This fact sheet presents data on homicides reported to police in Alaska per 1,000 population in Anchorage and 1,000 population outside of Anchorage from 1985-2022

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  Alaska Homicides Reported to Police, by Place: 1985-2022 i Alaska Justice Information Center Fact Sheet i UAA www.uaa.alaska.edu/ajic September 2024 – AJIC 24-15  Homicides Reported to Police in Alaska, by Place: 1985-2022  Rus’sel Sampson, M.P.A., Research Professional  This fact sheet explores rates of homicides reported to police in Alaska for the period 1985 to 2022 (the most recent year for which Alaska homicide report data were available). Homicides examined in this publication include the willful killing of one human by another and excludes killing that is negligent, accidental, attempted, suicidal, and assaults with the intent to kill.  Homicide rates were calculated as the number of homicides reported to police per 1,000 population in Anchorage and outside of Anchorage, for each year from 1985 to 2022. Homicide data were obtained from the Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Crime in Alaska reports. Alaska population data were obtained from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Figure 1 depicts annual rates of homicides reported to police in Anchorage and outside-Anchorage for the period 1985 to 2022. The Anchorage rate briefly increased during the first decade, peaking in 1995 (12.3 per 1,000) and then falling to its lowest level in 2001 (4.2 per 1,000). The outside-Anchorage rate declined steadily between 1985 (12.2 per 1,000) and 2009 (1.5 per 1,000) before rebounding in 2010. Overall, the outside-Anchorage rate decreased by Figure 1. Rates of homicides reported to police in Alaska: 1985-2022  Notes Homicides reported to police in Alaska data source: Alaska Department of Public Safety, Crime in Alaska (1985-2022) Population data source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development 6.012.34.25.011.010.012.24.34.51.57.59.20246810121419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022Rate per 1,000 population, by placeAnchorage Outside-Anchorage  Alaska Homicides Reported to Police, by Place: 1985-2022 i Alaska Justice Information Center Fact Sheet i UAA approximately a quarter, while the Anchorage rate increased a third. Whereas the outside-Anchorage rate was double that of the Anchorage rate in 1985, both Anchorage and outside-Anchorage rates ended the period at nearly the same level (Anchorage: 10.0 per 1,000 VS outside-Anchorage: 9.2 per 1,000). From 1985 to 2022, the average Anchorage rate of homicides reported to police was 7.3 per 1,000 and the outside-Anchorage rate was 6.3 per 1,000.                                       Table 1. Alaska homicide report rates, by place: 1985-2022            Rate per 1,000 place-specific population Year Anchorage rate OutsideAnchorage rate 1985 6.0 12.2 1986 7.3 10.1 1987 6.6 11.4 1988 5.9 6.4 1989 5.0 10.1 1990 4.4 8.3 1991 10.6 6.0 1992 7.0 7.9 1993 10.0 7.8 1994 8.7 4.3 1995 12.3 6.9 1996 9.9 5.7 1997 9.0 7.6 1998 8.6 5.3 1999 8.5 8.8 2000 5.4 4.1 2001 4.2 7.6 2002 7.1 4.0 2003 7.0 6.4 2004 5.8 5.2 2005 6.5 3.6 2006 7.1 3.6 2007 7.8 5.0 2008 4.2 4.5 2009 5.2 1.5 2010 4.8 4.3 2011 4.7 4.0 2012 5.4 3.2 2013 5.3 4.1 2014 5.0 5.7 2015 8.7 7.5 2016 11.0 4.3 2017 10.0 7.3 2018 9.4 4.3 2019 11.9 7.9 2020 6.2 6.8 2021 6.9 4.9 2022 10.0 9.2 Notes Homicides reported to police in Alaska data source: Alaska Department of Public Safety, Crime in Alaska (1985-2022) Population data source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development 

Homicides Reported to Police in Alaska, by Place: 1985-2022

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Homicides Reported to Police in Alaska, by Place: 1985-2022

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