In 2019, there were six deaths by homicide per 100,000 of the population in the United States, compared to 5.9 deaths by homicide in the previous year. This is an increase from 1950, when there were 5.1 deaths by homicide per 100,000 resident population in the United States. However, within the provided time period, the death rate for homicide in the U.S. was highest in 1980, when there were 10.4 deaths by homicide per 100,000 of the population in the United States.

Homicides in the United States

The term homicide is used when a human being is killed by another human being. Criminal homicide takes several forms, for example murder; but homicide is not always a crime, it also includes affirmative defense, insanity, self-defense or the execution of convicted criminals. In the United States, youth homicide has especially been seen as a problem of urban areas, due to poverty, limited adult supervision, involvement in drug and gang activities, and school failure. Both homicide rates and suicide rates in the U.S. among people aged 20 to 24 and teenagers aged 15 to 19 have vastly increased since 2001.

This dataset includes all criminal offenses reported to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Each case report (incident) may have several offenses. Each offense may have multiple suspects and/or victims.

Important: This dataset provided by CSPD does not apply the same counting rules as official data reported to the Colorado Bureau of Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This means comparisons to those datasets would be inaccurate.

Handguns are by far the most common murder weapon used in the United States, accounting for 7,159 homicides in 2023. This is followed by firearms of an unstated type, with 5,295 cases in that year. Why do murders happen in the U.S.? While most of the time the circumstances of murders in the U.S. remain unknown, homicides due to narcotics come in as the second most common circumstance – making them more common than, for example, gang killings. Despite these gruesome facts, the violent crime rate has fallen significantly since 1990, and the United States is much safer than it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Knife crime vs disease: Leading causes of death The death rate in the U.S. had hovered around the same level since 1990 until there was a large increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years. Heart disease, cancer, and accidents were the three leading causes of death in the country in 2022. The rate of death from heart disease is significantly higher than the homicide rate in the United States, at 167.2 deaths per 100,000 population compared to a 5.7 homicides per 100,000. Given just 1,562 murders were caused by knife crime, it is fair to say that heart disease is a far bigger killer in the U.S.

Number, rate and percentage changes in rates of homicide victims, Canada, provinces and territories, 1961 to 2024.

In the 21st century, homicide has been responsible for roughly 0.6 to 0.8 percent of all deaths in the United States. While this is higher than annual rates observed in the post-WWII era, it is significantly less than the rates seen between the mid-1960s and mid-1990s, where over one percent of all deaths in the U.S. were from homicide in most years. Crime wave of the late 20th century There are a variety of factors attributed to the crime wave of the late 20th century. Demographic factors include the arrival of the baby boomer generation into adolescence, a rise in urbanization, and a growing share of the population living in poverty. A series of economic recessions saw the prosperity of the post-war period come to an end, and many turned to crime in response.

This coincided with a rise in the illegal drug trade and drug consumption, as well as the federal government's response via the so-called "War on Drugs", which changed the dynamics of inter-city crime and law enforcement for decades to come. A rise in incarceration rates has been cited as one of the reasons for the "Great Crime Decline" of the 1990s, although many are skeptical of its long-term effectiveness.

This table contains the number of persons died as a result of murder or manslaughter, where the crime scene is located in the Netherlands. The victims can be residents or non-residents of the Netherlands. The data can be split by location of the crime, method, age and sex. The criterion is the date of death, the date of the criminal act can be in the previous year. Since 2013 Statistics Netherlands is using Iris for automatic coding for causes of death. This improved the international comparison of the data. The change in coding did cause a considerable shift in the statistics. Since 2013 the (yearly) ICD-10 updates are applied. However for murder and manslaughter no changes in coding have taken place. The ICD-10 codes that belong to murder and manslaughter are X85-Y09.

Data available from: 1996

Status of the figures: The figures up to and including 2023 are final, the figures for 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of August 28th 2025: The provisional figures for 2024 are added.

When will new figures be published: In the first quarter of 2026 the final figures for 2024 will be published.

Victims of gang-related homicides (total number of homicide victims; number of homicide victims - unknown gang-relation; number of homicide victims - known gang relation; number of gang-related homicide victims; percentage of gang-related homicide victims; rate (per 100,000 population) of gang-related homicide victims), Canada and regions, 1999 to 2024.

