criminalxminds | Because I have way too much time on my hands ;) (Reply)

I made a list about how many episodes with the death of the Unsub.

The statistics came out like this:

6 times an unsub was shot or otherwise injured, but survived (for example in Derailed)
43 times the unsub was arrested normally, without major injury
37 times at least one unsub was killed (this covers cases even when there were more than one unsub and only one was killed like in The Tribe)
2 times unsubs escaped at the end of the episode

Out of the deaths

13 Unsubs were killed by BAU members
12 Unsubs were killed by unrelated persons, from bystanders (random truck driver in Paradise) to family members of the victims (Hell and Back)or fellow criminals (Honor Amongst Thieves)
8 Unsubs were killed by Swat teams or Cops of the Week
0 Unsubs were killed directly by a victim (in Open Season I presume that the younger brother survived)
9 Unsubs committed suicide

Of the BAU related deaths we have at 2 kills:

Hotch
- Catching out (train jumping killer, shoots him while killer fights with Morgan on a moving train)
- The Tribe
ETA: Might also have been the shooter in Real Rain

Though Hotch also fired at unsubs and injured them in Compulsion and in Psychodrama (there might be more, but I'm sketchy on the injuries only; so I could be missing non lethal shots fired for a bunch of characters).

Elle:
- Aftermath (Elle's sketchy shooting of the rapist)
- Extreme Aggressor (Pilot episode)

Reid
- LDSK
- Revelations

In Legacy, Hotch, Morgan and Reid were all seen shooting and it was unclear who fired the lethal shot.

At three kills we have
Morgan
- Lessons Learned (terrorist on the roof of the mall)
- Charm and Harm (shoots killer who fights victim in the water)
- Open Season (shoots second unsub while he attempts to shoot victim with a bow and arrow)

With 1 we have:

JJ (Penelope)
Rossi (About Face)
Emily (Lo-Fi)

Apparently season 2 was the deadliest (12 deaths), followed by 4 (10 deaths), 1 (8 deaths) and 3 (7 deaths). Though it has to be pointed out that 3 was also the shortest season with only 20 episodes.

Yes, it's very possible that my list is riddled with mistakes ;) But I hope I was able to give a rough impression.