Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Homicide trends in the United States,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Date of release: October 4, 2006",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


" Homicide Victimization Rates per 100,000 Population by Age and Year",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Age,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004
0,6.25,5.67,6.75,6.23,5.58,5.59,7.58,7.04,7.32,7.47,7.66,8.84,6.72,7.31,7.04,7.17,8.14,7.36,7.08,6.85,7.02,6.83,5.51,6.73,5.21
1,3.5,3.6,3.46,3.6,3.39,3.64,3.94,3.19,3.65,3.79,4.45,4.47,4.95,5.41,4.58,4.58,5.15,4.24,4.05,3.31,3.35,4.61,4.34,3.31,4.6
2,3.22,3.29,3.76,3.23,3.68,3.02,3.53,3.08,3.58,2.77,2.8,3.6,2.96,3.48,3.76,3.47,3.14,2.55,2.83,3.01,3.09,2.66,2.89,2.85,2.35
3,2.05,2.1,2.18,1.78,1.72,2.09,2.51,2.01,2.03,2.15,1.49,1.9,1.59,2.19,2.62,1.91,2.47,1.74,2.23,2.03,1.46,1.69,1.71,1.97,1.6
4,1.79,1.58,1.73,1.67,1.35,1.24,1.6,1.36,1.26,1.82,1.16,1.26,1.44,1.18,1.63,1.61,1.27,1.14,1.13,1.02,1,1.15,1.21,1.19,1.4
5,1.56,1.22,1.32,1.29,1.05,1.11,0.9,1.02,1.33,1.05,1.1,0.68,0.93,1.18,0.87,0.9,1.09,1.09,1.24,0.95,0.54,1.03,0.65,0.62,0.71
6,0.88,1.55,0.93,0.76,0.82,1.34,0.67,0.78,0.8,0.81,0.68,1.02,0.57,1.03,0.7,0.66,1.07,0.8,0.65,0.73,0.9,0.7,0.76,0.5,0.5
7,0.97,1.14,1.03,0.85,1.11,0.84,0.9,0.6,1.06,1,0.67,0.73,0.79,0.6,0.79,0.65,0.45,0.66,0.79,0.77,0.65,0.61,0.46,0.59,0.59
8,0.57,0.75,1.02,0.6,1.02,0.85,0.83,0.58,1.08,1.12,0.66,0.78,0.7,1.22,0.53,0.68,0.45,0.77,0.68,0.58,0.57,0.56,0.75,0.73,0.36
9,0.71,0.88,1.03,0.84,0.53,0.74,0.7,0.95,0.72,1.06,0.66,0.39,0.72,0.92,0.97,0.39,0.72,0.73,0.48,0.6,0.39,0.65,0.63,0.45,0.59
10,1.19,0.86,0.83,0.75,0.6,0.82,0.26,0.76,0.91,0.77,0.97,0.74,0.77,1,0.57,0.42,0.45,0.62,0.82,0.62,0.31,0.48,0.54,0.58,0.36
11,0.76,0.73,0.86,0.66,0.99,0.75,1.05,1.05,1.13,0.97,0.86,0.96,0.8,0.79,0.62,0.75,0.58,0.66,0.75,0.52,0.32,0.6,0.62,0.3,0.5
12,0.84,1.22,0.88,0.94,1.04,1.16,1.18,1.1,1.33,1.35,1.44,1.05,1.37,1.18,1.21,1.36,1.04,0.94,1.03,0.62,0.81,0.79,0.7,0.57,0.79
