EDITOR’S NOTE: This story will be updated throughout the year as developments are made in the investigations.
Jacksonville ended the year back above the century mark after finishing 2024 with its lowest total number of homicides this century, unofficially at 84. It was the first time the city finished with fewer than 100 since 2011 when 86 people were killed, according to Times-Union data.
Unofficially at 115 and a 37% increase, the good news is the total is still among the lowest in the last decade.
Since 2003 the Times-Union has compiled a database of Jacksonville homicides with a summary of who, what, where, when and why from information available through police and public records. Each case is updated when there’s an arrest and other developments. However, names and details have not been released in some pending cases.
Here’s what have we learned for 2025: Among this year’s victims, five were 17 or younger — seven fewer than in 2024. The age range with the highest fatality rate continued to be 21 to 30 with 29 deaths, four above the previous year. The overwhelming majority of victims were Black with 73 as opposed to 31 White and 11 Hispanic. That compares to 57 Black victims, 20 White, six Hispanic and one Asian in 2024. Twenty females fell prey to the violence, two higher than the previous year.
The locations of killings have not been as dominant in one area as usual. There were 12 in the 32209 ZIP code in the Moncrief area followed by 11 in 32208 that includes Lake Forest/Riverview/Sherwood Forest/Norwood/Panama Park and 10 in the Brentwood/Springfield/Talleyrand ZIP code 32206. Last year 32209 was tops with 14, followed by nine in 32218 on the Northside.
Shootings accounted for 80 deaths (not counting police shootings), well above the 60 the prior year. At the moment, 45 cases resulted in murder or manslaughter arrests. The 2024 arrests were in at least 36 of the cases.
The highest total number of homicides in Jacksonville in recent memory was 2020’s 177. The all-time record is unclear, but The Times-Union has been told there were even more in the 1980s.
Besides 2024, since the newspaper has kept track the only other totals below 100 were 86 in 2011 and 96 in 2010.
At 115, 2025’s homicides mean 1,384 people are among the city’s casualties since 2016. In the last decade, Jacksonville averages 138 homicides per year, about one homicide every two or three days.
Here’s a closer look at the 2025 data and how it compares to recent years. Please note that the listed addresses for where the killings occurred often are not direct but the block that the Sheriff’s Office provides.
How many homicides have been recorded in Jacksonville this year vs. last year?
KEY STATISTICS
A closer look at who is dying in Jacksonville’s homicides this year.
Victims, by gender
Victims, by age
Victims, by race
All 2025 homicides in Jacksonville
Here’s a closer look at all of the homicides in Jacksonville this year, including what we know about each one, including the victim’s name, cause of death and more. (View additional homicide details by clicking or tapping on the entry or see more homicide entries by scrolling down.)
About this data
As a footnote, these statistics do not reflect any in the Beaches municipalities that are outside the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s jurisdiction. None was recorded anyway. Some cases also are still pending classification, so it is possible one or two may fall off or be changed to justifiable.
The Times-Union’s numbers also vary somewhat from the Sheriff’s Office due to some procedural differences. As the Sheriff’s Office updates its numbers with developments, it often does not alert the media. So sometimes updates may go unnoticed. In addition, the Sheriff’s Office sometimes isn’t consistent on what homicides are included — for instance these last few years it has decided not to include fatal police shootings even under the justifiable or pending classification. For consistency in how the Times-Union has recorded its data, the 11 police shootings are listed.
The other terminology to note is the difference between a homicide and a murder: They are not interchangeable. Murders do not include justifiable actions such as self-defense or just cause; homicides do. So homicide numbers will always be higher than the murder totals that law enforcement agencies include in their Uniform Crime Reporting to the FBI.
(This story will be updated throughout the year as cases develop.)
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville finishes with 115 homicides in 2025, here’s what we know
Reporting by Scott Butler and Gary T. Mills, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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