At the end of 2024, Barbados recorded at least 50 murders (homicides) between January 1 and December 31st. For the same period last year, i.e., January to December 2023, there were at least 21 homicides. This represents an increase of 29 homicides or 138%. The number of homicides recorded in December was 2. This represents…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January to December 2024There have been at least 17 road fatalities in Barbados between January 1 and November 30. The first version of this post mistakenly included December figures in all charts and images. This has been corrected. I’ve been considering tracking road fatalities in Barbados for some time but only decided to start now. What pushed me…
Read More Barbados Road Fatalities January to November 2024There have been at least 40 homicides in Barbados between January 1 and September 30. This represents an increase of 17% over the prior period (Jan to Aug). My count, and subsequent analysis, is based exclusively on what is reported by The Media. The numbers and analysis below are not to be treated as official…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January to September 2024There have been at least 27 murders (hereinafter referred to as homicides) in Barbados between January 1 and mid-July 2024. Reports of homicides in the local media continue to be my primary source of data and form the basis of my analysis. Due to other commitments there was a delay in posting 2024 homicide statistics.…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January to mid-July 2024NOTE: Hello There! It’s been a while since my last fuel price update (Aug 2022 to be exact). Since then, there have been several fuel prices changes in Barbados. So, I’ll be adding new fuel posts over the next few days to catch up! Fuel prices in December 2022 remained unchanged from November 2022 ($4.29…
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Update for December 2022