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


" Homicide Offending 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
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
6,0.08,0,0,0,0,0.03,0.03,0,0.04,0.09,0,0.07,0.04,0,0,0,0,0,0.07,0.04,0.03,0,0,0,0
7,0,0,0.09,0.13,0,0.07,0.07,0.27,0,0,0,0.12,0,0.04,0,0,0.07,0.11,0.04,0.03,0.03,0,0,0.04,0.08
8,0,0,0,0.04,0.09,0.09,0.05,0.17,0,0.25,0.11,0,0.06,0.04,0.04,0,0.05,0.04,0.04,0.03,0.07,0,0.04,0,0
9,0.1,0.08,0.08,0.07,0,0,0.19,0.07,0,0.1,0,0.03,0,0,0.11,0.12,0,0,0.07,0.03,0.04,0,0,0,0
10,0.34,0.14,0.24,0.03,0,0.15,0.11,0.34,0.06,0.32,0.03,0,0.2,0.11,0.15,0.11,0.09,0.08,0.15,0.1,0.1,0.06,0.28,0.08,0.05
11,0.36,0.15,0.19,0.38,0.37,0.12,0.37,0.47,0.26,0.34,0.3,0.44,0.27,0.26,0.33,0.12,0.07,0.28,0.28,0.3,0.15,0.09,0.09,0,0.08
12,0.73,0.61,0.7,0.61,0.69,0.61,0.46,0.52,0.81,0.6,0.78,0.38,1,1.02,0.93,0.95,0.42,0.62,0.18,0.4,0.27,0.38,0.46,0.33,0.5
13,1.38,1.37,1.31,1.03,0.85,1.68,1.69,1.68,1.95,2.14,1.67,3.06,2.64,3.04,4.06,2.67,1.93,1.66,1.84,1.21,1.09,0.77,0.65,1.38,1.18
14,4.16,3.72,3.1,3.54,2.9,3.45,4.07,5.26,6.22,6.99,6.61,8.22,7.97,10.17,9.09,8.02,6.3,3.94,3.38,3.31,2.46,3.14,2.54,2.28,2.57
15,8.21,9.57,7.55,7.68,6.76,7.99,9.21,8.22,12.19,14.64,19.05,21.54,19.39,22.63,21.92,17.07,14.07,10.3,8.32,7.33,5.97,6.31,5.9,5.87,6.29
16,16.09,13.98,14.25,13.56,10.92,12.74,14.79,15.51,20.6,24.36,31.86,33.8,35.71,38.94,37.63,32.39,24.86,21.49,15.38,12.73,10.72,11.26,10.7,10.55,12
17,22.04,21.13,20.05,17.13,16.37,17.68,21.41,21.06,27.66,30.66,44.46,48.86,48.87,52.65,53.54,42.06,37.32,33.16,27.37,20.54,19.59,17.45,17.47,17.5,16.56
18,28.49,26.77,23.85,23.59,18.67,19.51,24.43,26.33,29.54,36.91,49.44,61.46,57.14,61.05,61.75,50.3,48.08,41.81,35.11,32.31,29.44,32.7,24.86,27.31,27.16
19,29.04,26.87,24.04,22.19,22.03,24.15,25.03,25.71,27.68,36.55,44.23,51.01,50.59,56.57,51.55,47.53,46.65,39.82,36.65,32.57,31.3,29.1,26.42,29.26,26.57
20,31.03,27.1,26.59,25.46,24.63,24.96,30.07,30.95,39.35,39.17,41.23,53.29,51.01,55.83,52.03,47.42,44.85,40.54,39.63,33.85,35.5,36.81,35.2,33.33,31.19
21,30.02,27.7,25.36,21.54,20.14,22.53,25.38,23.41,25.55,27.17,32.17,39.12,36.23,39.21,39.49,36.29,33.76,31.63,30.11,26.12,29.29,29,30.68,27.05,24.74
