Statistics on crime and criminal justice help government to assess and monitor the conditions, circumstances and trends of well-being and the social impact of public expenditures and policies (United Nations 2003). It therefore follows that the collection of quality statistics disseminated in a user-friendly style can be of immense value to administrators, policy planners and researchers.
The data on Crime Statistics reflects Crime in Trinidad and Tobago as given by the Police, Prisons and Probations. In Trinidad and Tobago, data on reported crimes are collated by the Crime and Problem Analysis Branch of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS). The Crime and Problem Analysis Branch is an arm of the TTPS that deals with data-processing, analyses information from crime reports and other sources to better inform the crime-deterrence, disruption and detection efforts of the TTPS.
Crime-2022
Reports to Police
30,640
Prosecutions instituted
10,698
Convictions secured
1,319
Broad Categories of Criminal Offences
The International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS) provides a comprehensive framework for producing statistics on crime and criminal justice. Its primary unit of classification is the act or event that constitutes a criminal offence and the description of the criminal acts is based on behaviours and not on legal provisions.
Code
Description
01
Acts leading to death or intending to cause death
02
Acts leading to harm or intending to cause harm to the person
03
Injurious acts of a sexual nature
04
Acts against property involving violence or threat against a person
05
Acts against property only
06
Acts involving controlled psycho-active substances or other drugs
07
Acts involving fraud, deception or corruption
08
Acts against public order, authority and provisions of the State
09
Acts against public safety and state security
10
Acts against the natural environment
11
Other criminal acts not elsewhere classified
Source: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS) – Version 1.0
16.1.1 Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age
16.1.2 Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population, by sex, age and cause
16.1.3 Proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months
16.1.4 Proportion of people that feel safe walking alone around the area they live
16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age group and form of exploitation
16.3.2 Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
16.3.1 Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms
Crime Rate Statistics 2015-2022.xlsx
