Arrests and arrest rates per 100,000 population, homicide, 1960-present
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, homicide arrests by age
Consolidated ages Detailed ages
Arrest rates per 100,000 population, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (adjusted for percentage of US population covered by report, with unknowns apportioned to knowns)
Year <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15 16 17 18 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+
1960 3.8 21.1 16.3 9.8 4.0 9.4 0.9 4.1 9.3 15.1 19.0 19.8 22.0 17.8 15.0 12.5 8.9 7.7 4.0
1961 3.8 20.3 16.0 9.7 4.0 9.2 1.0 4.2 11.1 13.8 15.8 19.1 21.8 17.3 14.9 11.4 9.1 8.3 4.0
1962 3.0 16.4 13.6 8.6 3.0 7.6 0.8 3.4 9.5 10.5 13.2 15.0 17.5 14.9 12.5 10.5 8.6 6.3 3.0
1963 3.6 20.0 15.7 9.5 3.7 8.9 0.8 3.8 8.7 14.9 17.2 18.7 20.9 17.6 13.8 11.8 9.1 7.5 3.7
1964 3.6 18.5 16.3 9.5 3.5 8.7 0.3 1.8 0.9 4.9 8.5 11.4 18.3 17.6 18.7 18.0 14.7 11.3 9.6 7.3 7.4 3.3 3.3 1.4 3.5
1965 4.1 21.1 17.5 10.1 3.7 9.6 0.5 2.1 1.1 5.3 10.1 12.9 17.1 21.9 22.1 19.6 15.3 12.6 9.8 7.7 6.4 4.3 3.2 1.9 3.7
1966 4.4 21.3 17.7 10.2 3.6 9.8 0.4 2.0 1.1 5.5 10.3 16.1 20.5 19.8 21.9 20.4 14.8 12.7 10.4 7.6 5.7 4.4 3.4 2.0 3.6
1967 4.7 22.0 18.3 11.2 4.0 10.4 0.5 2.1 1.1 6.0 11.2 17.2 19.5 21.5 22.8 20.0 16.5 13.9 11.0 8.6 6.9 4.1 4.2 2.2 4.0
1968 5.5 25.8 20.7 11.6 3.9 11.5 0.6 2.4 1.3 6.6 13.4 19.9 26.8 25.8 25.5 23.2 17.7 14.6 11.7 8.6 6.5 4.8 3.7 2.0 3.9
1969 5.8 29.3 22.3 12.0 4.3 12.6 0.5 2.4 1.3 7.5 14.6 19.7 27.6 30.1 29.4 24.9 19.2 15.1 11.6 9.5 7.3 5.3 3.8 2.2 4.3
1970 6.6 29.0 22.3 12.4 4.2 12.8 0.6 2.8 1.5 9.9 15.8 21.1 29.5 29.0 28.8 24.6 19.6 15.8 12.4 9.3 7.0 5.3 3.6 2.1 4.2
1971 6.9 30.5 23.8 13.0 4.3 13.6 0.4 3.0 1.4 9.5 17.8 22.7 27.2 31.7 31.0 26.0 21.2 16.9 12.3 10.2 7.4 5.3 3.9 2.0 4.3
1972 7.5 30.3 24.1 12.6 4.1 13.7 0.6 3.1 1.6 9.8 17.0 26.3 28.4 28.5 31.2 25.5 22.4 16.6 12.5 9.1 6.6 4.8 3.7 2.3 4.1
