Aurora Homicide
Aurora · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Aurora police open data recorded 30 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 12,746 incidents reported in the city that year and down 14.3% from 2024. So far in 2026, 10 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Aurora by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 10 | — | — |
| 2025 | 30 | — | down 14.3% |
| 2024 | 35 | — | down 7.9% |
| 2023 | 38 | — | down 7.3% |
| 2022 | 41 | — | up 5.1% |
| 2021 | 39 | — | up 5.4% |
| 2020 | 37 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 238 homicide incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)
- North Aurora 4 incidents
- Hoffman Heights/Jewell Heights 3 incidents
- Dayton Triangle 2 incidents
- Sable-Altura-Chambers 2 incidents
- Village East 1 incident
- Chambers Heights 1 incident
- Willow Park 1 incident
- The Dam 1 incident
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Aurora in 2025?
30, according to Aurora Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Aurora?
Reported homicide was down 14.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 26.8% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Aurora Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Aurora
- Aurora theft 5,937 in 2025
- Aurora auto theft 2,069 in 2025
- Aurora other 2,011 in 2025
- Aurora theft from vehicle 1,093 in 2025
- Aurora burglary 963 in 2025
- Aurora robbery 362 in 2025
- Aurora assault 281 in 2025