Learn more about how Statista can support your business. FBI. LOS ANGELES - Homicides in California increased again last year as did other violent crimes amid rising frustration as the states top Democrats are seeking to keep their jobs in upcoming elections. Thursdays reports came two months after Bontas department wrongly made public the personal information of perhaps hundreds of thousands of gun owners in state-operated databases. The homicide rate in Kern County in 2020 was 12.7 per 100,000 residents, the highest of any California county, according to the Department of Justice. There were 2,361 homicides in California last year, surpassing 2020s figure by more than 150 deaths, according to the reports. Marlee, a SoCal family's beloved dog, not only survived 17 days of disappearance but also made it past a historic snowstorm. But his Republican opponent in Novembers general election Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor and former assistant U.S. attorney general has continued criticizing Bonta on crime. Wen Tau Yu, a 64-year-old Asian male, died Saturday, Jan. 21, at 122 West Garvey Avenue #B, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The state will need this knowledge to take steps to address the increase. Theyre all possible contributing factors, said Lofstrom, but, sadly, it does come down to your guess is as good as mine., While violent crime rates are still well below their historical highs in the early 90s, the increases weve seen during this pandemic are unacceptable. Rob Bonta. So many things happened all at once, said Lofstrom, reciting a litany of usual suspects, starting, of course, with the myriad hardships brought on by the pandemic. More than half of women were killed in a residence, while more than 40% of male victims died on the street. MURDERERS IN CALIFORNIA. Serial killer and rapist known as the "I-5 Strangler", Serial killers who kidnapped and murder teenagers after keeping as sex slaves, Convicted serial killer and child molester, Serial killer sometimes known as "Bob Evans and "The Chameleon Killer", Known as the "Tool Box Killers", murdered and raped five teenage girls, Serial killer, pederast and sex offender who committed the rape, torture, and murder of a minimum of 21 young men and boys, Serial killer known for stalking and killing victims in state parks near San Francisco, also known as the Trailside Killer, Serial killer with accomplice Carol Bundy known as the Sunset Strip Killers, Serial killer killed at least four elderly people; executed in 1993, Ran a boarding house and murdered elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks, Ex-Marine who had a cabin that he described as a "dungeon" where he kidnapped, raped, and murdered women, Methamphetamine users convicted of four murders, Serial killer who received nickname when he appeared to have taken a 14-year break from his crimes, from 1988 to 2002, Serial killer known as the "Night Stalker", Former security guard who killed women living or working on the streets, Convicted of murdering 10 women; another man was earlier wrongfully convicted for his crimes, Respiratory therapist at Adventist Health Glendale, killed patients by injecting a paralytic drug inducing cardiac and respiratory arrest, known as Angel of Death, Known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and authorities, Serial killer known as The Hollywood Ripper, Long-haul driver murdered and dismembered three sex workers and a hitchhiker, Killings of one man and four women, some of the victims either engaged in prostitution or were drug addicts, Serial killer who killed women near Yosemite, Director of 59 silent films shot in the back at his apartment, unsolved, subject of frenzy of sensationalist press coverage, 12-year-old girl abducted and murdered, billed as "the most horrible crime of the 1920s" by the 'Los Angeles Times, Son of department store owner kidnapped and murdered, perpetrators then lynched, Murder of Jos Gallardo Daz, who was discovered unconscious and dying near a swimming hole, Murdered widow Mabel Monohan in home burglary; Graham later depicted in, Unsolved murder and mutilation of 22-year-old woman, Mobster murdered in his Beverly Hills home, shot through window with .30 caliber military M1 carbine, Woman hired hitman to kill her daughter-in-law; last woman executed in California, Former child star shot and killed trying to collect a $50 debt, Actress murdered six days after assassination of President Kennedy, prompting, R&B singer shot and killed by motel manager, 18-year-old college freshman stabbed and slashed to death on grounds of Riverside City College, Assassination at the Ambassador Hotel by Palestinian, Actor murdered by brothers hired for sexual services, Superintendent of Oakland school district assassinated by the, Actor stabbed over 100 times by man he met in a gay bar, High school senior attended a beer party and was discovered the next day hanging from a chain-link fence in a park near the site of the party, case solved 30 years later with DNA evidence, Murdered drug dealer Kim LeValley, stabbing him 26 times, later escaped from prison and was on FBI's 10 most wanted list, 14-year-old honor roll student raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender and dumped in the, Playboy Playmate and actress murdered by her estranged husband and manager, 15-year-old girl abducted and dragged to an orange grove where she was raped and strangled, Shot and killed in an altercation with his father, UC Berkeley student killed by her boyfriend, Television director and director was killed with a baseball bat by his Salvadoran housekeeper, she was found not guilty in light of