Law enforcement is less likely to know Black women and girls' relationship to their killers

In almost half of cases, the offender’s relationship to a Black female victim - as reported by local law enforcement to the FBI - is unknown

Black

female

victim

White

female

victim

The offender’s

relationship to

the victim

20%

Intimate parter

33%

Family

11

Friend, neighbor,

acquaintance

16

15

Stranger

7

18

11

Unknown

45

22

Black

female

victim

White

female

victim

The offender’s

relationship to

the victim

Intimate parter

20%

33%

Family

11

Friend, neighbor,

acquaintance

16

15

Stranger

7

18

11

Unknown

45

22

The offender’s relationship to the victim was ...

Friend,

neighbor,

acquaintance

Intimate

parter

Unknown

Family

Black female

victim

20%

11%

16%

7%

45%

Stranger

White female

victim

33

15

18

11

22

The offender’s relationship to the victim was ...

Friend,

neighbor,

acquaintance

Intimate

parter

Unknown

Family

Black female

victim

20%

11%

16%

7%

45%

Stranger

White female

victim

33

15

18

11

22

Guardian graphic. Source: FBI Supplementary Homicide Report. Note: Shares based on homicides for which law enforcement reported victim-offender relationship data, and do not add to 100% due to rounding. Does not include a small number of homicides with errors in recorded relationships.