Expanded Homicide Data Table 11

Murder Circumstances, 2003-2007

Circumstances	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	14,465	14,210	14,965	15,087	14,831
Felony type total:	2,385	2,099	2,189	2,472	2,184
Rape	43	37	45	32	31
Robbery	1,061	993	930	1,053	924
Burglary	94	78	91	80	86
Larceny-theft	21	17	12	16	11
Motor vehicle theft	32	36	32	16	20
Arson	77	28	39	27	58
Prostitution and commercialized vice	16	9	13	8	11
Other sex offenses	10	14	9	18	9
Narcotic drug laws	679	558	597	806	583
Gambling	6	7	2	4	4
Other–not specified	346	322	419	412	447
Suspected felony type	87	119	45	57	67
Other than felony type total:	7,130	7,008	7,096	7,328	7,105
Romantic triangle	98	97	118	104	105
Child killed by babysitter	27	17	26	27	34
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	128	140	123	106	117
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	53	99	97	53	61
Argument over money or property	220	221	210	198	192
Other arguments	3,850	3,772	3,718	3,644	3,645
Gangland killings	114	95	96	121	77
Juvenile gang killings	819	805	756	864	676
Institutional killings	13	17	12	22	11
Sniper attack	2	1	2	2	1
Other–not specified	1,806	1,744	1,938	2,187	2,186
Unknown	4,863	4,984	5,635	5,230	5,475