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Volume XXIV
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1953
UNIFORM
CRIME REPORTS
FOR THE UNITED STATES
AND ITS POSSESSIONS
Volume XXIV— Number 1
SEMIANNUAL BULLETIN, 1953
Issued by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Washington, D. C.
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Summary of volume XXIV, No. 1 1
Crime trends:
Estimated number of major crimes, January-June, 1952-53 (table !)_ 2-3
Urban crime trends, January-June, 1952-53 (table 2) 4
Rural crime trends, January-June, 1952-53 (table 3) 4
Crime rates:
Urban crime rates, January-June, 1953 — cities divided according to
population (table 4) 5-6
Urban crime rates, January-June, 1953 — cities divided according to
location (tables 5-7) 7-9
Rural crime rates, January-June, 1953 (table 8) 10
Offenses in individual areas:
Offenses in cities witii more than 25,000 inhabitants (table 9) 11-19
Police employee data:
Police employees killed, 1952 (table 10) 20
Number of pohce employees per 1,000 inhabitants, April 30, 1953 —
cities grouped by size and location (tables 11, 12) 20-23
Police employees in individual cities, April 30, 1953 (tables 13, 14)_._ 23-43
Offenses cleared and persons arrested:
Offenses cleared by arrest, 1952 — cities divided according to size (table
15) 44^7
Offenses cleared by arrest, 1952 — cities divided according to location
(table 16) 48
Persons charged, 1952 — cities divided according to population (tables
17, 18) 49-52
Persons charged, 1952 — cities divided according to location (table 19) . 52-55
Offenses known, offenses cleared, persons charged and persons found
guilty, 1952 — part I offense classes (table 20) 56-58
Persons charged and persons found guilty, part II offense classes
(table 21) 56-57,59-60
Persons released, 1952 — cities divided according to population (tables
22, 23) 61-63
Classification of offenses 64-65
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UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS
J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department
of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Volume XXIV JULY 1953 Number 1
SUMMARY
Estimated Number of Major Criryies, January-June, 1952-53
Major crimes increased 2.5 percent in the first six months of 1953
compared with the same period in 1952. The 1,047,000 crimes at the
midyear point of 1953 represented a 9.0 percent increase over the 1951
semiannual figures. Victims of killers in this country numbered
6,470 while over 54,000 other individuals were feloniously assaulted
by rapists or potential killers. Over 29,000 victims were confronted
by robbers using guns, other weapons or force.
Crime Trends
Total crime increased 2.5 percent led by an 8.4 percent rise in
aggravated assaidts and a 6.5 percent rise in offenses of rape. Auto
thefts increased 5.1 percent but other property crimes and criminal
homicides increased only nominally.
City crimes registered only a 0.5 percent increase in total crime but
reflected a 7.0 percent and 6.6 percent increase, respectively, in
aggravated assaults and negligent manslaughters. Murders and
rapes increased 0.1 percent and 3.0 percent, respectively, while city
robberies, burglaries and thefts decreased slightly. City auto thefts
rose 4.8 percent.
Rural crimes increased 9.0 percent supported by increases in all
classes except negligent manslaughters (—6.0 percent).
Police Employee Data
In 1952, 63 police in 3,671 cities were killed in line of duty. The
rate 3.64 killed per 5 million population is an improvement over the
3.81 in 1951.
As of April 30, 1953, police numbered 1.78 per 1,000 inhabitants as
compared with 1.75 in 1952.
Offenses Cleared By Arrest, 1952
For each 10 homicides in 1952, 9 were cleared by the police. Ex-
cluding larcenies, police cleared by arrest 1 out of 2.9 of the remaining
more serious crunes. Only 1 out of 5 larcenies was cleared.
Persons Found Guilty, 1952
Of each 100 persons charged by the police in 1952 with major
(Part I) crimes, 70 were found guilty. Almost 67 percent of the
persons charged with Part II crimes were convicted.
(1)
CRIME TREND- U. S.
BASED ON THE ESTIMATED NUMBER
OF MAJOR CRIMES
Jan. -June 1952 vs. Jan. -June 1953
PERCENT CHANGE
TOTAL
Negligent
Manslaughter
Rape
Figure 1.
CRIME TRENDS
Estimated Number of Major Crimes, January-June, 1952-53
The 1,047,000 crimes in the first half of 1953 represented an increase
of 2.5 percent over the same period of 1952 and a 9.0 percent increase
over the 1951 six-months figure.
Increases over 1952 ranged from 8.4 percent for aggravated assaults
to 0.6 percent for murder. Crimes of rape increased 6.5 percent and
negligent manslaughters (mostly traffic killings) rose 0.7 percent.
All crimes against the person combined (murder, negligent man-
slaughter, rape, and aggravated assault) increased 7.2 percent.
Property crimes (auto theft, burglary, robbery, and larceny) in-
creased 5.1 percent, 3.4 percent, 1.4 percent, and 1.2 percent respec-
tively. Grouping property crimes a 2.2 percent increase is noted.
The nationwide estimated increase of 2.5 percent in crime is based
on a reported 9.0 percent increase in rural crime and a 0.5 percent
increase in city crime. Table 1 presents the details of the crime
estimate for the first 6 months of 1952-53. While the estimated
total major crimes includes larceny of all classes. Part II offenses,
some of which are of a serious nature such as arson and embezzlement,
are excluded and for that reason the estimated total is considered to be
conservative.
Table 1.— CRIME TRENDS, URBAN AND RURAL
[Estimated number of major crimes in the United States January-June, 1952-53]
Offense
TOTAL, _
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
Manslaughter by negligence
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary— breaking or entering
Larceny — theft
Auto theft
N umber of offenses
January-June
1952
1, 022, 200
3,370
3,060
8,320
29, 190
42, 090
224, 840
604, 210
107, 120
1, 047, 290
3,390
3,080
8,860
29, 610
45, 630
232, 510
611,610
112,600
Change
Number Percent
+25, 090
+20
+20
+540
+420
+3, .540
+7, 670
+7, 400
+5, 480
+2.5
+.6
+.7
+ 6.5
+ 1.4
+8.4
+3.4
+ 1.2
+5.1
(3)
Urban Crime Trends
Although city crimes increased only 0.5 percent, crimes against
the person in the first 6 months of 1953 were 6.2 percent above the
1952 half-year figures. This increase was led by aggravated assaults,
plus 7.0 percent.
The nominal rise of 0.2 percent in city crimes with propert}^ as their
object resulted principally from a 4.8 percent increase in auto thefts.
Table 2.— URBAN CRIME TRENDS, JANUARY-JUNE, 1952-53
. [Offenses known to the police in 2,182 cities, total population 72,731,766 based on 1950 decennial census]
Offense
TOTAL-
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter.
Manslaughter by negligence
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary — breaking or entering.
Larceny — theft
Auto theft
Number of offenses
January— June
1952
622, 307
1. 675
1, 156
4,040
21,857
27, 794
145, 990
354,194
65, 601
625, 359
1,677
1.232
4,163
21,772
29,741
145, a59
352, 082
68, 733
Change
Number
+3. 062
+2
+76
+123
-85
+1,947
-31
-2, 112
+3. 132
Percent
+0.5
+0.1
+6.6
+3.0
-0.4
+7.0
(1)
-0.6
+4.8
1 Decrease of less than 1/10 of 1 percent.
Rural Crime Trends
The 9.0 percent increase in rural crime was led by a 14.1 percent
increase in burglaries and a 13.8 percent increase in aggravated
assaults. Rape and robbery each increased over 10 percent, while
thefts, including autos, rose 6 percent.
Negligent manslaughters registered the only decrease, 6.0 percent,
but wilful killings increased 1.5 percent.
Table 3.— RURAL CRIME TRENDS, JANUARY-JUNE, 1952-53
[Based on reports of 1,428 sheriffs, 84 rural village officers, and 10 State police; total runil population,
37,718,834, based on the 1950 decennial census)
Offense
Number of offenses
January— June
1953
Change
Number
Percent
TOTAL
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter.
Manslaughter by negligence
Rape...
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary — breaking or entering
Larceny — theft
Autotheft
103, 999
113,380
+9,381
850
1,004
2, 066
3,030
5,874
32.383
48, 135
10, 657
863
944
2,289
3,342
36. 939
51,012
11,304
+ 13
-60
+223
+312
+813
+4, 556
+2, 877
+647
+9.0
+ 1. ■'■>
-6.0
+10.8
+10.3
+13.8
+ 14. 1
+6.0
+6.1
CRIME RATES
Urban Crime Rates, January-June 1953
Crime rates differ from trends in that the trends are based on a
comparison of actual figures from identical contributors for 2 or more
given periods, while the rates are actual figures in terms of units of
population (100,000) and are not necessarily limited to the reports
of contributors used in the trends. Rates provide a means of study-
ing local figures in relation to national or other geographic area crime
experience.
The largest cities, Group I (those cities with a population of over
250,000) had the highest rates except for larceny. The Group II
(cities with a population of from 100,000 to 250,000) exceeded all
others in larcenies.
The smallest cities had the lowest rate in all offenses with three ex-
ceptions— Group IV (25,000 to 50,000 in population) was lower in
rape and Group V (10,000 to 25,000 in population) was lower in
murder and rape than the smallest cities, Group VI (population 2,500
to 10,000).
An arrangement of the rates by geographic areas reflects wide
variations among the various sections of the country.
The Pacific States as a group had the highest crime rate for robbery,
burglary, larceny, and auto theft.
The East South Central States as a group exceeded all others in
murder, and the South Atlantic States had the largest assault rate.
The New England States ranked lowest in all crime rates.
An analysis of these variations points up the inadvisability of com-
paring rates of localities in different geographic areas and emphasizes
the many factors affecting the volume of crime.
(5)
Table 4.— URBAN CRIME RATES, JANUARY-JUNE, 1953, BY POPULA-
TION GROUPS
(Offenses known to the police and rate per 100,000 inhabitants. Population figures based on IS.IO decennial
census]
Population group
Mur-
der, Man-
nonnog-l slaugh-
Criminal
homicide
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
ter hy
negli-
gence
Rape
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
enter-
ing
Lar-
ceny-
theft
Auto
theft
TOTAL, GROUPS I-VI
2,454 cities; total population,
78,609,955:
Nnmberof oflfensesknown
Rate per 100,000
40 cities over 250,000; total popula-
tion, 34,524,513:
Number of offenses known
Rate per 100,000
GROUP n
66 cities, 100,000 to 250,000; total
population, 9,694,111:
Number of offenses known
Rate per 100,000
GROUP in
121 cities, 50,000 to 100,000; total
population, 8,528,691:
Number of offenses known
Rate per 100,000
240 cities, 25,000 to 50,000;
population, 8,482,821:
Number of offenses known
Rate per 100,000
total
653 cities, 10,000 to 25,000; total
population, 10,098,483:
Number of offenses known
Rate per 100,000
GROUP VI
1,334 cities under 10,000; total popu-
lation, 7,281,336:
N um ber of offenses known
Rate per 100,000
1,848
2.35
1,014
2.94
168
1.97
160
129
1.28
100
1.37
1.354
1.72
4,629
6.76
23, 648 81, 748
30. 1 40. 4
157, 574
200.5
' 365, 634 75, 540
477. 6 96. 1
801
2.32
188
1.94
144
117
1.38
.38
501
5.17
320
.3.75
289
3.41
275
2.72
251
3.45
17, 351
50.3
2,482
25.6
1,391
16.3
966
11.4
864
8.6
594
8.2
20, 227
58.6
3,573
36.9
3,119
36.6
1.915
22.6
1.775
17.6
1,139
15.6
84,048
243.4
21,887
225.8
15, 232
178.6
14.164
167.0
14,220
140.8
8,023
110.2
1 162,660
501.2
52, 732
544.0
42, 029
492.8
42. 478
500.8
43. 464
430. 4
22,171
304.5
I The number of offenses and rates for larceny-theft are based on reports as follows: Groups I- VI, 2,453
cities, total population, 76,538,350; Group I, 39 cities, total population, 32,452,908.
Table 5.— URBAN CRIME RATES, JANUARY-JUNE 1953, BY
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS AND STATES
[Offenses known per 100,000 inhabitants. Population based on 1950 decennial census]
Division and State
TOTAL.
New England...
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts.. -
New Hampshire.
Rhode Island
Vermont
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania. -
East North Central.
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan. .
Ohio
Wisconsin.
West North Central..
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska..
North Dakota.-
South Dakota...
South Atlantic *
Delaware..
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina-
South Carolina.,
Virginia
West Virginia...
East South Central...
Alabama
Kentucky...
Mississippi.
Tennessee...
West South Central.
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma.
Texas
Mountain
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho..
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico.
Utah
Wyoming
Pacific.
California
Oregon
Washington.
Murder,
non-
negligent
man-
slaughter
.99
1.24
.67
1.50
1.17
L43
1.81
1.96
2.48
1.95
2.10
1.71
.67
1.61
.55
1.67
.40
3.43
1.54
6.10
1.54
5.50
6.73
3.25
5.99
4.50
5.84
3.74
6.05
6.54
6.15
4.74
5.90
5.26
5.78
4.50
2.96
6.06
2.00
4.59
2.03
1.05
2.01
2.00
1.62
1.37
.78
1.53
1.59
.89
1.53
Robbery
8.6
5.6
8.0
1.6
6.1
.8
30.7
17.3
37.6
24.5
33.7
55.3
22.4
34.5
22.1
5.5
24.9
5.6
22.6
16.9
50.1
12.3
3.9
2.8
29.7
23.8
31.9
21.0
39.6
14.3
14.8
30.3
12.6
26.3
19.8
44.4
9.5
23.5
22.2
18.5
22.4
20.6
23.0
28.8
60.4
39.1
7.3
17.1
.56.0
18.9
12.1
12.5
47.7
52.9
19.6
33.7
Aggra-
vated
assault
6.9
15.8
4.3
4.6
2.7
7.3
4.2
31.5
25.1
40.4
17.4
35.6
42.8
21.7
59.0
24.1
8.4
27.6
4.1
24.8
4.2
71.0
4.6
L7
111.4
10.7
59.6
105.2
68.2
180.4
65.1
102.6
27.3
62.6
25.0
55.0
41.3
52.3
32.3
21.6
48.3
18.6
32.5
20.1
15.7
20.6
16.0
22.1
7.4
12.5
39.8
47.7
14.9
8.1
Burglary,
breaking
or
entering
200.5
127.2
170.5
98.7
113.4
81.8
170.5
87.6
190.9
175.9
216.9
148.3
150.2
154.2
191.2
176.4
137.1
70.0
167.2
118.4
185.4
142.2
231.6
121.8
93.7
90.0
257.8
237.3
356.6
237.4
250.8
191.9
222.4
247.3
130.8
228.1
246.7
281.6
171.6
188.7
259.8
201.6
122.5
244.9
317.1
273.9
466.9
328.9
185.1
158.9
410.3
222.5
197.9
144.1
294.2
306.8
246.0
249.1
Larceny,
theft
294.0
342.5
334.5
267.7
233.3
369.4
282.7
2 332. 5
296.9
377.5
I 227. 2
435.5
296.5
519.0
583.9
456.1
414.2
455.8
420.6
553.1
417.6
470.1
440.5
477.9
403.7
562.7
641.9
706.2
455.9
565.4
450.0
560.8
660.6
297.3
359.1
339.1
496.9
254.5
306.1
603.4
424.5
336.5
620.8
709.9
807.7
1, 310. 6
753.1
853.7
734.4
1, 056. 7
521.2
777.8
627.7
842.1
868.0
736.0
753 5
166.6
95.3
136.0
' The rate for larceny is based on the reports of 2,453 cities with a total population of 76,538,350.
' The rate for larceny is based on the reports of 521 cities with a total population of 18,801,906.
3 The rate for larceny is based on the reports of 218 cities with a total population of 3,894,657.
* Includes the District of Columbia.
268455° — 53-
Table 6.— URBAN CRIME RATES, JANUARY-JUNE 1953, BY
GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS AND POPULATION GROUPS
[Offenses known per 100,000 inhabitants. Population based on 1950 decennial census]
Division and group
TOTAL
New England
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
Middle Atlantic
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
East North Central.
Group I--
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
West North Central
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
South Atlantic *
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
East South Central-
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
West South Central
Group I
Group II -.
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
Mountain
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
Pacific -
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
Murder,
non-
negligent
man-
slaughter
Robbery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Burglary,
breaking
or
entering
Larceny,
theft
Auto
theft
2.35
30.1
40.4
200.5
1 477. 6
96.1
.72
7.4
6.9
127.2
294.0
58.9
1.25
17.2
12.2
71.6
263.5
126.3
.54
9.3
13.0
173.9
360.1
76.6
1.32
6.1
4.1
135. 9
309.2
49.9
.50
5.5
2.9
119.4
277.6
35.2
.29
2.5
1.8
109.3
233.8
27.2
.30
.9
4.2
79.5
225.6
22.9
1.50
30.7
31.5
190.9
2 332. 5
70.8
2.12
47.0
46.1
247.6
3 390. 1
89.3
.50
13.1
12.9
143.7
295. 0
62.4
.93
9.8
16.3
134.8
267.8
54.4
.78
6.2
9.1
124.1
303.7
41.9
.32
5.1
8.5
85.7
255.8
38.3
.67
3.8
6.2
71.2
203.3
28.0
1.96
33.7
35.6
150.2
435.5
85.1
2.99
56.1
56.7
170.9
441.1
111.3
2.01
29.1
33.8
192.1
549.7
91.8
1.12
16.7
27.9
134.1
463.8
77.5
.83
10.1
11.3
133.9
468.3
62.8
.70
7.6
8.5
115.2
431.9
44.3
.75
6.4
5.5
94.5
251.0
36.0
1.61
24.9
27.6
167.2
455.8
78.2
3.00
48.3
57.8
226.4
505.4
124.8
2.07
24.1
26.7
200.8
601.2
85.1
.45
11.9
12.2
146.2
551.9
61.0
.32
6.8
2.4
126.2
422.1
46.7
.74
6.5
4.1
126.6
405.5
39.9
.35
6.1
3.3
75.3
229.7
27.1
5.10
29.7
111.4
257.8
562.7
132.4
4.58
48.0
155.1
289.3
596.1
196.3
5.93
41.9
97.8
331.4
663.5
173.7
5.29
18.8
107.8
230.2
559.2
96.1
5.49
13.4
87.1
231. 7
635.1
89.5
4.91
9.1
85.8
205.6
434.5
63.2
4.24
14.1
79.2
146.0
309.2
53.4
6.05
26.3
62.6
228.1
359.1
101. 0
6.05
40.2
77.8
282.8
412.2
144.3
7.51
24.5
47.3
243.5
385.8
110.1
4.38
24.8
90.2
209.9
405.5
83.2
6.68
12.6
79.9
180.7
362.9
68.1
4.59
15.7
36.5
188.0
266.1
44.0
5.23
9.0
22.0
107.6
152. 1
44.8
5.26
22.2
41.3
259.8
603.4
134.4
7.82
33.6
44.6
351.5
684.2
211. 3
4.86
27.1
42.2
277.0
732. 1
127.2
3.61
14.4
64.8
251.5
708.1
145.4
6.04
9.9
37.3
197. 3
558.4
84.8
2.28
5.9
28.2
145.4
404.2
45.7
2.69
13.3
24.6
116.6
239.9
30.0
2.00
28.8
18.6
273.9
807.7
123.4
3. 13
53.2
29.3
383.6
740.3
133.0
2.08
37.4
17.7
371.0
1,118.6
207.3
2.76
36.3
21.1
318.0
828.5
169.6
2.29
25.8
18.6
263.2
1, 072. 4
157.5
.87
7.2
9.3
172.7
670.1
64.9
1.25
16.9
15.2
180.6
575.3
60.5
1.53
47.7
39.8
294.2
842.1
156.9
1.76
64.6
62.0
324.5
786. 2
194.0
1.66
44.2
11.2
224.7
831.3
109.9
.81
38.0
19.0
294.3
964.1
118.0
1.81
28.4
19.2
304.1
982.9
143.1
1.01
23.4
13.1
251.4
937.1
110.5
1.22
13.5
12.3
219.3
752.8
92.4
1 The rate for larceny is based on the reports of 2,453 cities with a population of 76,538,350.
2 The rate for larceny is based on the reports of 521 cities with a total population of 18,801,906.
' The rate for larceny is based on the reports of 6 cities with a total population of 10,219,176.
* Includes the District of Columbia.
Table 7— NUMBER OF CITIES IN EACH POPULATION GROUP, GEO-
GRAPHIC DIVISION, AND STATE REPRESENTED IN THE URBAN
CRIME RATE TABULATIONS FOR JANUARY-JUNE 1953 (TABLES
4-6)
Total
Population group
Division and State
Over
250,000
100,000
to
250,000
50,000
to
100,000
25,000
to
50,000
10,000
to
25,000
Less
than
10,000
TOTAL:
Population, 78,609,955 _-.
2,454
172
40
66
121
240
653
1,334
New England:
Population 6 230 070
1
11
17
32
63
48
25
16
89
15
14
13
522
4
2
1
11
1
2
10
2
14
2
3
1
44
3
7
43
4
5
1
137
6
6
1
6
14
8
1
3
11
Middle Atlantic:
Population 20 873,511 ---
7
12
23
299
138
165
219
597
2
3
2
9
4
4
4
10
7
6
10
29
14
16
14
63
40
42
55
144
71
94
134
East North Central:
Population 18 638,366
342
156
78
117
166
80
274
1
1
1
5
1
5
1
4
2
3
8
4
7
6
4
9
14
9
9
19
12
19
38
18
33
41
14
73
94
42
65
Ohio
92
49
West North Central :
Population 6 201082 _ -
4
164
64
51
66
42
25
11
15
247
1
2
1
4
1
7
2
3
4
10
20
15
15
6
3
4
58
42
26
2
2
1
45
2
1
19
17
2
1
27
6
1
18
9
South Atlantic:
Population, 7,621,911
3
. 9
132
5
1
49
34
17
58
26
38
19
98
1
4
District of Columbia
1
Florida - ---
3
1
2
3
7
4
2
5
1
5
3
12
10
8
6
16
6
9
3
24
27
1
1
17
g
1
5
2
3
3
4
31
17
3
18
10
East South Central :
Population 3,042,748 .
3
5
50
Alabama -
29
30
14
25
163
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
10
8
6
5
5
51
14
18
5
1
4
3
8
13
West South Central:
Population, 5,268,420
8
82
24
21
34
84
129
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
4
10
5
6
14
26
22
16
1
10
16
Texas
3
1
8
3
40
Mountain:
Population, 2,095,646 ---
91
16
30
19
14
4
13
19
14
252
1
1
1
2
3
1
14
Colorado .
