Download the latest South African murder and crime statistics from the South African Police Services’
website, https://www.saps.gov.za/services/crimestats.php
If the link does not work go to: www.saps.gov.za / Resource Centre / Crime Statistics
South Africa rank under the top 10 countries in the world of 195 countries, with the highest murder rate.
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/murder-rate-by-country
Top 10 Countries with the Highest Murder Rates (per 100k people) in 2017:*
- El Salvador (61.7)
- Honduras (41.0)
- Venezuela (49.9)
- United States Virgin Islands (49.3 [2012 data])
- Jamaica (56.4)
- Lesotho (43.6 [[2016 data]] per 100k people)
- Belize (37.8)
- Saint Vincent And The Grenadines (36.5 [2016 data])
- Saint Kitts And Nevis (36.1 [2012 data])
- South Africa (35.7)