Government of Jersey

Homicides since 1980 (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 23 February 2018.

Request

Please could you provide the number of homicides that have been committed in Jersey, broken down year by year, since 1980.

Could you also provide the total number of homicides committed per thousand inhabitants, broken down year by year, since 1980.

Year	Homicides (Murder)	Population	Homicide per 1000 inhabitants
1980	0		0
1981	0	76,050	0
1982	0		0
1983	3		0.038
1984	0		0
1985	0		0
1986	1	80,212	0.012
1987	2		0.024
1988	0		0
1989	0	82,809	0
1990	1		0.012
1991	0	84,082	0
1992	2		0.023
1993	3		0.035
1994 to 1999	0		0
2000	1	88,900	0.011
2001	0		0
2002	1	89,300	0.011
2003	0		0
2004	2	90,100	0.022
2005 to 2010	0		0
2011	6	97,857	0.061
2012	0		0
2013	0		0
2014	1	101,000	0.0099
2015	0		0
2016	1	104,200	0.0095
2017	1		0.0095
Mean annual homicides per 1000 inhabitants over 37 years - 0.005 Current UK rate - 0.0099 (9.9 per million inhabitants)