Knives or other sharp objects were involved in ** percent of homicides in England and Wales in 2023/24, the most of any method of killing. Homicides which involved hitting or kicking without a weapon made up **** percent of homicides, while shootings were identified as the method in *** percent of homicides. Overall, there were *** homicides in this reporting year, which was slightly lower than in the previous year, when there were ***, but noticeably higher than in 2014/15, when there were ***. Firearm homicides rare in England and Wales In 2023/24, there were *** knife homicides in England and Wales, compared with *** in 2021/22, which was the highest figure recently. By comparison, homicides which involved the use of a firearm were far less common, with just ** in the 2023/24 reporting year. Due to strict gun laws and low levels of ownership, the UK contrasts starkly with the United States, which has struggled with high levels of gun violence. Although some specialist police officers in England and Wales are licensed to carry firearms, the majority of police officers are unarmed. In 2023/24, for example, there were just ***** armed police, out of around ******* police officers. Overall knife crime on the rise Like many other types of crime, knife crime offences in the ***** started to decline at the start of the decade before creeping up again from 2014 onwards, reaching almost ****** in 2019/20. In London, where much of the media’s attention on knife crime is focused, there were ****** knife crime offences alone in 2019/20. Although this fell during subsequent reporting years, which were influenced by COVID-19 restrictions, it remains to be seen if the trend will continue. In 2023/24, the number of knife offences in the capital was higher than in any other year since 2019/20.

Number and percentage of homicide victims, by type of firearm used to commit the homicide (total firearms; handgun; rifle or shotgun; fully automatic firearm; sawed-off rifle or shotgun; firearm-like weapons; other firearms, type unknown), Canada, 1974 to 2018.

Context

This dataset provides information on violence in California's criminal justice system, whether the victim was a civilian or an officer or if the incident occurred during the arrest or while a subject was in custody. It's composed of a few related datasets:

• Use of force incidents: The use of force (URSUS) incidents that result in serious bodily injury or death or involved the discharge of a firearm are reported annually from LEAs and other entities throughout the state that employ peace officers. The URSUS data is narrowly defined and does not represent the totality of use of force incidents that occur in California. LEAs are only required to report use of force incidents that result in serious bodily injury or death of either the civilian or the officer and all incidents where there is a discharge of a firearm. As such, caution must be used when using the data for comparisons or in calculating rates.

• Law enforcement officers killed: Law Enforcement Officer's Killed or Assaulted (LEOKA) data are reported as part of the Federal Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program by LEAs throughout the state. LEOKA data are summary data, meaning it is a collection of information describing the totality of incidents, not a collection at the detailed, incident level. LEOKA is a federally mandated collection. From the 1960's until 1990, the CJSC did not retain any of the LEOKA data; the forms were passed along to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In 1990, the DOJ began to collect and retain the data from the LEOKA form for statistical purposes, but it wasn't until 2000, that full retention at the State level was defined and standardized.

• Death in Custody & Arrest-Related Deaths: State and local law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities report information on deaths that occur in custody or during the process of arrest in compliance with Section 12525 of the California Government Code. Contributors include: California law enforcement agencies, county probation departments, state hospitals, and state correctional facilities. Data are subject to revision as reports are received by the California Department of Justice (DOJ); figures in previous and current releases may not match.

• Citizens' Complaints Against Peace Officers: State and local law enforcement agencies that employ peace officers provide Citizens' Complaints Against Peace Officers (CCAPO) data via an annual summary. The information includes the number of criminal and non-criminal complaints reported by citizens and the number of complaints sustained. Assembly Bill 953 (2015) modified the reporting requirements to expand the types of findings and also include complaints based upon racial and identity profiling claims. 2016 was the first year of collection under the new reporting requirements.

Acknowledgements

This dataset was made available by the state of California's open justice program.

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The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) collects data on violent deaths, i.e., suicides, homicides, and legal intervention, including terrorism-related incidents. The system also includes some other types of deaths, namely deaths due to undetermined intent and unintentional deaths due to firearms. One of the main reasons for including these types of deaths is that there is overlap in how these deaths are coded. For example, a particular poisoning case may be classified as an undetermined death in one state, but in a neighboring state, the same case may be coded as a suicide or an unintentional poisoning. NVDRS is an incident-based system that collects data from different data sources, including death certificates, coroner and medical examiner records, police reports, crime lab data, and child fatality review records. The system collects data on a violent incident, the deaths belonging to that incident, the injury mechanisms leading to death, and the alleged perpetrators (suspects) involved in the violent incident. The relationship of the victim to the suspect is also recorded, as are the relationships of each person to the injury mechanisms included. State health departments participating in NVDRS typically identify relevant violent deaths as their death certificates are filed and then establish the details of the cases from medical examiner, coroner, and law enforcement records. Data collection is ongoing as the source documents from the different data providers become available at different times and intervals. The data represent the violent incidents that occurred between January and December of that data year as submitted by the participating states.