1
1
7
6
3
_.
1
4
81
20
Idaho - --
11
8
Nevada
3
New Mexico --
1
1
11
Utah
1
1
1
23
15
Wyoming
9
Pacific :
Population, 8,638,201-... .._
7
5
10
• 126
California
182
31
39
5
1
1
3
10
16
2
5
63
8
10
85
Oregon -.
20
Washington _.
2
21
10
Rural Crime Rates, January-June 1953
The number of offenses reported by the law enforcement officers in
the rural areas and the rate per 100,000 population are based on the
reports of 1,546 sheriffs, 132 rural village officers and 10 State police
with a combined rural population of 39,692,574.
Offenses against the person in urban areas were 71.3 percent greater
than in the rural areas, although the murder rates were very similar,
2.34 for the rural areas, and 2.35 for the urban areas.
For offenses against property, the individual rates show more varia-
tion. The rural rate for these offenses is 275.2; the urban rate 804.3,
or almost three times greater.
In comparing the rural areas with the urban areas, it should be
noted that the reporting in the rural areas is probably not quite as
complete as that from the urban areas, and in some instances reports
used in preparing the rural data may be taken from arrest records.
The reports were carefully analyzed for this before tabulations were
prepared and all that were recognized as such were eliminated.
Table 8.— RURAL CRIME RATES, JANUARY-JUNE 1953
[Offenses known and rate per 100,000 inhabitants, as reported by 1,M6 sheriffs, 132 rural village officers, and
10 State police; total rural population 39,692,574, based on 1950 decermial census]
Offenses known
Offense
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
Manslaughter by negligence.
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary— breaking or entering.,
Larcency — theft
Auto theft...
OFFENSES IN INDIVIDUAL AREAS
Offenses in Individual Cities With More Than 25,000 Inhabitants
The number of offenses reported as having been committed during
the period of January-June, 1953, is shown in table 9. The com-
pilation includes the reports received from police departments in
cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants. Police administrators and
other interested individuals will probably find it desirable to compare
the crime rates of their cities with the average rates shown in tables
4, 5, and 6 of this publication. Similarly, they will doubtless desire
to make comparisons with the figures for their communities for prior
periods, in order to determine whether there has been an increase or
a decrease in the amount of crime committed.
Caution should be exercised in comparing crime data for individual
cities because the differences in the figures may be due to a variety of
factors. Such comparisons are not necessarily significant even though
the figures for individual communities are converted into terms of the
number of offenses per 100,000 inhabitants.
The following is a list of some of the factors which affect the amount
of crime in the community:
Population of the city and metropolitan area adjacent thereto.
The composition of the population with reference particularly to
age, sex, and race.
The economic status and activities of the population.
Climate.
Educational, recreational, and religious facilities.
The number of police employees per unit of population.
The standards governing appointments to the police force.
The policies of the prosecuting officials and the courts.
The attitude of the public toward law-enforcement problems.
The degree of efficiency of the local law-enforcement agency.
The figures presented in the following tabulation are those reported
by the individual police departments in the cities represented without
reducing the data to crime rates (number of offenses per 100,000
inhabitants).
In considering the volume of crime committed locally, it is generally
more important to determine whether the figures for a given com-
munity show increases or decreases rather than to ascertain whether
they exceed or fall short of those for some other individual community,
and it should be remembered that the amount of crime committed in a
community is not solely chargeable to the police but is rather a charge
against the entire community.
In publishing these figures the F. B. I. acts as a service agency. The
figures published are those submitted by the contributing agencies.
(11)
12
Table 9.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, JANU-
ARY-JUNE 1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION
City
Abilene, Tex
Abington, Pa..
Akron, Ohio
Alameda, Calif-
Albany, Qa
Albany, N.Y
Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Alexandria, La
Alexandria, Va
Alhambra, Calif
Aliquippa, Pa.
Allentown, Pa.
Alliance, Ohio.
Alton, 111
Altoona, Pa
Amarillo, Tex
Amsterdam, N. Y.
Anderson, Ind
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Anniston, Ala
Appleton, Wis...
Arlington, Mass.
Arlington, Va
Asheville, N. C.
Ashland, Ky
Athens, Ga
Atlanta, Ga
Atlantic City, N. J.
Auburn, N. Y
Augusta, Ga
Aurora, 111
Austin, Tex
Bakersfield, Calif.
Baltimore, Md
Bangor, Maine
Barberton, Ohio
Baton Rouge, La
Battle Creek, Mich.
Bay City, Mich
Bayonne, N. J
Beaumont, Tex
Belleville, 111
Belleville, N.J
Bellingham, Wash.
Belmont, Mass
Beloit, Wis
Belvedere, Calif.
Berkeley, Calif...
Berwyn, 111
Bessemer, Ala
Bethlehem, Pa
Beverly, Mass
Beverly Hills, Calif.
Billings, Mont
Biloxi, Miss
Binghamton, N. Y.
Birmingham, Ala..
Bloomfield, N. J...
Bloomington, 111...
Bloomington, Ind..
Boise, Idaho
Boston, Mass
Bremerton, Wash.
Bridgeport, Conn.
Bristol, Conn
Mur-
der,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Rob-
bery
2
1
105
12
2
11
24
23
13
1
10
2
3
5
Aggra-
vated
assault
122
17
24
12
432
79
138
3
140
3
35
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
entering
54
505
45
65
Larceny-theft
Over
$50
49
25
209
18
41
15 133 51
21 235 56
Onlv 4 months received
98
1
11
No reports received
Only 5 months received
154
8
760
1
3
33
14
32
339
184
2,604
26
17
169
72
53
97
224
21
41
40
18
36
203
229
48
52
41
20
No reports received
4 I 98 I 155
Only 4 months received
Under
$50
325
36
1,200
257
81
194
421
183
102
525
137
81
243
16
11
55
87
87
290
43
7
99
48
11
119
69
22
142
154
93
465
18
6
29
64
34
208
50
58
120
63
29
217
29
17
224
27
13
45
196
205
426
93
96
221
44
32
9
42
462
1,113
801
1,956
50
273
162
201
1
11
22
63
137
79
41
100
66
1,101
147
467
1,969
3,453
16
113
20
83
97
293
72
315
26
205
42
159
74
593
22
72
11
70
37
76
15
53
21
155
56
232
87
608
21
57
19
41
33
117
31
63
ived
354 I
96
39
235
,140
470
847
42
18
65
37
41
118
34
34
133
63
61
323
574
836
1,276
37
59
302
411
192
683
30
14
47
13
Table 9.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, JANU-
ARY-JUNE 1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Con.
City
Brockton, Mass..
Brookline, Mass. .
Brownsville, Tex.
Buffalo, N. Y....
Burbank, Calif...
Burlington, Iowa-
Burlington, Vt
Butte, Mont
Cambridge, Mass.
Camden, N. J
Canton, Ohio
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-
Champaign, 111
Charleston, S. C
Charleston, W. Va-.
Charlotte, N. C
Charlottesville, Va..
Chattanooga, Teim-
Chelsea, Mass
Chester, Pa
Cheyenne, Wyo--
Chicago, 111
Chicopee, Mass.-
Cicero, 111
Cincinnati, Ohio-
Clarksburg, W. Va
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Heights, Ohio-
Clifton, N.J
Clinton, Iowa
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Columbia, Mo
Columbia, S. C
Columbus, Ga
Columbus, Ohio
Compton, Calif
Concord, N. H.
Corpus Christi, Tex..
Council Bluffs, Iowa-
Covington, Ky
Cranston, R. I
Cumberland, Md
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-
Dallas, Tex
Danville, 111
Danville, Va
Davenport, Iowa
Dayton, Ohio
Daytona Beach, Fla-
Dearborn, Mich
Decatur, 111
Denver, Colo
Des Moines, Iowa.
Detroit, Mich
Dubuque, lowa...
Duiuth, Minn
Durham, N. C
East Chicago, Ind
East Cleveland, Ohio-
East Hartford, Conn..
Mur-
der,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
128
Rob-
bery
1
21
14
44
24
2
5
24
30
14
1
36
4
14
3
2,877
23
121
Aggra-
vated
assault
346
7
3
5
17
108
5
204
3
4
12
103
11
1
2
82
44
216
13
70
1
15
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
entering
100
76
87
482
173
16
57
76
115
277
168
63
56
258
146
246
16
300
27
Larceny-theft
Over
56
22
28
223
189
6
42
66
110
142
99
56
34
175
(')
(')
4 46 42
2, 051 6, 264 4, 972
No reports received
27
153
No reports received
64
33
215
7
1
127
1
37
1
3
422
1
57
6
128
Only 5 months received
Under
$50
185
83
255
696
615
104
160
205
138
245
431
315
84
602
492
596
73
378
35
46
305
5,223
106
65
121
633
564
1,291
38
13
32
1,020
518
4,933
27
11
92
53
44
101
21
18
122
113
76
252
181
184
594
144
110
282
861
704
1,524
313
31
456
24
17
69
412
179
799
52
36
213
116
61
197
54
52
102
42
21
71
27
15
67
2,410
505
5,079
74
27
52
116
64
169
143
102
432
365
167
879
12
11
168
124
815
6
1
108
46
227
221
122
1,595
783
2, 295
27
20
412
241
717
1,104
1,876
3,899
1,431
9,567
1
43
14
111
11
4
92
101
366
8
220
134
87
228
12
8
93
105
206
3
3
62
15
118
1
71
34
82
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 9.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, JANU-
ARY-JUNE 1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Con.
City
East Orange, N. J
East Providence, R. I
East St. Louis, 111
Easton, Pa
Eau Claire, Wis
El Paso, Tex._..
Elgin, Illinois...
Elizabeth, N. J.
Elkhart, Ind...
Elmira, N. Y
Elyria, Ohio..
Enid, Okla-...
Erie, Pa
Euclid, Ohio..
Eugene, Oreg.
Evanston, 111
Evansville, Ind...
Everett, Mass
Everett, Wash
Fairmont, W. Va.
Fall River, Mass...
Fargo, N. Dak
Fayetteville, N. C.
Ferndale, Mich
Fitchburg, Mass...
Flint, Mich
Fond du Lac, Wis
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Fort Smith, Ark..
Fort Wayne, Ind...
Fort Worth, Tex
Framingham, Mass.
Fresno, Calif
Gadsden, Ala __
Gainesville, Fla.
Galesburg, Dl...
Galveston, Tex..
Garfleld, N. J...
Gary, Ind
Glendale, Calif
Gloucester, Mass
Grand Forks, N. Dak.
Grand Rapids, Mich..
Granite City, 111
Great Falls, Mont.
Green Bay, Wis
Greensboro, N. C..
Greenville, Miss...
Greenville, S. C...
Greenwich, Conn.
Hackcnsack, N. J.
Hagcrstown, Md..
Hamilton, N. J...
Hamilton, Ohio...
Hammond, Ind
Hampton, Va
Hamtramck, Mich.
Harrisburg, Pa
Hartford, Conn
Hattiesburg, Miss.
Haverford, Pa
Haverhill, Mass....
Hazleton, Pa
Hempstead, N. Y..
Mur-
der,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
185
1
2
34
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
entering
184
32
154
36
25
344
23
179
49
95
49
38
129
26
53
84
373
47
93
Larceny-theft
Over
$50
81
29
55
18
14
212
15
121
38
49
31
12
()4
4
79
95
208
27
66
Only 3 months received
124
No reports received
No reports received
1 13 I 16
138 472 259
4 243 ! 145
Only 4 months received
7
1
7
1
182
Only 2 months received
16
Under
$50
177
119
168
76
72
795
73
310
56
157
63
118
329
110
225
227
698
71
294
119
95
255
38
19
149
56
39
293
72
33
102
73
37
168
315
331
870
12
14
165
11
6
4
38
169
94
133
45
272
170
15
105
1
48
8
15
61
140
1,050
14
430
56
122
239
17
194
15
420
2.060
34
565
87
25
35
21
3
59
50
34
8
125
50
i
49
654
663
25
13
159
275
115
873
60
6
96
26
47
90
45
33
77
177
136
240
238
130
281
27
14
39
48
31
71
75
34
191
68
52
140
99
70
169
133
210
397
141
122
254
67
.59
115
233
122
213
379
272
580
48
12
31
46
23
61
43
15
60
18
3
23
68
56
61
15
Table 9.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, JANU-
ARY-JUNE 1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Con.
City
High Point, N. C
Highland Park, Mich.
Hoboken, N. J
Holyoke, Mass
Honolulu City, T. H..
Hot Springs, Ark
Houston, Tex
Himtington, W. Va
Huntington Park, Calif.
Hutchinson, Kans
Independence, Mo.
Indianapolis, Ind..
Inglewood, Calif...
Iowa City, Iowa
Irondequoit, N. Y.
Irvington, N. J.
Ithaca, N. Y._..
Jackson, Mich..
Jackson, Miss...
Jackson, Tenn..
Jacksonville, Fla
Jamestown, N. Y...
Jefferson City, Mo__.
Jersey City, N. J
Johnson City, Tenn.
Johnstown, Pa
^oliet, HI
/oplin, Mo
'alamazoo, Mich.
-,ankakee, 111
Kannapolis, N. C
Kansas City, Kans.
Kansas City, Mo...
Kearny, N. J
Kenosha, Wis
Key West, Fla._.
Kingston, N. Y__
Knoxville, Tenn.
Kokomo, Ind
La Crosse, Wis...
La Grange, Ga
Lackawanna, N. Y_
LaPayette, Ind
Lafayette, La
Lake Charles, La...
Lakeland, Fla
Lakewood, Ohio.
Lancaster, Pa
Lansing, Mich...
Laredo, Tex
Laurel, Miss
Lawrence, Mass..
Lawton, Okla
Lebanon, Pa
Lewiston, Maine.
Lexington, Ky
Lima, Ohio
Lincoln, Nebr
Lincoln Park, Mich.
Linden, N. J
Little Kock, Ark
Lockport, N. Y
Long Beach, Calif..
Lorain, Ohio
Los Angeles, Calif
See footnote at end of table.
268455°— 53 3
Mur-
der,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Rob-
bery
5
133
6
16
4
3
169
21
1
2
Aggra-
vated
assault
147
5
1,366
47
12
20
3
31
33
113
61
4
4
160
11
50
37
247
1
2
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
entering
56
620
53
2,406
149
64
215
16
25
152
33
61
159
729
66
14
381
82
55
43
135
91
20
25
255
941
40
50
Larceny-theft
Over
$50
40
34
106
35
821
147
12
52
49
76
50
18
596
27
13
119
21
45
34
75
19
115
738
34
54
No reports received
II 53 I 19
51 I 243 I 134
No reports received
Under
$50
No reports received
No reports received
No reports received
107
300
66
104
1,484
25
2,416
208
255
173
116
1,593
298
52
51
148
106
245
278
107
1,271
68
48
272
64
130
42
106
457
38
84
568
1.523
67
99
61
242
Auto
theft
23
13
354
44
9
71
52
16
40
53
57
198
8
51
39
63
25
119
66
94
2
51
16
166
19
50
24
210
6
86
56
396
24
75
36
134
1
58
5
46
2
54
25
189
12
120
28
180
2
1
29
15
129
39
145
244
128
295
10
38
128
40
267
4
9
95
77
504
2
55
36
101
5
386
265
631
3
26
9
35
77
951
(')
1,717
9
77
54
91
2,055
6,378
6,742
10,281
16
Table 9.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, JANU-
ARY-JUNE 1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Con.
City
Louisville, Ky
Lowell, Mass
Lower Merion, Pa.
Lubbock, Tex
Lynchburg, Va
Lynn, Mass
Lynwood, Calif.
Macon, Ga
Madison, Wis...
Maiden, Mass. .
Manchester, N. H.
Manitowoc, Wis. .
Mansfield, Ohio...
Maple wood, N. J..
Marion, Ind
Marion, Ohio
Mason City, Iowa.
Massillon, Ohio
May wood. 111.
McKeesport, Pa...
Medford, Mass..
Melrose, Mass. .
Memphis, Tenn.
Meriden, Conn..
Meridian, Miss..
Miami, Fla
Miami Beach, Fla..
Michigan City, Ind.
Middletown, Conn..
Middletown, Ohio. .
Milwaukee, Wis
Mirineapolis, Minn.
Mishawaka, Ind
Mobile, Ala
Moline, 111
Monroe, La
Montelair, N. J
Montgomery, Ala
Morgantown, W. Va..
Mount Lebanon, Pa..
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Muncie, Ind
Muskegon, Mich
Muskogee, Okla
Nashua, N. H_
Nashville, Tenn .
New Albany, Ind
New Bedford, Mass...
New Britain, Conn . . .
New Brunswick, N. J.
New Castle, Pa
New Haven, Conn...
New Kensington, Pa.
New London, Conn..
New Orleans, La
New Rochelle, N. Y.
New York, N. Y
Newark, N. J
Newark, Ohio
Newburgh, N. Y
Newport, Ky
Newport, R. 1.
Newport News, Va.
Newton, Mass
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Mur-
der,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Rob-
bery
144
15
243
8
10
19
7
16
19
21
6
1
117
3
190
13
3
1
6
62
162
59
2
9
4
5
10
13
1
2
189
2
4,162
245
1
4
4
3
5
2
11
Aggra-
vated
assault
330
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
entering
1,267
108
131
452
74
261
97
291
115
32
49
38
96
22
28
67
14
27
31
62
21
679
60
Larceny-theft
Over
$50
944
46
59
164
19
104
67
124
68
24
23
11
47
5
15
39
1-9
4
11
60
28
5
417
12
Under
$50
1,208
139
165
654
163
361
144
330
357
95
134
129
173
15
148
134
85
148
55
134
134
40
612
61
Only 4 months received
182
8
11
129
32
4
95
7
1
19
Only 5 months received
23
3
2
243
7
4,321
375
1,250
592
1,077
264
48:3
434
49
60
212
19
16
53
73
39
181
364
787
1,996
1, 036
656
1,849
37
24
98
443
105
392
53
39
125
81
26
152
28
40
90
244
111
345
15
16
26
9
8
22
60
61
73
125
79
332
114
77
196
37
20
74
391
281
580
21
35
116
141
104
454
87
49
124
66
21
166
31
39
78
294
132
394
22
20
27
55
33
88
741
610
1,263
51
61
68
21,481
1 '.1,608
14,536
1,602
649
1,463
55
46
178
28
42
100
43
42
73
54
25
150
137
152
390
132
83
263
95
80
127
17
Table 9.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, JANU-
ARY-JUNE 1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Con.
City
Norfolk, Va
Norman, Okla
Norristown, Pa
North Bergen, N. J
North Little Rock, Ark-
Northampton, Mass-
Norwalk, Conn
Norwich, Conn
Norwood, Ohio
Nutley, N.J
Oak Park, 111
Oak Ridge, Tenn_
Oakland, Calif. _..
Odessa, Tex
Ogden, Utah
Oklahoma City, Okla_
Omaha, Nebr
Orange, N J
Orlando, Fla
Oshkosh, Wis
Ottumwa, Iowa
Owensboro, Ky
Paducah, Ky
Palo Alto, Calif....
Panama City, Fla.
Parkersburg, W. Va.
Parma, Ohio
Pasadena, Calif
Passaic, N. J
Paterson, N. J
Pawtucket, R. I
Pensacola, Fla
Peoria, 111
Perth Amboy, N. J.
Petersburg, Va
Philadelphia, Pa.
Phoenix, Ariz
Pine Bluff, Ark..
Pittsburgh, Pa._.
Pittsfield, Mass..
Plainfield, N.J...
Pocatello, Idaho..
Pomona, Calif
Pontiac, Mich
Port Arthur, Tex.
Port Huron, Mich.
Portland, Maine...
Portland, Oreg
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Portsmouth, Va
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Providence, R. I
Provo, Utah
Pueblo, Colo
Quincy, 111.
Quincy, Mass
Racine, Wis
Raleigh, N. C
Rapid City, S. Dak.
Reading, Pa
Redondo Beach, Calif
Redwood City, Calif
Reno, Nev
Revere, Mass
Richmond, CaUf.
See footnotes at end of table.
Mur-
der,
noniieg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
entering
Larceny-theft
Over
$50
304
5
14
82
40
10
1
43
4
19
997
85
8
229
1
4
112
22
19
1
25
Only 5 months received
Only 2 months received
131
Only 5 months received
034
41
14
123
1
10
5
47
10
9
4
88
7
167
17
35
11
1
5
3
110
29
69
4, 938
666
125
1,149
69
66
52
138
152
25
36
118
1,134
106
75
626
49
314
116
117
79
148
49
90
168
79
256
(2)
Under
$50
172 575 936 696 1,127
Only 1 month received
2 I 4 I 33 1 23 I 44
No reports received
No reports received
4
21
37
61
32
82
21
15
40
47
7
45
54
10
40
7
100
46
23
144
1,364
227
3, 302
8
61
67
313
14
143
117
578
62
911
598
1,449
10
364
103
848
243
183
313
34
20
317
24
2
98
67
45
229
109
67
100
46
83
227
25
38
55
41
65
68
40
17
61
272
205
729
71
35
51
290
31
333
00
321
100
534
.34
95
60
241
294
1,442
64
82
577
491
22
54
51
204
53
264
79
288
04
285
15
125
20
191
f)3
292
797
1,986
72
221
160
403
36
136
288
792
20
267
168
463
47
126
45
187
41
300
75
318
26
105
65
296
18
137
.53
203
145
258
39
96
101
1,132
18
Table 9.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, JANU-
ARY-JUNE 1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Con.
City
Richmond, Ind .
Richmond, Va,..
Riverside, Calif..
Roanoke, Va
Rochester, Minn.
Rochester, N. Y
Rock Island, 111
Rockford, 111
Rocky Mount, N. C
Rome, Qa
Rome, N. Y
Roswell, N. Mex..
Royal Oak, Mich.
Sacramento, Calif.
Saginaw, Mich
St. Cloud, Minn....
St. .loseph. Mo
St. Louis, Mo
St. Paul, Minn
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Salem, Mass
Salem, Oreg
Salina, Kans
Salt Lake City, Utah.
San Angelo, Tex
San Antonio, Tex
San Bernardino, Calif
San Diego, Calif
San Francisco. Calif...
San Jose, Calif...
San Leandro, Calif...
San Mateo, Calif
Sandusky, Ohio
Santa Ana, Calif
Santa Barbara. Calif
Santa Fe, N. Mex...
