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Intra-racial violent crime in the US

Most violent crimes in the US are intra-racial, with offenders and victims sharing the same race, according to recent data and analyses.

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Jan 16, 2026
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How much of violent crime is intra‑racial versus inter‑racial, by race and crime type?

Most U.S. research finds that the majority of violent victimizations are intraracial — victims and offenders tend to be the same race — though the share varies by offender race and type of offense, an...

Feb 2, 2026

How more likely for a white con to kill a white person

Contemporary government data and peer-reviewed research show that is overwhelmingly intraracial: white victims are much more often attacked or killed by white offenders than by people of other races, ...