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Central America and the Caribbean > Jamaica > Crime

JAMAICAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assaults 10,833 [30th of 49]
Burglaries 2,426 [44th of 38]
Definition: Crime > Burglaries
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Car thefts 258 [50th of 46]
Definition: Crime > Car thefts
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 45.56 % Time series [2nd of 39]
Definition: Crime > Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Illicit drugs
transshipment point for cocaine from South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation and consumption of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program; corruption is a major concern; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Jamaica for illicit financial transactions
Definition: Crime > Illicit drugs
Source: World Development Indicators database
Jails 7 [51st of 80]
Definition: Crime > Jails
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Murders 887 [17th of 49]
Definition: Crime > Murders
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Murders committed by youths 2 [72nd of 73]
Definition: Crime > Murders committed by youths
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Police 7,033 [41st of 47]
Definition: Crime > Police
Source: World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002
Prisoners 4,744 prisoners [95th of 168]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Prisoners > Female 7.3% [13th of 134]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners > Female
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 4% [48th of 86]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners > Foreign prisoners
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Per capita 176 per 100,000 people [43rd of 164]
Definition: Crime > Prisoners > Per capita
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Rapes 1,304 [22nd of 50]
Definition: Crime > Rapes
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Robberies 2,331 [43rd of 47]
Definition: Crime > Robberies
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Sentence Length 2 [32nd of 21]
Definition: Crime > Sentence Length
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Total crimes 39,188 [47th of 50]
Definition: Crime > Total crimes
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Jamaica is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and labor; information suggests that women from the Dominican Republic and Eastern Europe are also trafficked to Jamaica for sexual exploitation; women and children are trafficked internally from rural to urban and tourist areas for sexual exploitation; there may also be trafficking for domestic servitude and forced labor
Definition: Crime > Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Source: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Jamaica is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List based on the determination that it is making significant efforts to undertake future action
Definition: Crime > Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0 [129th of 143]
Definition: Crime > Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

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COMMENTARY     

Ray Ray
30th November 2009
Please Jamaicans and Jamaica a break. Did you all saw what happened on you tube, police beat up one white man and mash up him face in him car window. where did that happened? In America, not Jamaica. America
Toshyboo
17th November 2009
Jamaica is a beautiful country who happens to have problems just like everywhere else in the world. The reason why it appears to be so abhorred in your sight is because the country is tiny. America has its issues with murder, iraq, afganistan, to name a few. The only way anyone of you can condemn Jamaica is if in your country you have never had any for of criminal activities. If so then you can cast the first stone if not then you hold your peace. I am a true Jamaican who has travelled extensively and since people put me on criminal watch because of my country, it is simple all i do is dont give them what they are expecting. The best revenge you can have on someone is to prove them wrong. If all Jamaican were like me i would go to these countries and show them that we can be some where showing positive vibes without been labelled as criminals. Thank God that something positive exist about my country else if it were up to you all we would have shrink under condemnation. For the record JAMAICA is not a hell hole

Jamaica no problem, respect to all Jamaican crew, a jus one love we a deal wid.
The Devil
15th November 2009
Jamaicans are worst than the Taliban. Every Jamaican who enters the U.S. is put on a criminal watch list for suspected criminal activity, aside from the terrorist ban list. There is no hope for the nation because of the Rastafarian religion. A cult religion based on a false prophet.
Raldo
23rd October 2009
As an American, Jamaica is a gorgeous but violent small country, but is it the worst? is it the more corrupt than Haiti or Columbia, Rio in Brazil or even South Africa, No. The fact of the matter is Kingston and Spanish town(old capital city) is where shooting takes place, in the very poor or ghetto areas, however if some one is a victim of a crime in any part of the country then your just a random statistic, just like any onther country
Patrick Bluth
16th August 2009
I can never under Jamaica. They are a group of people that are very divided and feed on hostility.My sister was murdered in my presence while visiting in Jamaica and no justice has been served. I am scared of anything called Jamaica, especially the men.
I would never date a Jamaica man and many foreigners shares the same feelings. Jamaica is like the wild! wild west. No integrity. It is capital world in corruption and crime. Stay away from that hell hole.
kell
13th May 2009
Some of these stats are wrong, particularly because gathering information on some issues are so difficult, therefore a lot of assumptions have been made, especially with regards to human trafficking especially w.r.t trafficking fo forced labour etc
Donna Marin (USA)
17th April 2007
Mr. Everton Green is probably one of those so call Jamaicans who are trying so hard to assimilate into another society/culture that his ignorance and arrogance is overlooked or unknown to him. In other words he is an idiot. I am a Jamaican female who loves Jamaica. There are problems there like everywhere else in the world, but he vast majority of Jamaicans are hard workers that poses excellent moral and ethical values.
If you visit NY city or LA you would not wonder or should not wonder off into the gang or drug areas, the same applies to Jamaica be smart and safe.
Bob Marley
11th November 2005
I love weed!
Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

24th March 2005
Hi Kay, crime has adversely affected tourism in parts of Jamaica, according to the country's Tourism Minister Aloun N'Dombet Assamba, and tourists are warned what precautions to take while planning any travel to Jamaica.
Candice
3rd December 2004
I would love to get statistics about crime in jamaica particularly those in garrison communities
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