Expanded Homicide Data Table 11
Murder Circumstances
by Weapon, 2012
Circumstances |
Total murder victims |
Total firearms |
Handguns | Rifles | Shotguns |
Other guns or type not stated |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.) |
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) |
Poison |
Pushed or thrown out window |
Explosives | Fire | Narcotics | Drowning | Strangulation | Asphyxiation | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 12,765 | 8,855 | 6,371 | 322 | 303 | 1,859 | 1,589 | 518 | 674 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 85 | 35 | 13 | 89 | 105 | 778 |
Felony type total: | 1,841 | 1,324 | 976 | 76 | 47 | 225 | 164 | 91 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 99 |
Rape | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Robbery | 652 | 505 | 404 | 16 | 23 | 62 | 53 | 41 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
Burglary | 92 | 54 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Larceny-theft | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Motor vehicle theft | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Arson | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other sex offenses | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Narcotic drug laws | 362 | 311 | 240 | 12 | 4 | 55 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Gambling | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Othernot specified | 629 | 427 | 283 | 45 | 13 | 86 | 65 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 57 |
Suspected felony type | 137 | 113 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Other than felony type total: | 6,205 | 3,980 | 3,020 | 158 | 178 | 624 | 1,004 | 275 | 472 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 58 | 317 |
Romantic triangle | 95 | 63 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Child killed by babysitter | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 82 | 36 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 58 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Argument over money or property | 148 | 98 | 71 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Other arguments | 3,085 | 1,801 | 1,383 | 71 | 96 | 251 | 714 | 151 | 219 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 135 |
Gangland killings | 151 | 135 | 101 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Juvenile gang killings | 720 | 687 | 570 | 15 | 5 | 97 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Institutional killings | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Sniper attack | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Othernot specified | 1,826 | 1,124 | 793 | 55 | 58 | 218 | 183 | 106 | 202 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 145 |
Unknown | 4,582 | 3,438 | 2,271 | 86 | 78 | 1,003 | 415 | 146 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 355 |