The Belgian city of Liege is labelled as the most criminogenic place in the European Union. Such were the results of a specialized European Commission research based on 2001 data conducted in more than 250 towns of all EU member-states.

Liege, situated in the French-speaking Walloon Region, has a population of 185 thousand and is the fifth largest town in Belgium. 10% of its population constitute the citizens of other EU countries, 6% more are the citizens of non-EU states. Unemployment reaches 24% (28% for women).

The number of registered wrongdoings in Liege is as high as 256 per 1000 citizens. For reference, the index for other Belgian towns is as follows (per 1000 citizens): 116 for Antwerp, 61 for Bruges, 96 for Ghent, 144 for Charleroi.

Here are the figures for some other EU cities: crime rate makes 146 for Paris, 110 for Lyons, 119 for Marseille, 81 for Rheims, 126 for Strasbourg, 168 for Berlin, 143 for Bremen, 124 for Cologne, 151 for Frankfurt(M), 215 for Frankfurt(O), 184 for Hamburg, 140 for Hanover, 136 for Leipzig, 95 for Munich, 137 for Belfast, 72 for Birmingham, 48 for Cardiff, 116 for Edinburgh 147 for Glasgow, 66 for Liverpool, 61 for London, 43 for Barcelona, 38 for Madrid, 57 for Valencia, 29 for Vienna, 182 for Amsterdam, 124 for The Hague, 136 for Rotterdam, 204 for Gothenburg, 161 for Malmö, 204 for Stockholm, 137 for Aarhus, 149 for Copenhagen, 63 for Palermo, 151 for Helsinki, 87 for Lisbon, 112 for Luxembourg, 26 for Riga.

The highest US crime rates are in Camden (New Jersey), Detroit (Michigan), and Saint Louise (Missouri).