The murder count has moved to 32, there was a stabbing in Bridgetown last night – Blogmaster


June 2019 saw four murders taking place in Barbados (30 for the year so far). Two of them took place in in St. Michael, while the remaining two took place in St. Philip and Christ Church respectively. The four victims were all male and died as a result of gun violence. The data was collected and compiled based on reports in the media. See below charts for additional details and analysis.

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80 responses to “Barbados Murder Statistics June 2019”


  1. PMMottley the country wants to hear what are your measures in seeking resolution for the daily blood and gore on the streets


  2. The murders as of today number 32. I think Piece the Legend may have under estimated at 50 for the year.


  3. @Dame Bajans
    So perhaps we should hold off on hanging him in the public square.

    Thirty-two is a hard number to “digest’.
    I came across a link that tells me that murder was more frequent than what I remembered form the past, but it was nowhere no as bad as it is now (numbers are not counts)

    https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/barbados/homicide-rate

    I also ran into a pdf file “Crime and Violence in Barbados – IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean – Corin Bailey
    and it appears (page 16) that the yearly Total Number of Murders Reported to the Police, 2000–13 was often less than 35.
    (numbers are counts)

    Year Total m f
    2000 20 20 0
    2001 25 25 0
    2002 25 25 0
    2003 33 30 3
    2004 22 22 0
    2005 29 27 2
    2006 35 33 2
    2007 25 24 1
    2008 23 22 1
    2009 19 18 1
    2010 31 31 0
    2011 27 27 0
    2012 21 20 1
    2013 24 24 0
    Source: RBPF
    A quote from 👍 Corin Bailey’s 👍 work
    “Homicide
    Although the Caribbean as a region is one of the most violent in the world, rates of homicide
    between countries vary considerably. Although countries such as Jamaica and Trinidad and
    Tobago have homicide rates per capita that rank them as two of the most violent countries in the
    world, Barbados—displaying some fluctuation—has had consistently low rates (UNDP 2012). The
    rate of homicide in Barbados grew from 6.4 in 1980 to 10.1 in 2010 and has tended to compare
    favourably to most countries in the region. Reasons suggested have included an absence of
    powerful criminal networks and dangerous linkages between politics and crime. Barbados has also
    managed to escape the extreme levels of poverty that have plagued some countries in the
    Caribbean (Ramsey 2013).”

    Times have changed.

  4. Vincent Codrington Avatar
    Vincent Codrington

    @ Theo at 9:46 AM

    Time has changed. What have changed along with time?

    Redistribution of income.
    Non enforcement of Laws.
    High levels of unemployment.
    Justice system constipated
    Lack of responsibility by key sectors of Society.


  5. Where are the blp yardfowls who voted for a change
    It seems like the only change barbadains are experiencing under this govt are higher levels of unemployment ..crime at unpredecented levels and rampant poverty and more corruption
    Blp yardfowls come out of your hiding and adress these issues
    In the meanwhile find Mia and ask her to adress theses pressing issues that are wrecking havoc on barbados socio-economic landscape
    Not good enough to pat shoulders about upgrades while in the meanwhile the murder rate spiral upwards
    Shame shame on govt
    Blp yardfowls


  6. @Vincent

    Is the list exhaustive?


  7. I have difficulty following Bajan logic at times…
    https://barbadostoday.bb/2019/07/05/man-apologises-for-having-gun/
    “However, Senior Crown Counsel Olivia Davis highlighted what she described as a “significant” aggravating factor in Harte’s case that he “hid” this gun and such actions frustrate efforts by the police to get guns off the streets of Barbados. ”

    ******So if you have an illegal gun, don’t hide it. Put it right there on the center table so that your child or anyone can get their hands on it.

    “Davis submitted that Justice Beckles should consider a staring point of eight years in prison for the crime. She said the necessary deductions should be made including the one third discount for the guilty plea, leaving Harte with a period of 64 months in prison which “will reach the judgment of this case”

    **** I don’t know what to say. I can understand the frustration and the desire to make an example of someone, but eight years for possession seems a bit harsh. If he had used this gun for arm robbery or for wounding someone would the sentence be less

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2019/03/15/shaq-sentenced/

    *** It seems as if this guy got a lesser sentence for a more serious crime. I tried to do the maths from the numbers given in the article. Thank God this was not part of my A’level mathematics tests,

    *** Would suggest the first guy ask for a change of court and judge. Should I be getting part of those legal fees? 🙂 I losing money on BU.


  8. For the purists… “typos” were thrown in to irritate you…


  9. Urgent: Sentencing guidelines

    An issue that need to be raised and addressed in Barbados is that of sentencing guidelines… … It seem to me as if sentences are determined by who you are, how ugly you are, how you are dressed or if the magistrate getting a horn..

    I cannot figure out how these sentences are determined.

    We need “Sentencing Guidelines”

    Now don’t you dare come here saying “we have those on the book but they are not followed”

  10. Vincent Codrington Avatar
    Vincent Codrington

    @ David BU at 10 :26 AM

    No the list is not exhaustive; but Item 5 is a “catch all” for the ones that are missing. Most ills can be identified as negligence by the institution or individual charged with the responsibility to contain them.


  11. Thanks Vincent, a man of your standing it gives us reason for a long pause.


  12. https://barbadostoday.bb/2019/07/06/neglected/
    “The business is still operating, still taking payments and the network is still up.”

    Do these companies only hire women? If not, how do they identify men without balls?
    I dun wid dat.


  13. Have a great day Barbados.
    Gotta go…
    Mother-in-law flight to back home is tomorrow afternoon, but will offer to take her to the airport (now).


  14. Is this insanity or what a country caught in the throngs of murder and as if govt has fallen asleep

  15. Vincent Codrington Avatar
    Vincent Codrington

    @ TheoGazerts at 10 : 28 AM

    You are not losing money. You are making a difference pro bono publicae. Money may be a measure of value ; the value of your input may be reflected in a better society. The latter has no dollar value.

  16. WURA-WAR-on-U Avatar

    “So perhaps we should hold off on hanging him in the public square.”

    i had warned Piece repeatedly, not to promote hanging in Barbados…little did he know that his PM and her sidekick Dale Whistleblower were gong to bring back hanging, with his name at the top…

    “If not, how do they identify men without balls?”

    what men??? which balls??? lol. lol,


  17. Another bold face lie
    No govt have the balls to reinstate hanging in barbados at the risk of losing america financial assistance or any other form of aid

  18. WURA-WAR-on-U Avatar

    Theo…it’s THEIR IDEA of logic that really tests people’s intelligence and patience, am dead serious…it is unbelievable..

    someone was telling us about this QC..whom i happen to know, called a client to come to the office, it’s only when the client got there they heard, oh, i should have told you to bring this, that and the next…..that is a QC…who got his secretary to call his client…without even mentioning what documents he needed and expected the client to guess.

    telling ya about the other stuff will just make ya not even want to visit the island anymore..

    they still boast about being the most educated in the Caribbean, if not the world, if ya please..


  19. 32 murders ytd 2019 is the same number for Toronto with more than 10 times the population. Why is it so difficult to clean up a lil island? As BU Whistleblower would say, big ups involved including popo! Really sad!!!


  20. Most of the people committing murders or being murdered are from neglected communities. What does it tell you Money Brian?

  21. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    RE Most of the people committing murders or being murdered are from neglected communities. What does it tell you Money Brian?

    IT TELLS ME THAT BARBADOS IS A FAILED STATE AND IN AN UNGODLY STATE
    WHEN I GREW UP THERE WERE MANY “neglected communities” ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. FOLK WERE MUCH WORSE OFF THAN THEY ARE TODAY IN MANY WAYS……….BUT THEY DIDNT GO AROUND KILLING OTHER PEOPLE THEN.

