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Portugal
Last update: 04/2011
Population (2010): 11 317 192 hab.
1. Crime statistics
Crime rate (2010) : 40,5%
Global tendency :
Main Offences :
- Good offences: 54,1%
- People offences: 23,31 %
- Crimes against life in Society: 12,23%
- Others (includes drug trafficking): 8,85%
- Crimes against the State: 1,48%
Offenders :
- In 2010 the number of crimes recorded by the police and gendarmerie was 413,600 (-0.6% compared to 2009).
- Minors (12-16) : 3880 (number of offences recorded by the police)
- Women percentage: /
- Foreigners percentage: /
Prison population (2010) : 11 613
- Men percentage : 94,6%
- Women percentage : 5,4%
- Foreigners percentage : 20,6%
Prison capacity (31/12/2009) : 11 921
Age of criminal responsibility : 16
National victimisation survey : No
2. Safety and crime prevention (general)
Police forces: 51,584 (2008 source Eurostat)
Judicial system workforce: /
Private security forces : NA
Relevant NGO’s operating in the field of crime prevention: FOPPSU (Portuguese Forum for Urban Safety)
3. Competence of State, regional and local authorities
National Crime Prevention Council : No
National actions plans:
Ministry of Interior action plans:
- Apoio 65-Idosos en Segurança program (protection of elderly people)
- Program Escola Segura (prevention of school violence)
- Program Apoio à Vitima-Violência doméstica (prevention of domestic violence)
- Program Comércio Seguro (prevention of crime against shops)
- Programa Nao estas à venda (national campaign in schools (in the field of health/ social work) against trafficking of human beings)
- Programa farmacia segura (prevention of crime against pharmacies)
- Sistema Taxi seguro (prevention of crime against taxi drivers)
- Projecto SOSazulejo
High Commission for immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI) :
- Pilot project ‘local mediators’ for Roma community: this project aims at improving the access of Roma to local services and facilitating and promoting communication between the Roma and the other citizens, for the prevention and conflict management.
Regional level sphere of competence: Regional direction of police forces
Local authorities: Local police, adoption of Crime prevention local plans created in 1998 (especially in Porto and Lisbon)
Role of elected officials (city mayors): see above
4. Partnerships and co-operation in the field of crime prevention
In 2010 we count 33 Local safety contracts, signed with cities/ neighbourhoods of 9 districts
5. Main Debates
CCTV democratic use
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