| Circumstances | Total murder victims |
Total firearms |
Handguns | Rifles | Shotguns | Other guns or type not stated |
Knives
or cutting instruments |
Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.) |
Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) |
Poison | Pushed or thrown out window |
Explosives | Fire | Narcotics | Drowning | Strangulation | Asphyxiation | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 14,180 | 9,484 | 6,755 | 375 | 444 | 1,910 | 1,897 | 614 | 857 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 86 | 33 | 15 | 88 | 89 | 993 |
| Felony type total: | 2,101 | 1,560 | 1,152 | 65 | 70 | 273 | 194 | 88 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 108 |
| Rape | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Robbery | 924 | 719 | 557 | 26 | 33 | 103 | 75 | 53 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
| Burglary | 87 | 60 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Larceny-theft | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arson | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other sex offenses | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Narcotic drug laws | 501 | 416 | 311 | 13 | 10 | 82 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Gambling | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other—not specified | 477 | 336 | 223 | 19 | 18 | 76 | 51 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
| Suspected felony type | 104 | 72 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Other than felony type total: | 6,975 | 4,243 | 3,153 | 195 | 257 | 638 | 1,202 | 336 | 602 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 53 | 429 |
| Romantic triangle | 104 | 59 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Child killed by babysitter | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 125 | 45 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 68 | 49 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Argument over money or property | 192 | 116 | 95 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Other arguments | 3,558 | 2,106 | 1,492 | 90 | 161 | 363 | 818 | 177 | 249 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 149 |
| Gangland killings | 133 | 113 | 73 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Juvenile gang killings | 711 | 664 | 594 | 16 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Institutional killings | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sniper attack | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other—not specified | 2,014 | 1,087 | 782 | 65 | 61 | 179 | 224 | 112 | 282 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 231 |
| Unknown | 5,000 | 3,609 | 2,395 | 111 | 114 | 989 | 488 | 187 | 181 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 25 | 450 |