1973 7.5 30.5 22.3 13.1 4.0 13.5 0.8 3.7 1.9 10.6 16.9 23.4 29.8 29.2 31.0 24.1 20.1 16.9 13.2 9.4 6.6 5.0 3.7 2.1 4.0
1974 7.7 33.6 24.6 12.7 3.8 14.4 0.7 3.6 1.9 10.6 17.2 23.7 33.5 34.4 33.5 27.8 20.7 16.6 12.3 9.3 6.4 4.3 3.8 2.0 3.8
1975 7.0 30.0 21.5 11.9 3.3 13.0 0.6 2.8 1.5 9.2 17.1 21.0 30.1 29.7 30.1 24.2 18.2 14.8 12.3 8.7 5.8 3.1 3.6 1.8 3.3
1976 5.9 25.1 18.6 10.5 3.5 11.4 0.6 2.6 1.4 6.4 14.8 17.8 25.2 26.7 24.7 20.6 16.1 13.6 9.9 8.0 5.8 4.7 3.1 1.8 3.5
1977 6.8 26.5 19.5 11.1 3.3 12.0 0.5 2.8 1.5 7.7 16.2 21.0 25.8 27.2 26.5 22.1 16.6 13.9 11.0 8.2 6.0 4.1 2.6 1.6 3.3
1978 5.9 23.2 17.4 10.4 2.9 10.7 0.5 2.6 1.4 7.2 13.6 16.6 23.5 22.4 23.3 19.8 14.8 12.9 10.4 7.4 5.5 3.4 2.5 1.4 2.9
1979 6.0 23.3 16.9 9.4 2.9 10.6 0.4 2.4 1.2 7.5 14.6 16.9 22.5 22.3 23.6 19.0 14.5 11.3 9.5 7.2 5.4 3.6 2.5 1.5 2.9
1980 6.2 24.0 17.2 9.5 2.4 10.7 0.3 0.4 2.4 1.2 7.3 13.1 20.0 23.7 24.8 23.9 18.9 15.2 12.3 8.8 6.8 4.4 3.3 2.2 1.2 2.4
1981 6.6 24.7 18.2 10.1 2.7 11.3 0.2 0.3 2.5 1.2 8.6 14.3 20.9 26.3 25.8 24.1 20.7 15.4 12.4 9.8 7.6 4.8 3.7 2.4 1.4 2.7
1982 6.6 26.1 19.2 10.0 2.8 11.7 0.1 0.3 2.7 1.3 7.9 14.0 22.6 26.9 25.2 26.1 21.4 16.6 12.1 10.3 6.7 5.2 4.0 2.3 1.3 2.8
1983 5.4 23.7 17.5 9.3 2.4 10.5 0.3 0.3 2.0 1.0 6.8 12.5 17.5 25.4 24.8 23.1 19.2 15.5 11.4 8.8 6.9 4.8 3.5 2.1 1.1 2.4
1984 4.6 20.7 14.6 7.9 2.1 9.0 0.2 0.4 1.9 1.0 5.6 10.5 14.9 19.6 19.8 21.0 16.4 12.5 9.6 7.3 6.1 4.1 2.8 2.0 1.1 2.1
1985 5.5 21.1 14.8 7.8 2.2 9.2 0.1 0.3 2.3 1.1 6.7 12.4 17.3 21.5 22.4 20.8 16.8 12.7 9.6 7.5 5.3 4.3 3.3 1.9 1.0 2.2
1986 6.1 22.5 15.5 8.1 2.1 9.6 0.3 0.3 2.4 1.2 7.7 14.2 17.9 24.4 24.7 21.7 18.0 12.9 10.0 7.6 5.5 4.0 2.8 1.6 1.1 2.1
1987 6.9 24.8 15.0 7.9 1.9 9.8 0.5 0.5 3.0 1.5 7.3 14.1 22.6 28.1 27.5 23.6 16.9 13.1 10.0 7.4 5.4 3.9 2.6 1.5 1.1 1.9
1988 8.4 26.7 15.2 7.9 2.0 10.3 0.3 0.4 3.3 1.6 10.6 16.8 27.4 31.3 30.0 25.1 17.8 12.6 10.2 7.3 5.4 3.5 2.7 1.8 1.1 2.0
