Total Drug-Related Crimes at the national level, number of police-recorded offences

Definition:“Total Drug-Related Crimes” means all intentional acts that involve the cultivation; production; manufacture; extraction; preparation; offering for sale; distribution; purchase; sale;
delivery on any terms whatsoever; brokerage; dispatch; dispatch in transit; transport; importation; exportation; possession or trafficking of internationally controlled drugs. (UN-CTS M5.2)

Count Rate per 100,000 population Metadata (CTS 11th)

Do data match Additional
Region Sub-region Country/territory 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 definition ? Institution providing information comments
Notes

Africa Eastern Africa Kenya 5,761 6,356 5,821 5,401 4,407 16.5 17.7 15.8 14.3 11.4 YES Kenya Police
Mauritius 3,387 3,133 3,559 3,851 4,464 4,217 275.2 252.3 284.2 305.1 351.2 329.5 YES Mauritius Police

Uganda 1,187 1,530 1,662 978 4.4 5.5 5.4 3.1 Uganda Police force

Zimbabwe 4,417 5,149 6,032 4,739 4,206 1,660 35.3 41.2 48.4 38.0 33.8 13.3
Middle Africa Cameroon 618 390 346 406 312 3.6 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.7 L'annuaire statistique du service et de la police judiciare
Northern Africa Algeria 5,139 5,702 4,119 4,210 16.1 17.6 12.5 12.6
Egypt 29,866 26,515 24,451 29,728 30,457 31,021 40.2 35.0 31.7 37.8 38.0 38.0 ‫ وزارة الدآاخلية‬. ‫ ادآارة الحاصاء الجنائى المأركزى‬- ‫قطاع مأصلحاة المأن العام‬
Morocco 20,321 19,980 17,776 17,410 21,218 25,854 68.1 66.3 58.3 56.4 68.0 81.8 NO ‫الدآارة العامأة للمأن الوطني‬
Sudan 5,444 5,315 13.5 12.9
Southern Africa Lesotho 233 312 11.5 15.2 YES
Swaziland 750 744 67.7 66.7
Western Africa Cote d'Ivoire 297 216 1.5 1.0
Sierra Leone 7 0.1
Americas North America Bermuda 951 946 1493.1 1479.4
Canada 86,791 97,630 93,664 96,175 101,208 101,965 274.3 305.3 289.9 294.8 307.2 306.6 YES All municipal; provincial and federal police services in Canada.
Caribbean Dominican Republic 2,771 3,326 29.1 34.4
Central America Belize 1,550 1,225 549.1 424.7
El Salvador 7 8 0.1 0.1
Mexico 38,903 58,645 84,514 74,111 36.9 55.1 78.6 68.3 Procuradurìa General de la Repùblica 1
Nicaragua 1,323 1,620 24.3 29.3
Panama 2,939 3,150 90.9 95.8
South America Argentina 22,378 24,552 23,638 57.8 62.8 59.9 YES
Chile a 2,030 2,106 1,783 6,468 12.7 13.1 10.9 39.3 YES Policia de Investigaciones de Chile i
b 405 655 832 998 1,515 1,915 2.5 4.1 5.1 6.1 9.1 11.4 Carabineros de Chile ii
Ecuador 2,773 2,871 21.2 21.7
Paraguay 227 216 3.8 3.6
Peru 10,608 9,597 39.1 34.9
Suriname 198 158 40.6 32.0
Uruguay 701 730 21.1 22.0
Asia Central Asia 12,039 9,748 9,741 10,423 10,502 10,065 80.3 64.6 64.1 68.1 68.2 64.8
Комитет по борьбе с наркобизнесом и контролю за оборотом наркотиков
Kazakhstan МВД РК 2
Kyrgyzstan 3,106 3,090 2,565 2,437 60.7 59.8 49.1 46.1 МВД КР
Tajikistan 679 631 10.4 9.5
Turkmenistan 1,316 1,211 27.2 24.7
Eastern Asia Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
2,142 2,167 31.4 31.6
China
Japan 23,850 21,852 23,879 21,514 21,205 20,424 18.7 17.2 18.7 16.9 16.6 16.0 NO
Mongolia 10 9 7 5 4 7 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 YES
Republic of Korea 3,713 3,704 3,073 3,986 6,044 5,106 7.9 7.8 6.5 8.3 12.6 10.6 YES Narcotics & Intellectual Crime Investigation Division in the Police Office
South-Eastern Asia Brunei Darussalam 344 295 196 162 96.8 81.3 53.0 42.9
Philippines a 20,090 13,356 11,069 8,388 9,107 10,219 24.4 15.9 12.9 9.6 10.3 11.3 YES iii
b 8,004 4,689 4,352 4,785 9.7 5.6 5.1 5.5 iv
Singapore 755 555 471 458 18.2 13.2 11.0 10.5
Thailand 100,132 110,904 151.8 166.8
Southern Asia India 29,421 31,044 2.6 2.7
Maldives 378 720 1,495 2,497 132.9 249.7 497.1 818.6 YES
Nepal 214 221 0.8 0.8
Sri Lanka 29,640 44,219 154.4 228.4
Western Asia Armenia 346 411 411 553 1,084 763 11.3 13.4 13.4 18.0 35.3 24.8 YES
Azerbaijan 2,049 2,053 2,114 2,266 2,396 2,786 24.7 24.5 25.0 26.5 27.8 31.9 YES ГУОСИ МВД Азерб.Респ.
Bahrain 370 1,174 1,238 797 726 822 53.2 165.0 170.2 107.2 95.6 106.0 YES Drug Control Department
Cyprus 475 514 612 654 878 781 58.1 62.2 73.2 77.4 102.8 90.6
Georgia 1,945 1,941 2,074 3,542 42.5 43.0 46.5 80.3
Israel 28,616 29,522 26,999 25,797 26,502 28,472 443.3 447.6 403.5 378.7 382.3 403.8 YES
Lebanon 1,442 1,432 35.3 34.7
Occupied Palestinian Territory 654 691 881 18.6 19.0 23.4
Oman 478 717 17.5 25.7 YES
Qatar 195 183 26.7 23.0
Syrian Arab Republic 2,497 3,833 13.1 19.4
Anti Smuggling and Organized Crime Department of General Directorate of
Turkey 5,036 6,720 7,550 10,508 13,649 15,366 7.3 9.6 10.6 14.6 18.7 20.8 YES
Security and General Commandership of Gendarme
United Arab Emirates 434 506 862 971 11.5 12.9 21.1 22.9
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus 5,599 6,047 5,489 4,959 4,368 3,982 56.5 61.3 55.9 50.8 44.9 41.1 YES Министерство внутренних дел; Государственный таможенный комитет

