Violent Crime: Data Presentation

Adjusted Violent Victimization Rates

	Number of Victimizations per 1,000 Population Age 12 and Over
		Total Violent Crime	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Aggravated Assault	Simple Assault
1973	47.71	0.09	2.49	6.74	12.49	25.90
1974	48.00	0.10	2.57	7.18	12.88	25.27
1975	48.40	0.10	2.38	6.76	11.92	27.24
1976	47.96	0.09	2.22	6.46	12.23	26.96
1977	50.43	0.09	2.33	6.22	12.38	29.41
1978	50.56	0.09	2.55	5.89	12.02	30.01
1979	51.75	0.10	2.83	6.26	12.30	30.26
1980	49.37	0.10	2.48	6.56	11.42	28.81
1981	52.27	0.10	2.51	7.41	11.97	30.28
1982	50.65	0.09	2.10	7.09	11.53	29.84
1983	46.45	0.08	2.13	6.03	9.88	28.33
1984	46.37	0.08	2.46	5.82	10.81	27.20
1985	45.18	0.08	1.88	5.07	10.25	27.90
1986	42.00	0.09	1.74	5.14	9.75	25.28
1987	43.98	0.08	1.97	5.29	9.96	26.68
1988	44.11	0.08	1.68	5.26	10.83	26.26
1989	43.33	0.09	1.77	5.42	10.25	25.80
1990	44.13	0.09	1.69	5.66	9.76	26.93
1991	48.78	0.10	2.24	5.89	9.92	30.63
1992	47.94	0.09	1.79	6.08	11.07	28.91
1993	49.10	0.10	1.60	6.00	12.00	29.40
1994	51.19	0.09	1.40	6.30	11.90	31.50
1995	46.08	0.08	1.20	5.40	9.50	29.90
1996 41.57	0.07	0.90	5.20	8.80	26.60
1997	38.77	0.07	0.90	4.30	8.60	24.90
1998	35.96	0.06	0.90	4.00	7.50	23.50
1999	32.06	0.06	0.90	3.60	6.70	20.80
2000	27.36	0.06	0.60	3.20	5.70	17.80
% Change 1973 to 2000	-42.67	-41.49	-75.90	-52.52	-54.36	-31.27
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Criminal Victimization Survey, Violent Crime Trends, 1973-2001, August 2002, available online at http://www/ojp/usdoj.gov/glance/tables/viortrdtab.htm.

Homicide Rate and Other Indicators

The dash (-) indicates that data for the year were not available. Homicide data for the period before 1933 are incomplete. In 1900 only 10 states reported (26% of the population). By 1910, coverage had increased to 50%. From 1933 on, 100% of the population is represented.
Year	Homicide Rate per 100,000 Population	Males 20-34 as % of Population	Incarceration Rate per 1,000 Population
1900	1.2	25.56
1901	1.2
1902	1.2
1903	1.1
1904	1.3
1905	2.1
1906	3.9
1907	4.9
1908	4.8
1909	4.2
1910	4.6	26.32
1911	5.5
1912	5.4
1913	6.1.
1914	6.2
1915	5.9
1916	6.3
1917	6.9
1918	6.5
1919	7.2
1920	6.8	25.01
1921	8.1
1922	8.0
1923	7.8
1924	8.1
1925	8.3
1926	8.4
1927	8.4
1928	8.6
1929	8.4
1930	8.8	24.29	1.04
1931	9.2
1932	9.0
1933	9.7
1934	9.5
1935	8.3
1936	8.0
1937	7.6
1938	6.8
1939	6.4
1940	6.3	25.01	1.32
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Homicide Rate and Other Indicators [Continued]

Year	Homicide Rate per 100,000 Population	Males 20-34 as % of Population	Incarceration Rate per 1,000 Population
1941	6.0
1942	5.9
1943	5.1
1944	5.0
1945	5.7
1946	6.4
1947	6.1
1948	5.9
1949	5.4
1950	5.3	23.39	1.10
1951	4.9
1952	5.2
1953	4.8
1954	4.8
1955	4.5
1956	4.6
1957	4.5
1958	4.5
1959	4.6
1960	4.7	18.75	1.19
1961	4.7
1963	4.9
1964	5.1
1965	5.5
1966	5.9
1967	6.8
1968	7.3
1969	7.7
1970	8.3	20.31	0.97
1971	9.1
1972	9.4
1973	9.7
1974	10.1
1975	9.9
1976	9.0
1977	9.1
1978	9.2
1979	10.0
1980	10.7	25.71	1.40
1981	10.3
1982	9.6
1983	8.6
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Homicide Rate and Other Indicators [Continued]

