What is the difference in homicide rate between Belgium and United Kingdom?

0.04 homicides per 100,000 population, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and United Kingdom?

12 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs United Kingdom: Homicide rate (UN, World)

Belgium

1.08 homicides per 100,000 population

in 2021

United Kingdom

1.12 homicides per 100,000 population

in 2021

Belgium rank

130th

United Kingdom rank

128th

Homicide rate (UN, World) over time

Belgium
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population against 1.08 homicides per 100,000 population in Belgium, a difference of 0.04 homicides per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Belgium ranks 130th and United Kingdom ranks 128th of 179 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.24 homicides per 100,000 population	1.34 homicides per 100,000 population	0.1063 homicides per 100,000 population	United Kingdom
2000s	2.63 homicides per 100,000 population	1.68 homicides per 100,000 population	0.9562 homicides per 100,000 population	Belgium
2020s	1.08 homicides per 100,000 population	1.12 homicides per 100,000 population	0.0384 homicides per 100,000 population	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher homicide rate, Belgium or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 1.12 homicides per 100,000 population against 1.08 homicides per 100,000 population in Belgium as of 2021.
What is the difference in homicide rate between Belgium and United Kingdom?: 0.04 homicides per 100,000 population, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and United Kingdom?: 12 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.
How do Belgium and United Kingdom rank globally for homicide rate?: Belgium ranks 130th and United Kingdom ranks 128th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Homicide rate
Unit: homicides per 100,000 population
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 4,154 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

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