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Australia\nAustria\nBelgium\nCanada\nChile\nColombia\nCosta Rica\nCzech Republic\nDenmark\nEstonia\nFinland\nFrance\nGermany\nGreece\nHungary\nIceland\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJapan\nRepublic of Korea\nLatvia\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMexico\nNetherlands\nNew Zealand\nNorway\nPoland\nPortugal\nSlovakia\nSlovenia\nSpain\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nTurkiye\nUnited Kingdom\nUnited States\n Choose a country to compare\n----------\nAustralia\nAustria\nBelgium\nCanada\nChile\nColombia\nCosta Rica\nCzech Republic\nDenmark\nEstonia\nFinland\nFrance\nGermany\nGreece\nHungary\nIceland\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJapan\nRepublic of Korea\nLatvia\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMexico\nNetherlands\nNew Zealand\nNorway\nPoland\nPortugal\nSlovakia\nSlovenia\nSpain\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nTurkiye\nUnited Kingdom\nUnited States\n

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Crime and accidents> Australia Intentional homicide (victims per 100,000 population) 0.83 (2022) [23/38countries] Serious assault (cases per 100,000 population) 289.0 (2021) [5/38countries] Kidnapping (cases per 100,000 population) 1.75 (2021) [15/34countries] Sexual violence (cases per 100,000 population) 120.0 (2021) [6/37countries] Sexual exploitation (cases per 100,000 population) 6.17 (2021) [16/30countries] Theft (cases per 100,000 population) 1,888.1 (2020) [6/38countries] Burglary (cases per 100,000 population) 521.5 (2020) [8/37countries] Fraud (cases per 100,000 population) 45.0 (2020) [32/36countries] % of those who think that organised crime has the most influence on the actions of the government 0.3% (2016) [23/25countries] % of those who think that terrorism is a major threat to their country 46.7% (2020) [13/14countries] % of those who think that they have to be corrupt to get all the way to the top in this country today 15.8% (2009) [24/30countries] Road traffic mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 4.9 (2019) [22/38countries] Police> Australia Number of police personnels (per 100,000 population) 279.7 (2020) [22/38countries] % of those who think that the government is successful in crime control 77.3% (2016) [1/15countries] % of those who would like to see more government spending in the police and law enforcement 57.3% (2016) [12/25countries] % of those who think that crime is the most important issue for their country 5.2% (2020) [4/20countries] % of those who think that maintaining national order is the most important aim of the country out of maintaining national order/ giving people more say/ fighting rising prices/ protecting freedom of speech 30.5% (2020) [12/20countries] % of those who think that terrorism is the most important issue for their country 0.7% (2020) [9/20countries] % of those who think that the authorities should have the right to detain suspected terrorists for as long as they want without putting them on trial 57.9% (2016) [4/25countries] % of those who think that the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations 88.0% (2016) [3/25countries] % of those who think that the authorities should have the right to stop and search people in the street at random to prevent terrorism 67.4% (2016) [6/25countries] % of those who think that the government should keep people under video surveillance in public areas 87.1% (2016) [3/25countries] % of those who think that the government should monitor e-mails and any other information exchanged on the Internet 52.5% (2016) [2/25countries] Degree of giving priority to public security over disclosure of government information 6.59 (2016) [3/25countries] % of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in their country 67.6% (2016) [3/24countries] % of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in other countries 53.6% (2016) [6/24countries] Arms> Australia Civilian firearms per 100 persons 14.5 (2017) [17/38countries] Military> Australia Global Peace Index (ranking) 22 (2023) [17/37countries] Military expenditure (billion US$) 32.3 (2022) [8/38countries] Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.9% (2022) [11/36countries] Armed forces personnel (ten thousands) 6.0 (2020) [17/38countries] Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) 0.4% (2020) [26/38countries] % of those who think that it is sometimes necessary to use military force to maintain order in the world 66.7% (2019) [13/21countries] % of those who would like to see more government spending in the military and defence 29.7% (2016) [14/24countries] % of those who think that the military/army has the most influence on the actions of the government 0.5% (2016) [16/24countries] % of those who think that the government is successful in the security of the country 61.8% (2006) [5/25countries]