There were 185 people killed in Kansas City in 2023, according to data maintained by The Star, as major cities around the U.S. saw significant reductions in homicide.
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death by Chicago police. The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics. Homicide data from the Illinois .
As of Friday, there have been 183 homicides in Kansas City this year, the most ever recorded in the city’s history. The previous record of 182 homicides was set in 2020.