Depew Village New York

Depew Village, New York has recorded 26 homicides over the tracked period, with 33 victims identified. Tracking continues through 2026. The city ranks #153 among 339 U.S. cities tracked by the FBI, with a clearance rate of 23% — meaning an arrest or suspect identification was made in 6 of those incidents, while 11 remain open. The weapon mix skews toward firearm - handguns (roughly 54% of cases with weapon data), with firearm - type unknown, knife/cutting instrument as the next-most-frequent categories. The single deadliest month on record was October 2022, with 5 homicides logged. Reporting is dominated by Depew Village Police Department, which filed 26 incident reports. The annual homicide count runs 72% below the per-city average for the FBI's tracking universe. New York's statewide firearms policy — a strict permit-to-purchase regime — is part of the regulatory backdrop for the local dynamic, even as the city-level pattern is shaped most directly by community-level conditions and the broader opioid and fentanyl crisis. For broader statewide context, see our New York state homicide data page. The Murder Channel's New York coverage provides ongoing context for this city's homicide patterns as new FBI UCR reports are released.