Campaign Zero’s Mapping Police Violence (MPV) has released its 2024 analysis, revealing a continued rise in police killings. Despite a national decline in homicides and violent crime, police violence reached its highest level on record. This crisis continues to disproportionately impact Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities, highlighting a severe and ongoing public safety issue.

Key Findings

• Deadliest Year Yet: 2024 marked the deadliest year since MPV began collecting data, with 1,365 police killings. On average, law enforcement kills someone every 6.44 hours.
• Near-Daily Occurrence: There were only 10 days in 2024 when U.S. law enforcement did not kill someone.

Racial Disparities Persist

• Black people were 2.9x more likely than White people to be killed by police.
• Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islanders (NHPI) faced the highest racial disparity, being 7.6x more likely to be killed by police than White people.
• American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals were 3.1x more likely to be killed.
• Hispanic people were 1.3x more likely to be killed.
• Asian people were 0.3x more likely to be killed.

Cities & States with the Largest Increases in Police Killings

• New Hampshire saw a 225% increase from the previous 11-year average.
• New Mexico had the highest per capita rate of police killings (13.7 per million).
• Corpus Christi, TX had the highest per capita rate of police killings among large U.S. cities (22.1 per million), a 288% increase over the prior 11-year average.

Largest Decreases

• Rhode Island reported zero police killings in 2024.
• Massachusetts had one of the lowest rates, marking a 75% decrease from the previous 11 years.
• Stockton, CA saw the most significant drop among cities, reducing police killings to zero after averaging 6.9 per million people per year over the prior decade.

Campaign Zero Statement

In 2024, 1,365 people were killed by U.S. law enforcement—making it the deadliest year since recording began in 2013. Despite a national decrease in violent crime, police killings continued to rise, further exposing the urgent need to rethink public safety. These numbers serve as a stark reminder of the historical and systemic nature of police violence.

Our data highlights not only the disproportionate impact of police violence on Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color, but also the wide variations in policing practices across states and municipalities.

We remain committed to advancing solutions that move us toward a world beyond policing.

About the Data

As per our methodology, all incidents go through a multi-layered review process. It is likely that the number of incidents may increase in the coming months as a result of unique incidents that have been flagged as needing further analysis given the sensitivity of the circumstances. To better understand the data generation process and methodology for the underlying data, please refer to MPV’s Data & Methodology.