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Murders in United States

Murders in the United States was 14,085 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 18.1% from 2024.

2025, count14,085
Change on 2024-18.1%
Series high24,7031991
Series low14,0852025

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Murders in United States, 1979 to 2025

12.5K15K17.5K20K22.5K25K19791986199320002007201420251979: 21,460 count1980: 23,040 count1981: 22,520 count1982: 21,010 count1983: 19,308 count1984: 18,692 count1985: 18,976 count1986: 20,613 count1987: 20,096 count1988: 20,675 count1989: 21,500 count1990: 23,438 count1991: 24,703 count1992: 23,760 count1993: 24,526 count1994: 23,326 count1995: 21,606 count1996: 19,645 count1997: 18,211 count1998: 16,974 count1999: 15,522 count2000: 15,586 count2001: 16,037 count2002: 16,229 count2003: 16,528 count2004: 16,148 count2005: 16,740 count2006: 17,309 count2007: 17,128 count2008: 16,465 count2009: 15,399 count2010: 14,722 count2011: 14,661 count2012: 14,856 count2013: 14,319 count2014: 14,164 count2015: 15,883 count2016: 17,413 count2021: 22,536 count2022: 21,781 count2023: 19,907 count2024: 17,206 count2025: 14,085 count10K15K20K25K19791994200920251979: 21,460 count1980: 23,040 count1981: 22,520 count1982: 21,010 count1983: 19,308 count1984: 18,692 count1985: 18,976 count1986: 20,613 count1987: 20,096 count1988: 20,675 count1989: 21,500 count1990: 23,438 count1991: 24,703 count1992: 23,760 count1993: 24,526 count1994: 23,326 count1995: 21,606 count1996: 19,645 count1997: 18,211 count1998: 16,974 count1999: 15,522 count2000: 15,586 count2001: 16,037 count2002: 16,229 count2003: 16,528 count2004: 16,148 count2005: 16,740 count2006: 17,309 count2007: 17,128 count2008: 16,465 count2009: 15,399 count2010: 14,722 count2011: 14,661 count2012: 14,856 count2013: 14,319 count2014: 14,164 count2015: 15,883 count2016: 17,413 count2021: 22,536 count2022: 21,781 count2023: 19,907 count2024: 17,206 count2025: 14,085 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 43 values
Periodcount
202514,085
202417,206
202319,907
202221,781
202122,536
201617,413
201515,883
201414,164
201314,319
201214,856
201114,661
201014,722
200915,399
200816,465
200717,128
200617,309
200516,740
200416,148
200316,528
200216,229
200116,037
200015,586
199915,522
199816,974
199718,211
199619,645
199521,606
199423,326
199324,526
199223,760
199124,703
199023,438
198921,500
198820,675
198720,096
198620,613
198518,976
198418,692
198319,308
198221,010
198122,520
198023,040
197921,460

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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, United States, 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, United States, 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/united-states. 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, United States, 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/united-states.

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

BibTeX
@misc{federal_murders_united_states_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, United States, 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/united-states. 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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Murders in the United States was 14,085 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 18.1% from 2024.

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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 United States?

24,703 in 1991, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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