There are hardly any places on the planet where murders, theft, robbery, eve teasing or other forms of crime do not take place. However big or small, some or the other form of crime is prevalent everywhere and there is no denying of the fact that crime is a commonly observed phenomenon.
But there are a certain few places in the world which are known for the crime that takes place within them. The following is a list of the top 10 countries with the highest rate of crime.
USA is the country which has the highest crime rate in the world. It is ranked number 1 in this category as a total of 11877218 crimes have been reported by this country. UK is ranked 2 when it comes to the crimes that take place there whereas Germany is another country which has reported a huge number of crimes, 6507394 to be precise.
France and Russia are the other 2 countries where the maximum crime takes place. In Japan, 2853739 crimes have taken place so far and hence this is another country which is rated high on this list. Some other countries with high crime rates are South Africa, Canada, Italy and India.