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EAST IS EAST, AND WEST IS WEST
Table 2. Estimated linear change in Theft and/or Violence 2006-2019 - per European
region"?
Theft (%) Violence (%) Theft and/or Violence (%)
Change N. of Change N. of Change N. of
2006-2019 | countries | 2006-2019 | countries | 2006-2019 countries
Region %p. N. %p. N. %p. N.
Europe -2,8 40 -0,02 40 -4,2 40
Northern Europe -5,3 10 -0,01 10 -6,1 10
Western Europe -0,2 7 0,00 7 -0,3 7
Eastern Europe -6,6 10 -0,02 10 -8,8 10
Southern Europe 0,6 13 -0,03 13 -1,3 13
For both items combined the European rate shows a decrease of 4,2 percentage
point. The four regions show considerable variation in the movement ofthe rates.
Eastern Europe and Northern Europe have experienced the most significant falls
in the level of crime. In Western and Southern Europe the downward movement
has been much smaller. Since the rates were the highest in the early period of
2006-2010 in Eastern and Northern Europe the volumes of overall crime in the
four regions have been converging somewhat over the past fifteen years.
HOMICIDE AND ORGANISED CRIME
Table 3 presents the numbers of recorded homicide cases per capita and the scores
of the new index for organised crime/corruption for Europe and the for regions
for the period 2006-2017.
8 Gallup World Poll 2006-2019; Van Dijk et al., Global crime pattern.
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