Homicide Rates 1910-1944

The following are Homicide rates for the years prior to, during, and following Prohibition of alcohol in the United States (according to "Murder Statistics from Statistical Abstract of the United States", U.S. Dept. of Commerce).

 The ten years      Prohibition         Prohibition
 preceeding         begins 1920         ends 1933
 Prohibition

 1910 - 4.6         1920 - 6.8          1933 - 9.7
 1911 - 5.5         1921 - 8.1          1934 - 9.5
 1912 - 5.4         1922 - 8.0          1935 - 8.3
 1913 - 6.1         1923 - 7.8          1936 - 8.0
 1914 - 6.2         1924 - 8.1          1937 - 7.6
 1915 - 5.9         1925 - 8.3          1938 - 6.8
 1916 - 6.3         1926 - 8.4          1939 - 6.4
 1917 - 6.9         1927 - 8.4          1940 - 6.3
 1918 - 6.5         1928 - 8.6          1941 - 6.0
 1919 - 7.2         1929 - 8.4          1942 - 5.9
                    1930 - 8.8          1943 - 5.1
                    1931 - 9.2          1944 - 5.0
                    1932 - 9.0

Note that at it's height, the homicide rate under Prohibition was not disimilar to modern homicide and non-negligent manslaughter rates (as recorded in the FBI Uniform Crime Reports). These have hovered around the 9.2 +/- 1.0 per 100,000 mark for the past twenty years.