Statistical Bulletin CrJ/2005/12 Homicide in Scotland, 2004/05

Table 18
Comparison of homicide rates in selected countries and cities, 2000-2002

EU Member States
Country	Homicides per million population (average per year 2000-2002)
Country
City
Scotland	22.7
Edinburgh	15.6
Glasgow	62.9
Aberdeen	15.8
Dundee	29.9
England & Wales	17.5
London	26.7
Northern Ireland	28.5
Belfast	62.4
Austria	9.0
Vienna	14.6
Belgium*	71.1
Brussels	30.3
Germany	10.9
Berlin	21.7
Ireland (Eire)	18.9
Dublin	21.2
Italy	13.3
Rome	13.6
France	17.5
Paris	18.1
Denmark	9.8
Copenhagen	16.0
Sweden	6.6
Stockholm	n/a
Spain	11.3
Madrid	18.1
Luxembourg	n/a
Netherlands	14.7
Amsterdam	31.3
Greece	11.3
Athens & Pireus	12.8
Portugal	11.3
Lisbon	15.0
Finland	27.7
Helsinki	19.2
Cyprus	13.9
Lefkosia	3.6
Czech Republic	25.2
Prague	43.3
Estonia	103.3
Tallinn	94.3
Hungary	21.8
Budapest	21.1
Latvia	50.7
Riga	136.6
Lithuania	104.5
Vilnius	88.8
Malta	11.8
Valletta	n/a
Poland	21.4
Warsaw	32.3
Slovakia	24.8
Bratislava	39.4
Slovenia	12.2
Ljubljana	10.7
Average:	25.8

*Homicide rate for Belgium includes attempted murder.

Source: Home Office

EU candidate countries
Country	Homicides per million population (average per year 2000-2002)
City
Bulgaria	35.6
Sofia	n/a
Romania	26.2
Bucharest	15.1
Turkey	26.7
Ankara	27.5
Croatia	21.3
Zagreb	n/a

Other countries
Country	Homicides per million population (average per year 2000-2002)
Country
City
Australia	17.8
Canberra	5.4
Sydney	15.3
Canada	17.9
Ottawa	7.5
Japan	10.8
Tokyo	11.2
New Zealand	16.4
Wellington	6.3
Norway	9.6
Oslo	18.7
Russia	223.6
Moscow	117.9
South Africa	739.3
Pretoria	373.5
Switzerland	11.0
Berne	5.4
Geneva	16.9
USA	55.4
New York	80.8
San Francisco	82.6
Washington DC	427.8

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