In 2024, around 16.6 people were murdered per 100,000 inhabitants in Costa Rica. During the years prior to 2023, the homicide rate remained fairly stable, with figures varying between 9.5 and 12.1 per 100,000 inhabitants.

During 2024, Costa Rica recorded almost 43,000 crimes. The most common ones being theft with 14,937, robbery with 9,759, and burglary with 9,545 cases. In 2022, Costa Rica registered 611 homicide victims.

During 2024, Costa Rica recorded almost ****** crimes and around ** percent of them were registered in the province of San Jose. In 2024, Costa Rica registered under *** homicide victims.

Historical dataset showing Costa Rica crime rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2021.

Historical dataset showing Costa Rica murder/homicide rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2021.

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This dataset was created by Auston Toperzer

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During 2023, only ** percent of the homicides commited in Costa Rica were not related to the organized crime, whereas ** percent were related to it. It's the highest rate ever recorded in the Central American country.

11,2 (cases per 100,000 population) in 2020. “Intentional homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person

In 2024, the highest homicide rate among 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries surveyed was in Haiti, with around 62 murders committed per 100,000 inhabitants. Trinidad and Tobago came in second, with a homicide rate of 46, while Honduras ranked seventh, with 25. In the same year, the lowest rate was recorded in El Salvador, with a homicide rate of 1.9 per 100,000 inhabitants. A violence-ridden region Violence and crime are some of the most pressing problems affecting Latin American society nowadays. More than 40 of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world are located in this region, as well as one of the twenty countries with the least peace in the world according to the Global Peace Index. Despite governments’ large spending on security and high imprisonment rates, drug and weapon trafficking, organized crime, and gangs have turned violence into an epidemic that affects the whole region and a solution to this issue appears to be hardly attainable. The cost of violence in Mexico Mexico stands out as an example of the great cost that violence inflicts upon a country, since beyond claiming human lives, it also affects everyday life and has a negative impact on the economy. Mexicans have a high perceived level of insecurity, as they do not only fear becoming victims of homicide, but also of other common crimes, such as assault or rape. Such fear prevents people from performing everyday activities, for instance, going out at night, taking a taxi or going to the movies or the theater. Furthermore, the economic toll of violence in Mexico is more than considerable. For example, the cost of homicide and violent crime amounted to 2099.8 and 1778.1 billion Mexican pesos in 2023, respectively.

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This dataset was created by Auston Toperzer

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In Costa Rica, the number of homicide victims remained steady bellow 600 per year since, at least, from 2016 to 2021. The number of people murdered in this Central American country amounted to 863 in 2023, up from 633 deaths reported a year earlier. Costa Rica's homicide rate had remained at around 11 victims per 100,000 inhabitants in recent years, until 2023.

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This dataset was created by Auston Toperzer

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The average for 2017 based on 79 countries was 105 robberies per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Costa Rica: 1587 robberies per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Oman: 1 robberies per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Costa Rica was the Central American country with the highest theft rate by far. According to the latest data, it was estimated that approximately *** thefts were reported per 100,000 inhabitants. Panama registered ****** such crime reports per 100,000, the second highest figure.

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This dataset was created by Auston Toperzer

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During 2024, Costa Rica recorded almost ****** crimes and around ** percent of the victims were male. In 2024, Costa Rica registered under *** homicide victims.

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This dataset was created by Auston Toperzer

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In 2020, more than **** thousand property crimes were reported to the police in Costa Rica, a steep decrease from the more than ** thousand cases registered in 2019. Burglaries, which include break-ins to homes, commercial properties, and vehicles with the purpose of stealing other goods, were the most common type of property crime in 2020, with almost ** thousand cases.

Costa Rica: Thefts per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la Costa Rica de 2003 à 2013. La valeur moyenne pour Costa Rica pendant cette période était de 333 thefts per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 167 thefts per 100,000 people en 2003 et un maximum de 697 thefts per 100,000 people en 2013.

During the timeframe displayed, the highest number of femicide registered in Costa Rica was in 2011 with ** murders. In contrast, the lowest number was in 2019 with ** cases.