BTS | Table 2-34: Reports of Violent Crime, Property Crime, and Arrests by Transit Mode

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Table 2-34: Reports of Violent Crime, Property Crime, and Arrests by Transit Mode

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	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
REPORTED OFFENSES, VIOLENT CRIME
Homicide^a	19	20	19	51	21	12	16
Motor bus	8	9	6	40	7	7	8
Commuter rail	1	1	4	1	3	1	2
Demand responsive	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heavy rail	8	9	8	6	11	4	4
Light rail	2	1	1	4	0	0	2
Other^b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forcible rape^c	29	38	31	47	27	37	37
Motor bus	11	13	10	16	14	10	7
Commuter rail	5	4	7	1	3	3	5
Demand responsive	0	0	2	4	1	0	1
Heavy rail	13	19	8	24	8	20	9
Light rail	0	2	4	2	0	4	2
Other^b	0	0	0	0	1	0	13
Robbery^d	2,811	4,563	4,760	3,684	3,789	3,480	3,308
Motor bus	909	871	870	605	764	916	953
Commuter rail	181	242	187	133	183	144	144
Demand responsive	1	3	0	1	3	4	4
Heavy rail	1,490	3,164	3,394	2,686	2,588	2,174	1,966
Light rail	181	238	222	220	200	213	217
Other^b	49	45	87	39	51	29	24
Aggravated assault^e	2,701	3,084	3,105	2,314	2,448	2,217	2,286
Motor bus	1,941	1,677	1,294	1,186	1,268	1,070	1,146
Commuter rail	133	69	92	80	97	58	109
Demand responsive	6	13	13	13	14	16	8
Heavy rail	437	1,074	1,051	837	903	839	786
Light rail	157	199	143	170	135	208	187
Other^b	27	52	512	28	31	26	50
REPORTED OFFENSES, PROPERTY CRIME
Theft^f	10,596	13,238	14,486	11,830	12,896	13,393	13,636
Motor bus	2,738	3,408	2,920	2,327	2,487	2,548	2,826
Commuter rail	2,238	2,262	2,345	2,021	1,872	2,139	2,001
Demand responsive	2	8	40	15	4	19	5
Heavy rail	4,625	6,794	8,321	6,807	7,789	7,856	7,807
Light rail	451	609	479	496	530	724	706
Other^b	542	157	381	164	214	107	291
Vehicle theft^g	2,182	2,261	2,276	2,225	1,876	2,112	1,909
Motor bus	263	306	198	208	198	169	213
Commuter rail	253	125	262	470	272	367	308
Demand responsive	0	1	3	9	28	6	6
Heavy rail	1,536	1,694	1,630	1,234	1,203	1,285	1,143
Light rail	128	135	179	273	156	279	226
Other^b	2	0	4	31	19	6	13
Burglary^h	1,759	1,650	1,757	491	415	563	625
Motor bus	156	104	94	75	86	142	120
Commuter rail	178	177	260	217	170	191	188
Demand responsive	2	0	4	3	1	6	2
Heavy rail	1,367	1,278	1,343	110	91	82	119
Light rail	43	78	48	70	42	131	180
Other^b	13	13	8	16	25	11	16
Arsonⁱ	63	96	75	60	53	50	44
Motor bus	29	67	33	21	15	24	12
Commuter rail	14	1	21	10	12	6	9
Demand responsive	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heavy rail	14	22	16	27	20	16	15
Light rail	6	6	5	2	6	4	8
Other^b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
REPORTED OFFENSES, ARRESTS
Other assaults^j	2,991	3,088	2,697	2,787	2,641	2,799	2,441
Motor bus	1,896	1,571	1,439	1,400	1,217	1,159	1,024
Commuter rail	144	106	140	122	164	142	156
Demand responsive	4	0	16	3	4	3	6
Heavy rail	645	932	881	898	888	1,085	999
Light rail	181	330	195	282	269	354	204
Other^b	121	149	26	82	99	56	52
Vandalism^k	17,228	8,627	9,539	6,571	6,895	7,312	2,971
Motor bus	13,343	6,167	5,262	3,656	4,178	4,579	1,410
Commuter rail	1,071	309	659	778	507	264	293
Demand responsive	12	17	8	10	16	7	9
Heavy rail	1,157	1,339	1,128	1,067	1,222	1,200	984
Light rail	1,505	609	2,084	947	892	1,215	246
Other^b	140	186	398	113	80	47	29
Sex offenses^l	664	803	1,047	962	1,009	844	798
Motor bus	242	260	363	258	321	220	178
Commuter rail	100	41	82	91	85	84	80
Demand responsive	5	0	6	2	5	1	3
Heavy rail	249	430	517	541	515	477	474
Light rail	59	71	79	68	80	58	60
Other^b	9	1	0	2	3	4	3
Drug abuse violations^m	2,578	3,944	4,355	3,792	4,131	4,083	4,339
Motor bus	1,037	2,122	1,970	1,414	1,705	1,443	1,179
Commuter rail	303	393	477	495	303	196	389
Demand responsive	1	0	15	21	8	1	2
Heavy rail	1,078	1,130	1,530	1,550	1,606	1,915	2,015
Light rail	151	298	336	271	501	520	739
Other^b	8	1	27	41	8	8	15
Driving under the influenceⁿ	466	129	205	176	204	194	284
Motor bus	91	82	101	101	132	67	156
Commuter rail	26	21	22	21	12	44	26
Demand responsive	0	0	1	4	0	0	1
Heavy rail	52	8	22	21	42	39	57
Light rail	292	16	31	21	15	33	22
Other^b	5	2	28	8	3	11	22
Drunkenness^o	10,479	6,921	8,632	12,643	11,487	6,087	8,033
Motor bus	6,457	3,936	5,346	3,046	3,609	3,337	4,693
Commuter rail	71	23	226	156	112	170	108
Demand responsive	2	2	46	34	2	1	4
Heavy rail	1,511	1,617	1,601	7,340	5,831	1,240	1,308
Light rail	2,255	1,305	1,258	1,844	1,913	1,316	1,598
Other^b	183	38	155	223	20	23	322
Disorderly conduct^p	22,206	26,178	25,325	15,897	15,971	27,314	32,569
Motor bus	4,681	5,025	6,978	4,521	5,471	3,745	3,253
Commuter rail	810	1,085	1,399	1,525	797	706	607
Demand responsive	5	8	47	5	5	6	2
Heavy rail	15,258	19,183	15,309	8,227	7,856	21,087	27,626
Light rail	1,164	800	1,177	1,408	1,767	1,737	1,046
Other^b	288	77	415	211	75	33	35
Trespassing^q	3,362	3,497	7,444	6,049	3,670	4,303	4,597
Motor bus	928	604	1,225	1,283	1,065	1,329	1,040
Commuter rail	845	674	4,150	2,850	1,080	709	1,034
Demand responsive	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Heavy rail	1,155	1,208	1,398	1,254	1,044	1,267	1,228
Light rail	400	653	463	443	436	985	1,278
Other^b	34	358	206	217	45	13	17
Fare evasion^r	33,903	47,873	53,406	58,856	55,194	53,863	47,258
Motor bus	3,172	2,372	1,819	1,694	2,388	591	847
Commuter rail	140	334	310	204	167	179	566
Demand responsive	1	1	2	5	1	3	5
Heavy rail	8,247	39,957	46,106	40,350	35,033	28,933	24,852
Light rail	22,212	1,185	912	12,798	17,320	24,124	20,945
Other^b	131	4,024	4,257	3,805	285	33	43
Curfew and loitering laws^s	1,878	872	1,960	1,161	3,022	3,630	3,391
Motor bus	1,201	241	1,112	291	495	469	403
Commuter rail	19	27	223	72	172	329	330
Demand responsive	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
Heavy rail	462	493	530	680	1,789	2,324	2,396
Light rail	161	95	80	106	509	498	251
Other^b	35	15	10	12	57	10	11

