Homicides in Medellín, Colombia, 2010–2019

Author

Joe Bloggs

Published

4 October 2026

Table 1 shows the number of homicides in each neighbourhood of Medellín in each year from 2010 to 2019. During that time, on average the La Candelaria neighbourhood had the highest number of homicides (126 per year).

Table 1: Homicides in neighbourhoods of Medellín
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
La Candelaria 201 168 145 142 116 90 98 103 108 87
San Javier 228 220 162 110 64 30 38 46 89 49
Robledo 111 98 69 70 56 43 53 69 55 36
Aranjuez 160 110 90 52 45 32 26 27 39 34
Belen 99 108 78 52 34 32 33 48 42 53
Villa Hermosa 119 123 109 58 32 21 29 21 20 33
Castilla 126 103 42 45 56 46 58 33 26 29
Doce De Octubre 133 96 53 48 40 25 23 30 23 24
San Cristobal 67 73 65 54 38 24 32 37 21 39
Manrique 166 86 46 32 20 13 13 13 17 18
Guayabal 66 68 55 36 29 27 26 26 29 24
San Antonio De Prado 45 109 77 41 8 14 15 17 15 9
Laureles 51 41 43 38 30 28 21 24 32 25
Popular 137 25 36 20 13 9 15 13 12 20
Altavista 29 50 46 31 11 14 12 24 46 36
Buenos Aires 61 50 40 30 20 9 16 13 7 11
Santa Cruz 90 29 31 22 17 21 8 14 11 12
La America 40 39 26 23 8 9 14 12 31 34
El Poblado 22 17 7 7 11 5 8 7 11 9
Santa Elena 12 22 22 11 10 3 3 3 0 9
Palmitas 0 5 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 3