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STAT
United Kingdom
United States
HISTORY
Believes crime increasing in the past 3 years 53.35
Ranked 75th.
65.22
Ranked 44th.
22% more than United Kingdom
Crime levels 48
Ranked 42nd.
55.84
Ranked 30th.
16% more than United Kingdom
Drugs >
Opiates use 0.9%
Ranked 1st.
58% more than United States
0.57%
Ranked 3rd.
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone >
At night 50.72
Ranked 47th.
21% more than United States
41.84
Ranked 60th.
Illicit drugs producer of limited amounts of synthetic drugs and synthetic precursor chemicals; major consumer of Southwest Asian heroin, Latin American cocaine, and synthetic drugs; money-laundering center world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center
Justice system > Punishment >
Capital punishment (last execution year) 1,953
Ranked 1st.
2,014
Ranked 1st.
3% more than United Kingdom
Murders with firearms 14
Ranked 39th.
9,369
Ranked 4th.
669 times more than United Kingdom
Prisoners 78,753 prisoners
Ranked 15th.
2.02 million prisoners
Ranked 1st.
26 times more than United Kingdom
Software piracy rate 26%
Ranked 96th.
30% more than United States
20%
Ranked 106th.
Total crimes 6.52 million
Ranked 2nd.
11.88 million
Ranked 1st.
82% more than United Kingdom
Total crimes per 1000 109.96
Ranked 4th.
3 times more than United States
41.29
Ranked 22nd.
Violent crime >
Intentional homicide rate 1.17
Ranked 74th.
4.7
Ranked 7th.
4 times more than United Kingdom
Violent crime >
Murder rate 722
Ranked 34th.
12,996
Ranked 9th.
18 times more than United Kingdom
Violent crime >
Murder rate per million people 11.68
Ranked 94th.
42.01
Ranked 43th.
4 times more than United Kingdom
Violent crime >
Murders 722
Ranked 34th.
12,996
Ranked 9th.
18 times more than United Kingdom
SOURCES:
crime;
Wikipedia: List of countries by prevalence of opiates use ("World Drug Report 2011" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2011. "World Drug Report 2006" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2006.
http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2009/WDR2009_eng_web.pdf); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011;
Wikipedia: Capital punishment in Europe (Abolition); The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention);
Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention). Population figures from
World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.;
Wikipedia: List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade;
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Source tables;
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Source tables. Population figures from
World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention). Population figures from
World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Mostly
Table GPS-8 Part (i) ''Lifetime prevalence of drug use among all adults (aged 15 to 64 years old) in nationwide surveys among the general population'' EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) unless otherwise referred on
Wikipedia: Adult lifetime cannabis use by country; UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention);
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Source tables; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3; World Health Organisation.;
World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; UN International Crime Victims' Survey; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention). Population figures from
World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.;
World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002. Population figures from
World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.