Egypt’s homicide rate has tripled since 2009, as the country continues to experience political and social turmoil post its 2011 revolution. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released its latest study on homicide across the world, with South American countries leading the list of countries with the highest murder rates in the world. Despite Egypt’s homicide rate almost ‘tripling’ since 2009 Egypt still has lower homicide rates than most African, Asian, and American countries, including the United States of America. Until 2010, Egypt witnessed just over one homicide for every 100,000 people. This was even lower prior to 2005. However, after the January 25 revolution in 2011, this dramatically increased to 3.5 homicides per 100,000 people: an increase of more than 200 percent. Among the homicide victims in Egypt, 87.8 percent are male and 12.2 percent are female. UNODC states that males form the majority of victims across the globe. The methods of which homicide occurs have also dramatically changed since the revolution. In 2010, 23 percent of homicides were by firearm, 21 percent by sharp objects and 56 percent were by ‘other means (such as…
