There 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…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics 2017 to 2022There have been at least 15 murders for the year so far. The data presented below is from January to June 2022. The steps involved in this analysis are similar to my 2020 analysis. Note to Table 1: Data extracted from The NationNews and Barbados Today website (click to enlarge). Note to Chart 3: By…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January to June 2022The data presented below is from January to May 2022 (I will post 2021 numbers in the near future). The steps involved in the analysis essentially remain the same from the 2020 analysis. Note to Table 1: Data extracted from The Nation’s website. Note to Chart 3: By method, I mean, what did the attacker…
Read More Barbados Murder Statistics January to May 2022