Crime
Crime Rate by Country 2026
Myanmar 8.1
Highest Overall criminality score from the Global Organized Crime Index. Scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater organized criminal activity.
Tuvalu 1.5
Lowest Overall criminality score from the Global Organized Crime Index. Scores range from 0 to 10, with lower scores indicating less organized criminal activity.
Countries Ranked by Crime Rate
Country | Overall Criminality Score (GOCI) 2025↓ | Criminal Markets Score (GOCI) 2025 | Criminal Actors Score (GOCI) 2025 | Resilience Score (GOCI) 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Myanmar | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 1.5 |
 | Colombia | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 5.5 |
 | Mexico | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 4.5 |
 | Ecuador | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 |
 | Paraguay | 7.5 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 3.3 |
 | DR Congo | 7.5 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 2.2 |
 | South Africa | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 5.7 |
 | Nigeria | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.5 |
 | Lebanon | 7.3 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 3.1 |
 | Turkey | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 4.0 |
 | Kenya | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 5.2 |
 | Iraq | 7.2 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
 | Honduras | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 3.9 |
 | Brazil | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 5.0 |
 | Libya | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
 | Central African Republic | 7.0 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 2.1 |
 | Afghanistan | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 1.5 |
 | Cambodia | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 3.5 |
 | Syria | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 2.0 |
 | Venezuela | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 1.9 |
 | Panama | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 4.7 |
 | Russia | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 3.4 |
 | Iran | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 3.1 |
 | Indonesia | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 4.3 |
 | Guatemala | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 4.0 |
 | Uganda | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 3.7 |
 | Sudan | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 2.3 |
 | Yemen | 6.6 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 1.9 |
 | Mozambique | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
 | Nepal | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 3.9 |
 | Peru | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 4.5 |
 | Vietnam | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
 | Philippines | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
 | Somalia | 6.5 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 1.9 |
 | Malaysia | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
 | Haiti | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 2.2 |
 | Ukraine | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
 | South Sudan | 6.4 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 2.0 |
 | Thailand | 6.4 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 5.0 |
 | Italy | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 6.4 |
 | Laos | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 3.4 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 6.3 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 3.8 |
 | Mali | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 2.1 |
 | China | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.5 |
 | Pakistan | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 4.0 |
 | Cameroon | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 3.1 |
 | Serbia | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 4.9 |
 | Spain | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
 | Ethiopia | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
 | Burkina Faso | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 2.9 |
 | Chad | 6.0 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 2.3 |
 | Tanzania | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
 | Niger | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 3.0 |
 | Jamaica | 5.9 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
 | France | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 7.0 |
 | India | 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
 | Costa Rica | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
 | United States | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 7.0 |
 | United Kingdom | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 7.6 |
 | Madagascar | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
 | Belarus | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 3.1 |
 | Montenegro | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
 | Ivory Coast | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 3.2 |
 | Guyana | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 4.3 |
 | Ghana | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
 | Nicaragua | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 2.0 |
 | Liberia | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 3.4 |
 | Angola | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
 | Bulgaria | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
 | Zimbabwe | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 3.0 |
 | Greece | 5.5 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
 | Moldova | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 4.1 |
 | Chile | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
 | El Salvador | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 3.3 |
 | Sierra Leone | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.0 |
 | Morocco | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
 | Tajikistan | 5.4 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 2.5 |
 | Qatar | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
 | Germany | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 7.4 |
 | Bangladesh | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
 | Egypt | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.8 |
 | Argentina | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 3.8 |
 | Senegal | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
 | Togo | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
 | Albania | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
 | Netherlands | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 7.4 |
 | Dominican Republic | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
 | Benin | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
 | Bolivia | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
 | Kuwait | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
 | Jordan | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
 | Israel | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
 | Guinea | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.0 |
 | Azerbaijan | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 5.0 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 3.1 |
 | Croatia | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
 | North Macedonia | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
 | Algeria | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
 | Sri Lanka | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.7 |
 | Portugal | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.6 |
 | Ireland | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 7.4 |
 | Belize | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
 | Uzbekistan | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
 | Suriname | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.2 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 2.7 |
 | Malta | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
 | Djibouti | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
 | Romania | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
 | Belgium | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 7.2 |
 | Bahrain | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
 | Zambia | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
 | Slovakia | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
 | Burundi | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 2.3 |
 | Sweden | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 7.4 |
 | Gabon | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
 | North Korea | 4.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 1.6 |
 | Tunisia | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
 | Poland | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 6.1 |
 | Switzerland | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 7.3 |
 | Hungary | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
 | Gambia | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
 | Czechia | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 6.5 |
 | Lesotho | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
