Greensboro Homicide
Greensboro · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2024, the latest complete year, Greensboro police open data recorded 33 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 23,159 incidents reported in the city that year and down 32.7% from 2023. That is about 10.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.0 per 100,000 across the 56 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2024 data that list this crime type.
Homicide in Greensboro by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (partial year) | 20 | — | — |
| 2024 | 33 | 10.7 | down 32.7% |
| 2023 | 49 | 15.9 | up 75.0% |
| 2022 | 28 | 9.1 | down 28.2% |
| 2021 | 39 | 12.7 | — |
| 2020 (partial year) | 13 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 182 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Greensboro in 2024?
33, according to Greensboro Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is homicide going up or down in Greensboro?
Reported homicide was down 32.7% in 2024 compared with 2023, and down 15.4% compared with 2021 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Greensboro 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 Greensboro
- Greensboro other 5,487 in 2024
- Greensboro assault 5,354 in 2024
- Greensboro theft 4,898 in 2024
- Greensboro fraud 2,174 in 2024
- Greensboro theft from vehicle 1,950 in 2024
- Greensboro auto theft 1,531 in 2024
- Greensboro burglary 1,091 in 2024
- Greensboro robbery 488 in 2024
- Greensboro sexual assault 153 in 2024