# 2016 Murder Data

This folder contains data behind the story [A Handful Of Cities Are Driving 2016's Rise In Murder](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-handful-of-cities-are-driving-2016s-rise-in-murders/).

`murder_2016_prelim.csv` contains preliminary 2016 murder counts for 79 large U.S. cities. 2015 figures are counts through the same data a year ago. Sources are listed in the file.

`murder_2015_final.csv` contains full-year 2014 and 2015 murder counts for all U.S. cities with at least 250,000 residents. Source is FBI Uniform Crime Reports.