Bangladesh: crime and justice

What is the crime rate in Bangladesh?

No official crime figures could be read for this page: the Bangladesh Police website, which publishes crime statistics by year and by offence, could not be reached on 15 October 2026 (the connection was reset). No crime table was found on the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics site on the same date.

Police statistics count cases recorded by police, such as murder, robbery, theft and drug offences, and depend on what victims report. For an international comparison, the World Bank carries the UN Office on Drugs and Crime homicide series, which shows 2.34 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in Bangladesh in 2018, the latest year it lists.

Official sources: World Bank: intentional homicides, Bangladesh

What is the murder rate in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh recorded 2.34 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2018, according to UN Office on Drugs and Crime data published by the World Bank. The rate was 2.19 in 2017 and 2.53 in 2015.

The UN series is based on police records supplied by the government, and no year after 2018 is listed, so it is not a current figure. Bangladesh Police publishes yearly murder case counts on its own crime statistics pages, which could not be reached on 15 October 2026. Counts of cases and of victims can differ, because one case can involve several victims.

Official sources: World Bank: intentional homicides, Bangladesh

How many prisons are there in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh has 13 central jails and 55 district jails, and the prison department is made up of a headquarters, 8 divisional prison offices and 70 prisons, according to the Department of Prisons Bangladesh Jail at a glance page.

The prisons come under the Ministry of Home Affairs and hold both convicted prisoners and people awaiting trial; the department led by the Inspector General of Prisons runs them. The page does not give the number of prisoners or prison capacity, and no current prison population figure was found on the department's site on 15 October 2026. The oldest, Dhaka Central Jail, dates from a criminal ward built in 1788.

Official sources: Department of Prisons: Bangladesh Jail at a glance

How do I check a court case in Bangladesh?

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh publishes daily cause lists and an online case search for the Appellate Division and High Court Division on its website, and runs a separate case filing and tracking system for lawyers.

Cases in the lower courts, such as district and sessions courts, are handled by each court, and their status is not part of the Supreme Court search. The court site does not publish an overall count of pending cases on its home page, so backlog figures quoted elsewhere could not be confirmed here on 15 October 2026.

Official sources: Supreme Court of Bangladesh · Supreme Court: case filing system

What is the murder rate in Bangladesh?

2.3 per 100,000: that is the intentional homicide rate in Bangladesh for 2018, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Its high point since 2005 was 2014, at 2.9 per 100,000; its low point was 2017, at 2.2 per 100,000. South Asia median: 2.3 per 100,000; Bangladesh is 3rd highest of 5. World rank, highest first: 64th of 121.

How many people have been killed in fighting in Bangladesh?

According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, battle-related deaths in Bangladesh was 2 in 2024. That is the lowest since at least 2005. Worldwide: 38th of 41.