Arab countries score low on crime, highest on safety in world survey

[HannibalBarca]

I don't know how they base their "crimes"... but here in Tunis... the last time I heard a "crime" was a terro attack few years back...
And if stealing is in it... then the last time I heard smthing being stolen/robbed... was last year...
And if murder then the last time I heard a murder in the capital was few month back when drunken one "accidently" killed his mate... or a kid killed by a psycho...

Tbh , I'm safer in Tunis (Capital) than in FRance... Robbing/killing are as rare as finding a diamond in the street...

The only threat "could" be Terro attack... but thanks God... till this day... none.

 

[Muhammed45]

I don't know how they base their "crimes"... but here in Tunis... the last time I heard a "crime" was a terro attack few years back...
And if stealing is in it... then the last time I heard smthing being stolen/robbed... was last year...
And if murder is a crime then the last time I heard a murder in the capital was few month back when drunken one "accidently" killed his mate... or a kid killed by a psycho...

Tbh , I'm safer in Tunis (Capiatal) than in FRance... Robbing/killing are as rare as finding a diamond in the street...

The only threat "could" be Terro attack... but thanks God... till this day... none.

Hey, your beloved ISIS is being defeated. How does it feel? Is that a crime anyways?

 

[HannibalBarca]

Hey, your beloved ISIS is being defeated. How does it feel? Is that a crime anyways?

I'm quite amazed that ppl like you are still around in this Forum... I really am...
Anyway...
Ps: don't bother answer...bc I will not...

 

[Muhammed45]

I'm quite amazed that ppl like you are still around in this Forum... I really am...
Anyway...

Yeah anyway! ISIS scum!

 

[Fenasi Kerim]

That is a false premise, Most if not all Arab nations have statistics of crime that the UN concerned body gets when it needs Data to make studies, either through police or hospitals.. that is how it goes.. and yes Islam plays a big role in the low crime rates..

Actually felt very safe in UAE and Qatar do not surprised they are top. A lot of it has to do with majority of the population being expats or working, so risks outweighs the benefits of stealing and doing crime even among the lower classes.

In the west you have generations of citizens who live in poor suburban areas who have little to lose and the punishments are not comparable to getting deported or getting a stick up your arse in the cell.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

That is a false premise, Most if not all Arab nations have statistics of crime that the UN concerned body gets when it needs Data to make studies, either through police or hospitals.. that is how it goes.. and yes Islam plays a big role in the low crime rates..

Precisely. Crime overall is very rare. Almost every study shows this even the ones that take into consideration non-reported crime. Gangs/mafia/large organized crime groups are frankly unheard of in the Arab world.

Of course you will have the occasional murder once in a while (murder rates being one of the lowest in the world too) but the most serious crimes (in peaceful Arab countries not experiencing conflicts) are individual terrorist activities which looking at the population ratio are extremely low, albeit when they occur, tend to have a big impact and media exposure.

I don't know how they base their "crimes"... but here in Tunis... the last time I heard a "crime" was a terro attack few years back...
And if stealing is in it... then the last time I heard smthing being stolen/robbed... was last year...
And if murder then the last time I heard a murder in the capital was few month back when drunken one "accidently" killed his mate... or a kid killed by a psycho...

Tbh , I'm safer in Tunis (Capital) than in FRance... Robbing/killing are as rare as finding a diamond in the street...

The only threat "could" be Terro attack... but thanks God... till this day... none.

Great to hear. I only visited Tunisia as a child but I recall that we (as in family) never experienced anything bad or felt unsafe.

I'm quite amazed that ppl like you are still around in this Forum... I really am...
Anyway...
Ps: don't bother answer...bc I will not...

It is. Ignore the Arab-obsessed (one-way highway in terms of interest) troll.

It's got largely to do with the populace not being individualistic, that creates for some sort of unified force when they notice crime whereas in some other parts of the world such as western Europe the people are individualists and won't help police with their job, rather they'll be an obstacle to security forces. This deters many from committing the crime as everyone around may be viewed as a cop. (That's what I think).

True. I believe that this is a contributing factor without a doubt.

It's due to fast implementation of punishment...specially death penalty . In Pakistan we have century old fvcked up British law, which gave too many rights to defendant ...

No, it has not. In many Arab countries the death penalty is used very rarely or has not been used for ages. In the GCC a death sentence is a long process and not something that happens overnight at all. China is much more efficient here as they often execute a condemned prisoner rather quickly. In KSA it is not unusual for a condemned murderer to be executed quite a while after his sentencing. Same story in Iraq until they speeded up (rightly so) this process, after pressure from people, in regards to convicted criminals and terrorists.

Not sure how it is in Pakistan but I have always wondered why executions almost never occur in India despite that country having a death penalty and despite all the crimes and murderers. Maybe something about the beliefs of their majority religion (Hinduism)? I recall reading about them not being fond of killing even animals (cows are a good example). That system seems to be very inefficient but not sure if it is the legacy of the Brits. I would doubt so as they tend to have a relatively well-functioning judicial system.

Are you talking about Muslim majority countries? There is no such thing as a "sharia country".

You can look this up yourself, press freedom has absolutely nothing to do with religion. Maybe if you had an actual brain, you would have realized this.

Save your energy bro.

 

[Ceylal]

That has more to do with the dictators and corruption and has nothing to do with Islam or "Sharia" so screw off.

Sorry to tell you Islam as distorted as it now,plays a bigger role in dismantling Muslim societies, by Muslims!

