Bureau of Justice Statistics,,, Homicide trends in the United States,,, www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,, Date of release: January 17 2007,,, Percent of Homicides with Multiple Offenders by Offender Age,,, ,Offender Age,, Year,14-17,18-24,25+ 1976,26.4,19.2,6.2 1977,25,17.9,6.5 1978,24.5,18.4,6.7 1979,26.6,19.5,7 1980,23.9,18.2,7.2 1981,27.1,19.2,6.9 1982,30.6,18.9,7.4 1983,25.3,19.3,7.5 1984,26.3,18.8,7.7 1985,27.3,18.9,7.6 1986,26.5,19.6,7.7 1987,24.5,19.6,7.8 1988,29.1,23.6,9.3 1989,28.5,22.2,8.9 1990,32.2,25.2,9.8 1991,31.5,26.3,10.5 1992,29.6,25.4,9.5 1993,30.9,24.9,9.1 1994,31.8,24.5,9.5 1995,31.9,24.8,9.8 1996,33.8,26.9,9.6 1997,31.9,24.9,10 1998,31.1,26.4,10.6 1999,29.6,24.3,10.9 2000,31.6,27.7,11.7 2001,34.8,27.2,11.4 2002,33.8,26.6,11.8 2003,33.8,25.1,10.7 2004,34.7,25.9,12 2005,35,27.7,13.7 "Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005",,, See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used.,,,