VIUS Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands: crime, homicide rate and trend
- US Virgin Islands: no official homicide figure in the last 10 years.
- World median: 3.8 per 100,000
- Source: World Bank, from UNODC, 2012.
Not comparable: no recent official homicide figure
US Virgin Islands: we do not have local crime data yet.
Questions about crime in US Virgin Islands
- Is US Virgin Islands safe?
- US Virgin Islands: 49.9 homicides per 100,000 people (2012). World median: 3.8 per 100,000. Not comparable: no recent official homicide figure.
- What is the murder rate in US Virgin Islands?
- US Virgin Islands: 49.9 homicides per 100,000 people (2012). Source: World Bank, from UNODC, 2012.
- Is crime going up in US Virgin Islands?
- The homicide rate is up 32% since 2002: from 37.8 per 100,000 people in 2002 to 49.9 in 2012.
Homicides per 100,000 people by year
| Year | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 49.9 |
| 2011 | 42.7 |
| 2010 | 52.7 |
| 2009 | 46.8 |
| 2008 | 43 |
| 2007 | 40.1 |
| 2006 | 40 |
| 2005 | 34.4 |
| 2004 | 34.3 |
| 2003 | 28.7 |
| 2002 | 37.8 |
| 2001 | 25.8 |
| 2000 | 21.2 |
