Homicide rates dropped in many major cities
Homicides per 100,000 people in select U.S. cities. In most places, homicides fell in 2025, continuing a yearslong trend, but they rose in Milwaukee and Little Rock, Ark.
A grid of charts showing the homicide rate per 100,000 people in select cities, with values numbered for 2019 and 2025. Baltimore had the largest drop, to 24 in 2025, from 59 in 2019.
