Zambia: crime and justice

What is the homicide rate in Zambia?

Zambia's intentional homicide rate was 5.2 per 100,000 people in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank database, which uses figures from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

The figure counts homicides recorded by police, so it can understate killings that are not reported. No more recent national crime figures were found on the sites of the Zambia Police Service and the Zambia Statistics Agency, checked on 15 October 2026.

Official sources: World Bank: Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, Zambia

How many murders are there in Zambia?

5.2 per 100,000: that is the intentional homicide rate in Zambia for 2015, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. The peak was 6.0 per 100,000 in 2009 and the low 5.2 per 100,000 in 2014. Across Sub-Saharan Africa the middle value was 4.3 per 100,000, and Zambia placed 6th highest of 16. World rank, highest first: 38th of 120.