Bulgaria 2,006 2,412 2,720 2,824 2,844 2,857 25.6 31.0 35.1 36.7 37.2 37.6 YES Ministry of Interior
Czech Republic 3,760 3,086 2,915 2,922 2,865 3,041 36.9 30.3 28.6 28.6 27.9 29.5 YES Police

Hungary 3,388 6,678 7,626 6,740 4,676 5,462 33.4 66.1 75.7 67.0 46.6 54.6 YES
 Count Rate per 100,000 population Metadata (CTS 11th)
Do data match Additional
Region Sub-region Country/territory 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 definition ? Institution providing information comments
Notes

Poland 47,605 59,356 67,560 70,202 63,007 57,382 124.3 155.2 176.9 184.0 165.2 150.6 YES Bureau of Criminal Intelligence; National Police Headquarters; Warsaw
Republic of Moldova 2,391 2,148 2,106 2,101 2,144 2,105 61.5 56.2 56.0 56.6 58.5 57.9 YES МВД
Romania 1,509 1,835 2,258 3,228 2,796 3,621 6.9 8.4 10.4 15.0 13.0 17.0 YES
Slovakia 2,053 1,993 1,678 1,732 2,159 2,285 38.1 37.0 31.2 32.1 40.0 42.3
Ukraine 57,435 65,740 65,017 64,630 63,838 63,666 120.5 139.0 138.5 138.7 137.9 138.4 YES МВД Украины
Northern Europe Denmark 19,278 20,327 17,595 18,932 355.9 374.2 323.1 346.9
Estonia 1,170 1,099 1,190 981 1,449 1,558 86.5 81.4 88.4 73.0 107.9 116.1 YES All crimiminal justice agencies 3
Finland 15,058 14,486 14,425 13,317 15,448 15,482 288.9 277.1 275.1 253.0 292.4 291.9 YES
Iceland 1,385 1,671 1,816 2,098 1,847 1,590 480.7 573.5 614.1 696.1 599.4 504.0 YES National Police Commissioner
Ireland 2,715 2,516 3,160 3,632 67.5 61.3 75.5 85.0
Latvia 997 1,148 1,049 997 1,434 2,512 43.0 49.8 45.8 43.7 63.2 111.2 YES State Police 4
IT and Communications Department under the Ministry of the Interior /
Lithuania 912 1,231 1,409 1,171 1,328 1,374 26.4 35.8 41.2 34.6 39.6 41.4 YES
Register of Criminal Offences
Norway 36,657 37,259 37,597 41,698 40,775 37,488 802.6 810.1 811.1 891.7 863.8 786.5 NO Statistic Norway 5
Sweden 42,308 46,060 51,807 66,857 71,546 78,188 471.7 510.7 571.4 733.6 781.1 849.4 NO 6
United Kingdom (England and Wales) 143,511 145,837 178,479 194,233 229,881 243,406 271.8 276.2 336.4 361.5 425.1 447.1
United Kingdom (Scotland) 40,465 42,384 44,247 44,422 800.1 834.6 868.5 868.1
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 2,372 2,659 2,868 2,605 2,631 2,905 139.3 155.5 166.3 149.6 149.6 163.7 YES
The Sector Against Narcotics; Genaral Directorate of State Police; Albania
Southern Europe Albania 220 363 651 453 524 701 7.1 11.7 20.9 14.5 16.7 22.3 YES
Bosnia and Herzegovina 236 193 6.2 5.1
Croatia 7,992 7,529 8,186 8,346 7,952 7,882 179.3 169.2 184.2 188.2 179.5 178.2 YES
Greece 10,556 7,761 8,393 8,152 7,959 9,852 95.8 70.3 75.9 73.5 71.6 88.5 YES
Italy 37,288 30,053 32,059 32,306 64.4 51.6 54.7 54.8
Malta a 224 569 426 545 444 461 56.4 142.2 105.8 134.7 109.3 113.1 Police Drug Squad v
b 47 78 109 124 149 180 11.8 19.5 27.1 30.7 36.7 44.2 vi
Montenegro 295 294 355 438 549 460 46.1 46.6 56.8 70.5 88.4 73.9 YES Police Directorate
Portugal 4,129 4,066 4,218 4,449 4,083 4,490 39.6 38.8 40.0 42.0 38.4 42.1 YES Police Forces (all)
Serbia 5,304 5,107 53.8 51.9
Slovenia 1,046 1,231 1,241 1,794 1,612 1,681 52.5 61.6 62.0 89.5 80.2 83.4 YES Police
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía; Guardia Civil; Policía Autónoma Vasca; Policía
Spain 14,098 14,574 32.0 32.8 YES
Autónoma Catalana y Policía Foral de Navarra 7
