One hundred and ninety-seven people were shot in The Bahamas last year, police reported.
In total, there were 160 shooting incidents, according to police.
Police also said they seized 438 illegal firearms and 6,853 rounds of ammunition in 2013.
Police seized 245 pistols, 52 revolvers, 85 shotguns, 23 rifles, seven prohibited weapons and 26 imitation firearms, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said at a press briefing on Wednesday.
Greenslade said police seized 232 illegal weapons through intelligence and 121 through road checks. Most of the firearms were found in New Providence, he said.
Greenslade said police are committed to clamping down on gun crimes.
"An invigorated team of detectives at the Firearms Tracing and Investigations Unit (FTIU) performed exceptionally well in 2013 by executing search warrants and conducting directed operations against firearm traffickers and persons suspected of being in possession of illegal firearms and ammunition," he said.
The 2013 statistics show that murders rose seven percent last year over 2012, but overall crime went down by eight percent. The numbers show that crimes against the person fell four percent in 2013.
However, incidents of rape, attempted rape and unlawful sexual intercourse increased. Of last year's 119 murders, 112 happened in New Providence, five in Grand Bahama and two in Andros, according to police.
Illegal firearms, mostly handguns, were used in 98 of the murders while knives were used in 10.
The majority of last year's murder victims, 102, were men. The highest concentration of murders were in the northeastern division of New Providence, 25, followed by 17 in the central division, 16 in the southeastern division and 14 in the southern division.
Greenslade also revealed that police investigated 17 new proceeds of crime cases with a cash value of $1,860,437.
He said eight proceeds of crime cases were put before the courts with a cash value of $710,485.
He said $1,326,979 was forfeited to the Crown by the courts as proceeds of crime and attempted export of cash.
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