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United States Crimes Database |
What this map layer shows:
Crime statistics for 1994 through 2007, covering murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson, by county.
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Background Information |
Sample Map
The Uniform
Crime Reporting Program, conducted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), collects information on violent crimes in
the United States. Nearly 17,000 law-enforcement agencies voluntarily
provide information to the program. The resulting crime statistics
are used in law enforcement administration, operation, and management;
for research and planning by criminologists, sociologists, legislators,
city planners, the media, and other students of criminal justice;
and by the American public for information on the fluctuations in
the level of crime from year to year. These map layers were compiled
from information provided by the Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), which archives Uniform Crime Reporting
Program data for the FBI.
The United States Crimes Database shows crime statistics for the United
States for the years 1994-2007. Crime data are reported by county
and are provided for eight crimes: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated
assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The data
are adjusted to compensate for incomplete reporting by individual law
enforcement agencies. Also included are crime statistics normalized by
population. There are two map layers, each including statistics for the
years in which the county boundaries were the same: 1994-2000 and 2001-2007.
Additional information on the Uniform Crime Reporting Program is available
from the National
Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Uniform Crime Reporting Program Resource
Guide.
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