UNODC crime and criminal justice statistics

Cross-national UNODC crime statistics for over 120 countries are available on this page covering the period 2003 to 2008. Statistics on police-recorded offences and identified victims are available by crime type. Statistics on the response of the criminal justice system are divided according to police, prosecution, court and prison statistics.

Police recorded offences and victims:

Criminal justice system response:

  • Persons brought into formal contact with the police
  • Persons prosecuted
  • Persons convicted
  • Persons detained
  • Criminal justice system resources

UNODC data collection instruments and historic data, are available here.

Cover: International Statistics on Crime and Justice Analysis of international statistics on crime and criminal justice statistics are available in the UNODC/HEUNI publication International statistics on crime and criminal justice .