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Expanded Homicide Data Table 10

Murder Circumstances

by Relationship,1 2017

Circumstances Total
murder
victims		 Husband Wife Mother Father Son Daughter Brother Sister Other
family		 Acquaintance Friend Boyfriend Girlfriend Neighbor Employee Employer Stranger Unknown
Total 15,129 110 549 169 186 253 179 98 27 296 2,999 431 181 488 114 17 6 1,469 7,557
Felony type total: 2,236 8 38 15 8 28 19 4 4 43 561 72 10 30 21 1 2 378 994
Rape 18 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
Robbery 680 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 154 16 1 0 7 0 0 175 320
Burglary 90 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 5 1 0 3 0 0 24 30
Larceny-theft 20 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 5
Motor vehicle theft 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 14
Arson 31 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 11
Prostitution and commercialized vice 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3
Other sex offenses 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Narcotic drug laws 533 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 201 28 0 1 1 0 0 44 249
Gambling 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Other-not specified 800 7 32 11 8 24 14 3 3 28 148 15 6 24 6 1 2 110 358
Suspected felony type 153 0 4 3 1 3 2 1 0 1 23 2 1 5 0 0 0 13 94
Other than felony type total: 6,663 75 378 99 136 154 112 70 17 192 1,755 277 148 347 71 13 4 638 2,177
Romantic triangle 107 2 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 70 0 7 7 1 0 0 7 4
Child killed by babysitter 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brawl due to influence of alcohol 118 1 7 1 3 4 1 2 0 5 33 18 5 7 1 0 0 16 14
Brawl due to influence of narcotics 129 1 4 3 1 7 3 1 2 1 47 9 0 0 0 0 0 10 40
Argument over money or property 199 0 2 4 10 0 0 6 0 12 106 18 0 3 10 0 0 12 16
Other arguments 3,224 52 255 57 94 44 20 47 8 116 946 155 114 269 46 11 3 294 693
Gangland killings 369 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 7 0 0 0 0 0 30 289
Juvenile gang killings 381 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 298
Institutional killings 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Sniper attack 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Other-not specified 2,088 19 103 34 28 98 87 14 7 54 418 69 22 61 12 2 1 239 820
Unknown 6,077 27 129 52 41 68 46 23 6 60 660 80 22 106 22 3 0 440 4,292
  • 1 Relationship is that of victim to offender.
  • NOTE: The relationship categories of husband and wife include both common-law and ex-spouses. The categories of mother, father, sister, brother, son, and daughter include stepparents, stepchildren, and stepsiblings. The category of acquaintance includes homosexual relationships and the composite category of other known to victim.