Vanuatu: crime and justice

What is the crime rate in Vanuatu?

No official crime statistics for Vanuatu were found on the websites of the Vanuatu Police Force and the Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics, checked on 15 October 2026. Neither site publishes counts of recorded offences.

The bureau's social statistics cover the Women's Lives and Family Relationships Survey, wellbeing and constituency profiles, but not recorded crime. Without police figures, there is no official way to tell whether recorded crime in Vanuatu is rising or falling, so treat any crime rate quoted for the country with caution.

Official sources: Vanuatu Police Force · Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics

What is the homicide rate in Vanuatu?

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime puts the intentional homicide rate in Vanuatu at 0.3 per 100,000 in 2020. Across East Asia & Pacific the middle value was 0.7 per 100,000, and Vanuatu placed 9th highest of 11. World rank, highest first: 117th of 121.

How many women are killed in Vanuatu?

The latest figure from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, for 2020, is 0.7 per 100,000. It is 4th highest of 9 in East Asia & Pacific, where the median is 0.6 per 100,000. World rank, highest first: 73rd of 107.

How many men are killed in Vanuatu?

In 2019, the homicide rate for men in Vanuatu was 0.7 per 100,000, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. It is 7th highest of 10 in East Asia & Pacific, where the median is 1.6 per 100,000. Of 108 countries with 2019 data, 97th highest.