Fatal Shootings By Police 1990-2000
Shooting Rates and Rankings of Prince George's and the 50 largest, local law enforcement agencies.
AGENCY
Avg. Population of Service Area '90-'00
Avg. Number of Fatal Shootings by Police '90-'00
Fatal Shootings Per 100,000 Residents
Fatal Shootings Per 1,000 Sworn Officers
Fatal Shootings Per 10,000 Violent Crimes
Fatal Shootings Per 100 Murders
Fatal Shootings Per 1,000 Arrests For Violent Crime
Fatal Shootings Per 10,000 Arrests For All Crime
New York
7,412,325
24.1
0.33 (28)
0.71 (43)
1.90 (45)
1.79 (41)
0.49 (45)
0.34 (42)
Los Angeles
3,564,159
19.0
0.53 (12)
2.19 (12)
2.77 (37)
2.44 (31)
0.84 (30)
1.15 (8)
Los Angeles Co., Calif.
2,548,467
15.7
0.62 (7)
1.95 (22)
5.23 (10)
4.70 (7)
1.30 (17)
1.68 (5)
Chicago
2,807,267
11.8
0.42 (22)
0.92 (37)
1.61 (46)
1.44 (48)
0.91 (28)
0.40 (37)
Houston
1,795,009
9.6
0.54 (11)
1.96 (21)
4.19 (17)
2.54 (29)
2.76 (2)
0.68 (22)
Detroit
991,589
8.6
0.87 (3)
2.16 (14)
3.42 (25)
1.68 (43)
0.83 (31)
1.05 (12)
Washington, D.C.
559,396
8.5
1.53 (1)
2.15 (15)
6.35 (5)
2.24 (34)
1.86 (9)
1.69 (4)
Phoenix
1,174,343
7.2
0.62 (8)
3.14 (3)
6.69 (4)
3.94 (14)
2.47 (3)
0.99 (14)
Philadelphia
1,503,744
6.9
0.46 (17)
1.06 (32)
3.31 (29)
1.68 (44)
0.70 (39)
0.87 (18)
San Diego
1,174,960
6.5
0.55 (10)
3.27 (2)
5.86 (9)
6.55 (2)
1.22 (18)
1.01 (13)
Baltimore
686,717
6.3
0.91 (2)
2.08 (17)
3.23 (31)
1.96 (37)
1.44 (13)
0.91 (16)
Miami-Dade Co.
1,108,050
5.0
0.45 (19)
1.78 (23)
2.84 (36)
3.29 (22)
0.91 (27)
0.74 (21)
Prince George's Co.
638,425
4.3
0.67 (5)
3.37 (1)
5.92 (7)
3.73 (18)
2.21 (4)
2.71 (1)
Jacksonville, Fla.
676,953
3.5
0.52 (13)
2.61 (6)
3.58 (24)
3.42 (20)
1.08 (22)
0.81 (20)
New Orleans
478,766
3.5
0.73 (4)
2.37 (9)
3.78 (23)
1.12 (49)
1.42 (14)
0.63 (24)
San Bernardino, Calif.
780,987
3.4
0.43 (20)
2.75 (4)
10.01 (1)
4.81 (6)
0.84 (29)
1.06 (11)
Denver
495,196
3.3
0.66 (6)
2.36 (10)
8.06 (2)
4.69 (8)
2.09 (7)
0.57 (28)
Las Vegas
774,551
3.2
0.40 (24)
2.05 (18)
4.27 (16)
2.82 (26)
1.81 (10)
0.47 (31)
Riverside Co., Calif.
715,452
3.1
0.43 (21)
2.73 (5)
5.90 (8)
3.79 (16)
1.71 (11)
1.98 (2)
Nashville
507,958
2.9
0.57 (9)
2.57 (7)
3.33 (28)
3.32 (21)
0.98 (24)
0.61 (26)
San Fransisco
738,744
2.7
0.37 (26)
1.35 (29)
2.61 (41)
3.06 (24)
0.59 (42)
0.58 (27)
San Antonio
1,098,229
2.6
0.23 (36)
1.42 (28)
4.35 (15)
1.83 (39)
2.15 (5)
0.89 (17)
San Jose
833,356
2.5
0.31 (30)
2.03 (19)
4.63 (14)
6.97 (1)
0.73 (37)
0.64 (23)
Cleveland
500,127
2.5
0.51 (14)
1.45 (27)
3.24 (30)
2.01 (36)
0.96 (26)
0.52 (30)
Memphis
619,511
2.5
0.41 (23)
1.67 (24)
2.63 (40)
1.63 (45)
1.20 (19)
0.42 (36)
Sacramento Co., Calif.
670,527
2.5
0.37 (25)
2.01 (20)
4.98 (12)
5.14 (5)
0.82 (33)
1.11 (9)
Harris Co., Tex.