testimony of physical abuse by Wallerstein, Murder of 17-year-old girl by her former best friends and rivals, Woman beaten and shot by female LAPD officer, Murder of actress by 19-year-old obsessed fan/stalker, Gay pornographic actor (stage name Billy London) murdered and placed in dumpster with head and feet in plastic bags, Cambodian refugee and gang member killed in a gang shooting in a pool hall, incident triggered a chain reaction of gang violence, 12-year-old kidnapped during a slumber party and later strangled by, Sexually trafficked at age 16, she shot and killed the surrogate father who was trafficking her, later became an anti-trafficking activist, Three-year-old girl killed by gang gunfire; President, Academy Award winning actor murdered in robbery outside his house, Actor/comedian shot by his wife as he slept, 18-year-old aspiring actress murdered on way home from shooting a, Fatal shooting of 15-year-old African-American girl by Korean-American convenience store owner, Five-year-old girl abducted from her home and murdered, Half-sister and personal assistant to Venus and Serena Williams killed in gang shooting in Compton, Actress who played gang member Graciela on TV series, Journalist shot by member of a crime syndicate he was investigating for a story, 17-year-old high school player shot by two Hispanic men while returning home from Beverly Center, Former Sunday school teacher kidnapped, raped, and murdered eight-year-old girl, Hollywood publicist shot and killed while driving home as part of a random robbery, leader of neo-Nazis shot to death by his 10-year-old son, Nursing student murdered by a woman who believed Le had an affair with her boyfriend, Body recovered from a water tank after a stay at the Cecil Hotel, later the subject of the Netflix series. San Bernardino Source: Flickr User MOHSEN.WISE | CC BY 2.0 Overall SnackAbility 4 /10 Population: 216,715 Rank Last Year: 7 Murders: 46 (4th Most) Murders Per 100k: 21.2 (3rd Most) More on San Bernardino: Data | Photos 2. Theres also a spate of criminal justice reforms, vitriolic politics, civil unrest and a boom in firearm sales. Larceny is unlawful taking of someone elses personal property, robbery is theft by violence or threat, and burglary is entering a structure with intent to commit a crime. Undocumented immigrant opened fire on sheriff's deputies, killing two; Two ambush-style attacks occurred against security personnel and law enforcement officers in California. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Breana Gomez, a 14-year-old. Statista. In 2006 cold case detectives with Long Beach Police Department determined using DNA evidence that on January 17, 1977 he had killed 20 year old Camilla Stasse (aka Stassi), a music student at Long Beach College. In 2021, aggravated assaults were 67% of reported violent crimes; 24% were robberies, 8% were rape, and 1% were homicides. And while robberies fell, robberies involving a firearm rose by 0.4% in 2021 compared to 2019. The Office of the Attorney General is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool. Property crime rose in 24 counties in 2021including 7 of the 15 largest. More Videos. According to Alex Murdaugh's . However, 8 of these 10 counties are smaller counties, which are especially susceptible to wide swings in crime rates due to small populations and rare instances of violent crime. California is popular with residents and tourists alike. In 2021, aggravated assaults were 67% of reported violent crimes; 24% were robberies, 8% were rape, and 1% were homicides. Gun-related homicides and aggravated assaults surged by 52% and 64%. Its too soon to know how much theyve contributed to the current ongoing rise, but with firearm sales going up, its unlikely the role of guns in murder rates will diminish any time soon. Died. One defendant caught state murder case in 2021. Mom Drove Wife and Kids off Cliff, the 'Hart Family Murders' Remain Chilling", "Widely respected ex-police chief is gunned down; killer commits suicide", "3 Slain at Folsom Prison In Savage Fight to Escape; Guard and Two Felons Die, Warden and Two Aides Stabbed Tower Gunfire Foils The Break of Seven Men", "Warden, Guard Stabbed In Folsom Riot, Fight To Live; Three Are Slain", "The Story of Theodore L. Newton, Jr. and George F. 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About 40% were killed by strangers, 40% by friends or acquaintances and the remainder by a relative a spouse, parent or child, the reports state. In 2021, there were 74. This website uses cookies to analyze site traffic and to allow users to complete forms on the site. While the violent crime rate has fluctuated year-over-year, it has remained relatively stable this past decadebetween 428 and 466, hovering near its 2010 level (440), when California embarked on major criminal justice reforms. This list includes notable homicides committed in the U.S. state of California that have a Wikipedia article on the killing, the killer, or the victim. Preliminary numbers from Californias biggest cities suggest that 2020s stunning 30-percent increase in the statewide murder rate the largest since 1960 has continued to rise this year, and crime experts have as many questions as answers. In the last 5 years Bakersfield has seen . (October 5, 2022). Bontas reports noted that the current number of homicides and the violent crime rate remain significantly below historical highs set in the early 1990s, while the property crime rate is far below its historical high in 1980. It took us a few years to get into this situation, said Marvel, and its going to take a few years to get out of it. Texas recorded the largest number of homicides in 