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  Crime statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crime statistics attempt to provide a statistical measure of the level, or amount, of crime that is prevalent in societies.
Crime statistics are gathered and reported by many countries and are of interest to several international organisations, including Interpol and the United Nations.
Crime statistics recording practises vary, not only between countries and jurisdictions but sometimes within jurisdictions and even between two individual law enforcement officers encountering the same situation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crime_statistics   (681 words)

  
 Publications - California Department of Justice - Criminal Justice Statistics Center - Office of the Attorney General
Crimes Committed Against Homeless Persons This report was generated in response to Senate Resolution 18 which requested the Attorney General to assess the extent of crimes against the homeless, to develop plans to address the problem, and to determine if hate crimes are occurring in the homeless community.
Crime in California Crime in California is a report that answers several key questions, such as, how much crime is there, what are the short- and long-term trends, who are the victims and perpetrators, how does the criminal justice system work, and what are the costs of crime.
Crime in California and the United States, 1988-1998 This report presents crime data for California from 1988 to 1998 and compares these data against crime data for the United States less California, and crime data for the six other states with populations over 10 million (Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas).
caag.state.ca.us /cjsc/pubs.htm   (1144 words)

  
 Texas Department of Public Safety - Courtesy, Service, Protection
Statistics gathered under the Uniform Crime Reporting Program are submitted by the law enforcement agencies of Texas and are used to project a statewide picture of crime.
As these crime factors influence the crime experience of each community, comparisons of crime statistics between communities should not be made without consideration of the individual factors present.
Crime is a social problem of grave concern in which the police are limited in their role of suppression and detection.
www.txdps.state.tx.us /ucr   (1804 words)

  
 Statistics
Crime in England and Wales is a document that combines both Recorded Crime Statistics (crime recorded by the police) and the British Crime Survey (crime as experienced by people - gathered from surveys) into a single document that will make comparisons between the two easier, and give a more complete picture of crime.
There are some statistical comparisons of crime trends, including International comparisons of criminal justice statistics 1999, a bulletin published by the Home Office comparing data from European Union member states, European Union applicant countries and selected other countries.
The latest set of statistics to be published by the US Department of Justice in October 2004 compares National crime rates between 8 countries during the period 1981 and 1999.
www.crimereduction.gov.uk /sta_index.htm   (1560 words)

  
 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Press Release--10/13/96
Final 1995 crime statistics released today by the FBI showed that 13.9 million Crime Index offenses were reported to law enforcement across the Nation.
These statistics are based on a Crime Index of selected violent and property offenses reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program by over 16,000 law enforcement agencies, covering 95 percent of the Nation's population.
The 1995 property crime rate was 4,593 offenses per 100,000 population, 1 percent lower than the 1994 figure and 11 percent lower than the 1991 figure.
www.fbi.gov /ucr/ucr95prs.htm   (1686 words)

  
 Crime Statistics/Maps
Crime statistics in Howard County are tracked in strict accordance with the national standards administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.
The UCR Program is a nationwide cooperative statistical effort of over 17,000 cities, county and state law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their attention.
The program’s main objective is to generate a reliable set of criminal statistics for use in law enforcement and has become one of the country’s leading social indicators.
www.co.ho.md.us /Police/pd_crimestats.htm   (240 words)

  
 Beaverton Police: Crime Maps & Statistics
Throughout this report, crimes are defined and referred to according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and not the Oregon Revised Statutes.
Those crimes are further divided into "felonies" that may have a penalty of more than a year in prison, while "misdemeanors" have a maximum jail term of less than a full year.
Crime management and planning is done at the neighborhood level by "associations" and by your police staff.
beavertonpolice.org /crime/maps_stats.html   (1199 words)

  
 Publications — Crime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Crime in Missouri: A primary source of Missouri crime statistics based on law enforcement agencies’ mandatory reporting of crime offenses to the Missouri Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Statistics cover Index Crime offenses and arrests (homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson), other arrests, domestic violence incidents, law enforcement homicides and assaults, and law enforcement employment.
Crime and Arrest Digest: A primary source of Missouri crime statistics based on law enforcement agencies’ voluntary reporting of crime offense to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov /MSHPWeb/SAC/Pubs/CrimePub.html   (207 words)