The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia 292 261 14.3 12.8
Western Europe Austria 1,922 1,974 23.3 23.9
Belgium 36,297 38,912 39,679 40,635 44,728 44,839 352.0 375.5 381.0 388.1 424.7 423.4 YES Belgian Police (local and federal police) - Direction CGO
France 125,479 141,297 144,561 151,487 157,008 177,964 208.3 233.0 236.9 246.8 254.4 286.9 YES Données issues de l'état statistique 4001
Germany 255,575 283,708 276,740 255,019 248,355 239,951 310.5 344.4 335.8 309.5 301.6 291.7
Liechtenstein 179 189 225 210 515.6 539.4 636.7 589.4 YES
Luxembourg 1,201 1,448 1,343 255.8 304.8 279.4 Police Grand-Ducale : banque de données informations policières
Monaco 97 114 110 104 300.0 352.0 339.0 319.7
Netherlands 15,600 15,700 15,305 16,361 96.5 96.7 93.8 99.8
Switzerland 45,717 49,546 48,524 46,215 45,952 46,679 623.0 670.2 652.1 617.8 611.6 619.0 Polices cantonales
Oceania New Zealand 23,442 19,910 18,937 19,327 19,171 20,732 584.1 490.0 460.7 465.3 457.2 490.1 YES New Zealand Police 8
Melanesia Solomon Islands 13 14 19 2.7 2.8 3.7 YES

Source: United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS). Additional national sources are cited in the 'Sources' tab.
Letters 'a' and 'b' in the Country/territory column signify separate UN-CTS responses received from the country/territory (See Notes below).

Additional Comments
En relación con los delitos relacionados con las drogas.- Los datos corresponden al número de averiguaciones previas iniciadas por los delitos contra la
1 Mexico salud; previstos en el capítulo I; del Título Séptimo del Código Penal Federal (CPF) y los previstos en el art.2°; frac.I; de la Ley Federal Contra la Delincuencia
Organizada (LFCDO).

2 Kazakhstan Преступления связанные с наркотиками включают их хранение; как для собственного потребления; так и для сбыта

3 Maldives Includes figures provided for drug possession/use and drug trafficking.

4 Turkey Break in series: A new recording system was applied in the year 2005 by the new Turkish Penal Code.

5 Estonia Total drug offences' excludes misdemeanours (use/possession for personal use only).
6 Latvia Break in series: Since 01.10.2005. there is a new data structure in the Register of Criminal Offences.

7 Definition includes both drug-crimes regulated by the 'General Civil Penal Code'(including doping) and drug-crimes regulated by 'Act relating to medical goods
Norway
etc' (including use) in Norwegian criminal law.
8 Sweden Total drug related crimes do not include Drug Trafficking; that is seperately accounted.

9 El total de delitos relacionados con las drogas corresponde con el total de delitos de tráfico de drogas. En España; no está penalizado la posesión de drogas
Spain
para consumo; excepto en las cantidades determinadas por la Autoridad Judicial; que se entendería que pasarían de ser consumo a tráfico de drogas.

Break in series: In June 2005 Police replaced the Law Enforcement System (LES) with the National Intelligence Application (NIA). This system change
10 New Zealand caused a step-change in recorded crime statistics; varying between different crime types and police districts. Caution should be observed when making
inferences from these statistics about trends in the incidence of crime in New Zealand.