^a The killing of one or more human beings by another. This includes murder, non-negligent manslaughter, and manslaughter by negligence.

^b Other transit mode includes automated guideway, cable car, ferryboat, trolleybus, vanpool, monorail, inclined plane, and starting in 2001 the Alaska Railroad.

^c The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. This includes assault to rape or attempt to rape.

^dThe taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. The use or threat of force includes firearms, knives or cutting instruments, other dangerous weapons (clubs, acid, explosives), and strong-arm techniques (hands, fists, feet).

^e An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.

^fThe unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. This includes pocket-picking, purse-snatching, shoplifting, thefts from motor vehicles, thefts of motor vehicle parts and accessories, theft of bicycles, theft from buildings, theft from coin-operated devices or machines, and all other theft not specifically classified.

^gThe theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle that runs on the surface of land and not on rails. Examples of motor vehicles are automobiles, trucks, buses, motor cycles, and motor scooters.

^hThe unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. This includes offenses known locally as burglary (any degree), unlawful entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony, breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny, housebreaking, safe-cracking, and all attempts at these offenses.

ⁱTo unlawfully and intentionally damage, or attempt to damage, any real or personal property by fire or incendiary device.

^jAn unlawful attack or attempt by one person upon another where no weapon was used or which did not result in serious or aggravated injury to the victim. This includes simple assault, minor assault, assault and battery, injury by culpable negligence, intimidation, coercion, hazing, and all attempts to commit these offenses.

^kThe willful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement, or defacement of any public or private property, real or personal, without consent of the owner or person having custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law.

^lAny sexual acts except forcible rape, prostitution, and commercialized vice. This includes offenses against chastity, common decency, morals, and the like, such as: adultery and fornication, buggery, incest, indecent exposure, indecent liberties, seduction, sodomy or crime against nature, statutory rape (no force), and all attempts to commit any of the above.

^mArrests requested based on the narcotics used. This includes all arrests for violations of state and local laws, specifically those relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs.

ⁿThe driving or operating of any vehicle or common carrier while drunk or under the influence of liquor or narcotics.

^o Arrests for all offenses of drunkenness, which is the consumption of alcoholic beverages to the extent that one’s mental faculties and physical coordination are substantially impaired. This includes drunkenness, drunk and disorderly, common or habitual drunkard, and intoxication.

^p All charges of committing a breach of the peace. This includes, affray; unlawful assembly; disturbing the peace; disturbing meetings; disorderly conduct in state institutions, at court, at fairs, on trains or public conveyances, etc.; blasphemy, profanity, and obscene language; desecrating the flag; refusing to assist an officer; and all attempts to commit any of the above.

^qTo unlawfully enter land, a dwelling, or other real property.

^rThe unlawful use of transit facilities by riding without paying the applicable fare.

^sAll arrests for violations of local curfew or loitering ordinances where such laws exist.

NOTES

Data are from transit agencies in urbanized areas over 200,000 population and include patrons, employees, and others.

The figures for violent and property crime follow the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook, (Washington, DC: 1984) and are based on records of calls for service, complaints, and/or investigations. These figures are for reported offenses and do not reflect the findings of a court, coroner, jury, or decision of a prosecutor.

Security data was first reported to the Federal Transit Administration in 1995 and were not compiled for earlier years.

SOURCE

1995-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, Internet site http://www.ntdprogram.com, as of May 6, 2003, tables 25-27 and similar tables in earlier editions.