Total incidents |
Total number of incidents involving homicide (not equal to the number of homicides) |
Total victims |
Total number of homicide victims |
Total offenders |
Total number of homicide offenders |
Single victim/ single offender |
Incidents with a single victim and single offender |
Single victim/ unknown offender(s) |
Incidents with a single victim and an unknown number of offenders |
Single victim/ multiple offenders |
Incidents with a single victim and more than one offender |
Multiple victims/ single offender |
Incidents with a multiple victims and single offender |
Multiple victims/ multiple offenders |
Incidents with a multiple victims and more than one offender |
Multiple victims/ unknown offender(s) |
Incidents with a multiple victims and an unknown number of offenders |
Incidents with multiple victims |
Incidents with more than one victim |
Incidents with multiple victims share of total incidents |
Incidents with more than one victim divided by total number of incidents |
Incidents with multiple victims involving firearm(s) |
Share of incidents with more than one victim with a firearm(s) as the weapon(s) |
Maximum victims from single incident |
Highest number of victims from a single homicide incident |
Median |
Offender median age |
Minimum age |
Minimum age of victims |
Maximum age |
Maximum age of victims |
Total |
Total justifiable homicides |
Male |
Total male offenders |
Female |
Total female offenders |
Unknown |
Total not involving firearm |
White (includes Mexican American) |
Total White offenders (includes Mexican American) |
Black |
Total Black offenders |
American Indian or Alaskan native |
Total American Indian or Alaskan Native offenders |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
Total unknown offenders |
Native Hawaiian |
Total offenders |
Hispanic |
Total unknown ethnicity offenders |
Not hispanic |
Total involving firearm(s) |
Husband |
Victim is husband of offender |
Wife |
Victim is wife of offender |
Common-law husband |
Victim is common-law husband of offender |
Common-law wife |
Victim is common-law wife of offender |
Mother |
Victim is mother of offender |
Father |
Victim is father of offender |
Son |
Victim is son of offender |
Daughter |
Victim is daughter of offender |
Brother |
Victim is brother of offender |
Sister |
Victim is sister of offender |
In-law |
Victim is in-law of offender |
Stepfather |
Victim is stepfather of offender |
Stepmother |
Victim is stepmother of offender |
Stepson |
Victim is stepson of offender |
Stepdaughter |
Victim is stepdaughter of offender |
Other Family |
Victim is other family member of offender |
Neighbor |
Victim is neighbor of offender |
Aquaintance |
Victim is acquaintance of offender |
Boyfriend |
Victim is boyfriend of offender |
Girlfriend |
Victim is girlfriend of offender |
Ex-husband |
Victim is ex-husband of offender |
Ex-wife |
Victim is ex-wife of offender |
Employee |
Victim is employee of offender |
Employer |
Victim is employer of offender |
Friend |
Victim is friend of offender |
Homosexual relationship |
Victim is involved in homosexual relationship with offender |
Other known to victim |
Victim is otherwise know to offender |
Stranger |
Victim is stranger to offender |
Relationship unknown |
Victim relationship to offender is unknown |
Minimum Age |
Offender minimum age |
Maximum Age |
Offender maximum age |
Total firearms |
Total involving firearms |
Total not firearms |
Total not involving firearms |
Firearms share of all weapons |
Firearms share of all weapons |
Handgun, pistol, revolver |
Total involving firearm(s) divided by total incidents |
Rifle |
Total involving handgun, pistol, revolver, etc. |
Shotgun |
Total involving rifle |
Other gun |
Total involving shotgun |
Firearm not stated |
Total involving other gun |
Knife/cutting instrument |
Total involving firearm not stated |
Blunt object |
Total involving knife/cutting instrument, including icepick, screwdriver, axe, etc. |
Beating by hands, feet, use of teeth, or other bod... |
Total involving blunt object, including hammer, club, etc. |
Poison |
Total involving personal weapons, such as beating by hands, feet, use of teeth, or other body members |
Pushed or thrown out window |
Total involving poison, but excluding asphyxiation |
Explosive |
Total involving explosives |
Fire |
Total involving fire |
Narcotics/drugs |
Total involving narcotics, drugs, including sleeping pills |
Drowning |
Total involving drowning |
Strangulation or hanging |
Total involving strangulation or hanging |
Asphyxiation |
Total involving asphyxiation, including death by gas |
Other |
Homicide in conjunction with undefined felony circumstances |
Rape |
Homicide in conjunction with rape |
Robbery |
Homicide in conjunction with robbery |
Burglary |
Homicide in conjunction with burglary |
Larceny |
Homicide in conjunction with larceny |
Motor vehicle theft |
Homicide in conjunction with motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
Homicide in conjunction with arson |
Prostitution and commercialized vice |
Homicide in conjunction with prostitution and commercialized vice |
Other sex offenses |
Homicide in conjunction with other sex offenses |
Abortion |
Homicide in conjunction with other Abortion |
Narcotic drug laws |
Homicide in conjunction with narcotic drug laws |
Gambling |
Homicide in conjunction with gambling |
Other felony |
Homicide in conjunction with unspecified felony |
Lover's triangle |
Homicide in conjunction with lover's triangle |
Child killed by babysitter |
Homicide in conjunction with care by babysitter |
Brawl due to influence of alcohol |
Homicide in conjunction with brawl due to influence of alcohol |
Brawl due to influance of narcotics |
Homicide in conjunction with brawl due to influence of narcotics |
Argument over money or property |
Homicide in conjunction with argument over money or property |
Other arguments |
Homicide in conjunction with other arguments |
Gangland killings |
Homicide in conjunction with gangland killings |
Juvenile gang killings |
Homicide in conjunction with juvenile gang killings |
Institutional killings |
Homicide in conjunction with institutional killings |
Sniper attack |
Homicide in conjunction with sniper attack |
All suspected felony circumstances |
Homicide in conjunction with all suspected felony circumstances |
Felon killed by private citizen |
Justifiable homicide felon killed by private citizen |
Felon killed by police |
Justifiable homicide felon killed by police |
Unable to determine circumstances |
Unable to determine felony circumstances |
Hunting accident |
Negligent manslaughter from hunting accident |
Gun-cleaning death |
Negligent manslaughter from gun-cleaning death other than self-inflicted |
Child playing with gun |
Negligent manslaughter from child playing with gun |
Other negligent handling of gun |
Negligent manslaughter by other handling of gun which results in death |
All other manslaughter by negligence |
Negligent manslaughter from all other negligence excluding traffic deaths |
Felon attacked police officer |
Justifiable homicide felon attacked police officer |
Felon attacked fellow police officer |
Justifiable homicide felon attacked other police officer |
Felon attacked civilian |
Justifiable homicide felon attacked civilian |
Felon attempted flight from a crime |
Justifiable homicide felon attempted flight from crime |
Felon killed in commission of a crime |
Justifiable homicide felon killed in commission of a crime |
Felon resisted arrest |
Justifiable homicide felon resisted arrest |
Unable to determine |
Justifiable homicide unable to determine circumstances |