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Crime Statistics > Total crimes (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Dominica:113.822 per 1,000 people 
#2  New Zealand:105.881 per 1,000 people 
#3  Finland:101.526 per 1,000 people 
#4  Denmark:92.8277 per 1,000 people 
#5  Chile:88.226 per 1,000 people 
#6  United Kingdom:85.5517 per 1,000 people 
#7  Montserrat:80.3982 per 1,000 people 
#8  United States:80.0645 per 1,000 people 
#9  Netherlands:79.5779 per 1,000 people 
#10  South Africa:77.1862 per 1,000 people 
#11  Germany:75.9996 per 1,000 people 
#12  Canada:75.4921 per 1,000 people 
#13  Norway:71.8639 per 1,000 people 
#14  France:62.1843 per 1,000 people 
#15  Seychelles:52.9265 per 1,000 people 
#16  Hungary:44.9763 per 1,000 people 
#17  Estonia:43.3601 per 1,000 people 
#18  Czech Republic:38.2257 per 1,000 people 
#19  Italy:37.9633 per 1,000 people 
#20  Switzerland:36.1864 per 1,000 people 
#21  Portugal:34.3833 per 1,000 people 
#22  Slovenia:33.6236 per 1,000 people 
#23  Poland:32.8573 per 1,000 people 
#24  Korea, South:31.7267 per 1,000 people 
#25  Mauritius:29.1982 per 1,000 people 
#26  Zimbabwe:28.8753 per 1,000 people 
#27  Lithuania:22.8996 per 1,000 people 
#28  Spain:22.8867 per 1,000 people 
#29  Latvia:21.921 per 1,000 people 
#30  Uruguay:21.7017 per 1,000 people 
#31  Russia:20.5855 per 1,000 people 
#32  Ireland:20.2376 per 1,000 people 
#33  Bulgaria:19.9886 per 1,000 people 
#34  Japan:19.177 per 1,000 people 
#35  Romania:16.4812 per 1,000 people 
#36  Slovakia:16.3537 per 1,000 people 
#37  Jamaica:14.3231 per 1,000 people 
#38  Belarus:13.1592 per 1,000 people 
#39  Mexico:12.8406 per 1,000 people 
#40  Tunisia:12.5634 per 1,000 people 
#41  Costa Rica:11.9788 per 1,000 people 
#42  Ukraine:11.7793 per 1,000 people 
#43  Hong Kong:11.6817 per 1,000 people 
#44  Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:9.689 per 1,000 people 
#45  Greece:9.6347 per 1,000 people 
#46  Venezuela:9.307 per 1,000 people 
#47  Thailand:8.80422 per 1,000 people 
#48  Moldova:8.58967 per 1,000 people 
#49  Kyrgyzstan:7.50486 per 1,000 people 
#50  Malaysia:6.97921 per 1,000 people 
#51  Qatar:6.76437 per 1,000 people 
#52  Zambia:5.27668 per 1,000 people 
#53  Colombia:4.98654 per 1,000 people 
#54  Turkey:4.11252 per 1,000 people 
#55  Armenia:4.03889 per 1,000 people 
#56  Georgia:3.21338 per 1,000 people 
#57  Papua New Guinea:2.39711 per 1,000 people 
#58  Azerbaijan:1.76416 per 1,000 people 
#59  India:1.63352 per 1,000 people 
#60  Yemen:1.16109 per 1,000 people 
Weighted average: 33.7 per 1,000 people  


DEFINITION: Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. 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     

Cameron Dewe (New Zealand)
3rd December 2006 		Comparing international crime statistics must be done with great caution. Statistics compiled by the United Nations are based on surveys that specify that crimes be counted based on each country's legislated definition of what constitute a "crime". Some countries may include misdemeanor offences, where a fine is issued while others may only count imprisionable offences. Also, counting the crime takes place at different places in the law-enforcement process. Consequently, some countries may count every reported breach of the law, while others may only count cases that make it to court, and even then only the most serious of several charges laid. Because there is so much inconsistency in these statistics, they might also be a quality measure of the standard and efficiency of law enforcement and the criminal justice system of a country, rather than having anything to do with actual prevalence of crime.
Jussi (Finland)
9th December 2006 		Less corruption, higher rank in crimes per capita. You can't bribe police and other authority here as much than many other countries.
shakib (Kenya)
21st September 2007 		It is interesting to note that out of these 60 'bad boy' countries of the world only seven (7) are muslim countries. They range from Tunisia at No. 40 to Yemen at no. 60. You can give any excuses you want but to me it is clear that Islam is a force for good not evil.
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