Expanded Homicide Data Table 6
Murder
Race, Sex, and Ethnicity of Victim by Race, Sex, and Ethnicity of Offender, 2017
[Single victim/single offender]
Race of victim | Total | Race of offender | Sex of offender | Ethnicity of offender | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White |
Black or African American |
Other1 | Unknown | Male | Female | Unknown |
Hispanic or Latino |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
Unknown | ||
White | 3,567 | 2,861 | 576 | 59 | 71 | 3,144 | 352 | 71 | 758 | 1,600 | 1,209 |
Black or African American | 2,970 | 264 | 2,627 | 17 | 62 | 2,598 | 310 | 62 | 104 | 1,767 | 1,099 |
Other race1 | 257 | 72 | 35 | 144 | 6 | 226 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 160 | 74 |
Unknown race | 108 | 55 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 78 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 79 |
Sex of victim | Total | Race of offender | Sex of offender | Ethnicity of offender | |||||||
White |
Black or African American |
Other1 | Unknown | Male | Female | Unknown |
Hispanic or Latino |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
Unknown | ||
Male | 4,862 | 2,074 | 2,523 | 153 | 112 | 4,235 | 515 | 112 | 607 | 2,567 | 1,688 |
Female | 1,932 | 1,123 | 715 | 67 | 27 | 1,733 | 172 | 27 | 279 | 960 | 693 |
Unknown sex | 108 | 55 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 78 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 80 |
Ethnicity of victim | Total | Race of offender | Sex of offender | Ethnicity of offender | |||||||
White |
Black or African American |
Other1 | Unknown | Male | Female | Unknown |
Hispanic or Latino |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
Unknown | ||
Hispanic or Latino | 824 | 668 | 126 | 10 | 20 | 748 | 56 | 20 | 583 | 211 | 30 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,886 | 1,103 | 1,626 | 118 | 39 | 2,560 | 287 | 39 | 211 | 2,594 | 81 |
Unknown | 3,192 | 1,481 | 1,511 | 95 | 105 | 2,738 | 349 | 105 | 95 | 747 | 2,350 |
- 1 Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
- NOTE: This table is based on incidents where some information about the offender is known by law enforcement; therefore, when the offender age, sex, race, and ethnicity are all reported as unknown, these data are excluded from the table.