Boston Homicide
Boston · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Boston police open data recorded 24 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 38,484 incidents reported in the city that year and up 9.1% from 2024. That is about 3.6 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, 21 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Boston by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 21 | — | — |
| 2025 | 24 | 3.6 | up 9.1% |
| 2024 | 22 | 3.3 | down 33.3% |
| 2023 | 33 | 4.9 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 100 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Boston in 2025?
24, according to Boston Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Boston?
Reported homicide was up 9.1% in 2025 compared with 2024.
Where does this data come from?
Source: Boston 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 Boston
- Boston other 11,099 in 2025
- Boston theft 10,103 in 2025
- Boston vandalism 7,180 in 2025
- Boston assault 4,669 in 2025
- Boston fraud 2,036 in 2025
- Boston auto theft 1,215 in 2025
- Boston burglary 942 in 2025
- Boston robbery 671 in 2025
- Boston bike theft 545 in 2025