Intentional homicides in US Virgin Islands

US Virgin Islands recorded 49.9 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2012.

Measure: Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) Unit: Victims per 100,000 people Data: 1997 to 2012 Source: World Bank
The latest value for US Virgin Islands is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2020.
US Virgin Islands, 2012 49.9 Victims per 100,000 people
Change from 2011 +7.2per 100,000 people 2011: 42.7 per 100,000 people
World, 2012 6.2 per 100,000 people Official aggregate

Intentional homicides in US Virgin Islands over time

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Victims per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Intentional homicide rate (UNODC) (victims per 100,000 people), 1999 to 2023
Period US Virgin IslandsWorld
2023 – 5.2 per 100,000 people
2022 – 5.3 per 100,000 people
2021 – 5.5 per 100,000 people
2020 – 5.3 per 100,000 people
2019 – 5.4 per 100,000 people
2018 – 5.7 per 100,000 people
2017 – 5.9 per 100,000 people
2016 – 6.0 per 100,000 people
2015 – 5.9 per 100,000 people
2014 – 6.1 per 100,000 people
2013 – 6.1 per 100,000 people
2012 49.9 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2011 42.7 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2010 52.7 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2009 46.8 per 100,000 people 6.1 per 100,000 people
2008 43.0 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2007 40.1 per 100,000 people 6.0 per 100,000 people
2006 40.0 per 100,000 people 6.2 per 100,000 people
2005 34.4 per 100,000 people 6.3 per 100,000 people
2004 34.3 per 100,000 people 6.5 per 100,000 people
2003 28.7 per 100,000 people 6.7 per 100,000 people
2002 37.8 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2001 25.8 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
2000 21.2 per 100,000 people 6.9 per 100,000 people
1999 24.9 per 100,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +7.2 from 42.7 per 100,000 people in 2011.
  • Since 2002, when it was 37.8 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +12.0.
  • The figure for the world in 2012 was 6.2 per 100,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2012 for US Virgin Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime