number of homicides committed in this Caribbean country and the murder rate have been decreasing since 2014, when over 18 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants were reported.
In 2021, there were approximately ten homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in the Dominican Republic, up from a homicide rate of 9 a year earlier. Both the Homicide rate in the Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)
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InSight Crime. (January 29, 2023). Homicide rate in the Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/984835/homicide-rate-dominican-republic/
InSight Crime. "Homicide rate in the Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. January 29, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984835/homicide-rate-dominican-republic/
InSight Crime. (2023). Homicide rate in the Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/984835/homicide-rate-dominican-republic/
InSight Crime. "Homicide Rate in The Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2022 (in Number of Homicides per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984835/homicide-rate-dominican-republic/
InSight Crime, Homicide rate in the Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/984835/homicide-rate-dominican-republic/ (last visited November 28, 2023)
Homicide rate in the Dominican Republic from 2014 to 2022 (in number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], InSight Crime, January 29, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/984835/homicide-rate-dominican-republic/