Bureau of Justice Statistics Homicide trends in the United States www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide Homicide offending by age, 1976-98 Rates per 100,000 population Under 14 14-17 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ 65+ 1976 0.2 10.6 22.4 19.4 11.1 4.0 2.3 1977 0.2 10.0 22.1 18.7 11.4 4.0 2.2 1978 0.3 10.1 23.1 19.0 11.4 3.7 2.2 1979 0.2 11.7 26.2 20.3 11.6 4.1 2.2 1980 0.2 12.9 29.5 22.2 13.3 3.8 2.0 1981 0.2 11.2 25.7 20.3 12.8 3.8 2.1 1982 0.2 10.4 24.2 19.0 11.3 3.5 1.8 1983 0.2 9.4 22.1 17.5 10.2 3.0 1.5 1984 0.2 8.5 21.5 16.9 9.5 3.0 1.7 1985 0.2 9.8 21.4 16.0 9.4 3.0 1.6 1986 0.2 11.7 23.4 17.6 9.9 2.9 1.6 1987 0.2 12.3 24.1 16.2 9.2 2.9 1.8 1988 0.2 15.5 26.9 16.5 8.9 2.7 1.7 1989 0.3 18.1 30.2 16.4 8.4 2.5 1.4 1990 0.2 23.7 34.4 17.6 9.5 2.5 1.4 1991 0.3 26.6 40.8 18.6 8.2 2.3 1.3 1992 0.3 26.3 38.4 16.8 7.7 2.3 1.3 1993 0.3 30.2 41.3 15.9 7.4 2.4 1.2 1994 0.3 29.3 39.6 15.2 7.4 2.0 1.0 1995 0.3 23.6 36.7 14.4 6.7 2.0 1.1 1996 0.2 19.6 35.7 13.4 6.2 1.8 0.9 1997 0.2 16.7 33.1 12.6 5.5 1.8 0.9 1998 0.2 12.9 31.0 12.3 5.4 1.6 0.9 Homicide offenders by age, 1976-98 Under 14 14-17 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ All ages 65+ 1976 103 1,775 6,244 6,192 3,855 2,184 20,353 512 1977 101 1,660 6,265 6,186 3,978 2,199 20,389 509 1978 120 1,645 6,630 6,425 4,058 2,105 20,983 513 1979 98 1,894 7,578 7,086 4,205 2,324 23,185 534 1980 112 2,083 8,705 8,200 4,901 2,199 26,200 509 1981 77 1,793 7,674 7,883 4,765 2,283 24,475 555 1982 98 1,616 7,179 7,500 4,408 2,079 22,880 483 1983 77 1,437 6,512 7,022 4,150 1,809 21,007 409 1984 72 1,266 6,268 6,933 3,982 1,815 20,336 483 1985 93 1,437 6,162 6,706 4,104 1,871 20,373 461 1986 94 1,718 6,634 7,476 4,448 1,810 22,180 476 1987 111 1,793 6,696 6,989 4,318 1,796 21,703 534 1988 101 2,240 7,325 7,158 4,300 1,708 22,832 517 1989 129 2,594 8,055 7,114 4,222 1,592 23,706 443 1990 103 3,143 9,187 7,552 4,906 1,573 26,464 442 1991 131 3,576 10,734 7,984 4,356 1,487 28,268 410 1992 140 3,596 9,964 7,125 4,235 1,488 26,548 409 1993 158 4,172 10,798 6,816 4,126 1,566 27,636 403 1994 180 4,115 10,227 6,413 4,238 1,316 26,489 346 1995 139 3,432 9,318 5,978 3,945 1,376 24,188 362 1996 97 2,914 8,929 5,483 3,749 1,242 22,414 323 1997 92 2,548 8,174 5,120 3,429 1,238 20,601 314 1998 98 2,004 7,685 4,901 3,400 1,165 19,253 297 Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-98. See the methodology section in Additional Information About the Data for weighting and imputation procedures used.