Expanded Homicide Data Table 11

Expanded Homicide Data Table 11
Murder Circumstances, 2001-2005

Circumstances	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	14,061	14,263	14,465	14,210	14,860
Felony type total:	2,364	2,340	2,385	2,099	2,161
Rape	61	44	43	37	44
Robbery	1,080	1,111	1,061	993	921
Burglary	80	97	94	78	88
Larceny-theft	17	16	21	17	12
Motor vehicle theft	22	15	32	36	31
Arson	71	59	77	28	37
Prostitution and commercialized vice	5	8	16	9	13
Other sex offenses	7	8	10	14	9
Narcotic drug laws	575	664	679	558	589
Gambling	3	5	6	7	2
Othernot specified	443	313	346	322	415
Suspected felony type	72	66	87	119	44
Other than felony type total:	7,073	7,185	7,130	7,008	7,044
Romantic triangle	118	129	98	97	117
Child killed by babysitter	37	39	27	17	26
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	152	149	128	140	120
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	118	85	53	99	97
Argument over money or property	198	203	220	221	211
Other arguments	3,618	3,577	3,850	3,772	3,692
Gangland killings	76	75	114	95	96
Juvenile gang killings	862	911	819	805	754
Institutional killings	8	12	13	17	12
Sniper attack	7	10	2	1	2
Othernot specified	1,879	1,995	1,806	1,744	1,917
Unknown	4,552	4,672	4,863	4,984	5,611

¹ The murder and nonnegligent homicides that occurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, are not included.