El Salvador has recorded nine days without homicides in the first half of August 2025, according to official data from the National Civil Police (PNC) released early Tuesday. The most recent was Monday, August 11, which concluded without any reported killings nationwide.
These nine homicide-free days add to an unprecedented streak of public safety: 29 days in July, 25 in June, May, and April each, 22 in March, 26 in February, and 25 in January — totaling 185 days without homicides so far in 2025.
Since the beginning of President Nayib Bukele’s administration, El Salvador has reached 983 days with zero homicides, 869 of them during the State of Exception. These results are attributed to the government’s public security initiatives, including the Territorial Control Plan, which continues to transform El Salvador into the safest country in the Western Hemisphere.
The sustained decline in homicides reaffirms the nation’s global standing as a model for effective security policy and crime reduction.