Annual Homicide Perpetration Rates in New Jersey by Race (1979-1998)

Rate per 100,000

Year	White	African-American
1979	2.31	23.95
1980	2.69	24.30
1981	2.63	26.89
1982	2.34	22.63
1983	2.37	17.19
1984	1.94	17.36
1985	1.85	20.29
1986	1.72	16.94
1987	1.70	14.73
1988	1.92	20.78
1989	1.56	18.15
1990	1.91	19.26
1991	1.82	18.78
1992	1.79	23.19
1993	1.80	20.14
1994	1.55	15.95
1995	1.90	15.99
1996	1.65	17.45
1997	1.68	16.08
1998	1.75	11.68