Expanded Homicide Data Table 5
Murder
Age of Victim by Age of Offender, 2012
[Single victim/single offender]
Age of victim | Total | Age of offender | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Under 18 | 18 and over | Unknown | ||
Total | 6,018 | 258 | 5,417 | 343 |
Under 18 | 523 | 75 | 434 | 14 |
18 and over | 5,449 | 179 | 4,947 | 323 |
Unknown | 46 | 4 | 36 | 6 |
- NOTE: This table is based on incidents where some information about the offender is known by law enforcement; therefore, when the offender age, sex, and race are all reported as unknown, these data are excluded from the table.