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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2026

Non-fatal firearm violence across 17 US cities using police dashboard data, 2020-2025.

Maureen R Benjamins, Cameron De La Huerta, Nazia S Saiyed, Madison Offstein, Melissa Gutierrez-Kapheim, Ashley Wolf

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Maureen R BenjaminsSinai Urban Health Institute, 1500 S. Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60608, USA.
Cameron De La HuertaChicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 N Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
Nazia S SaiyedSinai Urban Health Institute, 1500 S. Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60608, USA.
Madison OffsteinSinai Urban Health Institute, 1500 S. Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60608, USA.
Melissa Gutierrez-KapheimSinai Urban Health Institute, 1500 S. Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60608, USA.
Ashley WolfPediatrics, The University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, 5721 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

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Abstract

Objective: Non-fatal firearm violence is a substantial, but often overlooked, public health burden in the United States (US); however, local data infrastructure remains limited. We identified and summarized city-level public dashboards reporting non-fatal firearm violence. Methods: In this descriptive epidemiologic study, we searched for US cities with publicly available dashboards reporting local police-reported non-fatal firearm violence. We then compared violence counts, population-based rates, and trends from 2020 to 2025. Results: Only 17 cities, varying by size and geography, met the inclusion criteria. Rates of non-fatal firearm violence varied nearly eight-fold across cities in 2025, ranging from 13.3 per 100,000 (Seattle, Washington) to 106.0 (Portsmouth, Virginia). Annual non-fatal shootings ranged from 83 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to 1515 (Chicago, Illinois). Most cities saw a spike in non-fatal firearm violence during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), followed by a decline through 2025. Conclusions: Only 17 US cities had publicly available dashboards reporting police-reported non-fatal firearm violence. Given the substantial variation in rates across cities, publicly available local dashboards can strengthen firearm injury surveillance, enable city-level comparisons, and inform violence prevention policies and programs.

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CityCommunity safetyFirearmsGun violenceInjury epidemiologyUrbanViolence

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PMID42621144
PMCPMC13486851

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