JoeB131
Diamond Member
No, there are fewer than 10,000 murders.
The FBI says otherwise.
- In 2019, the estimated number of murders in the nation was 16,425. This was a 0.3 percent increase from the 2018 estimate, a 3.4 percent increase from the 2015 figure, and an 11.6 percent increase from the number in 2010. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
- There were 5.0 murders per 100,000 people in 2019. The murder rate in 2019 was down from the rate in 2018 (0.2 percent). However, the murder rate was up 1.1 percent when compared with the 2015 rate and 5.1 percent from the 2010 rate. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
- Of the estimated number of murders in the United States, 48.7 percent were reported in the South, 20.8 percent were reported in the Midwest, 19.3 percent were reported in the West, and 11.2 percent were reported in the Northeast. (See Table 3.)