Crime

Sharp Rise in U.S. Firearm Homicide Rate

The latest FBI data shows that in 2016 there was a large jump in the homicide by firearm rate in the United States. Having gradually sunk down from 3.42 per 100,000 population in 2006 to 2.61 in 2014, the rate shot up to 3.80 in the latest recorded period.

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This chart shows homicides by firearm per 100,000 population in the United States from 2006 to 2016.

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Homicide by firearm rate per 100,000 population in the United States from 2018 to 2024
Rate of firearm homicide deaths per 100,000 of population in the United States from 1990 to 2020
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Rate of firearm deaths per 100,000 of population in the United States from 1990 to 2010
Deaths by firearm-related injuries per 100,000 resident population in the U.S. from 1970 to 2016, by gender
Number of homicides by firearm in the United States from 2006 to 2024
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Deaths by homicide per 100,000 resident population in the U.S. from 1950 to 2016, by gender

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