There have been at least 34 murders in Barbados between January and October 2022 (up from 29 last month). The steps involved in the following analysis are similar to my 2020 analysis. NOTE: For the latest numbers, please visit murders.opendatabarbados.org Note to Table 1: The data was obtained from reports in the Media and keyed into…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January to October 2022There have been at least 29 murders between January and September 2022 (up from 26 last month). The steps involved in the following analysis are similar to my 2020 analysis. NOTE: For up to date numbers, please visit murders.opendatabarbados.org Notes to Table 1: Data was manually extracted (i.e., I checked the websites of various media…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January to September 2022There have been at least 26 murders between January and August 2022. The steps involved in the following analysis are similar to my 2020 analysis. Notes to Table 1: Data was manually extracted (i.e., I manually checked the websites of various media entities e.g., typically Nation News and Barbados Today). Note to Chart 1: 26%…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January to August 2022***************************************************************************************************************AUGUST 9 2022 UPDATE: On July 23 2022 The websites of The Nation newspaper and Barbados Today reported that the body of an elderly woman (Gloria Eudora Leacock) was discovered at her home. BT mentioned that the death was unnatural, and The Nation indicated that police were carrying out investigations. No cause of death or…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January to July 2022The recent surge in gun play in Barbados has been featured prominently in the media over the last few days (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here). On July 8, the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, The Honourable Dale Marshall, addressed this, and related matters, during a press conference (see…
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