1.    The per capita homicide rate in Nunavut, Arctic Canada, is on a par with Mexico and South Africa

2.    Violent crime in Nunavut is seven times higher than in southern Canada

3.    In Alaska woman are four times more likely to become a victim of violent sex crime than in the lower 48 states of the USA

4.    The violent crime rate across the Arctic is highest in summer

5.    In Arctic Canada, which is 25 times the size of the UK, there are approximately 400 police and only 1 criminal intelligence officer