U.S. Sees Far More Fatal Police Shootings Than Its Peers

Police shootings are far more common in the United States than in other comparable high‑income countries. With 33 fatal police shootings per 10 million inhabitants documented in 2025, according to data compiled in the Police Violence Report 2025, the U.S. records by far the highest rate among the countries shown in our chart.

Canada follows at a much lower level with around 10 deaths per 10 million people (data from 2023). In several European countries, the figures are lower still. France records roughly 4 fatal police shootings per 10 million inhabitants (data from 2024), while Germany reports 2 per 10 million people (data from 2025).

In England and Wales, fatal police shootings are even rarer, averaging just 0.3 per 10 million people in 2024/2025 (only 2 fatal shootings recorded between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025). Overall, the data highlights the particularly high frequency of deadly police encounters in the United States compared with its Western peers, with differences that can range from a factor of 10 to 100.