Number of economic and other crimes, by type | Saudi Arabia

Multiple factors such as the functioning of the criminal justice system, the state in the investigation during which the data are recorded (e.g., when it is reported or after investigation) and the adoption of international statistical definition at the national level can impact the comparability of these data between countries. Furthermore, the lack of reporting of the crime by some of the victims also prevent the use of these data for assessing the prevalence of the crime. Nonetheless, these data remain useful to analyze trends. The data come from administrative registers usually managed by the police or other law enforcement agencies. Depending on the country, data are collected for inclusion in offence statistics at the time the offence is first reported to the police, or after the offence is first reported but before a full investigation, or after the offence has been investigated. In several countries, there are multiple entities responsible for law enforcement offering complimentary or similar coverage. The data from these different agencies should therefore be integrated before being published. These data are collected from national authorities with the annual United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS). National focal points working in national agencies responsible for statistics on crime and the criminal justice system and nominated by the Permanent Mission to UNODC are responsible for compiling the data from the other relevant agencies before transmitting the UN-CTS to UNODC.