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Crime Stats: compare key data on India & Scotland

Definitions

  • Assault rate: Number of assaults recorded by police per 100,000 population
  • Assaults: Number of assaults recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
  • Auto theft: Number of motor vehicle thefts (car thefts) recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
  • Burglaries: Number of burglaries recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
  • Corruption > Police recorded offences: Number of corruption-related offences as recorded by police in that country.
  • Counterfeiting: Number of conterfeiting offences as recorded by police in that country.
  • Drugs > Annual cannabis use: Estimate of percentage of 15-64 year old population who use Cannabis.
  • Kidnappings: Number of kidnappings recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
  • Murder rate: Homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants in various countries.
  • Police officers: Number of police officers per 100,000 population.
  • Prison staff: Number of correction staff in adult prisons per 100,000 population.
  • Robberies: Number of robberies recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
  • Serious assaults: Number of major assaults recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
  • Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate: Homicides per 100’000 residents. Homicide is the death of a person purposefully inflicted by another person (it excludes suicides) outside of a state of war. Homicide is a broader category than murder, as it also includes manslaughter. The exact legal definition varies across countries, some of which include infanticide, assisted suicide, euthanasia and deaths caused by dangerous driving.
STAT India Scotland HISTORY
Assault rate 23.1
Ranked 73th.
1,655.1
Ranked 1st. 72 times more than India
Assaults 23.1
Ranked 53th.
1,655.1
Ranked 1st. 72 times more than India
Auto theft 7.9
Ranked 57th.
293.1
Ranked 9th. 37 times more than India

Burglaries 8
Ranked 50th.
597.6
Ranked 13th. 75 times more than India

Corruption > Police recorded offences 3,285
Ranked 4th. 1095 times more than Scotland
3
Ranked 44th.

Counterfeiting 2,383
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Scotland
914
Ranked 10th.

Drugs > Annual cannabis use 3.2%
Ranked 4th.
8.4%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than India
Kidnappings 2.09
Ranked 14th.
7.45
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than India
Murder rate 2.8 1.79
Police officers 122.5
Ranked 28th.
361.4
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than India
Prison staff 4.2%
Ranked 1st.
67.8%
Ranked 23th. 16 times more than India

Robberies 1.6
Ranked 68th.
69.9
Ranked 29th. 44 times more than India

Serious assaults 0.3
Ranked 54th.
127.5
Ranked 6th. 425 times more than India
Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate 2.8
Ranked 8th. 63% more than Scotland
1.72
Ranked 38th.

SOURCES: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice, 2011; European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice, 2011; https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf, World Drug Report 2011, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2011, p. 217.; Wikipedia: List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade

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