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Home | Homicide Trends in the U.S.

Homicide Trends in the U.S.

**Percent of All Homicides by Racial Composition of Victims and Offenders**
	White on White	Black on White	Other on White	White on Black	Black on Black	Other on Black	White on Other	Black on Other	Other on Other
1976	43.5%	6.0%	.3%	2.0%	47.5%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.4%
1977	44.6%	5.9%	.4%	2.4%	45.8%	.1%	.3%	.1%	.5%
1978	46.3%	6.1%	.3%	1.8%	44.8%	.0%	.3%	.0%	.3%
1979	46.0%	6.8%	.4%	2.5%	43.7%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.4%
1980	46.8%	6.4%	.3%	2.2%	43.6%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.4%
1981	46.8%	6.8%	.2%	2.5%	43.0%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.4%
1982	48.1%	6.4%	.3%	2.5%	41.7%	.0%	.3%	.1%	.5%
1983	48.7%	6.3%	.3%	2.3%	41.6%	.0%	.3%	.1%	.5%
1984	50.3%	6.2%	.3%	2.6%	39.8%	.0%	.3%	.1%	.5%
1985	49.7%	6.7%	.3%	2.7%	39.8%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.5%
1986	47.1%	6.5%	.4%	2.6%	42.6%	.1%	.3%	.0%	.6%
1987	47.3%	6.3%	.4%	2.9%	42.2%	.1%	.2%	.1%	.5%
1988	44.9%	6.6%	.4%	2.7%	44.5%	.1%	.3%	.0%	.4%
1989	43.9%	7.0%	.3%	3.1%	44.8%	.0%	.3%	.0%	.5%
1990	44.1%	6.9%	.3%	3.2%	44.8%	.0%	.3%	.1%	.4%
1991	41.5%	7.7%	.3%	3.4%	46.3%	.0%	.3%	.1%	.4%
1992	41.7%	8.5%	.3%	2.7%	46.1%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.4%
1993	41.1%	8.9%	.3%	2.7%	46.2%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.4%
1994	41.1%	8.6%	.4%	3.1%	46.1%	.0%	.3%	.1%	.3%
1995	43.8%	8.0%	.4%	3.3%	43.6%	.1%	.3%	.1%	.5%
1996	43.8%	8.4%	.4%	3.3%	43.4%	.1%	.3%	.1%	.3%
1997	43.4%	8.4%	.3%	2.9%	44.0%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.6%
1998	46.4%	7.5%	.3%	3.2%	41.6%	.1%	.3%	.1%	.5%
1999	46.0%	8.1%	.4%	2.8%	41.5%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.9%
2000	45.5%	8.2%	.3%	3.0%	42.1%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.6%
2001	46.4%	8.2%	.4%	2.8%	41.4%	.1%	.2%	.1%	.4%
2002	45.7%	8.1%	.4%	3.2%	41.6%	.1%	.2%	.2%	.5%
2003	44.7%	8.6%	.3%	3.5%	42.0%	.1%	.2%	.1%	.5%
2004	46.1%	8.5%	.4%	3.5%	40.7%	.0%	.2%	.1%	.6%
2005	44.6%	8.8%	.3%	3.2%	42.2%	.0%	.2%	.2%	.5%

**Homicides by Racial Composition of Victims and Offenders**
	White on White	Black on White	Other on White	White on Black	Black on Black	Other on Black	White on Other	Black on Other	Other on Other
1976	6,279	862	44	290	6,855	2	29	12	59
1977	6,299	828	52	346	6,469	7	36	10	71
1978	6,776	899	40	269	6,547	5	37	5	48
1979	7,054	1,037	54	390	6,706	4	31	10	64
1980	7,384	1,011	42	343	6,886	7	34	9	67
1981	7,588	1,106	37	402	6,972	8	33	11	71
1982	7,184	960	44	377	6,226	3	44	12	79
1983	6,719	869	41	314	5,738	3	38	8	68
1984	6,664	816	42	341	5,264	3	36	9	63
1985	6,745	913	43	361	5,401	5	27	12	65
1986	6,896	949	54	378	6,235	7	41	6	88
1987	6,574	873	49	408	5,861	8	35	10	70
1988	6,362	939	62	389	6,312	8	40	7	58
1989	6,450	1,029	50	457	6,583	2	42	5	75
1990	6,984	1,089	43	502	7,091	2	42	9	69
1991	6,611	1,220	54	541	7,361	5	51	15	56
1992	6,241	1,272	40	410	6,903	4	35	17	63
1993	6,466	1,393	46	432	7,268	7	32	16	57
1994	6,208	1,306	56	469	6,960	4	42	13	52
1995	6,069	1,109	50	455	6,039	7	38	17	70
1996	5,604	1,077	49	418	5,550	13	32	17	41
1997	5,056	974	34	343	5,118	5	28	17	70
1998	5,210	841	36	363	4,666	8	30	12	56
1999	4,671	820	45	284	4,217	2	23	12	87
2000	4,643	834	34	302	4,298	5	24	12	57
2001	4,813	854	43	286	4,301	7	21	10	42
2002	4,795	847	45	337	4,363	9	26	17	54
2003	4,645	896	35	360	4,367	6	17	9	50
2004	4,761	880	36	358	4,201	1	21	13	62
2005	4,755	934	31	337	4,497	4	19	25	58
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005. See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.