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Expanded Homicide Data Table 10

Murder Circumstances

by Relationship,1 2018

Circumstances Total
murder
victims		 Husband Wife Mother Father Son Daughter Brother Sister Other
family		 Acquaintance Friend Boyfriend Girlfriend Neighbor Employee Employer Stranger Unknown
Total 14,123 119 519 139 173 239 166 96 32 326 2,692 375 201 531 104 18 9 1,392 6,992
Felony type total: 2,108 10 51 24 14 29 24 10 2 48 485 59 18 32 12 6 0 372 912
Rape 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
Robbery 548 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 121 11 2 0 4 1 0 185 218
Burglary 75 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 20 2 1 2 1 1 0 17 25
Larceny-theft 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9
Motor vehicle theft 59 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 23
Arson 64 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 21
Prostitution and commercialized vice 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5
Other sex offenses 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Narcotic drug laws 560 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 175 14 1 4 0 2 0 46 307
Gambling 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Other-not specified 742 7 41 15 13 29 21 7 0 22 125 25 10 23 7 2 0 99 296
Suspected felony type 208 0 11 3 6 6 3 0 1 5 29 8 2 8 1 0 0 20 105
Other than felony type total: 6,299 86 350 74 126 159 97 70 20 201 1,622 234 151 397 74 11 7 611 2,009
Domestic violence 131 4 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 60 7 6 24 1 0 0 7 14
Child killed by babysitter 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 24 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brawl due to influence of alcohol 65 0 1 0 2 1 0 7 0 3 15 7 2 1 3 0 0 12 11
Brawl due to influence of narcotics 59 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 43
Argument over money or property 199 1 4 6 5 1 1 3 2 5 89 18 4 3 3 0 2 20 32
Other arguments 3,196 62 240 42 88 45 23 42 11 129 925 126 119 299 54 6 2 256 727
Gangland killings 306 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 26 228
Juvenile gang killings 308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 211
Institutional killings 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2
Other-not specified 1,983 19 98 25 30 109 73 16 7 61 384 68 19 69 12 5 3 244 741
Unknown 5,508 23 107 38 27 45 42 16 9 72 556 74 30 94 17 1 2 389 3,966
  • 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.