if you are identifying crime as any illegal activity, the US does have the highest crime rate in the world if you want to argue about population why doesn't china (1.25 billion people give or take) have the amount of crime the US (300 million people give or take) does?
china reported
Criminal offences recorded 1.69 million,
Minor offences 2.96 million
Theft of Various Types 1.13 million IN 1995
and the U.S. stats in 1995
13,862,700 index (US crime index rates per 100,000 people)
1,798,790 Violent crimes
12,063,900 property crimes
21,610 murders
97,470 Forcible rapes
580,510 Robbery's
1,099,210 Aggrevated assault
2,593,800 Burglaries
7,997,700 Larceny - Theft
1,472,400 Vechile Theft
There's a pretty simple ratio
US a shit load more crime then china..
china shit load more people then US..