    THE REASON WHY THEY GO AROUND KILLING FOLK TODAY IS NOT NEGLECT IT IS SIN!
    AS ROMANS 1 SAYS THEY HAVE NOT RETAINED GOD IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND GOD HAS GIVEN THEM UP AND HE HAS GIVEN THEM OVER. UH LIE

  22. TheOGazerts(Unpaid Criminologist and Educator) Avatar
    TheOGazerts(Unpaid Criminologist and Educator)

    VC, you are causing me to lose some money.

    Here are some ideas to help with crime situation
    Crime Maps
    (1) First Sunday (of a month) paper on the back page Murders in Barbados by month (thanks Caribbean Signal)
    (2) First Sunday paper on the back page: Total Murders in Barbados by Parish with different coloring to highlight the frequencies and dots on the map to pinpoint where the crime occurred.
    (3) 2 above, but instead of parish by gang location

    Meetings
    (1) Monthly meetings at designated school in each parish to discuss the crime problem’
    These meeting should be conducted by policemen known to the community and of an impeccable character

    Things we don’t want
    (1) Stop and frisk

    My goal is to put a big spotlight on the crime situation and to educate at the same time.


  23. I started to comment on the “neglected communities” but held off.
    Too many simple excuses.


  24. Georgie Porgie

    Uh right

    Mottley fooled the people about change
    Now the truth is being exposed and not a damn thing she can do about it
    After ten years of opposition and ranting and raving on how she can bring about necessary changes for barbados
    Barbadians are being awaken to an awful truth of crime beyond their imagination happening in barbados
    What a dam shame


  25. The crime and violence will continue to increase if the economy continue as is, All last year post election the word was bajans cannot be taxed no more. Fast forward to this present time. We heard from malic with teeth that the government has put money back in the people pocket, He for got to state that the increase of 5% was taken back by the increase in water tax (which is significantly more than the cost of water used, the increase in bus fare, the increase in utility rates and cost of living on a whole has eroded what ever increase was offered in addition to erode the disposable income which was there last year pre- election. People are still suffering but with hope for a brighter Barbados. We are still being fooled by the same politricks. Large Administration. Higher salaries and perks for the political class while john public suffer. Frustration and anger are on the faces of the common people. The Barbados we once knew is gone/ Why? Because of the selfish and deceitful politicians. Making policies that only benefit a certain class while the majority poor suffer and then they get on social media and television with the same retoric of sympathy but then they ask us to tighten our belts more.

    The increase in bus fare was never to assist the TB but to fill the pockets of those who own the PSVs. Only God knows the cry of the people. Only Jah knows

  26. Barbados Underground Whistleblower Avatar
    Barbados Underground Whistleblower

    I came across a link that tells me that murder was more frequent than what I remembered form the past, but it was nowhere no as bad as it is now (numbers are not counts)

    https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/barbados/homicide-rate

    I also ran into a pdf file “Crime and Violence in Barbados – IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean – Corin Bailey
    and it appears (page 16) that the yearly Total Number of Murders Reported to the Police, 2000–13 was often less than 35.
    (numbers are counts)

    Year Total m f
    2000 20 20 0
    2001 25 25 0
    2002 25 25 0
    2003 33 30 3
    2004 22 22 0
    2005 29 27 2
    2006 35 33 2
    2007 25 24 1
    2008 23 22 1
    2009 19 18 1
    2010 31 31 0
    2011 27 27 0
    2012 21 20 1
    2013 24 24 0
    Source: RBPF
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    My grandmother used a phrase when you lay down with dogs you will eventually catch fleas,

    For those of you who need to hear the truth and not be mislead, I recently read an article featuring
    the DLP leader Verla Depieza who was quoted as saying that since Dale Marshall was given the post
    of Attorney General over a 12 months period, there were 43 murders very easily any Barbados record,

    The number since then brings it to 46 murders.

