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3. Other Crimes
3.5.1.x. Burglary (rate)
RATE of Burglary, at the national level.
“BURGLARY” means “gaining unauthorized access to a part of a building/dwelling or other premises with or without the use of force against the building/dwelling, with intent to commit theft or when actually committing theft”.
INCLUSIONS: Breaking and entering, unlawful entry with intent to commit theft, or access by deception with intent to commit theft, of: business premises (office buildings, shops, clubs, banks factories, hotels etc); residential premises (house, appartment or other dwelling place that is the habitual place of residence of the victim); or public premises owned, rented or leased by public bodies,
EXCLUSIONS:Theft (0502); 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); property damage (0504); Robbery (0401).
"Burglary" should also exclude theft from a car, container, vending machine, parking meter and from a fenced meadow/compound.

[Sources: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, p.57. Web: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf;
United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).
For population data: 2019 Revision of World Population Prospects. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Web: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/]


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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda202043.88 
Argentina------ 
Bahamas202031.55 
Barbados2020304.88 
Belize2020120.35 
Bolivia------ 
Brazil202016.77 
Canada2020364.36 
Chile2020629.50 
Colombia202064.29 
Costa Rica2020349.45 
Dominica2020754.17 
Dominican Republic2020133.38 
Ecuador2020194.22 
El Salvador202049.06 
Grenada2020552.21 
Guatemala20200.55 
Guyana2020109.28 
Haiti------ 
Honduras2020111.09 
Jamaica20207.94 
Mexico202045.66 
Nicaragua------ 
Panama2020115.09 
Paraguay201573.69 
Peru201613.95 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2020433.96 
Saint Lucia2020401.09 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020636.94 
Suriname2020495.91 
Trinidad and Tobago2015154.09 
United States2019339.66 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela------ 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas20120.00 
02. Caribbean20200.00 
03. Central America20200.00 
04. North America20200.00 
05. South America20200.00 
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