Louisville Homicide
Louisville · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Louisville police open data recorded 106 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 67,808 incidents reported in the city that year. That is about 16.5 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, 51 homicide incidents have been published.
Homicide in Louisville by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 51 | — | — |
| 2025 | 106 | 16.5 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 157 homicide incidents.
Questions
How many homicide incidents were reported in Louisville in 2025?
106, according to Louisville Metro Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Where does this data come from?
Source: Louisville Metro 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 Louisville
- Louisville other 21,487 in 2025
- Louisville theft 17,980 in 2025
- Louisville assault 10,226 in 2025
- Louisville vandalism 6,063 in 2025
- Louisville auto theft 4,561 in 2025
- Louisville burglary 3,086 in 2025
- Louisville fraud 2,995 in 2025
- Louisville robbery 771 in 2025
- Louisville sexual assault 533 in 2025