Expanded Homicide Data Table 11

Murder Circumstances, 2002-2006

Circumstances	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	14,263	14,465	14,210	14,965	14,990
Felony type total:	2,340	2,385	2,099	2,189	2,436
Rape	44	43	37	45	32
Robbery	1,111	1,061	993	930	1,041
Burglary	97	94	78	91	79
Larceny-theft	16	21	17	12	14
Motor vehicle theft	15	32	36	32	15
Arson	59	77	28	39	27
Prostitution and commercialized vice	8	16	9	13	8
Other sex offenses	8	10	14	9	18
Narcotic drug laws	664	679	558	597	796
Gambling	5	6	7	2	4
Othernot specified	313	346	322	419	402
Suspected felony type	66	87	119	45	58
Other than felony type total:	7,185	7,130	7,008	7,096	7,273
Romantic triangle	129	98	97	118	103
Child killed by babysitter	39	27	17	26	27
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	149	128	140	123	107
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	85	53	99	97	51
Argument over money or property	203	220	221	210	198
Other arguments	3,577	3,850	3,772	3,718	3,607
Gangland killings	75	114	95	96	118
Juvenile gang killings	911	819	805	756	865
Institutional killings	12	13	17	12	22
Sniper attack	10	2	1	2	2
Othernot specified	1,995	1,806	1,744	1,938	2,173
Unknown	4,672	4,863	4,984	5,635	5,223