Notes
i Chile CTS Response from : Departamento de Estadísticas Policiales Policia de Investigaciones de Chile
ii Chile CTS Response from : Direccion General de Carabineros
v Philippines CTS Response from: National Statistical Coordination Board
vi Philippines CTS Response from : Phlippine National Police
 Count Rate per 100,000 population Metadata (CTS 11th)
Do data match Additional
Region Sub-region Country/territory 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 definition ? Institution providing information comments
Notes

vii Malta CTS Response from : Permanent Mission of Malta

viii Malta CTS Response from: National Statistical Office
 Drug Possession/Use at the national level, number of police-recorded offences

Definition: “Drug Possession/Use” means drug offences related to drug use or possession for use. (UN-CTS M5.3)

Count Rate per 100,000 population Metadata (CTS 11th)

Do data match Additional
Region Sub-region Country/territory 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 definition ? comments
Notes

Africa Eastern Africa Kenya 4,940 5,244 5,012 4,744 3,969 14.2 14.6 13.6 12.6 10.2 YES
Mauritius 3,412 3,023 268.4 236.2 YES
Northern Africa Egypt 16,048 14,097 12,487 15,299 17,120 17,016 21.6 18.6 16.2 19.5 21.4 20.9
Morocco 6,749 7,267 7,556 8,372 11,036 14,222 22.6 24.1 24.8 27.1 35.3 45.0 NO
Southern Africa Lesotho 233 312 11.5 15.2 YES
Western Africa Cote d'Ivoire 216 154 1.1 0.7
Sierra Leone 7 0.1
Americas North America Canada 53,278 63,154 60,965 63,822 68,365 69,921 168.4 197.5 188.7 195.6 207.5 210.2 YES
Central America Mexico 16,384 28,512 26,976 15.4 26.5 24.9
South America Chile a 268 222 107 179 1.7 1.4 0.7 1.1 i
1
b 75 232 367 473 870 1,099 0.5 1.4 2.3 2.9 5.2 6.5 ii
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan a 6,922 4,641 4,765 5,085 4,903 4,654 46.2 30.8 31.4 33.2 31.8 30.0 iii
b 9,919 9,495 64.4 61.2 NO 2 iv
Kyrgyzstan 1,234 1,143 23.1 21.1
Eastern Asia Japan 20,957 19,046 21,360 18,912 18,540 17,639 16.5 15.0 16.8 14.8 14.6 13.9 YES
Mongolia 1 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 YES
Southern Asia Maldives 1,428 2,418 474.9 792.7 YES
Western Asia Armenia 836 467 27.2 15.2 YES
Azerbaijan 1,387 1,212 16.1 13.9 YES
Cyprus 119 177 251 109 325 239 14.6 21.4 30.0 12.9 38.1 27.7
Israel 7,147 7,141 5,785 5,255 5,024 4,355 110.7 108.6 86.5 77.2 72.5 61.8 YES
Oman 284 478 10.4 17.2 YES
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus 2,527 2,383 26.0 24.6 YES
Bulgaria 428 513 682 717 1,405 1,059 5.5 6.6 8.8 9.3 18.4 13.9 YES
Czech Republic 312 263 281 310 364 411 3.1 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.5 4.0 YES
Hungary 2,815 5,764 6,423 5,407 3,731 4,558 27.8 57.1 63.7 53.8 37.2 45.5 YES
Poland 31,260 30,548 82.0 80.2 YES
Romania 2,003 1,553 9.3 7.3 YES
Northern Europe Finland 9,084 9,217 9,248 8,480 10,333 9,823 174.3 176.3 176.3 161.1 195.6 185.2 YES
Iceland 947 1,197 1,388 1,713 1,488 1,198 328.7 410.8 469.3 568.4 482.9 379.8 YES
Lithuania 395 511 401 464 561 579 11.4 14.9 11.7 13.7 16.7 17.4 YES
Norway 19,981 20,004 20,060 22,009 21,027 19,191 437.5 434.9 432.7 470.7 445.5 402.6 NO
Sweden 36,875 40,851 47,687 61,048 65,566 71,333 411.1 453.0 526.0 669.9 715.9 775.0 YES
United Kingdom (England and Wales) 118,006 120,866 152,602 167,003 200,735 212,443 223.5 228.9 287.6 310.8 371.2 390.2
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 1,993 2,265 2,526 2,158 2,106 2,311 117.1 132.4 146.5 123.9 119.7 130.2 YES
Southern Europe Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 YES
Croatia 5,505 5,236 5,641 5,860 5,513 5,004 123.5 117.7 127.0 132.1 124.5 113.1 YES
Malta a 163 426 333 429 336 324 41.0 106.5 82.7 106.1 82.7 79.5 v
b 176 43.2 vi
Slovenia 3,982 2,850 2,655 2,926 3,053 3,063 199.7 142.7 132.7 145.9 151.9 152.0 3
Western Europe Belgium 25,912 27,562 27,629 28,327 31,605 31,617 251.3 266.0 265.3 270.5 300.1 298.5 YES
France 93,340 107,035 109,581 115,917 121,232 139,483 155.0 176.5 179.6 188.9 196.4 224.8 YES
Liechtenstein 190 533.3 YES 4
Luxembourg 981 1,277 1,179 208.9 268.8 245.3
Switzerland 41,144 44,877 44,292 42,525 40,177 38,875 560.7 607.0 595.2 568.5 534.8 515.5 5
Oceania New Zealand 14,313 14,775 341.4 349.3 YES 6
Melanesia Solomon Islands 46 110 111 9.5 22.1 21.7 YES

Source: United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS). Additional national sources are cited in the 'Sources' tab.
Letters 'a' and 'b' in the Country/territory column signify separate UN-CTS responses received from the country/territory (See Notes below).