1989 10.1 29.8 15.3 7.4 1.9 10.7 0.5 0.5 4.7 2.1 13.9 23.0 31.7 35.8 36.1 27.3 17.9 12.6 9.3 7.2 4.8 3.4 2.6 2.0 0.9 1.9
1990 12.1 32.5 15.2 7.4 1.8 11.2 0.2 0.3 5.0 2.1 17.2 30.3 39.6 41.7 39.2 29.1 18.0 12.4 9.4 6.8 5.2 3.4 2.4 1.8 0.9 1.8
1991 12.5 37.4 15.2 6.7 1.7 11.6 0.2 0.4 5.2 2.3 20.1 30.5 41.2 51.1 47.6 32.7 17.8 12.8 9.0 6.2 4.2 3.9 2.0 1.5 0.8 1.7
1992 11.8 35.8 13.8 6.3 1.7 10.8 0.1 0.4 4.6 2.0 16.1 31.4 40.6 47.8 45.2 31.8 17.1 10.7 8.0 5.7 4.8 3.3 2.3 1.5 0.9 1.7
1993 13.5 38.7 13.8 6.1 1.7 11.2 0.3 0.4 5.7 2.4 19.5 33.9 47.0 53.7 51.0 33.6 17.2 10.7 8.0 5.6 4.2 3.4 2.3 1.4 0.7 1.7
1994 13.0 36.8 13.0 5.8 1.3 10.5 0.1 0.4 5.7 2.5 18.3 32.0 44.6 49.2 49.2 32.0 16.1 10.3 7.6 5.5 4.0 2.5 1.9 1.4 0.6 1.3
1995 11.3 36.1 12.8 5.6 1.5 10.0 1.9 1.0 4.6 2.4 15.4 27.6 37.1 50.1 45.1 31.6 16.2 9.8 7.2 5.5 3.6 2.6 2.5 1.4 0.7 1.5
1996 9.8 32.7 11.6 5.0 1.3 8.9 0.6 0.4 4.0 1.9 12.9 23.3 33.7 40.1 41.1 29.4 14.1 9.4 6.7 4.7 3.3 2.5 1.7 1.2 0.6 1.3
1997 8.0 30.7 11.0 4.7 1.2 8.1 0.2 0.3 3.0 1.4 9.5 19.0 28.9 38.2 37.9 27.6 14.0 8.2 6.1 4.2 3.4 2.2 1.8 1.1 0.6 1.2
1998 6.7 28.9 10.9 4.7 1.2 7.7 0.3 0.2 2.3 1.0 8.7 14.4 25.6 35.8 33.6 26.3 14.0 8.1 6.1 4.8 3.1 2.3 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.2
1999 4.5 24.1 10.0 4.2 1.1 6.6 0.0 0.1 2.0 0.9 4.8 10.7 16.4 29.0 26.9 22.5 12.4 7.8 5.7 4.0 2.7 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.6 1.1
2000 3.8 20.8 8.5 3.8 1.0 5.7 0.1 0.3 1.5 0.8 5.0 7.6 14.4 21.9 25.3 19.6 10.8 6.2 4.9 3.8 2.6 1.9 1.2 0.8 0.5 1.0
2001 4.3 20.6 8.9 3.8 1.0 5.8 0.2 0.2 1.8 0.8 4.9 9.3 16.7 21.2 23.3 20.0 11.3 6.8 5.0 3.8 2.6 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.0
2002 4.1 20.7 9.2 3.9 1.0 5.8 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.7 4.8 9.4 15.7 19.7 23.2 20.5 11.9 6.8 5.1 3.6 3.0 1.7 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.0
