In 2024, Indianapolis recorded 209 homicides showing another decrease from years prior.
It was the third straight year the city saw a decrease, but was the fifth year in a row that police have investigated more than 200 homicides.
Here's a look at the 2025 homicide data for Marion County.
IMPD’s Chief of Police Chris Bailey says the reduction in homicides is due to several factors, including the Crime Guns Task Force, license plate readers and dash cameras.
"We saw in this city one of the biggest reductions in criminal homicides over a three-year period than any other major city," Bailey said.
He also says his priorities for 2025 include reducing violent crime, enhancing relationships within the community, focusing on retention, and hiring new officers.
Chief Bailey says although he is proud of the progress made in reducing violent crime, more work needs to be done.
"There are many families and communities that have been impacted by violent crime this year, specifically murder, and we have to recognize those victims," Bailey said. "They're not numbers, and even though the number may go back to zero on January 1, that is not a number to a family or a community. They are a person, and they're gone."
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