2021 Mass Shooting Statistics
Mass shootings
Number of mass shootings :
638 in
2021Perpetrators
Mass shootings with a known perpetratror :
228
Mass shootings with an unknown perpetrator :
410
Perpetrators by race :
Black 193 (75%)
White 31 (12%)
Latino 31 (12%)
Asian 4 (2%)
Perpetrators by gender :
Male 314 (95%)
Female 9 (3%)
Perpetrators by age :
12 and under 0 (0%)
13 -17 47 (15%)
18 - 25 144 (46%)
26 - 35 78 (25%)
36 - 45 27 (9%)
45+ 14 (5%)
Victims
Total victims :
3269 Total wounded :
2617
Total killed :
652Trends
Mass shootings by month in
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Locations
Locations of mass shootings by percent
Business/Parking lot
109 (17%)Home/Residential area
95 (15%)Unspecified/Other
72 (11%)Park/Playground/Beach
34 (5%)
Motives
Motives of mass shootings by percent
Unknown/Unclear
346 (54%)Fight escalation/Retribution
128 (20%)Targeted shooting
75 (12%)Domestic violence
32 (5%)Gang/Drug related
28 (4%)
Mass shootings heat map
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Top 10s
Top ten states for mass shootings
Top ten cities for mass shootings
Top ten states for unsolved mass shootings
Top ten cities for unsolved mass shootings