Murders and nonnegligent manslaughter per 100,000 inhabitants · 1995–2024 · Source: FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS)
City rate: city_murder_count / city_population × 100,000.
MSA rate: msa_estimated_murder_count / msa_population × 100,000
(FBI projection to full MSA area).
Dashed lines: OLS trend for each series across all years with reported data.
2000: Columbus OH absent from FBI Table 6 — both series show a gap.
2012, 2013, 2021: partial data (hand-entered from CPD / news sources); included in chart,
flagged in tooltips. Hollow points indicate partial data years.
| Year | City Rate | City Murders | City Population | MSA Rate | MSA Est. Murders | MSA Population | Coverage | Data Quality | Notes |
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