Mike from the US wrote in to the Beetle to say that our e-newsletter is always welcome and interesting, but that our recent “Country Statistics – Crime: Assaults Top 10 Countries per capita” was a little misleading. It puts the US on top with over 2 million crimes per capita. He says that although we are a relatively dangerous destination, we aren't quite that bad. He took a look at the source website which shows that the table gives the per country totals and would therefore be biased against populous countries. Mike goes on to say that the per capita ranking is more informative, so here is Mike’s link to this. . Quite right, Mike, apologies, we don’t want to deliberately put the US in a misleading light, so here is a better representation.
| Rank | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | South Africa | 12.51 per 1000 people |
| 2. | Montserrat | 10.67 per 1000 people |
| 3. | Mauritius | 8.90 per 1000 people |
| 4. | Seychelles | 8.69 per 1000 people |
| 5. | United States | 7.70 per 1000 people |
| 6. | New Zealand | 7.63 per 1000 people |
| 7. | United Kingdom | 7.50 per 1000 people |
| 8. | Zimbabwe | 7.39 per 1000 people |
| 9. | Canada | 7.25 per 1000 people |
| 10. | Australia | 7.15 per 1000 people |
| 11. | Finland | 5.35 per 1000 people |
| 12. | Iceland | 4.92 per 1000 people |
| 13. | Tunisia | 4.08 per 1000 people |
| 14. | Jamaica | 4.01 per 1000 people |
| 15. | Portugal | 3.75 per 1000 people |
| 16. | Chile | 3.39 per 1000 people |
| 17. | Norway | 3.23 per 1000 people |
| 18. | Netherlands | 2.73 per 1000 people |
| 19. | Ireland | 2.52 per 1000 people |
| 20. | Mexico | 2.43 per 1000 people |
Thanks Mike – from the Beetle. We love hearing from our readers, about any comments, complementary or a slap on the wrist, please let us know!
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