Year	Homicide Rate per 100,000 Population	Males 20-34 as % of Population	Incarceration Rate per 1,000 Population
1984	8.4
1985	8.4
1986	9.0
1987	8.7
1988	9.0
1989	9.3
1990	10.0	24.97	2.97
1991	10.5
1992	10.0
1993	10.1
1994	9.6
1995	8.7
1996	7.9
1997	7.4
1998	6.8
1999	6.2	20.24	4.77
Source: U.S. Centersfor Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics,Homicide rate per100,000 population, 1900-1999, October 2001, available online at http://www.cdc.gov.

Homicide Rates by Age Groups, 1976-1999

Year	Rates per 100,000 population									Number of Offenders
		14-17	18-24	25-34	35-49	50+	Under 14	14-17	18-24	25-34	35-49	50+	All ages
1976	10.6	22.4	19.4	11.1	4.0	103	1,775	6,244	6,192	3,855	2,184	20,353
1977	10.0	22.1	18.7	11.4	4.0	101	1,660	6,265	6,186	3,978	2,199	20,389
1978	10.1	23.1	19.0	11.4	3.7	120	1,645	6,630	6,425	4,058	2,105	20,983
1979	11.7	26.2	20.3	11.6	4.1	98	1,894	7,578	7,086	4,205	2,324	23,185
1980	12.9	29.5	22.2	13.3	3.8	112	2,083	8,705	8,200	4,901	2,199	26,200
1981	11.2	25.7	20.3	12.8	3.8	77	1,793	7,674	7,883	4,765	2,283	24,475
1982	10.4	24.2	19.0	11.3	3.5	98	1,616	7,179	7,500	4,408	2,079	22,880
1983	9.4	22.1	17.5	10.2	3.0	77	1,437	6,512	7,022	4,150	1,809	21,007
1984	8.5	21.5	16.9	9.5	3.0	72	1,266	6,268	6,933	3,982	1,815	20,336
1985	9.8	21.4	16.0	9.4	3.0	93	1,437	6,162	6,706	4,104	1,871	20,373
1986	11.7	23.4	17.6	9.9	2.9	94	1,718	6,634	7,476	4,448	1,810	22,180
1987	12.3	24.1	16.2	9.2	2.9	111	1,793	6,696	6,989	4,318	1,796	21,703
1988	15.5	26.9	16.5	8.9	2.7	101	2,240	7,325	7,158	4,300	1,708	22,832
1989	18.1	30.2	16.4	8.4	2.5	129	2,594	8,055	7,114	4,222	1,592	23,706
1990	23.7	34.4	17.6	9.5	2.5	103	3,143	9,187	7,552	4,906	1,573	26,464
1991	26.6	40.8	18.6	8.2	2.3	131	3,576	10,734	7,984	4,356	1,487	28,268
1992	26.3	38.4	16.8	7.7	2.3	140	3,596	9,964	7,125	4,235	1,488	26,548
1993	30.2	41.3	15.9	7.4	2.4	158	4,172	10,798	6,816	4,126	1,566	27,636
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Homicide Rates by Age Groups, 1976-1999 [Continued]

Year	Rates per 100,000 population									Number of Offenders
		14-17	18-24	25-34	35-49	50+	Under 14	14-17	18-24	25-34	35-49	50+	All ages
1994	29.3	39.6	15.2	7.4	2.0	180	4,115	10,227	6,413	4,238	1,316	26,489
1995	23.6	36.7	14.4	6.7	2.0	139	3,432	9,318	5,978	3,945	1,376	24,188
1996	19.6	35.7	13.4	6.2	1.8	97	2,914	8,929	5,483	3,749	1,242	22,414
1997	16.7	33.1	12.6	5.5	1.8	92	2,548	8,174	5,120	3,429	1,238	20,601
1998	12.9	31.0	12.3	5.4	1.6	98	2,005	7,684	4,903	3,395	1,167	19,252
1999	10.7	27.7	11.0	5.0	1.5	89	1,674	7,009	4,285	3,197	1,133	17,387
Source: U.S. Department of Justice,FederalBureauofInvestigation,SupplementaryHomicideReports,1976-1999,accessibleatwww.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide.

Criminal Victimization by Gender, Race and Income, 1993-2001

	Number of Violent Crimes per 1,000 Persons Age 12 or Older
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Gender
Male	59.8	61.1	55.7	49.9	45.8	43.1	37.0	32.9	27.3
Female	40.7	43.0	38.1	34.6	33.0	30.4	28.8	23.2	23.0
Race
White	47.9	50.5	44.7	40.9	38.3	36.3	31.9	27.1	24.5
Black	67.4	61.3	61.1	52.3	49.0	41.7	41.6	35.3	31.2
Other	39.8	49.9	41.9	33.2	28.0	27.6	24.5	20.7	18.2
Annual Household Income
Less than	$7,500	84.7	86.0	77.8	65.3	71.0	63.8	57.5	60.3	46.6
$7,500-$14,999	56.4	60.7	49.8	52.1	51.2	49.3	44.5	37.8	36.9
$15,000-$24,999	49.0	50.7	48.9	44.1	40.1	39.4	35.3	31.8	31.8
$25,000-$34,999	51.0	47.3	47.1	43.0	40.2	42.0	37.9	29.8	29.1
$35,000-$49,999	45.6	47.0	45.8	43.0	38.7	31.7	30.3	28.5	26.3
$50,000-$74,999	44.0	48.0	44.6	37.5	33.9	32.0	33.3	23.7	21.0
$75,000 or more	41.3	39.5	37.3	30.5	30.7	33.1	22.9	22.3	18.5
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Victimization 2001: Changes 2000-01 and Trends, 1993-2001, accessible at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cv01.pdf.

Homicide Offending Rates by Gender

Year	Rates per 100,000 Population
		Male	Female
1976	16.30	3.10
1977	16.20	3.00
1978	16.80	2.80
1979	18.60	2.90
1980	20.60	3.10
1981	18.90	2.90
1982	17.40	2.80
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Homicide Offending Rates by Gender [Continued]

Year	Rates per 100,000 Population
		Male	Female
1983	15.80	2.60
1984	15.20	2.30
1985	15.20	2.20
1986	16.50	2.30
1987	16.00	2.20
1988	16.80	2.20
1989	17.40	2.10
1990	19.60	2.20
1991	20.70	2.20
1992	19.30	1.90
1993	19.90	2.00
1994	18.80	1.90
1995	17.20	1.60
1996	15.50	1.70
1997	14.20	1.50
1998	13.00	1.50
1999	11.70	1.27
% Change
1976-99	-28.22	-59.03
1993-99	-41.21	-36.50
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Homicide Trends in the United States, accessible at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide.

Violent Victimization Rates by Gender, 1973-2001

Year	Victimization Rate per 1,000 Persons 12 and Older
		Total	Males	Females
1973	48.5	68.0	31.4
1974	49.1	69.4	31.3
1975	48.9	66.8	33.1
1976	48.5	65.8	33.3
1977	50.5	71.1	32.4
1978	50.2	70.0	32.8
1979	51.5	69.7	35.3
1980	49.4	68.1	33.0
1981	52.6	70.9	36.5
1982	51.0	66.9	36.9
1983	46.2	61.7	32.4
1984	46.2	60.6	33.4
1985	44.7	59.5	31.6
1986	41.9	54.3	30.9
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Violent Victimization Rates by Gender, 1973-2001 [Continued]

Year	Victimization Rate per 1,000 Persons 12 and Older
		Total	Males	Females
1987	43.7	56.8	32.0
1988	44.2	55.0	34.4
1989	43.4	56.8	31.4
1990	44.0	57.6	32.0
1991	48.0	64.5	33.4
1992	47.8	59.3	37.2
1993	49.9	59.8	40.7
1994	51.8	61.1	43.0
1995	46.6	55.7	38.1
1996	42.0	49.9	34.6
1997	39.2	45.8	33.0
1998	36.6	43.1	30.4
1999	32.8	37.0	28.8
2000	27.9	32.9	23.2
2001	25.1	27.3	23.0
% Change
73 to 01	-48.3	-59.8	-26.7
93 to 01	-49.7	-54.3	-43.5
2000 to 01	-10.0	-17.0	-0.9
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survery and Uniform Crime Reports, accessible at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables.

Gun and Non-Gun Homicide Arrest Rates by Age, 1976-1999

Year	Homicide Arrest Rates per 100,000 Population													All Violent Crime with Gun
		Under 18			18-24			Under 25			All Murders With Gun
		Gun	Non-Gun	Gun	Non-Gun	Gun	Non-Gun
1976	5.71	4.79	12.63	9.36	7.79	6.16	5.58	143.10
1977	5.91	3.99	12.06	9.60	7.79	5.71	5.52	139.40
1978	5.31	4.56	13.39	9.19	7.83	6.00	5.70	141.10
1979	6.34	5.30	15.12	10.31	9.13	6.89	6.17	154.60
1980	7.29	5.53	16.94	12.06	10.39	7.63	6.38	174.00
1981	6.62	4.86	14.29	11.09	9.10	6.87	6.13	172.90
1982	5.73	5.00	12.66	11.14	7.97	6.98	5.46	160.90
1983	5.06	4.68	11.24	10.52	7.06	6.57	4.81	141.20
1984	4.83	3.77	11.32	9.96	6.89	5.73	4.65	139.40
1985	5.74	3.90	11.67	9.65	7.59	5.69	4.67	142.80
1986	6.77	4.81	13.29	10.21	8.76	6.46	5.05	156.00
1987	7.71	4.65	13.89	10.29	9.56	6.34	4.88	150.30
1988	10.75	5.23	16.37	10.41	12.41	6.76	5.11	157.00
1989	14.50	4.66	19.55	10.11	15.97	6.25	5.40	165.20
1990	17.45	6.13	23.03	11.21	19.10	7.63	6.04	198.10
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Gun and Non-Gun Homicide Arrest Rates by Age, 1976-1999 [Continued]

Year	Homicide Arrest Rates per 100,000 Population													All Violent Crime with Gun
		Under 18			18-24			Under 25			All Murders With Gun
		Gun	Non-Gun	Gun	Non-Gun	Gun	Non-Gun
1991	20.35	6.24	29.13	11.60	22.88	7.78	6.49	217.60
1992	20.94	5.31	28.84	9.52	23.17	6.50	6.35	221.70
1993	24.10	5.73	31.74	10.21	26.21	6.97	6.61	225.50
1994	23.03	5.37	30.81	9.46	25.14	6.48	6.27	208.40
1995	18.15	5.00	28.07	9.04	20.79	6.08	5.59	192.00
1996	14.03	5.12	26.79	9.15	17.37	6.18	5.02	172.80
1997	12.81	3.63	24.21	8.51	15.82	4.92	4.61	154.90
1998	9.25	3.67	21.09	9.07	12.41	5.11	4.06	135.00
1999	7.44	3.25	18.98	7.83	10.56	4.49	3.71	124.10
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Facts at a Glance, Crimes Committed with Firearms, 1973-2000, table available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/glance/tables/guncrimetab.htm.

Murders With and Without Guns

Data show actual numbers and percentages.
	All Murders	Murders w/Firearms	Non-Gun Murders	% With Firearms	% Without Firearms
1973	19,510	13,072	6,438	67.0	33.0
1974	20,600	13,987	6,613	67.9	32.1
1975	20,510	13,496	7,014	65.8	34.2
1976	18,780	11,982	6,798	63.8	36.2
1977	19,120	11,950	7,170	62.5	37.5
1978	19,555	12,437	7,118	63.6	36.4
1979	21,456	13,582	7,874	63.3	36.7
1980	23,040	14,377	8,663	62.4	37.6
1981	22,520	14,052	8,468	62.4	37.6
1982	21,010	12,648	8,362	60.2	39.8
1983	19,310	11,258	8,052	58.3	41.7
1984	18,690	10,990	7,700	58.8	41.2
1985	18,980	11,141	7,839	58.7	41.3
1986	20,610	12,181	8,429	59.1	40.9
1987	20,100	11,879	8,221	59.1	40.9
1988	20,680	12,553	8,127	60.7	39.3
1989	21,500	13,416	8,084	62.4	37.6
1990	23,440	15,025	8,415	64.1	35.9
1991	24,700	16,376	8,324	66.3	33.7
1992	23,760	16,204	7,556	68.2	31.8
1993	24,530	17,048	7,482	69.5	30.5
1994	23,305	16,314	6,992	70.0	30.0
1995	21,597	14,686	6,911	68.0	32.0
1996	19,645	13,319	6,326	67.8	32.2
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Murders With and Without Guns [Continued]

