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Crime Statistics > Police (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Montserrat:7.81501 per 1,000 people 
#2  Mauritius:7.28432 per 1,000 people 
#3  Dominica:6.40311 per 1,000 people 
#4  Italy:5.55565 per 1,000 people 
#5  Hong Kong:4.79374 per 1,000 people 
#6  Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:4.7868 per 1,000 people 
#7  Portugal:4.64878 per 1,000 people 
#8  Kazakhstan:4.54998 per 1,000 people 
#9  Latvia:4.51878 per 1,000 people 
#10  Czech Republic:4.47613 per 1,000 people 
#11  Slovakia:3.72086 per 1,000 people 
#12  Lithuania:3.53934 per 1,000 people 
#13  Malaysia:3.43936 per 1,000 people 
#14  Thailand:3.35665 per 1,000 people 
#15  Kyrgyzstan:3.25049 per 1,000 people 
#16  Slovenia:3.14023 per 1,000 people 
#17  Moldova:3.01481 per 1,000 people 
#18  Germany:2.91153 per 1,000 people 
#19  Ireland:2.8989 per 1,000 people 
#20  Hungary:2.88528 per 1,000 people 
#21  Spain:2.86696 per 1,000 people 
#22  South Africa:2.7668 per 1,000 people 
#23  Estonia:2.72543 per 1,000 people 
#24  Poland:2.61367 per 1,000 people 
#25  Jamaica:2.57054 per 1,000 people 
#26  Georgia:2.46034 per 1,000 people 
#27  Norway:2.42412 per 1,000 people 
#28  Turkey:2.38057 per 1,000 people 
#29  Iceland:2.24441 per 1,000 people 
#30  Romania:2.18728 per 1,000 people 
#31  Colombia:2.12215 per 1,000 people 
#32  Australia:2.09293 per 1,000 people 
#33  France:2.049 per 1,000 people 
#34  United Kingdom:2.04871 per 1,000 people 
#35  Switzerland:1.93617 per 1,000 people 
#36  Netherlands:1.92448 per 1,000 people 
#37  Denmark:1.91716 per 1,000 people 
#38  Chile:1.85583 per 1,000 people 
#39  Korea, South:1.85461 per 1,000 people 
#40  Japan:1.81103 per 1,000 people 
#41  Sri Lanka:1.72484 per 1,000 people 
#42  Canada:1.70767 per 1,000 people 
#43  Zimbabwe:1.68859 per 1,000 people 
#44  Finland:1.56347 per 1,000 people 
#45  Zambia:1.13674 per 1,000 people 
#46  Papua New Guinea:0.985032 per 1,000 people 
#47  India:0.956207 per 1,000 people 
#48  Costa Rica:0.370767 per 1,000 people 
Weighted average: 3.0 per 1,000 people  


DEFINITION: Total number of police Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

SOURCE: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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COMMENTARY     

Jack Shea (USA)
17th April 2007
"Police (per capita) by country" listing does NOT include the USA. Why?
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