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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Victim/offender relationship

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Relationship of victim to offender, 1976-2005; Unweighted
  Husband Wife Common-law Husband Common-law Wife Mother Father Son Daughter Brother Sister In-law Stepfather Stepmother Stepson Stepdaughter Other Family Neighbor Acquaintance Boyfriend Girlfriend Ex-husband Ex-wife Employee Employer Friend Homosexual Relation Other Known Stranger Unknown Relationship
1976 698 855 157 177 92 159 247 183 192 42 239 73 10 40 17 257 339 4500 219 308 40 59 23 5 957 44 381 2330 3962
1977 657 856 187 155 108 179 278 186 192 35 243 51 10 41 21 271 322 5046 243 273 48 54 4 12 757 44 481 2419 4859
1978 630 870 167 159 100 184 301 186 171 44 238 68 9 46 21 300 321 4913 240 311 43 66 6 11 697 33 410 2533 5636
1979 677 840 161 159 118 161 294 157 192 43 225 71 6 49 16 317 311 5000 238 365 63 70 10 16 689 43 454 2577 7269
1980 612 883 158 125 120 163 267 204 235 50 223 62 8 53 20 338 306 5375 265 384 36 69 11 9 752 41 359 2909 7823
1981 604 841 144 110 113 182 261 189 257 35 222 59 12 42 21 302 310 5186 253 357 39 75 18 12 772 61 543 3103 5930
1982 504 811 146 113 131 147 322 202 217 41 207 65 9 35 32 335 314 4972 252 362 40 75 11 21 659 81 608 3301 5472
1983 524 802 150 117 138 150 315 197 235 48 190 56 9 38 18 351 257 4713 262 402 33 82 13 18 768 68 653 2797 5269
1984 393 769 118 82 123 144 225 190 230 54 159 64 7 39 26 319 216 4547 257 412 32 54 17 14 675 80 525 3017 4472
1985 430 828 98 87 123 136 274 230 196 38 171 54 11 47 17 284 230 4767 237 435 28 72 23 19 722 67 655 2548 4718
1986 444 792 69 110 112 141 326 203 195 39 158 60 10 30 14 321 271 4974 279 493 40 75 14 14 1003 59 762 2501 5748
1987 371 757 79 89 110 126 262 214 204 53 165 49 7 39 23 356 247 4654 260 414 23 58 7 24 954 69 662 2380 5307
1988 333 741 71 102 116 125 270 190 178 45 143 46 10 29 20 273 203 4620 238 443 13 69 14 16 763 62 790 2208 5840
1989 346 634 84 87 126 131 270 227 185 42 139 44 4 33 26 322 218 4820 269 474 20 44 16 13 900 45 689 2474 6270
1990 316 687 76 76 96 122 276 190 205 37 114 41 14 34 24 314 221 5023 259 443 17 73 17 19 852 46 679 2908 7094
1991 257 694 67 73 138 137 298 222 190 27 114 36 7 29 17 335 230 4663 262 485 18 49 11 15 768 48 936 3276 8274
1992 268 685 84 124 136 117 307 211 169 42 120 45 1 35 24 330 219 4465 240 503 16 56 11 21 852 30 1644 3074 8887
1993 255 706 57 103 134 131 287 218 175 36 82 42 4 40 30 332 205 4588 245 583 10 71 17 24 851 51 1573 3256 9074
1994 258 638 71 95 113 147 281 197 164 47 88 42 5 44 15 325 174 4501 225 518 12 66 7 13 733 62 1585 2891 8767
1995 197 615 55 71 127 116 259 225 124 26 81 31 4 27 25 327 177 4000 194 495 11 42 6 19 584 35 1341 3078 7940
1996 176 554 38 73 97 113 238 188 102 21 74 21 6 22 26 258 165 3717 169 436 6 51 8 12 489 30 1179 2385 6313
1997 149 499 29 55 77 115 266 197 128 23 76 32 9 30 15 252 154 3425 152 439 10 48 3 13 443 23 838 2083 6253
1998 137 543 39 59 98 99 233 179 89 30 76 27 5 28 17 223 120 3037 177 438 11 50 13 16 419 21 756 1850 5419
1999 126 477 23 43 93 107 225 204 77 27 55 37 4 17 21 247 93 2674 145 439 10 40 4 19 404 18 670 1540 5172
2000 134 515 25 48 101 90 191 155 95 24 49 30 7 29 25 246 111 2379 147 430 9 47 9 7 294 15 722 1737 5559
2001 116 511 16 53 99 80 240 196 75 29 80 26 7 26 30 241 92 2442 149 438 8 36 5 12 351 17 645 1844 6216
2002 101 510 24 43 115 80 205 191 90 22 52 27 7 30 17 256 112 2584 147 442 7 40 3 10 357 27 662 2011 6102
2003 102 461 13 49 99 107 240 163 86 28 61 28 3 34 24 263 112 2629 153 457 7 41 12 23 343 15 677 1792 6414
2004 123 480 13 54 110 93 202 200 85 29 65 26 7 24 18 247 115 2510 135 438 9 38 7 11 302 28 728 1825 6242
2005 114 506 12 43 120 83 216 171 97 24 68 35 4 22 18 249 88 2509 146 457 6 41 3 6 320 21 713 2067 6722

Note: These data may not be identical to those published in Crime in the United States as they reflect additional reports received by the FBI after the publication date.
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
     See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.
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