Murders in Ohio

Murders in Ohio was 530 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 14.2% from 2024. That is the 8th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count530
Change on 2024-14.2%
Rank8th of 51US states ranked
Series high8832021
Series low3971999

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Murders in Ohio, 1979 to 2025

30040050060070080090019791986199320002007201420251979: 865 count1980: 871 count1981: 799 count1982: 676 count1983: 600 count1984: 551 count1985: 554 count1986: 595 count1987: 630 count1988: 585 count1989: 652 count1990: 663 count1991: 783 count1992: 724 count1993: 667 count1994: 662 count1995: 600 count1996: 538 count1997: 523 count1998: 443 count1999: 397 count2000: 418 count2001: 452 count2002: 526 count2003: 526 count2004: 506 count2005: 590 count2006: 560 count2007: 529 count2008: 547 count2009: 527 count2010: 479 count2011: 500 count2012: 478 count2013: 478 count2014: 464 count2015: 522 count2016: 683 count2017: 741 count2018: 596 count2019: 584 count2020: 820 count2021: 883 count2022: 737 count2023: 709 count2024: 618 count2025: 530 count2004006008001,00019791995201120251979: 865 count1980: 871 count1981: 799 count1982: 676 count1983: 600 count1984: 551 count1985: 554 count1986: 595 count1987: 630 count1988: 585 count1989: 652 count1990: 663 count1991: 783 count1992: 724 count1993: 667 count1994: 662 count1995: 600 count1996: 538 count1997: 523 count1998: 443 count1999: 397 count2000: 418 count2001: 452 count2002: 526 count2003: 526 count2004: 506 count2005: 590 count2006: 560 count2007: 529 count2008: 547 count2009: 527 count2010: 479 count2011: 500 count2012: 478 count2013: 478 count2014: 464 count2015: 522 count2016: 683 count2017: 741 count2018: 596 count2019: 584 count2020: 820 count2021: 883 count2022: 737 count2023: 709 count2024: 618 count2025: 530 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
2025530
2024618
2023709
2022737
2021883
2020820
2019584
2018596
2017741
2016683
2015522
2014464
2013478
2012478
2011500
2010479
2009527
2008547
2007529
2006560
2005590
2004506
2003526
2002526
2001452
2000418
1999397
1998443
1997523
1996538
1995600
1994662
1993667
1992724
1991783
1990663
1989652
1988585
1987630
1986595
1985554
1984551
1983600
1982676
1981799
1980871
1979865

Compared with United States

Place2025
Ohio530
United States14,085

Ohio 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. Ohio 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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APA 7

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (Murders, Ohio, 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, Ohio, 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/ohio. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Murders, Ohio, 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/ohio.

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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, Ohio, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/murders/ohio (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{federal_murders_ohio_2025,
  author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program}},
  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: Murders, Ohio, 1979 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/ohio. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the murders in Ohio?

Murders in Ohio was 530 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 14.2% from 2024. That is the 8th 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 Ohio?

883 in 2021, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Murders elsewhere in United States

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