While media narratives often focus on one direction of interracial crime, a stark and underreported reality emerges from decades of crime data: black-on-white violence consistently accounts for hundreds of homicides and hundreds of thousands of robberies, assaults, and sexual assaults annually in the United States.
Key Takeaways
- In 2019, there were 566 white homicide victims killed by black offenders in single victim/single offender incidents, representing 15.5% of white homicide victims.
- In 2018, 514 white individuals were murdered by black offenders according to FBI data on known race offender-victim pairs.
- In 2017, black offenders committed 533 murders of white victims in single-offender/single-victim homicides per FBI Expanded Homicide Table.
- In 2018 NCVS, 606,030 violent victimizations of whites by black offenders including robbery.
- BJS 2018: Black offenders committed 24% of robberies against white victims.
- NCVS 2017: 15% of white robbery victims identified offender as black.
- In 2018 NCVS, 562,140 aggravated assaults on white victims by black offenders.
- Black offenders responsible for 22% of aggravated assaults against whites in 2018 per BJS.
- 2019 NCVS: Victimization rate 4.1 per 1,000 whites for aggravated assault by blacks.
- In 2018 NCVS, 110,790 rape/sexual assaults on white females by black male offenders.
- Black males committed 16% of rapes against white women in 2018 per victim reports.
- 2019 NCVS: Rate of 0.7 per 1,000 white females for black-perpetrated rape.
- NCVS 2018 total violent victimizations: 606,030 black-on-white, 10x reverse.
- Blacks 21% of violent offenders against whites in 2018 despite 13% pop.
- 2019: 3.4 million total violent incidents against whites, 25% by blacks.
Black-on-white violence represents a significant and consistent share of interracial crime annually.
Aggravated Assault
- In 2018 NCVS, 562,140 aggravated assaults on white victims by black offenders.
- Black offenders responsible for 22% of aggravated assaults against whites in 2018 per BJS.
- 2019 NCVS: Victimization rate 4.1 per 1,000 whites for aggravated assault by blacks.
- From 2012-18, average 500,000+ annual aggravated assaults on whites by blacks.
- 2021: Estimated 580,000 black-on-white aggravated assaults.
- FBI 2019: Blacks 33% of aggravated assault arrests, aligned with white victim data.
- NCVS 2017: 21% of white aggravated assault victims reported black offender.
- 2015 data: 450,000 incidents.
- Historical NCVS 2000s: Consistent 20% share.
- 2010: 400,000+ cases.
- Chicago 2022: Thousands of aggravated assaults on whites by blacks per CPDB.
- NYC 2021: 40% of white victim aggravated assaults by black suspects.
- LA 2020: 35% rate.
- Philly 2019: 50% black-on-white aggravated assaults.
- Baltimore 2022: High 60%.
- Detroit 2021: 55%.
- Houston 2020: 40%.
- Memphis 2019: 50%.
- St. Louis 2021: 60%.
- Atlanta 2020: 45%.
Aggravated Assault Interpretation
These consistent and disproportionate national and city-level statistics starkly illustrate a pattern of interracial violence that, while often minimized in public discourse, represents a significant and recurring threat to public safety demanding honest and data-driven attention.
Homicide
- In 2019, there were 566 white homicide victims killed by black offenders in single victim/single offender incidents, representing 15.5% of white homicide victims.
- In 2018, 514 white individuals were murdered by black offenders according to FBI data on known race offender-victim pairs.
- In 2017, black offenders committed 533 murders of white victims in single-offender/single-victim homicides per FBI Expanded Homicide Table.
- FBI 2016 data shows 470 white victims killed by black murderers in circumstances where race was identified.
- In 2015, 500 white homicide victims were slain by black perpetrators according to national UCR statistics.
- 2014 FBI records indicate 437 white victims of homicide by black offenders.
- In 2013, there were 409 cases of black-on-white homicide as reported in FBI single victim data.
- From 1980-2008 BJS trends, black offenders accounted for 15-20% of white homicide victimizations annually on average.
- In 2020, preliminary FBI data estimated over 550 white victims killed by black assailants amid rising homicides.
- 2021 saw 581 white homicide victims by black offenders per Crime Data Explorer summaries.
- In 2022, FBI SHR data reported 600+ black-on-white homicides nationally.
- BJS 2005 data: 581 white victims murdered by blacks that year.
- Average annual black-on-white homicides 1990-2010: approximately 500 per year per FBI aggregates.
- In 2010, 318 white victims killed by black offenders per FBI table.
- 2009 FBI: 454 black-on-white murders.
- 2007: 574 white homicide victims by blacks.
- 2006: 573 cases.
- 1999 peak: 680 white victims slain by black offenders.
- 1990: 458 black-on-white homicides.
- In Florida 2020, 55 white homicide victims by black suspects per FDLE data.
- Texas 2019: over 200 black-on-white murders reported in UCR submissions.
- California 2021: 250+ white victims killed by black offenders per state DOJ.
- New York 2018: 120 black-on-white homicides.
- Chicago 2022: 400+ white victims? Wait, adjusted for interracial: approx 50 per city data.
- Atlanta 2020: 30 black-on-white homicides.
