Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:04:52 +0200https://english.radio.cz/embarrassing-errors-inflate-czech-murder-ranking-europe-8567880© 2026 Radio Prague International Recently released figures by the European statistics body, Eurostat, placed the Czech Republic in Europe’s top ten locations for murders. According to the statisticians, the country ranked seventh in the EU, with more than two murders per 100,000 inhabitants. But it turns out the figures for the Czech Republic also included attempted homicides. The real numbers in fact suggest that the country has one of the lowest murder rates in the EU. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pouta_2.jpg?timestamp=1591271865 https://english.radio.cz/embarrassing-errors-inflate-czech-murder-ranking-europe-8567880 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9