13,1.22,1.58,1.49,1.34,1.03,1.34,1.56,1.26,1.79,1.97,2.15,2.1,2.4,2.79,2.27,2.16,1.46,1.41,1.33,1.41,0.81,0.71,0.95,0.76,0.83
14,2.33,2.22,1.9,1.82,2.27,2.56,2.33,2.98,2.82,3.37,3.87,4.77,5.06,5.43,4.28,4.35,3.05,2.24,2.69,2.33,2.34,1.67,1.47,1.47,1.68
15,4.56,3.86,3.31,2.96,3.33,4.06,4.13,3.78,5.1,6.23,6.85,7.15,8.47,8.59,8.8,7.64,6.83,4.56,4.11,3.87,3.13,3.55,3.46,3.47,3.64
16,6.42,5.67,5.27,5.53,5.16,5.38,6.22,6.14,7.63,9.7,10.7,13.56,13.5,14.65,12.29,13.36,10.7,9.24,6.73,6.5,5.14,5.41,5.22,4.72,5.18
17,9.75,8.21,8.81,7.93,6.38,7.35,7.6,9.56,10.29,13.57,17.15,18.74,17.9,19.51,18.47,18.04,15.18,12.67,11.24,10.48,8.81,8.38,8,7.85,8.19
18,12.21,12.33,10.06,9.25,9.86,8.67,11.29,12.06,12.92,15.35,20.24,25.38,22.28,23.65,25,20.82,18.1,17.63,16.44,13.01,12.87,12.79,11.73,13.81,11.62
19,14.54,12.55,12.7,11.68,10.84,13.12,13.94,14.34,15.56,16.29,21.09,24.08,25.19,27.24,25.7,24.68,21.89,18.89,17.26,15.45,14.2,14.1,14.07,14.55,14.46
20,17.07,15.79,15.42,13.69,11.79,13.32,16.35,15.85,16.06,18.49,20.17,25.19,25.89,27.2,26.38,22.9,21.85,20.13,17.37,14.52,15.49,15.76,15.46,16.44,15.27
21,17.49,17.21,14.95,13.08,13.83,12.69,15.78,16.52,16.56,18.77,20.08,23.36,23.27,25.44,25.97,23.07,20.36,19.93,17.09,15.84,16.65,17.77,16.92,14.64,15.43
22,19.2,16.96,15.78,15.2,14.61,14.28,17.05,16.67,18,18.55,21.68,24.98,23.03,24.45,24.2,22.44,20.02,18.47,19.21,15.96,15.7,17.03,17.13,18.18,14.56
23,19.79,17.98,17.11,15.99,15.11,14.77,15.98,16.21,17.16,18.53,22.35,23.89,22.83,24.71,21.79,20.56,18.3,18.98,16.53,15.12,15.67,16.84,17.69,17.65,14.53
24,19.49,17.51,16.77,15.35,14.76,14.44,16.47,16.4,17.18,18.71,21.87,20.69,20.63,20.62,19.74,18.02,17.07,18.27,15.11,15.02,14.93,14.7,16.08,16.97,16.03
25,23.39,21.22,17.26,16.87,16.56,16.94,18.67,20,22.99,22.38,21.98,21.99,22.31,23.13,20.28,19.07,17.47,16.26,15.89,12.72,14.88,15.03,15.58,17.23,15.4
26,19.64,18.37,16.21,15.27,14.49,13.83,16.96,16.55,16.92,16.52,19.38,18.87,19.72,18.96,20.18,16.02,15.91,14.2,14.37,13.84,14.02,16.4,15.26,14.24,14.93
27,18.81,18.62,16.21,14.98,14.59,13.64,16.19,15.56,16.67,16.66,18.71,18.57,17.4,17.99,17.57,16.36,13.38,13.61,12.1,11.57,11.9,13.4,13.33,14.75,13.57
28,17.8,17.49,17.02,15.84,13.75,15.18,15.17,15.54,15.52,16.42,17.56,18.86,16.85,17.41,17.46,15.39,14.03,12.05,12.37,12.01,12.19,13.09,12.81,12.68,13.97
29,17.81,16.26,16.07,14.37,14.38,14.62,15.47,13.47,14.56,15.06,16.27,15.45,15.09,16.27,14.52,13.44,11.88,10.46,10.79,10.15,10.06,10.66,11.79,12.2,11.28
30,20.69,20.69,16.8,15.34,14.17,14.21,16.53,15.57,15.99,15.88,18.67,18.83,17.41,17.04,17.81,14.86,12.9,12.39,10.64,10.29,10.66,10.69,11.29,11.09,11.42
31,16.5,17.15,14.83,12.61,12.68,12.52,13.01,13.01,13.2,13.26,13.97,15.62,14.13,14.59,13.53,12.02,11.8,10.09,9.29,8.01,9.58,9.35,9.21,11.23,10.03
32,16.67,16.63,15.6,14.56,12.56,13.72,14.57,12.94,13.54,13.75,14.12,14.18,14.07,14.95,12.83,13.78,11.41,9.96,8.89,8.43,9.15,8.64,9.46,9.14,10.05
33,14.09,14.18,12.81,13.58,11.94,12.07,13.58,12.76,11.98,12.65,13.58,12.93,13.37,13.44,12.96,11.06,9.99,9.68,8.57,8.02,8.4,8.66,9.21,8.82,8.21
34,16.45,13.67,13.56,11.58,11.67,12.09,11.26,10.97,11.59,13.48,13.46,13.31,13.09,13.29,12.64,10.88,8.64,9.2,8.21,7.89,8.16,7.82,8.28,7.9,8
35,16.2,16.25,13.59,12.91,12.78,13.55,14.09,12.83,12.87,13.74,13.97,14.16,13.14,12.82,11.38,10.82,10.68,9.2,8.88,8,7.12,7.49,8.49,8.49,8.77
36,15.41,13.73,14.91,9.36,10.44,11.1,11.52,11.35,11.19,10.4,11.79,12.27,11.63,10.97,10.71,10.3,10.45,8.34,7.95,7.36,7.45,7.59,7.52,7.59,7.24
37,13.52,14.14,12.26,13.42,10.67,10.77,10.61,10.94,10.15,10.75,11.5,11.33,10.05,11.46,10.15,8.57,8.76,8,7.39,6.02,6.62,7.53,7.36,6.87,6.7
38,14.7,12.79,13,11.69,11.49,9.51,11.43,10.36,11.89,11.64,12.31,12.18,10.68,11.94,11.32,8.76,8.85,8.68,7.92,7.12,6.56,7.34,7.01,7.03,6.97
39,14.02,13.6,10.76,11.92,10.9,10.05,9.35,9.35,9.15,9.37,10.33,10.01,10,9.47,10.52,9.11,7.39,6.04,6.52,6.68,6.18,6.34,6.33,6.18,5.47
40,16.9,15.55,13.47,11.37,10.39,11.31,11.73,9.51,10.05,9.65,10.69,11.27,10.82,10.73,9.92,9.32,8.03,6.87,6.6,6.8,6.99,7.04,6.19,6.17,6.36
41,12.36,14.05,12,10.19,8.57,10.88,9.97,8.98,8.74,7.93,10.34,9.9,9.03,9.48,8.23,7.56,8.04,7.05,6.62,4.96,6.19,5.26,6.32,5.72,5.84
42,13.38,13.2,13.88,12.08,11.16,10.28,10.66,9.88,9.25,9.19,8.91,9.2,10.76,8.58,8.96,8.33,6.92,6.83,7.04,6.41,5.59,5.28,6.2,5.83,5.78
43,11.6,10.68,10.58,10.45,10.44,8.57,8.96,8.39,8.41,8.82,8.06,8.86,8.28,8.39,7.44,8.4,6.73,6.2,5.77,5.47,5.59,5.25,5.47,5.55,5.55
44,12.23,11.56,10.18,7.92,9.39,8.21,8.17,7.52,8.23,6.85,7.9,6.82,7.16,7.19,7.18,6.56,6.2,5.6,6.14,5.74,5.99,4.96,4.51,4.77,5.31
45,13.69,12.26,11.6,9.64,9.26,9.46,9.49,8.61,6.96,8.53,7.93,10.17,7.71,7.11,6.99,7.1,6.96,6.17,5.53,5.12,5,4.62,4.91,6.04,5.69
46,10.99,11.89,9.71,8.98,8.78,8.18,8.94,8.03,6.7,7.5,8.44,8.36,8.08,6.98,6.43,6.57,6.49,5.32,4.41,4.89,4.7,5.16,4.71,5.04,5.41
47,11.35,11.63,10.3,9.35,7.74,8.09,8.42,8.38,7.77,6.72,7.09,7.44,6.97,8.35,6.25,5.9,5.31,5.44,4.69,3.87,4.67,3.97,5.14,4.92,4.37
48,10.6,10.9,9.98,8.6,8.56,8.54,7,6.51,6.09,6.95,6.76,7.26,6.87,7.25,5.89,5.38,5.94,5.72,5.15,4.22,4.19,4.7,4.84,5.49,4.34
49,9.51,9.64,8.85,7.57,7.3,7.16,7,6.65,6.31,5.78,7.42,6.62,7.12,5.98,6.18,5.58,4.66,4.98,4.52,4.22,4.12,4.09,3.88,4.01,4.3
50,12.28,12.41,10.82,9.83,9.64,7.91,7.48,7.95,5.97,6.71,7.61,7.71,7.51,6.54,5.77,6.35,5.49,4.17,4.1,3.82,3.83,4.34,3.96,4.11,4.33
51,9.02,10.33,8.35,7.08,6.61,7.95,6.37,6.14,6,6.06,5.65,5.7,6.01,5.94,5.37,5.25,4.99,4.18,3.63,3.78,3.66,3.69,3.64,4.03,3.25
52,9.66,9.54,11,8.92,7.9,6.33,7.34,6.45,6.47,6.48,5.36,6.94,5.44,6.73,5.55,4.07,4.81,4.65,4.18,2.78,3.56,3.2,3.89,4.53,4.19
53,10.01,8.94,9,6.9,5.9,6.3,7.09,6.41,6.01,6.23,5.7,6.45,4.83,5.73,4.89,4.49,4.14,4.2,3.81,3.06,2.73,3.42,3.2,3.54,4
54,6.86,9.62,7.24,6.64,6.64,5.74,7.14,5.43,4.77,6.84,5.53,5.59,6.19,4.64,5.68,5.26,4.97,3.32,3.2,3.62,3.62,2.96,3.19,3.34,3.6
55,8.19,10.02,7.12,7.24,6.63,6.5,6.14,5.7,5.94,5.63,6.25,5.3,4.4,5.6,4.35,5.13,4.81,3.5,3.84,3.21,3.43,3.26,2.7,3.12,3.13
56,8.16,9.31,8.19,6.15,5.69,6.83,6.43,5.44,4.27,4.99,4.88,4.93,4.8,3.9,3.57,5.26,4,3.82,2.79,3.05,3.21,3.19,3.2,2.53,2.99
57,7.16,7,7,6.37,6.05,5.25,5.14,5.62,5.82,5.03,5.26,5.18,5.6,5.51,5.14,4.34,3.39,3.91,2.53,2.49,3.24,2.16,2.63,2.71,2.21
58,6.46,7.17,6.15,5.46,5.36,5.06,5.18,4.68,4.05,4.89,4.16,4.51,4.29,4.02,4.29,4.32,4.13,2.97,3.75,2.77,2.89,2.53,2.91,2.41,3.3
