Expanded Homicide Data Table 12

Murder Circumstances, 2007–2011

Circumstances	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Total	14,915	14,204	13,752	13,164	12,664
Felony type total:	2,204	2,115	2,052	1,974	1,816
Rape	32	22	24	41	15
Robbery	935	930	857	803	734
Burglary	86	88	110	85	92
Larceny-theft	10	18	13	21	11
Motor vehicle theft	20	20	23	35	23
Arson	59	27	38	35	37
Prostitution and commercialized vice	11	8	6	5	3
Other sex offenses	10	12	10	14	9
Narcotic drug laws	590	500	496	474	390
Gambling	4	15	5	7	8
Othernot specified	447	475	470	454	494
Suspected felony type	67	100	56	68	60
Other than felony type total:	7,165	6,979	6,796	6,485	5,976
Romantic triangle	105	102	88	90	85
Child killed by babysitter	35	50	29	36	39
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	118	130	117	122	111
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	65	70	94	60	115
Argument over money or property	192	193	205	187	155
Other arguments	3,695	3,560	3,364	3,280	3,128
Gangland killings	78	135	177	181	150
Juvenile gang killings	678	700	715	675	523
Institutional killings	11	14	12	17	22
Sniper attack	1	7	1	3	1
Othernot specified	2,187	2,018	1,994	1,834	1,647
Unknown	5,479	5,010	4,848	4,637	4,812

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