Description:

This comprehensive dataset offers an in-depth look at gun-related deaths in the United States from 2012 to 2014, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It provides a rich source of information for public health research, policy development, and sociological studies, offering a nuanced understanding of the dynamics and demographics of gun-related fatalities.

Features:

• Year: The year when the death occurred, providing a temporal context.
• Month: The month of the incident, adding more granularity to the timeline.
• Intent: Categorizes the death by intent, such as suicide or homicide, essential for understanding the circumstances.
• Police: Indicates whether a police officer was involved in the death.
• Sex: The gender of the deceased, crucial for demographic analysis.
• Age: The age of the deceased, providing insights into age-related trends.
• Race: The race of the deceased, essential for understanding racial disparities.
• Place: The location of the incident, such as home or street, which can influence the context of the death.
• Education: Educational background of the deceased, offering a socio-economic dimension.

Use Case:

This dataset is highly valuable for tasks such as public health research, policy formulation in gun control, and sociological studies. It can be employed to analyze trends and patterns in gun-related deaths, assist in crafting informed laws and public safety measures, and provide a foundation for educational and awareness initiatives about gun violence and its impact on different demographic groups.

Note: - Entries are organized chronologically, capturing each recorded incident in detail. - The dataset is especially significant for examining year-on-year trends and demographic variances in gun-related fatalities, serving as a critical resource for comprehensive analysis and research.

Turks and Caicos Islands saw a murder rate of ***** per 100,000 inhabitants, making it the most dangerous country for this kind of crime worldwide as of 2024. Interestingly, El Salvador, which long had the highest global homicide rates, has dropped out of the top 29 after a high number of gang members have been incarcerated. Meanwhile, Colima in Mexico was the most dangerous city for murders. Violent conflicts worldwide Notably, these figures do not include deaths that resulted from war or a violent conflict. While there is a persistent number of conflicts worldwide, resulting casualties are not considered murders. Partially due to this reason, homicide rates in Latin America are higher than those in Afghanistan or Syria. A different definition of murder in these circumstances could change the rate significantly in some countries. Causes of death Also, noteworthy is that murders are usually not random events. In the United States, the circumstances of murders are most commonly arguments, followed by narcotics incidents and robberies. Additionally, murders are not a leading cause of death. Heart diseases, strokes and cancer pose a greater threat to life than violent crime.

This table contains data on the rate of violent crime (crimes per 1,000 population) for California, its regions, counties, cities and towns. Crime and population data are from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Uniform Crime Reports. Rates above the city/town level include data from city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies. The table is part of a series of indicators in the Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project of the Office of Health Equity. Ten percent of all deaths in young California adults aged 15-44 years are related to assault and homicide. In 2010, California law enforcement agencies reported 1,809 murders, 8,331 rapes, and over 95,000 aggravated assaults. African Americans in California are 11 times more likely to die of assault and homicide than Whites. More information about the data table and a data dictionary can be found in the About/Attachments section.

The graph illustrates the murder rate in the United States from 1985 to 2025. The x-axis represents the years, labeled with two-digit abbreviations from '85 to '25, while the y-axis shows the annual murder rate per 100,000 individuals. Throughout this 41-year period, the murder rate fluctuates between a high of 10.66 in 1991 and a low of 4.7 in 2014. Overall, the data reveals a significant downward trend in the murder rate from the mid-1980s, reaching its lowest point in the mid-2010s, followed by slight increases in the most recent years.

The number of students, staff, and non-student school-associated violent deaths in U.S. schools since 1992 has remained relatively steady. During the 2019-2020 school year, 25 people were killed or committed suicide in an elementary, middle, or high school.

Number of homicide victims, by method used to commit the homicide (total methods used; shooting; stabbing; beating; strangulation; fire (burns or suffocation); other methods used; methods used unknown), Canada, 1974 to 2024.

