Expanded Homicide Data Table 5
Murder
Age of Victim by Age of Offender, 2018
[Single victim/single offender]
Age of victim | Total | Age of offender | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Under 18 | 18 and over | Unknown | ||
Total | 6,570 | 302 | 6,031 | 237 |
Under 18 | 515 | 94 | 412 | 9 |
18 and over | 6,003 | 206 | 5,575 | 222 |
Unknown | 52 | 2 | 44 | 6 |
- 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.
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