Armenia among top 10 countries in the world with lowest crime rate

YEREVAN, October 11. /ARKA/. Armenia ranks as the world’s 9th safest country in a survey that involves 133 nations, according to the latest World Population Review.

Overall crime rate is calculated by dividing the total number of reported crimes of any kind by the total population, then multiplying the result by 100,000 (because crime rate is typically reported as X number of crimes per 100,000 people).

Crime rates vary greatly from country to country and are influenced by many factors. For example, high poverty levels and unemployment tend to inflate a country's crime rate.

Conversely, strict police enforcement and severe sentences tend to reduce crime rates. There is also a strong correlation between age and crime, with most crimes, especially violent crimes, being committed by those ages 20-30 years old.

The highest crime rates, according to the rating are in Venezuela, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Afghanistan and Honduras, and the lowest in Qatar, the UAE, Taiwan, Oman, Qatar and Switzerland.

Each of these countries has very effective law enforcement, and Denmark, Norway, and Japan have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world. -0-