According to the FBI’s Preliminary Uniform Crime Report for 2002, the murder rate in the South increased by 2.1% while the murder rate in the Northeast decreased by almost 5%. The South accounts for 82% of all executions since 1976; the Northeast accounts for less than 1%.
(FBI Preliminary Uniform Crime Report 2002, June 16, 2003). Deterrence.
Citation Guide
- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). FBI Report Reveals Murder Rate Rise in the South. Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/fbi-report-reveals-murder-rate-rise-in-the-south
- Death Penalty Information Center. “FBI Report Reveals Murder Rate Rise in the South.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 3, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/fbi-report-reveals-murder-rate-rise-in-the-south.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “FBI Report Reveals Murder Rate Rise in the South.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/fbi-report-reveals-murder-rate-rise-in-the-south. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.