This chart shows homicide deaths in Elk Grove since 2007, the earliest year for which consistent records are available. Elk Grove incorporated as a city in 2000.
Two line charts show annual homicide deaths over the past 40 years in Sacramento, comparing cases investigated by the Sacramento Police Department and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office in unincorporated areas. Both charts show higher totals in the late 1980s and early 1990s, lower levels through the 2000s, increases in the early 2020s, and a sharp decline in the most recent year, with sheriff’s office totals reaching the lowest level in decades.