Bureau of Justice Statistics
Homicide trends in the United States
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Homicide victimization rates by age, gender, and race
 
         White Male                    Black Male
 
  Year     14-17    18-24     25+        14-17    18-24     25+
    1976      3.7     11.5      9.9        24.6     91.2     98.6
    1977      4.1     12.7     10.0        22.7     88.1     95.3
    1978      4.8     13.5     10.5        22.2     87.7     91.7
    1979      5.0     16.3     11.3        23.6     92.7     97.5
    1980      5.4     17.0     12.0        27.5    101.2     99.2
    1981      4.4     15.3     11.6        23.6     91.8     95.4
    1982      4.1     14.1     10.6        22.7     84.2     81.0
    1983      3.9     13.0      9.6        21.7     76.3     71.9
    1984      3.6     12.2      9.3        18.8     69.7     66.3
    1985      4.0     12.3      9.1        24.2     74.9     63.8
    1986      4.2     13.6      9.2        27.4     89.9     71.7
    1987      3.8     12.6      8.6        36.9     98.2     65.3
    1988      4.0     12.5      8.3        44.1    111.5     70.5
    1989      5.4     13.7      8.3        55.2    130.4     71.7
    1990      7.7     17.2      9.0        60.7    155.4     76.6
    1991      8.7     18.7      9.0        73.6    177.8     74.4
    1992      9.2     17.7      8.5        68.6    175.1     68.9
    1993      9.3     17.5      8.2        77.9    187.1     69.6
    1994      8.9     18.2      7.9        73.2    180.2     65.8
    1995      8.9     17.7      7.1        64.7    152.3     57.7
    1996      8.0     15.7      6.6        53.4    141.3     51.1
    1997      6.0     15.1      6.0        44.2    143.4     47.1
 
         White Female                  Black Female
 
  Year     14-17    18-24     25+        14-17    18-24     25+
    1976      2.2      4.3      3.1         6.4     25.4     19.6
    1977      2.4      4.5      3.2         8.8     24.8     17.5
    1978      2.5      4.5      3.1         7.7     24.0     16.7
    1979      2.3      5.3      3.2         7.9     24.4     18.6
    1980      2.7      5.5      3.5         7.1     24.6     17.9
    1981      2.4      5.1      3.3         6.2     20.8     16.4
    1982      2.0      5.3      3.4         7.6     18.0     14.7
    1983      2.1      4.2      3.2         5.3     19.7     13.3
    1984      2.2      5.2      3.0         6.6     18.7     12.7
    1985      2.0      4.3      3.3         7.5     16.9     13.5
    1986      2.3      4.8      3.2         6.6     20.2     14.4
    1987      2.3      4.7      3.3         7.2     19.9     14.7
    1988      2.3      4.6      3.1         7.3     21.2     15.1
    1989      2.1      4.5      2.9         8.8     20.3     14.9
    1990      2.6      4.1      3.0        10.6     21.1     14.7
    1991      2.6      4.7      2.9         9.6     24.0     15.3
    1992      2.5      4.5      2.9        13.1     21.2     14.7
    1993      2.8      4.4      3.1        12.9     24.6     14.8
    1994      2.0      3.9      2.7        10.2     21.2     14.0
    1995      2.8      4.3      2.8        12.2     17.5     12.6
    1996      2.0      3.4      2.4         9.0     15.8     11.5
    1997      1.7      3.5      2.1         7.2     15.9     10.1
 
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-97.
See the methodology section in Additional Information About
the Data for weighting and imputation procedures used.