a decreasing trendp = 0.000
While most homicide subtypes showed a decreasing trend over the eight periods, the overall homicide trend was most strongly associated with a decrease in dispute homicides ( r s = 0.93, p = 0.000), followed by robbery homicides ( r s = 0.81, p = 0.000) and intimate partner homicides ( r s = 0.72, p = 0.000).