Thursday, February 22, 2018

Report:Baltic States Top Europe in % of Murders; Bulgaria, Cyprus Line Up 4th and 5th in Murders

A new Eurostat report has found that the three Baltic states -- Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia -- clocked up the highest number of intentional homicides relative to their population out of all the EU (European Union) member states, the Euro News website reports today (February 22, 2018).


The report uses data from 2015 and shows 5,000 victims were recorded by police in the European Union throughout the year.


Lithuania recorded by far the most among countries for which the data was available, with 5.89 victims per 100,000 inhabitants. Following this, Latvia (3.37) and Estonia (3.19) filled the next two positions.


Bulgaria and Cyprus were the first non-Baltic states in the ranking -- with 1.79 and 1.77 intentional homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants respectively -- putting the countries fourth and fifth overall.

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