Murder Statistics Quiz

Are US homicide rates rising or falling? Who is most likely to be murdered? Take our quiz on US Murder statistics and find out.

1. What percentage of murder victims are between the ages of 12-24?

5%
11%
25%
35%

2. What percentage of murder victims are over the age of 50?

12%
18%
27%
34%

3. What is the ratio of murders of blacks to murders of whites?

1.5 blacks for each white
6 blacks for each white
8 blacks for each white
12 blacks for each white

4.Approximately what percentage of murder victims are killed by a family member? ?

4%
10%
16%
26%

5. "What percentage of all known homocide victims in the US are women?

10%
23%
34%
41%

6. What percentage of women are killed by other women?

1%
3%
10%
17%

7. As of 1998, how many murder victims are there for every 100,000 Americans?

6.5
8.3
9.8
11.2

8.What percentage of 1999 homicides involved multiple victims?

4.5%
8.1%
13.0%
17.4%

9.Of women homocide victims, what percentage were murdered by someone they were intimate with?:

7%
18%
25%
33%

10. From 1976-1998 almost one quarter of murders in the US occured where?

Cities with population over 1 million
Rural areas
New York City
Cities with population over 100,000.