France murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2021 was 1.14, a 5.98% increase from 2020.

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<li>France murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>1.07</strong>, a <strong>8.22% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>France murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>1.17</strong>, a <strong>7.98% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>France murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>1.08</strong>, a <strong>2.18% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

The homicide rate in France for 2021 was **** homicides per 100,000 people. During the provided period the homicide rate was highest in 1993, when there were **** homicides per 100,000 population.

In France, in 2023, there were ***** homicides recorded by the security forces. The number of homicides recorded was the lowest in 2020. But it has increased continuously in the following years, reaching its highest level in 2023.

In 2024, violent crime in France declined to approximately ******* recorded offenses, marking a notable drop compared to previous years. According to police crime statistics, this represents a decrease of over ****** cases from 2023, when ******* violent offenses were reported. This decline contrasts with the consistent rise in violent crime since 2016, when police recorded just ******* offenses against the person.

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in France was reported at 1.1374 in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. France - Intentional homicides (per 100;000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

The United States had, by far, the highest homicide rate of the G7 countries between 2000 and 2023. In 2023, it reached 5.76 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, a decrease from 6.78 in 2021. By comparison, Canada, the G7 nation with the second-highest homicide rate, had 1.98 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023. Out of each G7 nation, Japan had the lowest rate with 0.23 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.

Historical chart and dataset showing French Polynesia crime rate per 100K population by year from 2006 to 2009.

This graph presents the number of homicides recorded by security forces in France in 2021, distributed by region (per 10,000 inhabitants). The homicide ratio was the highest in French Guiana, with *** homicides per 10,000 inhabitants. It was followed by the Guadeloupe region, which recorded **** homicides per 10,000 inhabitants.

In Europe, the Baltic countries of Latvia and Lithuania had the highest and third highest homicide rates respectively in 2022. Latvia had the highest rate at over four per 100,000 inhabitants. Meanwhile, the lowest homicide rate was found in Liechtenstein, with zero murders The most dangerous country worldwide Saint Kitts and Nevis is the world's most dangerous country to live in in terms of murder rate. The Caribbean country had a homicide rate of 65 per 100,000 inhabitants. Nine of the 10 countries with the highest murder rates worldwide are located in Latin America and the Caribbean. Whereas Celaya in Mexico was listed as the city with the highest murder rate worldwide, Colima in Mexico was the city with the highest homicide rate in Latin America, so the numbers vary from source to source. Nevertheless, several Mexican cities rank among the deadliest in the world when it comes to intentional homicides. Violent conflicts worldwide Notably, these figures do not include deaths that resulted from war or a violent conflict. While there is a persistent number of conflicts worldwide, resulting casualties are not considered murders. Partially due to this reason, homicide rates in Latin America are higher than those in countries such as Ukraine or the DR Congo. A different definition of murder in these circumstances could change the rate significantly.

France FR: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data was reported at 1.352 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.578 Ratio for 2015. France FR: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 1.612 Ratio from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.310 Ratio in 1995 and a record low of 1.216 Ratio in 2013. France FR: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; Weighted average;

France: Homicides per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la France de 1990 à 2017. La valeur moyenne pour France pendant cette période était de 1.7 homicides per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 1.2 homicides per 100,000 people en 2012 et un maximum de 2.6 homicides per 100,000 people en 1993.

French Polynesia PF: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data was reported at 0.377 Ratio in 2009. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.420 Ratio for 2008. French Polynesia PF: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 1.925 Ratio from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2009, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.420 Ratio in 2008 and a record low of 0.377 Ratio in 2009. French Polynesia PF: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s French Polynesia – Table PF.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; Weighted average;

This bar chart shows the number of people involved in homicide cases in France in 2021, broken down by gender. It appears that out of a total of ***** people charged with homicide that year, *** were women, whereas ***** were men.

This chart shows the distribution of people involved in homicide cases in France in 2022, by nationality. It displays that ** percent of individuals accused of homicide in France were French.

From 2013 to 2019, the United States had a gun homicide rate of **** per 100,000 residents, the most out of any other G7 country. In comparison, Canada had a gun homicide rate of **** per 100,000 residents while France had a gun homicide rate of *** per 100,000 residents.

According to the French Ministry of the Interior, a total of 205,247 female victims of domestic gender-based violence and crimes were recorded by law enforcement in 2022. In the same year, nearly 120 women died from violence by a spouse or ex-spouse.

In 2024, more than ******* individuals in France were recorded as victims of personal violence offenses, the highest number reported since 2016.

In France, the number of women killed by their spouse has fluctuated but overall has decreased since 2006. There were *** in that year, compared to *** in 2022. Spikes in the number of deaths of women by their partners were also recorded for the years 2007, 2012, and 2019. The women most affected in 2022 were those between ** and 39. For men, the number of deaths has generally fluctuated between ** and ** in this time, although the lowest figures were recorded in more recent years.The Ministry of the Interior specifies that violent deaths within a couple fall under three different penal qualifications: murder, which is the fact of voluntarily killing another person; assassination, which is a murder committed with premeditation; and cases where voluntary violence leads to an unintentional death.

In 2019, France had the highest number of overall homicides in Europe at 835, with 285 of the victims being women. Germany had the second highest number of intentional homicides in that year, at 623 with 347 of those victims being male.

The Life and Security Framework Surveys (CVS) were conducted annually between 2007 and 2021, with a sample of 20,000 to 25,000 households, by INSEE in partnership with the National Observatory on Crime and Criminal Response (ONDRP, deleted at the end of 2020) and the Ministry of Internal Security ([SSMSI] SSMSI, established in 2014), and characterised the “victims” of households and individuals (i.e. the crime of which households and their members may have been victims in the two years preceding the survey) through a multiple analysis: — the measurement of the number of attacks, of households victimised or of victims, of multivictimation; — the rates of filing a complaint; — identification of the profile of victims and perpetrators and the context; — the assessment of material, bodily or psychological consequences; — an analysis of the feelings of insecurity of individuals and their level of satisfaction with the action of the justice system and the security forces. These data are distinct and complementary to those recorded by the national police and gendarmerie, as victims do not always file complaints. Combined, they provide valuable tools for assessing and analysing both delinquency and feeling of insecurity. In order to encourage the opening of data on crime and insecurity, the SSMSI makes available on the open platform French public data 19 annual indicators of victimisation and sense of insecurity relating to metropolitan France and from CVS surveys, which are an indispensable complement to the statistics on crime recorded by the security forces (police and gendarmerie). All statistics from CVS surveys are also available on the SSMSI website: CVS surveys ** Warning:** the 2019 Victims Framework and Safety 2020 survey, scheduled for the second quarter of 2020, could not be conducted by INSEE. As a result of the measures put in place to combat the Covid-19 epidemic, INSEE was forced to interrupt its face-to-face investigations from 16 March and resumed them only from 15 July. Given the length of the questionnaire and the topics covered, it was not possible to switch the collection of the CVS 2020 survey by telephone to the timetable set. The collection of CVS 2021 was prepared and developed in order to adapt to the health situation with the possibility of a face-to-face procurement and an alternative to telephone procurement where the questionnaire was then reduced, in particular with the complete removal of the self-administered part. Developments in the health situation required a collection exclusively by telephone from 19 April to 9 June and a mixed telephone/face-to-face collection from 9 June to 26 June 2021. From 2022 onwards, the national statistical survey Vecu and Ressenti en sécurité (VRS), conducted by the SSMSI, will replace CVS surveys (for more details: VRS survey) Last update: February 2022 Annual update.