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What's Behind Honduras' 30% Drop in Murder Rates?

InSight Crime (Bogota)

19 February 2016

By Mimi Yagoub

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[H]onduras' murder rate went from 86.5 per 100,000 residents in 2011 to 60.0 per 100,000 residents in 2015, representing a 30.6 percent decrease, according to statistics recently presented by the National Autonomous University of Honduras (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras - UNAH).

While the homicide count in 2011 was 7,104 for an average of 19 murders per day, by 2015 this had fallen to 5,146 deaths, or 14 per day… (See graph below)

[Graph: Homicide rate per 100,000 in Honduras

Year: UNAH Rate - Security Ministry Rate
2015: 60 - 56.74
2014: 68 - 69.49
2013: 79 - 75.17
2012: 85.5 - 85.5
2011: 86.5 - 86.5

Source: UNAH, Sistema Estadístico Policial en Línea (SEPOL), of Security Ministry (Secretaría de Seguridad)]

ID: N446

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