Dublin tops Berlin, Rome and Paris on rate of homicide
The figure for the capital city shows there were 2.26 homicides per 100,000 people, with a rate of 1.28 for Ireland as a whole.
The homicide rates in European capitals varied from as low as zero for Valletta, capital of Malta, to as high as 9.75 for Tallinn, capital of Estonia. Dublin, however, scored a higher rate than cities such as Berlin, Madrid, Rome and Paris, but was relatively close to Edinburgh (2.41) and London (2.64).
