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How many murders go unsolved in the US?

Of the 14,380 homicides reported to the FBI in 2025, 66.5% were cleared, leaving 33.5% not cleared — about 4,824 cases.

Answer current as of

Where this comes from

The figure is the result of a checked-in query, offense_national_trend.sql, run against the published data. Every number on this page can be traced to it.