Bureau of Justice Statistics Homicide Trends in the United States: Trends in the Percent of Homicides Cleared by Arrest Table

**Justifiable homicides by citizens**
Year of Offense	Attacked cop	Attacked citizen	Fled or resisted	Disrupted crime	Undetermined
1976	8	101	11	212	49
1977	2	80	4	134	20
1978	2	82	6	182	8
1979	5	111	13	237	17
1980	1	108	17	329	12
1981	6	153	20	300	16
1982	13	87	5	305	13
1983	3	86	6	208	31
1984	9	44	7	178	27
1985	1	52	6	175	31
1986	3	82	5	182	17
1987	7	70	5	152	12
1988	2	54	5	151	21
1989	4	77	4	173	15
1990	5	94	5	206	18
1991	6	78	1	217	29
1992	11	112	5	203	20
1993	2	86	6	232	31
1994	9	100	3	211	30
1995	5	82	4	153	24
1996	6	74	1	159	21
1997	3	66	3	168	37
1998	5	61	4	106	20
1999	6	66	4	92	24
2000	7	46	4	88	19
2001	6	66	2	116	31
2002	5	84	4	115	25
2003	3	68	4	145	25
2004	6	95	3	91	24
2005	3	91	2	77	19

**Justifiable homicides by police**
Year of Offense	Attacked cop	Attacked citizen	Fled or resisted	Disrupted crime	Undetermined
1976	124	4	108	109	75
1977	128	4	65	95	22
1978	159	9	56	67	23
1979	209	9	77	109	39
1980	183	5	87	133	51
1981	138	7	76	120	42
1982	134	9	55	132	50
1983	171	10	66	120	52
1984	140	8	56	77	52
1985	131	14	62	84	30
1986	144	4	43	64	48
1987	154	8	39	70	29
1988	165	12	43	84	38
1989	186	15	52	82	28
1990	193	10	52	89	41
1991	171	11	53	94	38
1992	237	7	40	92	42
1993	285	4	28	86	52
1994	264	4	36	92	66
1995	220	2	32	84	51
1996	199	5	37	61	54
1997	208	6	28	80	47
1998	207	7	29	80	44
1999	197	6	23	53	29
2000	191	6	15	65	32
2001	229	8	18	74	49
2002	207	6	25	68	35
2003	219	6	27	81	38
2004	250	4	25	43	46
2005	222	8	27	53	33

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

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