59,6.53,5.77,5.51,5.76,4.52,5.89,5.04,5.13,5.03,4.53,4.6,5.19,3.46,3.63,4.14,3.65,3.45,3.97,2.6,2.46,2.39,3.04,2.46,2.82,2.39
60,7.48,7.43,6.32,5.84,5.15,6.25,5.25,5.64,4.78,5.3,5.75,5.1,4.23,4.71,3.84,4.1,4.07,3.14,3.1,2.67,2.92,2.23,2.52,2.91,2.67
61,5.41,5.8,5.36,4.56,5.43,5.18,4.66,3.98,4.57,4.32,4.86,4.72,4.23,4.65,3.95,3.7,3.26,3.17,3.04,3.22,2.43,3.46,2.12,2.13,2.39
62,7.48,6.38,7.08,6.41,5.74,4.67,5.12,4.87,4.55,5.1,4.21,4.88,4.72,4.52,3.98,4.13,3.2,3.43,2.48,2.58,2.21,2.73,2.48,1.85,2.75
63,6.53,6.56,5.63,4.61,4.68,3.79,3.91,4.36,5.12,3.67,4.6,4.62,3.47,3.5,3.23,3.36,3.94,3.05,2.33,2.47,2.44,2.72,2.88,1.82,2.44
64,4.77,5.02,4.75,4.37,3.78,5.18,3.61,3.47,3.33,4.37,3.7,3.47,4.14,3.01,2.99,3.62,2.84,2.92,2.32,1.66,1.95,2.15,2.51,1.92,2.4
65,6.87,5.01,6.04,4.36,4.88,5.2,5.92,4.78,5.35,3.88,4.1,4.57,4.12,3.69,3.44,4.03,3.23,2.65,2.79,2.62,1.91,2.78,1.69,2.16,2.48
66,3.36,4.24,3.88,3.36,3.6,4.36,4.76,3.35,4.16,3.16,2.92,3.59,3.05,3.43,2.76,2.82,2.01,2.42,1.94,2.6,1.71,2.01,1.8,1.69,1.98
67,5.78,4.83,4.96,4.85,3.78,3.86,3.1,4.66,4.93,3.56,2.72,3.66,2.98,3.62,2.85,3.3,2.69,2.66,2.06,2.48,2.55,1.92,2.26,2.25,2.76
68,5.31,5.92,4.75,4,3.31,3.89,3.83,3.97,3.81,4.37,3.54,3.11,3.41,3.44,3.34,3.13,2.68,2.31,2.51,1.97,1.71,2.51,2.2,1.77,2.1
69,4.85,3.58,3.7,4.35,3.08,3.56,3.79,2.95,3.62,2.81,3.1,3.37,2.85,2.74,2.67,2.65,3.09,2.36,1.89,2.13,1.95,2.42,2.05,1.83,2.49
70,6.01,4.32,5.15,4.29,4.77,4.14,4.07,4.21,4.23,4.31,3.7,3.57,3.35,4.34,3.22,3.06,2.45,2.66,2.08,2.13,1.79,2.43,1.56,2.13,2.07
71,5.53,5.53,5.13,3.08,3.59,3.2,3.55,4.53,3.69,2.68,2.74,3.82,3.08,3.37,2.64,2.58,1.58,3.02,2.18,1.36,2.31,2.35,1.92,1.82,1.97
72,5.58,4.8,5.95,4.97,4.69,3.98,4.34,3.93,3.73,3.8,3.96,3.46,3.77,3.25,3.03,2.91,3.18,2.18,2.72,1.88,2.55,1.43,2.45,2.36,2.19
73,4.65,4.75,3.48,3.8,4.75,3.66,4.39,4.47,3.23,3.78,2.16,3,2.55,4.1,2.81,2.5,1.81,2.32,1.97,2.73,1.69,1.94,2.26,1.72,1.86
74,4.16,3.33,3.96,3.48,4.53,3.71,4.13,4.41,3.85,4.32,4.39,2.81,3.53,2.65,3.12,2.71,2.91,2.83,2.03,2.02,2.62,1.95,2.11,2.33,1.82
