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

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

Year,One million and over,500K-999K,250K-499K,100K-249K
1976,20.9,19.5,16.5,11.3
1977,24.1,18.1,16.4,11.6
1978,25.4,19.4,16.7,11
1979,28.8,21.7,18.6,12
1980,30.9,21.3,22.1,13
1981,28.2,22.2,22,14.3
1982,26.5,19.4,19.1,12.8
1983,27,17.2,16.3,10.7
1984,25.5,18.5,16.1,11.7
1985,24.8,17.9,17.2,11.4
1986,24.1,18.4,19.8,12.7
1987,22.9,20.1,16.3,11.7
1988,28.2,20.3,17.7,12.7
1989,28.8,23.8,18.3,13.2
1990,31.9,24.6,21.7,14.1
1991,35.5,24.1,22.4,14.9
1992,31.1,22.9,20.1,13.2
1993,29.9,22.5,25.1,14.6
1994,26.3,19.7,24,15
1995,22.3,21.1,24.3,13.2
1996,21.6,15.7,21.1,11.9
1997,19.3,18.1,19.1,12
1998,16.2,17.8,16.6,11.2
1999,15.5,16.6,15.3,9.5
2000,14.8,15,14.1,9.6
2001,15.1,14.6,15.2,9.7
2002,14.2,14.2,15.6,9.2
2003,14.4,14.1,15.6,9.8
2004,13.2,14.1,15,9.2
2005,13,14.8,15.2,10.1

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

Year,One million and over,500K-999K,250K-499K,100K-249K
1976,3792,2415,1959,1694
1977,4382,2327,1820,1868
1978,4526,2296,1957,1784
1979,5093,2691,2154,1886
1980,5386,2475,2686,2058
1981,4969,2696,2617,2333
1982,4268,2392,2354,2104
1983,4827,2151,2079,1798
1984,3802,2211,2172,2002
1985,3678,2154,2329,1998
1986,4826,1969,2659,2168
1987,4626,2143,2200,2052
1988,5720,2360,2078,2032
1989,5554,2894,2288,2177
1990,6372,2512,2843,2351
1991,7171,2630,2919,2526
1992,6342,2793,2798,2470
1993,6346,2514,3346,2782
1994,5614,2435,3086,2867
1995,4475,2708,3148,2645
1996,4816,1641,2768,2349
1997,4343,1878,2329,2298
1998,3498,1960,2039,2097
1999,3379,2005,1822,1761
2000,3541,1881,1699,1926
2001,3676,1940,1816,1968
2002,3512,1907,1929,1995
2003,3544,1959,1896,2175
2004,3277,1959,1887,2008
2005,3242,2075,1822,2375

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