 | This article needs to be updated. (September 2020) |
| Puerto Rico | |
|---|---|
| Crime rates* (2008) | |
| Violent crimes | |
| Homicide | 26.2(2011)[1] |
| Rape | 2.4 |
| Robbery | 138.3 |
| Aggravated assault | 78.8 |
| Total violent crime | 239.9 |
| Property crimes | |
| Burglary | 484 |
| Larceny-theft | 837.4 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 177.1 |
| Total property crime | 1,498.5 |
Notes *Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population. Source: FBI 2008 UCR data | |
The Illegal drug trade in Puerto Rico is a problem from a criminal, social, and medical perspective. Located in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico has become a major transshipment point for drugs into the United States.[2] Violent and property crimes have increased due in part to dealers trying to keep their drug business afloat, using guns and violence to protect themselves, their turfs, and drug habits.[3]
Crimes related to drugs are not the only crimes plaguing the island. Along with gang violence the island has also been victim to Police and political corruption.[4]
- ^ "UNODC Homicide Statistics". UNODC. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "National Drug Intelligence Center. "Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Drug Threat Assessment."" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ Montalvo-Barbot, Alfredo. "Crime in Puerto Rico: drug trafficking, money laundering, and the poor." Crime and Delinquency 43.4 (1997): 533–548. print.
- ^ Leandry-Vega, I. (2012).Puerto Rico: criadero de narcos, sicarios, agresores y embusteros Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Charleston, SC.: Editorial Espacio Creativo, pp.165–167. ISBN 978-1470110277.