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Panama’s Department of Statistics reported 773 homicides in 2009, an average of 68 homicides per month, and the most dangerous provinces were reported as Colón and Panama with 37 and 29 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively. The most common motives behind the homicides in order of occurrence were quarrels or feuds, gang wars, and drug-related killings. The Department predicts around 80 homicides per month in 2010. (January, 2010)
(Reprinted from Southern Pulse/ Networked Intelligence)
Murder Rates in Belize highest in world: Economist Pocketbook fact labeled Belize as the 2009 per capita murder capital of the world.
BELOW ARE COMPRABLE CANADIAN CRIME RATE STATICTICS.
SEE ALSO, JULY 29 ARTICLE: MURDER RATES IN PANAMA JULY 2009
Statistics Canada data
There were 2,452,787 crimes reported in 2006; 48% were property related crimes and 12.6% were violent crimes. At a rate of 7,518 reported incidents per 100,000 people, the crime rate in 2006, the latest year for which there is statistics, was the lowest crime rate in twenty-five years.[1] The crime rate has been in general decline since 1991.
The province with the lowest crime rate in 2006 was for the third straight year Ontario with 5,689 per 100,000, followed by Quebec with 5,909 per 100,000. The province with the highest crime rate for the 9th straight year was Saskatchewan with 13,711 per 100,000. Saskatoon is the city with the highest crime rate following by its provincial counterpartRegina. Quebec City, Trois-Rivières, and Saguenay have the lowest crime rates of any city and are all located in Quebec.[2] The three northern territories have higher crime rates per capita than any province.
The number of murders dropped to 594 in 2007, 12 fewer than the previous year. One-third of the 2007 murders were stabbings and another third were by firearm. In 2007, there were 190 stabbings and 188 shootings. Handguns were used in two-thirds of all firearm murders. Seventy-four youths were accused of murder, down 11 from the previous year. About eighty-four percent of murders were done by someone known to the victim. Male victims of homicide were most likely to be killed by an acquaintance, someone known to them through a criminal relationship, or a stranger. Female victims of homicide were most frequently killed by a current or former intimate partner, or another family member. The province with the highest crime rate was Manitoba while the lowest crime rates occurred in Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. Saskatoon has the highest murder rate at 3.6 per 100,000 people[3].
Police reported crime rate is thought to be an under count of actual violence rates. To rectify this, approximately every five years statistics Canada conducts a survey of victimization in Canada. The last survey reported was conducted in 2004 and it found that the violent crime rate in Canada was 106 per 1,000 which is slightly lower than in 1999 when it was 111 per 1,000 [4]. .
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