[Brad from Tennessee]

2006 Figures http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

#1 Colombia: 0.617847 per 1,000 people
#2 South Africa: 0.496008 per 1,000 people
#3 Jamaica: 0.324196 per 1,000 people
#4 Venezuela: 0.316138 per 1,000 people
#5 Russia: 0.201534 per 1,000 people
#6 Mexico: 0.130213 per 1,000 people
#7 Estonia: 0.107277 per 1,000 people
#8 Latvia: 0.10393 per 1,000 people
#9 Lithuania: 0.102863 per 1,000 people
#10 Belarus: 0.0983495 per 1,000 people
#11 Ukraine: 0.094006 per 1,000 people
#12 Papua New Guinea: 0.0838593 per 1,000 people
#13 Kyrgyzstan: 0.0802565 per 1,000 people
#14 Thailand: 0.0800798 per 1,000 people
#15 Moldova: 0.0781145 per 1,000 people
#16 Zimbabwe: 0.0749938 per 1,000 people
#17 Seychelles: 0.0739025 per 1,000 people
#18 Zambia: 0.070769 per 1,000 people
#19 Costa Rica: 0.061006 per 1,000 people
#20 Poland: 0.0562789 per 1,000 people
#21 Georgia: 0.0511011 per 1,000 people
#22 Uruguay: 0.045082 per 1,000 people
#23 Bulgaria: 0.0445638 per 1,000 people
#24 United States: 0.042802 per 1,000 people
#25 Armenia: 0.0425746 per 1,000 people

[aimhigh]

#6 Mexico: 0.130213 per 1,000 people

This explains why our crime rate is increasing. Thanks for the stats.

[bvw]

Murder Rates
By decade, typical murders per 100,000 people, US except as noted

1340: 110 (Oxford, England)
1550: 47 (Amsterdam)
1830:  1 (Amsterdam)
1900:  1
1910:  5
1920:  7
1930:  9
1940:  7
1950:  5
1960:  4
1970:  8
1980: 10
1990:  9
2000:  6
2006:  4

1900-2000 data derived from chart at http://www.jrsa.org/programs/Historical.pdf
Amsterdam numbers from http://www.iht.com/articles/1994/10/24/topics_51.php
Oxford 1340 from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E2D6163FF930A15753C1A962958260