Historical dataset showing Switzerland murder/homicide rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2021.

Historical dataset showing Switzerland crime rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2021.

In Europe, the Baltic countries of Latvia and Lithuania had the highest and third highest homicide rates respectively in 2022. Latvia had the highest rate at over four per 100,000 inhabitants. Meanwhile, the lowest homicide rate was found in Liechtenstein, with zero murders The most dangerous country worldwide Saint Kitts and Nevis is the world's most dangerous country to live in in terms of murder rate. The Caribbean country had a homicide rate of 65 per 100,000 inhabitants. Nine of the 10 countries with the highest murder rates worldwide are located in Latin America and the Caribbean. Whereas Celaya in Mexico was listed as the city with the highest murder rate worldwide, Colima in Mexico was the city with the highest homicide rate in Latin America, so the numbers vary from source to source. Nevertheless, several Mexican cities rank among the deadliest in the world when it comes to intentional homicides. Violent conflicts worldwide Notably, these figures do not include deaths that resulted from war or a violent conflict. While there is a persistent number of conflicts worldwide, resulting casualties are not considered murders. Partially due to this reason, homicide rates in Latin America are higher than those in countries such as Ukraine or the DR Congo. A different definition of murder in these circumstances could change the rate significantly.

Switzerland Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data was reported at 0.700 Ratio in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.500 Ratio for 2014. Switzerland Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 0.960 Ratio from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2015, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.247 Ratio in 1999 and a record low of 0.500 Ratio in 2014. Switzerland Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; Weighted average;

Switzerland Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data was reported at 0.590 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.714 Ratio for 2015. Switzerland Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data is updated yearly, averaging 0.714 Ratio from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.331 Ratio in 2002 and a record low of 0.418 Ratio in 2012. Switzerland Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, female are estimates of unlawful female homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; ;

The Security System Services industry has received a boost from European government security expenditure, an uptick in public and private sector demand, and high-profile events like the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which pumped significant resources into modern alarm installations, AI surveillance and drone detection. Hiking crime rates across Europe, including spikes in theft and burglaries, have spurred both households and businesses to prioritise robust security, underpinning steady sales for providers. Overall, security systems revenue in Europe is projected to rise at a compound annual rate of 0.5% over the five years through 2025, including an estimated jump of 3% in 2025 to €22.7 billion. Innovative businesses like Verisure and Ajax Systems have improved their product offerings, bringing AI-enabled sensors, digital locks and highly responsive monitoring to a wider customer base. The industry’s focus on automation, integration and remote monitoring, supported by the proliferation of IoT devices, has redefined security provision and provided a platform for growth. The industry’s profit has remained steady amid recurring monitoring contracts, heightening sales from government and commercial clients and tech-driven efficiencies. Furthermore, strained police resources and EU policy initiatives to bolster public safety have allowed security system services to fill critical security gaps, particularly in retail and urban environments. Security system revenue in Europe is forecast to swell at a compound annual rate of 4.8% over the five years through 2030, reaching €28.8 billion. The European Commission forecasts modest yet reliable GDP growth and easing inflation across major markets like France, Italy and Spain, which should release pent-up consumer and commercial spending on security infrastructure. Sustained public investment in construction and critical infrastructure, backed by landmark EU projects and increased EIB lending, is set to drive installations of CCTV, access control and 24/7 monitoring in both new and refurbished sites. The integration of AI is expected to transform intrusion detection, alarm accuracy and monitoring services. As the industry leverages AI-powered solutions and subscription-based models, it’s likely to see both higher penetration and recurring revenue streams, even as competition and demand for end-to-end, compliant systems intensify.

The four Nordic countries Sweden, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark are between the five countries with the highest rate of reported sexual violence in Europe in 2022. More than 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants were reported in Sweden.Please note that reporting varies from country to country, and the willingness of victims to come forward can vary across regions and cultures, therefore a comparison between the countries should be taken with caution.

