Crime Stats: compare key data on Northern Ireland & Philippines
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.
- Human trafficking > Number prosecuted: Number of people prosecuted for tracking in persons (people smuggling) by country.
- Judges: Number of professional judges per 100,000 population.
- 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.
- Murders committed by youths: Homicide rates among youths aged 10–29 years by country or area: most recent year available (variable 1990–1999).
- Organised crime gang membership > Police recorded offenses: Number of organised crime gang participation offences recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
- 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 assault rate: Number of major assaults recorded by police per 100,000 population
- Smuggling of migrants > Convictions: Number of people convicted for smuggling migrants by country.
- Smuggling of migrants > Police recorded offences: Number of offences relating to smuggling of migrants (people smuggling) as recorded by police in that country.
- 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.
- Smuggling of migrants > Number prosecuted: Number of people prosecuted for smuggling migrants by country.
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; World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; Wikipedia: List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade