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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. + 119 +