2021, at 2,064 for the year. Sacramento sheriff's detectives investigating. Total number of homicides in the United States in 2021, by state [Graph]. In 2020, California saw a troubling rise of more than 500 homicides, the largest jump in state history since record-keeping began in 1960. If you have any questions please contact: Bilingual Services Program at (916) 210-7580. The latter is especially striking given that Black residents represent only 6% of Californias population. Eight-year-old boy beaten to death by mother and her boyfriend, long history of abuse overlooked by county child protective services, depicted in the Netflix series, Convicted of voluntary manslaughter for crashing car into and killing Terry Carter and injuring a second man, 8-year-old girl lured into another apartment where she was strangled and placed in a dumpster by a 15-year-old boy, Rapper shot at least 10 times in parking lot of a clothing store, two others wounded, Mass shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church, five injured, one killed, Murder of California Indians by militarized expeditionary band led by John C. Frmont, estimated Native American deaths range from several hundred to several thousand, White settlers known as the "Eel River Rangers" killed at least 283 Indian men, Massacre of Wiyot people by white settlers, Racial massacre targeting Chinese immigrants, Three-day pogrom against Chinese immigrants, Anti-Chinese violence in which cabins housing Chinese immigrants were set on fire and shot fired as they fled, killing one and wounding another, White supremacist opened fire with an Uzi at the North Valley Jewish Community Center, killing one and injuring four, Teenager beaten and murdered by four men with whom she had been sexually intimate after discovering she was transgender, 15-year-old student shot twice by fellow student, a gay-bias crime, later the subject of the HBO documentary, Shooting spree aimed at whites by alleged black supremacist, Mother and her boyfriend beat to death her 10-year old son, allegedly due to belief that he was gay, Shooting at Chabad center during Passover holiday, three injured, 84-year-old Thai American killed by being pushed to the ground during wave of anti-Asian violence during COVID-19 pandemic, Multiple homicides homicides having multiple victims, including incidents involving, Single homicides notable homicides involving a single fatality, including homicides involving celebrities as victims or perpetrators, Bias homicides includes attacks directed against Native Americans (a more complete list of those incidents is set forth in the, "Forgotten California Murders 1915 to 1918", David Alexander Kulczyk, 2021, "Murderers In California: The Unforgettable True Stories of Compulsive Serial Killers on the West Coast", Brenda Brown, Ryan Becker, 2020, "Murder in California: Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders", Marques Vickers, 2019, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 06:27. Here are the most dangerous cities in California. An Arizona woman is under arrest after she allegedly provided drugs to a Marine who died of an overdose in 2021. Documentarian Seeks Leads", "Asian Gang Members Arrested Asian boys Wah Ching Shooting", "Thousands Say Tearful Goodby to Polly Klaas", "Sara Kruzan, convicted at 16 of killing pimp in Riverside, is granted full pardon", "Newsom pardons Sara Kruzan, imprisoned as a teen for killing man who trafficked her", "Death in L.A.'s Killing Fields: Haing Ngor, who helped save fellow Cambodians, is slain", "Revisiting Haing Ngor's murder: 'Killing Fields' theory won't die", "Judge Upholds Conviction in Ennis Cosby Case", "20 years later, Notorious B.I.G. SOURCE: Authors calculation based on the California Department of Justices Criminal Justice Statistics Center, California Crimes and Clearances Files, 20202021. Oakland Increases in homicides that took place outdoors account for about three-quarters of the rise. 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All Contents Public Policy Institute of California 2023, Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Arrests in California, Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government, A Conversation with Californias Legislative Leadership. Muoi Dai Ung, a 67-year-old Asian female, died Saturday, Jan. 21, at 122 W Garvey Ave #B, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The property crime rate ticked up 3% in 2021 after hitting a historic low in 2020. 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Want to see more stories like this? Red dots indicate shootings, yellow dots are stabbings, blue are other methods.. While the number. This site contains crime data submitted by county and local law enforcement agencies, as well as current and historical publications on crime, juvenile justice, homicide, and hate crimes in California. Auto theft continued its 2020 climb, up an additional 7.6%now up by 28.4% compared to 2019. Lilan Li, a 63-year-old Asian female, died Saturday, Jan. 21, at 122 West Garvey Avenue #B, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. 