Expanded Homicide Data Table 12

Murder Circumstances, 2006–2010

Circumstances	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total	15,087	14,915	14,204	13,752	12,996
Felony type total:	2,472	2,204	2,115	2,052	1,923
Rape	32	32	22	24	41
Robbery	1,053	935	930	857	780
Burglary	80	86	88	110	80
Larceny-theft	16	10	18	13	20
Motor vehicle theft	16	20	20	23	37
Arson	27	59	27	38	35
Prostitution and commercialized vice	8	11	8	6	5
Other sex offenses	18	10	12	10	14
Narcotic drug laws	806	590	500	496	463
Gambling	4	4	15	5	7
Othernot specified	412	447	475	470	441
Suspected felony type	57	67	100	56	66
Other than felony type total:	7,328	7,165	6,979	6,796	6,351
Romantic triangle	104	105	102	88	90
Child killed by babysitter	27	35	50	29	36
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	106	118	130	117	121
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	53	65	70	94	58
Argument over money or property	198	192	193	205	181
Other arguments	3,644	3,695	3,560	3,364	3,215
Gangland killings	121	78	135	177	176
Juvenile gang killings	864	678	700	715	673
Institutional killings	22	11	14	12	17
Sniper attack	2	1	7	1	3
Othernot specified	2,187	2,187	2,018	1,994	1,781
Unknown	5,230	5,479	5,010	4,848	4,656

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