Even though nearly 6-in-10 Americans believe that gun crime has increased in the last twenty years, in actuality, it has…

While there is roughly a 150% increase in justifiable murders by all other nonwhites against blacks, when compared to total…

In 2011, family murders accounted for 13.8% of the 12,664 total murders in the U.S., though this percentage may actually…

Americans, more than any other people, resolve conflicts with a gun. According to the Washington Post, we've got "the highest…

Many Americans hold the false notion that violent crime is on the rise in the US. That perception, though, couldn't…

The rate of serious violent crime among youth ages 12-17 has declined since its peak in 1993. In 2010, only…

In a recent speech, President Obama remarked that we don't see the same level of violence in other developed countries…

If you were wondering where you never should travel, here you go. These 10 cities, though not the most unsafe,…

Specifically the most dangerous place to be black is Omaha. Thirty black people were murdered in Nebraska in 2011, 27…

These ten states represent the ten highest homicide rates of females murdered by males. It is important to remember that…

This data isn't quite complete, but given that New York City had only 332 homicides all year as of 12/30,…

The link between inequality and homicide rates has been shown in as many as 40 studies. There are five-fold differences…

The number of gun homicides per 100,000 people in Canada has remained relatively stable since 2000, while in the U.S.…

Statistically, based on the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report’s Supplemental Homicide Reports

(1976-2007) the race of the subject could change the…

Being a male in the United States certainly comes with its benefits, but there is a darker side to this…

According to the 2010 census homicide accounted for 11.1% of all workplace fatalities in the US. Every year 2 million…

Since peaking in 1992, gun violence declined steadily throughout the 90’s and early-2000s. Current homicide rates have not been seen…

Law enforcement officers are least likely to be feloniously killed on Sundays and most likely to be killed on Thursdays.…

Of the 543 U.S. law enforcement officers feloniously killed from 2002-2011, 41.1% were killed from 4:01 p.m. to Midnight. Officers…

After decreasing from 1997 to 2000, the justifiable homicide trend reversed, and the number of justifiable homicides committed by private…

In recent decades, DNA evidence has become increasingly mainstream in criminal investigation and legal prosecution and defense. Fortunately, DNA forensics…

From 1983 to 2012, 39% of female murders were committed by their former or current partners. Further unsettling, nearly a…

In 2011, U.S. metropolitan areas with populations less than 25,000 had the highest violent crime rates, with an average of…

From 2007 to 2010, the number of people murdered from handguns dropped from 7,398 to 6,115. However, in 2011, the…

In 2011, more Americans ages 20-24 were murdered (2,329) than any other age group, comprising 18.4% of all U.S. murder…

In 2011, 42.8% of the murder victims in the U.S. were black males (5.416 victims), making black males the most…

Though varying from yearly, the number of people killed in mass shootings in the U.S. has generally increased since 1982.…

There were 8,583 murder victims killed by firearms in the U.S. in 2011, making firearms the most used murder weapon.…