The average for 2017 based on 65 countries was 1.8 kidnappings per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Belgium: 10.3 kidnappings per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 kidnappings per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

From Source: Food budget shares and income and price elasticities are estimated, using 1996 data, for nine major consumption groups and eight food subgroups across 114 countries. The broad groups include food, beverage, and tobacco; clothing and footwear; education; gross rent, fuel, and power; house furnishings and operations; medical care; recreation; transport and communications; and other items. Food subgroups include bread and cereals, meat, fish, dairy products, fats and oils, fruit and vegetables, beverages and tobacco, and other food products. The depth and breath of these data provide an opportunity to incorporate the elasticities into research on changing food demand patterns. Albania Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Chile Congo Cote d'Ivoire Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Estonia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Greece Grenada Guinea Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Morocco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St.Vincent & Grenadines Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Iceland was the most peaceful country in the world in 2025 with an index value of 1.1. Ireland, New Zealand, and Austria followed behind.What is the Global Peace Index? The Global Peace Index is an effort by the Institute for Economics and Peace to measure the degree of peacefulness in countries across the world and rank them accordingly. The first list was created in 2007 and has since then been published annually. The index includes a number of indicators relating to both domestic and international peacefulness. International indicators In regards to international affairs the majority of indicators relate to involvement in military conflict or the efforts of the state in question to resolve conflict and ensure the safety of those affected. For example those states that give more financial support to UN peacekeeping missions are considered to be more peaceful while those who have a higher military expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) are considered to be less peaceful. The United States never reached the top 20 of the list, in part due to it having a high level of military spending as a percentage of GDP. Domestic factors Domestic indicators focus on both the amount of violence and crime in addition to incarceration rates. Again, the United States fails to reach levels akin to other countries. The country’s incarceration rates are significantly higher than in other OEDC countries. Moreover, the number of deaths from gun violence also contributes to the relatively low peacefulness ranking of the United States.

The U.S. can safely claim the title for most plastic surgeries. Americans had 90,992 plastic surgery operations, followed not so closely by Mexicans with 52,956. Also included in this dataset are per capita statistics, where Switzerland comes out on top with 215 surgeries per 100,000 people. Source: NationMaster.com http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_pla_sur_pro_percap-plastic-surgery-procedures-per-capita Accessed 11.13.07 Original data was found at International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

This dataset shows where media and press are most free to express their views and opinions. Countries rankings are based on laws, violence, and deaths of reporters and journalists. This is a Different measure of freedom than the world freedom index but just as important. This dataset shows the availability of dissenting views and opinions allowed within a Country. The USA was surprisingly ranked 44th, where freedom of speech is supposed to be one of out most prized rights. 1st place was a tie between northern European Countries (Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, and the Netherlands) Source URL: http://www.worldpress.org/link.cfm?http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15333

Co-ordinated by the Statistical Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands, this study aims at obtaining comparable data on crime in various countries. Since official statistics provide information that is heavily dependent on the organization of the police and the justice system in each country, the study's approach is to study the incidence of crime in the population - the degree of victimization in the population - by means of an international survey of the population. 14 countries participated in the 1989 survey: USA, Canada, Australia, France, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Spain, Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and Finland, as well as two cities, Warsaw (Poland) and Surabaja (Indonesia). Japan participated on the basis of a somewhat modified questionnaire and sampling. The survey was resumed in 1992 in the following countries: England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, USA, Canada, Australia, and additionally Sweden, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Georgia, Estonia, Indonesia and Costa Rica. On the other hand, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Norway, Spain and Japan didn't take part. Selected cities in the following countries also took part: Argentina, Albania, India, South Africa, Russia, Slovenia, Uganda, Brazil, Philippines, Egypt, Tanzania, Tunisia, China. The following crimes were investigated by the investigation: car theft, motorcycle theft, moped theft and bicycles theft, burglary, robbery, simple theft and pickpocketing, sexual assault, assault and battery, threats. Respondents who were victims of such crimes were asked a few brief questions about the place of the offense, the material consequences, the report to the police, the satisfaction with the police action, and the received assistance. All the interviewees were also asked to express themselves about their fear of crime, their satisfaction with the local police, their preventive attitude towards crime, how severely they would sentence a 21-year-old repeat burglar. Note that the questionnaire has evolved between successive surveys. After 1992, the survey was resumed twice at the international level and once at the Swiss level. In total, the following survey waves were completed: 1989 international survey (with Swiss participation) 1992 international survey (without Swiss participation) 1996 international survey (with Swiss participation) 1998 Swiss survey 2000 international survey (with Swiss participation)

Suisse: Robberies per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la Suisse de 2003 à 2017. La valeur moyenne pour Suisse pendant cette période était de 52 robberies per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 21 robberies per 100,000 people en 2017 et un maximum de 76 robberies per 100,000 people en 2012.

There were 31,050 rapes of female victims reported in France in 2021, with a further 3,937 rapes of male victims. France reported the highest number of rapes in this year among the provided European countries, with Germany reporting the second-highest number, at 9,797 females and 761 males.

