King County Homicide
King County · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, King County police open data recorded 13 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 20,368 incidents reported in the city that year. So far in 2026, 6 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in King County by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 6 | — | — |
| 2025 | 13 | — | — |
| 2024 | 11 | — | — |
| 2023 | 21 | — | — |
| 2022 | 18 | — | — |
| 2021 | 18 | — | — |
| 2020 | 15 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 102 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in King County in 2025?
13, according to King County Sheriff's Office open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Where does this data come from?
Source: King County Sheriff's Office 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 King County
- King County other 7,808 in 2025
- King County theft 3,364 in 2025
- King County assault 2,313 in 2025
- King County vandalism 2,079 in 2025
- King County theft from vehicle 1,702 in 2025
- King County auto theft 1,488 in 2025
- King County fraud 1,097 in 2025
- King County robbery 230 in 2025
- King County burglary 154 in 2025
- King County sexual assault 120 in 2025