Figure 2. Robbery, Burglary and Victimization Rates in Latin America
Robbery rates
Burglary rates 15.6%
Ecuador
13.3%
Venezuela Haiti
12.1%
Argentina
12.0% 11.4%
Guatemala
10.6%
El Salvador
8.6%
Chile
8.0%
Colombia Brazil
7.3% 6.5%
Peru Bolivia
6.1%
Honduras
5.8%
Mexico
5.7%
Nicaragua
5.6%
Paraguay
5.6%
Costa Rica
5.3%
Dominican Republic
5.0%
Jamaica
4.1%
Panama
3.8%
Uruguay
3.5%
0 5 10 15 20 % of Adults Victimized by Armed Robbery in Past 12 Months
9.0%
Argentina
8.7%
Peru
Uruguay Peru
8.4%
Bolivia
Overall victimization rates
Haiti
7.4%
Chile
7.3%
28% 25%
Ecuador
23%
Chile
22% 22%
Uruguay
21%
Venezuela
Paraguay
6.5%
Brazil
6.5%
Bolivia
19%
6.2%
El Salvador
19%
Ecuador
5.7%
Guatemala
17%
Venezuela
5.5%
Paraguay
17%
Costa Rica
5.4%
Nicaragua
17%
Brazil
16%
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
4.6%
Guatemala
4.4%
El Salvador
4.3%
Colombia
4.0%
Panama
3.8%
Mexico
3.7%
Jamaica
3.5%
Honduras 2
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16% 16%
Colombia
16%
Dominican Rep.
15%
Haiti
14% 14%
Honduras
2.9% 0
Mexico Costa Rica
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% of Adults Victimed by House Burglary in Past 12 Months
Source: World Bank analysis of LAPOP data (2008).
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Jamaica
8%
Panama
8%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 % of Adults Victimized by Crime in Past 12 Months