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Crime > Serious assaults: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Number of major assaults recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 South Africa 576.5 2002
2 Swaziland 516.1 2004
3 United States 281.6 1999
4 Zambia 226.8 2000
5 Jamaica 220 2000
6 Germany 183.1 2006
7 Canada 173.8 2006
8 Mexico 160.4 2006
9 Turkey 154.7 2006
10 New Zealand 150.4 2006
11 Scotland 127.5 2006
12 Morocco 113.3 2006
13 Barbados 109.3 2000
14 Italy 100.3 2006
15 Ireland 93.9 2006
=16 Algeria 91.8 2006
=16 Luxembourg 91.8 2002
18 Hungary 80.7 2004
=19 Nicaragua 70.3 2006
=19 Peru 70.3 2002
21 Norway 69.1 2006
22 Sweden 52.8 2006
23 Israel 50.3 2004
24 Chile 49.4 2004
25 Uruguay 48.1 2004
26 Finland 39.1 2006
27 Poland 38.9 2006
28 Panama 36.3 2006
29 Sri Lanka 35.1 2004
30 Ecuador 27.9 2006
31 Malta 27.5 2006
=32 Japan 26.7 2006
=32 Denmark 26.7 2006
34 Spain 25.2 2006
35 Kuwait 24.8 2002
36 Croatia 24.1 2006
37 Malaysia 21.9 2006
38 Belarus 20.3 2006
39 Iceland 20.2 2004
40 Yemen 17.9 2000
41 Mongolia 16.3 2006
=42 Costa Rica 15.9 2006
=42 Ukraine 15.9 2006
=42 Serbia and Montenegro 15.9 2006
45 Maldives 15 2004
46 Albania 14.3 2002
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.4 2006
48 Cyprus 12.3 2006
49 Jordan 11.5 2006
50 Estonia 10.5 2006
51 Lithuania 10 2006
52 Mauritius 9.8 2006
53 Moldova 8.7 2004
54 Czech Republic 8.3 2006
55 Slovakia 8 2006
56 Paraguay 7.8 2006
57 Saudi Arabia 7.2 2002
=58 Portugal 6.5 2006
=58 Armenia 6.5 2006
=60 Dominican Republic 5.9 2006
=60 Burma 5.9 2002
62 Indonesia 5.2 2000
63 Latvia 3.8 2006
64 El Salvador 3.5 2006
=65 Romania 3.1 2006
=65 Australia 3.1 2003
67 Switzerland 2.9 2006
68 Singapore 2.6 2006
69 Qatar 2.5 2002
70 Oman 2 2002
71 Tajikistan 1.7 2006
72 Bolivia 1.4 2006
73 Slovenia 1 2006
=74 Bangladesh 0.9 2006
=74 Syria 0.9 2006
=76 Brunei 0.8 2006
=76 Turkmenistan 0.8 2006
78 Kyrgyzstan 0.7 2006
=79 India 0.3 2006
=79 France 0.3 2000
=81 Azerbaijan 0.2 2006
=81 China 0.2 2000
=83 Lebanon 0.1 2006
=83 Nepal 0.1 2006
=85 Argentina 0.0 2006
=85 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 2004
=85 Philippines 0.0 2002
=85 Pakistan 0.0 2000
=85 Papua New Guinea 0.0 2000

Citation

Crime > Serious assaults: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Crime > Serious assaults

  • All of the top 2 countries by serious assaults are Sub-Saharan African.
  • Germany ranked first for serious assaults amongst Europe in 2006.
  • United States ranked first for serious assaults amongst Cold countries in 1999.
  • Italy ranked second for serious assaults amongst European Union in 2006.
  • All of the top 2 countries by serious assaults are Christian.
  • Canada ranked second for serious assaults amongst NATO countries in 2006.
  • France ranked last for serious assaults amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
  • South Africa ranked first for serious assaults amongst Emerging markets in 2002.
  • Mexico ranked first for serious assaults amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2006.
  • Hungary ranked first for serious assaults amongst Eastern Europe in 2004.
  • Belarus ranked first for serious assaults amongst Former Soviet republics in 2006.
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