Santa Monica, Calif.
Savannah, Qa
Schenectady, N. Y..
Scranton, Pa
Seattle, Wash
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Sharon, Pa
Sheboygan, Wis
Shreveport, La
Sioux City. Iowa
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Somerville, Mass
South Bend, Ind....
South Gate. Calif. . .
Spartanburg, S. C.
Sjjokane, Wash. ..
Springfield, III
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mo ..
Springfield, Ohio...
Stamford, Conn
Steubenville, Ohio.
Stockton, Calif
Stratford, Conn
Superior, Wis
Syracuse, N. Y..
Taconia, Wash...
Tallahassee, Fla.
Tampa, Fla
Mur-
der,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Rob-
bery
4
124
16
Aggra-
vated
assault
5
120
13
22
3
629
58
12
2
3
4
23
2
Bur-
glary-
break -
ing or
entering
53
573
104
106
33
401
63
145
44
47
Larceny-theft
Over
$50
60
482
123
105
23
239
56
77
38
25
1 24 31
Only 2 months received
1
36
73
Under
$50
12
1,076
22
Only 3 months received
Only 2 months received
21
235
3
12
15
3
32
120
63
1,241
387
363
59
178
138
58
67 1
97
16
216
405
508
1,092
108
69
545
4
15
80
123
37
307
468
870
3,830
620
218
1,483
243
177
307
90
19
93
63
32
242
62
24
195
406
268
1,228
111
20
149
37
22
285
181
407
113
58
713
886
1,611
650
341
2,635
912
4,321
23
8
243
46
919
5
2
87
55
242
4
2
48
60
311
1
12
32
28
134
8
1
88
77
305
7
10
110
60
429
278
285
652
465
250
326
65
54
117
131
40
173
1,610
694
2, 348
11
8
108
12
11
58
35
23
87
67
157
420
90
86
425
46
46
163
180
74
193
301
173
561
169
125
237
61
46
199
280
138
1,043
89
60
252
125
84
285
127
68
223
97
44
285
232
156
277
70
35
93
353
311
542
82
38
75
49
15
238
393
227
617
300
250
838
80
22
127
mi
272
621
19
Table 9.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, JANU-
ARY-JUNE 1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Con.
City
Taunton, Mass,..
Teaneck, N.J
Temple, Tex
Terre Haute, Ind.
Toledo, Ohio
Topeka, Kans
Torrington, Conn.
Trenton, N.J
Troy, N. Y
Tucson, Ariz
Tulsa, Okla
Tuscaloosa, Ala...
Tyler, Tex
Union City, N. J.
Union, N. J
University City, Mo.
Upper Darby, Pa
Utica, N. Y
Vallejo, Calif
Valley Stream, N. Y.
Vancouver, Wash.
Vicksburg, Miss..
Waco, Tex
Waltham, Mass...
Warren, Ohio
Warwick, R. I
Washington, D. C.
Washington, Pa
Waterbury, Conn..
Waterloo, Iowa
Watertown, Mass.
Watertown, N. Y.
Waukegan, 111
Wausau, Wis
Wauwatosa, Wis..
West Allis, Wis
West Hartford, Conn..
West Haven, Conn
West New York, N. J.
West Orange, N.J
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Weymouth, Mass
Wheeling, W. Va
White Plains, N. Y
Wichita, Kans
Wichita Falls, Tex.
Wilkes Barre, Pa...
Wilkinsburg, Pa...
Williamsport, Pa...
Wilmington, Del.. .
Wilmington, N. C
Winona, Minn
\rmston- Salem, N. C.
Woodbridge, N. J
Woonsocket, R. I
Worcester, Mass. .
Wyandotte, Mich.
Yakima, Wash
Yonkers, N. Y
York, Pa
Youngstown, Ohio.
Zanesville, Ohio
Mur-
der,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Rob-
bery
33
4
5
109
Aggra-
vated
assault
17
4
146
Bur-
glary-
break -
ing or
entering
36
63
54
101
588
Larceny-theft
Over
$50
16
16
25
73
535
37 207 82
Only 5 months received
Under
$50
Complete data not received
3
7
493
1
2
3
105
1
4
2,165
"'""25'
Complete data not received
109
3
7
2
10
128
No reports received
148
30
91
273
1,426
393
30
40
304
140
229
7
6
68
22
56
28
13
228
94
667
62
52
565
446
930
3
83
37
26
76
89
37
94
59
27
104
105
53
92
85
38
195
121
45
271
56
41
206
27
46
89
76
48
326
47
10
37
181
79
521
81
24
127
67
52
158
92
34
40
2,599
876
3,958
19
31
65
108
60
178
88
64
327
64
22
80
49
21
127
43
48
136
15
16
97
31
14
102
17
21
144
20
28
32
18
21
28
41
21
54
166
60
208
ports rece
ived
50
32
36
122
78
140
406
242
1,109
172
222
581
62
24
61
33
16
100
70
34
178
280
192
577
132
65
170
15
20
117 !
185
76
246
2
21
39
395
70
147
120
481
5
2
10
72
139
37
65
137
528
2
4
8
147
70
312
4
9
62
44
270
39
9
169
220
492
2
2
45
49
223
' Larcenies not separately reported. Figure listed includes both major and minor larcenies.
2 Larceny figures not available.
POLICE EMPLOYEE DATA
Police Killed, 1952
In 1952, 63 police in 3,671 cities lost their lives in performance of
ofRcial duties. The reporting? cities have a combined population of
86.6 million. In terms of population units of 5 million, the 1952
rate of 3.64 is an improvement over the 1951 rate of 3.81.
Table 10 summarizes available data on police killed in line of duty
during 1952 and the data are arranged by size of cities and geographic
location together with the death rates per 5 million inhabitants.
Tarle 10.— number of POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES KILLED,
1952, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS AND POPULATION GROUPS
[Includes only those employees killed while on active duty with their local police agencies]
TOTAL
Population group
Geographic division
Num-
ber
Rate per
5,000,000
inhabi-
tants
Over
250,000
100,000
to
250,000
50,000
to
100,000
25,000
to
50,000
10,000
to
25,000
Less
than
10,000
Total number ___ ___ _ _
63
19
2.72
6
3.20
5
2.83
9
4.77
10
4.16
14
Rate per 5,000,000 inhabitants
3.64
5.81
New England
1
6
15
2
10
11
6
2
10
.75
1.35
3.79
1.45
5.83
14.46
4.18
4.10
5.62
1
1
1
Middle Atlantic
3
5
1
1
2
3
4"
-.
1
1
4
East North Central
4
West North Central
1
South Atlantic.
3
1
2
1
5
1
2
1
East South Central
3
West South Central
2
Mountain.
1
1
Pacific
1
3
2
Number of Police Employees, April 30, 1953
Reports on the number of employees as of April 30, 1953, were re-
ceived from the police departments in 3,671 cities representing a
combined urban population of 86,614,866, approximately 97 percent
coverage. The figures as to the number per 1,000 inhabitants in
cities grouped according to size and location are presented in table 1 1 ,
and the data include both police officers and civilian employees.
There has been a definite tendency during recent years toward the
employment of civilian personnel for clerical functions and other
duties where a commissioned police officer is not required. For
instance, since 1947 the number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants
has increased from 1.75 to 1.78. Actually, for cities with population
in excess of 50,000 the number of commissioned police officers per
1,000 inhabitants has decreased while the number of civilian employees
(20)
21
has shown definite increases. For cities under 50,000 in population,
substantial increases were registered in the figures for both pohce
officers and civihan employees.
The extent of the use of civilian employees which incidentally often
effects a budget savings is suggested in the following tabulation:
PCTCCTlt
Population group: civilian employees
Total, all cities 8. 8
Group I (over 250,000) 10. 0
Group II (100,000-250,000) 11. 6
Group III (50,000-100,000) 9. 4
Group IV (25,000-50,000) 6. 9
Group V (10,000-25,000) 4. 7
Group VI (2,500-10,000) 5. 2
T.^BLE 11.— POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APRIL 30, 1953, NUM-
BER AND RATE PER 1,000 INHABITANTS, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVI-
SIONS AND POPULATION GROUPS
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census]
TOTAL
Population group
Division
Group
I
Group
II
Group
III
Group
IV
Group
V
Group
VI
Over
250,000
100,000
to
250,000
50,000
to
100,000
25,000
to
50,000
10,000
to
25,000
Less
than
10,000
TOTAL:
Number of police employees
154, 227
1.78
78, 037
2.23
15, 474
1.65
14, 086
1.60
14, 348
1.62
16, 707
1.39
15 575
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants.. _
1 29
New England:
Number of police employees
13, 443
2.01
46, 945
2.11
33, 592
1.70
9,626
1.40
15, 862
1.85
6,206
1.37
8,791
1.23
3,370
1.38
17, 404
1.92
3,052
3.81
30, 748
2.50
19,039
2.14
4,412
1.84
5,515
2.53
1,377
1.26
3,214
1.40
632
1.52
10,048
2.21
3,470
2.09
2,928
1.84
2,312
1.55
749
1.29
2,024
1. .59
996
1.50
1,491
1.29
462
1.60
1,042
1.58
1,972
1.89
3,156
1.89
3,069
1.46
853
1.27
2,327
1.60
418
1.53
678
1.22
237
1.09
1,376
1.65
2,500
1.80
3,008
1.74
3,046
1.32
741
1.10
1,734
1.67
623
1.40
764
1.24
604
1.50
1,328
1.63
1,859
1.45
3,850
1.53
2,963
1.25
1,308
1.13
1,922
1.67
705
1.37
1,345
1.10
579
1.31
2,176
1.61
590
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants _._
1 14
Middle Atlantic :
Number of police employees -
3 255
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants
1 34
East North Central:
Number of police employees.-
3 l&J
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants
1 22
West North Central :
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants
1 12
South Atlantic : i
Number of police employees
2,330
1 .58
Average number of employees per 1,000
Inhabitants
East South Central :
Number of police employees
1,086
1 34
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants
West South Central:
Number of police employees
1,299
97
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants ^.
Mountain :
Number of police employees
856
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants ....
1 28
Pacific:
Number of police employees
Average number of employees per 1,000
inhabitants
1,434
1.72
1 Includes the District of Columbia.
22
23
Table 12.— NUMBER OF CITIES USED IN TABULATIONS REGARDING
NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APRIL 30, 1953,
AND POLICE KILLED, 1952
[Population figures from 1050 decennial census]
Division
TOTAL:
Population represented
Number of cities
New England: Total population,
6,697,967
Middle Atlantic: Total popula-
tion, 22,228,268
East North Central: Total popu-
lation, 19,777,295
West North Central: Total popu-
lation, 6,876,634
South Atlantic: Total population,
8,571,654
East South Central: Total popu-
lation, 3,804,370
West South Central: Total popu-
lation, 7, 1 70,579
Mountain: Total population,
2,437,437
Pacific: Total population,
9,050,662
TOTAI
86,614,866
3,671
225
721
781
409
442
221
381
184
307
Population group
Group I
Over
250,000
34,932,955
41
Group II
100,000
to
250,000
9,364,835
65
Group
III
50,000 to
100,000
8,819,944
125
Group
IV
25,000 to
50,000
9,430,637
269
Group V
10,000 to
25,000
Group
VI
Less than
10,000
12,023,554 12,042,941
784 2, 387
81
161
160
78
74
34
77
28
91
79
468
507
292
306
161
266
138
170
Police Employees in Individual Cities
The number of police officers and the number of civilian employees
as of April 30, 1953 are shown in table 13 for individual cities having
a population of 25,000 and over. Personnel figures for those police
departments in cities having less than 25,000 are presented in table
14 but the figures for civilian personnel are not segregated.
Variation in practices among cities not only occurs in the use of
civilian employees but also some departments indicated then school
guards were augmented by school children or adults not paid from
police funds. These differences would affect any comparisons of
police strength between two or more departments.
The unreliability of comparisons between police departments based
solely on the number of reported police personnel is also emphasized
by other factors. Probably the greatest variation in the number of
police employees as between cities would normally be expected to
result from wide differences in the hours of the workweek. A correl-
ative consideration would include studies of the amount of annual
leave or vacation granted. Daily or seasonal mfluxes of people from
urbanized fringe areas to an industrial center or because of entertain-
ment or vacation attractions would bear directly on a comparison of
police strength between cities. These are not all of the differences
which may affect necessary police strength but they are sufficient to
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24
show that caution should be used in approaching comparisons of these
data.
In processing the reports part-time employees expressed in terms of
equivalent full-time employees were included to the extent of the
equivalent number of full-time personnel. Wliere a basis for ratio
was not reported the FBI converted the hours worked by part-time
employees on the assumption that a regular emploj^ee worked 208
hours during the month. If a part-time employee worked at least
75 percent of the normal working hours for the month, one fuU-time
employee was added.
Over 340 letters were du-ected to contributors concerning adjust-
ments, exclusion of employees not paid from funds allocated for
police department personnel, and other items relating to the uniformity
of the data.
Table 13.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION
City
ALABAMA
Anniston
Bessemer
B irmingham
Gadsen
Mobile --
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
ARIZONA
Phoenix
Tucson
ARKANSAS
Fort Smith-
Hot Springs
Little Rock
North Little Rock..
Pine Bluff
CALIFORNIA
Alameda
Alliambra
Bakersfield
Berkeley
Beverly Hills
Burbank
Compton.
Fresno
Glondale. -
Huntington Park...
Ingle wood
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Lynwood
Oakland
Palo Alto
Pasadena
Pomona _
Rcdondo Beach
Redwood City
Richmond
Riverside
Number of police
department employees
TOTAL
Police
oflBcers
Civil-
ians
46
45
1
34
34
423
379
44
77
76
1
166
142
24
156
143
13
54
52
2
213
180
33
79
69
10
51
49
2
38
37
1
126
117
9
61
61
36
36
73
67
6
76
66
10
102
91
11
138
132
6
76
65
11
116
88
28
61
50
11
190
169
21
162
123
39
47
46
1
61
56
5
421
327
94
5,139
4,192
947
28
789
38
27
658
36
1
131
2
193
150
43
52
46
6
30
45
29
43
1
2
143
128
15
82
77
5
City
CALIFORNIA— Con.
Sacramento
San Bernardino.
San Diego
San Francisco...
San Jose
San Leandro
San Mateo
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara..
Santa Monica...
South Gate
Stockton
Vallejo
COLORADO
Colorado Springs.
Denver
Pueblo
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Bristol
East Hartford..
Greenwich
Hartford
Meriden
Middletown...
New Britain...
Now Haven
New London. .-
Norwalk
Norwich
Stamford
Stratford.
Torrington
Waterbury
West Hartford.
West Haven...
TOTAL
DELAWARE
Wilmington
Number of police
department employees
263
148
481
1,673
136
38
53
74
78
154
51
127
79
76
632
75
360
65
56
102
306
80
43
160
427
64
86
51
175
51
58
273
76
65
246
Police Civil-
officers ians
230
116
406
1,576
128
34
51
70
64
121
49
114
65
68
536
348
64
48
91
262
78
40
145
398
61
82
49
165
49
57
256
71
55
216
30
25
Table 13.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 POPULATION— Continued
City
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
FLORIDA
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Key West
Lakeland
Miami Beach
Orlando
Panama City
Pensacola
St. Petersburg
Tallahassee
Tampa
West Palm Beach
GEORGIA
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
La Grange ._
Macon
Rome
Savannah
IDAHO
Boise
Pocatello
IILIWOIS
Alton _
Aurora
BellevUle
Berwyn
Bloomington
Champaign
Chicago
Cicero
Danville
Decatur
East St. Louis
Elgin
Evanston
Galesburg
Granite City
Joliet
Kankakee
Maywood
Moline
Oak Park
Peoria
Qulncy
Rock Island
Rockford
Springfield
Waukegan
INDIANA
Anderson ._
Bloomington
East Chicago
Elkhart
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary
Hammond
Indlanapwlis
Number of police
department employees
TOTAL
Police
officers
Civil-
ians
2,223
2,065
158
67
61
6
79
69
10
44
40
4
360
306
54
26
26
35
29
6
170
128
42
97
85
12
39
32
7
79
69
10
111
97
14
52
51
1
211
187
24
75
70
5
43
42
1
43
42
1
739
643
90
165
149
16
120
120
38
37
1
109
107
2
44
38
6
176
157
19
62
53
9
38
33
5
40
40
58
55
3
32
31
1
45
45
39
35
4
34-
34
7,647
7,035
612
106
105
1
32
32
60
47
3
97
79
18
41
40
1
128
90
38
36
32
4
22
22
71
67
4
26
25
1
24
24
32
29
3
78
74
4
147
140
7
47
43
4
44
44
104
97
7
109
93
16
42
40
2
72
67
5
39
36
3
128
122
6
58
54
4
188
171
17
198
194
4
249
202
47
140
123
17
859
745
114
INDIANA— Con.
Kokomo
LaFayette
Marion
Michigan City
Mishawaka
Muncie
New Albany
Richmond
South Bend
Terre Haute
IOWA
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Mason City
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo
KANSAS
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Saliaa
Topeka
Wichita
KENTUCKY
Covington
Lexington
Louisville
Newport
Owensboro
Paducah
LOUISIANA
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport
MAINE
Bangor...
Lewiston
Portland
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Cumberland
Hagerstown
MASSACHUSETTS
Arlington
Belmont
Beverly
Boston
Brockton
Brookline
Cambridge.
Chelsea
Number of police
department employees
TOTAL
67
53
43
45
47
100
32
51
183
91
33
45
92
210
48
25
22
39
32
99
72
36
165
32
121
229
83
94
516
55
52
59
61
136
40
28
55
1,005
140
58
54
118
2,553
53
55
82
50
74
3,052
113
136
232
Police
Civil-
officers
ians
57
53
43
44
1
42
5
90
10
32
51
171
12
89
2
32
1
80
8
28
40
5
85
7
189
21
47
1
25
22
32
7
31
1
78
21
71
1
33
3
143
22
30
2
93
28
189
40
79
4
88
6
470
46
48
7
50
2
59
59
2
121
15
37
3
28
45
10
1,005
130
io
46
12
51
3
111
7
2,227
326
48
5
49
6
75
7
45
5
74
2,826
226
108
5
131
6
224
84
8
5
26
Table 13.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR 30,
1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
City
MASSACHUSETTS— Con.
Chicopee
Everett
Fall River
Fitchburg
Framingham
Gloucester
Haverhill
Holyoke
Lawrence
Lowell -
Maiden —
Melrose
New Bedford.
Northampton
Pittsfleld
Quincy..-
Revere
Salem
SomervUIe
Springfield
Taunton
Waltham
Watertown _
Weymouth
Worcester .
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor...
Battle Creek.-
Bay City
Dearborn
Detroit
Femdale
Flint -.
Grand Rapids
Hamtramck
Highland Park
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing. _.
Muskegon
Pontiac.
Port Huron
Royal Oak_
Saginaw
Wyandotte.- -
MINNESOTA
I5uluth
Minneapolis
Rochester
St. Cloud.
St. Paul
Winona
MISSISSIPPI
Greenville
Hattiesburg
Jackson. - -
Laurel
Meridian
Vicksburg
MISSOURI
Columl)ia
Independence
Jefferson City
Joplin
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Springfield
University City
Number of police
department employees
TOTAI
Police
officers
Civil-
ians
81
78
3 'i
119
1)6
3
243
222
21 •
77
69
8
33
33
46
44
2
66
65
1
124
123
1
145
141
4
202
190
12
121
121
60
51
9
215
203
12
37
37
81
79
2
149
143
6
80
69
11
87
80
7
160
158
2
370
3.50
20
65
58
7
71
66
5
74
69
5
49
47
2
384
354
30
66
60
6
54
46
8
89
74
15
197
173
24
4,618
4,235
383
43
40
3
320
243
77
263
219
44
100
96
4
121
109
12
75
70
5
111
97
14
145
141
4
75
69
6
115
99
16
50
40
10
57
50
7
141
133
8
65
56
9
145
133
12
644
582
62
42
41
1
32
31
1
374
352
22
34
34
42
38
4
28
28
164
126
38
26
26
70
61
9
33
33
34
31
3
36
35
1
29
29
40
38
2
711
565
146
105
98
7
2,333
1,892
441
98
89
9
44
43
1
City
MONTANA
Billings
Butte
Great Falls.
NEBRASKA
Lincoln .
Omaha..
NEVADA
Reno-
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord
Manchester.
Nashua. _ .
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City
Bayonne
Belleville
Bloomfield
Camden
Clifton
East Orange
Elizabeth..-
Garfield
Hackensack
Hamilton
Hoboken
Irvington
Jersey City
Kearney
Linden
Maple wood
Montclair
New Brunswick.
Newark
North Bergen
Nutley
Orange
Passaic
Paterson
Perth .\mboy
Plainfleld
Teaneck
Trenton
Union City
Union.
West New York.
West Orange
NEW MEXICO
.A.lbuquerque-
RoswelL
Santa Fe
NEW YORK
Albany
Amsterdam . .
Auburn
Bingham ton.
Buffalo
Elmira
Hempstead
Irondequoit--
Ithaca
Jamestown...
Kingston
Lackawanna.
Lockport . . -
Number of police
department employees
TOTAL
109
350
86
45
126
49
211
217
61
91
285
89
142
256
41
60
61
177
110
1,010
113
102
49
108
72
1,371
106
37
95
128
266
93
84
45
259
137
77
88
65
318
42
56
126
1,418
100
67
25
42
61
43
65
34
27
Table 13.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
NEW YORK— Con.
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
New York
Newburgh
Niagara Falls
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Rome
Schenectady --
Syracuse --
Troy --
IJtica
Watertown
White Plains
Yonkers
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
Fayette ville -
Greensboro
High Point
Kannapolis
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo
Grand Forks. _ - - -
OHIO
Akron
Alliance
Barberton
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cleveland Heights. -.
Columbus --
Cuyahoga Falls
Dayton
East Cleveland
Elyria.-- _-_
Euclid
Hamilton
Lakewood
Lima
Lorain. _
Mansfield
Marion --.
MassiUon
Middletown
Newark
Norwood
Parma
Portsmouth
Sandusky
Shaker Heights
Springfield
Steuben vUle
Toledo
Warren
Youngstown
ZanesvOle
OKLAHOMA
Enid
Lawton
Muskogee -..
