History of murder rates Murder

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intentional homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants, 2009


according scholar pieter spierenburg homicide rates per 100,000 in europe have fallen on centuries, 35 per 100,000 in medieval times, 20 in 1500 ad, 5 in 1700, below 2 per 100,000 in 1900.


in united states, murder rates have been higher , have fluctuated. fell below 2 per 100,000 1900, rose during first half of century, dropped in years following world war ii, , bottomed out @ 4.0 in 1957 before rising again. rate stayed in 9 10 range of period 1972 1994, before falling 5 in present times. increase since 1957 have been greater if not significant improvements in medical techniques , emergency response times, mean more , more attempted homicide victims survive. according 1 estimate, if lethality levels of criminal assaults of 1964 still applied in 1993, country have seen murder rate of around 26 per 100,000, triple observed rate of 9.5 per 100,000.



the historical homicide rate in stockholm since 1400 ad. murder rate high in middle ages. rate has declined greatly: 45 / 100,000 low of 0.6 in 1950s. last decades have seen homicide rate rise slowly.


a similar, less pronounced pattern has been seen in major european countries well. murder rate in united kingdom fell 1 per 100,000 beginning of 20th century , low 0.62 per 100,000 in 1960, , @ 1.28 per 100,000 of 2009. murder rate in france (excluding corsica) bottomed out after world war ii @ less 0.4 per 100,000, quadrupling 1.6 per 100,000 since then.


the specific factors driving dynamics in murder rates complex , not universally agreed upon. of raise in u.s. murder rate during first half of 20th century thought attributed gang violence associated prohibition. since murders committed young males, near simultaneous low in murder rates of major developed countries circa 1960 can attributed low birth rates during great depression , world war ii. causes of further moves more controversial. of more exotic factors claimed affect murder rates include availability of abortion , likelihood of chronic exposure lead during childhood (due use of leaded paint in houses , tetraethyllead gasoline additive in internal combustion engines).









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