The number of homicide deaths in Sacramento County in 2025 fell to the lowest level in decades, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s officials, and declines were similar across the capital region, based on data collected and reviewed by The Sacramento Bee.
The agency, which patrols unincorporated areas of the county, investigated 18 homicide deaths in 2025 after ending the previous year with 37 homicides — a 54% decrease. The agency investigated 38 homicides in 2023 and 39 in 2022.
The 18 homicides investigated by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office in 2025 were the fewest since the 1980s, said Lt. Amar Gandhi, a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson…