Team GB,
they are your figures, but I think it shows the number of crimes per 1,000 of the population.
As we know there are lies, damn lies and statistics.
In the UK, during the first several years of my service there was real pressure on detectives to make every effort to classify crime allegations as ’no crime’ to keep recorded crime levels low. Thus many actual crimes were were not classified as such. Resulting in useless stats.
Of course there are cases where the criminal intent cannot be proved, say when a person finds his wallet is missing. It would normally everywhere be classified a loss not a theft.
When one looks at figure unless one knows the circumstances in which they were compiled, they cannot be relied on.
There is also the ‘problem’ where the point of making a crime report comes into play.
If, as in Spain a higher percentage of victims are on holiday, and most are covered by insurance, many more are likely to make a crime report, so they can claim. There is also the temptation to make false claims and to inflate values. If they were ‘at home’ and not covered by insurance, then they may be much less eager to go to the trouble.
Also, people may feel the police have ‘better things to do’ than ‘waste time’ investigating their 'insignificant crime.'
Or they may think the police will not bother anyway, so will not bother to make reports.
Thus there are many variable factors contained in ‘reported crime’ figures. Sufficient I feel that in many cases they are a complete red herring.
It is for those reasons (I keep on saying) I have been an interpreter in Spain for 15 years and ‘reminding’ readers that I also have 30 years hands-on experience in the UK, and that what I say is based on that personal experience, not vague figures, impressions and bar room stories.