A Decade of Homicides in Bibb County
In the last decade, the highest number of homicides occurred in 2022. Last year, the county saw 29 homicides, a decrease Mayor Lester Miller credits to Macon Violence Prevention.
At his April 14 State of the Community address, Mayor Lester Miller said Bibb County recorded “the least amount of homicides we had in almost a decade” in 2025, crediting the Macon Violence Prevention program. According to previous Macon Melody reporting and data collected from the Bibb County coroner and sheriff, the county recorded 29 homicides last year — down from a peak of 70 in 2022, the highest total in at least a decade. The 2025 total remains higher than the 20 recorded in 2016 and the 27 recorded in 2019. Through April 21, Bibb County has recorded 15 homicides in 2026.
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