Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,, Homicide trends in the United States,,,,, www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,,,, Date of release: March 31 2007,,,,, ,Relationship of victim to offender,,,, ,Spouse/Ex-spouse,Parent,Sibling,Child,Other family 1976,2246,378,265,551,561 1977,2075,369,241,558,545 1978,2022,377,225,579,562 1979,2053,371,245,538,565 1980,1985,372,300,573,591 1981,2036,411,328,576,588 1982,1821,380,278,637,584 1983,1766,365,293,587,559 1984,1568,366,308,520,518 1985,1669,350,253,614,492 1986,1637,346,250,613,513 1987,1541,327,288,602,583 1988,1529,342,257,586,479 1989,1378,346,258,631,523 1990,1439,316,280,606,495 1991,1320,362,247,645,512 1992,1290,313,221,604,471 1993,1272,329,223,608,438 1994,1204,324,223,567,436 1995,1058,297,160,573,436 1996,1040,274,142,549,384 1997,908,268,174,584,377 1998,1002,273,142,546,357 1999,858,288,124,557,360 2000,917,269,140,471,348 2001,843,241,118,560,366 2002,823,260,127,503,350 2003,771,271,131,528,371 2004,817,269,130,506,356 2005,810,271,136,479,356