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3. Other Crimes
3.5.2 Theft (ICCS 0502), number of offences
Total number of offences of "Theft" at the national level.
“THEFT” is defined as “Unlawfully taking or obtaining of property with the intent to permanently withhold it from a person or organization without consent and without the use of force, threat of force or violence, coercion or deception”.
INCLUSIONS: Theft of personal property (05022) where entry was lawfully gained; theft of personal property from a person (050221) or from a vehicle (050222); other theft of personal property (050229); theft of business property (05023); theft of movable public property that is not a vehicle (05024); theft of livestock (05025); theft of services (05026); Other acts of theft NOT involving the use of force or threat of force against a person (05029): theft of mail; theft by conversion.
EXCLUSIONS: “Theft” excludes Robbery (0401); Burglary (0501); and Theft of a motorized vehicle or parts thereof (05021), which are recorded separately. It also excludes possession of stolen goods or money; receiving, handling, disposing, selling or trafficking stolen goods; using stolen parts for producing other goods; concealment of stolen goods (0704); obtaining money or other benefit or evading a liability through deceit or dishonest conduct (0701); property damage (0504); theft of intellectual property (0503); identity theft (07019)

[Sources: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, p.58. Web: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf
Data are provided by Member States through the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]

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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda2020858 
Argentina2020228,284 
Bahamas20202,252 
Barbados20201,149 
Belize202040 
Bolivia20203,216 
Brazil20201,344,822 
Canada2021451,844 
Chile202096,536 
Colombia2020287,843 
Costa Rica202019,709 
Dominica201573 
Dominican Republic202028,803 
Ecuador202017,080 
El Salvador20205,770 
Grenada20202,733 
Guatemala202029,651 
Guyana20202,836 
Haiti------ 
Honduras20212,462 
Jamaica2020594 
Mexico2021305,558 
Nicaragua201010,453 
Panama202111,747 
Paraguay201642,381 
Peru2020102,883 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2020348 
Saint Lucia20201,488 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20201,450 
Suriname20202,951 
Trinidad and Tobago20201,619 
United States20195,086,100 
Uruguay2020118,597 
Venezuela200850,842 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas20099,088,699 
02. Caribbean200910,756 
03. Central America202099,220 
04. North America20196,036,787 
05. South America20091,974,117 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).