Dominican Republic: number of homicides 2014-2022
province of Santo Domingo registered the highest number of murders in recent years.
The number of homicides in the Dominican Republic has decreased in the past decade and, for the first time since 2014, in 2020 the Caribbean country recorded less than 1,000 victims of homicide, at exactly 961 reported deaths. Nevertheless, 2021 and 2022 recorded a considerably increase, with 1,172 and 1,389 homicides, respectively. The