Expanded Homicide Data Table 6
Murder
Race and Sex of Victim by Race and Sex of Offender, 2012
[Single victim/single offender]
Race of victim | Total | Race of offender | Sex of offender | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White | Black | Other | Unknown | Male | Female | Unknown | ||
White | 3,128 | 2,614 | 431 | 36 | 47 | 2,800 | 281 | 47 |
Black | 2,648 | 193 | 2,412 | 12 | 31 | 2,366 | 251 | 31 |
Other race | 183 | 42 | 36 | 103 | 2 | 168 | 13 | 2 |
Unknown race | 59 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 15 |
Sex of victim | Total | Race of offender | Sex of offender | |||||
White | Black | Other | Unknown | Male | Female | Unknown | ||
Male | 4,208 | 1,804 | 2,257 | 85 | 62 | 3,725 | 421 | 62 |
Female | 1,751 | 1,045 | 622 | 66 | 18 | 1,609 | 124 | 18 |
Unknown sex | 59 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 15 |
- 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.