| 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 | 13,636 | 9,146 | 6,452 | 348 | 418 | 1,928 | 1,825 | 611 | 800 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 45 | 8 | 121 | 77 | 895 |
| Felony type total: | 2,020 | 1,452 | 1,037 | 52 | 60 | 303 | 200 | 103 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 96 |
| Rape | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 849 | 632 | 497 | 27 | 17 | 91 | 72 | 68 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 34 |
| Burglary | 105 | 62 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Larceny-theft | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Arson | 38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Other sex offenses | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Narcotic drug laws | 487 | 422 | 299 | 7 | 11 | 105 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Gambling | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other–not specified | 460 | 307 | 181 | 16 | 23 | 87 | 54 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 41 |
| Suspected felony type | 56 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Other than felony type total: | 6,728 | 4,209 | 3,066 | 215 | 231 | 697 | 1,158 | 286 | 558 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 70 | 41 | 344 |
| Romantic triangle | 87 | 54 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Child killed by babysitter | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Brawl due to influence of alcohol | 116 | 47 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Brawl due to influence of narcotics | 93 | 67 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Argument over money or property | 203 | 118 | 89 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Other arguments | 3,334 | 1,989 | 1,418 | 94 | 119 | 358 | 746 | 147 | 233 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 152 |
| Gangland killings | 180 | 159 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Juvenile gang killings | 715 | 665 | 547 | 20 | 16 | 82 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Institutional killings | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sniper attack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other–not specified | 1,961 | 1,106 | 775 | 73 | 74 | 184 | 265 | 93 | 256 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 159 |
| Unknown | 4,832 | 3,449 | 2,323 | 81 | 126 | 919 | 458 | 218 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 451 |