Theft rate - Country rankings
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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 |
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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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