Norman
Oklahoma City ._
Tulsa
Number of police
department employees
161
152
20,052
60
170
84
548
43
172
411
193
169
48
119
271
222
120
70
145
77
23
111
49
90
173
304
30
31
148
910
2,120
90
557
24
326
53
39
66
75
80
53
53
46
32
27
59
36
47
31
49
33
61
88
43
466
54
290
33
39
39
47
17
350
260
147
14
137
15
9,147
905
60
158
12
72
12
432
116
43
161
11
332
79
152
41
159
10
45
3
113
6
240
31
79
1
192
30
100
20
64
6
125
20
.71
6
22
1
89
22
46
3
77
13
148
25
48
9
27
2
256
48
30
27
4
143
5
876
34
1,786
334
65
25
461
96
23
1
287
39
45
8
36
3
55
11
73
2
63
17
49
4
53
44
2
31
1
27
56
3
35
1
44
3
29
2
48
1
32
1
60
1
80
8
43
391
75
52
2
257
33
33
38
1
36
3
44
3
17
314
36
237
23
Number of police
department employees
OREGON
Eugene
Portland
Salem
PENNSYLVANIA
Abington
Aliquippa
Allentown
Altoona
Bethlehem
Chester
Easton
Erie
Harrisburg
Haverford...
Hazleton...
Tohnstovm ^
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lower Merion
McKeesport
Mount Lebanon
New Castle
New Kensington
Norristown
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton
Sharon
Upper Darby
Washington -.
Wtlkes-Barre
Wilkinsburg
Williamsport
York
RHODE ISLAND
Cranston
East Providence
Newport
Pawtucket
Providence
Warwick
Woonsocket
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Spartanburg
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
Jackson
Johnson City
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Oak Ridge
TEXAS
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
49
766
34
36
125
105
79
78
46
194
136
45
30
88
77
35
110
92
40
62
31
45
,884
,465
178
186
34
137
32
98
43
48
81
74
71
89
162
520
62
156
142
126
75
161
35
36
183
438
330
53
69
116
186
110
63
38
665
65
34
29
117
102
72
69
44
171
124
42
30
80
73
35
99
79
38
51
31
45
4,182
1,414
131
173
33
104
30
95
28
47
80
149
441
60
94
140
129
115
69
151
35
32
153
355
276
51
65
110
153
106
42
28
Table 13.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES OVER 25,000 IX POPULATION— Continued
City
TEXAS— Continued
Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
Laredo
Lubbock
Odessa--
Port Arthur
San Angelo
San Antonio
Temple -.-
Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls
UTAH
Ogden_-
Provo
Salt Lake City
VERMONT
Burlington
VIRGINIA
Alexandria
Arlington
Charlottesville. - - - - .
Danville
Hampton
Lynchburg —
Newport News
Norfolk
Petersburg
Portsmouth
Richmond ..- _.
Roanoke —
WASHINGTON
Bellingham —
Bremerton
Number of police
department employees
TOTAL
Police
officers
Civil-
ians
120
106
14
571
491
80
173
141
32
421
380
41
822
615
207
52
48
4
116
99
17
60
52
8
58
56
2
55
55
395
327
68
30
29
1
40
40
102
99
3
70
63
7
63
59
4
34
27
7
249
229
20
45
42
3
103
94
9
130
113
17
41
39
2
70
69
1
60
57
3
66
63
3
71
65
6
336
298
38
49
46
3
93
86
7
343
309
34
124
119
5
44
42
2
62
45
7
City
WASHINGTON— Con.
Everett.-
Seattle
Spokane --.
Taeoma
Vancouver
Yakima •--
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston
Clarksburg
Fairmont-.
Huntington
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Wheeling
WISCONSIN
Appleton
Beloit
Eau Claire
Fond du Lae
Green Bay -..
Kenosha.'
La Crosse.
Madison
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Racine
Sheboygan
Superior
Wausau
Wau watosa
West Allis.- -
WYOMING
Cheyenne
HAWAn
Honolulu
Number of police
department employees
TOTAI
51
779
224
224
52
68
108
30
29
104
20
32
80
42
46
57
39
85
81
69
161
41
1,558
60
125
55
58
41
52
73
48
Police
officers
678
198
184
52
59
42
43
49
36
80
73
63
127
39
1,441
60
114
55
57
41
52
71
40
Civil-
ians
3
101
26
40
34
2
117
29
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000
City
ALABAMA
Albortville ..
Alexander City...
Aliceville
Andalusia.
Athens..
Atmore...
Attalla-
Auburn
Bay Minette
Boaz
Brewton
Primdidge
Chickasaw
Childersburg
Clan ton
Cordova.
Cullman
Decatur.
Dothan
Elba
Enterprise
Evergrpcn
Fairfield
Fairhope
Fayette
Florala
Florence.
Fort Payne
Geneva
Greenville
Guntersville
Hartselle
Home wood
Jackson
.Jacksonville
Jasper
Lanett
Iveeds
Lipscomb
Marion
Monroeville
Mountain Brook.
Northport
Oneonta..
Opelika
Opp
Phenix City
Piedmont
Prattville
Prichard
Roanoke
Selma
Shawmut
Sheffield
Sylacauga
Talladega...
Tallassee
Troy
Tuscumbia
Tuskegee
Union Springs .._
Wetumpka
ARIZONA
.\jo .
Avondale
Pisbee
Casa Grande
Chandler
Clifton
Coolidge
Douglas.
Eloj
Flagstafl
Glen dale
Globe
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
ARIZONA— Con.
Kingman
Mesa
Miami
Nogales
Prescott
Tempe
ToUeson
Winslow
Yuma
ARKANSAS
Arkadelphia
Batesvillo
Bentonville
Bbtheville._
Brinkley
Camden
Clarendon
Clarksville
Conway
Crossett
De Queen
De Witt
El Dorado
Eudora
Fayette ville
Fordyce
Hamburg
Harrison
Helena
Hope
Jonesboro
Magnolia
Malvern
Marianna
Marked Tree
Mena
Monticello
Morrllton
Nashville
Newport
Osceola
Paris
Piggott
Pocahontas.
Prescott
Russellville
Searcy
Siloam Springs
Springdale
Stamps
Stuttgart
Texarkana
Trumann
Van Buren...
Warren
West Helena
Wynne
CAUFORNIA
Albany
Alturas
Anaheim
Antioch
Arcadia...
Areata
Atherton
Atwater
Auburn
Azusa
Baiming
Barstow
Beaumont
Bell-
Belmont
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
CAUFORNIA— Con.
Benicia
Bishop
Blythe -
Brawley
Brea
Burlingame
Calexico
Carmel by the Sea...
Chico
Chino
Chowcbilla
Chula Vista
Claremont
Clovis.
Coachella
Coalinga
Colton
Colusa
Concord
Corcoran
Coming
Corona
Coronado
Covina
Culver City
Daly City.... .-
Davis
Delano
Dinuba
El Cajon
El Centro
El Cerrito
El Monte
El Segundo
Emeryville
Escondido
Eureka
Exeter
Fairfax
Fairfield
Fillmore
Fontana
Fort Bragg
Fullerton
Gardena
Gilroy
Glendora
Grass Valley
Hanford
Hawthorne
Hay ward
Healdsburg
Hemet
Hermosa Beach
Hillsborough
Hollister
Huntington Beach...
Indio
La Habra
La Mesa
La Verne
Laguna Beach
Larkspur
Lindsay
Livermore
Lodi
Lompoc
Los Banos
Los Gatos
Madera
Manhattan Beach...
Manteca...
Martinez
Marysville
Maywood
Menlo Park
Merced
30
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
CALIFORNIA— Con.
Mm Valley.. _ _.
Millbrae
Modesto
Monrovia
Monte hello
Monterey
Monterey Park
Mountain View
Napa...
National City
Needles
Nevada City
Newport Beach
North Sacramento...
Oakdale
Oceanside
Ojai
Ontario
Orange
Oroville
Oxnard
Pacific Orove
Palm Springs
Paso Robles
Petaluma
Piedmont -..
Pittsburg
Placerville
Port Hueneme
Porterville
Red Bluff
Redding
Redlands
Reedley
Rialto
Riverbank
Roseville
Salinas
San Anselmo
San Bruno
San Carlos
San Fernando
San Gabriel
San Luis Obispo
San Marino
San Pablo
San Rafael
Sanger
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Santa Maria
Santa Paula.. _
Santa Rosa
Sausallto..
Seal Beach
Sebastopol
Selma
Sierra Madre
Signal Hill
South Pasadena
South San Francisco.
Sunnyvale
Susanville
Taft -
Torrance
Tracy
Tulare.
Turlock.
Ukiah
Upland
Vacavllle
Ventura
Vlsalia
Wasco
Watsonvlllc-
Weed
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
CALIFORNIA— Con.
West Covina.
Whittier
Willits
Willows
Woodlake
Woodland
Yreka City...
Yuba Citv-.--
COLORADO
Alamosa
Aurora
Boulder
Brighton
Canon City
Cortez --
Craig
Delta
Durango
Englewood
Florence
Fort Collins
Fort Morgan
Golden
Grand Junction..
Greeley
Gunnison
La Junta
Lamar
Leadville
Littleton
Longmont
Loveland
Manitou Springs.
Monte Vista
Montrose...
Rocky Ford
Salida
Sterling.
Trinidad
Walsenburg
CONNECTICUT
Ansonia
Bethel...
Branford
Danbury
Danielson
Derby...
Groton
Jewctt City
Naugatuck
Plymouth
Putnam..
Rockville...
Shelton
Southlngton
Stafford Springs.
Thomaston
Thompson ville..
Wallinpford-
WiUimantic
Winsted
DELAWARE
Dover.
Elsmere
Laurel
Lewes
Milford
New Castle.
Newark
Seaford
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
FLORIDA
Apalachicola
Arcadia
Aubumdale
i Avon Park
Bartow
Belle Glade
Boynton Beach
Bradenton
Chipley
Clearwater.
Cocoa.
Coral Gables
Crestview
Dade City
Dania
De Funiak Springs..
De Land
Dunedin
Eustis
Fernandina.
Fort Meade.
Fort Myers
Fort Pierc*
Green Cove Springs.
Gulfport
Haines City
Hallandale
Hialeah
Holly Hill
Hollywood
Homestead
Jacksonville Beach..
Kissimmee
Lake City..
Lake Wales
Lake Worth
Leesburg
Live Oak
Madison
Marianna
Melbourne
Miami Shores
Miami Springs
Mount Dora
New Smyrna Beach.
North Miami
Ocala
Opalocka.
Ormond.
Palatka...
Palm Beach
Palmetto
Perry
Pinellas Park
Plant City
Pompano Beach
Quincy
Riviera Beach
St. Augustine
St. Cloud
Sanford
Sarasota
Sebring
South Miami
Starke
Stuart
Titus ville
Vero Beach
Wauchula
West Miami..
Winter Garden
Winter Haven
Winter Park
Number
of police
depart-
ment em
ployees
31
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
GEORGIA
Adel
Alma
Americus
Ashbum
Bainbridge
Barnes ville
Baxley
Brunswick
Buford
Cairo
Calhoun
Camilla
Canton
CarroUton
Carters ville
Cedartown
Chamblee
Cochran
College Park
Commerce
Cordele
Covington
Cuthbert _.
Dawson
Decatur
Donalsonville.--
Douglas
Dublin
East Point
Eastman
Eatonton
Elberton
Fitzgerald
Forest Park
Forsyth
Gainesville
Greensboro
GrifSn
Hape ville
Hartwell
Hawkins ville
Hazelhurst
Hogans ville
Jesup
Lafayette
Lawrence ville. -
Manchester
Marietta
Milledge ville- --
MiUen
Monroe
Moultrie
Newnan
Ocilla
Pelham
Porterdale
Quitman
Rockmart
Statesboro
Summerville
Swainsboro
Sylvania
Sylvester
Tallapoosa
Thomaston
Thomas ville
Thomson
Tifton
Valdosta
Vidalia
Warner Robins.
Washington
Waycross
West Point
Winder.
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
IDAHO
Alameda
Blackfoot
Buhl
Burlev --_
Caldwell
Coeur d'Alene
Emmett
Gooding
Idaho Falls
Jerome
Kellogg
Lewiston
Malad City
Montpelier
Moscow
Nampa.-.
Payette
Preston
Rexburg.. __
Rupert
St. .\nthony
Salmon
Sandpoint
Twin Falls
Wallace
Weiser
IIIINOIS
Aledo
Anna
Arlington Heights
Barrington
Batavia
Beardstown
Bellwood
Belvidere
Blue Island
Bradley
Brookfleld
Bushnell
Cairo
Calumet City
Canton
Carbondale
Carlin ville
Carlyle
Carmi
Carthage
Casey
Centralia
Charleston
Chicago Heights -
Chillicothe
Christopher
Clinton
Colllnsville
Creve Coeur
Crystal Lake
De Kalb
Des Plaines
Dolton
Downers Grove.-.
Du Quoin
Dwight
East Alton
East Moline
East Peoria
Edwardsville
Effingham
Eldorado
Elmhurst---
Elmwood Park, ..
Evergreen Park- .
Fairfield
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
ILLINOIS— Con.
Farmington
Flora
Forest Park
Franklin Park
Freeport
Fulton _.
Galena
Geneseo
Geneva
Georgetown
Gibson City
Gillespie
Glen Ellyn
Gleneoe
Glenview
Greenville
Harrisburg
Harvard
Harvey
Havana
Herrin
Highland
Highland Park..
Highwood
Hillsboro
Hinsdale
Homewood
Hoopeston
Jacksonville
Jersey ville
Johnston City...
Kenilworth
Kewanee
La Grange
La Grange Park.
La Salle
Lake Forest
Lansing
Lawrenceville
Lemont
Lewistown
Libertyville
Lincoln,. .
Lincolnwood
Litchfield
Lockport
Lombard
Loves Park
Lyons
Macomb
Madison
Marengo
Marion
Markham
Marseilles
Marshall
Mascoutah
Mattoon
McLeansboro
Melrose Park
Mendota
Metropolis
Midlothian
Momence
Monmouth
Monticello
Morris
Morrison
Morton
Morton Grove. _.
Mount CarmeL .
Mount Prospect
Mount Vernon..
Mundelein
Murphysboro
Naperville
268453°— 53 5
32
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
ILLINOIS— Continued
Newton
Niles
Nokomis
Normal
North Chicago
North Lalfe
North Riverside - _
Northbrook
Oak Lawn
Oglesby
Olney
Oregon
Ottawa.
Palatine
Pana
Park Forest
Park Ridge
Paxton
Pekin
Peoria Heights
Peru
Pinekney ville
Pittsfield
Pontiae
Princeton
Rantoul
River Forest
River Grove
Riverdale
Riverside
Robinson
RochcUe
Rock Falls
Rockdale Junction.
Rush ville
St. Charles
Salem
Sandwich
Savanna
Shelby ville
Silvis
Skokie
South Beloit..
South Holland
Sparta.-
Spring Valley
Staunton
Steger
Sterling
Stickney
Streator
Sullivan
Summit
Sycamore
Taylorville
Urbana
Vandalia
Venice.. --
Villa Park..-
Virden
Washington
Waterloo. .
Watseka
Westchester
West Chicago
Western Springs...
Westmont...
Westville.
Wheaton
White Hall
Wilmette
Wilmington
Winnetka
Wood River..
Woodstock
Zeigler..
Zion...
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
Number
of police
dei)art-
meiit
employees
INDIANA
Alexandria
Angola.
Attica
Auburn
Aurora
Batesville
Bedford
Beech Grove
Bicknell
Bluffton
Boonville
Brazil
Bremen
Brookville
Cambridge City...
Charlestown
Chesterton
Clarksville
Clinton
Columbia City
Columbus
Connersville
Crawfordsville
Crown Point
Danville
Decatur
Delphi
Dunkirk
East Gary
Edinburg
Elwood
Fairmount
Frankfort
Franklin
Garrett
Gas City
Goshen
Greencastle
Greenfield
Greensburg
Greenwood
Griffith
Hartford City
Highland
Hobart
Huntingburg
Huntington
Jasonville
Jasper
Jefferson ville
Kendall ville
La Porte
Lawrence burg
Lebanon
Linton.-
Logansport
Madison
Martinsville
Mitchell
Monticello
Mount Vernon
Munster
Nappanec
New Castle
Noblesville --
North Manchester
North Vernon
Oakland City
Paoli
Peru
Petersburg
Plainfleld
Plymouth
Portland
Princeton...
Rensselaer
Rochester
City
INDIANA— Con.
Rush ville
Salem
Scottsburg.
Seymour
Shelby ville...
Speedway
Sullivan
Tell City.
Tipton
Union City
Valparaiso
Vincennes
Wabash
Warsaw
Washington
West Lafayette
West Terre Haute .
Whiting
Winchester
IOWA
Albia..
Algona
Ames
Anamosa ..-
Atlantic
Audubon
Belle Plaine
Bettcnilorf
Bloomfield
Boone
Carroll..
Cedar Falls.
Centerville
Chariton
Charles City
Cherokee
Clarinda..
Clarion..
Clear Lake
Creston
De Witt..
Decorah..
Denison
Eagle Grove
Eldora..
Emmetsburg
Estherville..
Fairfield
Forest City
Fort Madison
Glenwood
Grirmell
Hampton
Harlan
Hawarden
Humboldt
Indoi)endence
Indianola
Iowa Falls
Jefferson
Keokuk
Knoxville
Le Mars
Manchester
Maquoketa
Marion
Marshalltown
Missouri Valley
Monticello
Mount Pleasant...
Muscatine
Nevada
New Hampton
Newton..
Oelwein
Number
of police
depart- '
ment em-
ployees
33
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
IOWA— Continued
Onawa
Osage
Osceola ._
Oskaloosa
Pella... .-_
Perry.
Red Oak
Rock Rapids
Sac City
Sheldon
Shenandoah
Sibley
Spencer
Storm Lake
Tama
Tipton_
Vinton
Washington
Waukon _.
Waverly
Webster City
West Des Moines
Winterset
KANSAS
Abilene
Anthony
Arkansas City
Atchison
Augusta
Baxter Springs
Belleville.
Beloit
Caney
Chanute
Cherry vale.- .-.
Clay Center
Coffevville
Colby
Columbus
Concordia
Council Grove
Dodge City
El Dorado
Ellinwood
Ellis.
Emporia.-
Eureka
Fort Scott
Fredonia
Garden City
Garnett
Goodland
Great Bend
Hays
Herington
Hiawatha
Hoisington
Helton
Hugoton
Independence
lola
Junction City
Kingman
Lamed
LawTence
Leavenworth
Liberal
Lyons
Manhattan
Marysville
McPherson
Neodesha
Newton
Norton
Olathe
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
KANSAS— Continued
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Paola
Parsons
Phillipsburg
Pittsburg
Pratt
Russell
Scott City
Wellington
Winfleld
KENTUCKY
Bardstown
Belle vue
Berea
Bowling Green
Carrollton
Catlettsburg
Central City
Corbin
Cumberland
Cynthiana
Danville..
Dayton
Elizabethto wn
Elsmere
Erlanger
Fort Thomas
Frankfort
Franklin
Fulton...
Georgetown
Glasgow
Greenville
Harlan
Harrodsburg
Hazard
Henderson
Hopkins villa
Jenkins
Lebanon
London...
Ludlow
Mayfield
Maysville
Middlesboro
Monticello
Morehead
Morganfield
Mount Sterling
Paintsville
Paris
Park Hills
Pikeville
Pineville
Prestonsburg
Princeton
Providence
Richmond
Russell ville
Shelby ville
Somerset
South Fort Mitchell..
Versailles
Winchester
LOUISIANA
Abbeville
Amite
Bastrop
Berwick
Bogalusa
Bossier City
Bunkie
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
LOUISIANA-Con.
Church Point- -
4
De Quincy
3
De Ridder..
5
Donaldsonville
Ferriday
6
3
Franklin ..
g
Hammond-.
11
Harahan - ...
2
HaNTiesville
3
Homer
Houma
5
17
Jackson
1
3
Jennings .
7
Jonesboro
Kaplan
4
4
10
Leesville
11
Mansfield
5
Minden... .
10
Morgan City ..
11
Natchitoches.. . -.
12
New Iberia
20
4
Opelousas
15
Pineville..
5
Plaquemine. .
g
4
Port Allen ...
3
Ravne
10
10
St. Martinville
SlidelL.
3
4
Springhill
5
Tallulah
7
10
Ville Platte..
g
Vinton
4
West Monroe
14
Winnfield
6
4
MAms
Auburn
25
Augusta..
25
Bar Harbor..
4
Bath
13
Belfast
6
Biddeford
14
Brewer..
7
Brunswick
Calais..
12
6
Camden
Caribou .
4
s
Dexter
2
Dover Fo.xcroft
Eastport
2
2
Ellsworth
5
Fairfield
3
Farmington
8
Gardiner
7
Hallowell
Houlton
4
9
Kennebunk
4
Kittery
9
Lincoln . ..
3
Livermore Falls
Madawaska
1
3
Madison
1
Millinocket ...
5
Norway
2
Old Orchard Beach...
Old Town
7
7
Orono.
4
Pittsfield
3
Presque Isle
9
34
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR.
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
30,
City
MAINE— Continued
Rockland
Rumford -
Saco
Sanford
Skowhegan
South Portland -
Waterville
Westbrook
Winslow
MARYLAND
Annapolis
Bel Air
Bladensburg
Brentwood
Brunswick
Cambridge
Capitol Heights.
Cheverly
Crisfleld.
Easton
Elkton
Frederick
Frostburg
Oreenbelt
Havre de Grace.
Hyattsville
Laurel
Mount Rainier. .
Poeomoke City..
Riverdale
Salisbury
Takoma Park
Westcrnport
MASSACHUSETTS
Abington
Adams
Amesbury
Amhurst
Andover
AthoL
Attleboro
Auburn__ --
Ayer
Barnstable
Blackstone
Braintree_
Bridgewater -
Canton
Clinton
Concord..
Dalton
Danvers
Dartmouth
Dedham.--
Dracut
Easthampton
Fairhaven ^-
Falmouth..
Foxborough
Franklin -
Gardner
Great Barrington.
Greenfield
Hingham...
Hudson.
Ipswich
Lee
Leominster
Lexington
Ludlow ._
Marblehead
Marlboro
Maynard...
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
MASSACHUSETTS-
Continiud
Methuen
Middleborough
Milford .--
Millbury
Milton
Montague
Nantucket
Natick
Necdhani
Newburyport
North Adams
North Andover
North Attleboro
North Brookfleld..
Northbridge
Norwood
Orange
Palmer
Peabody... --.
Plymouth
Province town
Randolph
Reading
Rockland
Rockport
Saugus
Sharon_..
