Homicide Deaths and Death Rates

Homicide - Deaths and Death Rates Per 100,000 Residents
Source: 2007-2009 Vital Statistics Data as of March, 2011
Adjusted Rates Are Age Adjusted to The 2000 United States Population

(Click on a county name for a ten-year trend)

  Deaths Population Crude Adjusted
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2008 Rate Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 1 0 0 1 49,649 0.7 0.9
Cattaraugus 1 2 1 4 79,688 1.7 1.6
Chautauqua 2 7 2 11 133,789 2.7 2.8
Erie 59 45 69 173 909,845 6.3 6.6
Genesee 0 1 1 2 57,821 1.2 1.2
Niagara 7 5 6 18 214,464 2.8 3.1
Orleans 1 0 2 3 42,135 2.4 2.4
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 41,652 0.0 0.0
Region Total 71 60 81 212 1,529,043 4.6 4.8
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 1 4 1 6 87,813 2.3 2.3
Livingston 1 1 1 3 63,154 1.6 1.9
Monroe 54 47 31 132 732,762 6.0 6.0
Ontario 5 1 4 10 104,475 3.2 3.7
Schuyler 0 0 0 0 18,888 0.0 0.0
Seneca 1 0 0 1 34,086 1.0 0.9
Steuben 2 0 1 3 96,573 1.0 1.1
Wayne 2 1 0 3 91,564 1.1 1.1
Yates 0 0 1 1 24,652 1.4 1.7
Region Total 66 54 39 159 1,253,967 4.2 4.3
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 1 0 1 2 79,823 0.8 0.9
Cortland 1 1 1 3 48,302 2.1 2.1
Herkimer 1 0 0 1 62,200 0.5 0.7
Jefferson 0 1 7 8 118,046 2.3 2.0
Lewis 0 0 1 1 26,176 1.3 1.3
Madison 3 1 0 4 69,766 1.9 2.0
Oneida 8 9 8 25 231,590 3.6 3.8
Onondaga 23 26 27 76 452,633 5.6 5.6
Oswego 1 4 2 7 121,395 1.9 2.1
St Lawrence 2 2 2 6 109,701 1.8 1.7
Tompkins 1 2 3 6 101,136 2.0 2.7
Region Total 41 46 52 139 1,420,768 3.3 3.3
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 4 1 15 20 195,018 3.4 3.5
Chenango 1 2 1 4 50,898 2.6 2.8
Tioga 0 0 0 0 50,171 0.0 0.0
Region Total 5 3 16 24 296,087 2.7 2.8
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 6 12 6 24 298,130 2.7 2.6
Clinton 1 1 1 3 81,947 1.2 1.2
Columbia 2 2 1 5 62,006 2.7 2.8
Delaware 0 0 1 1 46,085 0.7 1.0
Essex 0 0 0 0 37,826 0.0 0.0
Franklin 1 1 0 2 50,521 1.3 1.3
Fulton 1 1 1 3 55,024 1.8 1.8
Greene 1 1 1 3 48,992 2.0 2.0
Hamilton 0 0 0 0 5,021 0.0 0.0
Montgomery 1 1 0 2 48,679 1.4 1.5
Otsego 2 1 1 4 61,962 2.2 2.4
Rensselaer 3 1 3 7 155,261 1.5 1.5
Saratoga 0 1 1 2 217,191 0.3 0.3
Schenectady 5 5 7 17 151,427 3.7 4.2
Schoharie 0 0 1 1 31,910 1.0 0.7
Warren 1 0 1 2 65,971 1.0 1.3
Washington 1 0 0 1 62,804 0.5 0.5
Region Total 25 27 25 77 1,480,757 1.7 1.8
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 15 7 8 30 292,878 3.4 3.4
Orange 9 10 12 31 379,647 2.7 2.8
Putnam 3 2 1 6 99,244 2.0 1.9
Rockland 1 4 2 7 298,545 0.8 0.8
Sullivan 1 1 2 4 76,189 1.8 1.7
Ulster 4 6 1 11 181,670 2.0 1.8
Westchester 23 31 21 75 953,943 2.6 2.8
Region Total 56 61 47 164 2,282,116 2.4 2.5
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 134 138 112 384 1,391,903 9.2 8.9
Kings 216 210 204 630 2,556,598 8.2 8.1
New York 50 60 57 167 1,634,795 3.4 3.4
Queens 88 103 80 271 2,293,007 3.9 4.0
Richmond 17 23 19 59 487,407 4.0 4.1
Region Total 505 534 472 1,511 8,363,710 6.0 5.9
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 25 31 36 92 1,351,625 2.3 2.4
Suffolk 38 41 36 115 1,512,224 2.5 2.7
Region Total 63 72 72 207 2,863,849 2.4 2.6
New York State Total 832 857 804 2,493 19,490,297 4.3 4.3