	All Murders	Murders w/Firearms	Non-Gun Murders	% With Firearms	% Without Firearms
1997	1997	18,208	12,346	5,862	67.8	32.2
1998	16,914	10,977	5,937	64.9	35.1
1999	15,533	10,128	5,405	65.2	34.8
2000	15,517	10,179	5,338	65.6	34.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Facts at a Glance, Crimes Committed with Firearms, 1973-2000, table available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/glance/tables/guncrimetab.htm.

Percent of Students Ages 12 Through 19 Who Report That Street Gangs Were Present at School, by Place of Residence

Percent of total population indicates the percentage living in central cities, suburban areas, and non-metropolitan areas respectively.
	1989	1995	% Change	% of Total Population
Central City	24.8	40.7	64.1	30.0
Suburban Area	14.0	26.3	87.9	48.0
Non-Metropolitan Area	7.8	19.9	155.1	22.0
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, National Crime Victimization Survey, School Crime Supplement, available online at http://www.ojp/usdoj.gov/bjs/abstrat/srsc/htm.

Presence of Gangs in Schools by Race and Ethnicity, 1989 and 1995

Data show percent reporting the presence of gangs.
	1989	1995	% Change
All Students	15.3	28.4	85.6
White	11.7	23.0	96.6
Black	19.8	34.7	75.3
Hispanic	31.6	49.5	56.6
Other	25.4	31.2	22.8
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, National Crime Victimization Survey, School Crime Supplement, available online at http://www.ojp/usdoj.gov/bjs/abstrat/srsc/htm.

Number and Percent of Murders, Robberies, and Aggravated Assaults in Which Firearms Were Used, 1973 to 2000

Year	Victimizations-Number and Percent of Category															Source of Firearm Possessed During Current Offense
		All Violent Victimizations (Number)	Percent with firearms (%)	Murders (Number)	Percent with firearms (%)	Robberies (Number)	Percent with firearms (%)	Aggravated Assaults (Number)	Percent with firearms (%)
										Purchase or Trade (%)	Family or Friend (%)	Street or Illegal (%)
1973	818,460	44.1	19,510	67.0	382,680	63.0	416,270	25.7
1974	914,610	35.7	20,600	67.9	441,290	44.7	452,720	25.4
1975	970,190	35.3	20,510	65.8	464,970	44.8	484,710	24.9
1976	929,840	33.0	18,780	63.8	420,210	42.7	490,850	23.6
1977	946,480	31.9	19,120	62.5	404,850	41.6	522,510	23.2
1978	994,695	30.9	19,555	63.6	417,038	40.8	558,102	22.4
1979	1,102,550	30.9	21,456	63.3	466,881	39.7	614,213	23.0
1980	1,226,810	32.0	23,040	62.4	548,810	40.3	654,960	23.9
1981	1,240,370	31.9	22,520	62.4	574,130	40.1	643,720	23.6
1982	1,207,942	30.8	21,010	60.2	536,890	39.9	650,042	22.4
1983	1,159,060	28.5	19,310	58.3	500,220	36.7	639,530	21.2
1984	1,189,050	27.7	18,690	58.8	485,010	35.8	685,350	21.1
1985	1,240,100	27.5	18,980	58.7	497,870	35.3	723,250	21.3
1986	1,397,710	26.9	20,610	59.1	542,780	34.3	834,320	21.3
1987	1,392,890	26.3	20,100	59.1	517,700	33.0	855,090	21.4
1988	1,473,740	26.2	20,680	60.7	542,970	33.4	910,090	21.1
1989	1,551,540	26.4	21,500	62.4	578,330	33.2	951,710	21.5
1990	1,717,570	28.7	23,440	64.1	639,270	36.6	1,054,860	23.1
1991	1,805,170	30.4	24,700	66.3	687,730	39.9	1,092,740	23.6	20.8	33.8	40.8
1992	1,823,210	31.0	23,760	68.2	672,480	40.3	1,126,970	24.7
1993	1,819,390	32.0	24,530	69.5	659,760	42.4	1,135,100	25.1
1994	1,762,072	30.8	23,305	70.0	618,817	41.6	1,119,950	24.0
1995	1,701,321	29.6	21,597	68.0	580,545	41.0	1,099,179	22.9
1996	1,586,509	28.9	19,645	67.8	537,050	40.7	1,029,814	22.0
1997	1,539,943	26.9	18,208	67.8	498,534	39.7	1,023,201	20.0	13.9	39.6	39.2
1998	1,437,941	25.4	16,914	64.9	446,625	38.2	974,402	18.8
1999	1,341,586	25.2	15,533	65.2	409,670	39.9	916,383	18.0
2000	1,334,103	25.6	15,517	65.6	407,842	40.9	910,744	18.1
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Estimated Firearm Crime, "Murders, Robberies, and Aggravated Assaults in which a Firearm were Used, 1973-2000," available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/guncrimetab.htm.

