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Compare key data on Scotland & Sweden

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STAT Scotland Sweden HISTORY
Crime > Assault rate 1,655.1
Ranked 1st. 96% more than Sweden
845.2
Ranked 6th.
Crime > Assaults 1,655.1
Ranked 1st. 96% more than Sweden
845.2
Ranked 4th.
Crime > Auto theft 293.1
Ranked 9th.
566.7
Ranked 2nd. 93% more than Scotland

Crime > Burglaries 597.6
Ranked 13th.
1,094.2
Ranked 5th. 83% more than Scotland

Crime > Drugs > Annual cannabis use 8.4%
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Sweden
1.2%
Ranked 20th.
Crime > Drugs > Lifetime cannabis use 20.5%
Ranked 4th. 71% more than Sweden
12%
Ranked 1st.
Crime > Murder rate 1.79 0.89
Crime > Murders 42%
Ranked 29th.
163%
Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Scotland
Crime > Police officers 361.4
Ranked 13th. 29% more than Sweden
280.5
Ranked 24th.
Crime > Robberies 69.9
Ranked 29th.
94.2
Ranked 17th. 35% more than Scotland

Crime > Serious assault rate 127.5
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Sweden
52.8
Ranked 22nd.
Crime > Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate 1.72
Ranked 38th. Twice as much as Sweden
0.86
Ranked 41st.

People > Population 5.29 million
Ranked 3rd.
9.12 million
Ranked 92nd. 72% more than Scotland

Religion > Christian > Mormon > Congregations 39
Ranked 2nd.
40
Ranked 39th. 3% more than Scotland
Weather > Temperature > Highest temperature ever recorded 32.9 \u00b0C (91.2 \u00b0F) 38.0 \u00b0C (100.4 \u00b0F)
Culture > Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes Second store was Kirkcaldy . It took over 13 years since McDonald's first appeared in the UK. First outlet in Scandinavia . See McDonald's Sweden
Culture > Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date November 23, 1987 October 27, 1973

SOURCES: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice, 2011; European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice, 2011; https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf, World Drug Report 2011, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2011, p. 217.; 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; Wikipedia: List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade; 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: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: List of weather records (Highest temperatures ever recorded); Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet)

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