Crime category: INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE

Country / Source / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009
Belgium / Eurostat / 268 / 223 / 226 / 211 / 198 / 188
UNODC / 268 / 223 / 226 / 211 / 198 / 188
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Bulgaria / Eurostat / 240 / 196 / 183 / 169 / 172 / 150
UNODC / 240 / 196 / 183 / 169 / 172 / 144
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 4.2
Czech Republic / Eurostat / 227 / 186 / 231 / 196 / 202 / 181
UNODC / 227 / 186 / 231 / 196 / 202
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Denmark / Eurostat / 60 / 70 / 45 / 76 / 79 / 79
UNODC / 43 / 53 / 29 / 39 / 54 / 47
difference (abs. values) / 17 / 17 / 16 / 37 / 25 / 32
difference (%) / 39.5 / 32.1 / 55.2 / 94.9 / 46.3 / 68.1
Germany / Eurostat / 868 / 869 / 808 / 757 / 722 / 706
UNODC / 809 / 780 / 727 / 692 / 656 / 628
difference (abs. values) / 59 / 89 / 81 / 65 / 66 / 78
difference (%) / 7.3 / 11.4 / 11.1 / 9.4 / 10.1 / 12.4
Estonia / Eurostat / 91 / 113 / 91 / 93 / 84 / 70
UNODC / 91 / 113 / 91 / 93 / 84 / 70
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Ireland / Eurostat / 46 / 65 / 68 / 85 / 89 / 92
UNODC
difference (abs. values)
difference (%)
Greece / Eurostat / 111 / 132 / 110 / 128 / 139 / 144
UNODC / 109 / 127 / 108 / 115 / 118
difference (abs. values) / 2 / 5 / 2 / 13 / 21
difference (%) / 1.8 / 3.9 / 1.9 / 11.3 / 17.8
Spain / Eurostat / 520 / 518 / 476 / 482 / 408 / 412
UNODC / 405 / 336 / 379 / 407 / 412
difference (abs. values) / 113 / 140 / 103 / 1 / 0
difference (%) / 27.9 / 41.7 / 27.2 / 0.2 / 0.0
Country / Source / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009
France / Eurostat / 990 / 976 / 879 / 826 / 839 / 699
UNODC / 990 / 976 / 879 / 826 / 839 / 682
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 17
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 2.5
Italy / Eurostat / 767 / 648 / 663 / 685 / 654 / 626
UNODC
difference (abs. values)
difference (%)
Cyprus / Eurostat / 15 / 15 / 12 / 11 / 9 / 19
UNODC / 14 / 16 / 14 / 11 / 9 / 19
difference (abs. values) / 1 / -1 / -2 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 7.1 / -6.3 / -14.3 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Latvia / Eurostat / 199 / 127 / 148 / 117 / 119 / 109
UNODC / 181 / 126 / 128 / 94 / 99 / 108
difference (abs. values) / 18 / 1 / 20 / 23 / 20 / 1
difference (%) / 9.9 / 0.8 / 15.6 / 24.5 / 20.2 / 0.9
Lithuania / Eurostat / 356 / 404 / 302 / 284 / 304 / 252
UNODC / 323 / 369 / 277 / 266 / 286 / 240
difference (abs. values) / 33 / 35 / 25 / 18 / 18 / 12
difference (%) / 10.2 / 9.5 / 9.0 / 6.8 / 6.3 / 5.0
Luxemburg / Eurostat / 2 / 4 / 9 / 7 / 7 / 5
UNODC / 0 / 0 / 9 / 7 / 7
difference (abs. values) / 2 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / NA / NA / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Hungary / Eurostat / 209 / 164 / 175 / 137 / 147 / 139
UNODC / 209 / 164 / 174 / 154 / 147 / 139
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 1 / -17 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.6 / -11.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Malta / Eurostat / 7 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 6 / 4
UNODC / 7 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 6 / 4
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / NA / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Netherlands / Eurostat / 223 / 197 / 159 / 164 / 176 / 179
UNODC
difference (abs. values)
difference (%)
Austria / Eurostat / 59 / 54 / 60 / 45 / 46 / 43
UNODC / 59 / 54 / 61 / 45 / 45 / 43
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / -1 / 0 / 1 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / -1.6 / 0.0 / 2.2 / 0.0
Country / Source / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009
Poland / Eurostat / 633 / 555 / 490 / 525 / 460 / 493
UNODC / 633 / 555 / 490 / 525 / 460 / 493
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Portugal / Eurostat / 144 / 135 / 155 / 185 / 124 / 130
UNODC / 144 / 133 / 148 / 185 / 124 / 130
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 2 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 1.5 / 4.7 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Romania / Eurostat / 516 / 453 / 438 / 416 / 493 / 421
UNODC / 516 / 457 / 438 / 416 / 470 / 397
difference (abs. values) / 0 / -4 / 0 / 0 / 23 / 24
difference (%) / 0.0 / -0.9 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 4.9 / 6.0
Slovenia / Eurostat / 29 / 20 / 12 / 24 / 11 / 13
UNODC / 28 / 20 / 12 / 25 / 11 / 13
difference (abs. values) / 1 / 0 / 0 / -1 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 3.6 / 0.0 / 0.0 / -4.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Slovakia / Eurostat / 122 / 106 / 89 / 89 / 94
UNODC / 122 / 106 / 89 / 89 / 94 / 84
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Finland / Eurostat / 144 / 113 / 112 / 128 / 132 / 116
UNODC / 148 / 117 / 120 / 128 / 132 / 121
difference (abs. values) / -4 / -4 / -8 / 0 / 0 / -5
difference (%) / -2.7 / -3.4 / -6.7 / 0.0 / 0.0 / -4.1
Sweden / Eurostat / 109 / 81 / 93 / 114 / 82 / 93
UNODC / 109 / 81 / 93 / 114 / 82 / 93
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
UK (England&Wales) / Eurostat / 868 / 766 / 759 / 784 / 648 / 615
UNODC / 868 / 764 / 758 / 774 / 657 / 615
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 2 / 1 / 10 / -9 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.1 / 1.3 / -1.4 / 0.0
UK (Scotland) / Eurostat / 138 / 101 / 122 / 111 / 97 / 85
UNODC / 81 / 54 / 86 / 86 / 87 / 68
difference (abs. values) / 57 / 47 / 36 / 25 / 10 / 17
difference (%) / 70.4 / 87.0 / 41.9 / 29.1 / 11.5 / 25.0
UK (Northern Ireland) / Eurostat / 41 / 29 / 24 / 30 / 26 / 22
UNODC / 34 / 31 / 30 / 29 / 24 / 29
difference (abs. values) / 7 / -2 / -6 / 1 / 2 / -7
difference (%) / 20.6 / -6.5 / -20.0 / 3.4 / 8.3 / -24.1

