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Barbados Murder Statistics January to June 2022

Orange Cottage, Horse Hill, St. Joseph. Scene of a double-murder on June 29 (Image Source: NationNews)

There 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.

Imae 1 - Barbados Murder Map Jan to Jun 2022
Image 1 – Barbados Murder Map Jan to Jun 2022
Table 1 - Murders Jan to Jun 2022
Table 1 – Murders in Barbados January to June 2022.

Note to Table 1: Data extracted from The NationNews and Barbados Today website (click to enlarge).

Chart 1 - Murders by Month Jan to Jun 2022
Chart 1 – Murders by Month (2022)
Chart 2 - Murders by Parish Jan to Jun 2022
Chart 2 – Murders by Parish (2022)
Chart 3 - Murders by Method, Jan to Jun 2022
Chart 3 – Murders by Method (2022)

Note to Chart 3: By method, I mean, what did the attacker predominantly use (gun, knife, et cetera).

Chart 4 - Murders by Age Group Jan to Jun 2022
Chart 4 – Murders by Age Group (2022)

Note to Chart 4: Age data is available for 13 out of 15 victims. Average age of victim = 32 years old. Youngest victims = 20, Oldest victims = 56.

Chart 5 - Murders by Gender Jan to Jun 2022
Chart 5 – Murders by Gender (2022)
Chart 6 - Murders by Workweek / Weekend 2022
Chart 6 – Murders by Workweek / Weekend (2022)

Note to Chart 7: I define the workweek as running from Monday to Thursday, and the weekend as running from Friday to Sunday.

Chart 7 - Murders by Day of the Week Jan to Jun 2022
Chart 7 – Murders by Day of the Week (2022)
Chart 8 – Murders by Time Slot (2022)

Note to Chart 8: The time reported in The Media of the incident is what I use to assign murders to one of three time slots.

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