Additional Comments
 Count Rate per 100,000 population Metadata (CTS 11th)
Do data match Additional
Region Sub-region Country/territory 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 definition ? comments
Notes

1 Chile Corresponde a los delitos relacionados con tráfico; porte; posesión y consumo definidos anteriormente.
Хранение/употребление наркотиков' включает в себя незаконное изготовление; переработку; приобретение; хранение; перевозку; пересылку
2 Kazakhstan
наркотиков
3 Slovenia Drug possession or use is not criminal offence.
4 Liechtenstein Possession for self consumption is excluded.
5 Switzerland Dans la cas d'une dénonciation pour trafic et consommation de drogue; cette dénonciation est comptabilisée dans les deux catégories.

Break in series: In June 2005 Police replaced the Law Enforcement System (LES) with the National Intelligence Application (NIA). This system change caused
6 New Zealand a step-change in recorded crime statistics; varying between different crime types and police districts. Caution should be observed when making inferences from
these statistics about trends in the incidence of crime in New Zealand.

Notes
i Chile CTS Response from : Departamento de Estadísticas Policiales Policia de Investigaciones de Chile
ii Chile CTS Response from : Direccion General de Carabineros
iii Kazakhstan CTS Response from : The Ministry of Internal Affairs
iv Kazakhstan CTS Response from : National Statistical Office
v Malta CTS Response from : Permanent Mission of Malta
vi Malta CTS Response from : National Statistical Office
 Drug Trafficking at the national level, number of police-recorded offences

Definition: “Drug Trafficking” means drug offences; which are not in connection with personal use. (UN-CTS M5.4)

Count Rate per 100,000 population Metadata (CTS 11th)

Do data match Additional
Region Sub-region Country/territory 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 definition ? comments
Notes

Africa Eastern Africa Kenya 233 246 298 233 177 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 YES
Mauritius 937 885 924 1,033 74.8 70.1 72.7 80.7 YES
Northern Africa Algeria 1,538 1,417 4.7 4.2
Egypt 13,818 12,418 11,964 14,429 13,337 14,005 18.6 16.4 15.5 18.4 16.7 17.2
Morocco 12,361 11,386 9,440 9,038 10,182 11,632 41.5 37.8 31.0 29.3 32.6 36.8 NO
Southern Africa Lesotho 233 312 11.5 15.2 YES
Western Africa Cote d'Ivoire 81 62 0.4 0.3
Sierra Leone 7 0.1
Americas North America Canada 21,235 22,681 22,983 23,203 23,774 23,993 67.1 70.9 71.1 71.1 72.2 72.1 YES
Caribbean Dominican Republic 1,527 1,862 16.0 19.2
Central America Costa Rica 343 309 7.9 7.0
El Salvador 760 1,073 12.5 17.6
Mexico 42,261 56,002 47,135 39.7 52.1 43.4
Nicaragua 1,565 1,796 28.7 32.5
Panama 882 855 27.3 26.0
South America Chile a 1,292 1,397 1,230 5,466 8.1 8.7 7.5 33.2 1 i
b 39 14 82 78 74 100 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 ii
Ecuador 2,773 2,773 21.2 21.7
Paraguay 178 157 3.0 2.6
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan 5,057 5,107 4,976 5,328 5,599 5,411 33.7 33.8 32.7 34.8 36.3 34.9
Kyrgyzstan 1,685 1,642 32.3 31.1
Tajikistan 620 581 9.5 8.8
Turkmenistan 1,135 1,027 23.4 20.9
Eastern Asia Japan 315 353 198 217 200 199 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 YES
Mongolia 2 2 1 1 3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 YES
South-Eastern Asia Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0.0 0.0
Singapore 364 389 8.5 8.9
Thailand 100,132 110,904 151.8 166.8
Southern Asia Maldives 66 49 21.9 16.1 YES
Western Asia Nepal 214 221 0.8 0.8
Armenia 643 656 20.9 21.3 YES
Azerbaijan 901 905 1,003 1,572 10.7 10.6 11.6 18.0 YES
Cyprus 208 200 177 136 24.9 23.7 20.7 15.8 2
Georgia 647 1,616 14.5 36.6
Israel 3,211 3,268 3,422 3,525 3,255 4,427 49.8 49.7 51.1 51.8 47.0 62.8 YES
Jordan 343 278 6.2 4.8
Lebanon 634 688 15.5 16.7
Occupied Palestinian Territory 128 3.4
Oman 23 31 0.8 1.1 YES
Syrian Arab Republic 584 843 3.1 4.3
United Arab Emirates 58 64 1.4 1.5
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus 5,311 4,819 1,541 1,343 54.1 49.3 15.8 13.9 YES
Bulgaria 1,578 1,899 2,038 2,107 1,439 1,798 20.1 24.4 26.3 27.4 18.8 23.7 YES 3
Czech Republic 2,267 2,248 22.2 22.0
Hungary 563 904 1,193 1,327 936 899 5.6 8.9 11.8 13.2 9.3 9.0 YES
Poland 3,608 3,220 3,926 3,317 9.4 8.4 10.3 8.7 YES
Republic of Moldova 2,086 1,997 2,098 2,088 55.5 53.8 57.2 57.5 YES
Romania 1,314 1,608 1,243 1,618 6.1 7.5 5.8 7.6 YES
Russian Federation 181,688 150,096 175,241 212,019 231,218 232,613 125.7 104.3 122.4 148.8 162.9 164.5 YES
Slovakia 734 711 843 411 488 524 13.6 13.2 15.7 7.6 9.0 9.7
Ukraine 22,246 23,188 24,329 24,186 24,247 24,205 46.7 49.0 51.8 51.9 52.4 52.6 YES
Northern Europe Denmark 132 101 131 157 2.4 1.9 2.4 2.9
Estonia 1,345 1,444 100.2 107.7 YES 4
Finland 5,974 5,269 5,177 4,837 5,115 5,659 114.6 100.8 98.7 91.9 96.8 106.7 YES
Iceland 117 104 114 99 104 110 40.6 35.7 38.5 32.8 33.8 34.9 YES
Ireland 3,160 3,632 75.5 85.0
 Count Rate per 100,000 population Metadata (CTS 11th)
Do data match Additional
Region Sub-region Country/territory 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 definition ? comments
Notes