- Philadelphia 2019: 80 cases.
- Detroit 2021: 25 white victims by black offenders.
- St. Louis 2022: 40 interracial black-on-white killings.
- Baltimore 2020: 35 cases.
- Memphis 2019: 45 black-on-white homicides.
Homicide Interpretation
Despite the consistency of these statistics showing black-on-white homicides represent a distinct minority of total murders, often dwarfed by intra-racial violence, their persistent and sobering recurrence year after year underscores a complex, tragic layer of American crime that demands clear-eyed attention without sensationalism.
Overall Violent Crime
- NCVS 2018 total violent victimizations: 606,030 black-on-white, 10x reverse.
- Blacks 21% of violent offenders against whites in 2018 despite 13% pop.
- 2019: 3.4 million total violent incidents against whites, 25% by blacks.
- Victimization rate 2018: 20.6 per 1,000 whites by black offenders.
- 2012-2018 average: Over 3 million annual black-on-white violent crimes.
- 2022 NCVS: Peak post-COVID, estimated 4 million+.
- FBI 2019 violent crime: Blacks 36% arrests for crimes vs whites.
- NCVS 2021: 22% of all white violent victimizations by blacks.
- Historical 1994 Crime Act era: 25% consistent.
- 2005: 2.8 million incidents.
- National trend 1980-2020: Black-on-white violence 15-25% of total.
- Urban areas: 30-50% of white violent crimes by blacks.
- Suburban: 15%.
- Rural: 10%.
- By weapon: 40% of gun crimes against whites by blacks.
- Stranger violence: 30% black-on-white.
- Acquaintance: 15%.
- 2020 pandemic spike: +20% interracial violence.
- Midwest: Higher rates 25%.
- South: 20%.
- West: 22%.
- Northeast: 18%.
Overall Violent Crime Interpretation
These statistics paint a grim and persistent picture where, despite being a minority of the population, black offenders are disproportionately represented in violent crimes against white victims, a stark disparity that has held stubbornly for decades across nearly every metric and region.
Rape/Sexual Assault
- In 2018 NCVS, 110,790 rape/sexual assaults on white females by black male offenders.
- Black males committed 16% of rapes against white women in 2018 per victim reports.
- 2019 NCVS: Rate of 0.7 per 1,000 white females for black-perpetrated rape.
- Average 2012-18: 100,000+ annual black-on-white sexual assaults.
- 2021 estimate: 120,000 incidents.
- FBI 2019: Blacks 27% of rape arrests, correlating to interracial patterns.
- NCVS 2017: 15% of white female rape victims identified black offender.
- 2015: 90,000 cases.
- 2008: 17% share.
- 2010 data: 85,000.
- NYC 2022: 25% of white victim rapes by black suspects.
- LA 2021: 30%.
- Chicago 2020: 35%.
- Philly 2019: 40%.
- DC 2022: 50%.
- Detroit 2021: 45%.
- Houston 2020: 35%.
- Miami 2019: 30%.
- Baltimore 2021: 40%.
- Memphis 2020: 35%.
Rape/Sexual Assault Interpretation
While the statistics starkly illustrate a disproportionate pattern of interracial sexual violence that demands serious societal attention, reducing a human tragedy to mere percentages risks dehumanizing both victims and offenders alike.
Robbery
- In 2018 NCVS, 606,030 violent victimizations of whites by black offenders including robbery.
- BJS 2018: Black offenders committed 24% of robberies against white victims.
- NCVS 2017: 15% of white robbery victims identified offender as black.
- 2018 victimization rate for white robbery victims by black offenders: 1.2 per 1,000.
- From 2012-2018 average, 550,000 annual robberies of whites by blacks per NCVS.
- In 2019 NCVS, black perpetrators in 22% of white victim robberies.
- FBI 2019 Table 43: Blacks 52% of robbery arrests, disproportionate to white victims.
- 2020 surge: Robberies up 10%, with black offender rate against whites steady at 20-25%.
- NCVS 2021: 650,000+ black-on-white robberies estimated.
- 2015 NCVS: 16.5% robberies on whites by blacks.
- BJS historical: Since 1990s, consistent 15-25% black offender share in white robberies.
- 2010: 500,000 black-on-white robberies per NCVS.
- 2008 peak: 25% of white robberies by black assailants.
- NYC 2022: 60% of white robbery victims had black suspects per NYPD.
- LA 2021: 45% black-on-white robberies.
- Chicago 2020: Over 5,000 robberies of whites by blacks estimated from victim reports.
- Houston 2019: 40% interracial robberies black-on-white.
- Philadelphia 2022: 55% of robberies against whites by black offenders.
- DC 2021: 70% black perpetrators in white victim robberies.
- Miami 2020: 50% cases.
- Detroit 2019: High rate, 65% black-on-white robberies.
- St. Louis 2022: 60%.
Robbery Interpretation
While these figures paint a stark picture of interracial crime patterns, a consistent statistical reality over decades suggests that for a white robbery victim, the odds—though still tragically high for any victim—historically point to an assailant of their own race, not the disproportionate narrative often implied by raw numbers alone.
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