Turkey vs United States Crime Stats Compared

Country vs country: Crime Stats: compare key data on Turkey & United States and Crime Stats: compare key data on Turkey & United States compared Crime

STAT	Turkey	United States
Age of criminal responsibility	12 Ranked 32nd. Twice as much as United States	6 Ranked 58th.
Crime levels	35.81 Ranked 61st.	55.84 Ranked 30th. 56% more than Turkey
Drugs > Annual cannabis use	1.9% Ranked 8th.	13.7% Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Turkey
Drugs > Opiates use	0.05% Ranked 13th.	0.57% Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than Turkey
Justice system > Punishment > Capital punishment (last execution year)	1,984 Ranked 14th.	2,014 Ranked 1st. 2% more than Turkey
Murder rate	3.8	5
Police officers	7.4 Ranked 1st.	243.6 Ranked 27th. 33 times more than Turkey
Rape rate	1.5 Ranked 71st.	27.3 Ranked 9th. 18 times more than Turkey
Total crimes	286,482 Ranked 32nd.	11.88 million Ranked 1st. 41 times more than Turkey
Total crimes per 1000	4.41 Ranked 69th.	41.29 Ranked 22nd. 9 times more than Turkey
Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents	12.5 Ranked 51st.	88.8 Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Turkey
Violent crime > Murder rate	2,320 Ranked 38th.	12,996 Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Turkey
Violent crime > Murder rate per million people	32.97 Ranked 107th.	42.01 Ranked 43th. 27% more than Turkey
Violent crime > Rapes	1,071 Ranked 30th.	84,767 Ranked 1st. 79 times more than Turkey
Violent crime > Rapes per million people	15.22 Ranked 72nd.	274.04 Ranked 9th. 18 times more than Turkey
Violent crime > Murders per million people	32.97 Ranked 107th.	42.01 Ranked 43th. 27% more than Turkey
Violent crime > Murders	2,320 Ranked 38th.	12,996 Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Turkey
Burglaries	216.9 Ranked 26th.	714.4 Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Turkey
Robberies	28.5 Ranked 50th.	146.4 Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Turkey
Believes crime increasing in the past 3 years	54.13 Ranked 73th.	65.22 Ranked 44th. 20% more than Turkey
Fear of crime > Violent hate crime	25.45 Ranked 56th.	32.55 Ranked 31st. 28% more than Turkey
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > At night	55.91 Ranked 39th. 34% more than United States	41.84 Ranked 60th.
Murders > Per 100,000 people	6.9 Ranked 59th. 17% more than United States	5.9 Ranked 63th.
Prisoners	64,051 prisoners Ranked 20th.	2.02 million prisoners Ranked 1st. 32 times more than Turkey
Assaults	192.7 Ranked 22nd.	786.7 Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Turkey
Punishment > Maximum length of sentence	None	None
Auto theft	45.9 Ranked 37th.	390.2 Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Turkey
Perceived problems > Problem violent crimes including assault and armed robbery	28.6 Ranked 64th.	75.54 Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Turkey
Murders > WHO	2.9 Ranked 113th.	5.6 Ranked 88th. 93% more than Turkey
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > During the day	79.91 Ranked 46th. 6% more than United States	75.24 Ranked 57th.
Prisoners > Per capita	92 per 100,000 people Ranked 99th.	715 per 100,000 people Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Turkey
Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence	Sexual offences, military and political crimes	Varies by state
Fear of crime > Worries about being attacked	38.06 Ranked 56th.	42.08 Ranked 43th. 11% more than Turkey
Software piracy rate	65% Ranked 50th. 3 times more than United States	20% Ranked 106th.
Perceived problems > Property crimes including vandalism and theft	38.99 Ranked 72nd.	57.93 Ranked 28th. 49% more than Turkey
Drug offences	4.6 per 100,000 people Ranked 58th.	560.1 per 100,000 people Ranked 41st. 122 times more than Turkey
Perceived problems > Illegal drugs	29.73 Ranked 74th.	61.82 Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Turkey
Perceived problems > Problem corruption and bribery	56.58 Ranked 60th. 33% more than United States	42.45 Ranked 69th.
