Gun crime Further information: Gun violence and Crime in Switzerland In 2014 there were 173 attempted and completed homicides, of which 18 involved firearms (10.4%). 41 of them were completed, therefore Switzerland had a murder rate of 0.49 per 100,000 population, the lowest raw figure and lowest rate for 33 years, since the start of the nationwide coordinated collection of statistical data, despite a 27% growth in population (from 6.4 million to 8.1 million) over the same period.[21]