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Home • Crime in the U.S. • 2017 • Crime in the U.S. 2017 • Tables • Expanded Homicide Data Table 12

Expanded Homicide Data Table 12

Murder Circumstances, 2013–2017
Circumstances 20131 20141 20151 20161 20171
Total 12,253 12,270 13,750 15,296 15,129
Felony type total: 1,909 1,862 2,085 2,309 2,236
Rape 20 26 14 21 18
Robbery 686 586 618 747 680
Burglary 94 82 105 87 90
Larceny-theft 16 24 16 14 20
Motor vehicle theft 27 25 40 62 31
Arson 37 23 22 40 31
Prostitution and commercialized vice 13 19 7 15 15
Other sex offenses 9 3 15 4 8
Narcotic drug laws 386 386 483 503 533
Gambling 7 11 5 11 10
Other-not specified 614 677 760 805 800
Suspected felony type 122 84 118 107 153
Other than felony type total: 5,782 5,771 6,128 6,782 6,663
Romantic triangle 69 85 113 115 107
Child killed by babysitter 30 39 42 36 32
Brawl due to influence of alcohol 93 100 117 105 118
Brawl due to influence of narcotics 59 50 73 137 129
Argument over money or property 133 151 185 206 199
Other arguments 2,889 2,863 3,046 3,276 3,224
Gangland killings 138 144 195 495 369
Juvenile gang killings 584 578 605 430 381
Institutional killings 15 18 24 18 14
Sniper attack 6 3 5 10 2
Other-not specified 1,766 1,740 1,723 1,954 2,088
Unknown 4,440 4,553 5,419 6,098 6,077
  • 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.