Birmingham homicides by year

This is a list of Birmingham homicides by year, giving the number of reported homicides within the city limits.

This list is incomplete. You can help by adding to it.

2010s

• 2018: See List of Birmingham homicides in 2018
• 2017: 115; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2017
• 2016: 109, See List of Birmingham homicides in 2016
• 2015: 100; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2015
• 2014: 63; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2014
• 2013: 67; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2013
• 2012: 79; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2012
• 2011: 64; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2011
• 2010: 64; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2010

2000s

• 2009: 72; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2009
• 2008: 88; See List of Birmingham homicides in 2008
• 2007: 93; see List of Birmingham homicides in 2007 (8th highest rate in US)
• 2006: 110; see List of Birmingham homicides in 2006
• 2005: 105; see List of Birmingham homicides in 2005
• 2004: 64; see List of Birmingham homicides in 2004
• 2003: 87; see List of Birmingham homicides in 2003
• 2002: 71; see List of Birmingham homicides in 2002
• 2001: 80; see List of Birmingham homicides in 2001
• 2000: 89; see List of Birmingham homicides in 2000

1990s

• 1999: 81; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1999
• 1998: 85; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1998
• 1997: 108; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1997
• 1996: 113; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1996
• 1995: 121; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1995
• 1994: 135; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1994
• 1993: 129; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1993
• 1992: 148; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1992 (note 1)
• 1991: 141; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1991
• 1990: 129; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1990

1980s

• 1989: 100 (36.0/100,000); See List of Birmingham homicides in 1989
• 1988: 92 (32.5/100,000); See List of Birmingham homicides in 1988
• 1987: 84 (29.8/100,000); See List of Birmingham homicides in 1987
• 1986: 88 (30.7/100,000); See List of Birmingham homicides in 1986
• 1985: 97 (34.4/100,000); See List of Birmingham homicides in 1985
• 1984: 60 (record low since 1954); see List of Birmingham homicides in 1984
• 1983: 70; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1983
• 1982: 91; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1982
• 1981: 97; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1981
• 1980: 88; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1980

1970s

• 1979: 93; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1979
• 1978: 74; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1978
• 1977: 87; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1977
• 1976: 76; List of Birmingham homicides in 1976
• 1975: 89; List of Birmingham homicides in 1975
• 1974: 76; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1974
• 1973: 63; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1973
• 1972: 76; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1972
• 1971: 82; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1971
• 1970: 63; See List of Birmingham homicides in 1970

1960s

• 1969: 92, see List of Birmingham homicides in 1969
• 1968: 66, see List of Birmingham homicides in 1968
• 1967: 51, see List of Birmingham homicides in 1967
• 1966: 56; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1966
• 1965: 56; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1965
• 1964: 56; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1964
• 1963: List of Birmingham homicides in 1963
• 1962: List of Birmingham homicides in 1962
• 1961: List of Birmingham homicides in 1961
• 1960: List of Birmingham homicides in 1960

1950s

• 1958: __; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1958
• 1951: 44; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1951

1940s

• 1949: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1949

1930s

• 1939: see List of Birmingham homicides in 1939
• 1938: see List of Birmingham homicides in 1938
• 1937: see List of Birmingham homicides in 1937
• 1936: see List of Birmingham homicides in 1936
• 1935: see List of Birmingham homicides in 1935
• 1934: see List of Birmingham homicides in 1934
• 1933: 148, see List of Birmingham homicides in 1933
• 1932: 13 homicides in Jefferson County in June 1932
• 1931: 148; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1931
• 1930: 128; see List of Birmingham homicides in 1930

1920s

• 1929: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1929
• 1928: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1928
• 1927: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1927
• 1926: 30 in first three months of the year, See List of Birmingham homicides in 1926
• 1925: 112, See List of Birmingham homicides in 1925 (rate of 54.5 per 100,000, making the city the "3rd most dangerous" in the U.S. after Jacksonville, Florida and Memphis, Tennessee)
• 1924: 136, See List of Birmingham homicides in 1924
• 1923: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1923
• 1922: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1922
• 1921: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1921
• 1920: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1920

1910s

• 1919: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1919

1890s

• 1893: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1893
• 1892: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1892

1880s

• 1888: See List of Birmingham homicides in 1888

Notes

1. A total of 148 homicides were recorded in 1992, of which seven were ruled justifiable, leaving 141 chargeable homicides on the books - a record high for recent years.
2. A 2007 UAB study found that the percentage of victims seriously injured by violence who survived their injuries increased from 24% to 41% between 1997 and 2007. Of 2,318 people brought to UAB Hospital's trauma center over those years, 2,211 survived. (Meaning that 107 homicide victims died at UAB Hospital during those 10 years.)

See also

• Crime in Birmingham
• "Murder Capital of the World"

References

• "Birmingham Third in Murder List: 112 Slain in 1925, Only Two Hanged." (April 2, 1926) Birmingham Post
• Fine, P. R, J. M. Roseman, C. M. Constandinou, J. M. Glass and J. M. Wrigley (May 1994) "Homicide Among Black Males in Jefferson County, Alabama 1978–1989." Journal of Forensic Sciences. Vol. 39, No. 3
• Robinson, Carol (January 4, 2001) "City's 2000 homicide rate rises after 5 years of steady decline." The Birmingham News
• Robinson, Carol (May 25, 2008) "Birmingham trauma care keeps pace with rising violence." The Birmingham News
• Archibald, John (October 5, 2008) "Band-Aid won't heal city crime." The Birmingham News

External links

• FBI Uniform Crime Statistics, accessed via the Murder Accountability Project (murderdata.org)