Expanded Homicide Data Table 11
Murder Circumstances
by Weapon, 2018
Circumstances |
Total murder victims |
Total firearms |
Handguns | Rifles | Shotguns |
Other guns or type not stated |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.) |
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) |
Poison |
Pushed or thrown out window |
Explosives | Fire | Narcotics | Drowning | Strangulation | Asphyxiation | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 14,123 | 10,265 | 6,603 | 297 | 235 | 3,130 | 1,515 | 443 | 668 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 72 | 78 | 9 | 70 | 90 | 900 |
Felony type total: | 2,108 | 1,532 | 1,059 | 38 | 23 | 412 | 189 | 72 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 41 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 135 |
Rape | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Robbery | 548 | 454 | 333 | 10 | 9 | 102 | 39 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Burglary | 75 | 52 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Larceny-theft | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Motor vehicle theft | 59 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Arson | 64 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other sex offenses | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Narcotic drug laws | 560 | 471 | 367 | 10 | 5 | 89 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Gambling | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other-not specified | 742 | 484 | 291 | 15 | 6 | 172 | 97 | 23 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 76 |
Suspected felony type | 208 | 144 | 90 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
Other than felony type total: | 6,299 | 4,265 | 3,057 | 151 | 150 | 907 | 900 | 205 | 437 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 42 | 50 | 337 |
Domestic violence | 131 | 90 | 65 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Child killed by babysitter | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 65 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 59 | 50 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Argument over money or property | 199 | 125 | 91 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Other arguments | 3,196 | 2,089 | 1,516 | 71 | 90 | 412 | 618 | 119 | 192 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 111 |
Gangland killings | 306 | 289 | 244 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Juvenile gang killings | 308 | 286 | 231 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional killings | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Other-not specified | 1,983 | 1,303 | 845 | 53 | 45 | 360 | 166 | 61 | 186 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 198 |
Unknown | 5,508 | 4,324 | 2,397 | 105 | 57 | 1,765 | 397 | 159 | 153 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 413 |