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InSight Crime's 2021 Homicide Round-Up

InSight Crime

1 February 2022

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Puerto Rico: 19.3 per 100,000
There were 616 homicides recorded by the National Police in Puerto Rico last year compared to 529 in the previous year, causing the homicide rate to jump up to 19.3 per 100,000 people and reversing the decline that had given the island nation its lowest homicide rate in over 30 years.

While this may seem like a step backward, last year's record low homicide rate appears to have been suppressed by pandemic restrictions. With the easing of lockdown measures, homicide rates have rebounded back to levels seen in 2019.

Indeed, speaking to El Nuevo Día, Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa argued that data from this year should not be compared with 2020 figures, but instead with the previous year's figures. To be sure, there is barely a noticeable difference between the number of homicides in 2021 and the 622 logged in 2019.

However, as drug flows through the Caribbean bounce back, Puerto Rico could again see increased violence as it did in years past.

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