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Murders in Texas

Murders in Texas was 1,465 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 11.1% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count1,465
Change on 2024-11.1%
Rank1st of 51US states ranked
Series high2,6521991
Series low1,1302011

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Murders in Texas, 1979 to 2025

1,0001,5002,0002,5003,00019791986199320002007201420251979: 2,235 count1980: 2,392 count1981: 2,446 count1982: 2,466 count1983: 2,239 count1984: 2,093 count1985: 2,132 count1986: 2,258 count1987: 1,959 count1988: 2,022 count1989: 2,029 count1990: 2,389 count1991: 2,652 count1992: 2,239 count1993: 2,147 count1994: 2,022 count1995: 1,693 count1996: 1,477 count1997: 1,327 count1998: 1,346 count1999: 1,217 count2000: 1,238 count2001: 1,332 count2002: 1,302 count2003: 1,422 count2004: 1,364 count2005: 1,407 count2006: 1,386 count2007: 1,419 count2008: 1,370 count2009: 1,330 count2010: 1,249 count2011: 1,130 count2012: 1,148 count2013: 1,140 count2014: 1,192 count2015: 1,317 count2016: 1,478 count2017: 1,405 count2018: 1,327 count2019: 1,432 count2020: 1,931 count2021: 2,087 count2022: 2,075 count2023: 1,887 count2024: 1,647 count2025: 1,465 count1,0001,5002,0002,5003,00019791995201120251979: 2,235 count1980: 2,392 count1981: 2,446 count1982: 2,466 count1983: 2,239 count1984: 2,093 count1985: 2,132 count1986: 2,258 count1987: 1,959 count1988: 2,022 count1989: 2,029 count1990: 2,389 count1991: 2,652 count1992: 2,239 count1993: 2,147 count1994: 2,022 count1995: 1,693 count1996: 1,477 count1997: 1,327 count1998: 1,346 count1999: 1,217 count2000: 1,238 count2001: 1,332 count2002: 1,302 count2003: 1,422 count2004: 1,364 count2005: 1,407 count2006: 1,386 count2007: 1,419 count2008: 1,370 count2009: 1,330 count2010: 1,249 count2011: 1,130 count2012: 1,148 count2013: 1,140 count2014: 1,192 count2015: 1,317 count2016: 1,478 count2017: 1,405 count2018: 1,327 count2019: 1,432 count2020: 1,931 count2021: 2,087 count2022: 2,075 count2023: 1,887 count2024: 1,647 count2025: 1,465 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
20251,465
20241,647
20231,887
20222,075
20212,087
20201,931
20191,432
20181,327
20171,405
20161,478
20151,317
20141,192
20131,140
20121,148
20111,130
20101,249
20091,330
20081,370
20071,419
20061,386
20051,407
20041,364
20031,422
20021,302
20011,332
20001,238
19991,217
19981,346
19971,327
19961,477
19951,693
19942,022
19932,147
19922,239
19912,652
19902,389
19892,029
19882,022
19871,959
19862,258
19852,132
19842,093
19832,239
19822,466
19812,446
19802,392
19792,235

Compared with United States

Place2025
Texas1,465
United States14,085

Texas 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
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  • 30 to 100
  • 100 to 180
  • 180 to 330
  • 330 to 470
  • 470 and over
Murders, 2025, count. Texas 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, Texas, 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, Texas, 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/texas. 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, Texas, 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/texas.

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

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@misc{federal_murders_texas_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, Texas, 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/texas. 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 Texas?

Murders in Texas was 1,465 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 11.1% from 2024. That is the 1st 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 Texas?

2,652 in 1991, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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