Overall crime went up 1.8 percent in 1987 as well, the department said.
He said that overall crime was down 16.53 percent from the same period last year.
Police statistics from 1992 show overall crime up more than 30 percent over 1991.
Overall crime showed a much smaller increase than last year.
The figures for both murder and overall crime are expected to be even lower by the end of this year.
In the city, overall crime declined for the 14th straight year.
The report showed a 7.2 percent drop in overall crime compared with the same period a year earlier.
Yet overall crime last year was down 5 percent.
However, since 2008, Escondido has seen a drop in overall crime.
During his tenure, murders and overall crime began the drop that has continued.