Murder 2018

Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 1

Number of offenses                            16,214

Rate per 100,00 population           5.0

Number of offenders                    16,335

Number of victims                             14,123

          Male                                               77%

Number of arrests                             9,049

          Male                                              88%

Clearance rate                                    62.3%

Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Tables 1, 2, 25, 30, 42 and Expanded Homicide Data Tables 2 and 3

Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 43

Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 43 and Expanded Homicide Table 2

Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Table 38 and Expanded Homicide Table 2

Victim age category data for 18-24 actually includes 17 year olds because of the way the UCR breaks down age categories
Data from UCR CIUS 2018 Expanded Homicide Data Table 8

Author: Frank Heley

Frank Heley graduated from North Dakota State University with a BS in Criminal Justice in 2009, a MS in Criminal Justice Administration in 2012, and a PhD in Criminal Justice, with a focus on policing, in 2018, and is a current member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He has worked as a security supervisor in the hospitality field, as a drug and alcohol researcher, and as a criminal justice instructor, as well as having been a private investigator for 21 years. Under the auspice of the Center for Criminological Inquiry, he currently conducts independent research and provides consulting services.