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UNODC. 2014 ‘Homicides in Sri Lanka.’ Global Study on Homicide 2013: Trends, Context, Data. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 10 April
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Homicides in Sri Lanka (2000-2012)
Year: Homicides - HomRate
2011: 707 - 3.4
2010: 745 - 3.6
2009: 958 - 4.7
2008: 1,488 - 7.3
2007: 1,663 - 8.2
2006: 2,045 - 10.2
2005: 1,221 - 6.1
2004: 1,377 - 7.0
2003: 1,310 - 6.7
Source: CTS/National Police
[CTS = United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems]
Homicides: Count (number per annum) of homicides by all methods
HomRate: Annual rate of homicide (all methods) per 100,000 population
Last accessed at:
http://www.unodc.org/gsh/en/data.html