Jamaica - Homicide rate

Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female)

The value for Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) in Jamaica was 10.88 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.45 in 2005 and a minimum value of 6.92 in 2014.

Definition: Intentional homicides, female are estimates of unlawful female homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

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Year Value
2005 13.45
2006 10.94
2007 10.82
2008 11.78
2009 11.09
2010 10.26
2011 8.38
2012 8.89
2013 9.05
2014 6.92
2015 7.98
2016 9.23
2017 10.88

Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)

The value for Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) in Jamaica was 102.49 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 109.91 in 2009 and a minimum value of 63.32 in 2014.

Definition: Intentional homicides, male are estimates of unlawful male homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

See also:

Year Value
2005 109.61
2006 87.03
2007 104.38
2008 105.28
2009 109.91
2010 93.17
2011 72.14
2012 68.76
2013 75.34
2014 63.32
2015 76.01
2016 84.42
2017 102.49

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

The value for Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in Jamaica was 43.85 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.09 in 2005 and a minimum value of 22.48 in 1990.

Definition: Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

See also:

Year Value
1990 22.48
1991 23.20
1992 25.68
1993 26.44
1994 27.58
1995 30.78
1996 36.15
1997 40.17
1998 32.93
1999 32.44
2000 33.41
2001 42.58
2002 38.81
2003 35.99
2004 53.98
2005 61.09
2006 48.65
2007 57.22
2008 58.20
2009 60.20
2010 51.49
2011 40.09
2012 38.67
2013 42.01
2014 34.95
2015 41.78
2016 46.59
2017 56.39
2018 43.85

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility