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

"Homicide Offending Rates per 100,000 Population for Cities over 100,000 by Population Group",,,,

Year,One million and over,500K-999K,250K-499K,100K-249K
1976,23.6,20.7,18.2,13.1
1977,25.3,20.5,16.9,13.5
1978,29.8,21.9,18.8,12
1979,35.8,21.6,20,13.3
1980,35.7,25.4,25.1,15.7
1981,36.3,22.5,23.2,16
1982,37.2,19.6,20.2,13.8
1983,32.7,17,18.1,12
1984,30.7,19.8,18.2,12.7
1985,30.3,18.8,19.5,12.1
1986,28.6,18.7,21.3,14.2
1987,28.1,20.9,17.4,12.7
1988,36.1,18.9,19.7,14.8
1989,37.4,20.9,20.5,14.5
1990,40.5,22.8,24.1,16.6
1991,45.2,26.5,23.2,18.2
1992,35.5,23.1,22.6,16.5
1993,33.7,24.1,26.7,17.1
1994,28.4,21.1,27,18.4
1995,25.8,23.4,25.7,15
1996,25,19.3,20.9,15.1
1997,21.1,20.7,20.3,13.7
1998,17.9,19.8,16.8,13.2
1999,17.5,15.9,17,10.5
2000,16.9,17.3,14.3,12.1
2001,17.4,19,13.5,12
2002,16.3,15.6,15.3,10.4
2003,14.2,15.7,15.3,11.5
2004,14.2,14.5,15.4,11.1
2005,13.3,18.9,15.3,13.8

"Homicide Offenders for Cities over 100,000 Population by Population Group",,,,

Year,One million and over,500K-999K,250K-499K,100K-249K
1976,4286,2563,2161,1956
1977,4599,2637,1875,2138
1978,5300,2599,2198,1937
1979,6334,2684,2314,2091
1980,6222,2941,3049,2480
1981,6401,2732,2753,2609
1982,5986,2423,2485,2243
1983,5840,2125,2304,2020
1984,4580,2367,2453,2163
1985,4497,2265,2640,2093
1986,5721,1997,2850,2385
1987,5672,2226,2345,2214
1988,7331,2197,2319,2327
1989,7213,2533,2568,2358
1990,8083,2325,3157,2724
1991,9118,2887,3027,3001
1992,7237,2813,3137,3038
1993,7154,2694,3561,3237
1994,6059,2605,3464,3502
1995,5178,3004,3339,2915
1996,5564,2014,2739,2906
1997,4737,2145,2479,2506
1998,3875,2172,2062,2409
1999,3816,1924,2018,1915
2000,4066,2170,1726,2335
2001,4232,2520,1611,2356
2002,4029,2097,1890,2229
2003,3500,2183,1855,2533
2004,3525,2019,1932,2359
2005,3303,2644,1836,3158

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