National Gun Violence Data

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  • Gun deaths have been experiencing a steady decline in recent years. It has gone from 21,068 deaths in 2021 to 18,854 deaths in 2023.
  • Gun injuries have been experiencing a steady decline in recent years. It has gone from 40,549 injuries in 2021 to 36,338 injuries in 2023.
  • Officer-Involved shootings (OIS) where the officer was killed also experienced a reduction from 68 in 2021 to 52 in 2023.
  • OIS cases where the suspect was killed has increased steadily since 2014 with 687 deaths to 2023 with 1,442 deaths.
  • Mass shootings in the U.S. have steadily increased since 2014 with 272 cases that year to 656 cases in 2023.
  • Mass shootings in the U.S. in 2023 totaled:
    • 714 victims killed.
    • 2,684 victims injured.
    • 41 suspects killed.
    • 32 suspects injured.
    • 417 suspects arrested.
  • Teens killed since September 15, 2022:
    • Victims killed 2,274.
    • Victims injured 778.
    • Suspects killed 174.
    • Suspects injured 49.
    • Suspects arrested 1,431.

*Taken from www.gunviolencearchive.org