JMJamaica
Jamaica: crime, homicide rate and trend
- 49.4 homicides per 100,000 people (2023)
- +14% in 10 years (since 2013)
- 13th lowest rate of 16 in the Caribbean
- World median: 3.8 per 100,000
- Source: World Bank, from UNODC, 2023.
Safety 1 out of 10 compared with the world
Places in Jamaica
Homicides per 100,000 people by year
| Year | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 49.4 |
| 2022 | 53.1 |
| 2021 | 51.9 |
| 2020 | 47.1 |
| 2019 | 47.5 |
| 2018 | 45.7 |
| 2017 | 58.5 |
| 2016 | 48.2 |
| 2015 | 43.1 |
| 2014 | 36 |
| 2013 | 43.2 |
| 2012 | 39.7 |
| 2011 | 41 |
| 2010 | 52.6 |
| 2009 | 61.5 |
| 2008 | 59.4 |
| 2007 | 58.4 |
| 2006 | 49.6 |
| 2005 | 62.3 |
| 2004 | 55 |
| 2003 | 36.7 |
| 2002 | 39.6 |
| 2001 | 43.4 |
| 2000 | 34 |