Sentence Length	9 Ranked 37th.	29 Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Turkey
Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole	Life imprisonment: 24 years (30 if organized crime), Multiple life imprisonments: 30 years (34 if organized crime), Aggravated life imprisonment: 30 years (36 if organized crime), Multiple aggravated life imprisonments: 36 years (40 if organized crime), or never (aggravated life imprisonment for terrorism)	15 years minimum to infinite, or never (depending on crime and state)
Fear of crime > Worries about being insulted	41.9 Ranked 41st.	44.84 Ranked 33th. 7% more than Turkey
Fear of crime > Worries about being mugged or robbed	38.86 Ranked 54th.	45.01 Ranked 47th. 16% more than Turkey
Illicit drugs	key transit route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe and, to a lesser extent, the US - via air, land, and sea routes; major Turkish and other international trafficking organizations operate out of Istanbul; laboratories to convert imported morphine base into heroin exist in remote regions of Turkey and near Istanbul; government maintains strict controls over areas of legal opium poppy cultivation and over output of poppy straw concentrate; lax enforcement of money-laundering controls	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
Frauds	10,696 Ranked 26th.	371,800 Ranked 2nd. 35 times more than Turkey
Gun ownership > Guns per 100 residents > 2007	12.5 Ranked 22nd.	88.8 Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Turkey
Serious assaults	154.7 Ranked 4th.	281.6 Ranked 1st. 82% more than Turkey
Prisoners per 1000	0.985 prisoners Ranked 91st.	7.02 prisoners Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Turkey
Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence	Murder with special cirucumstances, treason, terrorism	Varies by state
Judges	8.6% Ranked 29th.	10.8% Ranked 3rd. 26% more than Turkey
Fear of crime > Worries about home break and enter	43.86 Ranked 51st.	48.52 Ranked 39th. 11% more than Turkey
Drugs > HIV testing amongst drug users	8% Ranked 36th.	46.8% Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Turkey
Prisoners > Female	3.7% Ranked 77th.	8.5% Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Turkey
Judges and Magistrates	6,041 Ranked 8th.	29,023 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Turkey
Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21	Maximum 24 years	Yes ( de jure )
Punishment > Has life imprisonment	Yes	Yes
Car thefts	14,954 Ranked 27th.	1.25 million Ranked 1st. 83 times more than Turkey
Car thefts per 1000	0.23 Ranked 48th.	4.33 Ranked 11th. 19 times more than Turkey
Fear of crime > Worries about things from car being stolen	44.91 Ranked 61st.	59.02 Ranked 33th. 31% more than Turkey
Punishment > Has indefinite sentence	Yes	Yes
Adults prosecuted	2.06 million Ranked 2nd.	14.2 million Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Turkey
Prosecutors	4.8% Ranked 29th.	8.8% Ranked 1st. 83% more than Turkey
Judges and Magistrates per million	92.91 Ranked 33th.	100.91 Ranked 31st. 9% more than Turkey
Fear of crime > Worries about car being stolen	34.03 Ranked 56th.	42.04 Ranked 45th. 24% more than Turkey
Prison staff	35.3% Ranked 37th.	138.3% Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Turkey
Jails	504 Ranked 9th.	1,558 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Turkey
Adults prosecuted per 1000	31.68 Ranked 5th.	49.38 Ranked 2nd. 56% more than Turkey
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners	1.7% Ranked 59th. 3 times more than United States	0.5% Ranked 77th.
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	91.1% Ranked 103th.	0.0 Ranked 126th.
Frauds per 1000	0.164 Ranked 59th.	1.29 Ranked 24th. 8 times more than Turkey
Jails per million	7.75 Ranked 16th. 43% more than United States	5.42 Ranked 24th.
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	51% Ranked 34th. 3 times more than United States	20% Ranked 106th.

Country vs country: Crime Stats: compare key data on Turkey & United States and Crime Stats: compare key data on Turkey & United States compared Crime

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