EU Candidate Countries

Country / Source / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009
Montenegro / Eurostat / 14 / 22 / 25 / 10 / 23 / 24
UNODC / 14 / 22 / 25 / 10 / 23
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Croatia / Eurostat / 89 / 76 / 75 / 66 / 74 / 56
UNODC / 83 / 68 / 74 / 62 / 71 / 49
difference (abs. values) / 6 / 8 / 1 / 4 / 3 / 7
difference (%) / 7.2 / 11.8 / 1.4 / 6.5 / 4.2 / 14.3
FYROM / Eurostat / 49 / 49 / 45 / 42 / 36
UNODC
difference (abs. values)
difference (%)
Turkey / Eurostat / 4,986 / 4,973 / 4,763 / 3,080 / 2,751
UNODC / 2775 / 3082 / 2999 / 2331 / 2174
difference (abs. values) / 2,211 / 1,891 / 1,764 / 749 / 577
difference (%) / 79.7 / 61.4 / 58.8 / 32.1 / 26.5

EU Potential Candidate Countries

Country / Source / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009
Albania / Eurostat / 139
UNODC
difference (abs. values)
difference (%)
Bosnia Herzegovina / Eurostat
UNODC / 0 / 70 / 73 / 0 / 0 / 67
difference (abs. values)
difference (%)
Serbia / Eurostat / 164 / 157 / 160 / 182 / 145 / 161
UNODC / 142 / 144 / 145 / 128 / 136
difference (abs. values) / 15 / 16 / 37 / 17 / 25
difference (%) / 10.6 / 11.1 / 25.5 / 13.3 / 18.4

EFTA/EEA Countries

Country / Source / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009
Iceland / Eurostat / 3 / 3 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1
UNODC / 3 / 3 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Liechtenstein / Eurostat / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1
UNODC / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
difference (abs. values) / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Norway / Eurostat / 36 / 33 / 33 / 30 / 34 / 29
UNODC / 36 / 33 / 33 / 30 / 34 / 29
difference (abs. values) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Switzerland / Eurostat / 79 / 75 / 60 / 51 / 54 / 51
UNODC / 78 / 75 / 60 / 51 / 54
difference (abs. values) / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
difference (%) / 1.3 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0

Definitions

Eurostat definition: Homicide is defined as intentional killing of a person, including murder, manslaughter, euthanasia and infanticide. Attempted (uncompleted) homicide is excluded. Causing death by dangerous driving, abortion and help with suicide are also excluded. The counting unit for homicide is normally the victim (rather than the case).

UNODC definition: Intentional homicide means death deliberately inflicted on a person by another person, including infanticide. COMPLETED intentional homicide means intentional homicide excluding attempts.