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Home Crime in the U.S. 2011 Crime in the U.S. 2011 Tables Expanded Homicide Data Table 5

Expanded Homicide Data Table 5

Murder

Age of Victim by Age of Offender, 2011

[Single victim/single offender]

Age of victim Total Age of offender
Under 18 18 and over Unknown
Total 6,131 255 5,458 418
Under 18 600 71 502 27
18 and over 5,477 181 4,912 384
Unknown 54 3 44 7
  • NOTE: This table is based on incidents where some information about the offender is known by law enforcement; therefore, when the offender age, sex, and race are all reported as unknown, these data are excluded from the table.