Somerset
South Hadley
Southbridge
Spencer
Stoneham
Stoughton
S wampscott
Wakefield
Walpole.
Ware
Webster
Wellesley
West Springfield
Westborough
Westfield
Whitman
Williamstown
Winchendon
Winchester
Winthrop
Woburn
MICHIGAN
Adrian
Albion..
Algouae
Allegan
Allen Park
Alma
Alpena
Bad Axe
Belding
Benton Harbor
Berkley
Bessemer
Big Rapids.
Birmingham
Boyne City
Buchanan
Cadillac
Caro
Center I^ine
Charlevoix
Charlotte
Cheboygan
Chelsea....
Clawson -..
Coldwater
Dowagiac
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
mCHIGAN-Con.
Durand
East Detroit
East Grand Rapids..
East Lansing
Eaton Rapids
Ecorse
Escanaba
Esscxville
Fenton
Fremont
Garden City
Gladstone
Grand Haven.
Grand Ledge
Greenville . .
Grosse Pointe
Qrosse Pointe Farms
Grosse Pointe Park..
Grosse Pointe Woods
Hancock
Hastings
Hazel Park
Hillsdale
Holland
Houghton - .
Howell
Hudson
Huntington Woods. -
Inkster
Ionia
Iron Moimtain
Iron River
Ironwood
Ishpeming
Ktngsford
Lapeer
Laurium
Livonia
Ludington
Manistee
Manisti<4ue
Marine City.
Marquette _
Marshall
Marysville
Mason
MelvLndale
Menonmiee
Midland
Milan
Monroe
Mount Clemens
Mount Morris
Mount Pleasant
Munising
Muskegon Heights...
Negaunee
Newberry
Niles
Northville
Norway
Otsego
Owosso
Petoskev
Plain well
Pleasant Ridge
Plymouth
River Rouge
Rochester
Rogers City
Romeo.
Roseville -
St. Clair
St. Clair Shores
St. Ignace —
St. Johns
St. Joseph
Number
of police
dejiart-'
ment em-
ployees
I
35
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
MICHIGAN— Cod.
St. Louis
Sault Ste Marie-
South Haven
Sturgis
Tecumseh
Three Rivers
Traverse City...
Trenton
Vassar
Wakefield
Wayne
Ypsilanti
Zeeland
MINNESOTA
Albert Lea
Alexandria
Anoka
Austin
Bayport
Beniidji
Benson
Blue Earth
Brainerd.
Breckenridge
Brooklyn Center
Chisholm.
Cloquet
Columbia Heights..
Crookston
Crystal
Detroit Lakes
East Grand Forks. .
Edina
Ely
Eveleth ___.....
Fairmont
Faribault
Fergus Falls
Fridlcy
Glencoe
Glenwood
Golden Valley
Grand Rapids
Granite Falls
Hastings
Hibbing
Hopkins
Hutchinson
International Falls.
Lake City
Le Sueur
Litchfield
Little Falls
Luverne
Mankato
Marshall
Montevideo
Moorhead
Morris
New Ulm
North Mankato. --
North St. Paul
Northfleld
Ortonville
Owatorma
Park Rapids
Pipestone
Proctor
Red Wing
Redwood Falls
Richfield
Robbinsdale
St. James
St. Louis Park
St. Peter
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
MINNESOTA— Con.
Sauk Centre
Sauk Rapids.
Shakopee
Sleepy Eye
South St. Paul-.-.
Springfield
Staples..-
Stillwater
Thief River Falls.
Tracy
Two Harbors
Virginia
Wadena
Waseca
West St. Paul
White Bear Lake.
Willmar
Windom
Worthington
MISSISSIPPI
Aberdeen
Amory
Bay St. Louis..
Booneville
Clarksdale
Cleveland
Columbia
Corinth
Ellisville
Forest
Greenwood
Grenada
Hazlehurst
Indianola
Kosciusko
Leland
Lexington
Louisville
McComb
Moss Point
Natchez
Newton
Ocean Springs-
Oxford
Pascagoula
Philadelphia...
Port Gibson...
Tupelo
Waynesboro. --
West Point
Winona
Yazoo City
MISSOURI
Aurora
Berkeley
Bethany
Boonville
Brentwood
Brookfleld
Butler
California
Cameron
Cape Girardeau.
Carrollton
Carthage
Caruthersville...
Chaflee
Charleston
Chillicothe
Clayton
Clinton
Crystal City
Dexter.--
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
MISSOURI— Con.
Eldon
Eldorado Springs
Excelsior Springs
Farmington
Fayette
Ferguson
Festus
Florissant
Fredericktown
Fulton----
Glendale
Hannibal- - -
Harrisonville
Hayti
Higginsville
Jackson
Jennings.
Kennett
Kinloch
Kirksville
Kirkwood
Ladue
Lamar
Lebanon
Lees Summit
Liberty
Louisiana
Macon
Maiden
Maplewood
Marceline
Marshall
Maryville
Mexico
Moberly
Monett
Nevada
New Madrid
North Kansas City-
O verland
Pagedale
Poplar Bluff
Portage ville.
Richmond..
Richmond Heights..
Rock Hill
Rolla
St. Ann....
St. Charles
Salem
Sedalia
Shrewsbury --
Slater
SuUivan
Trenton
Valley Park
Vandalia
Warrensburg
Washington
Webb City
Webster Groves
Wellston
West Plains
MONTANA
Anaconda.-.
Bozeman
Cut Bank..
Deer Lodge.
DUlon
Glasgow
Glendive
Hamilton...
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
36
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
MONTANA— Con.
Laurel
Lowistown __
Livingston _
Miles City
Missoula.
Roundup
Shelby—.
Sidney
Whitefish
Wolf Point ._
NEBRASKA
Alliance
Auburn
Beatrice
Bellevue
Blair -
Broken Bow
Chadron
Columbus
Cozad
Crete....
Fairbury
Falls City
Gering
Gothenburg
Grand Island
Hastings...
Holdrege
Kearney _
Lexington
McCook
Nebraska City
Norfolk
North Platte
O'Neill
Ogallala
Plattsmouth
Schuyler
Scottsblufl
Seward
Sidney
South" Sioux City
Superior
Valentine
Wahoo
West Point
York
NEVADA
Boulder City
Carson City
Elko..
Fly
Las Vegas
North Las Vegas
Sparks
Winnemucca
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Berlin
Claremont-
Dcrry
Dover
Durham
ExcUt...
Franklin
Hanover
Keene
Laconia
Lebanon
Littleton
Milford
Newport
Number
of pohce
depart-
ment
employees
City
NEW HAMPSHIRE—
Continued
Portsmouth
Rochester
Somerworth
NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park
Atlantic Highlands
Audubon
Barrington
Belmar
Bergenfield
Beverly
Bogota
Boonton
Borden town
Bound Brook
Bradley Beach
Bridgeton
Burlington
Butler
Caldwell
Carlstadt
Carteret
Chatham
Clayton
Clemen ton
CHfiside Park
Closter
Collings wood
Cranford
Cresskill
Dover
Dumont
Dunellen
East Paterson
East Rutherford...
Eatontown
Edgewater
Englewood
Fair Haven
Fair Lawn
Fairview
Fanwood
Flemington
Florence
Fort Lee
Franklin
Freehold
Garwood-
Gibbstown
Glassboro...
Glen Ridge
Glen Rock
Gloucester City
Guttenberg...
Hackettstown
Haddon Heights...
Haddonfield..
Hammonton
Harrison
Hasbrouck Heights
Hawthorne
Highland Park. ..
Highlands
Hightstown
Hillsdale
Hillside
Keansburg
Kenilworth
Keyport
Lakcwood
Lambert ville
Leonia
Linden wold.
Little Ferry
Little Silver
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
NEW JERSEY— Con.
Lodi
Long Branch
Lyndhurst
Madison..
Manasquan
Manville
Margate City
Matawan
Maywood
Merchantville
Metuchen
Middlesex
Midland Park
Millburn
Milltovm
Millville
Morris Plains
M orristown
Mount Ephraim
Neptune
New M ilford
New Providence
Newton
North Arlington
North Haledon
North Plainfleld
Northfield.
Oaklyn
Ocean City...
Ocenn Grove
Oceanport
Oradell
Palisades Park
Palmyra
Paramus ^
Park Ridge
Pan Isboro
Penns Grove
Pennsauken
Phillipsburg
Pitman
Pleasantville
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Beach
Pompton Lakes
Princeton
Prospect Park
Rahway
Ramsey
Raritan
Red Bank
Ridgefield
Ridgefield Park
Ridgewood
River Edge
Riverside
Riverton..
Roselle
Roselle Park
Rumson
Runnemede
Rutherford
Salem
Sayre ville
Secaucus
Somerville
South Aniboy
South Bound Brook..
South Orange
South PlainHeld
South River
Sununit..
Tenaflv
Toms River
Totowa
Union Beach
Ventnor City...
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
■ 37
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
NEW JERSEY— Con.
Verona
Vineland
Waldwick
Wallington
Washington
Weehawken
West Caldwell
West Long Branch _ _
West Paterson
Westfield
Westville
Westwood
Wharton
Wildwood
Williamstown
Wood Ridge
Woodbury
Wood-Lynne
NEW MEXICO
Alamogordo
Artesia
Belen
Carlsbad
Clayton
Clovis
Deming
Farmington
Gallup
Hobbs
Las Vegas City
Las Vegas Towti
Lordsburg
Los Alamos
Portales
Raton
SOver City
Socorro
Tucumcari
NEW YORK
Albion
Amityville
Attica
Babylon
Baldwinsville
Ballston Spa
Batavia
Bath
Beacon
Blasdell
Brockport
Bronxville
Canajoharie
Canandai gua
Canastota
Canisteo
Canton
Carthage
CalskOl
Cobleskill
echoes
Cooperstown
Corinth
Corning
Cortland
Coxsackie
Croton-on-Hudson
Dansville
Depew
Dobbs Ferry
Dolgeville _
Dunkirk -
East Aurora
East Rochester
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
NEW YORK— Con.
East Syracuse
Ellen vDle
Elmira Heights
Elmsford
Endicott
Falconer
Fa vette vUle
Floral Park
Fort Edward
Fort Plain
Frankfort
Fredonia
Freeport
Fulton
Garden City
Geneseo
Geneva
Glen Cove
Glens Falls
Gloversville
Goshen
Gouverneur
Gowanda
Granville
Green Island
Greenport
Hamburg
Hamilton
Hastings on Hudson.
Haverstraw
Herkimer
Highland
Highland Falls
Homer
Hoosick Falls
Hornell
Horseheads
Hudson
Hudson Falls.-
Huntington
Dion
Irvington
Islip
Johnson City
Johnstown
Kenmore
Lake Placid
Lakewood
Lancaster
Larchmont
Le Roy
Liberty
Lindenhurst
Little Falls
Liverpool
Long Beach
Low ville
Lynbrook
Lyons
Malone
Malverne
Mamaroneck
Massena
Mechanicville
Medina..-
M iddletown
Mohawk
Monticello
Mount Kisco
Mount Morris.-
New York Mills
Newark
North Pelham
North Syracuse
North Tarrytown
North Tonawanda...
Northport
City
NEW YORK- Con.
Norwich
Nyack
Ogdensburg
Olean
Oneida
Oneonta
Ossining
Oswego
Owego
Palmyra
Patchogue
PeekskUl
Pelham Manor
Penn Yan
Plattsburg
Plcasantville
Port Chester .-.
Port Jervis
Potsdam
Rensselaer
Riverhead
RockviUe Centre
Rye
Salamanca
Saranac Lake
Saratoga Springs
Saugerties
Scarsdale
Scotia
Seneca Falls
Silver Creek
Sloan
Solvay
South Glens Falls...
South Nyack...
Southampton
Spring Valley
Sprmg vUle
SufEern
Tarrytown
Ticonderoga
Tonawanda
Tuckahoe
Tupper Lake
Walden
Wappingers Falls
Warsaw
Warwick
Waterford
Waterloo -.
Water vliet
Watklns Glen
Wellsville
Westfleld
Whitehall
Whitesboro
Yorkville
NORTH CAROLINA
Ahoskie
Albermarle
Asheboro
Beaufort
Belmont
Bessemer City
Boone
Brevard
Burlington
Canton
Chapel Hill
Concord
Cramerton
Draper
Dunn— - --
Edenton
Elizabeth City
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
38
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
NORTH CAROLINA
Continued
Elkin._ _
Farmville_
Forest City
Qastonia
Qoldsboro
Graham-
Greenville
Hamlet
Henderson
Henderson ville
Hickory
Jacksonville
Kings Mountain
Kinston.
Laurinburg.
Leaksville
Lenoir
Lexington
Lincointon
Loulsburg
Lumberton
Marion
Monroe
Mooresvllle. -..
Morehead City
Morganton
Mount Airy..
Mount Olive
Newton . -
North Wilkesboro. .
Oxford
Plymouth
Reidsville
Roanoke Rapids
Rockingham . . _
Roxboro
Rutherford ton
Salisbury
Sanford
Scotland Neck
Selma
Shelhv
Siler Citv-.-
Smithfield
Southern Pines
Spindale...
Statesville
Tarboro--.
Thomasville
Valdese...
Wadesboro--.
Wake Forest
Washington
Wavnesville
Whiteville
Williamston
WUson
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck
Devils Lake
Dickinson
Grafton
Jamestown
Mandan
Minot
Rugby
Valley City
Wahpeton
Willlston
OHIO
Ada
Amherst
Ashland
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
OHIO— Continued
Ashtabula _
Athens
Avon
Avon Lake
Barnesville _..
Bay
Bedford...
Bellaire
Bellefontaine
Bellevue..
Berea
Bexley...
Bowling Green
Brecksville
Bridgeport
Brook Park
Brooklyn
Bryan
Bucyrus
Cadiz
Cambridge
Campbell
Carey
CarroUton
Celina
Chagrin Falls
Cheviot
Chillicothe
Circleville
Clyde.-
Columbiana
Coshocton
Crestline
Deer Park
Defiance
Delaware
Deimison
Dover
East Liverpool
East Palestine
Eastlake
Eaton.'
Elmwood Place
Fairborn
Fairport Harbor
Fairview Park
Flndlay
Fostoria
Franklin
Fremont
Gallipolis
Garfield Heights
Geneva
Girard
Golf Manor
Grand view Heights..
Granville
Greenfield _
Greenhills
Greenville
Hicksville
nillsboro
Hubbard
Huron.-
Iron ton
Jackson...
Kent
Kenton...
Lancaster
Lebanon ..
Leetonia
Lincoln Heights
I/isbon
Lockland.
Logan . .
Louisville
Lyndhur.st
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
OHIO— Contmued
Madnira
Maple Heights
Mafiemont. ...
Marietta
Martins Ferry
Marysville . ...
Maumee.-
Mayfield Heights
Medina ..-.
Miamisburg
Middleport ..
Minerva . .
Mingo Junction
Montpelier
Mount Vernon
Napoleon
Nelsonville
New Boston
New Philadelphia...
Newburgh Heights..
Newcomersto wn . . . . .
Newton Falls..
Niles .. ..
North Baltimore
North Canton
North College Hill...
North Olmsted
North Royalton
Norwalk..
Oakwood
Oberlin
Orrville
Ottawa
Oxford
Painesville
Parma Heights . .
Perrysburg. ......
Piqua
Pomeroy
Port Clinton...
Ravenna ..
Reading .
Rittman.. .
Rocky River .
Rossford.. . .
St. Bernard
St. Clairsville
St. Marys
Salem
Sebring .
Shadvside
Shelby
Sidney
Solon
South Euclid
Strongsville
Struthers
Tallraadge
Tiffin ..
Tipp City
Toronto.-
Troy
Uhrichsville .
University Heights. .
Upper Arlington.. .-
Upper Sandusky
Urbana...
Van Wert.
Wadsworth.
Waiiakoneta
Warrciisville Heights
Washington C. H
Wauseon
Wellington
Wellston
Wellsville
West CarroUton
Number
of police'
depart-
ment em-
ployees
39
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
OHIO— Continued
Westerville
Westlake
Whitehall
Wickhffe
Willard
Willoughby
Willowick
Wilmington
Windham
Wooster
Wyoming
Xenia
OKLAHOMA
Ada
Altus
Alva
Anadarko
Antlers
Ardmore
Atoka
Bartlesville
Bethany
Blaekwell
Broken Arrow
Chandler
Checotah
Cherokee
Chickasha
Claremore.--
Clinton
Cordell
Cashing
Dewey _
Drumright _
Duncan
Durant
Edmond
El Reno
Elk City
Eufaula
Frederick ,
Guthrie
Guymon
Healdton
Henryetta
Hobart
Holden ville
Hollis
Hominy
Hugo_
Kingfisher
Konawa
Lindsay
Madill
Mangum _ ,
Marlow
McAlester.-
Miami
Midwest City
Nichols Hills
Nowata
Okmulgee
Pawhuska
Pawnee
Perry
Ponea City
Pryor Creek
Sallisaw
Sapulpa
Sayre
Seminole
Shawnee
Stillwater
Sulphur.-
Tahlequah
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
OKLAHOMA— Con.
Tonkawa
Vinita
Walters
Watonga
Wewoka
Woodward
OREGON
Albany
Ashland_ ._
Astoria
Baker
Beaverton.._
Bend
Bums
Coos Bay
Coquille
Corvallis
Dallas
Forest Grove
Grants Pass
Gresham
Hermiston
Hillsboro
Hood River
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Lebanon
McMinn ville
Medford
Milwaukie
Newberg
Newport _
North Bend,.
Nyssa
Ontario
Oregon City
Oswego
Pendleton
Prine vOle.
Redmond.
Roseburg
St. Helens
Silverton...
Springfield--.
Sweet Home
The Dalles- -.-
Tillamook
West Linn
PENNSYLVANIA
Aldan
Ambler
Ambridge
Ann ville
Apollo
Archbald
Arnold
Ashland.- -
Ashley
Aspinwall
Athens
Avalon
Baden
Bangor
Barnesboro- - -
Beaver
Beaver Falls...
Bedford.
Bellefonte
Bellevue
Bellwood
Bentley ville
Berwick
Bethel -
BlairsvUle
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
PENNSYLVANIA-
Continued
Blakely
Bloomsburg
Boyertown
Brackenridge
Braddock
Brentwood _
Bridgeport..
Bridgeville.- .,
Bristol
Brockway
Brookville
BrownsvOle
Bumham
Butler
California
Camp Hill
Canonsburg
C arbondale . .
Carlisle
Carnegie...
Castle Shannon
C atasauqua
Chambersburg
Cheltenham
Clarion
C larks Summit
Clearfield
Clifton Heights
Clymer...
Coaldale
Coatesville
Collingdale
Connellsville
C onshohocken
Coplay ---
Coraopolis--
Corry
Crafton
Cresson
Curwensville
Dale
Danville
Darby
Derry
Dickson City
Donora
Dormont
Downingtown
Doyiestown
Dravosburg
Du Bois
Dunmore
Dupont
Duquesne
Duryea
East Conemaugh
East Lansdowne
East Mauch Chunk
East McKeesport...
East Pittsburgh
East Stroudsburg---
Ebensburg
Eddystone
Edgewood.
E d wards ville
Elizabeth
Elizabethtown
Ellwood City
Emmaus
Emporium
Emsworth
Ephrata
Etna...
Exeter
FarrelL
Ford City
Number
of police-
depart-
ment em-
ployees
40
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
PENN.— Con.
Forest City
Forest Hills
Forty Fort
Fountain Hill
Franklin
Freedom
Freeland
Freeport
Galiitzin
Gettysburg
Girardville
Glassport
Glenolden
Greencastle
Greensburg
Greenville
Grove City
Hanover
Hanover Twp...
Hatboro
Hellertown
Hollidaysburg.--
Homestead
Honesdale.
Hummelstown...
Huntingdon
Indiana —
Ingram..-
Irwin
Jeannette
Jenkintown
Jermyn
Jersey Shore
Johnsonburg
Kane
Kenhorst
Kennett Square -
Kingston. .-
Kittanning
Kulpmont
Kutztown
Lansdale
Lansdo wne
Lansford
Larks ville
Latrobe
Laureldale
Leechburg
Lehigh ton
Lemoyne
Lewisburg
Lewistown
Lititz
Littlestown
Lock Haven
Luzerne-
Lykens
Mahanoy City.- .
Manheim- -.
Mansfield
Marcus Hook
Masontown.- . .
Mauch Chunk...
McAdoo
McDonald
McKees Rocks- .
McSherrystown.
Mead ville
Mechanicsburg-
Media
Meyersdale
Middletown
Midland
MlUersburg
Millvale
Milton
MlnorsviUe
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
6
5
14
4
3
2
2
8
2
9
4
2
25
8
6
11
21
7
8
4
31
5
1
6
15
4
4
15
12
1
3
4
4
2
5
18
9
4
3
12
17
5
8
13
2
2
5
4
4
16
3
1
15
5
2
6
2
2
8
3
2
3
2
16
1
21
5
10
2
6
13
3
16
7
4
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
PENN.— Con.
Monaca
Monps,sen
Monongahela
Montoursville
Moosic
Morrisvillf. _.
Mount Carmel
Mount Joy
Mount Oliver
Mount Pcnn
M ount Pleasant
Mount Union
Muncy
Munhall
Myerstown
Nanticoke
Nanty Glo
Narberth
Nazareth
New Cumberland . . .
New Holland
North Belle Vernon.
North Braddock
North Catasauqua...
North East
North Wal"s
Northam pton
Northumberland
Oakmont
Oil Citv
Old Forge....
Olyphant -
Oxford...
Palmerton
Palmyra
Parkesburg
Patton
Pen Argyl
Penbrook..
Philipsburg
Phoenix ville
Piteairn
Pittston..
Plains
Plymouth
Port Allegany
Port Carbon
Port Vue
Portage
Pottstown - .
Pottsville
Prospect Park
Punxsuta wney
Quakerto wn
Rankin
Red Lion
Renovo...
Reynolds ville
Ridgway
Roaring Spring
Royersford.. —
St. Clair
St. Marys
Schuylkill Haven
Scottdale
Se wick ley
Shaler
Shamokin
Sharon Hill
Rharpsburg
Sharpsville
Shenandoah
ShilUnpton
Shippensburg
Slatting ton
Somerset.
Soiiderton
2
10
8
7
4
1
22
2
14
2
5
8
4
1
2
21
2
3
2
10
2
7
27
2
6
5
5
4
1
2
3
1
5
14
6
24
6
19
1
1
2
2
26
27
4
13
6
13
4
2
3
4
2
3
5
4
6
6
14
13
15
6
12
4
12
4
4
3
8
3
City
Number
of police'
depart-
ment em-
ployees
PENN.— Con.
