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Crime Stats: compare key data on British Virgin Islands & United States

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Definitions

  • Illicit drugs: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
  • Violent crime > Murder rate: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • Violent crime > Murders: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
STAT British Virgin Islands United States HISTORY
Illicit drugs transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe; large offshore financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center
Violent crime > Murder rate 2
Ranked 125th.
12,996
Ranked 9th. 6498 times more than British Virgin Islands

Violent crime > Murders 2
Ranked 125th.
12,996
Ranked 9th. 6498 times more than British Virgin Islands

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