In Part 1 of this blog series, I gave some background on the Barbados Safety Poll — how it came about, how it was run, and who responded. Now in Part 2, I dive into the actual responses and see how different groups of people answered the question: “How safe do you feel living in…
Read More Barbados Safety Poll – June 2025: Perceptions by Demographic (Part 2)Introduction Around the second week of June, I decided to launch an online poll that asked one simple question: “How safe do you feel living in Barbados today?” This was not meant to be a formal survey (while that would have been more rigorous, it would also be more expensive and complicated to carry out).…
Read More Barbados Safety Poll – June 2025: Background and Respondent Profile (Part 1)Tracking violent incidents in Barbados is central to everything I do here on the blog and in the homicide database. It all starts with checking the news periodically throughout the day and into the night. Once I find something related to violent crime, it becomes an incident. This also means that my numbers may understate…
Read More Tracking Violent Incidents in Barbados January to May 2025So in my last post, a few hours ago, I wrote about Pine-related areas and how often they appeared in Barbados homicide data. This time, I took a similar look at Black Rock, another district in St. Michael that seems to come up repeatedly (at least, between 2018 and 2025). (Quick reminder, my homicide information…
Read More Black Rock and St. Michael: A Closer Look at Homicide PatternsPinelands, St. Michael (Source: Google Maps). I use The Pine and Pinelands interchangeably. Last night I imported 2018 homicide records into the Barbados Homicide Database (still doing some data cleaning), bringing the total to 284 recorded homicides from 2018 to 2025. (Quick reminder, my homicide information comes from what I manually collect from main stream…
Read More The Pine and St. Michael: A Closer Look at Homicide PatternsAt the end of May 2025, Barbados had recorded at least 2 homicides between May 1st and May 31st. For the year so far, i.e., January 1 to May 31, the island has had at least 19 homicides. Disclaimer: My count and analysis are based solely on media reports, as such, numbers may be under-stated. The…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January to May 2025At the end of April 2025, Barbados had recorded at least 4 homicides between April 1st and April 30th. For the year so far, i.e., January 1 to April 30, the island has had at least 17 homicides. Disclaimer: My count and analysis are based solely on media reports, as such, numbers may be under-stated. The…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January to April 2025At the end of March 2025, Barbados had recorded at least three homicides between March 1st and March 31st. For the year so far, i.e., January 1 to March 31, the island has had at least 13 homicides. Disclaimer: My count and analysis are based solely on media reports; the figures and insights provided below…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January to March 2025At the end of February 2025, Barbados had recorded at least three homicides between February 1st and February 28th. In comparison, the same period in 2024 saw at least two homicides, marking an increase of 50%. For the year so far, i.e., January to February, the island has had at least 10 homicides. Disclaimer: My…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics: January to February 2025NOTE: For several years homicide stats were published on our sister site caribbeansignal.com. With the recent launching of barbadoscrimeblog.com, homicide stats will also be published here. By the end of January 2025, Barbados had recorded at least seven homicides between January 1st and 31st. In comparison, the same period in 2024 saw three homicides, marking an increase of 133%.…
Read More Barbados Homicide Statistics January 2025