Homicide rate in Bahamas
Bahamas: Homicide rate was 32.2 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022. ▲ Rising
Homicide rate in Bahamas, 1990–2022
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in homicides per 100,000 population.
Analysis
In 2022, homicide rate in Bahamas stood at 32.2 homicides per 100,000 population.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Bahamas peaked at 37.89 homicides per 100,000 population in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9.97 homicides per 100,000 population, in 1991.
Bahamas ranks 12th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.36 homicides per 100,000 population | 9.97 homicides per 100,000 population | 17.54 homicides per 100,000 population | 8 |
| 2000s | 17.86 homicides per 100,000 population | 12.95 homicides per 100,000 population | 23.98 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.73 homicides per 100,000 population | 23.17 homicides per 100,000 population | 37.89 homicides per 100,000 population | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.89 homicides per 100,000 population | 18.44 homicides per 100,000 population | 32.2 homicides per 100,000 population | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 40.44 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 10 Saint Lucia 39.04 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 11 Lesotho 38.24 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 13 Honduras 31.44 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 14 Anguilla 29.14 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 15 Belize 28.06 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Bahamas
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 10 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 1,598 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Physical Integrity Rights Score 1.16 (2019)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 760 (2025)
- Political Rights Score 38 (2025)
- Freedom Score 90 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 0 (2025)
- States involved in state-based conflicts 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Bahamas?
- Homicide rate in Bahamas was 32.2 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 37.89 homicides per 100,000 population in 2015.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.97 homicides per 100,000 population in 1991.
- How does Bahamas rank for homicide rate?
- Bahamas ranks 12th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.