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Thefts per 100,000 people, 2016:

The average for 2016 based on 22 countries was 1199 thefts per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Denmark: 3949 thefts per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Cyprus: 62 thefts per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2016. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: thefts per 100,000 people; Source: The UN office on drugs and crime
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Countries Theft rate, 2016 Global rank Available data
Denmark 3949 1 2003 - 2016
Sweden 3817 2 2003 - 2016
France 2135 3 2003 - 2016
Finland 2081 4 2003 - 2016
Netherlands 1791 5 2003 - 2016
Austria 1650 6 2004 - 2016
Germany 1576 7 2003 - 2016
Ireland 1372 8 2003 - 2016
Slovenia 1030 9 2003 - 2016
Hungary 960 10 2003 - 2016
Greece 909 11 2003 - 2016
Portugal 749 12 2003 - 2016
Latvia 739 13 2003 - 2016
Lithuania 685 14 2003 - 2016
Czechia 677 15 2003 - 2016
Romania 466 16 2003 - 2016
Bulgaria 459 17 2003 - 2016
Spain 351 18 2007 - 2016
Poland 331 19 2003 - 2016
Croatia 302 20 2003 - 2016
Slovakia 292 21 2003 - 2016
Cyprus 62 22 2003 - 2016



Definition: Number of thefts incidents per 100,000 people per year.

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