The murders in Carabobo state, Venezuela

Every year in Germany about 800 out of 82 million people get murdered. The murder rate is stable to decreasing. In Carabobo, a Venezuelan state with around 2,2 million people, around 1820 persons have been murdered in the last 12 months.

I have been following month after month the statistics on murder in Carabobo because it is my state, there is a little bit more transparency there and I know the place very well.

Carabobo's criminality is comparable with that of Caracas or some other regions. Even places in the countryside that 15 years ago were rather safe are getting closer to the level of Caracas and Carabobo.



Hats off to Guido for his animation of the statistics


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As reference, from Wikipedia, murder rate of most dangerous countries (murders per 100000 persons/year):

Iraq	[8]							101	89		89
Guatemala	[9][10][11]	49.92	54	56	34	32	35	43	49	57.9	57.9
Sierra Leone	[12]			50							50
El Salvador	[13][14]	37.3	34.6	31.1	32.7	41.0	54.9	55.3	49.1		49.1
Jamaica	[15]	34	44	40	36	54	58	49			49
Venezuela	[16][17][18] [19][20]	37	40	49	59	45.2	42.1	49.4	48		48
Honduras	[21]	25.8	25.2	30.7	35.0	36.3	42.0	45.2			45.2
Angola	[12]			40							40
South Africa	[22][23]	49.6	47.8	47.4	42.7	40.3	39.6	40.5	38.6		38.6
Somalia	[12]			33							33
Liberia	[12]			33							33
Colombia	[24][25][26] [27][28][29]	62.7	64.6	65.8	51.8	44.6	39.3	37.3	37	33	33