2023 Speaker Series on California's Future In-Person and Online. Green Junior High sees shift in school culture", "The death of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos", "Before his death, 10-year-old Anthonly Avalos came out as gay, official says", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_homicides_in_California&oldid=1142230768, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Brutal double murder, two of the perpetrators were hung, Prima donna of comic opera who shot and killed a set designer and then shot herself, Pilot of airliner shot during flight causing plane to crash, Teenager of 16 years opened fire on cars traveling along the 101 freeway, Rampage shooting by former service station attendant, Bombing by Yugoslavian immigrant in Pan Am's international terminal killed three and injured 36, Gang-related shooting at Chinese restaurant, Murdered two teenagers eating cheeseburgers in a supermarket parking lot; executed in 1992, first person executed in California since 1967, San Francisco Supervisor Dan White shot Mayor, Unsolved quadruple homicide of one woman and three children at the Keddie Resort, Unsolved murder of four persons at a drug house, also known as the "Laurel Canyon Murders", Hostage crisis at Good Guys store in Florin Mall, 40 hostages held at gunpoint, Spree killing at two homes and a card club, Mass shooting at offices of Petit & Martin law firm, Mass suicide by cult members at direction of cult leader, Two elderly women convicted of murdering two vagrants, the first in 1999 and the second in 2005, Former leader of the "Children of Thunder" cult murdered five people as part of an extortion plot, Shooting spree by 40-year-old man with semi-automatic pistol, Young Midwestern couple shot as they slept on a Sonoma Coast beach, Suicidal man parked on tracks and caused crash of Metrolink commuter train, Married couple tortured, sexually assaulted and shot by four Marines, Former employee returned to workplace and shot the CEO and two other executives in the head, Struggling actor murdered soldier to steal his combat pay and then murdered a friend of the soldier to make it appear the soldier killed her and then disappeared, Mass shooting at a hair salon, deadliest mass shooting in Orange County history, Murder of family of Chinese immigrants, sometimes called the "Lei family quintuple slayings", Chinese graduate students at USC shot to death while sitting in their BMW near campus, Torture, mutilation and murder of elderly couple in their home, perpetrator a 15-year-old psychopath, Terrorist attack by Muslim couple on public health department Christmas party, Shooting spree in which five were killed and 18 injured at 8 crime scenes, Murder-suicide shooting at Veterans Home of California, Mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill, Mass murder at residence used go grow illegal marijuana, Mass shooting by multiple shooters in downtown Sacramento, School shooting perpetrated by university custodian, 16-year-old girl shot 11 persons, killing two, School shooting perpetrated by former student, Graduate student shot and killed three professors at engineering building, Man drove his Cadillac into preschool playground and opened fire, killing two and wounding five, Vehicular homicide and assault near UCSB campus, perpetrator was son of director, School shooting perpetrated by 15-year-old student, Mass shooting at Korean Christian college, Spree shooting at Santa Monica College campus following domestic dispute and house fire, Former student drove through campus area shooting pedestrians and three women at a sorority house, Unsuccessful Ph.D. student shot his thesis adviser, his estranged wife, and himself, Man shot his estranged wife at the school where she worked and a student standing behind her and then killed himself, Student age 16 shot five schoolmates, killed two, then killed himself, Boys ages 11 and 14 shot in school parking lot by two gang members, Spree killer, killed his wife and three children in Whittier, then killed his second family in Texas in 1926, Murder-suicide in which former professional baseball pitcher shot himself and his wife, Married couple murdered in their home by adopted daughter and her boyfriend who attempted to dispose of bodies by burning in a barbecue pit, Murder suicide in which father killed his 10-year-old actress-daughter and wife, Spree killer of six family members and workplace supervisor, Shotgun murders of Jos and Mary Louise ("Kitty") Menndez by their sons, Convicted of murdering her ex-husband and second wife, later depicted in, Ordered the killing of his father, mother and sister, Christmas Eve shooting by family member wearing Santa suit, Murder-suicide in which white lesbian couple murdered their six adopted black children and then killed themselves, Police chief of Los Angeles shot and killed by a burglary suspect while trying to make an arrest, Attempted prison escape in which the warden, two guards, and two prisoners were killed; five others involved in the attempt were executed, Kidnapping and murder of LAPD officer, later a book by, Two Border Patrol agents kidnapped and murdered by marijuana smugglers, Kidnapping of judge followed by shootout with police, led to manhunt for, Shootout in which four California Highway Patrol officers were killed, deadliest day in California law enforcement history, Members of the group shot or burned in South LA house during shootout with LAPD, Shootout between five heavily armed bank robbers and sheriff deputies, one officer and two perpetrators killed; eight other officers, a civilian, and two perpetrators injured, Shootout between police and bank robbers wearing body armor, both bank robbers killed, Police officer who also worked security for Death Row Records and was living with, Shootout resulting in deaths of a convicted felon and a sheriff's deputy, Wanted felon shot two officers during a traffic stop, then shot and killed two SWAT officers, After being fired, former LAPD officer killed two civilians and two law enforcement, manhunt ended in shootout at cabin in Big Bear, Two police officers shot and killed, perpetrator then killed in shootout with police. 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