Expanded Homicide Data Table 12
Murder Circumstances, 2015–2019
Circumstances | 20151 | 20161 | 20171 | 20181 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 13,847 | 15,355 | 15,206 | 14,446 | 13,927 |
Felony type total: | 1,930 | 2,136 | 2,261 | 2,200 | 2,012 |
Rape | 14 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 8 |
Robbery | 596 | 693 | 691 | 556 | 509 |
Burglary | 87 | 81 | 86 | 86 | 84 |
Larceny-theft | 18 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 29 |
Motor vehicle theft | 34 | 58 | 33 | 62 | 38 |
Arson | 19 | 32 | 74 | 64 | 73 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 7 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
Other sex offenses | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
Narcotic drug laws | 452 | 472 | 546 | 611 | 591 |
Gambling | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
Other-not specified | 683 | 736 | 757 | 758 | 656 |
Suspected felony type | 103 | 97 | 149 | 211 | 141 |
Other than felony type total: | 5,831 | 6,398 | 6,686 | 6,423 | 6,030 |
Domestic violence | 103 | 111 | 112 | 138 | 88 |
Child killed by babysitter | 42 | 37 | 32 | 32 | 20 |
Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 117 | 97 | 85 | 67 | 46 |
Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 72 | 130 | 65 | 20 | 29 |
Argument over money or property | 181 | 196 | 202 | 203 | 128 |
Other arguments | 2,932 | 3,127 | 3,198 | 3,333 | 3,410 |
Gangland killings | 181 | 478 | 375 | 315 | 274 |
Juvenile gang killings | 576 | 411 | 380 | 308 | 292 |
Institutional killings | 24 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 29 |
Sniper attack | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Other-not specified | 1,598 | 1,790 | 2,205 | 1,982 | 1,712 |
Unknown | 5,983 | 6,724 | 6,110 | 5,612 | 5,744 |
- 1 The rape figures in this table are an aggregate total of the data submitted using both the revised and legacy Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definitions.
- NOTE: The UCR Technical Refresh enables updating of prior years' crime data; therefore, data presented in this table may not match previously published data.