    Someone asked where are the murders coming from meaning poor communities and ghettos,

    Please note when the BLP invited 5 of the biggest Drug Lords in Barbados to the opening
    of parliament after elections, that these drug dealers and crime lords did not come from
    the Heights and Terraces but from the same communities where they have many foot
    soldiers and many many dirty Police across the island on their Payroll.

    Couple with the fact that these same CRIME Lords were financiers of some of the same elected BLP
    Politicians and they have large numbers of foot soldiers across the island where these murders are taking place.

    The DLP wasn’t any better with Chris Sinckler in Deacons partnering with major drug lords in the Deacon area and
    Michael Lashley with Nigel Bounty Pinder in St. Philip.

    The difference is they didn’t openly invite them to Parliament but gave contracts and job etc for
    favour and kickbacks.

    These Drug and CRIME Lords are NOT only major recruiters for votes for both Parties as they
    have very large followings in these murderous Barbados communities that they lead,

    The Drug Lords now feel that they are equal to the Politicians who have their backs whilst both
    scratch each other backs,

    The murdered victims are the casualties of this destructive alliance where money and greed is the unifying factor
    among the incestuous parties to the detriment of the Public masses.


  27. I really don’t know what you’re so upset about. We are here not in a cathouse in the far north or in a boarding school for girls, but in the wild south. It’s hot here, with rum, sun, sand and drums. There are some shots of joy from time to time.

    Besides, I don’t believe these statistics. I could well imagine that they are fake. No tourist or villa owner has ever complained to me that she/he feels insecure. The tourists love the folklore with the machete, the knife and the pistol. Rihanna also sings about violence in the wild south.

    So everything is fine. Or is it not?


  28. Take note how the blp yardfowls has mysteriously disappeared like the two tourist who disappeared out insight
    My feeling being that the blp yardfowls are feeling a sense of shame seeing that under Mia Mottley leadership the criminals have no fear of committing crime in broad daylight
    Blp yardfowls it is time for u to speak and defend this govt
    But then again all you must have taken flight to a haven of security while ordinary poor barbadians stand in fear trembling in their shoes

    On another note reports state that a jetski was found off the coast of Guadeloupe having the same registration number as the one which the missing persons rented

  29. WURA-WAR-on-U Avatar

    And for some reason the government does not think that all of this is KNOWN TO EVERYONE..

    DON”T THINK…being the operative word…but that is their thing, we are watching.


  30. The murders as of today number 32. I think Piece the Legend may have under estimated at 50 for the year.

    The Dullard’s initial estimate was around 70.

  31. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    @David. A column for motive would be very telling in my opinion. A mean, people don’t just generally go around killing others just for the sake of it.


  32. @fortyacres

    Most of the killings are drug/gang related. The result of societal warts that are rapidly multiplying. Some mistakenly look to a political solution. It will call for a collective effort if we are to save little Barbados.

  33. Barbados Underground Whistleblower Avatar
    Barbados Underground Whistleblower

    No one with any common sense could be looking for a Political Solution from either BLP or DLP Parties when they and the crime bosses are in bed together.

    It is too late in the game for even a blind man not to see.

    Unfortunately, all Institutions in Barbados seem to be now on par to other broken Caribbean Islands.

    Barbadian masses are being crushed under the weight of corruption and collusion.

  34. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    Crime and violence beyond the usual social deprivation theory.

    I have always wondered why it is that the three poorest countries (Haiti, Ncaragua, and Bolivia) in the CELAC region have a relatively low murder rate compare to say some of their richer counterpart. Why should Trinidad, classified as a high income nation, and with a relative generous welfare state has a murder rate way worst than Haiti? It doesn’t make sense. As a matter of fact, Trinidad is ranked number one in having a high GDP per capita and having one of the highest murder rate at the same time.

    Haiti is only a 100 miles from Jamaica. Jamaica is way richer than Haiti by per capita ranking. Yet, even on an absolute level, Jamaicans murder more of its citizen yearly than Haitiians do to their own. Mind you, Haiti’s population is at least three times Jamaica’s population.

