Panama & United States Crime Data Comparison

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Believes crime increasing in the past 3 years 65.79 65.22
Ranked 41st. 1% more than United States Ranked 44th.
Crime levels 45 55.84
Ranked 49th. Ranked 30th. 24% more than Panama
Drugs > Annual cannabis use 3.60% 13.70%
Ranked 5th. Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Panama
Drugs > Opiates use 0.20% 0.57%
Ranked 3rd. Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Panama
Murder rate 13 5
Police officers 0.6 243.6
Ranked 12th. Ranked 27th. 406 times more than Panama
Robberies 38.1 146.4
Ranked 40th. Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Panama
Total crimes 21,058 11.88 million
Ranked 65th. Ranked 1st. 564 times more than Panama
Total crimes per 1000 6.63 41.29
Ranked 64th. Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than Panama
Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 21.7 88.8
Ranked 26th. Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Panama
Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate 20 4.7
Ranked 16th. 4 times more than United States Ranked 7th.
Violent crime > Murder rate 759 12,996
Ranked 26th. Ranked 9th. 17 times more than Panama
Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 206.35 42.01
Ranked 20th. 5 times more than United States Ranked 43th.
Violent crime > Murders 759 12,996
Ranked 26th. Ranked 9th. 17 times more than Panama
Violent crime > Murders per million people 206.35 42.01
Ranked 20th. 5 times more than United States Ranked 43th.
Fear of crime > Violent hate crime 17.11 32.55
Ranked 79th. Ranked 31st. 90% more than Panama
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > At night 55.26 41.84
Ranked 41st. 32% more than United States Ranked 60th.
Murders > Per 100,000 people 13.4 5.9
Ranked 37th. 2 times more than United States Ranked 63th.
Prisoners 10,350 prisoners 2.02 million prisoners
Ranked 68th. Ranked 1st. 195 times more than Panama
Assaults 54.2 786.7
Ranked 40th. Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Panama
Punishment > Maximum length of sentence 50 years None
Auto theft 18.8 390.2
Ranked 51st. Ranked 6th. 21 times more than Panama
Perceived problems > Problem violent crimes including assault and armed robbery 43.42 75.54
Ranked 37th. Ranked 10th. 74% more than Panama
Murders > WHO 11.5 5.6
Ranked 59th. 2 times more than United States Ranked 88th.
Fear of crime > Feels safe walking alone > During the day 85.53 75.24
Ranked 28th. 14% more than United States Ranked 57th.
Prisoners > Per capita 354 per 100,000 people 715 per 100,000 people
Ranked 15th. Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Panama
Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence No life imprisonment sentence Varies by state
Fear of crime > Worries about being attacked 33.33 42.08
Ranked 65th. Ranked 43th. 26% more than Panama
Software piracy rate 74% 20%
Ranked 37th. 4 times more than United States Ranked 106th.
Perceived problems > Property crimes including vandalism and theft 48.75 57.93
Ranked 51st. Ranked 28th. 19% more than Panama
Drug offences 1,484 per 100,000 people 560.1 per 100,000 people
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than United States Ranked 41st.
Perceived problems > Illegal drugs 42.11 61.82
Ranked 57th. Ranked 19th. 47% more than Panama
Perceived problems > Problem corruption and bribery 75 42.45
Ranked 41st. 77% more than United States Ranked 69th.
Sentence Length 10,103 29
Ranked 3rd. 348 times more than United States Ranked 30th.
Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole Varies, depending on sentence 15 years minimum to infinite, or never (depending on crime and state)
Fear of crime > Worries about being insulted 27.63 44.84
Ranked 79th. Ranked 33th. 62% more than Panama
Fear of crime > Worries about being mugged or robbed 47.06 45.01
Ranked 41st. 5% more than United States Ranked 47th.
Illicit drugs major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving; official corruption remains a major problem world’s largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center
Frauds 261 371,800
Ranked 69th. Ranked 2nd. 1425 times more than Panama
Serious assaults 36.3 281.6
Ranked 16th. Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Panama
Prisoners per 1000 3.26 prisoners 7.02 prisoners
Ranked 20th. Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Panama
Murders committed by youths 151 8,226
Ranked 26th. Ranked 3rd. 54 times more than Panama
Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence No life imprisonment sentence Varies by state
Judges 8% 10.80%
Ranked 31st. Ranked 3rd. 35% more than Panama
Fear of crime > Worries about home break and enter 46.43 48.52
Ranked 43th. Ranked 39th. 5% more than Panama
Prisoners > Female 6.90% 8.50%
Ranked 16th. Ranked 9th. 23% more than Panama
Judges and Magistrates 239 29,023
Ranked 47th. Ranked 3rd. 121 times more than Panama
Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21 ?? Yes ( de jure )
Punishment > Has life imprisonment No Yes
Car thefts 566 1.25 million
Ranked 60th. Ranked 1st. 2202 times more than Panama
Car thefts per 1000 0.178 4.33
Ranked 52nd. Ranked 11th. 24 times more than Panama
Murders committed by youths per million 50.44 29.48
Ranked 10th. 71% more than United States Ranked 16th.
Fear of crime > Worries about things from car being stolen 50 59.02
Ranked 51st. Ranked 33th. 18% more than Panama
Punishment > Has indefinite sentence No Yes
Prosecutors 2.40% 8.80%
Ranked 39th. Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Panama
Judges and Magistrates per million 75.19 100.91
Ranked 43th. Ranked 31st. 34% more than Panama
Fear of crime > Worries about car being stolen 33.33 42.04
Ranked 61st. Ranked 45th. 26% more than Panama
Prison staff 23.40% 138.30%
Ranked 42nd. Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Panama
Jails 21 1,558
Ranked 54th. Ranked 6th. 74 times more than Panama
Murders committed by youths per capita 14.4 11
Ranked 10th. 31% more than United States Ranked 14th.
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 9.10% 0.50%
Ranked 37th. 18 times more than United States Ranked 77th.
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 144.70% 0
Ranked 37th. Ranked 126th.
Frauds per 1000 0.0821 1.29
Ranked 66th. Ranked 24th. 16 times more than Panama
Jails per million 6.61 5.42
Ranked 19th. 22% more than United States Ranked 24th.
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 55% 20%
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than United States Ranked 106th.

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