Lithuania 509 711 999 704 765 793 14.7 20.7 29.2 20.8 22.8 23.9 YES
Norway 16,676 17,255 17,537 19,689 19,278 18,297 365.1 375.2 378.3 421.1 408.4 383.9 NO 5
Sweden 1,363 874 755 910 1,381 1,407 15.2 9.7 8.3 10.0 15.1 15.3 YES
United Kingdom (England and Wales) 24,268 24,190 25,276 26,550 28,330 29,841 46.0 45.8 47.6 49.4 52.4 54.8
United Kingdom (Scotland) 9,613 10,890 188.7 212.8
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) 379 394 342 447 525 594 22.3 23.0 19.8 25.7 29.8 33.5 YES
Southern Europe Albania 220 363 651 453 524 701 7.1 11.7 20.9 14.5 16.7 22.3 YES
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,355 1,322 35.8 35.0
Croatia 2,487 2,293 2,545 2,486 2,439 2,878 55.8 51.5 57.3 56.0 55.1 65.1 YES
Italy 24,456 23,764 41.7 40.3
Malta a 61 143 93 116 108 137 15.3 35.7 23.1 28.7 26.6 33.6 iii
b 116 110 28.8 27.2 iv
Montenegro 295 294 355 438 549 460 46.1 46.6 56.8 70.5 88.4 73.9 YES
Portugal 3,739 3,654 3,541 3,620 3,281 3,730 35.9 34.8 33.6 34.2 30.8 34.9 YES
Serbia 4,968 4,839 50.4 49.2
Slovenia 775 997 1,026 1,590 1,429 1,434 38.9 49.9 51.3 79.3 71.1 71.2 YES
Spain 12,219 12,836 14,098 14,574 28.4 29.5 32.0 32.8 YES

98 54 4.8 2.6
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Western Europe Belgium 9,821 10,691 11,467 11,837 12,632 12,640 95.2 103.2 110.1 113.0 120.0 119.4 YES
France 6,094 6,296 6,108 5,792 5,797 6,128 10.1 10.4 10.0 9.4 9.4 9.9 YES
Germany 68,701 70,761 67,320 60,914 60,112 52,867 83.5 85.9 81.7 73.9 73.0 64.3
Liechtenstein 8 20 22.8 56.1 YES
Luxembourg 220 171 164 46.9 36.0 34.1
Monaco 2 3 6.2 9.2
Switzerland 7,806 7,803 7,076 6,296 6,297 7,317 106.4 105.5 95.1 84.2 83.8 97.0 6
Oceania New Zealand 4,293 4,271 4,858 5,957 104.4 102.8 115.9 140.8 YES 7

Source: United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS). Additional national sources are cited in the 'Sources' tab.
Letters 'a' and 'b' in the Country/territory column signify separate UN-CTS responses received from the country/territory (See Notes below).