2003 3.3 18.2 8.9 3.6 1.0 5.3 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.6 4.5 7.7 11.8 18.2 20.8 17.7 11.5 6.6 4.9 3.4 2.4 1.7 1.2 0.9 0.4 1.0
2004 3.3 18.5 9.1 3.8 1.0 5.4 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.6 3.9 8.1 11.3 19.5 21.5 17.7 11.7 6.7 4.9 3.7 2.8 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.5 1.0
2005 3.8 19.6 9.5 3.8 1.0 5.6 0.0 0.1 1.4 0.6 4.6 7.6 14.4 20.6 22.2 18.9 12.0 6.9 4.7 3.7 3.1 1.7 1.2 0.8 0.5 1.0
2006 3.9 18.4 9.3 3.5 1.0 5.4 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.5 4.6 9.0 14.2 21.7 21.4 17.1 11.5 7.0 4.6 3.5 2.6 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.4 1.0
5-yr avg <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+
1960-64 3.6 19.3 15.6 9.4 3.7 8.8 0.3 1.8 0.9 4.1 9.4 13.1 16.7 18.0 20.2 17.1 14.2 11.5 9.1 7.4 7.4 3.3 3.3 1.4 3.7
1965-69 4.9 23.9 19.3 11.0 3.9 10.8 0.5 2.2 1.2 6.2 11.9 17.2 22.3 23.8 24.4 21.6 16.7 13.8 10.9 8.4 6.6 4.6 3.7 2.1 3.9
1970-74 7.2 30.8 23.4 12.8 4.1 13.6 0.6 3.2 1.7 10.1 16.9 23.4 29.7 30.6 31.1 25.6 20.8 16.5 12.5 9.4 6.8 4.9 3.7 2.1 4.1
1975-79 6.3 25.6 18.8 10.7 3.2 11.5 0.5 2.7 1.4 7.6 15.3 18.7 25.4 25.7 25.7 21.1 16.0 13.3 10.6 7.9 5.7 3.8 2.9 1.6 3.2
1980-84 5.9 23.8 17.3 9.4 2.5 10.6 0.2 0.3 2.3 1.1 7.2 12.9 19.2 24.4 24.1 23.7 19.3 15.1 11.6 9.0 6.8 4.6 3.5 2.2 1.2 2.5
1985-89 7.4 25.0 15.2 7.8 2.0 9.9 0.3 0.4 3.2 1.5 9.3 16.1 23.4 28.2 28.1 23.7 17.5 12.8 9.8 7.4 5.3 3.8 2.8 1.8 1.0 2.0
1990-94 12.6 36.2 14.2 6.5 1.6 11.1 0.2 0.4 5.2 2.3 18.2 31.6 42.6 48.7 46.4 31.8 17.3 11.4 8.4 6.0 4.5 3.3 2.2 1.5 0.8 1.6
1995-99 8.1 30.5 11.3 4.8 1.3 8.3 0.6 0.4 3.2 1.5 10.3 19.0 28.3 38.6 36.9 27.5 14.1 8.7 6.4 4.6 3.2 2.3 1.8 1.1 0.6 1.3
2000-04 3.8 19.8 8.9 3.8 1.0 5.6 0.1 0.2 1.5 0.7 4.6 8.4 14.0 20.1 22.8 19.1 11.4 6.6 5.0 3.7 2.7 1.8 1.2 0.9 0.4 1.0
2005-06 3.8 19.0 9.4 3.7 1.0 5.5 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.6 4.6 8.3 14.3 21.2 21.8 18.0 11.7 6.9 4.7 3.6 2.8 1.7 1.2 0.8 0.5 1.0
2005-06 vs.
