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Homicide rate in French Polynesia

0.37

homicide victims per 100,000 people, 2009

Moderate trust, 62 of 100 Only one source (UNODC), so it cannot be checked against another.

Each source by year: homicide victims per 100,000 people
012342006200720082009
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YearUNODC Data Portal, victims of intentional homicide
20061.14
20072.63
20083.35
20090.37

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French Polynesia among 200 countries

180 have a higher figure and 19 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2007 to 2024.

Lowest: American Samoa, 0Highest: Haiti, 64.34
What this number counts
Counts
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 people
Where
French Polynesia
When
2009 (one year, not an average)

The figure from UNODC, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts for
UNODC Data Portal, victims of intentional homicideUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-25 · Data (Excel file)
0.372009
Victims of intentional homicide (ICCS 0101: unlawful death inflicted with intent to cause death or serious injury), total for both sexes and all ages, rate per 100,000 from UNODC's own population figures (UN World Population Prospects 2024).

UNODC source code for this value: NP. Year rule: only UNODC has data for this country, so its latest year is used.

Raw file: data_cts_intentional_homicide.xlsx (UNODC, updated 12 July 2026).

5 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. UNODC publishes the ICCS definition and a metadata note for the dataset.
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. National figures submitted by governments through the UN crime trends survey (UN-CTS) or official channels.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. A count of all victims recorded by the authorities, not a sample.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. The whole dataset is a free Excel download from the UNODC data portal.
  • Yes: No known break or quality problem. UNODC marks no adjustment or estimate for this value.
100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

  • UNODC100%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality40 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15 / 30

Unknown with one source, so set to half

Independence6 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness1 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

No source of these kinds: death and health registers, independent count.

  • Single source: nothing to check it against
Years each source has a figure here
'06'09UNODC

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Why the numbers differ
  • They come from two separate systems: UNODC compiles police and criminal justice records, while the WHO Mortality Database counts death certificates with the cause coded as assault (ICD-10 X85-Y09).
  • Older UN crime survey series included attempted homicides for some countries, so older police figures can run above death records.
  • Death registration is not equally complete everywhere. Where many deaths go unregistered, or many violent deaths are coded as "undetermined intent", the WHO count falls below the police count.
  • Research comparing UN and WHO homicide data (Andersson and Kazemian) found that the two differ in level but show similar patterns. (source, retrieved 2026-10-25)
Common mistakes
  • Numbeo's "Crime Index" is not a crime rate. Numbeo builds it from surveys answered by its website visitors about how safe they feel, not from police or death records. (source, retrieved 2026-10-25)
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