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NSfK’s 40. forskerseminar, Espoo, Finland 1998
Table 2. The distribution of crime (Total/percent distribution by type of crime)
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Recorded crime 61 871 52 835 40 983 39141 38205 36865
Of which:
Violent crime Total 21 611 31 801 23 520 20 244 19 640 18 791
% 34.9 60.2 57.4 51.7 51.4 51.0
Economic crime Total 1 169 899 860 1 137 1 287 1 749
% 1.9 1.7 2.1 2.9 3.4 4.7
Drug-related crime Total 83 219 278 271 361 428
% 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.2
Property crime Total 51 639 41 211 28 813 26 281 23 368 21 892
% 83.5 78.0 70.3 67.1 61.2 59.4
Homicide* Total 293 429 375 281 256 259
% 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7
* Including attempts
Table 3. Homicide by selected country
Year Total Per 100 000
population
Latvia* 1997 259 10.5
Denmark** 1993 71 2.0
Estonia 1997 247 16.7
Russia* 1994 32 286 21.8
Lithuania 1997 391 10.5
Norway*** 1993 47 1.6
Finland** 1993 129 3.7
Ukraine*** 1994 4 571 8.8
Sweden** 1993 173 3.0
* Including attempts
** Calculated per population aged 15-67
*** Calculated per population aged 14-67