Des Moines Homicide
Des Moines · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Des Moines police open data recorded 2 homicide incidents, 0.0% of all 24,163 incidents reported in the city that year. That is about 0.9 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, 4 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Des Moines by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 4 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2024 | 5 | 2.3 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 2.8 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 17 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Des Moines in 2025?
2, according to Des Moines Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Where does this data come from?
Source: Des Moines 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 Des Moines
- Des Moines other 14,265 in 2025
- Des Moines theft 2,813 in 2025
- Des Moines assault 2,556 in 2025
- Des Moines vandalism 1,414 in 2025
- Des Moines theft from vehicle 1,046 in 2025
- Des Moines fraud 1,001 in 2025
- Des Moines burglary 704 in 2025
- Des Moines auto theft 273 in 2025
- Des Moines robbery 89 in 2025