2005 Oakland Homicide Report
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Age of Victims and Suspects

IV. Age of Victims and Suspects

·        In all three years, approximately 60% of victims were between the ages of 18 and 34.

·        The percent of victims between 12 and 17 increased by 25 % between 2003 and 2005, but involved only a two-case change.

 

Table 4a. Oakland Homicides by Victim’s Age, 2003-2005

 

2003

2004

2005

Annual Percent Change

Total Percent Change

Victim's Age

Count

Percent of Total

Count

Percent of Total

Count

Percent of Total

2003-2004

2004-2005

2003-2005

5 Years & Under

3

2.6

3

3.4

0

0.0

0.0

-300.0

-300.0

6 to 11 Years

0

0.0

1

1.1

0

0.0

100.0

-100.0

0.0

12 to 17 Years

4

3.5

6

6.8

5

5.3

50

-16.7

25.0

18 to 24 Years

31

27.2

27

30.7

30

31.9

-12.9

11.1

-3.2

25 to 34 Years

37

32.5

28

31.8

29

30.9

-24.3

3.6

-21.6

35 to 44 Years

18

15.8

7

8.0

20

21.2

-61.1

185.7

11.1

45 to 54 Years

12

10.5

7

8.0

6

6.4

-41.7

-14.3

-50.0

55 to 64 Years

5

4.4

5

5.7

2

2.1

0.0

-60.0

-60.0

65 Years & Over

3

2.6

2

2.3

2

2.1

-33.3

0.0

-33.3

Unknown

1

0.9

2

2.3

0

0.0

100.0

-200.0

-100.0

Total

114

100.0

88

100.0

94

99.9

-22.8

6.8

-17.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 4a. Oakland Homicides by Victim’s Age, 2003-2005

 

·        In 2005 37% of the suspects were identified as being between the ages of 18 and 35.

·        Note that the majority of cases in 2003 and 2005 the age of the suspect is unknown.

 

Table 4b. Oakland Homicides by Suspect’s Age, 2003-2005

 

2003

2004

2005

Annual Percent Change

Total Percent Change

Suspect's Age

Count

Percent of Total

Count

Percent of Total

Count

Percent of Total

2003-2004

2004-2005

2003-2005

5 Years & Under

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

N/A

N/A

N/A

6 to 11 Years

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

N/A

N/A

N/A

12 to 17 Years

0

0.0

10

11.4

2

2.1

N/A

-80.0

N/A

18 to 24 Years

26

22.8

23

26.1

17

18.1

-11.5

-26.1

-34.6

25 to 34 Years

14

12.3

20

22.7

18

19.1

42.9

-10.0

28.6

35 to 44 Years

10

8.8

4

4.5

3

3.2

-60.0

-25.0

-70.0

45 to 54 Years

2

1.8

4

4.5

2

2.1

100.0

-50.0

0.0

55 to 64 Years

1

0.9

1

1.1

0

0.0

0.0

-100.0

-100.0

65 Years & Over

1

0.9

1

1.1

0

0.0

0.0

-100.0

-100.0

Unknown

60

52.6

25

28.4

52

55.3

-58.3

108.0

-13.3

Total

114

100.0

88

100.0

94

100.0

-22.8

6.8

-17.5

 

 

 

Figure 4b. Oakland Homicides by Suspect’s Age, 2003-2005

 


 


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