South Connellsville.
South Fork
South Greensburg-.
South Williamsport-
Spangler...
Spring City...
Springdale
State College
Stroudsbure
Summit Hill
Sunbury.
Susquehanna
Swarthmore
Swissvale.
Swoyerville
Tamaqua
Tarentum
Taylor
Throop
Titusville
Towanda
TrafTord
Trevorton
Turtle Creek
Tyrone
Union City
Uniontown
Vandergrift
Verona
Warren
Waynesboro
Waynesburg
Weatherly
Wellsboro .
Wesley ville
West Chester
West Hazleton
West Homestead
West Mifflin
West Newton
West Pittston
West Reading
West View.
West Wyoming
West York
Westmont...
Whitehall
Wilmerding
Wilson
Windber..
Winton.
Wyoming
Wyomissing
Yeadon
Youngwood
RHODE ISLAND
Barrineton —
Bristol...
Burrillville
Central Falls
Cumberland-
East Greenwich
Johnston
Lincoln
North Providence
Warren.
West Warwick
Westerly
SOUTH CAROLINA
Abbeville.
Aiken
Anderson.
Andrews..
41
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
SOUTH CAROLINA-
Continued
Bamberg .r.
Batesburg
Beaufort
Bolton
Bcnnettsville
Bishopville
Camden
Cheraw
Chester
Clinton
Clover
Conway
Darlington
Denmark
Easley
Florence
Fort Mill
Gaffney
Georgetown
Great Falls
Greenwood
Greer
Honea Path
Kingstree
Lake City
Lancaster
Laurens
Manning
Marion
McColl
MullLns
Myrtle Beach_.
Newberry
Orangeburg
Rock Hill
Seneca
Summerville
Sumter
Union
Walhalla
Williamston
York
SOUTH DAKOTA
Aberdeen
Belle Fourche
Brookings
Canton
Deadwood
Hot Springs
Huron
Lead
Lemmon
Madison
Mitchell -■
Mobridge
Pierre
Redfield
Sisseton
Spearfish
Sturgis
Vermillion
Watertown.
Webster
Winner
TENNESSEE
Alcoa
Belle Meade
Bristol.,-
Brownsville
Clarksv ille
Cleveland
Clinton
Columbia
City
TENNESSEE— Con.
Cookeville
Covington
Dayton
Dickson
Dyersburg
Elizabeth ton
Etowah
Fayetteville
Franklin
Gallatin
Greeneville
Harriman
Henderson
Humboldt
JefTerson C ity
Kingsport
Lawrenceburg
Lebanon
Lenoir City
Lewisburg
Lexington
Loudon -.
Maryville
McKenzie
McMiimville
Milan
Morristown
Mount Pleasant
M urfreesboro
Newport
Paris
Pulaski-
Ripley
Rockwood-- --.
Rogersville
Shelby ville
South Pittsburg
Sparta
Sweetwater
Tullahoma
Union City
Winchester- -
TEXAS
Alamo
Alamo Heights
Alice
Alvin -_-
Andrews — ---
Aransas Pass
Arlington
Athens
Atlanta
Ballinger
Bastrop
Bay City.-
Baytown
Beeville
Belton
Benavides
Big Spring
Bonham.-
Borger
Bowie -
Brady
Breckenridge
Brownfleld
Brown wood
Bryan--- _.
Burkburnett _.
Canadian
Canyon
Carrizo Springs
Carthage ..
Center
Childress
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
TEXAS— Continued
Cisco
Clarendon
Cleburne -.
Cleveland
Coleman--.
College Station
Colorado City
Columbus
Comanche
Commerce
Conroe
Corsicana
Crockett
Crystal City
Cuero
Dalhart
Decatur -
Del Rio -
Denison
Denton
Dublin
Dumas
Eagle Lake
Eastland
Edinburg
Edna
El Campo . -.
Electra--- -
Elgin — -.
Falfurrias
Fort Stockton
Fredericksburg
Freeport-.
Gainesville
Galena Park
Garland
Gatesville
Georgetown . .
Giddings
Gilmer
Glade water
Gonzales _
Graham
Grand Prairie
Greenville
Hamlin
Harlingen
Haskell
Hearne
Henderson
Henrietta
Hereford--
Highland Park
Hondo
Hunts ville
Irving
Jacksboro
Jacksonville-- .
Jasper
Kaufman
Kenedy
Kermit
Kilgore---
Killeen..
King.sville
Lake Jackson
Lampasas
Lancaster
Levelland
Liberty
Littlefield
Livingston.- ._.
Llano
Longview
Lufkin
Luling
Marfa
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
42
Table 14.— NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
TEXAS— Continued
Maiiin ._
Marshall-- --
MrAllen
McCamey
McKinney
Memphis
Mercedes --
Mexia
Midland
Mineola
Mineral Wells -
Mission
Monahans
Mount Pleasant
Nacogdoches
Navasota
Nederland
New Boston
New Braunfels
Nocona
Olney
Orange
Palacios --
Palestine
Pampa.-
Paris
Pasadena
Pearsall
Pecos
Perryton
Pharr
Plainview
Port Lavaca
Premont
Quanah
Ranger
Raymond ville
Robstown
Rosenberg
Rotan
Rusk
San Augustine
San Benito
San Juan
San Marcos
Seminole
Seymour
Shamrock
Sherman
Slaton
Smithville
Snyder
South Houston
Stamford
Stephen ville
Sulphur Springs
Sweetwater
Tahoka
Taylor -
Teague
Terrell
Texarkana
Tulla..
I'nlversity Park
Uvalde
Vernon
Victoria
Waxahachle-
Weatherford--
Weslaco
W. University Place..
Winnsboro
Yoakum
Yorktown
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
UTAH
American Fork. . .
Bingham Canyon
Bountiful. -.
Brigham
Cedar City
Clearfield
Heber
Helper
Layton
Lehi -.
Logan
Midvale
Murray
Nephi
Orem -
Payson
Pleasant Orove..
Price
Richfield
Roy
St. George
South Ogden
South Salt Lake.
Spanish Fork
Spring ville
Tooele
Vernal
VERMONT
Barre
Bellows Falls
Bennington
Brattleboro
Essex Junction...
Middlebury
Montpelier
Newport
Rutland
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
Springfield
Waterbury
Windsor --.
Winooski
VIRGINIA
Abingdon
AltaVista. -..
Appalachia
Bassetts
Bedford
Big Stone Gap
Blacksburg
Blackstone
Bristol
Buena Vista
Chase City
Chincoteague
Christiansburg.-
Clifton Forge
Colonial Heights.
Covington
Culpeper
Emporia
Falls Church
Farmville
Franklin
Fredericksburg. .
Front Royal
Galax
Harrisonburg
City
VIRGINIA— Con.
Hopewell
Lexington. .-.
Luray
Marion
M artins ville
Norton
Orange
Pulaski
Radford..
Richlands
Salem
SaltvUle
South Boston
South Norfolk
Staunton
Suffolk
Vinton
Virginia Beach
Waynesboro
W illiamsburg
Winchester
WASHINGTON
Aberdeen -
Anacortes
Auburn
Buckley
Camas
Centralia
Chehalis
Cheney
Clarkston
Colfax
Colville
Dayton..
EUensburg...
Enumclaw
Ephrata..-
Grand Coulee
Grand view.
Hoquiam
Kelso
Kennewick
Kent
Kirkland.
Longview —
Medical Lake
Moses Lake
Mount Vernon
Navy Y^ard, Bremer
ton.
Olympia...
Omak
Pasco
Port Angeles...
Port Townsend
Prosser
Pullman
Puyallup--.
Raymond
Renton
Richland
Sedro Woolley
Shelton.
Snohomish
Sumner
Sunnyslde
Toppenish
Tumwater
Walla Walla
Wapato
Wenatchee
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
43
Table 14 —NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APR. 30,
1953, CITIES WITH POPULATION FROM 2,500 TO 25,000— Con.
City
WEST VIRGINIA
Beckley
Benwood
Bluefleld
Buckhannon
Charles Town
Chesapeake.
Chester
Dunbar
Elkins
Follansbee
Grafton
Hinton
Kenova
Keyser
Keystone
Logan
Mannington
Marmet
Martinsburg-.- -_,
McMechen
MoundsvUle
Mullens
New Martlnsvllle-
Nitro... -
Oak Hill
Paden City
Phillppi
Piedmont
Point Pleasant —
Princeton
Rich wood
South Charleston-
Vienna
War
•Weirton
Wellsburg
SVeston
*.Vestover
AVilliamson
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
WISCONSIN
Algoma
, Antigo
Ashland
Baraboo
Beaver Dam
Berlin
Black River Falls.
Bloomer
City
WISCONSIN— Con.
Burlington
Cedarburg
Chippewa Falls
Clinton ville
Columbus
Cudahy
De Pere
Delavan
Dodgeville
Edgerton
Elkhom
Evansville
Fort Atkinson
Fo.x Point
Greendale
Hartford
Horieon
Hudson
Hurley
Janesville
Jefferson
Kaukauna
Kewaunee
Kimberly
Ladysmith
Lake Geneva
Lake Mills
Lancaster
Little Chute
^farinette
Marshfield
Mauston
Mayville
Medford
Menasha
Menomonie
Merrill
Monona
Monroe
Neenah
Neillsville
New Richmond. --
Oconomowoc
Oconto
Park Falls
Platte ville
Plymouth
Port Washington -
Portage
Prairie Du Chien.
Number
of police
depart-
ment
employees
City
WISCONSIN— Con.
Reedsburg
Rhinelander
Rice Lake
Richland Center. _.
Ripon
River Falls
Sha,wano
Sheboygan Falls. . .
Shorewood
South Milwaukee..
Sparta
Spooner
Stevens Point
Stoughton
Sturgeon Bay
Tomah
Tomahawk
Two Rivers
Viroqua
Watertovm
Waukesha
Waupaca
Waupun
West Bend
West Milwaukee. -
Whitefish Bay
Whitewater
Wisconsin Rapids.
Number
of police
depart-
ment em-
ployees
WYOMING
Buflalo
Casper
Cody
Douglas
Evanston
Green River
Lander
Laramie
Lovell
Newcastle --
Powell
Rawlins
Riverton
Rock Springs
Sheridan
Thermopolis
Torrington
Worland
6
14
7
7
6
3
7
3
24
19
8
4
20
6
9
6
4
15
6
16
33
5
6
7
16
28
4
27
5
3
4
4
4
16
4
3
4
10
6
10
12
3
6
6
OFFENSES CLEARED AND PERSONS ARRESTED
Offenses Cleared by Arrest, 1952
Police cleared by arrest 1 out of 4 reported crimes in 1952. In
some categories the proportion cleared was high, 9 out of 10 homicides
for example, but the clearance rate for all offenses as a group is held
down by the large number of larcenies. Only 1 out of 5 larcenies
was cleared and more larcenies are reported than all the other Part I
offenses combined. Excluding larcenies, the police cleared 1 out of
2.9 of the remaining more serious crimes.
The clearance rate for crimes against the person is noticeably
higher than for crimes against property. This is not altogether
attributable to the fact that the offender is usually observed by the
victim, for the highest percentage of crimes cleared is for murder and
in these cases the best witness is deceased. The concentration of
police effort on these more vicious crimes is an important contributing
factor to the success reflected in clearances ranging from 75.0 percent
for aggravated assaults to 93.1 percent for murders. Over 78 percent
of the rape offenses and 87.5 percent of the negligent manslaughters
were cleared by arrest. The negligent manslaughters to a large extent
represent traffic victims.
Crimes against property were cleared at the rate of 23 per 100
offenses with 18 persons being arrested and charged. Thirty-six
percent of the robberies were cleared. Almost 27 percent of the
burglaries and nearly 26 percent of the auto thefts were cleared in
1952. Larceny clearances were less than 20 percent.
Police departments in 1,706 cities, representing a combined popu-
lation of 61.6 million, reported 275,273 clearances by arrest out of
the 1,053,984 known Part I offenses. These clearances resulted from
the arrest and charging of 217,191 persons.
Generally, an offense is cleared by arrest when at least one of the
perpetrators of the crime is identified with the crime and is arrested
and charged although there are certain technical exceptions. The
number of persons charged does not indicate the number of offenses
cleared since the latter term pertains to offenses known as distin-
guished from individuals arrested. In addition, several persons may
be arrested and charged with the commission of only one crime,
such as a gang arrested in a warehouse burglary. Also, the arrest of
a lone bandit and his identification with 5 armed robberies would
clear 5 offenses.
(44)
45
61,592,916 POPULATION
Kl CHARTI
Figure 3.
46
Table 15.— OFFENSES KNOWN, CLEARED BY ARREST, AND PERSONS
CHARGED (HELD FOR PROSECUTION), 1952, BY POPULATION
GROUPS, NUMBER PER 100 KNOWN OFFENSES
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census]
Population group
TOTAL, GROUPS I-VI
1,706 cities; total population, 61,592-
916:
Offenses known
Offenses cleared by arrest
Persons charged
GROUP I
31 cities over 250,000; total popula-
tion, 27,861,794:
Offenses known
Offenses cleared by arrest
Persons charged.
GROUP 11
51 cities, 100,000 to 250,000; total popu-
lation, 7,361,057:
Offenses known
OffeJises cleared by arrest
Persons charged
GROUP III
97 cities, 50,000 to 100,000; total popu-
lation, 6,859,727:
Offenses known
Offenses cleared by arrest
Persons charged...
ORG UP IV
194 cities, 25,000 to 50,000; total popu-
lation, 6,810,619:
Offenses known
Offenses cleared by arrest
Persons charged.
GROUP V
523 cities, 10,000 to 25,000; total popu-
lation, 8,086,433:
Offenses known..
Offenses cleared by arrest
Persons charged
GROUP VI
810 cities under 10,000; total popula-
tion, 4,613,286:
Offenses known
Offenses cleared by arrest
Persons charged.
Criminal homi-
cide
Mur-
der,
Man-
nonneg-
slaugh-
ligent
ter by
man-
negli-
slaugh-
gence
ter
100.0
93.1
93.8
100.0
92.6
92.9
100.0
93.7
100.0
94.3
100.0
100.0
95.8
102.5
100. 0
92.3
90.1
100.0
92.3
80.0
100.0
87.5
100.0
85.1
87.1
100. 0
91.9
86.5
100.0
87.1
74.3
100.0
86.9
82.6
100.0
96.4
106.6
100.0
89.4
95.3
Rape
100.0
78.2
75.4
100.0
76.8
71.7
100.0
78.2
75.5
100.0
76.3
72.5
100.0
84.9
86.0
100.0
82.2
92.1
100.0
85.4
91.6
Rob-
bery
100.0
36.0
36.2
100.0
34.3
32.9
100.0
39.9
42.7
100.0
38.4
43.3
100.0
43.7
51.1
100.0
44.1
52.9
100.0
47.4
51.8
Aggra-
vated
assault
100.0
75.0
61.7
100.0
71.1
52.5
100.0
72.1
57.6
100.0
85.5
82.9
100.0
85.9
87.1
100.0
90.6
94.4
100.0
85.5
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
enter-
ing
100.0
26.7
19.4
100.0
23.9
16.5
100.0
28.8
18.5
100.0
27.7
19.2
100.0
32.1
26.5
100.0
29.7
24.0
100.0
36.6
33.9
Lar-
ceny-
theft
100.0
19.8
15.0
100.0
19.5
14.7
100.0
20.9
13.9
100.0
18.1
14.8
100.0
19.6
15.6
100. 0
19.2
14.6
100.0
25.9
20.1
The above table shows by city groups, the number of offenses
cleared and the number of persons charged for each 100 offenses
known, as reported by police in 1,706 cities. The actual figures
reported as to offenses and clearances, arranged by geographic location,
appear in the following table.
47
Figure 4.
48
Table 16.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN, NUMBER AND PER-
CENTAGE CLEARED BY ARREST, 1952, BY GEOGRAPHIC
DIVISIONS
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census]
Criminal homi-
cide
Bur-
glary—
Geographic division
Mur-
der,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Man-
slaugh-
ter by
negli-
gence
Rape
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
break-
ing or
enter-
ing
Lar-
ceny-
theft
Auto
theft
TOTAL, All DIVISIONS
1,706 cities; total population.
61,592,916:
Number of offenses known
3.123
2,106
7,242
37, 755
51,677
242, 883
595, 301
113, 892
Number cleared by arrest
2,908
1,842
5,661
13, 581
38, 748
64, 868
118, 123
29,542
Percentage cleared by arrest
93.1
87.5
78.2
36.0
75.0
26.7
19.8
25.9
New England States:
141 cities; total population,
5.122,763:
Number of offenses known . . _
58
177
274
654
641
12. 025
30. 763
6,000
Number cleared by arrest
51
166
255
328
571
4.204
7.791
1 963
Percentage cleared by arrest-
87.9
93.8
93.1
50.2
89.1
35.0
25.3
32.7
Middle Atlantic States:
391 cities; total population.
16,452,118:
Number of offenses known . _ _
489
549
1,731
10, 442
10, 884
63, 922
118, 776
21, 214
Number cleared by arrest
421
475
1.330
2,734
7,173
11,519
16, 318
4,518
Percentage cleared by arrest.
86.1
86.5
76.8
26.2
65.9
18.0
13.7
31.3
East North Central States:
437 cities; total population.
16,410,141:
Number of oflenses known . . .
792
468
2,197
12, 518
12. 529
53. 447
155. 327
28,068
Number cleared by arrest
743
404
1,681
4,789
9.353
17.536
35, 030
8,790
Percentage cleared by arrest-
93.8
86.3
76.5
38.3
74.7
32.8
22.6
31.3
West North Central States:
186 cities; total population.
5,263,126:
Number of offenses known . _ _
234
112
549
2,699
3,542
18, 134
49,904
8,706
Number cleared by arrest
217
101
415
1,085
2,448
4,821
9,693
2,474
Percentage cleared by arrest.
92.7
90.2
75.6
40.2
69.1
26.6
19.4
28.4
South Atlantic States: '
152 cities; total population.
5,945,216:
Number of offenses known .
661
263
835
3. 586
15, 959
30. 144
66, 555
16,485
Number cleared by arrest
626
253
701
1.734
13.050
10. 066
18. 055
3.760
Percentage cleared by arrest .
94.7
96.2
84.0
48.4
81.8
33.4
27.1
22.8
East South Central States:
51 cities; total population.
1,775,538:
Number of oflenses known. _
213
94
202
1,051
2, 055
8,497
14, 173
4.299
Number cleared by arrest
204
86
171
323
1,516
1,953
2,944
944
Percentage cleared by arrest
95.8
91.5
84.7
30.7
73.8
23.0
20.8
22.0
West South Central States:
83 cities; total population.
3,887,462:
Number of offenses known .
455
179
541
1,936
3,582
20,532
46.733
11. 162
Number cleared by arrest
443
173
441
823
2,860
5,720
10,608
2,826
Percentage cleared by arrest.
97.4
96.6
81.5
42.5
79.8
27.9
22.7
25.3
Mountain States:
76 cities; total population,
1,596,632:
Number of offenses known...
57
38
183
971
585
8,367
26. 392
3.803
Number cleared by arrest
55
25
130
442
420
2,506
5,003
1.051
Percentage cleared by arrest.
Pacific States:
189 cities; total population,
96.5
65.8
71.0
45.5
71.8
30.0
19.0
27.6
5,139,920:
Number of offenses known . .
164
226
730
3,898
1,900
27.820
86, 678
14. 155
Number cleared by arrest
148
159
537
1,323
1.357
6, 543 12. 681
3.216
Percentage cleared by arrest.
90.2
70.4
73.6
33.9
71.4
23.5
14.6
22.7
' Includes the District of Columbia.
49
Persons Charged, 1952
During 1952, 1 out of 24 persons was arrested and charged by city
police for some violation more serious than traffic. For traffic viola-
tions, 1 out of 4 persons was formally charged according to the reports
of 1,706 cities having a combined population of 61.6 million.
Generally, the larger cities report more persons arrested and
charged per unit of population, but in 1952, there were more persons
arrested and charged per imit of population m the smallest city group
for drunken driving and dealing in stolen property.
Cities over 250,000 in population were lowest in the rate of persons
charged for forger}^, liquor law violations, driving while intoxicated,
and drunkenness.
The basis of scoring data concerning persons charged is the number
of persons and not the number of charges placed against a person.
Questionnaires collected with the reports aid in obtaining uniformity
in the compilation of these data. Of the 1,706 reports used, only 4.7
percent were based on the number of charges placed rather than the
number of persons charged. In addition, letters were written to 829
or 48.6 percent of these police departments concerning the data in-
cluded in the annual reports.
As indicated above, one person may be arrested and charged for
the commission of several offenses or several persons involved in one
crime may be arrested and charged. Accordingly, the number of
persons charged will not agree with the number of offenses cleared
by arrest.
Juvenile offenders arrested and charged by the police are included
in the accompanying data and over 91 percent of the 1,706 police
departments reported that all or some juveniles were represented in
the entries. Of these, over 93 percent included all juveniles. Of the
returns reporting juveniles, 98.9 percent included juvenile arrests
opposite the classification indicating the crime committed, such as
robbery, burglary, etc., even though some technical charge such as
"juvenile delinquent" may have been placed against the offender.
Only 17 departments reported juvenile arrests opposite "all other
offenses" rather than the classification indicating the nature of the
offense committed.
50
Table 17.— PERSONS CHARGED (HELD FOR PROSECUTION), 1952,
NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 INHABITANTS, BY POPULATION
GROUPS
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census]
Offense charged
TOTAL
1,706
cities;
total
popula-
tion,
61,592,916
Criminal homicide:
(a) Murder and nonneg-
ligent manslaughter:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
(b) Manslaughter by neg-
ligence:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
Robbery:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
Aggravated assault:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
Other assaults:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
Burglary — breaking or enter-
ing:
Number of persons
charged
Rate perlOO.OOO
Larceny — theft:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
Auto theft:
Number of persons
charged ._
Rate per 100,000
Embezzlement and fraud:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
Stolen property; buying, re-
ceiving, possessing:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
Forgery and counterfeiting:
Number of persons
charged--
Rate per 100,000
Rape:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
Prostitution and commercial-
ized vice:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000 .._.
Sex offenses (except rape and
prostitution) :
Number of persons
charged -.
