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Crime Statistics > Assaults (per capita) by country

Rank Countries Amount (top to bottom)

#1 South Africa: 12.0752 per 1,000 people

#2 Montserrat: 10.2773 per 1,000 people

#3 Mauritius: 8.76036 per 1,000 people

#4 Seychelles: 8.62196 per 1,000 people

#5 Zimbabwe: 7.6525 per 1,000 people

#6 United States: 7.56923 per 1,000 people

#7 New Zealand: 7.47881 per 1,000 people

#8 United Kingdom: 7.45959 per 1,000 people

#9 Canada: 7.11834 per 1,000 people

#10 Australia: 7.02459 per 1,000 people

#11 Finland: 5.32644 per 1,000 people

#12 Iceland: 4.66406 per 1,000 people

#13 Tunisia: 4.02561 per 1,000 people

#14 Jamaica: 3.95943 per 1,000 people

#15 Portugal: 3.59445 per 1,000 people

#16 Chile: 3.32476 per 1,000 people

#17 Norway: 3.2064 per 1,000 people

#18 Netherlands: 2.68964 per 1,000 people

#19 Ireland: 2.47037 per 1,000 people

#20 Mexico: 2.40275 per 1,000 people

#21 Spain: 2.24221 per 1,000 people

#22 Czech Republic: 2.14803 per 1,000 people

#23 Zambia: 1.96475 per 1,000 people

#24 Denmark: 1.80339 per 1,000 people

#25 France: 1.75554 per 1,000 people

#26 Germany: 1.4183 per 1,000 people

#27 Uruguay: 1.34192 per 1,000 people

#28 Hungary: 1.11532 per 1,000 people

#29 Slovenia: 1.09796 per 1,000 people

#30 Hong Kong: 1.07987 per 1,000 people

#31 Dominica: 1.01407 per 1,000 people

#32 Poland: 0.850459 per 1,000 people

#33 Turkey: 0.76779 per 1,000 people

#34 Slovakia: 0.686982 per 1,000 people

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#35 Colombia: 0.587116 per 1,000 people

#36 Belarus: 0.543689 per 1,000 people

#37 Italy: 0.500284 per 1,000 people

#38 Romania: 0.419615 per 1,000 people

#39 Bulgaria: 0.41396 per 1,000 people

#40 Qatar: 0.378888 per 1,000 people

#41 Latvia: 0.360262 per 1,000 people

#42 Estonia: 0.345086 per 1,000 people

#43 Japan: 0.339272 per 1,000 people

#44 Thailand: 0.313542 per 1,000 people

#45 Greece: 0.311399 per 1,000 people

#46 Korea, South: 0.30684 per 1,000 people

#47 Moldova: 0.272952 per 1,000 people

#48 Papua New Guinea: 0.243643 per 1,000 people

#49 India: 0.218755 per 1,000 people

#50 Costa Rica: 0.178287 per 1,000 people

#51 Saudi Arabia: 0.178098 per 1,000 people

#52 Ukraine: 0.112007 per 1,000 people

#53 Georgia: 0.10434 per 1,000 people

#54 Indonesia: 0.0767107 per 1,000 people

#55 Yemen: 0.0489699 per 1,000 people

#56 Kyrgyzstan: 0.0404197 per 1,000 people

#57 Azerbaijan: 0.0252781 per 1,000 people

Weighted average: 2.5 per 1,000 people

DEFINITION: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than
actual prevalence. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

SOURCE: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period
1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention) via NationMaster

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