22,28.73,24.13,25.39,23.31,22.01,20.97,24.06,25.78,26.19,28.04,30.52,36.56,32.95,37.11,33.04,33.62,32.94,29.16,27.96,26.54,26.29,26.19,26.68,26.84,25.8
23,29.32,26.89,23.4,21.94,23.88,21.5,23.8,22.79,23.35,25.78,29.24,32.79,27.4,31.94,29.75,27.83,30.21,27.68,23.73,22.12,24.03,25.32,24.04,23.59,23.57
24,28.87,24.39,23.82,20.07,21.7,20.96,19.19,22,22.31,22.27,25.61,25.37,23.27,25.85,25.92,25.56,23.03,22.85,21.06,17.66,19.61,19.97,22.49,21.91,20.8
25,29.74,26.4,25.64,23.13,22.06,23.26,24.56,22.66,24.77,26.71,29.14,32.82,28.16,27.4,26.68,23.95,21.94,20.7,21.84,19.29,22.43,24.14,23.9,24.55,22.77
26,26.19,23.97,21.7,19.14,17.89,18.24,20.65,17.47,17.81,18.46,20.31,20.54,22.97,21.42,19.31,16.77,16.92,16.17,17.02,13.55,18.5,17.01,18.59,17.57,18.13
27,23.82,20.87,20.88,19.27,19.77,16.9,19.73,17.73,18.51,16.95,18.13,18.01,19.8,19.5,18.5,16.42,14.84,16.75,14.88,12.76,14.62,17.45,16.95,15.97,16.21
28,23.47,22.23,20.95,18.34,18.61,17.42,18.91,18.82,17.99,19.13,19.22,20.7,18.02,19.71,17.2,17.81,15.63,13.11,14.14,13.18,12.98,14.42,15.03,15.73,14.03
29,21.63,20.11,18.16,16.64,16.84,14.96,17.62,14.46,15.08,16.43,17.94,15.04,16.32,13.92,14.94,12.48,11.2,12.04,11.05,10.81,11.52,11.16,11.88,12.48,12.61
30,25.4,21.52,19.94,18.28,18.37,16.84,20.39,18.78,18.47,18.12,20.19,19.58,17.21,16.21,15.43,14.98,13.49,12.74,11.76,12.42,11.15,11.3,12.75,14.73,11.4
31,18.32,18.19,17.06,15.26,13.4,14.21,14.18,12.92,12.84,14.04,12.99,16.39,11.85,12.75,12.27,12.05,11.68,10.57,9.16,8.57,8.06,9.12,10.32,9.45,10.47
32,19.14,18.83,17.44,14.94,14.82,12.49,13.75,13.4,13.87,12.62,13.23,14.79,12.31,12.63,11.23,10.97,11.02,9.36,9.89,8.27,8.54,9.05,10.01,9.65,10.3
33,16.08,15.99,14.89,14.67,13.82,13.24,12.61,13.15,12.15,12.15,11.74,12.26,11.7,10.94,11.39,10.09,8.8,9.3,8.41,7.04,8.45,8.61,7.83,8.02,8.96
34,17.04,12.41,12.62,12.99,12.04,11.57,11.39,12.5,11.12,10.1,12.36,12.39,9.52,8.79,9.22,9.24,7.4,7.69,7.84,8.06,7.09,7.55,8.62,6.36,7.11
35,18.1,18.25,13.02,12.48,12.91,13.05,14.12,12.36,13.17,12.37,13.13,11.89,11.05,10.34,11.05,9.22,8.74,7.42,7.12,6.34,6.76,7.37,8.14,9.11,7.24
36,15.88,15.23,14.23,10.4,11.27,9.97,11.29,11.12,9.08,9.36,10.59,9.48,8.87,9.05,8.18,8.73,7.64,6.83,7.74,6.19,6.58,7.13,7.5,6.21,7.17
37,15.68,13.95,13.73,11.97,8.85,10.5,11.68,10.25,9.87,9.5,9.06,9.26,9.41,8.58,8.35,7.46,6.92,6.22,6.71,6.05,5.75,7.2,6.65,6.36,7.41
