
Domestic Violence
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.
Last updated 5/2/2008
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