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Murders in California

Murders in California was 1,370 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 17.2% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count1,370
Change on 2024-17.2%
Rank2nd of 51US states ranked
Series high4,0961993
Series low1,3702025

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Murders in California, 1979 to 2025

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019791986199320002007201420251979: 2,952 count1980: 3,411 count1981: 3,143 count1982: 2,779 count1983: 2,639 count1984: 2,717 count1985: 2,770 count1986: 3,038 count1987: 2,924 count1988: 2,936 count1989: 3,158 count1990: 3,553 count1991: 3,859 count1992: 3,921 count1993: 4,096 count1994: 3,703 count1995: 3,531 count1996: 2,916 count1997: 2,579 count1998: 2,171 count1999: 2,005 count2000: 2,079 count2001: 2,206 count2002: 2,395 count2003: 2,407 count2004: 2,392 count2005: 2,503 count2006: 2,486 count2007: 2,262 count2008: 2,142 count2009: 1,972 count2010: 1,809 count2011: 1,792 count2012: 1,884 count2013: 1,746 count2014: 1,700 count2015: 1,861 count2016: 1,930 count2017: 1,830 count2018: 1,739 count2019: 1,690 count2020: 2,203 count2021: 2,346 count2022: 2,248 count2023: 1,946 count2024: 1,654 count2025: 1,370 count1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019791995201120251979: 2,952 count1980: 3,411 count1981: 3,143 count1982: 2,779 count1983: 2,639 count1984: 2,717 count1985: 2,770 count1986: 3,038 count1987: 2,924 count1988: 2,936 count1989: 3,158 count1990: 3,553 count1991: 3,859 count1992: 3,921 count1993: 4,096 count1994: 3,703 count1995: 3,531 count1996: 2,916 count1997: 2,579 count1998: 2,171 count1999: 2,005 count2000: 2,079 count2001: 2,206 count2002: 2,395 count2003: 2,407 count2004: 2,392 count2005: 2,503 count2006: 2,486 count2007: 2,262 count2008: 2,142 count2009: 1,972 count2010: 1,809 count2011: 1,792 count2012: 1,884 count2013: 1,746 count2014: 1,700 count2015: 1,861 count2016: 1,930 count2017: 1,830 count2018: 1,739 count2019: 1,690 count2020: 2,203 count2021: 2,346 count2022: 2,248 count2023: 1,946 count2024: 1,654 count2025: 1,370 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
20251,370
20241,654
20231,946
20222,248
20212,346
20202,203
20191,690
20181,739
20171,830
20161,930
20151,861
20141,700
20131,746
20121,884
20111,792
20101,809
20091,972
20082,142
20072,262
20062,486
20052,503
20042,392
20032,407
20022,395
20012,206
20002,079
19992,005
19982,171
19972,579
19962,916
19953,531
19943,703
19934,096
19923,921
19913,859
19903,553
19893,158
19882,936
19872,924
19863,038
19852,770
19842,717
19832,639
19822,779
19813,143
19803,411
19792,952

Compared with United States

Place2025
California1,370
United States14,085

California compared with nearby places

Alabama: 444 countAlaska: 45 countArizona: 343 countArkansas: 196 countCalifornia: 1,370 countColorado: 219 countConnecticut: 70 countDelaware: 43 countDistrict of Columbia: 116 countFlorida: 748 countGeorgia: 629 countHawaii: 17 countIdaho: 42 countIllinois: 556 countIndiana: 266 countIowa: 52 countKansas: 142 countKentucky: 127 countLouisiana: 404 countMaine: 20 countMaryland: 329 countMassachusetts: 102 countMichigan: 442 countMinnesota: 129 countMississippi: 209 countMissouri: 443 countMontana: 30 countNebraska: 46 countNevada: 157 countNew Hampshire: 17 countNew Jersey: 178 countNew Mexico: 182 countNew York: 473 countNorth Carolina: 723 countNorth Dakota: 12 countOhio: 530 countOklahoma: 204 countOregon: 124 countPennsylvania: 543 countRhode Island: 19 countSouth Carolina: 355 countSouth Dakota: 28 countTennessee: 473 countTexas: 1,465 countUtah: 93 countVermont: 10 countVirginia: 369 countWashington: 233 countWest Virginia: 67 countWisconsin: 235 countWyoming: 16 count
  • Under 30
  • 30 to 100
  • 100 to 180
  • 180 to 330
  • 330 to 470
  • 470 and over
Murders, 2025, count. California is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

UCR definition: the willful killing of one human being by another, excluding deaths caused by negligence, suicides, accidents and justifiable homicides. For other countries use homicide_rate (UNODC). FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (Murders, California, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, California, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/california. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Murders, California, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/california.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, California, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/murders/california (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: Murders, California, 1979 to 2025}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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What is the murders in California?

Murders in California was 1,370 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 17.2% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 51 states in 2025.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest murders in California?

4,096 in 1993, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Murders elsewhere in United States

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