38,15.25,13.01,12.61,12.26,12.38,9.5,10.63,10.73,11.16,9.72,10.05,8.56,7.96,8.07,7.71,7.78,6.69,6.43,6.15,6.77,5.78,6.35,6.33,6.47,6.98
39,14.74,12.46,11.29,10.58,10.06,10.97,8.99,8.71,9.27,8.19,8.2,7.74,7.42,7.25,6.7,6.39,7.26,6.3,5.29,4.94,5.85,5.44,6.02,5.43,4.94
40,13.81,14.19,12.62,9.52,9.96,10.21,11.05,8.78,9.39,9.18,8.84,9.2,7.71,7.72,8.34,7.41,6.01,6.56,5.52,5.63,5.67,5.56,4.75,7.05,5.56
41,12.91,13.19,11.02,9.5,7.85,9.29,9.53,9.38,7.89,8.15,7.61,7.2,7.28,6.69,5.55,6.61,6.06,4.74,4.85,4.51,5.65,4.6,5.64,4.93,6.17
42,14.73,12.85,12.62,9.45,7.31,8.26,7.35,8.54,8.68,7.46,7.41,7.36,6.9,6.86,6.05,6.08,5.67,4.73,5.27,4.74,4.73,4.44,4.77,5.48,4.99
43,10.71,10.46,10.13,9.87,9.62,8.53,8.33,7.56,8.42,7.15,6.37,6.25,5.81,5.13,5.07,5.49,5.56,4.19,5.36,4.33,3.85,4.49,4.08,4.56,5.97
44,8.62,10.8,7.98,9.59,8.54,9.71,8.64,7.22,6,6.82,7.12,4.52,4.9,5.64,5.25,4.99,3.53,4.29,4.93,3.84,3.55,3.58,3.77,4.93,4.16
45,12.9,10.6,9.07,8.69,6.97,8.2,7.09,8.44,6.28,6.12,7.58,7.33,5.81,5.19,5.83,5.25,4.68,4.83,4.22,3.64,4.51,4.02,4.23,4.34,4.92
46,9.18,9.42,8.48,7.78,6.82,5.45,6.75,7.05,5.82,4.85,6.81,5.84,5.72,4.03,5.35,4.32,3.75,4.43,4.49,2.63,3.13,3.59,3.69,3.62,3.68
47,10.15,9.61,7.4,7.84,6.83,7.19,6.21,6.4,7.03,5.57,4.93,4.78,5.95,5.78,4.05,4.07,4.18,3.88,3.08,3.42,3.82,3.87,3.68,3.8,3.32
48,8.76,9.55,6.53,8.05,7.03,5.69,8.39,6.91,6.33,6.49,5.8,4.18,5.89,5.3,5.26,3.91,4.19,3.68,3.87,3.38,2.92,3.57,3.91,3.59,3.98
49,6.32,7.16,7.26,6.22,5.81,5.65,6.42,4.95,5.74,5.28,6.02,5.56,3.8,4.33,4.06,3.95,2.87,2.09,2.81,3.15,3.97,2.63,3.28,2.95,3.12
50,7.57,7.74,6.05,5.62,6.38,7.76,6.32,5.97,4.9,5.23,5.32,4.14,4.67,4.08,3.78,2.52,3.87,2.98,3.04,3.16,3.35,2.86,2.92,2.85,2.93
51,6.03,6.1,5.52,5.23,5.44,5.78,5.38,5.25,4.55,4.2,6.09,4.53,4.41,4.65,2.87,3.61,3.71,3.23,2.21,2.36,2.76,2.61,2.67,2.68,2.29
52,6.26,5.77,5.69,4.41,4.79,5.4,5.29,4.93,4.16,3.91,3.37,5,4.27,4.37,4.01,4.05,2.52,3.12,3.57,2.17,2.62,1.82,2.89,1.9,2.6
53,5.73,5.04,4.98,5.12,5.05,5.15,4.7,4,4.29,3.74,4.32,4,3.87,3.36,2.87,2.47,2.57,2.68,2.71,2.24,1.69,2.38,2.98,2.67,2.36
54,5.29,5.34,4.44,4.1,4.18,3.05,4.54,4.76,4.37,3.08,3.69,3.33,2.55,3.02,2.76,3.5,2.91,2.61,1.86,2.39,2.37,2.17,2.06,2.18,2.55
