Expanded Homicide Data Table 12

Murder Circumstances, 2004–2008

Circumstances	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	14,210	14,965	15,087	14,915	14,180
Felony type total:	2,099	2,189	2,472	2,204	2,101
Rape	37	45	32	32	23
Robbery	993	930	1,053	935	924
Burglary	78	91	80	86	87
Larceny-theft	17	12	16	10	16
Motor vehicle theft	36	32	16	20	19
Arson	28	39	27	59	26
Prostitution and commercialized vice	9	13	8	11	7
Other sex offenses	14	9	18	10	11
Narcotic drug laws	558	597	806	590	501
Gambling	7	2	4	4	10
Other-not specified	322	419	412	447	477
Suspected felony type	119	45	57	67	104
Other than felony type total:	7,008	7,096	7,328	7,165	6,975
Romantic triangle	97	118	104	105	104
Child killed by babysitter	17	26	27	35	51
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	140	123	106	118	125
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	99	97	53	65	68
Argument over money or property	221	210	198	192	192
Other arguments	3,772	3,718	3,644	3,695	3,558
Gangland killings	95	96	121	78	133
Juvenile gang killings	805	756	864	678	711
Institutional killings	17	12	22	11	15
Sniper attack	1	2	2	1	4
Other-not specified	1,744	1,938	2,187	2,187	2,014
Unknown	4,984	5,635	5,230	5,479	5,000