Additional Comments
1 Chile Los delitos de tráfico de drogas corresponden a los delitos definidos en el total de delitos relacionados con las drogas,respecto tráfico de drogas.
2 Cyprus Break in series: the way of recording Drug Trafficking has changed since 2008.
According to the legal definition (Law for over the narcotic substances and precursors) the drug trafficking means is every kind of illegal activity or activities
3 Bulgaria
related to plants containing narcotic substances; to narcotic substances and precursors.

4 Poland Drug Trafficking' definition - production included.

4 Estonia Trafficking: both small-scale (PC § 183) and large-scale (PC § 184).

Norway Definition of drug trafficking includes drug-crimes regulated by the 'General Civil Penal Code'; i.e. possession of larger quantities (more than approximately 1-2
5
user doses) and other illegal dealings with drugs. Also includes trafficking in doping. in Norwegian criminal law.
6 Switzerland Dans la cas d'une dénonciation pour trafic et consommation de drogue; cette dénonciation est comptabilisée dans les deux catégories.
Break in series: In June 2005 Police replaced the Law Enforcement System (LES) with the National Intelligence Application (NIA). This system change caused
7 New Zealand a step-change in recorded crime statistics; varying between different crime types and police districts. Caution should be observed when making inferences from
these statistics about trends in the incidence of crime in New Zealand.

Notes
i Chile CTS Response from : Departamento de Estadísticas Policiales Policia de Investigaciones de Chile
ii Chile CTS Response from : Direccion General de Carabineros
iii Malta CTS Response from : Permanent Mission of Malta
iv Malta CTS Response from : National Statistical Office
 Metadata: Information on coverage and methods of police statistics

How is an offence
Do data cover the entire Do data reported cover Written rules for A principal Have recording methods been
How are multiple committed by more
geographical territory of the offences recorded at both police to record When are data collected for inclusion in statistics? offence rule Counting unit used modified during the reporting
offences counted? than one person
country? federal and state-level? criminal offences? is applied period?
counted?
When offence is After the report to the
After
Region Sub-region Country/territory reported to police, but before
investigation
police investigation
Africa Eastern Africa Kenya YES Coutry is one state YES   As one offence As one offence Offence
Mauritius YES NO YES  As one offence As one offence Offence
Uganda Case investigations relating to one
or more persons
Zimbabwe YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Northern Africa Morocco NO. Zones sécuritaires du Maroc
NO. Comprend seulement les zones
sont subdivisées en 13 wilayas
urbaines du royaume relevant de l'autorité
de sûreté et 5 zones de sûreté
YES   As one offence As one offence Offence
territoriale des services de police
provinciales et régionales.

Southern Africa Lesotho YES YES YES   As two or more offences As two or more offences Offence

Western Africa Cote d'Ivoire Ne concerne que la zone couverte par

l'administration en raison de la crise 
militaro-politique

Guinea NO. Certaines donnees ne couvrent pas

Americas North America
YES   As one offence As one offence Offence
l'ensemble du territoire du pays
Canada
Offence. In the UCR Aggregate
As one offence. In the UCR Survey, one violent offence equals
Incident-based Survey, up to one victim of violence; and one
YES YES YES   4 violations can be recorded
As one offence
non-violent offence equals one
for each incident. separate or distinct non-violent
incident.

United States of America NO. Exceptions are detailed in the notes

YES. Exceptions are detailed in
As one offence, but there are
accompanying each section.
the notes accompanying each YES   a number of exceptions.
Offence
section.

Central America Mexico Sólo los federales. 

South America Argentina YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Chile YES NO. Estado unitario. YES   As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan YES  As one offence As one offence Offence
Eastern Asia Japan YES YES   As one offence As one offence Offence

Mongolia YES YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence

Republic of Korea YES YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence

South-Eastern Asia Philippines YES NO YES   As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Southern Asia Maldives YES YES YES   As one offence Offence
Western Asia Armenia YES NO YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Azerbaijan a YES
YES. страна не имеет
YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
федерального устройства
b YES YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence

Bahrain YES YES YES   As one offence As one offence

Case investigations relating to one
or more persons
Cyprus YES YES   As one offence As one offence Offence
Israel YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence
Case investigations relating to one
or more persons

Qatar YES YES   Uncertain Offence

Syrian Arab Republic YES YES   As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Turkey YES NO   As one offence As one offence Offence
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Bulgaria YES YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Czech Republic YES
Hungary YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Poland YES
NO. Offences recorded at
YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
national level.
Republic of Moldova a YES NO. районное устройство YES  As two or more offences As two or more offences
Case investigations relating to one
or more persons
b YES YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Romania YES YES   As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Russian Federation YES YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Ukraine YES YES  As one offence As one offence Offence
Northern Europe Estonia YES YES   Uncertain As one offence Offence
Finland YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Iceland YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Latvia YES - Since 01.10.2005. when new
YES YES   As two or more offences As one offence Offence Criminal Procedure Law came into
force.