  35. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    If I didn’t know better, I would have taken the position of some dark, unexplained, paranormal forces working in our midst.

  36. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    As I have seen SS observe, the problem is Young MALES. Young women live in the same place, under the same roofs, but do not find it necessary to shoot, at times randomly.
    @MB comment is interesting. For the Toronto CoP says they know it is gang related, they just cannot stop it. Yet the economy in Toronto is different from that in Barbados? The similarities seem stronger than the differences. And the offenders brag on social media, you just have to be able to translate what is being said.

  37. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    You see the same phenomenon in South Africa and slowly emerging next door in Botswana and Lesotho.

  38. fortyacresandamule Avatar
    fortyacresandamule

    With the advent of social media, we are entering a new phenomenon in criminal behavior. I have seen on Ian Allen crime watch show students in Trinidad profiling with gun on their social media pages. They have fully adopted this behavior from their urban american cousins. It’s not unreasonable to opine that things might get worst going forward.


  39. @TheOGazerts

    Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve added a heat map showing murder count by parish.

    Here’s a direct link to the image itself: https://i0.wp.com/www.caribbeansignal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BarbadosMurderMapJantoJun2019.png


  40. […] – Vincent Codrington […]


  41. All of you are correct, At the end of the Day, the people are DEAD The factors which help comes from the Top-DOWN, known as the TONE! SET by the BBLP, money money more money at all cost! of You lives,

    We keep repeating this is the reaction to crooks, liars and scumbags, pimps, greedy, Massive Land Fraud, land and money laundering offshore accounts dirty dealings contracts, removal of Historic records which Banks need to give “Clear Title ” loans from Conveyance to Title Deeds, Whereas People, can strive to make a difference Life by working towards a common gold. Banking DEAD

    This Crime Minister AKA Mia Mottley Blood Line Criminals did not, could not bring change without locking self up!
    We keep saying and will keep saying that the feeding is from “free land “Stolen, they never paid for, there is a Motive to which ALL lawyers in Barbados got rich from this, All departments of government all the way to UWI Beckles Sir, QC, Lawyers, Ministers of the Church and House are crooks, Supported By the Book writers New Papers with Much False and Misleading Statements in Public and History. National Trust.

    We can blog all day and night until now, Interpol, MI6, The New Scotland Yard, DEA, FBI, DOJ root out the legal blockers to the Law of England and Barbados,

    The other slice of the Pie is GG PM, AG, COP, DPP and a blackmailed CJ as if someone has a tape of Him Bulling or getting done by another Man. All ass-backward to the law protecting the criminals as we know it,
    Barbados is TOP loaded with Criminals that the people were defrauded with lies money of bought Elections,
    As they say, much money changed hands, 4-6 hour? to drive across Barbados? to count votes?

    People Voted what they were paid for not “Change” but SWAP only “Bajan Free Party” Bring Change! As the 3rd leg of the BLP to drop in a so-called new party to keep the fraud and coverup of this Miaasive Ponzi going, They need to no new Party, They can speak Right NOW, Why must we wait until 2023 as the body Bags add up!

    Men of Church and Government House = Minister +Minister = conflict of Intrest of Church & State=No Trust as even the POPE House full of Bullers,

    Only white contractors can get big contracts such as COW 100Million to Fix his own poor standard work on roads, As Apes Hill, Sandy Lane has better safer roads,
    How strangers can Live Better in you Home than you, where you are paying all the bills while TAXED to Death,

    The VAT 15% from 1997 no title deeds, UDC= Fraud, Garbage Trucks 2.5%=Fraud 3.50$ No New Buses that will never reach, NHC rent 850$ 2 bedroom people not working how did they get in? Hurt their feeling they put you out,
    The People pressure from all sides as if you are squeezing your face to remove a “BLACKHEADS’ from /England/Ireland,
    Everything you touch was Re TAXED, and the cost went up so the tax on top of that went up also, Do the Math! As the Crime Minister Knighed her father wants to QC her Brother, Promoted her CUS,=Come Sing-A- SONG to the World, As the face of Barbados, his family is like Ebola and HIV/AIDS is one that needs to be grounded,and say goodbye from all taxes owed for we need no Money with the IMF loaning and controlling the Crime Ministers, See You all voted for the IMF and not BBLP.

