1,000 people

# 13

Norway:

71.8639 per 1,000 people

# 14

France:

62.1843 per 1,000 people

# 15

Seychelles:

52.9265 per 1,000 people

# 16

Hungary:

44.9763 per 1,000 people

# 17

Estonia:

43.3601 per 1,000 people

# 18

Czech Republic:

38.2257 per 1,000 people

# 19

Italy:

37.9633 per 1,000 people

# 20

Switzerland:

36.1864 per 1,000 people

# 21

Portugal:

34.3833 per 1,000 people

# 22

Slovenia:

33.6236 per 1,000 people

# 23

Poland:

32.8573 per 1,000 people

# 24

Korea, South:

31.7267 per 1,000 people

# 25

Mauritius:

29.1982 per 1,000 people

# 26

Zimbabwe:

28.8753 per 1,000 people

# 27

Lithuania:

22.8996 per 1,000 people

# 28

Spain:

22.8867 per 1,000 people

# 29

Latvia:

21.921 per 1,000 people

# 30

Uruguay:

21.7017 per 1,000 people

# 31

Russia:

20.5855 per 1,000 people

# 32

Ireland:

20.2376 per 1,000 people

# 33

Bulgaria:

19.9886 per 1,000 people

# 34

Japan:

19.177 per 1,000 people

# 35

Romania:

16.4812 per 1,000 people

# 36

Slovakia:

16.3537 per 1,000 people

# 37

Jamaica:

14.3231 per 1,000 people

# 38

Belarus:

13.1592 per 1,000 people

# 39

Mexico:

12.8406 per 1,000 people

# 40

Tunisia:

12.5634 per 1,000 people

# 41

Costa Rica:

11.9788 per 1,000 people

# 42

Ukraine:

11.7793 per 1,000 people

# 43

Hong Kong:

11.6817 per 1,000 people

# 44

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

9.689 per 1,000 people

# 45

Greece:

9.6347 per 1,000 people

# 46

Venezuela:

9.307 per 1,000 people

# 47

Thailand:

8.80422 per 1,000 people

# 48

Moldova:

8.58967 per 1,000 people

# 49

Kyrgyzstan:

7.50486 per 1,000 people

# 50

Malaysia:

6.97921 per 1,000 people

# 51

Qatar:

6.76437 per 1,000 people

# 52

Zambia:

5.27668 per 1,000 people

# 53

Colombia:

4.98654 per 1,000 people

# 54

Turkey:

4.11252 per 1,000 people

# 55

Armenia:

4.03889 per 1,000 people

# 56

Georgia:

3.21338 per 1,000 people

# 57

Papua New Guinea:

2.39711 per 1,000 people

# 58

Azerbaijan:

1.76416 per 1,000 people

# 59

India:

1.63352 per 1,000 people

# 60

Yemen:

1.16109 per 1,000 people

Weighted average:

33.7 per 1,000 people

DEFINITION: Note: 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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