Local level homicide trends and characteristics

Sources:	FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR)	Variables:	Number of homicide victims Age of victim (in age groups) Race of victim (White, Black, Other) Gender of victim (Male, Female) Race and gender of victim (White Male, Black Male, etc.) Weapon used (Gun, Knife, Other weapon)
Coverage:	Local reporting agencies with population coverage of more than 250,000 (About 100 agencies) that reported in both UCR and SHR
		Years available: Since 1985

Select a table type:

Single agency trends

     > One jurisdiction
     - Multiple variables
     - Multiple years
Example:

Characteristics of homicides
reported by the
Mesa Police Dept, AZ
Year Number of homicide victims Percent of victims

Gender

Male Female

2000 15 53.3 46.7

OR

Trends in one variable

     - Multiple jurisdictions
     > One variable
     - Multiple years
Example:

Number of Homicides

Agency
State 1999 2000

Mesa Police Dept AZ 9 15

Chicago Police Dept IL 641 631

OR

One year of data

     - Multiple jurisdictions
     - Multiple variables
     > One year

Example:

Homicide in 2000
Agency State Number of homicide victims Percent of victims

Gender

Male Female

Cleveland OH 78 74.6 25.4