Based on a comparison of 65 countries in 2012, Brazil ranked the highest in number of robberies recorded by the police with 979,571 followed by Mexico and USA. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 50.0, Montenegro with 110 and Moldova with 167.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Robberies Recorded by the Police indicator page.
| Number of Robberies Recorded by the Police | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Belgium | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22,820 | 21,186 | 22,873 | 23,582 | 23,842 | |||||||||
| Brazil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 894,978 | 927,667 | 934,548 | 910,679 | 1,081,041 | |||
| Canada | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34,641 | 34,182 | 32,372 | 32,463 | 30,478 | ||||||
| Chile | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 78,252 | 93,462 | 89,633 | 91,902 | 81,667 | ||||||
| Colombia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54,933 | 51,307 | 48,322 | 61,414 | 61,738 | |||||
| France | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 127,190 | 112,885 | 106,633 | 112,765 | 121,038 | ||||||||||||
| Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53,696 | 52,949 | 49,913 | 49,317 | 48,166 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | ... | 71,162 | 74,130 | 64,535 | 50,732 | 47,996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 545,232 | 610,730 | 656,877 | 680,566 | 738,138 | |||||
| Philippines | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,313 | 6,520 | 6,584 | 45,063 | 35,870 | ||||||
| Russia | ... | ... | 357,302 | 295,071 | 243,957 | 205,379 | 164,547 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Serbia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23,785 | 24,272 | 24,717 | 27,285 | 27,660 | |||||||||
| Spain | ... | ... | ... | 90,591 | 89,884 | 92,832 | 90,407 | 84,411 | ||||||||||||||
| USA | ... | 449,246 | 447,324 | 443,563 | 408,742 | 369,089 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | ... | 106,578 | 89,104 | 84,242 | 78,916 | 80,095 |
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