Homicide Rate

Security Ministry officials told Congress that Honduras's homicide rate fell 5.4% and multiple-victim killings dropped 30% under the government's crime-prevention strategy.

Pimienta, a municipality in Cortés Department, stands out as the only town in the region with no homicides recorded so far this year.

Police say the homicide rate fell to 11.74 per 100,000 in the first six months of 2026, with 103 municipalities reporting zero killings, though experts urge independent verification and note femicides remain high at around 135 cases.

The director of the UNAH's Violence Observatory reported to Radio HRN that Honduras averages six homicides per day, with Francisco Morazán, Cortés, Olancho, Yoro, Atlántida, and Copán departments recording the highest rates.