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The FBI released detailed data on over 14 million criminal offenses for 2023 reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program by participating law enforcement agencies.
The United States may have moved past the devastating surge of gun violence sparked by the pandemic, with preliminary data suggesting that homicides in 2023 declined by a record amount. Gun injuries have also dropped, and a growing list of states now have tighter laws on gun sales, which are at a four-year low.
The gun murder rate in the U.S. remains below its peak level despite rising sharply during the pandemic. There were 6.7 gun murders per 100,000 people in 2021, below the 7.2 recorded in 1974. The gun suicide rate, on the other hand, is now on par with its historical peak.
Share of Americans with various beliefs on how gun policy by the Democratic Party and gun policy by the Republican Party impacts people's safety from gun violence in the United States in...
The CDC's data shows that gun violence claimed 46,728 lives in 2023, marking the third-highest number of gun-related deaths ever recorded in the United States. The overall gun death rate did see a 3% decline from 2022, resulting in 1,476 fewer deaths.
In 2023, the FBI designated 48 shootings as active shooter incidents. Although incidents decreased by 4% from 2022 (50 incidents), the number of active shooter incidents increased 60% since 2019...
While firearm violence and injury affects people in all communities, some groups have higher rates of firearm injury than others. Quick stats In 2022, there were more than 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the United States according to mortality data.
Last week, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released an expansive federal report, the first of its kind in 20 years, on guns used in crimes, providing the public with more...
Overview of Gun Violence. Firearm violence is a preventable public health tragedy affecting communities across the United States. In 2022, 48,204 1 people died by firearms in the United States — an average of one death every 11 minutes.
The Gun Violence Archive is America’s sole source for detailed data on gun injuries and deaths, a decade of which became available for the first time at the end of 2023. We’re mining the data for insights into one of the most devastating public health crises in the United States.