  
 The Daily, Thursday, July 21, 2005. Crime statistics
Last year's decline was driven largely by a 5% decrease in Ontario, whose crime rate was the lowest in the country for the second year in a row.
Combined, this represents a 4% decline in the overall youth crime rate — a 6% drop in youths charged and a 2% drop in youths cleared by other means.
Crime data from April to December 2004 for Winnipeg are estimates (except for homicide and motor vehicle theft) due to the implementation of a new records management system.
www.statcan.ca /Daily/English/050721/d050721a.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Crime Statistics
Crime statistics for Northern Ireland are collated by PSNI in accordance with the National Crime Recording Standard and are therefore comparable with those produced by the Home Office or by individual police forces in England and Wales.
Crimes are counted as ‘cleared or detected’ in accordance with strict counting rules issued by the Home Office.
The large majority of incidents categorised as violent crime do not actually involve any significant injury to the victim, although some of the crimes not resulting in injury may still be traumatic for their victims eg threats to kill.
www.psni.police.uk /index/statistics_branch/pg_crime_stats.htm   (703 words)

  
 CSL Pathfinders: CrimeStats
Hartford Crime Statistics Up-to-date crime statistics for the city of Hartford by neighborhood for 2002 to the present.
Prison Population Statistics Over the Last Five Years Connecticut prison population statistics at six month intervals, for the period 1/1/99-1/1/2004, including the supervised and incarcerated populations, the non-sentenced population and the number of Connecticut inmates in Virginia.
Prisoners and Defendants Mental-Illness Statistics Statistics on prisoners and defendants with mental illness on November 1, 2003.
www.cslib.org /pathfinders/crimestats.htm   (600 words)

  
 UCB Libraries | GovPubs | Crime Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts provides data in.wk1 format on crime and arrest, criminal justice, corrections, and demographic data.
Federal Justice Statistics Database Sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Urban Institute, this database allows you to find statistics on the number of people prosecuted in federal courts, the type of offense, pleas (such as guilty or not guilty), and the sentences.
United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems the goal of this survey is "is to collect data on the incidence of reported crime and the operations of criminal justice systems with a view to improving the analysis and dissemination of that information globally."
ucblibraries.colorado.edu /govpubs/us/crime.htm   (952 words)

  
 Crime Statistics - City of Albuquerque
UCR statistics are published by the FBI for governmental jurisdictions all over the country.
UCR uses a specific method of counting crimes, wherein, only the "highest" crime is counted when numerous crimes are reported on the same police report.
Part II crimes are everything other than Part I. As of March 2002, the crime data provided on this website is different than it has been in the past.
www.cabq.gov /onlinesvcs/crimestats   (398 words)

  
 Crime Statistics
Care is warranted when directly comparing crime statistics prior to 2001 to post 2001.The Missouri Uniform Crime Reporting Program Instruction Manual describes UCR data and reporting requirements in more detail.
Crime Index: The sum of eight major offenses including murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
Crimes such as shoplifting, pocket-picking, purse-snatching, thefts from (but not of) motor vehicles, thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories, bicycle thefts, etc., in which no use of force, violence, or fraud occurs are included in this crime offense.
www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov /MSHPWeb/SAC/Stats/CrimeStats.html   (922 words)

  
 U. S. Crime Statistics Total and by State 1960 - 2005
In 1996 your risk of being a victim of a crime in the United States was 5.079%, and of a violent crime 0.634%.
In 1960 these rates were 1.89% of being a victim of a crime and 0.161% of becoming victim of a violent crime.
The victim of a crime, or their relatives, may need to seek professional or group support in helping to coping with the problems that occur as the result of the experience.
www.disastercenter.com /crime   (658 words)

  
 Crime Statistics
Part of this responsibility is reporting emergencies and crimes that occur on campus to the Department of Safety and Security located in the lower level of Rich Hall.
A crime alert may be posted and/or e-mailed to the campus community in order to provide timely warning about a situation that could threaten their safety.
Each crime prevention topic may be the focus of printed material, notices in publications and crime prevention seminars for a period of two weeks.
www.lycoming.edu /security/cleryact.htm   (2953 words)

  
 The Daily, Thursday, July 20, 2006. Crime statistics
Canada's national crime rate, based on incidents reported to police, fell 5% last year — despite increases in serious crimes such as homicide, attempted murder, serious assaults and robbery.
Crime rates fell in all provinces and territories last year, with the largest provincial declines in Manitoba and New Brunswick, each down 8%.
The youth crime rate, which had declined throughout the 1990s, was generally on the rise between 1999 and 2003.
www.statcan.ca /Daily/English/060720/d060720b.htm   (1385 words)

  
 Crime Statistics
The Crime Index is composed of selected offenses used to gauge fluctuations in the overall volume and rate of crime reported to the police.
The offenses include are the violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; and the property crimes of burglary, larceny, theft and arson.
The Crime Index was developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting program to standardize the way in which law enforcement agencies report crime statistics.
www.manchesternh.gov /CityGov/MPD/crimedata/CrimeStats.html   (84 words)

