Jamaica News

Here’s an interesting listing – Jamaica’s year-to-year murder rate between 1970 and 2009. At left is the year, and to its immediate right is the number of murders recorded for that year.

1970 – 152
1971 – 145
1972 – 170
1973 – 227
1974 – 195
1975 – 266
1976 – 367
1977 – 409
1978 – 381
1979 – 351
1980 – 889
1981 – 490
1982 – 405
1983 – 424
1984 – 484
1985 – unavailable
1986 – 449
1987 – 442
1988 – 414
1989 – 439
1990 – 542
1991 – 561
1992 – 629
1993 – 653
1994 – 690
1995 – 780
1996 – unavailable
1997 – unavailable
1998 – 953
1999 – 849
2000 – 887
2001 – unavailable
2002 – 1045
2003 – 975
2004 – 1471
2005 – 1674
2006 – 1340
2007 – 1574
2008 – 1601
2009 – 1680