Rate per 100,000
Narcotic drug laws:
Number of persons
charged
Rate per 100,000
2,929
4.76
1,824
2
13, 653
22.2
31, 865
51.7
1 91, 072
147.9
47, 018
76.3
89, 028
144.5
25, 415
41.3
14, 609
23.7
3 4, 497
7.3
9,185
14.9
5,459
8
28,094
45.6
21, 102
34.3
10,218
16
Group I
31 cities
over
250,000;
popula-
tion,
27,861,794
1,740
6.25
949
3.41
9,390
33.7
17, 554
63.0
35, 344
126.9
21, 997
79.0
40. 258
144.5
12, 90
46.3
7,126
25.6
2,338
8.4
3,512
12.6
3, 365
12.08
17,895
64.2
9,429
33.8
8, 022
28.8
Group II
51 cities,
100,000
to
250,000;
popula-
tion,
7,361,057
362
4.92
268
3.64
1,409
19.1
3.330
45.2
15, 578
211.6
5,948
80.8
11,716
159.2
3, 335
4,5.3
2,783
37.8
533
7.2
1,280
17.4
530
7.20
4,638
as.o
3, 44S
46.8
Group III
Group IV
97 cities,
,50,000 to
100,000;
popula-
tion,
6,859,727
194 cities,
25,000 to
,50,000;
popula-
tion,
6,810,619
279
4.07
185
2.70
1,027
15.0
4,431
64.6
12, 027
175.3
4,674
68.1
10, 198
148.7
2,297
33.5
1.229
17.9
309
4.5
1,228
17.9
406
5.92
3,234
47.1
2,305
33.6
631
9.2
523 cities,
10,000 to
25,000;
popula-
tion,
8,086,433
Group V
244
3.58
794
11.7
2,570
37.7
10, 940
160.6
5,513
80.9
10,501
154.2
2,558
37.6
1.581
23.2
391
5.7
1,079
15.8
1,436
21.1
2,982
43.8
308
4.5
200
2.47
146
1.81
2,824
34.9
2 11,619
143.9
5,191
64.2
10,395
128.5
2,640
32.6
1.186
14.7
530
6.6
1,349
16.7
475
5.87
541
6.7
2,092
25.9
243
3.0
See footnotes at end of table.
51
Table 17.— PERSONS CHARGED (HELD FOR PROSECUTION), 1952,
NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 INHABITANTS, BY POPULATION
GROUPS— Continued
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census]
TOTAL
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
Offense charged
1,706
cities;
total
popula-
tion,
61,592,916
31 cities
over
250,000;
popula-
tion,
27,861,794
51 cities,
100,000
to
250,000;
popula-
tion,
7,361,057
97 cities,
50,000 to
100,000;
popula-
tion,
6,859,727
194 cities,
25,000 to
50,000;
popula-
tion,
6,810,619
523 cities,
10,000 to
25,000;
popula-
tion,
8,086,433
810 cities
under
10,000;
popula-
tion,
4,613,286
Weapons; carrying, possess-
ing, et,c.:
Number of persons
charged _
Rate per 100,000 .
16, 933
27.5
6 32, 239
52.4
' 40, 051
65.0
» 112, 770
186.4
13 16,336,957
28,393.4
328, 639
533.6
1,114,932
1,810.2
114,048
185.2
86, 258
140,0
2» 298, 083
484.1
8,805
31.6
14, 368
51.6
12, 320
44.2
I" 28, 695
106.6
14 5,953,628
23, 755. 1
168, 618
605.2
465, 856
1,636.1
51, 225
183.9
62, 241
223.4
151, 848
545.0
1,996
27.1
4,096
55.6
7,169
97.4
11 15,411
213.0
15 2,803,354
41, 832. 5
36, 433
494.9
181,315
2, 463. 2
24, 931
338.7
8,999
122.3
28,255
383.8
2,145
31.3
4,733
69.0
6,881
100.3
16,937
246.9
18 2,252,951
33, 867. 9
36, 334
529. 7
140, 003
2, 040. 9
13,294
193.8
5,874
85.6
32, 778
477.8
1,694
24.9
3,901
57.3
4,626
67.9
IS, 476
227.2
■"2,100,882
31, 480. 8
29,824
437.9
120, 055
1,762.8
9,877
145.0
4,115
60.4
35, 265
517.8
1,435
17.7
« 3, 714
46.1
5,594
69.2
12 21,314
264.3
18 2,179,088
27, 438. 9
33, 809
418.1
135, 088
1,670.6
8,669
107.2
3,112
38.5
21 33, 077
409.9
858
18.6
Offenses against family and
children:
Number of personscharged.
Rate per 100,000
1,427
30.9
Liquor laws:
Number of persons charged.
Rate per 100,000
8 3, 461
75.1
Driving while intoxicated:
Number of personscharged.
Rate per 100,000
14,937
323. 8
Traffic and motor vehicle laws:
Number o f persons charged .
Rate per 100,000. .
19 1,047,054
23, 233. 5
Disorderly conduct:
Number o f persons charged .
Rate per 100,000 - - . .
23, 621
512.0
Drunkenness:
Number of persons charged .
Rate per 100,000 .-
82,615
1, 790. 8
Vagrancy:
Number of persons charged .
Rate per 100,000
6,052
131.2
Gambling:
Number of personscharged.
Rate per 100,000
1,912
41.4
AH other offenses:
Number 0 f persons charged .
Rate per 100,000 _
22 16, 860
366.0
Footnotes 1-22: The number of persons charged and the rate are based on the reports from the number of
cities indicated below:
Footnote
Cities
Population
Footnote
Cities
Population
1
1,705
522
1,705
809
1,704
521
1,705
809
1,703
30
50
61,580,343
8, 073, 860
61,582,962
4, 603, 332
61,562,841
8, 056, 358
61,585,740
4,606,110
60, 497, 343
26,912,086
7, 236, 288
12
522
1,665
29
46
94
190
514
792
1,704
522
809
8,065 337
2
13
14
15
16
57, 537, 854
3
25,062,518
6, 701 386
4
5 -
6, 652, 173
6
17
18 -
6 673 529
7
7,941,591
8
19
20
4, 506, 657
9
61,568,959
10
21
8, 069, 510
11 -
22
4, 606, 252
Traffic and motor vehicle law violations other than driving while
intoxicated were not separately reported by all cities represented in
Table 17. Separate figures were available in the reports of 1,405 of
these cities for (1) violations of road and driving laws, considered as
moving violations, (2) parking violations, and (3) other traffic and
motor vehicle law violations excluding driving while intoxicated.
These figures are presented in Table 18.
62
Table 18— PERSONS CHARGED (HELD FOR PROSECUTION), TRAFFIC
VIOLATIONS, EXCEPT DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, 1952;
NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 INHABITANTS, BY POPULATION
GROUPS
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census]
Total
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
GroupVI
Offense charged
I
1,405
cities;
total pop-
ulation,
49,651,356
23 cities
over
250,000;
popula-
tion,
22,076,962
39 cities,
100,000 to
250,000;
popula-
tion,
5,788,516
84 cities,
50,000 to
100,000;
popula-
tion,
5,862,869
160 cities,
25,000 to
50,000;
popula-
tion,
5,602,424
404 cities,
10,000 to
25,000;
popula-
tion,
6,349,849
695 cities
under
10,000;
popula-
tion,
3,970,736
Road and driving laws:
Number of persons charged .
Rate per 100,000
2,517,318
5, 070. 0
11, 073, 156
22, 301. 8
638, 151
1, 285. 3
1,331,590
6,031.6
3,521.411
15,950.6
328, 323
1, 487. 2
296,407
5, 120. 6
1,961,089
33, 879. 0
75, 179
1, 298. 8
284, 116
4, 846. 0
1, 704, 070
29, 065. 5
72.270
1, 232. 7
203, 397
3,630.5
1. 538, 658
27, 464. 1
48. 712
869.5
242, 687
3,821.9
1, 586, 943
24,991.8
67.295
1,059.8
159, 121
4,007 3
Parking violations:
Number of persons charged.
Rate per 100,000
760, 985
19, 164. 8
Other traffic and motor vehicle
laws:
Number of persons charged _
Rate per 100,000
46, 372
1, 167. 8
Stepped-up police activity responded to the 8.1 percent city crime
increase in 1952.^ A comparison of the number of persons charged
in 1951 and 1952 in terms of units of general population with the 1952
city crime trends reflects certain close correlations.
A rise of 8.5 ^ percent in city murders was accompanied by a 3.7
percent increase in persons charged. Robberies increased 11.2 per-
cent and the police charged 12.1 percent more persons in this category.
Negligent manslaughters (mostly traffic deaths) rose 6.2 percent and
13.0 percent more persons were charged. Aggravated assaults oc-
curred with 12.5 percent greater frequency and police arrested and
charged 9.8 percent more persons. The larceny classification was
the exception with 4.2 percent less persons charged during a time of
7.1 percent increase in this crime.
A study of crime figures arranged by geographic areas indicates
that the number of persons charged corresponds generally ^\^th the
incidence of crime. Police in areas having consistently high crime
rates arrest and charge more persons per unit of population than do
the police in the more crime free areas. For this obvious reason,
police in a given jurisdiction find it significant to compare their local
crime data with the averages presented for their particular geo-
graphic area. In addition, it should be noted that laws and local
customs affecting the placing of charges against arrested persons vary
greatly between the sections of the country.
Figures from the 1,706 cities presented in the foregoing tabulations
of this section are arranged in the following table by geographic
divisions along with the number of persons charged in terms of units
of 100,000 population.
> Uniform Crime Reports, Annual Bulletin, 1952, Volume XXIII, No. 2.
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56
PERSONS FOUND GUILTY
(PERCENT OF PERSONS CHARGED -PART 1 OFFENSES)
CALENDAR YEAR 1952
CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
MURDER
55.5%
1,394 Charged
NEGLIGENT 38.5%
MANSLAUGHTER 728
Charged
RAPE
56.6%
2,189 Charged
AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT
50.3%
14,628 Charged
208 Cities Over 25,000 InhabiUnts Total Population 25,102,123
FBI
CHART
Figure 5.
Persons Found Guilty, 1952
Seventy percent of the persons charged with major (Part I) crime
by the poHce were fomid guilty in 1952. Almost 67 percent of thos
charged with Part II crimes were convicted. Eliminating traffic vie
lations, other than driving while intoxicated, 71 percent of all per>()ii
charged were found guilty.
Convictions were returned against over four-fifths (88.0 percent) c
the persons charged with driving while intoxicated during 1952. Thi
57
represented the highest conviction rate in any crime classification,
and a driver neghgently causing the death of a person has 5 times
more chance of going free if charged with manslaughter by negligence
than an individual charged with driving while intoxicated.
The smallest percentage of convictions (38.5) for any crime class
was recorded for persons charged with manslaughter by negligence.
The second lowest rate of convictions was in aggravated assaults
(50.3 percent found guilty). Although only 23.0 percent of the lar-
cenies and 34.8 percent of the burglaries were cleared by arrest, 76.1
percent of the persons charged with larceny and 77.6 percent of those
charged with burglary were found guilty. Other than driving while
intoxicated only forgery and counterfeiting (81.1 percent guilty) and
liquor law violations (81.1 percent guilty) had higher conviction rates
than burglary and larceny.
The police in 208 cities, combined population of 25,102,123, reported
the data concerning the number of persons found guilty presented
in tables 20 and 21. Such information is collected by the police for
administrative use on the local level. Questionnaires accompanying
the individual returns and correspondence assisted in selecting figures
for persons found guilty that represented final dispositions rather than
preliminary or other interim findings. Certain classifications are not
individually presented because sufficient detail was not available in
some of the usable reports.
T^BLE 20.— OFFENSES KNOWN, CLEARED BY ARREST AND NUMBER
OF PERSONS FOUND GUILTY, 1952; 208 CITIES OVER 25,000 IN
POPULATION
[Total population 25,102,123 based on 1950 decennial census]
Offense (Part I classes)
Total..
Criminal homicide:
(a) Murder and nonneg-
ligent manslaughter.
(b) Manslaughter by neg-
ligence
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary — breaking or enter-
ing...
Larceny— theft (except auto
theft)
Auto theft
Number of offenses
Known
to the
police
432, 834
1,113
765
3,075
13, 949
23,783
90, 435
254,639
45, 075
Cleared
by
arrest
138, 161
1,317
796
2,839
8,062
21,299
31, 507
58, 677
13, 664
Charged
{held for
prosecu-
tion)
1,394
728
2,189
7,063
14,628
18, 814
39, 631
10, 977
Number of persons
Found guilty
Total
guilty
774
280
1,238
5,347
7,361
14, 593
30, 149
7,100
Offense
charged
57, 780
573
235
4,375
5,340
12, 316
27,884
6,189
Lesser
offense
9,062
201
45
370
972
2,021
2,277
2,265
911
Percent-
age
found
guilty
*70.0
55.5
38.5
56.6
75.7
50.3
77.6
76.1
64.7
58
PERSONS FOUND GUILTY
(PERCENT OF PERSONS CHARGED --PART 1 OFFENSES)
CALENDAR YEAR 1952
CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
ROBBERY
75.7%
7,063 Charged
BURGLARY
LARCENY
77.6%
18,814 Charged
76.1%
39,631 Charged
ii.iHi..i...i^.],i.,iiji.i..U...^^^^^^
AUTO THEFT
64.7%
10,977 Charged
208 Cities Over 25,000 Inhabitants
Total Population 25,102,123.
FBI
CHART
Figure 6.
59
Table 21.— NUMBER OF PERSONS CHARGED (HELD FOR PROSECU-
TION) AND NUMBER FOUND GUILTY, 1952, 208 CITIES OVER
25,000 IN POPULATION
[Total population, 25,102,123, based on 1950 decennial census]
Offense (Part II classes)
Number of persons charged (held for prosecution)
TOTAL
CHARGED
TOTAL__
Other assaults
Forgery and counterfeiting
Embezzlement and fraud
Stolen property; buying, receiving, etc
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc
Sex offenses (including prostitution and com
mereialized vice)
Offenses against the family and children
Narcotic drug laws
Liquor laws
Drunkenness; disorderly conduct; vagrancy .
Gambling
Driving while intoxicated
Traffic and motor vehicle laws
All other offenses
■8,712,798
39, 782
3,385
7,672
1,928
7,742
24, 366
15, 641
4,692
17,833
677, 808
29, 102
43, 356
, 710, 242
129, 249
Found guilty
TOTAL
GUILTY
1 5, 819, 772
24,231
2,746
4,891
987
5,873
16, 392
9,461
3,316
14, 456
499, 858
19, 117
38, 134
2 5, 106, 735
73, 575
Offense
charged
Lesser
offense
1 5, 749, 845 , i 70, 127
23,462
2,443
4,540
910
5,687
15, 844
9,139
3,274
14, 084
497, 218
18,911
34, 998
2 5,047,017
72, 118
769
303
351
77
186
548
322
42
372
2.640
206
3,136
2 59, 718
1,457
Percent-
age found
guilty
1 66.8
60.9
81. 1
63. S
51.2
75.9
67.3
60.5
70.7
81.1
73.7
6,5.7
88.0
66.2
.56.9
1 The total figures are subject to footnote 2.
2 Based on the reports of 199 cities, total population 22,699,776.
60
PERSONS FOUNDtt.
PERCENT OF PERSONS CHARGED
PART II OFFENSES, CALENDAR
YEAR 1952
OTHER ASSAULTS
FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
EMBEZZLEMENT AND FRAUD
STOLEN PROPERTY;
BUYING, RECEIVING, ETC.
51.2%
WEAPONS; CARRYING, POSSESSING, ETC
SEX OFFENSES (INCLUDING PROS-
TITUTION AND COMMERCIALIZED VICE)
OFFENSES AGAINST
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
NARCOTIC DRUG LAWS
LIQUOR LAWS
DRUNKENNESS;
DISORDERLY CONDUCT; VAGRANCY
GAMBLING
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS
ALL OTHER OFFENSES
♦FIGURES BASED ON REPORTS OF 199 CITIES WITH OVER
25,000 INHABITANTS, TOTAL POPULATION 22,699,776
ALL OTHER FIGURES BASED ON REPORTS OF 208 CITIES WITH OVER
25,000 INHABITANTS, TOTAL POPULATION 25,102,123
FBI CHART
Figure 7.
61
Persons Released — Not Held for Prosecution,
1952
The foregoing tables of arrest figures pertain to those persons
arrested by the pohce against whom formal charges were filed.
The
following tables relate only to those persons arrested by the
police
but released without a formal charge being placed. From
tliis it
will be noted that the two tables which follow do not includ
3 data
relating to persons found not guilty after having been chaiged.
Persons who ignore a summons or other notice to appear an
d who
are not subsequently arrested for the omission are represen
ted in
the following tables. In addition, the figures include formal warnings
and so-called "golden rule" releases. Individuals arrested for other
jurisdictions are not included in the report of the arresting a
?ency.
Table 22.— PERSONS RELEASED WITHOUT BEING HELD FOR PROSE-
CUTION, 1952; NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 INHABITANTS, BY
POPULATION GROUPS
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census]
Offense charged
TOTAL
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group
VI
1,141
cities;
total
popula-
tion,
35,620,638
19 cities
over
250,000;
popula-
tion,
14,024,833
26 cities,
100,000 to
250,000;
popula-
tion,
3,756,214
60 cities,
50,000 to
100,000;
popula-
tion,
4,245,090
131 cities,
25,000 to
50,000;
popula-
tion,
4,581,402
380 cities,
10,000 to
25,000;
popula-
tion,
5,902,509
.525 cities
under
10,000;
popula-
tion,
3, 110, 590
Criminal homicide:
(a) Murder and nonnegli-
gent manslaughter:
Number of persons re-
leased
Rate per 100,000
319
0.90
164
0.46
106
0.76
33
0.24
41
1.09
22
0.59
25
0.59
33
0.78
63
1.38
46
1.00
80
1.36
25
0.42
4
0. 13
(b) Manslaughter by negli-
gence:
Number of persons re-
leased .
5
Rate per 100,000
0.16
Robbery:
Number of persons released.
Rate per 100,000
2,121
6.0
2,301
6.5
7,084
19.9
6,244
17.5
12,062
33.9
2,447
6.9
1,368
3.8
1440
1.2
758
2.1
1,244
8.9
1,011
7.2
3.487
24.9
2,113
15.1
4,171
29.7
725
5.2
663
4.0
118
0.8
137
1.0
251
6.7
500
13.3
1, 1.38
30.3
639
17.0
1,153
30.7
343
9.1
267
7.1
26
0.7
153
4.1
175
4.1
183
4.3
289
6.8
426
10.0
597
14.1
197
4.6
41
1.0
31
0.7
63
1.5
225
4.9
283
6.2
614
13.4
993
21.7
2,316
50.6
410
8.9
198
4.3
111
2.4
120
2.6
151
2.6
199
3.4
851
14.4
1,132
19.2
2,162
36.6
456
7.7
219
3.7
76
1.3
171
2.9
75
2. 4
Aggravated assault:
Number of persons released.
Rate per 100,000
125
4.0
Dther assaults:
Number of persons released.
Rate per 100,000
705
22. 7
Jurglary— breaking or entering:
Number of persons released
Rate per 100,000.- -
941
30.3
^arceny— theft:
Number of persons released.
Rate per 100,000
1,663
53.5
Vuto theft:
Number of persons released- .
Rate per 100,000
316
10.2
Embezzlement and fraud:
Number of persons released..
Rate per 100,000 _. .
80
2. 6
Stolen property; buying, receiv-
ing, possessmg:
Number of persons released..
Rate per 100,000
2 78
2.5
^orgery and counterfeiting:
Number of persons released-.
Rate per 100,000
114
3.7
iape:
Number of persons released..
Rate per 100,000
549
1.54
218
1.55
90
2.40
36
0.85
85
1.86
77
1.30
43
1.38
See footnotes at end of tat
le.
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Table 22. -PERSONS RELEASED WITHOUT BEING HELD FOR PROSE-
CUTION, 1952; NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 INHABITANTS. BY
POPULATION GROUPS— Continued
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census
Offense charged
Total
1,141
cities;
total
popula-
tion,
35,620,638
Prostitution and commercial-
ized vice:
Number of persons released.
Rate per 100,000
Sex offenses (except rape and
prostitution):
Number of persons released .
Rate per 100,000.. _-^-_
Narcotic drug laws:
Number of persons released.
Rate per 100.000..--
Weapons; carrying, possessing,
etc.:
Numberof persons released-
Rate per 100,000
Offenses against family and
children:
Numberof persons released.
Rate per 100,000-.-
Liquor laws:
Number of [)ersons released.
Rate|)i"r 100,000-..
Driving wliile intoxicated:
Num ber of persons released.,
Ra te per 100,000. . .
Traffic and motor vehicle laws:
Number of persons released.
Rate per 100,000
Disorderly conduct:
Number of persons released.
Ra te per 100,000. . .
Drunkenness:
Number of persons released..
Rate per 100,000..-
Vagrancy:
Number of persons released.
Rate per 100,000.-.
Oambling:
N um ber of persons released .
Rate per 100,000---
Suspicion:
N uni ber of persons released .
Rate per 10(1.000.-.- - - --
All other offenses:
Nuin ber of persons released-
Rate per 100,000
4,533
12.7
1,154
3.2
873
2.5
891
2.5
2,412
3 1,911
5.4
» 1, 833
5.2
1,017,528
3, 080. 9
11,310
31.8
u 77, 770
218.4
6.448
18.1
3.772
10.6
i« 90, 320
253.6
22, 925
64.4
Group I
19 cities
over
250,000;
popula-
tion,
14,024,833
28.4
271
1.9
453
3.2
395
2.8
758
5.4
768
5.5
128
0.9
' 80, 624
662. 2
2,124
15.1
38, 729
276.1
452
3.2
2,811
20.0
52. 276
372.7
6,007
42.8
Group II
26 cities,
100,000 to
250,000;
popula-
tion,
3,756,214
240
6.4
150
4.0
211
5.6
152
4.0
232
6.2
113
3.0
6 143
3.9
"150,177
4, 346. 7
1,175
31.3
16, 296
4.33. 8
31.9
207
5.5
3, 824
101.8
2,004
53.4
Group III
60 cities,
50,000 to
100,000;
popula-
tion,
4,245,090
55
1.3
122
2.9
64
1.5
72
1.7
185
4.4
128
3.0
175
4.1
10 68, 807
1,680.2
1,406
33.1
5, 725
134.9
190
4.5
9, 820
231.3
1,939
45.7
Group IV
131 cities,
25,000 to
50,000;
popula-
tion,
4,581,402
41
0.9
236
5.2
54
1.2
79
1.7
233
5.1
300
6.5
308
6.7
"200,224
5, 826. 1
1,720
37.5
4, 553
99.4
1.000
21.8
231
5.0
7,600
165.9
4,068
Group V
.380 cities,
10.000 to
25,000;
popula-
tion,
5,902,509
108
1.8
242
4.1
71
1.2
108
1.8
593
10.0
349
5.9
723
12.2
'2 323,178
5,601.6
2.813
47.7
7.824
132.6
1.435
24.3
232
3.9
11,387
192.9
4,452
75.4
Footnotes 1-17: The number of persons released and the rate are based on the reports from the number
of cities indicated below:
Footnote
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Cities
1,140
524
1,140
524
1,140
25
1,117
18
24
Population
35, 610, 684
3, 100, 636
35, 613, 462
3,103,414
35, 495, 869
3,631,445
33, 02(), 722
12,175,265
3, 454, 930
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Cities
58
128
372
517
1,140
524
1,140
524
Popular ii
4, 0115.
