Bureau of Justice Statistics		
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/race.txt 		
"Serious violent crime victimization rates by race, 1973-1998"		
"Rates per 1,000 persons age 12+"		

"Serious violent crime includes homicide, rape, robbery, "		
and aggravated assault		

Adjusted 		
"         Rate per 1,000 population"		

      White   Black		
1973	20	37.3
1974	20.9	37.3
1975	19.1	36.7
1976	18.8	38.2
1977	19.4	34.4
1978	18.8	33.2
1979	19.6	33.2
1980	18.7	34
1981	19.7	40.4
1982	19	36.9
1983	16.3	33.1
1984	17.1	32.7
1985	15.6	28.9
1986	15.6	25.2
1987	15	33.8
1988	16	31.4
1989	16.1	29.5
1990	15.4	31.8
1991	16.2	31.3
1992	16.9	33
1993	17.8	34.3
1994	17.1	33.5
1995	13.5	26.4
1996	13.3	26.3
1997	12.9	20.7
1998	11.6	19.2

"Note: Because of changes made to the victimization survey,"		
 data prior to 1992 are adjusted to make  them comparable		
 to data collected under the redesigned methodology. 		
 Estimates for 1993 and beyond are based on collection  		
 year while earlier estimates are based on data year.		
" Due to changes in the methods used, these data differ "		
 from earlier versions. 		
"Sources: Rape, robbery, and assault data are from"		
 the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).		
 The homicide data are collected by the FBI's Uniform Crime
 Reports (UCR) from reports from law enforcement agencies. 

Homicide rates for 1998 are estimated based on 1998
 Preliminary Annual Release data.