Homicide
UCR Definition
The Florida Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) program defines murder and nonnegligent manslaughter as the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another. Any death due to a fight, argument, quarrel, assault, or which occurs during the commission of a crime or by premeditated design is included in this category. Attempted murders are classified as aggravated assaults.
The Florida UCR program also collects data on manslaughter by negligence: the killing of another person through gross negligence. Any death of an individual resulting from the negligent act of another individual is included in this category. Negligent acts resulting in the death of the individual committing those acts, and resulting in no other deaths, are not reportable to the UCR Program. They are considered accidental deaths.
The
UCR Manual contains more information about these definitions.
Florida Statutes
782.04 Murder
782.051 Attempted felony murder
782.065 Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional officer, correctional probation officer
782.07 Manslaughter; aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult; aggravated manslaughter of a child; aggravated manslaughter of an officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, or a paramedic.
782.071 Vehicular homicide
782.072 Vessel homicide
Summary
Florida had 1,107* murder offenses reported in 2018. Firearms were used in 836 of the reported murders.
There were 712 arrests for murder in 2018. Of these arrests, 46 were Juveniles and 666 were adults.
UCR Offense Data 
*Figures include the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018 in which 17 persons were killed.
Source: 2018 Crime in Florida Report Abstract (PDF)
Source: Murder: Firearm Type and Rate for Florida, 1971 - 2018 (PDF | Excel File)
Murder by Weapon Type, 1995 - 2018 (PDF | Excel File)
UCR Arrest Data 
Source: County and Municipal Arrest Data
, 2018 (PDF | Excel File)
Source: Arrests by Age, Sex and Offense for Florida, 2018 (PDF)
Source: 2018 Judicial Circuit Disaggregated Arrest Report (PDF | Excel File)
To learn more about which counties are in what circuit, please see the
Florida Courts website.
Historical Data – Trends
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