Last Modified: 15th June, 2013, 12:19 AM
| Adults prosecuted |
14,203,800 |
|
[1st of 28] |
| Assault victims |
1.2% |
|
[11th of 20] |
| Believe in police efficiency |
89% |
|
[1st of 17] |
| Bribe payers index |
6.2 |
|
[9th of 19] |
| Bribery victims |
0.2% |
|
[13th of 16] |
| Car thefts |
1,246,096 |
|
[1st of 46] |
| Drug offences |
560.1 per 100,000 people |
|
[4th of 46] |
| Embezzlements |
17,300 |
|
[3rd of 36] |
| Executions |
42 executions |
|
[5th of 22] |
| Frauds |
371,800 |
|
[2nd of 48] |
| Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms |
39.5604 |
|
[7th of 32] |
| Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. |
3.6 |
|
[8th of 32] |
| Gun violence > Homicides > Non-firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. |
5.5 |
|
[16th of 32] |
| Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. |
9.1 |
|
[14th of 32] |
| Jails |
1,558 |
|
[5th of 80] |
| Judges and Magistrates |
29,023 |
|
[2nd of 35] |
| Murders committed by youths |
8,226 |
|
[3rd of 73] |
| Murders committed by youths per capita |
11 |
|
[14th of 57] |
| Murders with firearms |
9,369 |
|
[1st of 36] |
| Perception of safety > Burglary |
78% |
|
[4th of 17] |
| Perception of safety > Walking in dark |
82% |
|
[2nd of 15] |
| Prisoners |
2,019,234 prisoners |
|
[1st of 168] |
| Prisoners > Female |
8.5% |
|
[9th of 134] |
| Prisoners > Foreign prisoners |
0.5% |
|
[77th of 86] |
| Prisoners > Per capita |
715 per 100,000 people |
|
[1st of 164] |
| Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees |
20% |
|
[107th of 143] |
| Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled |
0% |
|
[126th of 128] |
| Property crime victims |
10% |
|
[7th of 20] |
| Rape victims |
0.4% |
|
[13th of 20] |
| Reporting to police |
52% |
|
[7th of 17] |
| Robbery victims |
0.6% |
|
[17th of 20] |
| Sentence Length |
29 |
|
[16th of 21] |
| Software piracy rate |
20% |
|
[107th of 107] |
| Suicide rates in ages 15-24 |
13.7 per 100,000 people |
|
[7th of 17] |
| Suicide rates in ages 25-34 |
15.3 per 100,000 people |
|
[10th of 17] |
| Suicide rates in ages 35-44 |
15.3 per 100,000 people |
|
[12th of 17] |
| Suicide rates in ages 45-54 |
14.3 per 100,000 people |
|
[13th of 17] |
| Suicide rates in ages 55-64 |
13.3 per 100,000 people |
|
[14th of 17] |
| Suicide rates in ages 65-74 |
15.3 per 100,000 people |
|
[11th of 17] |
| Suicide rates in ages above 75 |
22 per 100,000 people |
|
[10th of 17] |
| Total crime victims |
21.1% |
|
[15th of 20] |
| Total crimes |
11,877,218 |
|
[1st of 50] |
SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin; UN International Crime Victims’ Survey; Transparency International; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Amnesty International; Wikipedia: Gun violence ; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies – World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3
Source website and references
Interesting facts on American Crime
* Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
* The United States puts 0.7 % of its population in Prison – a vastly higher percentage than any other nation
For comparison, the 2012 census determined there are about 313.9 million people in the United States.
50.8% of those people are female (159.4 million, 2012 numbers), so roughly 637,873 women reported being raped in 2011.
The actual number of sexual assault victims is considered to be much higher according to several sources.