    We are Bajan Free Party and we stand firm on our words by way of Affidavit to the World, When you are Ready We DONE! This is Barbados Crime Story and We cut it Well short!


  42. We need the death penalty, penal labour and other noble forms of punishment known from Singapore to cope with the criminial masses. If they do not behave gov must react.


  43. @ Tron

    You must give up your silly game and become serious. Hiding behind a nom de plume to post fascist nonsense may appear funny to you, but to some of us it is very serious.


  44. Tron take note that all of which u have mentioned has been on the law books in democratic societies but have failed and resulted with no significant impact on crime and on society as a whole


  45. I thought the BLP could fix the crime situation with a magic wand? Same old politricks of fulfilled egos and control of the treasury.


  46. “You must give up your silly game and become serious. Hiding behind a nom de plume to post fascist nonsense may appear funny to you, but to some of us it is very serious.”

    I don’t know if he means to be funny, but he writes some very frightening stuff…..


  47. Everyday the blp govt is being fully exposed for their lies and deceit
    As everday negative occurences unfold the govt would be held accountable for the lies they told in order to gain power
    The bible warned by their Fruits we shall know them
    It is a shame that nothing coming out of this govt is a reflection of the promises made
    High unemployment
    Long bread lines
    And high taxes
    Nothing mentioned in the above was a promised made
    As murder rate rises the AG has fallen asleep


  48. @ Mariposa July 7, 2019 9:07 AM
    “Everyday the blp govt is being fully exposed for their lies and deceit
    As everday negative occurences unfold the govt would be held accountable for the lies they told in order to gain power
    The bible warned by their Fruits we shall know them
    It is a shame that nothing coming out of this govt is a reflection of the promises made
    High unemployment
    Long bread lines
    And high taxes
    Nothing mentioned in the above was a promised made
    As murder rate rises the AG has fallen asleep…”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Sounds like just another ‘smooth transition’ from one scamming administration to the next crooked in the game of Duopoly as marketed by William Skinner.

    Why not just see it as just another bout of déjà vu you witnessed in 2008 when your Thompson administration promised the world of change in the now “Brek” Barbados.

    It would be in your intellectual interest and mental sanity if you take onboard what
    “Apolitical sagaciously wrote @ July 7, 2019 8:50 AM about Twiddle Bee and Twiddle Dem:
    “I thought the BLP could fix the crime situation with a magic wand? Same old politricks of fulfilled egos and control of the treasury.”

    It’s all about becoming the top dog or the alpha in the pack fighting over the Treasury to spend and waste taxpayers’ monies.

    Why don’t you stop being a blue-ass and yellow breasted yard-fowl for the Dems?
    Can’t you see that the cockfighting is over for them and the big boys and girls have all retreated to their castles financially reinforced through their 10 years of kickbacks at taxpayers’ expense?


  49. “Why don’t you stop being a blue-ass and yellow breasted yard-fowl for the Dems?”

    Beautiful. Loves the imagery. Could see the yard-fowl as I read it.

  50. WURA-War-on-U Avatar

    “We need the death penalty, penal labour and other noble forms of punishment known from Singapore to cope with the criminial masses. If they do not behave gov must react.”

    We need some more UNSEALED INDICTMENTS…for yall tiefing, corrupt, sell out backsides in the parliament and bar association….I think that above ALL ELSE TAKES PRECEDENCE…

    You are the embarrassments to the island, the curse on the island why it cannot move forward…the last 2 months alone is enuff to make absolutely sure, BLP is never returned to that parliament again…ever

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