1960s -9% -12% -46% -64% -74% -44% -74% -36% -43% -10% -22% -6% 9% 4% -19% -39% -55% -63% -64% -64% -76% -68% -78% -74% -74%
1970s -43% -33% -56% -69% -73% -56% -81% -56% -62% -48% -48% -32% -23% -23% -37% -50% -62% -69% -69% -67% -73% -71% -77% -75% -73%
1980s -42% -22% -42% -57% -57% -47% -100% -71% -53% -55% -44% -43% -33% -20% -17% -24% -36% -50% -56% -56% -53% -60% -60% -62% -59% -57%
1990s -63% -43% -26% -35% -33% -43% -100% -72% -70% -69% -68% -67% -60% -52% -48% -39% -25% -31% -37% -32% -26% -40% -38% -42% -33% -33%
2000-04 2% -4% 5% -2% -2% -2% -100% -42% -13% -15% 0% -1% 2% 5% -4% -6% 3% 5% -6% -1% 6% -7% 1% -13% 6% -2%
Population (000)
Arrests, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (adjusted for percentage of US population covered by report, with unknowns apportioned to knowns) in report total US multiplier
Year <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15 16 17 18 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+ 106,359 179,979 1.692184
1960 968 3,410 3,743 3,452 1,648 13,221 156 113 256 443 496 470 2,444 1,941 1,802 1,567 1,042 843 1,648 115,412 182,992 1.585554
1961 983 3,455 3,639 3,420 1,667 13,165 182 114 303 384 469 485 2,501 1,876 1,763 1,429 1,083 909 1,667 123,572 185,771 1.503342
1962 816 2,906 3,066 3,048 1,275 11,111 144 128 256 289 373 436 2,097 1,613 1,452 1,311 1,036 701 1,275 125,760 188,483 1.498752
1963 1,013 3,653 3,516 3,400 1,614 13,197 150 133 322 408 480 517 2,656 1,934 1,583 1,458 1,108 833 1,614 132,439 191,141 1.443238
1964 1,055 3,468 3,651 3,396 1,559 13,129 36 127 163 170 293 429 507 483 2,478 2,005 1,647 1,381 1,192 823 765 306 242 245 1,559 134,095 193,526 1.443201
1965 1,200 4,284 3,922 3,611 1,650 14,667 55 157 212 186 351 451 650 599 3,035 2,218 1,704 1,519 1,211 881 670 407 245 328 1,650 137,986 195,576 1.417361
1966 1,328 4,556 4,024 3,668 1,637 15,214 52 152 204 201 357 566 724 748 3,083 2,384 1,640 1,500 1,291 877 602 420 262 353 1,637 145,927 197,457 1.353122
1967 1,457 4,921 4,236 3,990 1,859 16,463 61 165 226 226 404 601 692 760 3,470 2,415 1,821 1,624 1,361 1,005 739 397 334 389 1,859 145,306 199,399 1.37227
1968 1,744 5,898 4,957 4,124 1,854 18,578 77 192 269 253 497 726 947 920 4,031 2,974 1,983 1,670 1,433 1,021 703 476 305 371 1,854 143,815 201,385 1.400306
1969 1,855 6,941 5,498 4,253 2,046 20,593 66 195 261 298 559 737 1,016 1,073 4,852 3,315 2,183 1,698 1,412 1,142 803 524 318 401 2,046 151,604 203,984 1.345505
1970 2,139 7,158 5,651 4,372 2,015 21,334 77 230 307 400 621 812 1,116 1,082 4,960 3,384 2,267 1,763 1,483 1,125 783 525 311 396 2,015 155,446 206,827 1.330539
1971 2,303 7,903 6,172 4,564 2,099 23,041 52 250 302 391 715 896 1,054 1,215 5,634 3,643 2,528 1,874 1,458 1,232 844 530 347 378 2,099 160,416 209,284 1.304633
1972 2,501 7,911 6,663 4,410 2,044 23,529 70 261 332 415 693 1,061 1,128 1,127 5,656 3,891 2,771 1,855 1,463 1,091 772 487 335 450 2,044 154,995 211,357 1.363638
1973 2,537 8,132 6,448 4,548 2,056 23,720 97 311 408 451 717 960 1,206 1,186 5,740 3,806 2,642 1,900 1,523 1,125 783 513 335 425 2,056 134,082 213,342 1.591131
1974 2,583 9,160 7,424 4,393 1,968 25,528 89 303 392 452 731 1,008 1,376 1,428 6,355 4,588 2,836 1,898 1,395 1,100 763 449 350 406 1,968 179,191 215,465 1.202432
1975 2,335 8,413 6,749 4,126 1,748 23,370 76 242