Memphis Homicide

Memphis · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Memphis police open data recorded 178 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 82,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 25.8% from 2024. That is about 29.1 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, 124 homicide incidents have been published.

Homicide in Memphis by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)124——
202517829.1down 25.8%
202424039.3down 26.8%
202332853.7up 36.1%
202224139.4down 13.9%
202128045.8up 2.9%
202027244.5—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,663 homicide incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)

  1. Austin Peay Precinct 31 incidents
  2. Crump Precinct 30 incidents
  3. Raines Precinct 24 incidents
  4. Ridgeway Precinct 22 incidents
  5. Tillman Precinct 19 incidents
  6. Mt Moriah Precinct 19 incidents
  7. North Main Precinct 14 incidents
  8. Airways Precinct 12 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many homicide incidents were reported in Memphis in 2025?

178, according to Memphis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is homicide going up or down in Memphis?

Reported homicide was down 25.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 26.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Memphis 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 Memphis

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