Citizen security efforts led by a national inter-agency Joint Task Force have delivered significant progress, with new official data showing the lowest cumulative homicide rate in three years recorded by mid-June 2026. As of June 19, the accumulated homicide rate across the country stands at 6.98 per 100,000 inhabitants — a figure that marks the lowest point since 2023, according to the task force’s official 153rd weekly crime statistics report. This milestone underscores the growing effectiveness of the national strategy that combines proactive crime prevention, targeted investigative work, and aggressive prosecution of criminal offenders.
The monthly homicide rate for June 2026 is recorded at 4.73 per 100,000 inhabitants, extending a consistent downward trajectory that has held steady for multiple reporting periods. Homicide rate is widely recognized as one of the most critical benchmarks for measuring the overall safety of a community and the success of public security policy, making this sustained reduction a notable win for national security stakeholders.
Breakdown data by administrative territory reveals just how widespread this progress has been. Out of the 34 territorial divisions that make up the country, 29 now register single-digit homicide rates per 100,000 inhabitants. Only five territories report double-digit rates, which translates to 85.3 percent of the entire national territory holding a homicide incidence of 9.99 or fewer per 100,000 people.
Security officials attribute these positive results to close, ongoing coordination between all agencies participating in the Joint Task Force. The collaborative body brings together the National Police, the Armed Forces, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and multiple other state-run security institutions to implement a layered approach to crime reduction. Tactics deployed include targeted enforcement operations against high-risk criminal networks, advanced intelligence gathering to disrupt planned criminal activity, regular preventive patrols in communities, and constant real-time monitoring of crime trends to adjust strategies as needed.