All Females Murdered and Those Murdered by An Intimate Partner, 1976-1999

	All Female Victims of Homicide	Female Victims Murdered by an Intimate Partner							% of Female Victims Killed by a Partner
				White	Black	Other	Total
1976	4,590	849	714	37	1,600	34.86
1977	4,710	831	570	34	1,435	30.47
1978	4,642	868	583	30	1,481	31.90
1979	5,017	883	594	29	1,506	30.02
1980	5,232	913	588	34	1,535	29.34
1981	5,096	952	591	27	1,570	30.81
1982	5,093	946	504	29	1,479	29.04
1983	4,703	910	513	37	1,460	31.04
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All Females Murdered and Those Murdered by An Intimate Partner, 1976-1999 [Continued]

	All Female Victims of Homicide	Female Victims Murdered by an Intimate Partner							% of Female Victims Killed by a Partner
				White	Black	Other	Total
1984	4,741	938	467	34	1,439	30.35
1985	4,881	1,005	492	48	1,545	31.65
1986	5,109	1,000	532	52	1,584	31.00
1987	5,268	968	486	35	1,489	28.26
1988	5,238	1,007	527	36	1,570	29.97
1989	5,085	883	474	42	1,399	27.51
1990	5,115	952	490	45	1,487	29.07
1991	5,394	931	520	55	1,506	27.92
1992	5,217	890	509	48	1,447	27.74
1993	5,550	989	542	43	1,574	28.36
1994	5,007	900	463	35	1,398	27.92
1995	5,023	874	387	50	1,311	26.10
1996	4,470	862	422	28	1,312	29.35
1997	4,124	761	401	40	1,202	29.15
1998	4,125	878	393	38	1,309	31.73
1999	3,800	812	338	62	1,212	31.89
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Homicide Trends in the United States, "Intimate Homicides," January 4, 2001, available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/intimates.htm.

Intimate Homicide Rate by Victim's Race, Sex and Relationship with Offender

Rate per 100,000 population ages 20-44 by marial satus. The number of married or divorced persons is the population base used to calculate spouse and ex-spouse rates and the number of never married or widowed persons is the population base used to calculate boyfriend/girlfriend rates.
Year	White							Black
		Husband or ex-husband	Boyfriend	Wife or ex-wife	Girlfriend	Husband or ex-husband	Boyfriend	Wife or ex-wife	Girlfriend
1976	0.97	0.68	1.73	1.70	18.42	12.96	12.61	10.69
1977	1.01	0.72	1.62	1.53	16.92	11.68	10.26	7.83
1978	0.98	0.61	1.73	1.64	14.98	10.63	11.21	7.46
1979	1.11	0.63	1.73	1.72	15.88	9.63	9.74	8.66
1980	0.99	0.72	1.69	2.33	14.35	9.62	10.05	8.01
1981	1.02	0.67	1.76	1.83	12.88	8.87	8.47	8.28
1982	0.84	0.76	1.76	1.81	10.80	8.35	7.07	7.30
1983	0.91	0.63	1.54	1.84	10.70	7.49	8.23	6.84
1984	0.65	0.79	1.56	1.97	8.37	7.11	5.90	7.25
1985	0.73	0.64	1.60	2.05	7.73	7.17	6.30	6.79
1986	0.70	0.68	1.53	2.42	7.72	7.34	6.75	7.80
1987	0.66	0.64	1.48	2.16	6.85	6.97	6.10	6.09
1988	0.55	0.68	1.51	2.22	6.69	6.53	6.21	7.06
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Intimate Homicide Rate by Victim's Race, Sex and Relationship with Offender [Continued]

