Murder in the U.S. - number of victims by circumstances 2022

In 2022, a total of 123 people were killed due to arson in the United States. This was significantly lower than the 369 people who were killed in robberies in the country in that same year.

Number of murders in the United States in 2022, by circumstances

Characteristic	Number of murder victims
Narcotic drug laws	454
Robbery	369
Juvenile gang killings	316
Gangland killings	279
Arson	123
Institutional killings	88
Burglary	86
Motor vehicle theft	63
Argument over money or property	49
Larceny-theft	43
All suspected felony type	38
Domestic violence	30
Rape	25
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	9
Child killed by babysitter	8
Prostitution and commercialized vice	5
Other sex offenses	5
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	5
Other felony type- not specified	361
Other	2,830
Other arguments	4,715
Unknown	9,295

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Due to the FBI's transition to a new crime reporting system, only 15,726 of 18,888 participating law enforcement agencies submitted crime data to the FBI for 2022. As a result, figures may not accurately reflect the total number of crimes.

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