Thailand: crime and justice

What is the crime rate in Thailand?

Police in Thailand received 50,938 reports of property crimes and 15,187 reports of crimes against life, body and sexual offences in 2022, according to Royal Thai Police figures published by the National Statistical Office.

Theft accounted for 23,911 of the property crime reports and fraud for 8,129. Reports of property crime fell from 63,387 in 2017. The figures count crimes reported to the police, so they depend on people's willingness to report. Newer police figures could not be read on the Royal Thai Police website on 15 October 2026.

Official sources: NSO: property crime statistics, 2017-2022 (Excel) · NSO: crimes against life, body and sex, 2017-2022 (Excel)

What is the murder rate in Thailand?

Police in Thailand received 1,187 reports of murder in 2022, according to Royal Thai Police figures published by the National Statistical Office. A further 409 reports were of assault causing death.

Murder reports fell from 1,781 in 2017 to 899 in 2021, then rose in 2022. The intentional homicide rate was 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2011, the latest year in the World Bank World Development Indicators, which use UN Office on Drugs and Crime data.

Official sources: NSO: crimes against life, body and sex, 2017-2022 (Excel) · World Bank: intentional homicides, Thailand

How many rapes are reported in Thailand?

Police in Thailand received 1,646 reports of rape in 2022, according to Royal Thai Police figures published by the National Statistical Office. Police made 1,563 arrests and charged 1,695 people.

Reports fell from 2,546 in 2017 to 1,411 in 2021, then rose in 2022. Sexual violence is widely under-reported in all countries, so the figures show cases that reached the police rather than the number of offences. Bangkok accounted for 151 of the reports in 2022.

Official sources: NSO: crimes against life, body and sex, 2017-2022 (Excel)

How many people are in prison in Thailand?

280,790 people were held by Thailand's Department of Corrections in December 2024, according to figures published by the National Statistical Office. 34,617 of them were women.

That is about 390 people for every 100,000 of the population. The number was 375,763 in December 2018 and fell to 262,293 in December 2022 before rising again. The figures include people held before trial as well as those serving sentences,.

Official sources: NSO: people held by the Department of Corrections, by month, 2013-2024 (Excel) · World Bank: population, Thailand

How many battle deaths has Thailand had?

The latest figure from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, for 2024, is 35. The peak was 212 in 2006 and the low 29 in 2022. World rank, highest first: 32nd of 41.