Table 16
Comparison of homicide rates in different countries and cities, 1997
|
Country |
Homicide victims per million population |
Country |
Homicide victims per million population |
|
Scotland |
17.6 |
|
|
|
Edinburgh |
17.8 |
France |
16.5 |
|
Glasgow |
44.1 |
Paris |
21.6 |
|
Aberdeen |
9.3 |
Denmark |
16.7 |
|
Dundee |
13.4 |
Copenhagen |
70.2 |
|
England & Wales |
14.2 |
Sweden |
17.7 |
|
London |
24.0 |
Stockholm |
25.0 |
|
Northern Ireland |
25.1 |
Australia |
19.2 |
|
Belfast |
44.0 |
Canberra |
12.9 |
|
Switzerland |
11.8 |
New Zealand |
23.2 |
|
Geneva |
20.0 |
Wellington |
25.0 |
|
Belgium |
14.3 |
Spain |
26.0 |
|
Brussels |
21.1 |
Madrid |
32.4 |
|
Germany |
14.3 |
Czech Republic |
28.4 |
|
Berlin |
43.4 |
Prague |
33.0 |
|
Ireland |
14.6 |
USA |
67.9 |
|
Dublin |
12.0 |
Washington DC |
541.5 |
|
Italy |
16.2 |
South Africa |
616.4 |
|
Rome |
15.0 |
Pretoria |
430.0 |