Antigua and Barbuda - Homicide rate

Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female)

The value for Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) in Antigua and Barbuda was 11.19 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.19 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1993.

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
1990 3.10
1991 6.12
1992 3.00
1993 0.00
1994 2.86
1995 5.57
1996 2.72
1997 0.00
2001 1.90
2002 3.02
2008 11.19

Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)

The value for Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) in Antigua and Barbuda was 27.01 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.01 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1990.

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
1990 0.00
1991 3.26
1992 3.21
1993 12.64
1994 12.42
1995 15.25
1996 5.99
1997 2.95
2001 17.15
2002 10.18
2008 27.01

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

The value for Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in Antigua and Barbuda was 11.06 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.23 in 2007 and a minimum value of 1.39 in 1997.

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 1.60
1991 4.73
1992 3.10
1993 6.08
1994 7.44
1995 10.19
1996 4.27
1997 1.39
2000 6.58
2001 9.07
2002 6.39
2003 6.30
2004 4.98
2005 3.68
2006 13.30
2007 20.23
2008 18.74
2009 18.45
2010 6.82
2012 11.06

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility