Expanded Homicide Data Table 13
Murder Circumstances
by Sex of Victim, 2019
| Circumstances |
Total murder victims |
Male | Female | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 13,927 | 10,908 | 2,991 | 28 |
| Felony type total: | 2,012 | 1,636 | 373 | 3 |
| Rape | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Robbery | 509 | 461 | 48 | 0 |
| Burglary | 84 | 58 | 26 | 0 |
| Larceny-theft | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 38 | 22 | 16 | 0 |
| Arson | 73 | 34 | 37 | 2 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Other sex offenses | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Narcotic drug laws | 591 | 531 | 59 | 1 |
| Gambling | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Other-not specified | 656 | 489 | 167 | 0 |
| Suspected felony type | 141 | 103 | 38 | 0 |
| Other than felony type total: | 6,030 | 4,490 | 1,532 | 8 |
| Domestic violence | 88 | 62 | 26 | 0 |
| Child killed by babysitter | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 46 | 39 | 7 | 0 |
| Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 |
| Argument over money or property | 128 | 107 | 21 | 0 |
| Other arguments | 3,410 | 2,457 | 952 | 1 |
| Gangland killings | 274 | 251 | 23 | 0 |
| Juvenile gang killings | 292 | 271 | 21 | 0 |
| Institutional killings | 29 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| Sniper attack | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Other-not specified | 1,712 | 1,238 | 468 | 6 |
| Unknown | 5,744 | 4,679 | 1,048 | 17 |
