The data notes that "In 2022, there were 3 862 intentional homicides in the EU, which is relatively low compared with many other parts of the world. Expressed as a ratio per 100 000 inhabitants, intentional homicides peaked in the Baltic countries of Latvia (4.0) and Lithuania (2.2), while the lowest incidences were recorded in Italy and Slovenia (both 0.6)."
But in the case of Latvia at least, assumptions that homicide is an almost exclusively urban affair may be wide of the mark....