Expanded Homicide Data Table 12
Murder Circumstances, 2011–2015
Circumstances | 2011 | 2012 | 20131 | 20141 | 20151 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 12,795 | 12,888 | 12,253 | 12,270 | 13,455 |
Felony type total: | 1,842 | 1,842 | 1,909 | 1,862 | 2,014 |
Rape | 16 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 12 |
Robbery | 750 | 656 | 686 | 586 | 595 |
Burglary | 95 | 91 | 94 | 82 | 102 |
Larceny-theft | 12 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 16 |
Motor vehicle theft | 23 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 41 |
Arson | 38 | 32 | 37 | 23 | 19 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 |
Other sex offenses | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
Narcotic drug laws | 397 | 375 | 386 | 386 | 468 |
Gambling | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
Other-not specified | 490 | 609 | 614 | 677 | 735 |
Suspected felony type | 62 | 137 | 122 | 84 | 117 |
Other than felony type total: | 6,056 | 6,320 | 5,782 | 5,771 | 5,958 |
Romantic triangle | 88 | 98 | 69 | 85 | 106 |
Child killed by babysitter | 38 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 36 |
Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 113 | 84 | 93 | 100 | 112 |
Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 121 | 65 | 59 | 50 | 75 |
Argument over money or property | 156 | 152 | 133 | 151 | 184 |
Other arguments | 3,163 | 3,147 | 2,889 | 2,863 | 2,941 |
Gangland killings | 149 | 152 | 138 | 144 | 188 |
Juvenile gang killings | 526 | 722 | 584 | 578 | 604 |
Institutional killings | 22 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 24 |
Sniper attack | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Other-not specified | 1,679 | 1,860 | 1,766 | 1,740 | 1,683 |
Unknown | 4,835 | 4,589 | 4,440 | 4,553 | 5,366 |
- 1 The rape figures in this table are an aggregate total of the data submitted using both the revised and legacy Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.