Virgin Islands (U.S.) Murder/Homicide Rate 1997-2024
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.
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) murder/homicide rate for 2012 was 49.63, a 16.33% increase from 2011.
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) murder/homicide rate for 2011 was 42.66, a 19.14% decline from 2010.
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) murder/homicide rate for 2010 was 52.76, a 12.34% increase from 2009.
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) murder/homicide rate for 2009 was 46.96, a 8.71% increase from 2008.
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) Murder/Homicide Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Per 100K Population |
Annual % Change |
| 2012 |
49.63 |
16.33% |
| 2011 |
42.66 |
-19.14% |
| 2010 |
52.76 |
12.34% |
| 2009 |
46.96 |
8.71% |
| 2008 |
43.20 |
7.00% |
| 2007 |
40.37 |
0.01% |
| 2006 |
40.37 |
16.18% |
| 2005 |
34.75 |
0.25% |
| 2004 |
34.66 |
19.96% |
| 2003 |
28.89 |
-24.08% |
| 2002 |
38.06 |
46.81% |
| 2001 |
25.92 |
21.94% |
| 2000 |
21.26 |
-15.10% |
| 1999 |
25.04 |
7.04% |
| 1998 |
23.39 |
-17.51% |
| 1997 |
28.36 |
-17.51% |
