DODominican Republic
Dominican Republic: crime, homicide rate and trend
- 10.9 homicides per 100,000 people (2023)
- -44% in 10 years (since 2013)
- 5th lowest rate of 16 in the Caribbean
- World median: 3.8 per 100,000
- Source: World Bank, from UNODC, 2023.
Safety 2 out of 10 compared with the world
Places in Dominican Republic
- Azua 8/10
- Baoruco 7/10
- Barahona 9/10
- Dajabón 9/10
- Distrito Nacional 1/10
- Duarte 2/10
- El Seibo 3/10
- Elías Piña 10/10
- Espaillat 7/10
- Hato Mayor 6/10
- Hermanas Mirabal 8/10
- Independencia 9/10
- La Altagracia 1/10
- La Romana 2/10
- La Vega 7/10
- María Trinidad Sánchez 5/10
- Monseñor Nouel 3/10
- Monte Cristi 10/10
- Monte Plata 5/10
- Pedernales 10/10
- Peravia 5/10
- Puerto Plata 6/10
- Samaná 4/10
- San Cristóbal 2/10
- San José de Ocoa 4/10
- San Juan 6/10
- San Pedro de Macorís 3/10
- Sánchez Ramírez 8/10
- Santiago 4/10
- Santiago Rodríguez 10/10
- Santo Domingo 1/10
- Valverde 6/10
Homicides per 100,000 people by year
| Year | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.9 |
| 2022 | 12.4 |
| 2021 | 10.5 |
| 2020 | 8.7 |
| 2019 | 9.4 |
| 2018 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 11.4 |
| 2016 | 15.3 |
| 2014 | 17.5 |
| 2013 | 19.4 |
| 2012 | 22.5 |
| 2011 | 25.3 |
| 2010 | 25.2 |
| 2009 | 24.5 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2007 | 22.3 |
| 2006 | 23 |
| 2005 | 26 |
| 2004 | 24.6 |
| 2003 | 21.2 |
| 2002 | 14.4 |
| 2001 | 12.6 |
| 2000 | 14.1 |
