Historical dataset showing Virgin Islands (U.S.) crime rate per 100K population by year from 1997 to 2012.

In 2022, Grenada had the highest robbery rate in the Caribbean, with an estimated 2,163 incidents per 100,000 inhabitants. Dominica registered 1,279.95 such crime reports per 100,000 population, ranking second in the region.

Several countries located in Central America and the Caribbean registered some of the highest homicide rates in the Latin American region in 2023. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranked first, with around 51.32 homicides committed per 100,000 inhabitants. Jamaica came in second with 49.44 homicides per 100,000 people. The source defines intentional homicide as the unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury. When it comes to the total case count, Brazil was the Latin American country with the largest number of homicide victims. Central America and the falling rates El Salvador was commonly named the murder capital of the world for a few years. The inability of previous governments to control organized crime and gangs resulted in the highest homicide rate in the world for a couple of years. Nonetheless, the current administration and the measures applied during the emergency state had an incredibly positive impact in terms of the security of the Salvadorean citizens. But not only El Salvador has seen a considerable reduction in its murder rate in Central America. Honduras and Guatemala are also two great examples of crime reduction, introducing new policies, institutions, and changes to their judicial system to achieve better results. The Caribbean is still ridden by crime Some islands in the Caribbean are not only known as tax heavens, as some nations in the region are considered the main enablers of tax evasion in the world, but also for being ridden by crime. Haiti is one example of the still-rising levels of criminality. As a country with precarious conditions and extreme food insecurity, the homicide rate has been on the rise for almost four consecutive years. Another one is Jamaica, at the top of the Latin American ranking, that has also seen an increase in the youth involved in organized crime due to lack of employment and economic conditions.

This dataset shows airports in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The data were derived from an extract of The Public- Use Airports database of the National Transportation Atlas Databases-2001 (NTAD-2001), published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Department of Transportation. This dataset was released in October 2001 and was found on-line at the National Atlas, www.nationalatlas.gov in Shape file format. This point data is intended for use within the United States, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This data may be used for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. Metadata: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/metadata/airprtx020.faq.html Online: www.nationalatlas.gov

Between 2020 and 2023, motor vehicle theft has fluctuated around 3,00 and 4,000 thefts per year in the Dominican Republic. In 2023, 3,328 vehicle thefts.

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.

This Data set is from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey of the United States. "The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the worlds largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Conducted by the 50 state health departments as well as those in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands with support from the CDC, BRFSS provides state-specific information about issues such as asthma, diabetes, health care access, alcohol use, hypertension, obesity, cancer screening, nutrition and physical activity, tobacco use, and more." (http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm) Data URL: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/maps/gis_data.htm All values a percentage from 0-100

This dataset shows locations of National Wilderness Preservation System Areas in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as relevant information on the areas. Only areas of 640 acres or more are included. This dataset was released in December 2005 and found on-line at the National Atlas, www.nationalatlas.gov, in shape file format. Metadata Source:http://www.nationalatlas.gov/metadata/wildrnp020.faq.html

Jamaica is one of the most violent countries in the Caribbean. In 2024, there were approximately 40.1 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in the island nation. This was one of the highest homicide rate in Latin America and the Caribbean that year.

Dominica was the country with the highest burglary rate in the Caribbean in 2020. Up to *** home burglaries were reported per 100,000 population in this island nation. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines registered the second-highest rate, with *** such crime reports per 100,000 inhabitants.

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A Comprehensive list of areas falling under HIDTA and HIFCA list in the United States. HIDTA/ HIFCA is the world’s most comprehensive and largest data asset based on High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and High Intensity Financial Crimes Areas located in the US. There are currently 33 HIDTAs, and HIDTA-designated counties are in 50 states, as well as in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. And there are currently 7 HIFCA regions that cover the United States, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. As of August 2021, this data asset consolidates Data with all Counties along with State, Cities, Town and Zip codes/Area Codes. The notable point of this database is the inclusion of the risk rating score for all customers within high-risk geographies by a number of arbitrarily defined “points”. Thus, they could more easily exceed a defined risk rating point threshold and be deemed “high-risk. Users can access this data by directly contacting ZIGRAM via sending an email to siddharth.sabu@zigram.tech. Pricing available on request.

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HIDTA,HIFCA,Drug Trafficking,Financial Crimes

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Among the cities depicted in this statistic, Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, registered the highest homicide rate as of 2023. An average of 118 people every 100,000 inhabitants in this city were reportedly murdered. In Kingston, the Jamaican capital, the homicide rate was estimated at 55.35.

Cuba is one of the Caribbean nations with the highest prison population rate as of August 2024. According to the latest data available at that time, there were *** prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants on this island, followed by the Bahamas, with *** prisoners per 100,000 population. In some Caribbean countries, over ** percent of the prison population were foreign nationals.

The homicide rate in Iceland varied between 2010 and 2022, from roughly 0.3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2019, to 1.37 in 2020. In real figures, the total number of homicides reached five in 2020, an unusually high number for Iceland; since 1994 there were six years where no intentional homicides were committed in Iceland, although the last of these was in 2008. Iceland generally has one of the lowest homicide rates in Europe. The most dangerous countries in Europe and worldwide In Europe, Latvia had the highest murder rate in 2021 with 5.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. Malta had the lowest with 0.39. Worldwide, Saint Kitts and Nevis is the world's most dangerous country to live in in terms of murder rate. The Caribbean island 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. Celaya in Mexico was the city with the highest homicide rate worldwide. Victims of homicides In most of the European countries, a higher share of the victims of homicides are men. France was the country with the highest number of homicides on the continent, whereas Malta and Iceland had the lowest. France both had the highest number of female and male victims.

Six territories in the Caribbean Basin received the highest corporate tax haven index score in 2021, at 100 points. These were the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Anguilla. The index is constructed to reflect how much a country’s laws, policies, tax and financial systems enable corporate tax abuse. The higher the score, the more a jurisdiction enables companies to abuse tax laws.

The number of intentional homicides registered in Barbados remained below 35 victims per year since 2010 up to 2018. In 2019 and 2022, however, 48 and 43 murders were reported, respectively.

In 2021 there were more than *** rapes per 100,000 population in the Caribbean island of Grenada. However, tracking down truthful rape statistics can be considered challenging since only a small amount of victims chooses to report their aggressions. Moreover, country-to-country comparisons are also difficult, since not all countries agree on the same legislation concerning sexual crimes.