City Murder Rates

KevinFromTexas · #10 Posted **Sep 18, 2018, 9:14 AM**

1 dead - UPDATE: Police investigating woman’s death in Central Austin as a homicide - 9/1

1 dead - UPDATED: Man in his 20s shot, killed in Northeast Austin, officials say - 9/11

1 dead - JUST IN: Man shot, killed late Friday in northeastern Travis County, officials say - 9/15

1 dead - Person stabbed man to death, injured woman in Kyle, police say - 9/22

1 dead - One dead, two injured in North Austin shooting, police say - 9/23

1 dead - Austin police investigating murder-suicide of elderly couple found with gunshot wounds - 9/25

1 dead - Police ID 30-year-old fatally shot in Southeast Austin - 9/28

1 dead - 75-year-old charged with murder after shooting outside halfway house in Austin - 9/29

Pending

1 dead - Man found dead on Dessau Road in North Austin; traffic delays in area - 9/2

1 dead - Body found in Northwest Austin early Friday, police say - 9/28

2018 Austin Metro Murders

| Austin 25 | Travis Co. 32 | Bastrop Co. 1 | Caldwell Co. 0 | Hays Co. 2 | Williamson Co. 5 | Metro 40 |

Causes metrowide:
Shooting - 26
Stabbing - 5
Strangled - 1
Suffocation - 0
Throwing (of child) - 0
Beating - 2
Vehicular - 0
Blunt force trauma - 0
Sharp force trauma - 0
Unlisted cause - 4
Domestic terrorism - 2

Austin totals:
Downtown - 0
Central Austin - 1
East Austin - 5
North Austin - 3
Northeast Austin - 3
Northwest Austin - 1
South Austin - 7
Southeast Austin - 4
Southwest Austin - 0
West Austin - 1

Victims
Male - 29
Female - 10
Unlisted - 0

| Jan 4 | Feb 1 | Mar 8 | Apr 3 | May 4 | Jun 5 | Jul 2 | Aug 5 | Sep 8 | Oct 0 | Nov 0 | Dec 0 |

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| Mon 5 | Tue 5 | Wed 5 | Thur 3 | Fri 8 | Sat 11 | Sun 3 |

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Murder cases

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1 dead - UPDATE: Williamson man fatally shot woman before killing himself, authorities say - 1/3

1 dead - NEW NOW: Woman shot in East Austin died in hospital, police say - 1/21

1 dead - JUST IN: Body found burned in Bastrop County last week - 1/22

1 dead - Man shot dead in Manor, EMS officials say 1/31

1 dead - Man arrested in stabbing death of woman in eastern Travis County - 2/3

1 dead - Police: Man detained after woman found dead in east Travis County home - 3/1

1 dead - UPDATE: Travis County deputies searching for armed, possibly injured homicide suspect - 3/2

1 dead - UPDATE: Man injured in explosion in Northeast Austin has died, police say - 3/2

1 dead - UPDATE: Austin police seeking tips after 20-year-old man found dead in East Austin - 3/5

1 dead - Man dies after Domain shooting; shooter still at large, police say - 3/6

1 dead - Bomb victim Draylen Mason, 17, remembered as bright, talented musician - 3/12

1 dead - NEW INFO: Man shot in South Austin dies in hospital; suspect at large, police say - 3/16

1 dead - UPDATE: One man dead in N. Austin shooting, reports of second shooting unconfirmed - 3/24

1 dead - JUST IN: Suspect in deadly Travis County stabbing arrested in North Texas - 4/11

1 dead - OVERNIGHT: Man dies after shooting in South Austin apartment, police say - 4/17

1 dead - UPDATE: One dead, one injured after shooting in East Austin, police say - 4/19

2 dead - JUST IN: Police: Woman shot in Cedar Park murder-suicide dies - 5/12

1 dead - UPDATE: Man arrested in South Austin shooting - 5/19

1 dead - Police: Del Valle man charged with murder in girlfriend’s strangulation - 5/26

1 dead - Two face charges in death of 2-year-old last weekend, Austin police say - 6/2

1 dead - Estranged husband killed woman in Round Rock storage unit, police say - 6/4

1 dead - Man dies days after being beaten at South Austin bus stop, police say - 6/16

1 dead - Woman shot man after hitting him with car, Austin police say - 6/21

1 dead - UPDATED: Austin police looking for shooter after man killed, another injured in Northwest Austin - 6/27

1 dead - Hundreds fill Travis High field to remember teen killed in shooting - 7/4

1 dead - Man dies after gunshots reported at South Lamar apartments, Austin police say - 7/9

1 dead - Brothers arrested in connection with San Marcos homicide, officials say - 8/14

1 dead - UPDATE: Man, woman found shot dead outside southeast Travis County home, officials say - 8/24

1 dead - Man fatally stabbed early Friday in northwestern Travis County, no charges filed - 8/24

1 dead - Death of man found after South Austin grass fire ruled a homicide, police say - 8/26 

1 dead - JUST IN: Man charged with murder after body found in Northeast Austin home - 8/31

1 dead - UPDATE: Police investigating woman’s death in Central Austin as a homicide - 9/1

1 dead - UPDATED: Man in his 20s shot, killed in Northeast Austin, officials say - 9/11

1 dead - JUST IN: Man shot, killed late Friday in northeastern Travis County, officials say - 9/15

1 dead - Person stabbed man to death, injured woman in Kyle, police say - 9/22

1 dead - One dead, two injured in North Austin shooting, police say - 9/23

1 dead - Austin police investigating murder-suicide of elderly couple found with gunshot wounds - 9/25

1 dead - Police ID 30-year-old fatally shot in Southeast Austin - 9/28

1 dead - 75-year-old charged with murder after shooting outside halfway house in Austin - 9/29

Pending cases

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1 dead - Man in his 50s found dead on East Austin greenbelt trail, EMS says  - 3/10

1 dead - Police investigating body found near I-35 in east Austin - 3/25

1 dead - Police investigating body of man found on Walnut Creek trail in North Austin - 4/9

1 dead - Sheriff: Southbound 183 lane closed in Liberty Hill after body found - 4/11

1 dead - Body found in Pease Park during Eeyore's Birthday Party - 4/28

1 dead - Body found in Hudson Bend, Travis County sheriff’s officials say - 6/6

1 dead - Taylor police ID man found dead Friday morning in Murphy Park - 6/8

1 dead - Woman found in Granger home had been dead for several days, sheriff says - 6/19

1 dead - Kyle police investigating suspicious death of 2-year-old on July 4 - 7/4

1 dead - Travis County deputies identify man who died under ‘suspicious circumstances’  - 7/11

1 dead - Man found dead on Dessau Road in North Austin; traffic delays in area - 9/2

1 dead - Body found in Northwest Austin early Friday, police say - 9/28

1 dead - Police investigating after body found in North Austin - 10/2

Austin area population

City: 950,715 (July 1, 2017 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Travis County: 1,226,698 (July 1, 2017 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Metro: 2,115,827 (July 1, 2017 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau

Area - City: 297 square miles (2010) - US Census Bureau
Area - Metro: 4,285 square miles - Wikipedia
Area - Travis County: 1,023 square miles - Wikipedia

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