# EU countries by intentional homicide rate, 2022

All 26 values come from World Bank for 2022, so the places are comparable. 1 EU countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `homicide_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Intentional homicides per 100,000 people: unlawful deaths inflicted on a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury. World Bank series from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
- Source: World Bank, Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicide-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Latvia | 3.6 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 2.4 |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 1.5 |
| 4 | Malta | 1.5 |
| 5 | Estonia | 1.5 |
| 6 | Romania | 1.3 |
| 7 | Finland | 1.2 |
| 8 | France | 1.2 |
| 9 | Greece | 1.1 |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 1.1 |
| 11 | Sweden | 1.1 |
| 12 | Denmark | 1 |
| 13 | Hungary | 1 |
| 14 | Austria | 0.9 |
| 15 | Ireland | 0.9 |
| 16 | Germany | 0.8 |
| 17 | Czechia | 0.8 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 0.8 |
| 19 | Croatia | 0.8 |
| 20 | Slovakia | 0.8 |
| 21 | Portugal | 0.7 |
| 22 | Poland | 0.7 |
| 23 | Spain | 0.7 |
| 24 | Slovenia | 0.6 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 0.6 |
| 26 | Italy | 0.5 |