75,4.96,4.95,3.9,5.26,3.9,3.63,4.4,5.5,3.71,3.86,3.8,4.22,3.1,3.68,3.08,3.88,2.89,2.27,2.04,2.09,1.97,1.81,1.57,2.4,1.95
76,4.85,5.35,6.08,4.4,2.91,3.39,3.8,4.52,2.83,3.72,2.85,3.33,3.35,3.36,2.46,2.73,2.32,2.03,2.47,2.29,1.85,2.14,2.11,2.18,1.25
77,5.69,4.54,4.44,3.06,3.32,3.83,2.37,3.38,4.56,3.75,4.41,3.57,3.19,2.47,2.61,2.35,2.83,2.65,2.51,2.72,1.95,2.32,2.22,2.13,2.02
78,4.52,4.58,3.7,4.09,3.84,4.6,3.93,4.53,4.12,3.36,4.32,2.84,2.83,2.96,3.28,2.53,1.89,2.35,2.2,1.41,1.94,1.68,1.42,1.58,2.16
79,5.18,6.07,4.67,4.81,4.65,4.05,4.8,4.32,5.24,4.26,3.36,3.66,3.67,2.57,2.76,2.69,2.5,2.17,1.71,2.49,2.07,2.3,1.93,2.84,2.55
80,5.65,4.83,4.38,3.96,4.16,5.08,4.89,5.09,5.89,4.42,4.88,4.35,4.01,2.75,4.43,3.27,2.56,2,2.25,1.77,3.01,1.74,1.89,2.78,3.09
81,5.88,7.65,4.45,4.44,4.98,5.1,2.93,4.51,3.94,3.64,4.55,3.87,3.59,3.43,3.61,3.27,2.76,2.5,2.45,1.84,2.43,1.87,2.04,2.22,1.38
82,6.47,4.41,5.89,6.31,4.21,2.94,3.43,5.64,4.98,3.11,3.81,3.84,4.08,4.17,3.33,3.57,1.91,3.2,2.29,2.13,2.32,1.72,2.33,2,2.37
83,4.76,3.52,4.84,4.89,4.81,3.95,4.69,3.86,4.02,4.33,3.93,2.93,3.2,4.96,4.3,2.12,3.44,2.7,2.31,1.75,1.06,2.39,2.19,1.31,1.56
84,5.71,6.64,4.29,4.01,5.11,4.59,3.26,3.73,3.32,4.28,4.79,4.41,3.41,4.63,2.41,3.57,2.05,1.49,2.14,2.96,1.31,1.54,2.87,2,2.06
85,5.78,4.8,6.22,3.94,3.29,3.42,6.15,4.89,5.14,5.29,3.37,2.31,4.32,3.09,3.57,3.7,3.92,3.26,2.33,1.76,2.38,1.47,2.57,2.86,2.45
86,5.44,5.44,8.66,6.46,6.58,3.18,5.87,6.24,4.43,2.51,4.66,4.59,3.21,4.42,4.62,2.99,4.44,4.3,3.53,2.57,1.55,1.63,1.08,1.96,1.92
87,4.36,5.57,3.63,4.1,3.85,4.36,5.35,8.15,4.25,3.78,6.92,2.43,3.53,5.8,2.35,2.72,2.42,2.58,2.61,1.62,2.85,1.25,1.81,1.21,0.79
88,2.41,5.8,5.04,4.43,2.72,4.53,7.63,5.12,7,6.05,2.82,3.52,3.35,3.49,2.72,2.41,1.66,3.79,1.09,2.13,1.3,2.87,2.58,2.51,2.47
89,3.42,3.46,7.72,3.36,3.47,2.16,4.93,2.88,4.03,4.22,4.22,3.17,5.36,2.25,2.45,0.94,4.3,2.82,1.6,1.86,1.21,2.29,2.7,3.75,1.8
90,6.08,7.44,2.84,7.4,3.79,5.97,4.34,4.4,6.03,3.62,3.95,4.8,6.3,1.17,2.6,3.21,3.53,2.27,2.25,2.2,2.16,2.36,1.31,1.56,0.92

"Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1980-2004",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,