InSight Crime analyzes organized crime dynamics driving homicide rates in Latin American and the Caribbean in our annual homicide round-up.

The most recent Major Cities Chiefs Association survey – made up of preliminary statistics compiled from 67 law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada – shows homicides dropped about 19% last year ...

There has never been a time in U.S. history with a lower recorded rate of homicide (or murder) than what we just experienced in 2025. That’s according to a major new analysis of crime data from 40 ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For the second year in a row, Gov. Gavin Newsom is celebrating California’s declining homicide rate while using it as ...

It is a fact that some people are at higher risk than others of becoming a homicide victim, and one of the leading risk factors is age. Age is inversely related to homicide risk, so that risk ...