Interesting Crime Facts

• Per capita, South Africa has the most assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms.
• Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China.
• Two-thirds of the world's kidnappings occur in Colombia.
• Venezuela is one of the happiest and most murderous places in the world.
• Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
• In the Maldives, there are more than 2 jails for every 1000 people.
• One in every three Australians is a victim of crime.
• Saudi diplomats have 367 unpaid parking fines in Britain.
• In pure number terms, more crimes are committed in America than in any other nation. The same goes for burglaries, car thefts, rapes and assaults.
• The United States puts 0.7 % of its population in Prison - a vastly higher percentage than any other nation.
• India’s criminal courts acquitted over a million defendants in 1999, more than the next 48 surveyed countries combined.
• Women make up more than 10% of the prison population in only six countries: Thailand, , Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Singapore.
• People trust Swedes! Swedish companies are the world’s least-likely to be perceived as paying bribes.
• 84% of people in Finland feel that they are at a low risk of experiencing a burglary - but just look at how many burglaries they have!
• The Caribbean islands of Barbados, Saint Lucia and Grenada are all in the top 5 for the most crowded prisons in the world.
• 82% of people in Finland show confidence in police institutions, though only 41% of the Fins surveyed felt they could report a crime to the police.

 Excerpted from NationMaster @ http://www.nationmaster.com/facts/Crime