In 2024, there were approximately 10.6 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in the country. In the past six years, the lowest rate in Uruguay was reported in 2014, with a number of 7.5 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.

The number of people murdered in the South American country soared in 2018, amounting to ***, but fell to *** in 2023.

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

The number of femicides - murders committed against women because of their gender - in Uruguay decreased in 2023, compared to the previous year. During the whole of 2023, 23 femicides were registered in Uruguay, compared to 28 the previous year.

Uruguay: Homicides per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la Uruguay de 1990 à 2017. La valeur moyenne pour Uruguay pendant cette période était de 3.1 homicides per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 0 homicides per 100,000 people en 1994 et un maximum de 8.5 homicides per 100,000 people en 2015.

This is a preanalysis plan for a survey experiment on willingness to report crimes. The survey will be fielded in Montevideo, Uruguay in 2019.

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.

Uruguay: Thefts per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la Uruguay de 2003 à 2016. La valeur moyenne pour Uruguay pendant cette période était de 2993 thefts per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 2810 thefts per 100,000 people en 2009 et un maximum de 3205 thefts per 100,000 people en 2016.

The percentage of the population aged over 18 who is very afraid of being a victim of crime in Uruguay was estimated at approximately 29 percent in 2023. Between 2007 and 2023, the percentage of population rose by around four percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Uruguay: Number of prisoners per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la Uruguay de 2003 à 2017. La valeur moyenne pour Uruguay pendant cette période était de 250 prisoners per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 187 prisoners per 100,000 people en 2005 et un maximum de 320 prisoners per 100,000 people en 2017.

As of June 2024, the Uruguayan government had issued only 16 licenses for cultivation of psychoactive cannabis for medical use. Meanwhile, the number of licenses for psychoactive cannabis for adult use cultivation in the South American country added up to three.

Uruguay's tourist safety and security obtained the highest score among Latin American countries studied in the Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) in 2021. By contrast, Mexico got the lowest rate that year.

In 2022, Chile recorded the highest car theft rate in the world, with nearly *** incidents per 100,000 inhabitants. Other countries with notably high rates included Uruguay, Israel, and Luxembourg.

A research project developed by the Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) revealed that at least 235 trans or gender-diverse people were murdered in Latin America from October 2022 to September 2023. The highest number of victims was reported in Brazil, with 100 homicides. Mexico was the second deadliest country for trans people in Latin America, having registered 52 murders in the same period.