Bureau of Justice Statistics
Homicide trends in the United States
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/homtrnd.htm
 
Homicide victimization rates by race, 1976-97
 
  Year     White    Black
    1976      5.2     37.3
    1977      5.4     36.3
    1978      5.6     35.2
    1979      6.1     37.6
    1980      6.5     38.9
    1981      6.2     36.6
    1982      5.9     32.4
    1983      5.3     29.5
    1984      5.3     27.4
    1985      5.3     27.7
    1986      5.4     31.5
    1987      5.2     30.8
    1988      5.0     33.6
    1989      5.0     35.2
    1990      5.5     38.1
    1991      5.6     39.6
    1992      5.3     37.5
    1993      5.3     39.0
    1994      5.0     36.7
    1995      4.8     31.9
    1996      4.4     28.6
    1997      3.9     26.6
 
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-97.
See the methodology section in Additional Information About
the Data for weighting and imputation procedures used.