Continued Spotlight on Missouri
In 2022, Missouri once again had the highest Black homicide victimization rate in the nation. For prior editions of this study using FBI SHR data, Missouri ranked first or second from 2007 to 2020. For the past two years (2021 and 2022) using CDC WISQARS data, Missouri also ranked first for Black homicide victimization. Looking at both data sets, Missouri has ranked either first or second in the nation for Black homicide victimization 16 years in a row.
Even these grim statistics do not reveal the true scope of the crisis in Missouri. Despite already having the highest Black homicide victimization rate in the country, in the last decade CDC data reveal that the Black homicide victimization rate in Missouri more than doubled, increasing from 30.7 per 100,000 in 2013 to 65.7 in 2022 (Figure 3).
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