Sensible Sentencing NZ International Statistics

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It would make sense to view this table in conjunction with the one for assault, as in some cases robberies are recorded as assaults and vice versa.

Total recorded robberies. Rates per 100,000
Country	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
South Africa	309	268	301	363	401	460
England, Wales	130	141	120	128	160	180
Portugal	145	130	140	125	161	172
USA	221	200	183	163	147	.
France	91	100	104	136	136	141
Poland	69.60	68.02	77.68	88.44	116	138
Australia	80.63	89.46	115	127	119	121
Netherlands	102	97.66	90.92	92.02	111	117
Russian Fed	94.91	82.00	76.23	83.24	95.19	90.68
Ireland	72.85	92.35	69.70	102.83	64.34	.
Canada	102.42	107.06	98.62	95.90	94.23	87.70
Germany	77.74	82.51	84.74	78.54	74.81	72.28
Italy	50.02	54.43	57.21	65.59	68.40	65.38
Bulgaria	73.17	70.37	80.68	54.43	49.27	52.23
Malaysia	29.35	33.53	41.60	52.74	60.57	63.07
Denmark	39.00	43.33	47.75	49.16	52.28	59.07
Hong Kong	90.22	62.24	46.03	48.51	54.16	50.51
Finland	42.87	40.72	39.22	40.60	44.09	50.22
New Zealand	50.11	49.27	53.95	52.74	41.57	46.33
Norway	17.68/td>	18.83	20.05	30.55	38.07	39.66
Hungary	25.97	26.36	29.96	30.26	31.36	34.94
Switzerland	26.35	31.64	35.24	36.17	37.00	30.33
Greece	13.55	13.50	17.89	21.47	19.50	17.86
Singapore	26.25	20.93	19.53	23.55	17.45	12.18
Sth Korea	7.87	7.39	8.75	11.46	10.42	9.56
Japan	1.82	1.95	2.23	2.72	3.34	4.07

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