Lithuania YES
Administrative territory (counties,
YES As two or more offences As one offence Offence
municipalities).
Norway
NO. Offences reported to the Norwegian
YES - Statistics on offences
police commited abroad (2,5 pst of all
reported to the police was revised in
offences and 5 pst of all offences for profit
in 2008), is included. Offences reported to
YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence 2005; for the period 1993-2002. All
published statistics are therefore
The Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation
comparable from 1993 an onwards.
of Police Affairs, not included.

Sweden YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence

United Kingdom (England and Wales)
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) YES YES YES   As one offence As one offence Offence
Southern Europe Albania YES NO YES  As one offence As one offence Offence YES - 2008
Croatia YES YES. Unitary state. YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Greece YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
 How is an offence
Do data cover the entire Do data reported cover Written rules for A principal Have recording methods been
How are multiple committed by more
geographical territory of the offences recorded at both police to record When are data collected for inclusion in statistics? offence rule Counting unit used modified during the reporting
offences counted? than one person
country? federal and state-level? criminal offences? is applied period?
counted?
Southern Europe When offence is After the report to the
After
Region Sub-region Country/territory reported to police, but before
investigation
police investigation
Italy YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Malta 
Montenegro YES YES YES   As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Portugal YES YES   As one offence As one offence Offence
Slovenia YES YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Spain YES  As two or more offences As one offence Infracciones penales YES - AÑO 2008
Western Europe Austria  As two or more offences As one offence
Belgium YES YES  As one offence As one offence Offence
France procédure, plaignant, victime,
YES YES  As two or more offences As one offence infraction, victime entendue,
véhicule, auteur.

Germany YES YES YES   Uncertain As one offence Offence

Liechtenstein YES NO NO  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
Oceania Australia and New Australia
Zealand YES - A National Crime
Data reflect offences recorded by Recording Standard has been
state and territory police (may be implemented over the last few years;
federal or state crimes), but does  As one offence As one offence Data relate to victims. in an incremental fashion by the
not include offences recorded by states and territories. The Standard
federal police. aims to improve comparability in
crime recording in Australia.

New Zealand YES - National Recording Standard

YES NO YES  As two or more offences As one offence Offence
implemented on 1 July 2008.

Melanesia Solomon Islands YES  As one offence As one offence Offence

 Region Sub-region Country/territory National source information

Africa Eastern Africa Kenya Annual crime pubblications and Kenya police website.
Mauritius http://statsmauritius.gov.mu
Uganda This information is made public in the UBOs statistical abstracts together with the Uganda Police Force Annual report.
Middle Africa Cameroon Les données collectées proviennent de l'annuaire statistique du service et de la police judiciare.
Western Africa Sierra Leone CID Headquarters; Freetown http://www.slp.org
Americas South America Chile a Los datos son publicados anualmente a traves del Instituti Nacional de Estadísticas www.ine.cl
http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/estadisticas_sociales_culturales/policiales/carabineros/carabineros.php Publicación anual desde 1997; a
b
2007.
Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan a Комитет по борьбе с наркобизнесом и контролю за оборотом наркотиков МВД РК
b www.pravstat.kz
Western Asia Armenia www.police.am
Bahrain www.interior.gov.bh
Europe Eastern Europe Belarus Тематические публикации в ведомственном журнале «Таможня и ВЭД»; республиканских средств массовой информации; на сайте ГТК
(www.customs.gov.by).
Hungary Data provided are publicly available under http://crimestat.b-m.hu
Bureau of Criminal Intelligence; National Police Headquarters; Warsaw Central Statistical Office; Warsaw; Polish National Police Website:
Poland www.policja.pl
Republic of Moldova www.mai.gov.md
Romania Data are partially public and can be found on www.politiaromana.ro and the Romanian Statistical Yearbook.
Northern Europe Finland Yearbook of Justice Statistics. Website: http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/polrik/index_en.html (not available in english so far)
Latvia www.ic.iem.gov.lv
Lithuania www.vrm.lt (in Lithuanian). Website of the Statistics Lithuania www.stat.gov.lt ; Statistics (databases) and in the annual publication 'Crime and
Law Enforcement Activity' (Lithuanian-English).
Norway Data are published by Statistics Norway: http://www.ssb.no/lovbrudda_en/ (table 4)
Sweden Data are publicly available on the National Council for Crime Prevention's website www.bra.se
United Kingdom (England and Wales) Home Office Statistical Bulletin 'Crime in England and Wales 2008/9' - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimeew0809.html
Southern Europe Greece Annual book on crime statistics (Ed. Hellenic Police HQ)
Montenegro Reports are available at the webpages of the Police Directorate from 2008
Portugal www.dgpj.mj.pt
Western Europe Belgium www.fedpol.be
France Site internet du ministère de l'intérieur et publications annuelles
Germany www.bka.de
Luxembourg www.police.public.lu/actualites/statistique/index.html
Oceania New Zealand http://www.stats.govt.nz/methods_and_services/TableBuilder/recorded-crime-statistics.aspx