Rate per 100,000 population ages 20-44 by marial satus. The number of married or divorced persons is the population base used to calculate spouse and ex-spouse rates and the number of never married or widowed persons is the population base used to calculate boyfriend/girlfriend rates.
Year	White							Black
		Husband or ex-husband	Boyfriend	Wife or ex-wife	Girlfriend	Husband or ex-husband	Boyfriend	Wife or ex-wife	Girlfriend
1989	0.53	0.62	1.21	2.24	6.74	6.66	5.57	6.73
1990	0.54	0.66	1.39	2.03	5.77	6.40	5.84	7.06
1991	0.45	0.69	1.35	2.01	5.08	5.62	6.05	7.16
1992	0.56	0.51	1.29	1.84	4.54	4.65	6.09	5.92
1993	0.43	0.60	1.29	2.46	4.52	4.96	6.04	6.70
1994	0.46	0.48	1.39	1.89	4.75	4.36	4.13	6.09
1995	0.39	0.36	1.12	2.28	2.93	3.70	3.71	4.98
1996	0.39	0.34	1.15	1.92	2.39	3.35	4.26	5.30
1997	0.31	0.44	0.99	1.91	2.08	2.50	3.45	4.75
1998	0.28	0.45	1.20	1.96	1.83	4.36	4.41	4.71
1999	0.26	0.34	0.96	2.12	1.33	3.97	3.03	3.87
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Homicide Trends in the United States, "Intimate Homicides," January 4, 2001, available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/intimates.htm.

Homicide Offender and Victimization Rates by Race, 1976-1999

Rates are the number per 100,000 population.
Year	Homicide Offender Rates					Victimization Rates
		White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other
1976	5.1	44.7	7.4	5.1	37.1	7.9
1977	5.3	42.3	8.3	5.4	36.2	7.6
1978	5.5	42.3	7.0	5.6	35.1	7.1
1979	6.0	45.2	9.5	6.1	37.5	8.9
1980	6.7	49.9	6.2	6.3	37.7	5.7
1981	6.1	44.8	6.2	6.2	36.4	6.1
1982	5.8	39.8	6.8	5.9	32.3	6.5
1983	5.3	35.6	6.4	5.3	29.4	6.4
1984	5.3	32.8	5.2	5.2	27.2	5.4
1985	5.1	33.3	5.6	5.2	27.5	5.4
1986	5.4	36.8	6.4	5.3	31.3	6.2
1987	5.3	35.6	4.9	5.1	30.6	5.2
1988	5.0	40.3	4.3	4.9	33.3	4.0
1989	5.1	41.9	4.3	4.9	34.9	4.2
1990	5.6	46.9	4.1	5.4	37.7	4.2
1991	5.7	50.4	5.4	5.5	39.3	6.0
1992	5.2	46.8	5.8	5.3	37.2	5.4
1993	5.2	49.3	5.6	5.3	38.7	5.5
1994	5.0	46.1	4.9	5.0	36.4	4.6
1995	4.9	39.1	5.1	4.8	31.6	4.9
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Homicide Offender and Victimization Rates by Race, 1976-1999 [Continued]

Rates are the number per 100,000 population.
Year	Homicide Offender Rates					Victimization Rates
		White	Black	Other	White	Black	Other
1996	4.5	35.8	4.7	4.3	28.3	4.1
1997	4.1	32.4	4.5	3.9	26.1	4.1
1998	4.1	28.3	3.5	3.8	23.0	2.9
1999	3.5	25.6	3.9	3.5	20.6	3.2
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Homicide Trends in the United States, based on data from the National Crime Victimization Survey and the Uniform Crime Reports series, March 2001, available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/homtrnd.htm.

