Honduras

2022

35.8
Projected homicide rate per 100,000 population
77%
Of homicides are committed with a firearm.
639
women lost their lives to acts of violence (2021)

Key data

  • Homicides decreased by 12.8% in 2022 with regard to the previous year.
  • In 2022, records show a homicide rate of 35.8 per 100,000 population, which is the lowest in the last decade.
  • Homicides under investigation exhibit a 17% increase.
  • 45% of homicides are associated with social conflict and other causes not attributable to organized crime.
  • Male homicide decreased by 13% and female homicide by 10% in relation to the previous year.
  • Female homicide women in private spaces exhibit a higher percentage (20%) compared to males (9%).
  • 40% of homicide victims are between 18 and 30 years of age.
  • The use of firearms in homicides reached 77.3% and 68.7% in males and females, respectively.
  • 145 municipalities reduced the number of homicides. 34 municipalities maintained the same number of homicides. In 2022, records show 44 municipalities with zero homicides.
  • 86 out of every 100 reported victims of sexual offenses are women (2021)
  • Suicides of women decreased by 6%.
  • Reports by females are primarily regarding sexual crime, domestic violence e intrafamily violence. At younger ages, more sexual crimes are reported; as age increases, domestic and intra-family violence accrue more complaints.

 

Source: Technical Working Group on Violent Deaths National Police, Public Ministry/Directorate of Forensic Medicine. National Registry of Persons. Citizen Coexistence and Security Observatories. National Statistics Institute. IUDPAS/UNAH. Technical Inter-Institutional Coordination Unit (UTECI)/Subsecretary for Police Affairs.

 

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