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Homicide Rate (per 100,000),
1950–2006
| Year |
Homicide
rate |
| 1950 |
4.6 |
| 1951 |
4.4 |
| 1952 |
4.6 |
| 1953 |
4.5 |
| 1954 |
4.2 |
| 1955 |
4.1 |
| 1956 |
4.1 |
| 1957 |
4.0 |
| 1958 |
4.8 |
| 1959 |
4.9 |
| 1960 |
5.1 |
| 1961 |
4.8 |
| 1962 |
4.6 |
| 1963 |
4.6 |
| 1964 |
4.9 |
| 1965 |
5.1 |
| 1966 |
5.6 |
| 1967 |
6.2 |
| 1968 |
6.9 |
| 1969 |
7.3 |
| 1970 |
7.9 |
| 1971 |
8.6 |
| 1972 |
9.0 |
| 1973 |
9.4 |
| 1974 |
9.8 |
| 1975 |
9.6 |
| 1976 |
8.8 |
| 1977 |
8.8 |
| 1978 |
9.0 |
| 1979 |
9.7 |
| 1980 |
10.2 |
| 1981 |
9.8 |
| 1982 |
9.1 |
| 1983 |
8.3 |
| 1984 |
7.9 |
| 1985 |
7.9 |
| 1986 |
8.6 |
| 1987 |
8.3 |
| 1988 |
8.4 |
| 1989 |
8.7 |
| 1990 |
9.4 |
| 1991 |
9.8 |
| 1992 |
9.3 |
| 1993 |
9.5 |
| 1994 |
9.0 |
| 1995 |
8.2 |
| 1996 |
7.4 |
| 1997 |
6.8 |
| 1998 |
6.3 |
| 1999 |
5.7 |
| 2000 |
5.5 |
| 2001 |
5.6 |
| 2002 |
5.6 |
| 2003 |
5.7 |
| 2004 |
5.5 |
| 2005 |
5.9 |
| 2006 |
6.1 |
Source: Crime in the United States, 2007,
FBI, Uniform Crime Reports.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education,
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