Serious Violent Crime Victimization Rates by Race, 1973-2001

Rates are the number of victimizations per 1,000 people age 12 or older in the population.
Year	White	Black
1973	20.0	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	34.0
1981	19.7	40.4
1982	19.0	36.9
1983	16.3	33.1
1984	17.1	32.7
1985	15.6	28.9
1986	15.6	25.2
1987	15.0	33.8
1988	16.0	31.4
1989	16.1	29.5
1990	15.4	31.8
1991	16.2	31.3
1992	16.9	33.0
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
1999	10.2	19.5
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Serious Violent Crime Victimization Rates by Race, 1973-2001 [Continued]

Rates are the number of victimizations per 1,000 people age 12 or older in the population.
Year	White	Black
2000	8.7	16.2
2001	8.4	12.7
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violent Crime Victims by Race, basedondatafrom the National Crime Victimization Survey,August2002,availableonlineat http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict_v.htm#race.

Average Annual Number of Rapes, Attempted Rapes and Sexual Assaults, 1992-2000

	Total	Male Victims	Female Victims	Percent Reported to Police
Completed Rape	140,990	9,040	131,950	36%
Attempted Rape	109,230	10,270	98,970	34%
Sexual Assault	152,680	17,130	135,550	26%
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Rape and Sexual Assault: Reporting to Police and Medical Attention, 1992-2000, August 2002, p. 1.

Violent Crime Victimization Rate by Type of Residential Area, 1993-1998.

Rates are number of victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 years or older. The crimes included are rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault.
Year	Urban	Suburban	Rural
1993	73.75	49.70	42.14
1994	68.44	53.33	37.44
1995	59.86	45.06	35.68
1996	57.90	40.06	32.40
1997	52.47	38.77	29.40
1998	47.65	37.19	27.84
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Urban, Suburban, and Rural Victimization, 1993-1998, October 2000, pp. 3 and 11.

Number of Homicides by Location Type, 1976-1999

Large cities refer to cities with a population of 100,000 or higher and small cities are those with fewer than 100,000 population.
Year	Large City	Small City	Suburban Area	Rural Area
1976	9,860	2,297	3,954	2,669
1977	10,398	2,203	3,836	2,683
1978	10,563	2,341	3,963	2,692
1979	11,825	2,469	4,362	2,805
1980	12,605	2,609	4,845	2,982
1981	12,615	2,413	4,866	2,626
1982	11,118	2,490	4,847	2,555
1983	10,856	2,148	4,189	2,117
1984	10,187	2,042	4,350	2,110
1985	10,160	2,141	4,480	2,198
1986	11,622	2,252	4,610	2,127
1987	11,021	2,208	4,725	2,146
1988	12,191	2,213	4,221	2,055
1989	12,913	2,300	4,214	2,073
1990	14,078	2,478	4,597	2,287
1991	15,247	2,748	4,533	2,172
1992	14,402	2,437	5,025	1,896
1993	14,989	2,632	5,030	1,879
1994	14,008	2,882	4,762	1,678
1995	13,047	2,498	4,290	1,775
1996	11,574	2,369	3,941	1,767
1997	10,849	2,123	3,556	1,682
1998	9,560	2,127	3,625	1,598
1999	9,007	1,909	3,166	1,448
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Homicide Trends in the U.S., "Homicides by Location Types," January 2001, available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/urbantab.htm.

Homicide Rates by Location Type

Year	Area Type
		Urban	Suburban	Rural
1993	28.57	4.96	3.88
1994	26.67	4.68	3.45
1995	24.32	4.09	3.78
1996	21.61	3.61	3.99
1997	19.89	3.21	3.78
1998	17.84	3.22	3.59
Source: U.S. Bureauof JusticeStatistics,HomicideTrends in the U.S., Homicides by Location Types, January2001,availableonlineat http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/urbantab.htm.

Rates of Violent Victimization in the Workplace by Occupational Field, 1993-99

Rates for the leading six occupations are reported. The rate is the number of victimizations per 1,000 people in the workforce.
Year	Medical	Mental Health	Teaching	Law Enforcement	Retail Sales	Transportation
1993	20.3	64.4	25.8	163.1	21.9	20.6
1994	16.7	63.7	19.3	156.4	22.8	24.1
1995	16.0	56.7	15.4	157.2	22.2	13.8
1996	11.8	63.9	16.6	125.9	20.4	12.6
1997	8.4	39.7	14.9	122.0	20.5	15.4
1998	9.2	49.3	18.9	88.5	16.2	18.3
1999	10.0	46.1	12.4	74.1	14.1	8.4
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violent Crime Victimization Survey 2000, "Violence in the Workplace, 1993-99," December 2001, available online at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htm.