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Which Country Has the Most Policemen vs. Population?

Crimes Recorded by the Police (per 1,000 inhabitants), 2012

Law & Crime | February 23, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2012, Sweden ranked the highest in crimes recorded by the police per 1,000 people with 148 followed by Belgium and Switzerland. On the other end of the scale was Montenegro with 9.41, Serbia with 10.1 and Romania with 14.2.

Data for more countries are available at Crimes Recorded by the Police (per 1,000 inhabitants) indicator page.

Crimes Recorded by the Police (per 1,000 inhabitants)	Unit	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Austria																71.2	71.5	68.7	70.7	63.8
Belgium		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							96.6	96.9	96.9	98.3	98.0
Denmark																78.1	81.4	86.8	89.0	84.9
Finland																79.0	82.4	82.9	82.6	80.4
Germany																75.3	75.2	73.3	72.8	71.5
Hungary																42.3	42.4	40.7	39.3	44.7
Italy																46.9	49.3	45.3	43.7	43.3
Luxembourg																55.6	59.3	57.9	65.0	60.1
Netherlands																80.1	79.3	77.4	75.7	71.9
Norway																59.3	57.6	55.3	57.3	55.3
Slovenia																45.0	43.7	40.3	42.8	43.6
Spain																51.5	51.7	53.0	51.1	49.7
Sweden																135	143	149	151	146
Switzerland																44.8	43.1	42.2	87.3	83.9
United Kingdom																98.4	89.3	84.6	77.6	73.8