Table 7

Offense Analysis
United States, 2003-2007
Classification   2003 2004 2005 20061 2007
Murder 16,528 16,148 16,740 17,030 16,929
Forcible rape 93,883 95,089 94,347 92,757 90,427
Robbery: Total2 414,235 401,470 417,438 447,403 445,125
Robbery by location: Street/highway 179,657 171,812 184,188 199,241 194,772
Commercial house 60,615 59,006 59,694 61,014 62,026
Gas or service station 11,385 10,893 11,889 12,075 11,766
Convenience store 25,826 24,653 23,822 24,921 24,933
Residence 56,755 55,525 59,207 64,024 67,508
Bank 9,523 9,775 8,766 9,591 9,252
Miscellaneous 70,474 69,806 69,871 76,537 74,868
Burglary: Total2 2,154,834 2,144,446 2,155,448 2,183,746 2,179,140
Burglary by location: Residence (dwelling): 1,418,423 1,409,253 1,417,440 1,445,557 1,478,901
Residence Night 409,188 405,556 402,881 411,558 421,855
Residence Day 668,759 666,345 669,579 705,175 738,654
Residence Unknown 340,477 337,351 344,980 328,824 318,392
Nonresidence (store, office, etc.): 736,411 735,193 738,008 738,189 700,239
Nonresidence Night 310,187 307,702 305,729 307,076 293,469
Nonresidence Day 221,240 223,012 221,183 234,458 227,092
Nonresidence Unknown 204,984 204,479 211,096 196,655 179,679
Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft): Total2 7,026,802 6,937,089 6,783,447 6,607,013 6,568,572
Larceny-theft by type: Pocket-picking 31,966 29,840 29,221 28,770 27,408
Purse-snatching 42,181 42,345 42,040 39,997 38,058
Shoplifting 1,013,265 1,009,214 940,411 872,635 978,978
From motor vehicles (except accessories) 1,857,619 1,758,241 1,752,280 1,752,432 1,706,979
Motor vehicle accessories 781,279 749,173 693,225 638,678 599,063
Bicycles 271,801 249,813 248,792 231,238 224,345
From buildings 868,621 861,197 852,462 829,756 789,123
From coin-operated machines 52,373 45,927 40,885 35,264 31,036
All others 2,107,696 2,191,338 2,184,131 2,178,243 2,173,581
Larceny-theft by value: Over $200 2,761,752 2,711,560 2,715,997 2,805,338 2,884,126
$50 to $200 1,586,672 1,562,672 1,522,810 1,474,693 1,471,078
Under $50 2,678,377 2,662,857 2,544,640 2,326,982 2,213,368
Motor vehicle theft 1,261,226 1,237,851 1,235,859 1,192,809 1,095,769

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