A lot of people REFUSE to believe this fact, but, it is true! 
By: Tiffany Chartier - Senior Production Editor
Jul 7, 2026
Federal statistics continue to show that Black Americans, who make up roughly 13-14% of the U.S. population, are overrepresented in arrests for violent crimes and in the prison population. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report “Homicide Victimization in the United States,” 2023 (released 2025), the homicide victimization rate for Black persons was 21.3 per 100,000, compared to 3.2 per 100,000 for White persons.
Black individuals experienced the highest homicide victimization rate among racial groups, primarily driven by Black-on-Black homicide. In the most recent detailed FBI Expanded Homicide Data Table 6 (2019, the last year with full traditional crosstabs before the full NIBRS transition), approximately 88.6% of Black victims were killed by Black offenders (2,574 out of 2,906 known offenders).
White victims were killed by White offenders in roughly 81–84% of cases in similar historical tables. Victimization surveys and available NIBRS data indicate this predominantly intraracial pattern has continued. Black-on-White homicide has historically occurred in greater absolute numbers than the reverse, consistent with higher Black per-capita offending rates in homicide and robbery. In the most recent detailed FBI Expanded Homicide Data Table 6 (2019), Black-on-White murders (566) outnumbered White-on-Black murders (246).
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Black Americans 13-14% Of Population But 50%+ Of Homicide Arrests
By: Tiffany Chartier - Senior Production Editor
Jul 7, 2026
Federal statistics continue to show that Black Americans, who make up roughly 13-14% of the U.S. population, are overrepresented in arrests for violent crimes and in the prison population. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report “Homicide Victimization in the United States,” 2023 (released 2025), the homicide victimization rate for Black persons was 21.3 per 100,000, compared to 3.2 per 100,000 for White persons.
Black individuals experienced the highest homicide victimization rate among racial groups, primarily driven by Black-on-Black homicide. In the most recent detailed FBI Expanded Homicide Data Table 6 (2019, the last year with full traditional crosstabs before the full NIBRS transition), approximately 88.6% of Black victims were killed by Black offenders (2,574 out of 2,906 known offenders).
White victims were killed by White offenders in roughly 81–84% of cases in similar historical tables. Victimization surveys and available NIBRS data indicate this predominantly intraracial pattern has continued. Black-on-White homicide has historically occurred in greater absolute numbers than the reverse, consistent with higher Black per-capita offending rates in homicide and robbery. In the most recent detailed FBI Expanded Homicide Data Table 6 (2019), Black-on-White murders (566) outnumbered White-on-Black murders (246).
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Black Americans 13-14% Of Population But 50%+ Of Homicide Arrests
FBI data shows violent crime fell 9.3% and murder 18% in 2025. Black Americans remain overrepresented in homicide arrests.
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