55,5.4,5.33,5.55,5.07,3.86,4.36,4.45,4.24,4.82,3.42,2.43,3.44,4.03,3.25,3.04,2.85,2.7,1.92,2.54,2.05,1.91,2.2,1.78,1.95,2.06
56,4.63,5.68,4.36,3.8,3.55,3.51,3.56,4.6,3.1,3.65,3.26,3.48,4.12,2.49,2.41,3,2.95,2.77,2.01,1.9,2.02,1.29,1.99,1.59,1.54
57,4.17,4.59,3.51,3.68,3,2.93,3.17,2.92,3.5,2.8,2.95,1.89,2.65,3.57,2.4,2.48,1.67,2.14,2.04,2.48,1.72,1.74,1.85,1.73,1.28
58,4.51,4.98,4.2,3.24,4.35,3.74,3.29,3.41,3.82,2.76,2.72,3.54,2.48,2.64,2.63,2.77,1.72,2.29,1.82,1.92,1.36,1.8,1.51,1.49,1.88
59,3.28,4.8,4.5,2.81,3.79,3.99,3.06,2.65,3.02,2.26,2.08,2.4,1.82,2.59,1.62,1.82,2.16,2.33,1.81,2.06,1.35,1.47,1.11,1.78,1.74
60,5.09,3.97,3.11,3.09,3.07,3.32,3.42,2.36,3.27,3.63,3.53,2.78,2.22,2.45,1.58,2.18,2.13,1.54,0.83,1.54,2.04,1.78,1.23,0.9,1.93
61,3,2.82,3.13,2.71,2.55,2.35,2.1,2.91,2.39,2.86,2.06,1.64,2.03,2.29,1.75,2.11,2.22,1.61,2.22,1.3,1.15,1.32,1.3,1.68,1.52
62,3.25,2.52,3.74,2.73,2.93,2.89,3.26,2.61,1.82,2.26,2.34,2.04,2.41,2.89,1.66,2.06,1.55,1.81,1.35,1.27,1.17,0.82,0.91,1.21,1.41
63,4.16,2.31,2.14,2.8,1.91,1.89,2.01,1.97,1.95,2.39,2.56,1.57,1.53,1.48,1.64,1.74,1.61,1.07,1.44,1.3,0.78,1.34,1.26,1.46,1.33
64,3.28,2.69,2.38,2.49,1.93,2.46,1.72,1.82,2.12,2.07,1.92,1.97,2.21,2.33,2.13,1.87,1.24,1.47,1.29,0.95,1.07,1.15,0.9,1.2,1.22
65,2.91,2.68,3.27,2.17,2.29,2.6,2.04,2.04,2.27,1.91,1.71,1.63,1.59,1.74,1.47,1.73,1.06,0.87,0.98,0.53,0.82,1.24,0.93,0.71,1.37
66,3.31,2.45,1.44,1.81,2.21,1.48,2.21,2.83,1.91,1.52,1.22,1.05,1.86,1.53,1.37,0.75,1.35,1.14,1.24,1.47,1.3,0.78,1.29,0.9,0.65
67,2.1,3.02,1.85,1.68,2,1.78,1.33,2.82,2.41,1.3,1.75,1.66,1.79,1.77,1.18,1.64,1.34,1.51,0.68,1.11,0.79,1.2,0.47,1.9,0.93
68,2.2,2.51,2.37,1.47,2.25,2.02,1.6,0.93,1.74,1.98,1.07,1.63,1.66,1.49,2.15,1.31,0.76,1.21,1.4,1.61,0.56,1.2,0.65,0.89,0.65
69,3.31,2.3,1.8,0.91,2.23,1.57,1.56,2.19,2.49,1.42,1.92,1.4,1.21,0.76,0.96,1.05,0.93,1.04,0.68,0.84,1.15,0.63,0.59,0.83,0.92
70,1.94,1.71,2.09,1.83,2.62,1.64,1.58,1.52,1.8,1.23,2.6,1.26,1.37,0.52,1.01,0.59,0.87,1.29,0.95,0.67,0.95,0.52,0.95,0.23,0.89
71,2.21,1.99,0.82,1.93,2.24,1.67,1.59,2.28,1.85,1.91,0.84,1.27,1.14,1.37,0.88,1.13,0.66,1.21,0.51,1.08,0.88,0.7,0.93,0.97,1.03
72,1.83,1.73,2.32,1.32,1.73,2.01,1.45,1.81,1.32,1.01,1.33,0.84,1.33,1.38,1.77,1.42,1.04,0.97,0.9,0.9,0.47,0.61,0.45,0.94,0.64