Coordonnée par le service de statistique du Ministère de la justice des Pays-Bas, cette recherche vise à obtenir dans divers pays des données comparables sur la criminalité. Comme la statistique officielle fournit des informations fortement dépendantes de l'organisation de la police et de la justice dans chaque pays, la voie choisie consiste à étudier l'incidence de la criminalité dans la population - le degré de victimisation de celle-ci - au moyen d'une enquête internationale auprès de la population. 14 pays ont participé à l'enquête de 1989: USA, Canada, Australie, France, Angleterre, Ecosse, Irlande du Nord, Espagne, République fédérale d'Allemagne, Suisse, Pays-Bas, Belgique, Norvège, Finlande, ainsi que deux villes, Varsovie (Pologne) et Surabaja (Indonésie). La Japon a pris part sur la base d'un questionnaire et d'un échantillonnage quelque peu modifiés. L'enquête a été reprise en 1992 dans les pays suivants: Angleterre, Pays-Bas, Belgique, Finlande, USA, Canada, Australie, auxquels sont venus s'ajouter la Suède, l'Italie, la Nouvelle Zélande, la Pologne, la République Tchèque, la Slovaquie, la Géorgie, l'Estonie, l'Indonésie et le Costa Rica. Par contre, l'Ecosse, l'Irlande du Nord, l'Allemagne, la Suisse, la France, la Norvège, l'Espagne et le Japon ont renoncé. Des villes sélectionnées dans les pays suivants ont également pris part: Argentine, Albanie, Inde, Afrique du Sud, Russie, Slovénie, Ouganda, Brésil, Philippines, Egypte, Tanzanie, Tunisie, Chine. Les crimes et délits suivants ont été pris en compte par l'enquête: le vol de voiture, motos, motocyclettes, vélomoteurs et bicyclettes, le vol par effraction, le brigandage, le vol simple et à la tire, les violences sexuelles, les coups et blessures, les menaces. Aux répondants victimes de tels crimes ont été posées quelques courtes questions sur le lieu du délit, les conséquences matérielles, la dénonciation à la police, la satisfaction quant à l'action de la police, l'assistance reçue. L’ensemble des interviewés avaient en outre à s'exprimer sur la peur du crime, la satisfaction vis-à-vis de la police locale, leur attitude préventive face au crime, la peine à laquelle ils condamneraient un cambrioleur récidiviste de 21 ans. A noter que le questionnaire a évolué entre les enquêtes successives. Après 1992, l'enquête a été reprise deux fois au niveau international et une fois au niveau suisse. En tout, les vagues de relevé de données suivantes ont été réalisées: 1989 relevé international (avec participation suisse) 1992 relevé international (sans participation suisse) 1996 relevé international (avec participation suisse) 1998 relevé suisse 2000 relevé international (avec participation suisse) Co-ordinated by the Statistical Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands, this study aims at obtaining comparable data on crime in various countries. Since official statistics provide information that is heavily dependent on the organization of the police and the justice system in each country, the study's approach is to study the incidence of crime in the population - the degree of victimization in the population - by means of an international survey of the population. 14 countries participated in the 1989 survey: USA, Canada, Australia, France, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Spain, Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and Finland, as well as two cities, Warsaw (Poland) and Surabaja (Indonesia). Japan participated on the basis of a somewhat modified questionnaire and sampling. The survey was resumed in 1992 in the following countries: England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, USA, Canada, Australia, and additionally Sweden, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Georgia, Estonia, Indonesia and Costa Rica. On the other hand, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Norway, Spain and Japan didn't take part. Selected cities in the following countries also took part: Argentina, Albania, India, South Africa, Russia, Slovenia, Uganda, Brazil, Philippines, Egypt, Tanzania, Tunisia, China. The following crimes were investigated by the investigation: car theft, motorcycle theft, moped theft and bicycles theft, burglary, robbery, simple theft and pickpocketing, sexual assault, assault and battery, threats. Respondents who were victims of such crimes were asked a few brief questions about the place of the offense, the material consequences, the report to the police, the satisfaction with the police action, and the received assistance. All the interviewees were also asked to express themselves about their fear of crime, their satisfaction with the local police, their preventive attitude towards crime, how severely they would sentence a 21-year-old repeat burglar. Note that the questionnaire has evolved between successive surveys. After 1992, the survey was resumed twice at the international level and once at the Swiss level. In total, the following survey waves were completed: 1989 international survey (with Swiss participation) 1992 international survey (without Swiss participation) 1996 international survey (with Swiss participation) 1998 Swiss survey 2000 international survey (with Swiss participation)