What's Behind Iceland's Shockingly Low Crime Rate
- 11 years ago
Learn what's behind Iceland's shockingly low crime rate.
Iceland has one of the lowest rates of violent crime out of any country on the planet.
Their police officers do not carry guns, despite there being 90 thousand guns in a country of 300 thousand people.
There are several plausible reasons as to why the people of Iceland are so peaceful and enjoy such a low crime rate.
The most pertinent factor seems to be that 97 percent of the population identified themselves as upper middle class, lower middle class or working class.
Only 1.1 percent claimed to be upper class, and 1.5 percent identified as lower class.
Apart from population equality, their welfare and education systems, and low rates of reported drug use all contribute to a peaceful existence with culturally accepted safety standards.
Murder rates in Iceland have remained steadily low, with less than 2 per 100 thousand citizens from 1999 to 2009.
The murder rate in the US at the same time was 5 or more per 100 thousand people.
But according to recent estimates, the murder rate in the US is on track to be the lowest it’s been in over a hundred years.
Iceland has one of the lowest rates of violent crime out of any country on the planet.
Their police officers do not carry guns, despite there being 90 thousand guns in a country of 300 thousand people.
There are several plausible reasons as to why the people of Iceland are so peaceful and enjoy such a low crime rate.
The most pertinent factor seems to be that 97 percent of the population identified themselves as upper middle class, lower middle class or working class.
Only 1.1 percent claimed to be upper class, and 1.5 percent identified as lower class.
Apart from population equality, their welfare and education systems, and low rates of reported drug use all contribute to a peaceful existence with culturally accepted safety standards.
Murder rates in Iceland have remained steadily low, with less than 2 per 100 thousand citizens from 1999 to 2009.
The murder rate in the US at the same time was 5 or more per 100 thousand people.
But according to recent estimates, the murder rate in the US is on track to be the lowest it’s been in over a hundred years.