923,115
2.5
0.27 (32)
1.03 (34)
4.99 (11)
3.70 (19)
3.47 (1)
1.83 (3)
Fort Worth
478,149
2.4
0.49 (15)
2.14 (16)
3.93 (20)
2.19 (35)
1.35 (15)
0.46 (32)
Dallas
1,074,406
2.3
0.21 (38)
0.81 (41)
1.44 (47)
0.95 (51)
0.75 (36)
0.28 (44)
San Diego Co.
779,510
2.3
0.29 (31)
1.29 (30)
6.31 (6)
5.92 (3)
1.07 (23)
1.21 (7)
Portland, Ore.
500,610
2.3
0.45 (18)
2.41 (8)
2.88 (35)
5.21 (4)
2.03 (8)
0.83 (19)
Oklahoma City
464,667
2.2
0.47 (16)
2.22 (11)
4.02 (19)
2.74 (27)
1.71 (12)
1.11 (10)
Milwaukee
601,709
2.1
0.35 (27)
1.02 (35)
3.33 (27)
1.51 (46)
0.61 (41)
0.24 (47)
Columbus, Ohio
663,548
1.7
0.26 (33)
1.09 (31)
2.65 (38)
1.83 (40)
0.40 (47)
0.97 (15)
Dekalb Co., Ga.
495,091
1.5
0.31 (29)
2.18 (13)
4.76 (13)
2.63 (28)
2.13 (6)
1.47 (6)
Hillsborough Co., Fla.
565,836
1.5
0.26 (34)
1.58 (25)
3.39 (26)
4.65 (9)
0.73 (38)
0.63 (25)
Baltimore Co.
715,705
1.4
0.19 (40)
0.88 (39)
1.91 (44)
4.33 (10)
0.57 (43)
0.43 (35)
El Paso
572,641
1.4
0.24 (35)
1.45 (26)
2.64 (39)
4.17 (11)
0.76 (34)
0.46 (33)
Seattle
531,183
1.2
0.22 (37)
0.95 (36)
1.99 (43)
2.30 (33)
1.15 (20)
0.34 (41)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
582,972
1.1
0.20 (39)
0.89 (38)
1.29 (49)
1.51 (47)
0.30 (50)
0.40 (38)
Honolulu
870,135
1.0
0.11 (45)
0.54 (46)
4.05 (18)
3.19 (23)
0.98 (25)
0.21 (49)
Austin
555,760
1.0
0.18 (41)
1.05 (33)
3.09 (32)
2.54 (30)
0.83 (32)
0.26 (45)
Montgomery Co.
792,400
0.8
0.10 (46)
0.87 (40)
3.86 (21)
3.95 (12)
1.31 (16)
0.53 (29)
Boston
559,883
0.8
0.15 (42)
0.39 (49)
0.82 (51)
1.06 (50)
0.20 (51)
0.34 (40)
Orange Co., Fla.
513,837
0.8
0.15 (43)
0.71 (42)
1.39 (48)
2.88 (25)
0.37 (48)
0.25 (46)
Suffolk Co., N.Y.
1,210,314
0.7
0.06 (50)
0.28 (50)
3.02 (34)
1.95 (38)
0.53 (44)
0.22 (48)
Orange Co., Calif.
527,737
0.6
0.12 (44)
0.48 (48)
3.82 (22)
3.77 (17)
0.75 (35)
0.43 (34)
Fairfax Co.
866,305
0.6
0.07 (48)
0.59 (45)
6.95 (3)
3.94 (13)
1.13 (21)
0.20 (51)
Nassau Co., N.Y.
1,025,076
0.6
0.06 (51)
0.20 (51)
3.08 (33)
3.81 (15)
0.67 (40)
0.39 (39)
Palm Beach Co., Fla.
467,388
0.5
0.10 (47)
0.50 (47)
1.26 (50)
1.74 (42)
0.31 (49)
0.30 (43)
King Co., Wash.
603,139
0.4
0.06 (49)
0.61 (44)
2.18 (42)
2.33 (32)
0.42 (46)
0.20 (50)
MEDIAN
0.36
1.45
3.36
2.78
0.94
0.60
( ) - Numbers in parentheses indicate department's ranking within a category
Note: Based on the average number of fatal shootings and average number of police, residents, crimes, arrests and killings, 1990 through 2000. Data gathered through surveys of individual departments, state police agencies, FBI Uniform Crime Report data and the U.S. Census Bureau. All numbers were averaged over the 11-year period to compensate for discrepancies, extremes in fluctuation or missing years. Agencies chosen for comparison were county, city and consolidated city-county police agencies that on average served the largest number of residents 1990-2000. Prince George's was excluded from the median. All numbers rounded after calculations.
