Crime > Car thefts: Countries Compared

Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor

Another thing to consider is the difference between number of crimes and the crime rate. <p>The number of car thefts in the United States is more than three times as many as in the second-place country, the United Kingdom. But the U.S. population was estimated to be 290,342,554 people in July 2003, behind only China and India. The U.K.â€™s population was 60,094,648, or about 20 percent that of the U.S. <p>In <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_car_the_cap>car thefts per capita</a>, the U.S. is ninth, with a rate of 3.95 per 1000. This is considerably lower than the U.K.â€™s rate of 5.63 per 1000. <p>As for why the number of car thefts in the U.S. is higher than in more populous India and China, it probably is because the number of <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/tra_mot_veh&int=-1>motor vehicles per 1000 people</a> in the U.S. is about 64 times as many as India and 76.5 times as many as China.

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DEFINITION: Total recorded automobile thefts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United StatesUnited States	1.25 million	2002
2	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	348,169	2002
	Group of 7 countries (G7) averageGroup of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	346,166.29	2002
3	FranceFrance	301,539	2002
4	ItalyItaly	232,564	2002
5	CanadaCanada	161,506	2002
6	MexicoMexico	141,007	2002
7	AustraliaAustralia	139,094	2002
8	SpainSpain	134,584	2002
	High income OECD countries averageHigh income OECD countries average (profile)	111,148.86	2002
9	South AfricaSouth Africa	93,133	2002
	Non-religious countries averageNon-religious countries average (profile)	73,728.82	2002
10	GermanyGermany	70,617	2002
11	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	65,571	2002
12	JapanJapan	62,673	2002
13	SwedenSweden	61,350	2002
	NATO countries averageNATO average (profile)	58,140.54	2002
14	MalaysiaMalaysia	55,879	2002
15	PolandPoland	53,674	2002
	European Union averageEuropean Union average (profile)	52,510.78	2002
	Eurozone averageEurozone average (profile)	51,198.35	2002
16	NetherlandsNetherlands	35,384	2002
17	ColombiaColombia	33,135	2002
18	PortugalPortugal	30,560	2002
19	DenmarkDenmark	29,101	2002
20	IndonesiaIndonesia	29,061	2002
21	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	26,143	2002
22	RussiaRussia	26,106	2002
23	NorwayNorway	23,339	2002
24	New ZealandNew Zealand	23,324	2002
25	FinlandFinland	23,115	2002
26	Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	18,717	2002
27	TurkeyTurkey	14,954	2002
28	IrelandIreland	14,851	2002
29	BulgariaBulgaria	11,281	2002
30	GreeceGreece	8,486	2002
31	HungaryHungary	8,354	2002
32	ChileChile	5,930	2002
33	LithuaniaLithuania	5,716	2002
34	AustriaAustria	5,489	2002
35	SlovakiaSlovakia	4,795	2002
36	UruguayUruguay	4,517	2002
37	Costa RicaCosta Rica	4,385	2002
38	BoliviaBolivia	4,021	2002
39	ThailandThailand	3,276	2002
40	UkraineUkraine	3,164	2002
41	El SalvadorEl Salvador	3,069	2002
42	LatviaLatvia	2,845	2002
43	Hong KongHong Kong	2,804	2002
44	CroatiaCroatia	2,404	2002
45	EstoniaEstonia	2,322	2002
46	BelarusBelarus	1,942	2002
47	PeruPeru	1,899	2002
48	TunisiaTunisia	1,690	2002
49	MoroccoMorocco	1,523	2002
50	ZimbabweZimbabwe	1,342	2002
51	RomaniaRomania	1,227	2002
52	CyprusCyprus	1,009	2002
53	SloveniaSlovenia	930	2002
54	YemenYemen	821	2002
55	ZambiaZambia	792	2002
56	Papua New GuineaPapua NG	763	2002
57	MaltaMalta	707	2002
58	MoldovaMoldova	612	2002
59	LuxembourgLuxembourg	575	2002
60	PanamaPanama	566	2002
61	OmanOman	423	2002
62	IcelandIceland	387	2002
63	MaldivesMaldives	371	2002
64	Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep.	303	2002
65	JamaicaJamaica	258	2002
66	GeorgiaGeorgia	244	2002
67	AlbaniaAlbania	198	2002
68	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	163	2002
69	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	81	2002
70	DominicaDominica	72	2002
71	NamibiaNamibia	60	2002
72	BurmaBurma	27	2002
73	QatarQatar	25	2002

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