'Assault' means physical attack against the body of another person resulting in serious bodily injury; excluding indecent/sexual assault; threats and slapping/punching. 'Assault' leading to death should also be excluded. (UN-CTS M3.2)

Assault rate (cases per 100,000 population)

2005201020112012201320142015
Grenada1,839.71,100.51,176.41,244.81,316.31,342.8462.4
Dominican Republic58.548.3
Trinidad and Tobago61.846.440.143.240.241.244.1
Barbados631.7540.5467.6521.3442.5517.0518.6
Jamaica51.3205.7178.0
Belize274.1296.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,151.31,197.51,138.61,017.1
Honduras47.826.222.116.4
Panama167.4157.1145.9111.3105.172.4
Guatemala46.250.641.439.638.337.3
El Salvador77.864.460.869.671.064.296.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis296.1258.5
Costa Rica175.0160.0139.2174.7
Mexico217.9194.5176.3173.6171.131.935.8
Colombia70.3115.7134.0175.3175.2172.1180.2
Nicaragua359.4319.7
Guyana1,484.31,301.0854.21,208.3
Bahamas848.9891.2841.1