Austin Homicide
Austin · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Austin police open data recorded 53 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 77,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 23.2% from 2024. That is about 5.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 40 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Austin by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 40 | — | — |
| 2025 | 53 | 5.3 | down 23.2% |
| 2024 | 69 | 6.9 | up 3.0% |
| 2023 | 67 | 6.7 | down 2.9% |
| 2022 | 69 | 6.9 | down 23.3% |
| 2021 | 90 | 9.1 | up 76.5% |
| 2020 | 51 | 5.1 | up 27.5% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 972 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Austin in 2025?
53, according to Austin Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Austin?
Reported homicide was down 23.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 23.2% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Austin 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 Austin
- Austin other 27,986 in 2025
- Austin theft 15,253 in 2025
- Austin assault 9,248 in 2025
- Austin theft from vehicle 7,267 in 2025
- Austin vandalism 4,900 in 2025
- Austin burglary 4,348 in 2025
- Austin auto theft 4,265 in 2025
- Austin fraud 2,012 in 2025
- Austin bike theft 981 in 2025
- Austin sexual assault 818 in 2025
- Austin robbery 759 in 2025