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2.1 Violent Crimes | Acts causing harm or intending to cause harm to the person
2.1.1.x Serious assault (rate)
RATE of serious assault offences, at the national level.

RATES are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants by dividing the number of serious assault offences by the total population; the result is then multiplied by 100,000. Some countries with less than 100,000 inhabitants have their rates presented for comparison purpose.

[Sources: Population data are obtained from the: 2019 Revision of World Population Prospects, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Web: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/; https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/
Data on number of serious assault offences are provided by Member States through the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS).]



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Countries
 
    
Antigua and Barbuda20223.23 
Argentina2022367.74 
Bahamas2022905.03 
Barbados2022325.89 
Belize2022312.16 
Bolivia202281.11 
Brazil2020221.48 
Canada2022207.58 
Chile202157.41 
Colombia2022250.33 
Costa Rica2022147.23 
Dominica20221,107.46 
Dominican Republic202227.83 
Ecuador202237.43 
El Salvador202276.72 
Grenada20221,919.66 
Guatemala2022118.13 
Guyana202198.77 
Haiti------ 
Honduras202221.36 
Jamaica202290.35 
Mexico202250.60 
Nicaragua201915.15 
Panama2022112.95 
Paraguay20228.42 
Peru20229.19 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2022363.83 
Saint Lucia2022854.19 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2022424.51 
Suriname202298.72 
Trinidad and Tobago202145.36 
United States2022277.92 
Uruguay202215.42 
Venezuela20186.31 
Regions
 
    
01. Americas20120.00 
02. Caribbean20200.00 
03. Central America202069.39 
04. North America2020212.77 
05. South America20200.00 
* Alertamerica adopts the use of commas to indicate figures un the thousands (1,000) while points signal decimals (10.5).