The Dominican Republic

Key Data

• Between January and September 2022, 199 more homicides were registered, as compared to the same period the previous year.
• 89.0% of victims were male, 11.0% female
• On average, records show 116 victims per month, 22 more victims per month compared to the same period the previous year.
• 54 per cent of intentional homicides were committed using a firearm, 32 per cent with sharp weapons, and 12 per cent by other means, while the weapon is unknown in two per cent of the cases.
• Provinces with highest occurrence: Santo Domingo (294 cases), Distrito Nacional (134 cases), Santiago (102 cases) and San Cristobal (57 cases).

2021

• In 2021, six in ten female homicides were typified as feminicide
• In 2021, nine in ten female homicides that were typified as feminicide, resulted from intrafamily violence.​
• Sharp weapons were the most used by perpetrators of feminicide, they were involved in four out of ten cases.

Source: Center for Analysis of Citizen Security Data (CADSECI), 2023; Office of the Public Defender of the Republic, 2022.