  
 Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime and Victims Statistics
The survey enables BJS to estimate the likelihood of victimization by rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault, theft, household burglary, and motor vehicle theft for the population as a whole as well as for segments of the population such as women, the elderly, members of various racial groups, city dwellers, or other groups.
Emergency Room Statistics on Intentional Violence collects data on intentional injuries, such as domestic violence, rape, and child abuse, from a national sample of hospital emergency rooms.
It is cosponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/cvict.htm   (810 words)

  
 Philadelphia Police Department :: Crime Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Finalized Uniform Crime Report crime statistics are subjected to a rigorous review and certification process before publication on this web site.
Researchers, scholars, community groups and other persons who need a greater level of statistical detail than that offered here or on the Pennsylvania State Police site are invited to address their data requirements to either the Philadelphia Police Research and Planning Bureau or the Police Commissioner.
Requests for statistical compilations or studies other than what is available on this website and others may require a fee.
www.ppdonline.org /hq_statistics.php   (401 words)

  
 Criminal Justice Resources Resources: Crime Statistics
Crime statistics provide a statistical measure of the level, or amount, of crime that is prevalent in societies.
Statistical Universe, an electronic index created by the merger of the three previous tools, is also available for MSU faculty, students, and staff.
The data collection was garnered from a variety of government sources and presents statistics on the involvement of drugs, alcohol, and weapons in crimes; the relationship between victim and offender; the rate of crime reporting by victims; and the physical and financial damage incurred by victims.
www.lib.msu.edu /harris23/crimjust/stats.htm   (6612 words)

  
 Welcome to Crime in Maine
Since July 1973, the State Police have administered the program as a statewide, uniform method of collecting statistics on crime as it is reported to law enforcement and producing a reliable set of criminal statistics for use in law enforcement administration, operation and management.
Additionally, Maine's statistics are forwarded monthly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the annual Crime in the U.S. Report.
Maine's citizens look to UCR as the primary information source on the nature and extent of crime, while criminologists, sociologists, legislators, state and local planners, the media and academicians use the statistics for wide and varied research and planning purposes.
www.state.me.us /dps/cim/crime_in_maine/cim.htm   (248 words)

  
 Tampa Police - Crime Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Statistical Summary of Part 1 Crimes from 1984 to 2003 in easy to view table for quick reference.
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Summary System standard is used to determine Part 1and Part 2 Mandatory and Optional crime statistics.
Statistics are listed for each of the department's 205 individual grid areas.
www.tampagov.net /dept_Police/crime_statistics   (196 words)

  
 Crime Statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The University's crime statistics contain criminal incidents committed against person(s) not associated with the University.
The U.S. Department of Education has a public web site listing crime statistics for all Institutions of post secondary education that participate in the federal student financial assistance programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended.
Further, the Clery Act mandates the reporting of "Hate Crimes" (motivated by bias) and arrests and disciplinary actions for alcohol, drugs and weapons that are a violation of law.
www.usip.edu /security/statistics.shtml   (286 words)

  
 SPD | Crime Data
The Data in the following pages represents Part I crimes (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson) and Part II crimes (all other offenses: criminal mischief, trespassing, etc) that are reported to the Seattle Police Department.
When looking at crime statistics it is important to consider geography (business vs. residential), and major institutions that exist within the boundaries (i.e.
This does not necessarily mean more crime occurs there, but that more crime is reported there.
www.cityofseattle.net /police/crime/default.htm   (208 words)

  
 Statistical Briefing Book   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Statistical Briefing Book (SBB) has been designed to easily find basic statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system.
Law Enforcement and Juvenile Crime have been updated to 2004, Juveniles in Court have been updated to 2003, and Juveniles on Probation have been updated to 2003.
Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics gives users quick access to detailed juvenile arrest statistics at the national, state, and county levels, for the latest available year and four previous years.
ojjdp.ncjrs.org /ojstatbb/index.html   (347 words)

  
 Metropolitan Police Department: Preliminary Crime Statistics
All statistics presented here are based on preliminary DC Index crime data queried on the date indicated on each district's page.
All statistics are subject to change due to a variety of reasons, such as a change in classification, the determination that certain offense reports were unfounded, or late reporting.
Please understand that any comparisons between MPD preliminary data as published on this website and the official crime statistics published by the FBI under the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) are inaccurate and misleading.
mpdc.dc.gov /mpdc/cwp/view,a,1239,q,543329.asp   (134 words)

  
 Metropolitan Police Service - Crime statistics
In line with the principles of openness and public accountability, the Metropolitan Police Service publishes detailed figures for the numbers of crimes reported within its operational area and the numbers of cases that are successfully cleared up.
Statistics are listed below in chronological order starting from January 2000.
Areas (per se) have now been dispensed with and crime statistics are recorded by boroughs in line with local government boundaries.
www.met.police.uk /crimestatistics/index.htm   (348 words)

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