Cameroon: crime and justice

What is the homicide rate in Cameroon?

Cameroon recorded 6.8 intentional homicides per 100,000 people in 2022, the latest year available, according to the World Bank, using UN Office on Drugs and Crime data. The rate was 4.6 in 2020.

The figure counts deaths deliberately caused by another person, as recorded by national authorities. Homicide figures for Cameroon are not published every year, so 2022 is the latest point. No more recent official figure was found on the national police website.

Official sources: World Bank: Intentional homicides, Cameroon

What is the crime rate in Cameroon?

No regular official national crime statistics for Cameroon were found online on 15 October 2026. The national police, the DGSN, and the gendarmerie record offences, but no published annual series was found on their sites.

The only regularly published official measure is the homicide rate, 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2022. Crime indexes and city rankings found online are compiled by private websites from user surveys, not from official records. The Ministry of Justice's website could not be reached.

Official sources: DGSN · World Bank: Intentional homicides, Cameroon

How many murders are there in Cameroon?

6.8 per 100,000: that is the intentional homicide rate in Cameroon for 2022, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. It is the top of the series, which starts in 2008. It is 4th highest of 8 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 6.8 per 100,000. Worldwide: 32nd of 99.

How many women are murdered in Cameroon?

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime puts the homicide rate for women in Cameroon at 2.3 per 100,000 in 2020. Sub-Saharan Africa median: 1.8 per 100,000; Cameroon is 4th highest of 9. Of 107 countries with 2020 data, 30th highest.

How many men are killed in Cameroon?

In 2020, the homicide rate for men in Cameroon was 6.9 per 100,000, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Sub-Saharan Africa median: 6.4 per 100,000; Cameroon is 4th highest of 8. Of 106 countries with 2020 data, 37th highest.

How many people have been killed in fighting in Cameroon?

The latest figure from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, for 2024, is 231. The peak was 969 in 2014 and the low 98 in 2017. Sub-Saharan Africa median: 164; Cameroon is 9th highest of 20. Worldwide: 20th of 41.