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Table 1 Burglary and theft annual statistics in 12 countries

From: More crime in cities? On the scaling laws of crime and the inadequacy of per capita rankings—a cross-country study

Country

n

Theft

Burglary

\({\bar{y}}\)

S

\(y_{max}\)

\({\bar{y}}\)

S

\(y_{max}\)

Belgium

588

60.84

286.51

4397

95.60

209.02

2721

Canada

283

1115.14

3393.88

37,150

293.90

791.13

7782

Colombia

513

182.04

1514.68

36,306

40.08

228.06

4856

Denmark

98

1157.67

3851.29

38,011

330.71

330.60

2157

France

100

8311.12

12,400.34

108,846

2389.94

2515.24

12,511

Italy

107

17,470.72

30,860.27

218,052

2217.50

2642.61

18,101

Mexico

1659

237.56

959.59

14,999

Portugal

279

51.38

86.91

850

South Africa

199

2305.23

8758.52

93,793

1190.03

3212.93

28,143

Spain

144

7846.72

25,111.99

236,026

United Kingdom

313

1763.43

1965.61

19,766

620.98

685.40

4825

United States

8337

471.82

2345.27

108,376

127.33

626.16

19,859

  1. Number of data points n, sample mean \({\bar{y}}\), sample standard deviation S, and maximum value \(y_{max}\)