168 Jacksonville homicides in 2022: Who died, where and how
EDITOR'S NOTE: These numbers may be adjusted throughout the year with potential updates.
As 2022 has come to a close, so too has the number of Jacksonville's homicides for the year — 168. The Times-Union has kept meticulous records for nearly 20 years on each case to document the city’s violence — officially back to 2006.
The numbers could still change considering some individuals were in life-threatening condition following separate incidents and could succumb to their injuries. New homicide rulings also could be determined by the Sheriff's Office, Medical Examiner's Office and State Attorney's Office in particular cases.
The Times-Union compiles its database with a summary of who, what, where, why and when from information available through police or public records and updates the data when there’s an arrest.
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Here's what have we learned: Among this year's victims were 29 female, well ahead of the 16 killed in 2021. Similarly the lives of 26 young people were cut short at 11 to 20 years old; that compares to 16 in that age bracket last year. The 32209 ZIP code in the Moncrief area again ended with the most killings at 20, equaling its total in 2021, and just ahead of the next closest at 18 in 32210 on the Westside.
African Americans continued to suffer the most deaths with 124, up from 2021’s 93. White victims totaled 38 compared to 27 the previous year. Hispanics, at six homicides, declined from nine in 2020. The males went from 114 to 137. One victim’s gender was unaccounted for due to being a fetus.
Shootings were responsible for 131 homicides (not counting police shootings), followed by 10 stabbings, nine beatings, two strangulations, one person run over by a car, one child burned/neglected and six with no cause provided. That compares to 109 shooting homicides in 2021, nine stabbings, five beatings, one strangling, one falling off a moving vehicle and four with no cause provided. Twenty-five cases involved some kind of domestic relations. And 25 have been deemed justifiable such as self-defense and police shootings.
Police made murder or manslaughter arrests (including one aggravated child abuse) in at least 60 cases. Of the 65 suspects, there were 49 Black males, eight white males, five Black females, two white females and one Hispanic male.
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By the numbers: Here's a look at Jacksonville's 2021 homicides compared to 2020
2021 finished with 129 homicides, about a 27% decrease from 2020. In that year, however, the city recorded the highest total in recent memory at 177. The all-time record is unclear, but the Times-Union has been told there were even more in the 1980s. This year's 168 homicides is the complete opposite in percentage differential, increasing 30% instead of dropping, and surpasses 2019's 162 as the second-worst total in recent memory.
The lowest total since the newspaper has kept track was 86 in 2011, only the second year to record fewer than 100 homicides. The other was 2010 when 96 homicides were recorded.
This year's 168 homicides mean 2,204 people are among the city’s casualties since 2006. That's an average of about 129 homicides per year and one every couple of days. The city also reached the century mark in homicides for 11-straight years.
Here's a closer look at the 2022 data and how it compares to recent years.
Where are the homicides happening in Jacksonville?
Copy: 2022 Homicides by ZIP code
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Key statistics
A closer look at who is dying in Jacksonville's homicides this year.
Victims, by gender
2022: Gender of homicide victims
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Victims, by age
2022: Homicide victims by age
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Victims, by race
2022 homicide victims - race
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All 2022 homicides in Jacksonville
Here's a closer look at all of the homicides in Jacksonville this year, including what we know about each one, including the victim's name when available, cause of death and more. Due to the state's Marsy's Law, many of the victims' names have not become public. (View additional homicide details by clicking or tapping on the entry or see more homicide entries by scrolling down.)
About this data
As a footnote, the Times-Union’s numbers may vary somewhat from the Sheriff’s Office due to some procedural differences. Historically the Sheriff’s Office does not include out-of-jurisdiction homicides but this year does for one Atlantic Beach case that it was asked to handle the investigation. The Times-Union is not listing it for consistency.
Similarly the Sheriff’s Office has listed deaths of fetuses in past homicides of the mothers but doesn’t for one in 2022. Since the suspect is charged with two counts of murder, the Times-Union is counting the fetus as a homicide.
The other terminology to note is the difference between a homicide and a murder: They are not interchangeable. Murders do not include justifiable actions such as self-defense or just cause; homicides do. So homicide numbers will always be higher than the murder totals that law enforcement agencies include in their Uniform Crime Reporting to the FBI.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: 2022: Jacksonville again finished with well over 100 homicides
