Eurostat: 7.071 homicides in 2005

[Tender Branson]

Number of completed homicides 2005 and rate per 100.000 inhabitants (2003-2005)

(This is defined as intentional killing of a person, including murder, manslaughter, euthanasia and infanticide. Attempted (uncompleted) homicide is excluded. Causing death by dangerous driving, abortion and help with suicide are also excluded. Unlike other offences, the counting unit for homicide is normally the victim.)

Luxembourg: 4 - 0.66
Austria: 54 - 0.67
Malta: 4 - 0.91
Germany: 804 - 0.98
Sweden: 83 - 1.00
Czech Republic: 104 - 1.02
Greece: 127 - 1.08
Italy: 601 - 1.13
Slovenia: 20 - 1.17
Ireland: 58 - 1.28
Denmark: 70 - 1.31
Spain: 518 - 1.34
Portugal: 133 - 1.36
Netherlands: 198 - 1.37
England & Wales: 766 - 1.59
Poland: 555 - 1.62
France: 976 - 1.63
Belgium: 173 - 1.85
Hungary: 164 - 1.98
Northern Ireland: 29 - 2.01
Cyprus: 16 - 2.10
Finland: 114 - 2.30
Scotland: 101 - 2.31
Slovakia: 106 - 2.32
Romania: 453 - 2.33
Bulgaria: 196 - 2.92
Latvia: 127 - 5.51
Estonia: 113 - 8.65
Lithuania: 404 - 11.08

EU: 7.071 - 1.44

Croatia: 76 - 1.81
Macedonia: 49 - 2.76
Turkey: 4.971 - 7.20

Iceland: 3 - 0.68
Liechtenstein: 0 - 0.97
Norway: 33 - 0.87
Switzerland: 75 - 1.03

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-07-015/EN/KS-SF-07-015-EN.PDF

USA (2005): 16.692 - 5.60

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html

[Platypus]

Indeed.

[Tender Branson]

Indeed.

And for our Canadian and Australian friends:

Australia (2005-06): 301 - 1.50

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rpp/77/rpp77.pdf

Canada (2005): 663 - 2.05

http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/legal12a.htm

[Middle-aged Europe]

Northern Ireland: 29 - 2.01
Cyprus: 16 - 2.10
Finland: 114 - 2.30
Scotland: 101 - 2.31
Slovakia: 106 - 2.32
Romania: 453 - 2.33
Bulgaria: 196 - 2.92
Latvia: 127 - 5.51
Estonia: 113 - 8.65
Lithuania: 404 - 11.08

What's wrong with those Baltic countries?

[minionofmidas]

Northern Ireland: 29 - 2.01
Cyprus: 16 - 2.10
Finland: 114 - 2.30
Scotland: 101 - 2.31
Slovakia: 106 - 2.32
Romania: 453 - 2.33
Bulgaria: 196 - 2.92
Latvia: 127 - 5.51
Estonia: 113 - 8.65
Lithuania: 404 - 11.08

What's wrong with those Baltic countries?

How do they compare to elsewhere in the former Soviet Union?

[Tender Branson]

Northern Ireland: 29 - 2.01
Cyprus: 16 - 2.10
Finland: 114 - 2.30
Scotland: 101 - 2.31
Slovakia: 106 - 2.32
Romania: 453 - 2.33
Bulgaria: 196 - 2.92
Latvia: 127 - 5.51
Estonia: 113 - 8.65
Lithuania: 404 - 11.08

What's wrong with those Baltic countries?

How do they compare to elsewhere in the former Soviet Union?

Russia for example had 30.000 homicides last year, or a rate of 20 per 100.000 ...