Expanded Homicide Data Table 5
Murder
Age of Victim by Age of Offender, 2017
[Single victim/single offender]
Age of victim | Total | Age of offender | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Under 18 | 18 and over | Unknown | ||
Total | 6,902 | 318 | 6,307 | 277 |
Under 18 | 543 | 85 | 450 | 8 |
18 and over | 6,307 | 228 | 5,815 | 264 |
Unknown | 52 | 5 | 42 | 5 |
- 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.