A very large selection of crime rates is available at www.nationmaster.com.
The following is a selection of crime numbers for 2008 compared to the populations of the UK and Australia. The original figures were found at the Nationmaster website, links at the bottom of page, and the crime ratio per 100,000 calculated from these figures.
The two country comparison results, United Kingdom and Australia, per 100,000 population, are:
| Population | ||
| 60,943,912 | United Kingdom | |
| 21,007,310 | Australia | |
| Crime Numbers | per 100,000 | |
| Assault | ||
| 723,886 | United Kingdom | 1,187.79 |
| 141,124 | Australia | 231.56 |
| Burglaries | ||
| 951,418 | United Kingdom | 1,561.14 |
| 436,865 | Australia | 716.83 |
| Car thefts | ||
| 348,169 | United Kingdom | 571.29 |
| 139,094 | Australia | 228.23 |
| Murders | ||
| 1,201 | United Kingdom | 1.97 |
| 302 | Australia | 0.50 |
| Murders with firearms | ||
| 14 | United Kingdom | 0.02 |
| 59 | Australia | 0.10 |
| Murder not by Firearm | ||
| 1,187 | United Kingdom | 1.95 |
| 243 | Australia | 0.40 |
| Robberies | ||
| 115480 | United Kingdom | 189.49 |
| 23314 | Australia | 38.25 |
Source:
- Population: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_pop-people-population
- Crime Figures:
- Assault http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_ass-crime-assaults
- Burglary http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_bur-crime-burglaries
- Car Theft http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_car_the-crime-car-thefts
- Murder http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur-crime-murders
- Robbery http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rob-crime-robberies
