February 25, 2003

Crime Statistics of Different Countries

MURDER RATE

United States 8.40
Canada 5.45
Denmark 5.17
France 4.60
Portugal 4.50
Australia 4.48
Germany 4.20
Belgium 2.80
Spain 2.28
Switzerland 2.25
Italy 2.18
Norway 1.99
United Kingdom 1.97
Austria 1.80
Greece 1.76
Sweden 1.73
Japan 1.20
Ireland 0.96
Finland 0.70


Rape (per 100,000 people)

United States 37.20
Sweden 15.70
Denmark 11.23
Germany 8.60
Norway 7.87
United Kingdom 7.26
Finland 7.20
France 6.77
Switzerland 6.15
Luxembourg 5.00
Spain 4.43
Austria 4.40
Belgium 4.00
Greece 2.40
Ireland 1.72
Japan 1.40
Portugal 1.20


Armed robbery (per 100,000 people)

Spain 265
United States 221
Canada 94
France 90
Belgium 66
United Kingdom 63
Italy 50
Sweden 49
Germany 47
Ireland 46
Denmark 44
Finland 38
Switzerland 23
Norway 22
Greece 7
Japan 1


Auto Theft (per 100,000 people)

Sweden 714
Denmark 700
Norway 665
United Kingdom 624
United States 583
France 420
Italy 364
Spain 356
Canada 344
Finland 247
Belgium 201
Germany 114
Greece 58
Ireland 30
Japan 28


Breaking and entering (per 100,000 people)

Denmark 2,412
Australia 1,962
Germany 1,918
United Kingdom 1,627
Sweden 1,555
Canada 1,386
United States 1,309
Spain 1,232
Finland 1,008
Luxembourg 984
Switzerland 976
Austria 910
Ireland 855
France 674
Belgium 623
Greece 257
Japan 211
Norway 93

Source: http://thomasash.hypermart.net/politicsandsociety/kangas-toughoncrime.html

Posted by Dienekes at February 25, 2003 12:39 AM | PermaLink
Comments

As a sociologist, criminologist turned journalist writing for the Scand. x-pats in Spain yor info is of great value. If there is a mail list for similar info involving Iberia/Scandinavia I would be very happy to receive such info. KJH.

Posted by: Jim Hermanrud, at June 10, 2003 08:40 AM

I would like to know which cities in france have the worst crime, what kind of organized crime exists in france, other information. I've been searching all over the web and i am not very web literate. If you could somehow help me out i would very much appreciate it. Thanks.

Posted by: Charles Pearson at September 30, 2003 01:38 PM

I was wondering if you could tell me what year this information was gathered for.
thank you very much!

Posted by: Billie Dee at October 14, 2003 07:03 PM

I am writing an essay and need information on the top 3 countries with the best criminal rehabilitation results and the 3 worst. Thank you.

Posted by: Mary at November 11, 2003 06:25 AM

Need crime statistics in Germany for 2002 and 2003 broken down by ethnic origins and religious affiliations. Kindly advise where I can get that info.

Posted by: SM at January 20, 2004 12:04 AM