Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,
Homicide trends in the United States,,,,,
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,,,,
Date of release: January 17 2007,,,,,

,Victims per Homicide Incident,,,,
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Year,1,2,3,4,5+
1976,96.96,2.45,0.37,0.13,0.09
1977,96.59,2.76,0.43,0.18,0.05
1978,96.79,2.56,0.47,0.11,0.07
1979,96.83,2.53,0.39,0.17,0.09
1980,96.8,2.68,0.31,0.13,0.08
1981,96.83,2.68,0.33,0.08,0.08
1982,96.57,2.78,0.39,0.15,0.11
1983,96.75,2.75,0.34,0.12,0.04
1984,96.8,2.72,0.3,0.07,0.11
1985,96.27,3.07,0.52,0.08,0.07
1986,96.7,2.84,0.32,0.09,0.05
1987,96.48,2.92,0.47,0.05,0.07
1988,96.82,2.66,0.32,0.13,0.07
1989,96.66,2.73,0.42,0.15,0.04
1990,96.81,2.62,0.38,0.12,0.07
1991,96.86,2.67,0.31,0.12,0.05
1992,96.17,3.24,0.41,0.12,0.06
1993,96.38,3,0.43,0.13,0.05
1994,95.99,3.48,0.4,0.09,0.03
1995,95.99,3.27,0.5,0.11,0.14
1996,96.04,3.38,0.46,0.09,0.04
1997,95.86,3.41,0.53,0.12,0.07
1998,96.06,3.3,0.48,0.1,0.05
1999,95.46,3.77,0.5,0.15,0.11
2000,95.93,3.41,0.48,0.12,0.06
2001,95.55,3.78,0.53,0.1,0.04
2002,95.32,3.84,0.62,0.16,0.07
2003,95.15,3.98,0.57,0.18,0.11
2004,95.62,3.68,0.5,0.13,0.07
2005,95.41,3.81,0.6,0.12,0.05

Victims per Homicide Incident,,,,,
 ,Number of Victims in Offense,,,,
Year,1,2,3,4,5+
1976,17492,442,67,24,16
1977,17695,505,78,33,8
1978,18166,481,89,21,13
1979,19936,521,80,34,18
1980,21426,593,70,30,17
1981,20970,579,71,18,18
1982,19392,557,79,30,22
1983,17963,511,63,22,8
1984,17373,488,53,13,19
1985,17457,556,94,15,12
1986,19157,562,63,18,11
1987,18575,563,91,10,13
1988,19250,528,63,26,14
1989,19940,564,86,31,8
1990,21773,590,84,28,15
1991,23026,634,73,30,11
1992,21828,735,94,28,13
1993,22618,705,102,30,13
1994,21390,776,90,19,7
1995,19637,669,101,22,29
1996,18022,635,86,16,7
1997,16592,591,92,21,13
1998,15552,535,78,17,8
1999,14007,554,74,21,17
2000,14236,505,72,18,9
2001,14549,576,81,15,6
2002,14587,587,94,24,11
2003,14798,619,89,29,17
2004,14645,564,76,19,11
2005,15079,602,95,19,8

"Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005",,,,,
See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used.,,,,,