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Retail
Violent Fatalities Surge Again
590 Retail Fatalities
in 2025 - Up 22% From 2024
139 Q4 2025 Fatalities - Up 35% From Q4 2024
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Customers Make Up 63% of Fatalities - Associates 19%
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C-Stores Remain #1 Most Dangerous Retailer - 37% of Fatalities
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Houston & Memphis Most Targeted Cities
● Texas
Overtakes California as
Most Targeted State
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Yearly Comparison | 2017-2025

Fatalities and incidents are trending back up after 2024
dip
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Fatalities up
36% from 2017 - Up 22% from 2024
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Incidents up 35% from 2017
- Up 20% from
2024
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Q4 Comparison | 2017-2025

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Fatalities up 22% from Q4 2017 - Up 35% from Q4 2024
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Incidents up
13% from Q4 2017 - Up 27%
from Q4 2024
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2025
Fatalities & Incidents by Quarter

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2025's 590 Retail Violent Fatalities by Category
83% Victims - 17% Suspects
63%
Customers - 19% Associates -
2% LP/LE/Security - 17% Suspects

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2025 Fatalities
by Location
57% Parking Lots -
41% In-Store/Mall -
2% Off Premises

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2025 Total Fatalities by Gender
88% Male - 12% Female

2025: 110 Associate Fatalities By Method
95% Shot -
4% Accident - 1% Stabbed
2025 Fatality Incidents by Store Type
C-Stores Most Targeted 9 Straight Years

2025 Fatality Incidents by Weekday
Monday
sees most deadly incidents

2025 Fatality Incidents by State
Texas & California Top
States for 9 Straight Years

2024's Top 5
1. Texas
2. California
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. North Carolina
2025 Fatality Incidents by City
Houston & Memphis
Move Into the Top Spot

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