St. Louis County Homicide

St. Louis County · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, St. Louis County police open data recorded 23 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 16,954 incidents reported in the city that year and down 23.3% from 2024. So far in 2026, 22 homicide incidents have been published.

Homicide in St. Louis County by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)22——
202523—down 23.3%
202430——
2023 (partial year)31——
202237—down 5.1%
202139——

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.

Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)

  1. Jennings 4 incidents
  2. Ferguson 1 incident
  3. Norwood Court 1 incident
  4. Sunset Hills 1 incident

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

Questions

How many homicide incidents were reported in St. Louis County in 2025?

23, according to St. Louis County Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is homicide going up or down in St. Louis County?

Reported homicide was down 23.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 37.8% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: St. Louis County 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 St. Louis County

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