NCRB functions as the repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators. Subsequently, NCRB was entrusted with the responsibility for monitoring, coordinating and implementing the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS). NCRB also compiles and publishes National Crime Statistics i.e. Crime in India, Accidental Deaths & Suicides and also Prison Statistics. These publications serve as principal reference point by policy makers, police, criminologists, researchers and media, both in India and abroad. NCRB has been conferred with Silver award during Digital India Awards 2016 under Open Data Championship category from the Government of India for uploading Crime Statistics since 1953 on Govt. Portal.This layer contains information on violent crime incidence (crime head-wise as well as state/ UT wise) in 2022, which was published by the Bureau on their website. Along with total violent crimes, following related information are also available in the attribute table:Murder (Section 302 IPC)Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder (Section 304 IPC)Infanticide (Section 315 IPC)Foeticide (Section 316 IPC)Dowry Deaths (Section 304B IPC)Attempt to Commit Murder (Section 307 IPC)Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide (Section 308 IPC)Grievous Hurt (Sections 325, 326, 326A & 326B IPC)Kidnapping and Abduction (Sections 363-369 IPC)Rape (Section 376 IPC)Attempt to Commit Rape (Section 376 r/w 511 IPC)Rioting (Sections 147-151 & 153A IPC)Robbery (Sections 392 to 394 IPC)Dacoity (Sections 395 to 398 IPC)Arson (Sections 435 to 438 IPC)Total Violent CrimesSource: https://www.ncrb.gov.in/crime-in-india.html Crime in India statistics 2022 Pg No 197 This map layer is offered by Esri India, for ArcGIS Online subscribers. If you have any question or comments, please let us know via content@esri.in.

The average for 2017 based on 97 countries was 7.4 homicides per 100,000 people. The highest value was in El Salvador: 61.8 homicides per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Japan: 0.2 homicides per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2017. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Dataset Description:

This dataset contains crime statistics in India, categorized by State/Union Territory (STATE/UT) and District (DISTRICT) on a yearly basis (YEAR). It provides insights into various criminal activities reported across different regions of India.

Columns:

1. STATE/UT: The State or Union Territory where the crime was reported.
2. DISTRICT: The district within the State/UT where the crime was reported.
3. YEAR: The year when the crime was reported.
4. MURDER: Number of reported cases of murder.
5. ATTEMPT TO MURDER: Number of reported cases of attempted murder.
6. CULPABLE HOMICIDE NOT AMOUNTING TO MURDER: Number of reported cases of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
7. RAPE: Number of reported cases of rape.
8. CUSTODIAL RAPE: Number of reported cases of custodial rape.
9. OTHER RAPE: Number of reported cases of rape other than custodial rape.
10. KIDNAPPING & ABDUCTION: Number of reported cases of kidnapping and abduction.
11. KIDNAPPING AND ABDUCTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS: Number of reported cases of kidnapping and abduction of women and girls.
12. KIDNAPPING AND ABDUCTION OF OTHERS: Number of reported cases of kidnapping and abduction of others.
13. DACOITY: Number of reported cases of dacoity.
14. PREPARATION AND ASSEMBLY FOR DACOITY: Number of reported cases related to preparation and assembly for dacoity.
15. ROBBERY: Number of reported cases of robbery.
16. BURGLARY: Number of reported cases of burglary.
17. THEFT: Number of reported cases of theft.
18. AUTO THEFT: Number of reported cases of auto theft.
19. OTHER THEFT: Number of reported cases of other theft.
20. RIOTS: Number of reported cases of riots.
21. CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST: Number of reported cases of criminal breach of trust.
22. CHEATING: Number of reported cases of cheating.
23. COUNTERFIETING: Number of reported cases of counterfeiting.
24. ARSON: Number of reported cases of arson.
25. HURT/GREVIOUS HURT: Number of reported cases of hurt/grievous hurt.
26. DOWRY DEATHS: Number of reported cases of dowry deaths.
27. ASSAULT ON WOMEN WITH INTENT TO OUTRAGE HER MODESTY: Number of reported cases of assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty.
28. INSULT TO MODESTY OF WOMEN: Number of reported cases of insult to modesty of women.
29. CRUELTY BY HUSBAND OR HIS RELATIVES: Number of reported cases of cruelty by husband or his relatives.
30. IMPORTATION OF GIRLS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES: Number of reported cases of importation of girls from foreign countries.
31. CAUSING DEATH BY NEGLIGENCE: Number of reported cases of causing death by negligence.
32. OTHER IPC CRIMES: Number of reported cases of other IPC crimes.
33. TOTAL IPC CRIMES: Total number of reported IPC crimes.