 

[The SC]

Actually felt very safe in UAE and Qatar do not surprised they are top. A lot of it has to do with majority of the population being expats or working, so risks outweighs the benefits of stealing and doing crime even among the lower classes.

In the west you have generations of citizens who live in poor suburban areas who have little to lose and the punishments are not comparable to getting deported or getting a stick up your arse in the cell.

These low crime rates are generalised all over the Arab world, with the majority of its nations do not have expats!
So what you say is based on you limited experience and that is well understood, but you should read about it comprehensively.. this is the field of Criminology.. if you do some search you will find the data, sources and the truth with worldwide statistics in a quantitative approach and many more works in a qualitative approach..

 

[Ceylal]

If Arab countries count the "buried alive" infant girls, they will make the Guinness book of crime..

 

[Fenasi Kerim]

These low crime rates are generalised all over the Arab world, with the majority of its nations do not have expats!
So what you say is based on you limited experience and that is well understood, but you should read about it comprehensively.. this is the field of Criminology.. if you do some search you will find the data, sources and the truth with worldwide statistics in a quantitative approach and many more works in a qualitative approach..

Again your wrong, this is not an Arab cultural thing, it's pathetic you Arabs claim pride out of scoring a better crime index rate then Nigeria lol.

https://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp

Let's look at the full list, Morroco and Iraq same rates as the US, Algeria on par with Iran, Egypt above Pakistan etc

Top and bottom 5. Notice top performers have two things in common, little poverty and low unemployment rates same as in Qatar & UAE arguable the lowest among the Arab states.

https://www.clements.com/resources/articles/Countries-with-the-Highest-and-Lowest-Crime-Rates

 

[Gomig-21]

Top and bottom 5. Notice top performers have two things in common, little poverty and low unemployment rates same as in Qatar & UAE arguable the lowest among the Arab states.

That's very true, but population is also a huge factor. There's also the accuracy of the lists that tends to get a bit skewed just because of obvious reasons; level of crimes and under-reporting. But per capita in relation to populations tends to drive the number in complete opposite directions, simply because the less people, the less crime, while more people = more crime. Although there are some exceptions such as Sweden which scores comparably high in crime for a relatively small population.

Then you have to factor things like domestic terrorism where it's currently much more prevalent in Arab countries, unfortunately, as opposed to places like Singapore and Japan, for example.

It's also a bit deceiving in a sense that the 45th spot is only separated by 5% to the 25th spot. The increments in percentages are very minor.

Let's look at the full list, Morroco and Iraq same rates as the US, Algeria on par with Iran, Egypt above Pakistan etc

Interesting that Pakistan and Egypt are separated by .01% in both categories, but that actually bodes much better for Pakistan considering it's massive population compared to Egypt's. Pakistan with 193+ million to Egypt's 93+ million. So a relatively equal percentage of crime & safety is MUCH better in Pakistan's case than in Egypt's, which means the numbers aren't accurately indicative for the ranking which makes a ranking index like this difficult to really be accurate in many of these cases.

 

[Fenasi Kerim]

^^ Of course higher population usually means more poverty, more migrants and 2nd, 3rd generatation citizens usually means more crimes i.e Sweden & Europe. Plus there is a lot of crime that goes unreported, more so in the developing world we're there are more cultural stigmas attached to going social with certain crimes i.e rape

I posted the links (from the very same sources they used) to debunk the myth these guys have that low crime rates compared to Nigeria lol have to do with "beautiful rosey Arab culture" lol. Morroco, Egypt, Syria etc are fest feasts for crime.

 

[Yaseen1]

fear of ALLAH ALMIGHTY Is the best way to reduce crime rate

 

[Timur]

Yes, the Arabs have the lowest crime rate in the world..some people are not happy about that and create wars in the Arab world..The so called civilized world have some of the highest crime rates in the world and this rate goes usually hand in hand with poverty and social inequalities!!!

lets talk the truth..
the arab world only exists as SA, UAE, Qatar and quwait.. the others do not count ? are they lower arab tribesmen..?

not only US or others created wars in the arab world, gcc arabs alone pushed it.. like SA did it with yemen and iraq and syria with the crying whore of kuwait (anekdote to whore of babylon)

but time will show us justice and gcc guys will face the same fate..

yes the gcc is quite safe if you wanted to say this..

 

[The SC]

lets talk the truth..
the arab world only exists as SA, UAE, Qatar and quwait.. the others do not count ? are they lower arab tribesmen..?

not only US or others created wars in the arab world, gcc arabs alone pushed it.. like SA did it with yemen and iraq and syria with the crying whore of kuwait (anekdote to whore of babylon)

but time will show us justice and gcc guys will face the same fate..

yes the gcc is quite safe if you wanted to say this..

Nope I was talking about the Arab world in general 500 million Muslims driven mostly by Islamic principles..
You can read the WHO reports or the UN ones, they all say the same, even when using different parameters..I did study this in criminology courses, and was also surprised but then I was convinced with real Data..
it goes like this in general in a qualitative manner:
First, Most Muslim Arabs(the majority) believe that God is watching our moves; " Inna Allah Yarana" or "God is looking at us.."
Second, police and their agents are almost everywhere and are very visible, so you commit a crime today, you have maximum one week before you are caught..
Third, and not the least, sentences in courts are very severe..
So, here you already have 3 different deterrents against crime..

For statistics you can turn to world bodies statistics.. you will also be surprised, because they use different variables and they get very close results as far as Arab countries are concerned.. you can find most statistics on the net..(and we are not talking about terrorism acts here, that is another field of study and statistics..)