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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Trends by city size

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Rates | Numbers

Homicide Victimization Rates per 100,000 Population for Cities over 100,000 by Population Group

  One Million
and over
500K - 999K 250K - 499K 100K - 249K
1976   20.9 19.5 16.5 11.3
1977   24.1 18.1 16.4 11.6
1978   25.4 19.4 16.7 11.0
1979   28.8 21.7 18.6 12.0
1980   30.9 21.3 22.1 13.0
1981   28.2 22.2 22.0 14.3
1982   26.5 19.4 19.1 12.8
1983   27.0 17.2 16.3 10.7
1984   25.5 18.5 16.1 11.7
1985   24.8 17.9 17.2 11.4
1986   24.1 18.4 19.8 12.7
1987   22.9 20.1 16.3 11.7
1988   28.2 20.3 17.7 12.7
1989   28.8 23.8 18.3 13.2
1990   31.9 24.6 21.7 14.1
1991   35.5 24.1 22.4 14.9
1992   31.1 22.9 20.1 13.2
1993   29.9 22.5 25.1 14.6
1994   26.3 19.7 24.0 15.0
1995   22.3 21.1 24.3 13.2
1996   21.6 15.7 21.1 11.9
1997   19.3 18.1 19.1 12.0
1998   16.2 17.8 16.6 11.2
1999   15.5 16.6 15.3 9.5
2000   14.8 15.0 14.1 9.6
2001   15.1 14.6 15.2 9.7
2002   14.2 14.2 15.6 9.2
2003   14.4 14.1 15.6 9.8
2004   13.2 14.1 15.0 9.2
2005   13.0 14.8 15.2 10.1

Homicide Victimizations for Cities over 100,000 Population by Population Group

One Million
and over
500K - 999K 250K - 499K 100K - 249K
1976   3,792 2,415 1,959 1,694
1977   4,382 2,327 1,820 1,868
1978   4,526 2,296 1,957 1,784
1979   5,093 2,691 2,154 1,886
1980   5,386 2,475 2,686 2,058
1981   4,969 2,696 2,617 2,333
1982   4,268 2,392 2,354 2,104
1983   4,827 2,151 2,079 1,798
1984   3,802 2,211 2,172 2,002
1985   3,678 2,154 2,329 1,998
1986   4,826 1,969 2,659 2,168
1987   4,626 2,143 2,200 2,052
1988   5,720 2,360 2,078 2,032
1989   5,554 2,894 2,288 2,177
1990   6,372 2,512 2,843 2,351
1991   7,171 2,630 2,919 2,526
1992   6,342 2,793 2,798 2,470
1993   6,346 2,514 3,346 2,782
1994   5,614 2,435 3,086 2,867
1995   4,475 2,708 3,148 2,645
1996   4,816 1,641 2,768 2,349
1997   4,343 1,878 2,329 2,298
1998   3,498 1,960 2,039 2,097
1999   3,379 2,005 1,822 1,761
2000   3,541 1,881 1,699 1,926
2001   3,676 1,940 1,816 1,968
2002   3,512 1,907 1,929 1,995
2003   3,544 1,959 1,896 2,175
2004   3,277 1,959 1,887 2,008
2005   3,242 2,075 1,822 2,375

Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
     See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.

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