Table 11, Data Declaration

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by State, by State/Other Agencies, 2005

The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.

General comments

The law enforcement agencies listed in this table are those agencies, regardless of jurisdiction, that are managed by their respective state, federal, or territorial governments.
Readers should take into consideration relevant factors in addition to the areas’ crime statistics when making any valid comparisons of crime among different locales. Variables Affecting Crime provides more details concerning the proper use of UCR statistics.

Methodology

The data used in creating this table were from all state, federal, and territorial law enforcement agencies submitting 12 months of complete offense data for 2005.
The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
When the FBI determines that an agency’s data collection methodology does not comply with national UCR guidelines, the figures for that agency’s offense(s) will not be included in the table, and the discrepancy will be explained in a footnote.

If you have questions about this table

Contact the Communications Unit of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division via e-mail at cjis_comm@leo.gov or by telephone at (304) 625-4995.