Jamaica’s generally low incarceration rate is in part responsible, for the country’s high murder rate, according to lead researcher at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), Dian ...

The crime rate in Metro Manila went down by 21.71% from January 1 to February 15, 2025 compared with the same period last year, according to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO). “For the ...

According to data from the Venezuelan Ministry of Health, shared with me by scholar of Venezuelan politics Dorothy Kronick, homicide rates have indeed come down in recent years. And this trend is ...

This factor could also be a reason why the city has seen such an increase in murder rates since 2020. Both Mozee and Kelley stressed throughout the interview that Jackson is not alone in seeing an ...

Where crime is happening and what police are doing Violent crime in South Africa has consistently been highly concentrated in a small number of urban areas. For example, 20% of all reported ...

“The 7.9% decrease in the overall murder rate in the Western Cape for quarter three of 2024/25 follows a 7.1% decrease in quarter two of 2024/25. This latest reduction represents a decrease of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police – National Capital Region Police Office (PNP – NCRPO) reported a 21.71-percent crime rate decrease in crime for the period between ...

Year-over-year comparisons long have been the standards for judging crime rates, but he said showing the quarter-to-quarter changes in the same year is helpful “if you are trying to get the ...

Crime researchers use murder (or homicide) rate per 100,000 as a crude measure of the general level of violent interpersonal crime globally. According to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Cr ...

According to data from the Venezuelan Ministry of Health, shared with me by scholar of Venezuelan politics Dorothy Kronick, homicide rates have indeed come down in recent years. And this trend is ...

Classified as focus crimes are murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, theft, robbery, vehicle theft, and motorcycle theft. Rape cases dropped by 46.49 percent, physical injuries by 37.14 percent ...