 | Cyprus | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
 | Solomon Islands | 4.5 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
 | Kazakhstan | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
 | Oman | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
 | Namibia | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
 | South Korea | 4.4 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 8.0 |
 | Maldives | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 4.0 |
 | Mauritania | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 2.1 |
 | Turkmenistan | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 |
 | Austria | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7.5 |
 | Slovenia | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
 | Japan | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 7.5 |
 | Eswatini | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
 | Mauritius | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
 | Canada | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 7.4 |
 | Malawi | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
 | Botswana | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
 | New Zealand | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 7.9 |
 | Denmark | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 8.2 |
 | Lithuania | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7.4 |
 | Latvia | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 7.6 |
 | Cape Verde | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 6.5 |
 | Australia | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 7.5 |
 | Mongolia | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
 | Fiji | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
 | Timor-Leste | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
 | Eritrea | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
 | Bahamas | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
 | Rwanda | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.0 |
 | Georgia | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
 | Estonia | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 8.0 |
 | Norway | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 7.9 |
 | Comoros | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
 | Singapore | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 7.8 |
 | Seychelles | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
 | Uruguay | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 7.5 |
 | Bhutan | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
 | Tonga | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
 | Cuba | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 5.0 |
 | Saint Lucia | 3.4 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
 | Finland | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 8.4 |
 | San Marino | 3.1 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.4 |
 | Iceland | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 8.2 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
 | Armenia | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 5.6 |
 | Brunei | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
 | Barbados | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 6.1 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.4 |
 | Palau | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
 | Luxembourg | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 7.5 |
 | Grenada | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 5.2 |
 | Micronesia | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
 | Andorra | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 8.0 |
 | Monaco | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 5.8 |
 | Samoa | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 5.9 |
 | Vanuatu | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
 | Kiribati | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
 | Dominica | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 5.3 |
 | Marshall Islands | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
 | Liechtenstein | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 8.4 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 4.8 |
 | Nauru | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
 | Tuvalu | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
- Crime Index and Safety Index are compiled semi-annually by statistics site Numbeo and range from 0-100.
- Lower scores are preferable in the Crime Index.
- Higher scores are preferable in the Safety Index.
- The Global Organized Crime Index (GOCI) is created by compiling data from a wide range of indicators across three subcategories: Criminal Markets, Criminal Actors, and Resilience.
- Criminal Markets, from financial crimes and cyber crimes to human trafficking, arms trafficking, environmental and drug crimes.
- Criminal Actors such as mafia-style groups, criminal networks, and state-embedded actors.
- Resilience, which includes the country’s judicial system, law enforcement, and victim and witness support.
- These three categories are then compiled to determine the Overall Criminality Score.
- Lower GOCI scores are preferable.
- The global GOCI scores shown are averages derived from the individual per-country scores and have not been weighted by population.
- See also: Violent Crime Rates by Country, Safest Countries in the World, Most Violent Countries.
Key Findings
What Country Has the Highest Crime Rate?
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Myanmar has the highest crime rate with a score of 8.1. The countries with the highest crime rates are Myanmar (8.1), Colombia (7.8), and Mexico (7.7).
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High crime scores often reflect both real safety concerns and public perception, which can be shaped by violence, weak institutions, corruption, and limited trust in law enforcement.
Lowest Crime Rate in the World
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Tuvalu has the lowest crime rate with a score of 1.5. The countries with the lowest crime rates are Sao Tome and Principe (1.8), Nauru (1.7), and Tuvalu (1.5).
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Low crime index scores do not necessarily mean crime is absent; they often reflect stronger public safety systems, greater trust in institutions, and lower perceived day-to-day risk.
US Crime Rate Ranking
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The United States ranks 59th globally with a crime index score of 5.9.
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The US crime rate is higher than most other developed nations, driven in part by higher rates of gun violence and property crime compared to other high-income countries.
Crime Index vs Organized Crime Index
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This page tracks multiple crime measurements, including the Numbeo Crime Index (a 0-100 perception-based score) and the Global Organized Crime Index (a 0-10 score measuring organized criminality).
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Countries can rank very differently depending on which measure is used, as street-level crime perception and organized criminal activity don't always overlap.
Countries Ranked by Crime Rate
Country Comparison
Crime index scores vary widely across countries, separating places where residents report high perceived risk from those where day-to-day safety is perceived to be much stronger. Organized crime measures add another layer, since countries can have different profiles for street crime, criminal markets, and institutional resilience.
Definitions & Methodology
What Is the Crime Index? The Crime Index is a perception-based score from Numbeo that ranges from 0 to 100, where higher scores indicate higher perceived crime. It is updated semi-annually and reflects survey-based views of safety, crime levels, and related concerns.
What Is the Global Organized Crime Index? The Global Organized Crime Index measures organized criminality across criminal markets, criminal actors, and resilience. Scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating more organized criminality and lower resilience against criminal networks.
Why Crime Rankings Vary by Source Different organizations use different methodologies to measure crime. Numbeo relies on public perception surveys, while the GOCI uses expert assessments of organized crime. Official government statistics may tell another story, as reporting rates and definitions of crimes vary across countries.
Last Updated: May 29, 2026
Sources
- Crime Index by Country 2025 - Numbeo
- Criminality - The Organized Crime Country
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wiki
- Crime Violent Offences - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Intentional homicide - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Victims of intentional homicide - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Serious assault 2018 - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Sexual Violence - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Kidnappings - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Robbery - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Statistics for Crime - Violent Crime - NationMaster
