Australia has some of the toughest gun laws in the world.
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Crime stats: Australia vs United States
Assault victims.....Australia 2.4%.....USA 1.2%
.....Australia Ranked 4th. 100% more than United States.....
.....USA Ranked 11th.
Believe in police efficiency.....Australia 76%.....USA 89%
.....Australia Ranked 4th.
.....USA Ranked 1st. 17% more than Australia
Perception of safety > Walking in dark.....Australia 64%.....USA 82%
.....Australia Ranked 14th.
.....USA Ranked 2nd. 28% more than Australia
Rape victims.....Australia 1% 0.4%
.....Australia Ranked 5th. 150% more than United States
.....USA Ranked 13th.
Suicide rates in ages 15-24
.....Australia 14.6 per 100,000 people
.....USA 13.7 per 100,000 people
Suicide rates in ages 25-34
.....Australia 18.7 per 100,000 people
.....USA 15.3 per 100,000 people
.....Australia 22% more than United States
Total crime victims
.....Australia 30.1% Ranked 1st.
.....43% more than United States
.....USA 21.1% Ranked 15th.
DEFINITION: People victimized by crime (as a % of the total population). Data refer to people victimized by one or more of 11 crimes recorded in the survey: robbery, burglary, attempted burglary, car theft, car vandalism, bicycle theft, sexual assault, theft from car, theft of personal property, assault and threats. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
SOURCE: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute).
VIOLENT CRIMES
USA ............403 per 100,000
AUSTRALIA.....766 per 100,000
Sources:
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr...crime/rapemain
http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/0/B/...%7Dfacts11.pdf
Top 10 Countries - Victims of Crime Ratio
Rank Countries Amount
# 1 Australia: 30.1%
# 2 New Zealand: 29.4%
# 3 United Kingdom: 26.4%
# 4 Netherlands: 25.2%
# 5 Sweden: 24.7%
# 6 Italy: 24.6%
# 7 Canada: 23.8%
# 8 Saint Kitts and Nevis: 23.2%
# 9 Malta: 23.1%
# 10 Denmark: 23%
USA is not even in the top 10!
source:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...-total-victims
...England and Wales are also placed towards the very top of the international crime league table for car offences, burglary, sex and violent assaults.
The poor comparison with other nations - it shares the overall worst crime rate with Australia - represents an embarrassing blow to Labour's law-and-order credentials in the run-up to the general election.
Some 40,000 people from 17 industrialised countries, including the US, Portugal, France and Poland, were asked whether they had been crime victims as part of the International Crime Victims Survey, which the Home Office help draw up with the Dutch ministry of justice. This system of questioning - similar to that used in the British Crime Survey - is considered more accurate than offences recorded by the police.
In most categories of crime, England and Wales compete with Australia for the top spot. Switzerland, Japan and Northern Ireland are consistently among the most crime-free.
England and Wales also had the highest number of crimes categorised as "very serious" - 18 per 100 inhabitants. Offences involving robbery, sexual and physical assault were highest in Australia, followed by England and Wales. Scotland was fourth.
source:
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/aus...FR56I1DVSCKJFI
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