Kimberly Martin, PhD, BJS Statistician, and
James T. Hubbell, PhD, Former BJS Statistician
September 2026
NCJ 311738
The rate of violent victimization with a firearm in the United States declined from 2023 to 2024
From 2023 to 2024:
- The total rate of firearm victimization decreased from 133.4 per 100,000 persons to 117.4 (figure 1).
- The firearm homicide victimization rate decreased from 4.6 per 100,000 to 3.8.
- The rate of rape victimization involving a firearm decreased from 0.62 per 100,000 to 0.57.
- The firearm-involved robbery victimization rate decreased from 30.1 per 100,000 persons to 25.0, and the rate of aggravated assault victimization involving a firearm declined from 97.3 per 100,000 to 87.3.
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The total number of firearm-involved violent victimizations declined from 2023 to 2024
From 2023 to 2024:
- The estimated number of total violent victimizations committed with a firearm fell from 446,700 to 399,220 (figure 2).
- Homicide victimizations involving a firearm fell from 15,350 to 12,930.
- The number of rape victimizations involving a firearm decreased from 2,090 to 1,920.
- Robbery victimizations with a firearm declined from 100,830 to 84,920, and aggravated assault victimizations with a firearm declined from 325,700 to 297,000.
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About the data
Violent crime includes the offenses of homicide (composed of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter), rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. For individual offense definitions, see the NIBRS User Manual. The 2023 National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) estimates were updated to reflect data transmitted to the FBI after the 2023 cutoff date.
The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is a data collection system designed and maintained by the FBI. The NIBRS Estimation Program (NIBRS EP), administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in partnership with the FBI, produces national and subnational estimates of crime at the incident level using reported NIBRS data. For more information about the NIBRS data structure and details about the data elements included in the collection, see BJS’s NIBRS webpage and the FBI’s NIBRS webpage. For details on the research methodology for the NIBRS EP, see NIBRS Estimation and Extract File Creation Methodology Report (NCJ 310516, BJS, December 2025).
BJS conducted correlated sample t-tests to determine whether differences in estimated counts and percentages in this report were statistically significant. In this report, statistical significance is reported at the 95% confidence level. All comparisons made in text are statistically significant unless otherwise stated. For details on significance testing, see Crime Known to Law Enforcement, 2024 (NCJ 310856, BJS, March 2026).
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring crime, criminal victimization, criminal offenders, victims of crime, correlates of crime, and the operation of criminal and civil justice systems at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. BJS collects, analyzes, and disseminates reliable statistics on crime and justice systems in the United States, supports improvements to state and local criminal justice information systems, and participates with national and international organizations to develop and recommend national standards for justice statistics.
This report was written by Kimberly Martin, PhD, BJS Statistician, and James T. Hubbell, PhD, former BJS Statistician. Kimberly Martin, PhD, and Erica Smith verified the report.
Michael W. Hopps edited the report. Vesela Kostadinova produced the report.
September 2026, NCJ 311738