Bahrain: crime and justice

Does Bahrain publish crime statistics?

No official recorded crime figures were found on the Bahrain Open Data Portal, the Ministry of Interior website or the Supreme Judicial Council website, checked on 15 October 2026. A search of the open data portal for crime returned no datasets.

The Ministry of Interior's General Directorate of Traffic does publish road accident and injury data on the portal. Crime indices quoted by websites that collect visitor opinions are not official statistics.

Official sources: Bahrain Open Data Portal · Ministry of Interior

How many cases do Bahrain's courts handle?

Bahrain's first instance courts received 51,380 new cases in 2025 and resolved 52,869, according to Ministry of Justice court data on the Bahrain Open Data Portal. The average first instance case took 3.1 months. Appeal courts received 12,080 new cases and the Court of Cassation 2,730.

New first instance cases rose from 42,979 in 2024. A clearance rate above 1 means courts resolved more cases than they received, so the backlog fell; 9,242 first instance cases were pending at the end of 2025. The figures cover all case types, not only criminal cases.

Official sources: Bahrain Open Data Portal: judicial cases by type and level

How many people die on Bahrain's roads?

76 people died in road accidents in Bahrain in 2025, up from 65 in 2024 and 70 in 2023, according to traffic accident data on the Bahrain Open Data Portal. There were 968 injury accidents and 1,280 people injured in 2025.

The counts cover accidents recorded by the traffic authorities that caused injury or death, not minor collisions with only damage. Year-to-year changes in small numbers of deaths can be large in percentage terms.

Official sources: Bahrain Open Data Portal: injury accidents, injuries and deaths

How common is murder in Bahrain?

Bahrain recorded 0.2 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2022, according to UN Office on Drugs and Crime data published by the World Bank.

The rate is based on homicides reported by the national authorities to the UN. With a population of about 1.6 million, a rate of 0.2 per 100,000 means only a handful of cases a year, so small changes move the rate a lot. No national recorded crime series was found on the open data portal.

Official sources: World Bank: intentional homicides, Bahrain

How many murders are there in Bahrain?

In 2022, the intentional homicide rate in Bahrain was 0.2 per 100,000, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Since 2007 it has ranged from 0.1 per 100,000 (2021) to 1.1 per 100,000 (2009). Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 1.3 per 100,000, and Bahrain placed 9th highest of 10. Of 99 countries with 2022 data, 97th highest.

How many women are murdered in Bahrain?

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime puts the homicide rate for women in Bahrain at 0.3 per 100,000 in 2022. That is the highest since at least 2010. Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 0.5 per 100,000, and Bahrain placed 7th highest of 9. Worldwide: 88th of 94.

What is the male homicide rate in Bahrain?

According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the homicide rate for men in Bahrain was 0.1 per 100,000 in 2022. It is the bottom of the series, which starts in 2010. It is 8th highest of 8 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, where the median is 1.7 per 100,000. Of 93 countries with 2022 data, 93rd highest.