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Countries with the most
serious assaults*

# of assaults
per 100,000
habitants (1999)

1   Australia
2   Dominican Republic
3   South Africa
4   Namibia
5   Israel
6   Swaziland
7   Ghana
8   Lebanon
9   Zimbabwe
10  Tunesia
11  France
12  Uruguay
13  Barbados
14  Lesotho
15  Canada
16  Germany
17  Hong Kong
18  Rawanda
19  Turkey
20 Puerto Rico

Source: The Economist
  Newspaper  Ltd.
708.5
682.4
595.6
533.6
491.8
471.7
418.9
209.7
198.4
165.0
162.7
162.5
161.9
156.9
140.2
139.6
117.1
114.3
112.0
101.8
Countries with the most
robberies*

# of robberies
per 100,000
habitants (1999)

1   Denmark
2   Australia
3   Dominican Republic
4   Norway
5   Canada
6   Germany
7   Switzerland
8   France
9   South Africa
10  Iceland
11  Luxemburg
12  Estonia
13  Austria
14  Finland
15  Hungary
16  Puerto Rico
17  Barbados
18  Swaziland
19  Zimbabwe
20  Slovenia

Source: The Economist
  Newspaper  Ltd.
7,687.6
6,215.0
4,779.3
4,577.1
3,968.9
3,894.1
3,886.4
3,849.2
3,407.2
3,374.9
3,079.9
2,917.0
2,649.5
2,618.5
2,591.0
2,214.3
2,182.5
1,954.7
1,827.6
1,803.2
* Crime statistics are based on crimes registered by the police. The figures depend partially, on the effeciency of the police, the definition of the crimes, and the proportion of crimes reported, therefore the figures are not directly comparable.
Statistics
Violence
in Puerto Rico
Last updated 5/2/2008
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Murders and assaults

Total of Type I violent crimes
Type I crimes by region
Murders and homocides
Change with respect to the previous year
Yearly evolution
Municipalities with the most murders
Municipalities with the least murders
Ratio per municipality
By time of occurance
January 1st - December 31  2004
January 1st -November 2005
Total per municipality (1973-2005)
Rates per municipality
Aggravated Assaults
Assaults by region
Yearly evolution
Ratio per municipality
Total per municipality



Suicides

Yearly evolution by age and gender
Method utilized
By gender and age
Place of suicide
Hour of suicide


Accidents and traffic pullovers

Crashes and deaths per accident
By age
Men, by age
Women, by age
Drivers pulled over for driving under the influence
Historical evolution of accidental deaths
Accidental deaths
Deaths from motor vehicle accidents


Deaths from external causes

Total of deaths from external causes
By age
Men, by age
Women, by age
Historical Evolution
Accidental deaths
Deaths from moter vehicle accidents
Deaths from murders
Deaths from suicides


Robberies and crimes against property

Robberies
Historical evolution
Municipalities with the most number of robberies
Muncipalities with the highest robbery rate
Municipalities with the least number of robberies
Ratio of robberies
Robberies per municipality
Crimes against property
Historical evolution
Crimes against property by region
Burglary
       Larceny-theft
Car-theft


Rapes and sexual abuse

Forcible Rape
Annual Evolution
Municipalities with highest rape rates
Ratio of rapes per municipality
Forcible rapes by municipality

Figures from the Reproductive Health Survey 1995-96


Domestic Violence


Incidents of Domestic Violence
Historical evolution
Rate of Occurance
Incidents of domestic violence by region
Yearly Evolution by region

Domestic violence crimes
Type of crime commited
Place and zone of occurance

Victims of domestic violence
Yearly evolution, by age and gender of the victim

Restraining Order
Restraining orders issued
Restraining orders by region
Yearly evolution

Offenders
Offenders in incidents of domestic violence
Yearly evolution by age and gender of offender

Weapons used
Type of weapon used
Yearly evolution
Relation between weapon used and type of crime
commited

Figures from the Reproductive Health Survey 1995-96

Violence - minors

Personal negligence commited by minors
Personal negligence by region
Homicides commited by minors
Assaults commited by minors
Kidnappings commited by minors
Rapes commited by minors
Societal negligence commited by minors
Societal negligence by region
Historical evolution
Drug-related negligence
Weapons-related negligence
Property negligence commited by minors
Property negligence by region
Historical evolution


School violence

Incidents of school violence
Incidents of violence, by level
Vandalism in schools outside of hours of operation
This project is sponsered by the Dean´s Office for Research and Undergraduate Studies and the School of General Studies, University of Puerto Rico,  Río Piedras campus.
This section on violence is also sponsered by the Commission for the Prevention of Violence (COPREVI)
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