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Legal Data Observatory

What is measured about law and justice, where, how recently, and by whom — and what is not.

Crime

IndicatorCountries with dataLatestSource
Cybercrime reports reports none held
Financial losses from cybercrime currency units none held
Identity theft reports none held
Online child sexual exploitation reports reports none held
Online fraud reports none held
Ransomware incidents incidents none held
Drug overdose deaths per 100,000 population none held
Drug seizures seizures none held
Drug treatment admissions admissions none held
Drug-related arrests per 100,000 population none held
Drug-related deaths per 100,000 population none held
People imprisoned for drug offences % of prison population none held
Corruption convictions convictions none held
Corruption investigations investigations none held
Criminal assets recovered currency units none held
Fraud offences recorded per 100,000 population none held
Money-laundering cases prosecuted cases none held
People who paid a bribe to a public official % of people with contact none held
Reported fraud losses currency units none held
Extortion per 100,000 population none held
Homicides linked to organized crime % of homicides none held
Kidnapping per 100,000 population none held
Organized-crime cases investigated cases none held
Burglary rate per 100,000 population none held
Motor-vehicle theft per 100,000 population none held
Theft rate per 100,000 population none held
Vandalism and criminal damage per 100,000 population none held
Attempted homicide per 100,000 population none held
Firearm-related homicide per 100,000 population none held
Hate crimes recorded offences none held
Homicide victims victims none held
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population 175 2023 World Bank — World Development Indicators
Robbery rate per 100,000 population none held
Serious assault rate per 100,000 population none held
Sexual violence offences recorded per 100,000 population none held
Victims of violence who reported to authorities % of victims none held
Victims who report sexual violence to the police % of victims none held

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Justice transparency

Latest figure we hold for each country, with its year and source. Definitions differ between countries — compare with care, and read each source's notes.

IndicatorUnited KingdomFranceGermanySweden
Professional judges
per 100,000 population
no figure held 11.2 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice 26.3 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice 9.0 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice
Pending cases
cases
no figure held no figure held no figure held no figure held
Case clearance rate
% of incoming cases
no figure held no figure held no figure held no figure held
Median case duration
days
no figure held no figure held no figure held no figure held
Conviction rate
% of cases decided
no figure held no figure held no figure held no figure held
Police personnel
per 100,000 population
no figure held 361.3 2022 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice 320.4 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice 226.0 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice
Prison population rate
per 100,000 population
no figure held 117.5 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice 70.5 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice 106.5 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice
Prison occupancy
% of official capacity
no figure held 129.3 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice 81.6 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice 111.7 2024 · Eurostat — Crime and criminal justice
Pretrial detainees
% of prison population
no figure held no figure held no figure held no figure held
Legal-aid spending
per capita
no figure held no figure held no figure held no figure held

Court caseload, backlog and duration series are defined but no open source publishes them consistently yet; they stay empty rather than estimated.