73,1.63,1.72,1.75,1.7,1.47,1.27,1.99,1.17,1.51,1.72,0.92,1.34,0.95,0.99,0.73,1,0.87,0.89,0.34,0.66,0.77,0.61,0.75,0.97,0.86
74,1.16,1.41,2.12,0.93,1.28,1.68,1.54,0.95,1,1.22,0.84,1.14,0.36,1.22,0.86,1.1,0.55,0.43,0.69,0.36,0.89,0.76,0.55,0.92,0.76
75,1.2,2.38,2.55,1.89,1.86,1.37,1.32,0.96,1.09,1.3,0.97,0.99,0.4,1.05,0.66,0.61,0.72,0.92,0.82,1.33,0.55,0.61,0.73,0.88,0.85
76,0.99,1.51,1.27,0.79,0.95,0.71,1.35,1.62,1.48,0.95,1.51,0.81,0.61,1.03,0.61,1.09,0.99,0.64,0.71,1.17,1.13,0.61,0.74,0.67,0.5
77,1.23,1.64,1.24,0.53,0.65,1.22,1.49,1.67,1.75,0.99,1.12,0.78,1.39,0.58,0.56,1.33,0.77,0.59,1.5,0.8,0.87,0.99,0.72,0.73,0.26
78,1.07,1.47,0.11,1,1.36,0.46,1.85,1.68,1.23,1.31,1.1,1.07,0.58,0.58,0.94,0.82,1.08,0.1,1.15,0.63,0.87,0.26,0.7,0.56,1.19
79,1.15,0.76,0.13,1.24,0.97,1.25,1.42,1.59,1.03,0.73,1.51,0.67,1.73,1.54,0.11,0.95,0.76,0.84,0.34,0.96,0.65,0.35,0.53,0.74,0.51
80,1.29,1.05,1.25,0.31,1.31,1.73,1.68,1.59,1.11,1.8,0.7,0.83,0.8,0.91,0.48,0.8,0.86,0.35,0.73,0,0.65,0.33,0.2,0.41,0.77
81,0.95,1.69,1.4,0.53,0.85,0.98,1.13,1.04,0.86,0.94,0.43,1.17,1.54,0.38,0.13,0.49,1.04,0.89,1,0.51,1.16,0.82,0.34,0.62,0.61
82,1.77,0.85,0.74,1.19,1.04,1.19,1.37,1.3,0.39,0.8,2.07,1.07,1.19,1.43,0.72,0.39,0.27,1.23,0.58,1.15,0.71,0.63,0.94,1.12,0.78
83,1.25,0.65,0.2,1.37,0.57,0.82,1.29,1.75,2.09,0.81,1.01,0.84,0.78,1.96,1.02,0.29,0.17,1.01,0.31,0.15,0.59,0.82,0.42,0.39,0.61
84,0.51,0.95,0.22,0.22,1.54,1.99,0,0.63,1.42,0,1.1,0.19,1.16,0.75,0.93,0.34,1.23,0.74,0.38,0.49,0.67,0,0.21,0.15,1.68
85,1.04,0.54,0.99,0.54,0.26,2.12,1.56,1.12,1.29,1.82,0.75,2.04,0.98,0.94,0.83,0.39,0.89,0.92,0.19,0.6,0.49,0.55,0.18,0.35,0.54
86,0.38,1.37,0.36,0.95,0.38,0.3,0.4,0.29,0.37,0.78,0.53,1.51,0.56,0.52,0.95,0.26,0.45,0.23,0,0.68,0.72,0.55,1.17,0.73,0.18
87,1.58,0.74,1.4,0.95,0.34,0.31,0,2.31,1.35,0.57,1.92,1.18,1.25,1.61,0.55,0.51,1.9,1.45,0.96,1.11,0.5,0.62,0.22,0.31,0.58
88,0,2.91,0.83,0.41,0.93,1.98,1.45,2.23,1.23,0.37,0.81,0.88,1.08,0.29,0.62,0.33,0.81,0,1.01,0.3,0,0,0.48,1.33,0.47
89,0.86,0,1.69,1.34,0.46,0.51,0.83,0.44,1.53,0,0.58,1.79,0,0.75,0.74,0.33,0,0.35,0.34,0.74,0.31,0.66,0,0.55,0.54
90,2.25,0,1.96,0,1.37,0.6,1.38,0,1.39,1.19,1.09,0.45,0,0.49,0.84,0.77,1.26,0,0.43,0,0.8,0.88,0,0.35,0.34

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