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Expanded Homicide Data Table 10

Murder Circumstances

by Relationship,1 2019

Circumstances Total
murder
victims		 Husband Wife Mother Father Son Daughter Brother Sister Other
family		 Acquaintance Friend Boyfriend Girlfriend Neighbor Employee Employer Stranger Unknown
Total 13,927 85 482 166 178 259 171 115 27 327 2,778 345 187 505 100 9 13 1,372 6,808
Felony type total: 2,012 8 28 21 14 26 20 8 6 18 535 54 10 32 11 2 3 345 871
Rape 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Robbery 509 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 128 12 1 2 2 0 1 153 204
Burglary 84 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 0 0 4 3 0 0 19 36
Larceny-theft 29 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 10 6
Motor vehicle theft 38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 9
Arson 73 0 5 1 3 5 4 1 5 5 15 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 25
Prostitution and commercialized vice 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
Other sex offenses 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Narcotic drug laws 591 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 2 192 22 0 2 1 0 0 46 317
Gambling 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Other-not specified 656 5 21 16 6 18 13 7 1 6 142 17 8 17 4 2 2 104 267
Suspected felony type 141 0 5 3 1 3 3 0 1 1 21 2 1 5 3 0 0 17 75
Other than felony type total: 6,030 62 339 84 122 189 97 84 15 217 1,609 226 139 350 70 5 8 617 1,797
Domestic violence 88 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 1 6 10 0 0 0 5 6
Child killed by babysitter 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brawl due to influence of alcohol 46 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 14 6 4 1 0 0 0 9 5
Brawl due to influence of narcotics 29 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 13 6 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
Argument over money or property 128 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 2 10 61 9 1 2 4 0 0 8 19
Other arguments 3,410 49 259 55 93 63 20 61 7 146 997 137 107 297 53 2 5 319 740
Gangland killings 274 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 211
Juvenile gang killings 292 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 1 0 1 0 0 0 34 210
Institutional killings 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 5
Other-not specified 1,714 11 69 25 25 120 77 17 5 56 358 60 20 39 11 3 3 218 597
Unknown 5,744 15 110 58 41 41 51 23 5 91 613 63 37 118 16 2 2 393 4,065
  • 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.