4.3
2025 (latest)
HOMICIDE RATE
offenses per 100,000 people · 2000–2025 · lower is better · FBI Crime Data Explorer, reported homicide
5.8
2000
6.9
high · 2021
4.3
low · 2025
−26%
since 2000
┊ dashed lines mark 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. FBI CDE reported homicide offenses, monthly rates per 100,000 summed to an annual rate. Reported figures, not the retired UCR estimates, so the series starts at 2000 and carries the same 2021 NIBRS-transition caveat as the other crime rows. Partial years are excluded.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Homicide Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 | −17% |
| 2024 | 5.2 | −15% |
| 2023 | 6.1 | −12% |
| 2022 | 6.9 | +0% |
| 2021 | 6.9 | +1% |
| 2020 | 6.8 | +28% |
| 2019 | 5.3 | +2% |
| 2018 | 5.2 | −2% |
| 2017 | 5.3 | −2% |
| 2016 | 5.4 | +8% |
| 2015 | 5.0 | +11% |
| 2014 | 4.5 | −2% |
| 2013 | 4.6 | −4% |
| 2012 | 4.8 | +0% |
| 2011 | 4.8 | +0% |
| 2010 | 4.8 | −6% |
| 2009 | 5.1 | −7% |
| 2008 | 5.5 | −5% |
| 2007 | 5.8 | −2% |
| 2006 | 5.9 | +0% |
| 2005 | 5.9 | +4% |
| 2004 | 5.7 | −3% |
| 2003 | 5.9 | +0% |
| 2002 | 5.9 | +0% |
| 2001 | 5.9 | +2% |
| 2000 | 5.8 | — |
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