March 2026

You may have heard about “six degrees of separation” — the idea that everyone is six steps away from everyone else (I first heard about it via the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon“) – but what happens when you apply that idea to a small island like Barbados, and in particular, to homicide victims?…

Read More How Socially Close Are You to a Murder Victim in Barbados?

There have been at least 761 homicides (2000–2025) in Barbados — roughly 30 per year on average. For clarity:• 2000–2013 figures are from an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report based on data from The Barbados Police Service.• 2014–2025 figures are from my own data collection. I track homicides in Barbados. My data is not official.…

Read More Barbados Homicides, 2000–2025: Official Data and Independent Tracking