While the homicide victimisation rate has declined for all age, sex and racial groups since the 1990's, the vast majority of murder victims happen to be men. The United States Bureau of Justice has shown that the men are 2 to 4 times more likely than women to be murdered, and this trend seems to hold true between the sexes in all age and race demographics. The majority of murderers tend to be male, however the statistics show that the main demographic who are affected by their crimes happen to be other men.

According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics, the majority of victims and offenders of homicide happen to be young men aged between 18-24. The homicide victimisation and offender rate seems to be most prevalent between the African-American men and women of society rather than their Caucasian-American counterparts.

• Homicide Victimisation Data By Age, Sex and Race (1976-2002)
  • Homicide Victimisation Graph By Age, Sex and Race (1976-2002)

• Perpetrators of Homicide Data By Age, Sex and Race (1976-2002)
  • Perpetrators of Homicide Graph By Age, Sex and Race (1976-2002)

• Victims of Homicide By Sex and Age (Data).
  • Victims of Homicide By Sex and Age (Graph)

• Victim-Offender Relationship By Sex (Data).
  • Victim-Offender Relationship By Sex (Graph)

• At least sixty-seven per cent of homicide victims were male.
• Males were far more likely to be the victims of homicide in all age catergories except for those who were below 15.
• The males from the 25-44 age demographic were at far more risk of being a victim of homicide than any other group.
• While the amount of male homicide victims remained stable in 2003 compared with 2002, the amount of female victims happened to decrease by 15%.

• The majority of male victims were killed by a friend of an acquaintance, while female victim were more likely to be killed by an intimate partner or family member.
• Only 3% of female victims of homicide were killed by a person who was unknown to them, compared to 22% of male homicide victims.