4, 466.
5, 7()9,
3. 065.
35,616,
3, 106.
35, 614,
3, 104,
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Table 23.— PERSONS RELEASED WITHOUT BEING HELD FOR PROSE-
CUTION, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, EXCEPT DRIVING WHILE IN-
TOXICATED, 1952; NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 INHABITANTS,
BY POPULATION GROUPS
[Population figures from 1950 decennial census]
Offense charged
Total
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
686 cities;
total
popula-
tion,
15,916,880
8 cities
over
250,000;
popula-
tion,
4,296,350
8 cities,
100,000 to
250,000;
popula-
tion,
1,324,623
27 cities,
50,000 to
100,000;
popula-
tion,
1,908,356
82 cities,
25,000 to
50,000;
popula-
tion,
2,850,465
238 cities.
10,000 to
25,000;
popula-
tion,
3,631,666
323 cities
under
10,000;
popula-
tion,
1,905,420
ioad and driving laws:
Number of persons re-
leased
Rate per 100,000. .
87. 912
552.3
847, 639
5, 325. 4
39, 853
250.4
12, 661
294.7
45, 161
1. 051. 1
17, 32H
3,971
299.8
114,683
8, 657. 8
4.041
3.254
170. 5
60, 820
3, 187. 0
1.860
97.5
36.811
1.291.4
217.602
7, 633. 9
5.750
201.7
16,234
147. 0
301. 200
8. 293. 7
5,680
156.4
14, 981
786 2
Parking violations:
Number of persons re-
leased
Rate per 100,000
Dther traffic and motor vehicle
laws:
Number of persons re-
108, 173
5, 677. 1
5. 194
Rate per 100,000
403. 3 305. 1
272 6
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES
The police statistics herein concern local offenses only and in no manner relate
to crimes characterized as exclusively Federal.
The term "offenses known to the police" is designed to include those crimes
designated as part 1 classes of the uniform classification occurring within the police
jurisdiction, whether they become know^n to the poHce through reports of police
officers, of citizens, of prosecuting or court officials, or otherwise. They are con-i
fined to the following group of seven classes of grave offenses, shown by experiencflj
to be those most generally and completely reported to the pohce: Criminal homi-|j:
cide, including (a) murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, and (6) manslaughter bj|
negligence; rape; robbery; aggravated assault; burglary — breaking or entering I
larceny — theft; and auto theft. The figures contained herein include also th<|,
number of attempted crimes of the designated classes. In other words, an at-f
tempted burglary or robbery, for example, is reported in the bulletin in the sara<
manner as if the crime had been completed. Attempted murders, however, an
reported as aggravated assaults.
"Offenses known to the police" include, therefore, all of the above offenses
including attempts, which are reported by the lavA'-enforcement agencies of con
tributing communities and not merely arrests or cleared cases. Offenses commit
ted by juveniles are included in the same manner as those known to have beei
committed by adults, regardless of the prosecutive action. Complaints whicJ
upon investigation are learned to be groundless are not included in the tabulations
In publishing the data sent in by chiefs of police in different cities, the FBI doe
not vouch for their accuracy. They are given out as current information whici
may throw some light on problems of crime and criminal-law enforcement.
In compiling the tables, returns which were apparently incomplete or other wis I
defective were excluded.
In order to indicate more clearly the types of offenses included in part I an
part II offenses, there follows a brief definition of each classificaiton:
Part I Offenses
1. Criminal homicide. — (a) Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter includes a<
willful felonious homicides as distinguished from deaths caused by negligencf
Does not include attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, accidental deaths, c
justifiable homicides. Justifiable homicides excluded from this classification ai
limited to the following types of cases: (1) The killing of a felon by a peace ofFicf
in line of duty; (2) the killing of a hold-up man by a private citizen, (b) Mai
slaughter by negligence includes any death which the police investigation estal
lishes was primarily attributable to gross negligence on the part of some individuj
other than the victim.
2. Rape. — Includes forcible rape, statutory rape (no force used — victim und«
age of consent), assault to rape, and attempted rape.
3. Robbery. — Includes stealing or taking anything of value from the person b "
force or violence or by putting in fear, such as strong-arm robbery, stick-up
robbery, armed. Includes assault to rob and attempt to rob.
4. Aggravated assaidt. — Includes assault with intent to kill; assault by shootinj
cutting, stabbing, maiming, poisoning, scalding, or by the use of acids. Does n(
include simple assault, assault and battery, fighting, etc.
5. Burglary — breaking or entering. — Includes burglary, housebreaking, safi
cracking, or any unlawful entry to commit a felony or a theft, even though n
force was used to gain entrance. Includes attempts. Burglary followed b
larceny is included in this classification and not counted again as larceny.
6. Larceny — theft (except auto theft). — (a) Fifty dollars and over in valu<
(6) under $50 in value — includes in one of the above subclassifications, dependin
upon the value of the property stolen, thefts of bicycles, automobile accessorie
(64)
t
65
io])lifting, pocket-picking, or any stealing of property or article of value which is
)t taken by force and violence or by fraud. Does not include embezzlement,
;oii" games, forgery, worthless checks, etc.
7. Auto theft. — Includes all cases where a motor vehicle is stolen or driven away
id abandoned, including the so-called joy-riding thefts. Does not include taking
r temporary use when actually returned by the taker, or unauthorized use by
lO^e having lawful access to the vehicle.
art II Offenses
8. Other assaults. — Includes all assaults and attempted assaults ^\hich are not
an aggravated nature and which do not belong in class 4.
9. Forgery and counterfeiting. — Includes offenses dealing with the making,
toring, uttering, or possessing, with intent to defraud, anything false which is
ade to appear true. Includes attempts.
10. EmhezzUment and fraud. — Includes all offenses of fraudulent conversion,
iilsezzlement, and obtaining money or property by false pretenses.
11. Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing. — Includes buying, receiving,
id possessing stolen property as well as attempts to commit any of those offenses.
12. Weapons; carrying, posses.'^ing, etc. — Includes all violations of regulations or
atutes controlHng the carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, and manufacturing
deadly weapons or silencers and all attempts to violate such statutes or reg-
ations.
1.3. Prostitution and comrnercialized vice. — Includes se.x offenses of a commer-
alized nature, or attempts to commit the same, such as prostitution, keeping
n\ (ly house, procuring, transporting, or detaining women for immoral purposes.
14. Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution and commercialized vice). — ■
icludes offenses against chastity, common decency, morals, and the like. In-
udes attempts.
1.5. Offenses against the family and children. — Includes offenses of nonsupport,
'iilect, desertion, or abuse of family and children.
Hi. Narcotic drug laws. — Includes offenses relating to narcotic drugs, such as
ilawful possession, sale, or use. Excludes Federal offenses.
17. Liquor laws. — With the exception of "drunkenness" (class 18) and "driving
hile intoxicated" (class 22), liquor law violations, state or local, are placed in this
ass. Excludes Federal violations.
18. Drunkenness. ^Includes all offenses of drunkenness or intoxication.
19. Disorderly conduct. — Includes all charges of committing a breach of the
?ace.
20. Vagrancy. — Includes such offenses as vagabondage, begging, loitering, etc.
21. Gambling. — Includes offenses of promoting, permitting, or engaging in
unbUng.
22. Driving while intoxicated. — Includes driving or operating any motor vehicle
hile drunk or under the influence of liquor or narcotics.
23. Violation of road and driving laws. — Includes violations of regulations with
spect to the proper handling of a motor vehicle to prevent accidents.
24. Parking violations. — Includes violations of parking ordinances.
2.5. Other violations of traffic and motor vehicle laws. — Includes violations of state
ws and municipal ordinances with regard to traffic and motor vehicles not other-
ise provided for in classes 22-24.
26. All other offenses. — Includes all violations of state or local laws for which
) provision has been made above in classes 1-25.
27. Suspicion. — This classification includes all persons arrested as suspicious
laracters, but not in connection with any specific offense, who are released with-
it formal charges being placed against them.
o
UNIFORM
CRIME
REPORTS
FOR THE UNITED STATES
ISSUED BY THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Volume XXiV
ANNUAL BULLETIN
Number 2
1953
UNIFORM
CRIME REPORTS
FOR THE UNITED STATES
Volume XXiV — Number 2
ANNUAL BULLETIN, 1953
Issued by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Washington, D. C.
ADVISORY
International Association of Cliiefs of Police
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1954
Page
Summary of volume XXIV, No. 2 07-68
Crime trends:
Estimated number of major crimes (table 24) 69-71
Urban crime trends (tables 25-27) 72-80
Rural crime trends (table 28) 80-82
Monthly variations (table 29) 82-85
Crime rates:
Urban crime rates (tables 30-33) 86-91
Rural crime rates (table 34) 92-93
Offenses in individual areas:
Offenses in cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants (table 35) 94-102
Offenses in jurisdictions outside the United States (table 36) 103
Supplemental crime data:
Offense analysis (table 37) 104-105
Value of property stolen by type of crime (table 38) 106
Value of property stolen and value of property recovered (table 39) _. 107
Age, sex, and race of persons arrested:
Age distribution of persons arrested (tables 40-41) 108-112^
Sex distribution of persons arrested (table 42) 113'
Race distribution of persons arrested (table 43) 114
Reporting area 115:
Classification of offenses 1 16-1 18
Index to volume XXIV . 119-120
(11)
UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS
J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S.
Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Volume XXIV JANUARY 1954 Number 2
SUMMARY
Estimated Number of Major Crimes
Major crimes reached a new high of 2,159,080 in 1953. The
3 percent increase over the previous high in 1952 was supported by
increases in all crime classes except murder, down 1.2 percent.
Crime is outstripping population rate of growth 4 to 1. Our popu-
lation increased 5 percent and crime jumped 20 percent since 1950.
Robberies, up 8.5 percent, lead the increases with burglarv, up
S.2 percent, second. Larceny, aggravated assault and auto theft
increased 5.4, 5.3, and 5.2 percent, in that order. Crimes of rape
increased 3.8 percent while the rise in negligent manslaughter was
nominal, up 0.7 percent.
Over 400 million dollars was lost in property crimes. Over 13,000
stolen autos in 1953 worth over 14 million dollars remained unre-
covered at the year's end.
Crime Trends, Urban-Rural
People in our cities were victims of 4.5 percent more major crimes
in 1953. All city crimes increased but murder, down 2.2 percent.
Increases ranged from 2.6 percent for rape to 8.3 percent for robbery.
City crimes in 1953 stood 39 percent above the pre-World War II
average of 1937-39.
Rural crimes, those in areas outside cities, increased 9.6 percent
with increases from 0.4 percent in murders to 16.5 percent for burgla-
ries. Rural negligent manslaughters were down 5.5 percent.
Monthly Variations
The crime calendar shows criminal assaults and murders at their
peak in the warm months. Negligent manslaughters, predominantly
traffic deaths, are more frequent in winter months when bad driving
conditions prevail. Robbers and thieves prefer to operate during
the darker months, October-December.
(67)
68
Property Recovered
Over 59 percent of the value of stolen property was recovered i
1953 and 88 percent of this consisted of autos. There were reco^
erics of over 11 percent of stolen currency, jewelr3^, furs, clothing, an
miscellaneous.
Persons Arrested
Arrests of about 4 million persons in cities are estimated froj
reports of 1,174 cities reporting 1,791,160 arrests in 1953. Arres^
include driving while intoxicated and negligent manslaughter but n«
other traffic matters. Every other person (49.3 percent) arrested f<l
burglary was under 18 years of age and 1 out of 3 was not yet 1
Over half of the car theft arrests were juveniles and 29.0 percent we]
not old enough to get a regular driver's permit in most State
Arrests of young people under age 18 increased 7.9 percent in 19^!
while adult arrests increased 1 .9 percent.
CRIME TRENDS
Estimated Number of Major Crim.es
Major crimes went over the 2 million mark again in 1953 — 6 percent
above 1952 — for a new high of 2,159,080 estimated major crimes and
the rise cannot be charged to an increase in population alone. The
number of persons residing in the United States increased about 5
percent from the 1950 census to 1953 while crime totals rose over 20
percent.
All but 1 crime class showed increases over 1952 — ranging from
negligent manslaughter, up 0.7 percent, to robbery, up 8.5 percent.
Murders decreased 1.2 percent.
With criminal homicides grouped (murders and negligent man-
slaughters) it is seen that killers took the lives of 12,810 people in 1953,
only 50 fewer than the 12,860 victims the year before. Murderers
killed 7,120 of the 12,810 victims, while the remaining 5,690 died as a
result of the criminal negligence of others.
Strong-arm thugs and criminals armed with deadly weapons forcibly
took more than 14 million dollars in 1953. These potential killers
threatened their victims in the 63,100 robberies and obtained an
..verage of $222 per robbery. Robberies increased 8.5 percent, the
lighest percent increase in any major crime in 1953.
Rapes numbered 17,900 in 1953 increasing 3.8 percent over the
1952 figures and over half of these were forcible cases. In addition
:.o the foregoing, there were 92,600 people stabbed, shot, cut, clubbed
or seriously beaten in 1953. They numbered 5.3 percent more than
the 87,930 people maimed, crippled, or w^ounded in aggravated
assaults during 1952.
Burglars were second only to robbers in increased activities in 1953.
Homes, business houses, and other structures were illegally entered
479,120 times (8.2 percent more frequently). Burglars took more
than 78 million dollars in money and property. The loss in each
burglary was $163, on the average.
Car thieves stole 226,530 automobiles— 11,220 more than in 1952—
an increase of 5.2 percent. Police reported the value of the average
auto stolen as $1,038 and 93.9 percent of the stolen autos recovered.
This indicates 13,818 stolen autos unrecovered in 1953, or an unre-
covered loss of over 14 million dollars ($14,343,084).
Other thefts numbered 1,267,020 in 1953, a 5.4 percent increase.
Almost 29 percent of these were thefts of property valued at $50
and over. In more than 39 percent of the theft cases accessories
or other articles were stolen from autos, when the cars themselves
were not stolen. About 17 percent were bicycle thefts. Other types
of thefts included in the larceny-theft class are: pocket-picking;
purse-snatching; shoplifting; and miscellaneous.
(69)
70
Over 400 million dollars was lost to property crimes (robbery,
burglary, larceny, and auto theft). Police figures indicate a recovery'
rate of about 59 percent, with autos accounting for about 88 percent
of recovered stolen property.
Table 24.— CRIME TRENDS, URBAN AND RURAL
[Estimated numVwr of major crimes in the United States, 1952-53]
Offense
Number of offenses
Change
Number Percent
TOTAL
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
M anslaughter by negligence
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated assault. .-
Burglary— breaking or entering
Larceny— theft
Autotheft
2, 036, 510
2, 159, 080
+ 122.570
+6.01
7,210
5,650
17, 240
58,140
87, 930
442, 760
1, 202, 270
215, 310
7,120
5,6S0
17,900
63, 100
92, 600
479, 120
1, 267, 020
226, 530
-90
+40
+660
+4, 9<)0
+4, 670
+36, 360
+64, 7.50
+ 11,220
-1.2
+0.7'
+3.81
+8.5
+5.3
+8.2
+5.4
+5.2
Estimates are resorted to in the absence of complete reporting:
from all areas in the United States in order to present an approximate*
picture of the magnitude of the crime problem. Estimated crime-
totals are limited to the crimes (offenses) identified in table 24 above.
These are the Part I class of offenses considered of major importance
in the police problem. The uniform crime reporting program asi
designed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police is further
explained beginning on page 116 (classification of offenses).
Certain important crimes are not included in the estimated total!
crimes. For example, the program has no provision for collecting)
the number of arsons, sex crimes other than rape, carrying concealedl
weapons, and embezzlement. Accordingly, the estimated totall
major crime presented here is considered conservative.
These estimates are based on reports representing almost 60 percent
of the rural population and over 83 percent of the urban population.
In building up the figures to 100 percent of the population, it is
actually necessary to estimate for only slightly more than one-fourth
of the population in this country. In connection with estimating'
for the unrepresented rural area, it is recognized that some rural
crime reports received are incomplete and adjustments are made fori
calculated incompleteness in some categories.
It will be noted that some of the text above is not supported by the
data shosvn in table 24. The additional approximations were obtainedl
as a matter of interest by iipplying to the estimated crime the analyses '
of crimes by type, valuation of property, and recovery percentages
available in the section on supplemental crime data beginning on
page 104 of this bulletin.
71
CRIME TREND- -U. S.
based on the estimated number of major crimes
1952 VS. 1953 -PERCENT CHANGE
+8.5
+3.8
+0.7
+8.2
+5.3
tL* +5.2
1952 LEVEL
1 r
-1.2
I I I I I
I I I I I
I I
I I
I I
I I
I I
I I i i
TOTAL MURDER NEGLIGENT UK ROBBERY AGGRAVATED BUR61ARY URGENT AUTO THEFT
MANSLAUGHTER ASSAULT
Figure 8.
72
Urban Crime Trends
City crime went up again in 1953. People in our cities were vic-
tims of 4.5 percent more major crimes in 1953 than in 1952. However,;
the 1953 figures may be indicative of a leveling off of the general
increase in city crimes that has continued since 1947.
Since the last general decrease in city crime (1947) percent increases
in crimes for urban places (cities) were as follows: 1948, +0.3; 1949,
+4.2; 1950, +0.4; 1951, +5.2; 1952, +8.1; and 1953, +4.5.
In the total for all cities, major crimes increased in all categories
during 1953 except murder, which declined 2.2 percent. Increases
ranged from +2.6 percent for rape up to +8.3 percent for robbery.
All individual groups of cities also reflected increases (cities placed
into six groups by size). A high for 1953 was the increase of 6.9
percent in the group of cities of 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants. The
smallest increase, +2.4 percent, occurred in the group of cities with
100,000 to 250,000 inhabitants.
For urban crime trends the reports for 2 years from identical cities
are compared. A full set of reports for 1952 and 1953 from the police
in the same 2,262 cities were used in the trends. Over 83 percent oi
the urban population is represented by these cities.
Generally, under the uniform crime reporting system a place is
urban (city) if it is incorporated and has 2,500 or more people. This
broad definition follows the 1940 Bureau of the Census distinct ior
between urban and rural. The 1950 Bureau of the Census urban
definition includes certain densely populated areas called "urbanizec
fringe" areas just outside of city limits that may not agree with police
reporting jurisdictions. For this reason, the 1940 definition has been
retained for crime reporting purposes. The Bureau of the Census
has pubhshed 1950 population figures under both the "1950 rule" and
the '4940 rule."
A city police chief can compare his own figures for 1952 and 1953
and note the trend in his city, increases or decreases in the various
crime classes. Then he can check his local trend data against the
national figures given here in tables 25 and 26. This basic survey of
trends gives direction to his additional studies of the local crime prob-
lem, such as: special types of robberies or burglaries; areas in his city
with the greatest frequency of these crimes; time of day that they
occur; possible rearrangement of patrol to combat the problem; and
the like.
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Table 25.— URBAN CRIME TRENDS, 1952-53, BY POPULATION GROUPS
[Oflenses known to the police in 2,262 cities, total population 74,145,884, based on 1950 decennial census]
Population group
rOTAl:
1952
1953
Percent change
iTOUp I: 37 cities over
250,000; total popula-
tion, 31,717,978;
1952
1953
Percent change
3roup II: 62 cities, 100,000
to 250,000; total popu-
lation, 9,124,665:
1952
1953
Percent change
3roup III: 124 cities,
50,000 to 100,000; total
population, 8,759,964:
1952
1953
Percent change.
3roup IV: 230 cities,
25,000 to 50,000; total
population, 8,111,918:
1952
1953
Percent change
3roup V: 636 cities, 10,000
to 25,000; total pupu-
lation, 9,827,137:
1952 -
1953
Percent change
Group VI: 1,173 cities
under 10,000; total pop-
ulation, 6,604,222:
1952
1953 ---
Percent change
Total
1, 257, 546
1, 313, 596
-1-4.5
630, 043
860, 781
-h4.9
176, 698
180, 982
+2.4
141, 433
147, 764
-1-4.5
124, 014
128, 197
-1-3.4
124, 899
133, 537
-1-6.9
60, 459
62, 335
-fS.l
Murder
and
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
8,593
3.515
-2.2
1,962
1,946
-0.8
554
550
-0.7
345
351
-1-1.7
277
273
-1.4
288
248
-13.9
167
147
-12.0
Man-
slaugh-
ter by
2,497
2,656
-1-6.4
1,312
1,552
-1-18.3
386
347
-10.1
286
274
-4.2
269
239
-11.2
144
148
-1-2.8
100
96
-4.0
Rape
8,585
8,806
+2.6
5,589
5,661
+ 1.3
840
1,006
+ 19.8
663
675
+ 1.8
523
539
+3.1
565
528
-6.5
405
397
-2.0
Rob-
bery
44, 504
48,212
+8.3
32, 891
35,750
+8.7
4,316
4,869
+12.8
2,884
2,969
+2.9
1,820
1,878
+.3.2
1,648
1,836
+ 11.4
945
910
-3.7
Aggra-
vated
assault
59, 935
62. 604
+4.5
37. 325
39, 469
+.5.7
6,962
7,435
+6.8
6,781
6,894
+ 1.7
3,730
3,731
(>)
3,465
3,355
-3.2
1,672
1,720
+2.9
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
enter-
ing
289, 795
305, 535
+5.4
152,267
160, 807
+5.6
41, 750
43,113
+3.3
30, 335
31, 863
+5.0
25, 308
27, 060
+6.9
26,002
28,363
+9.1
14, 133
14, 329
+ 1.4
Lar-
ceny—
theft
710, 562
737. 190
+3.7
321,261
331,034
+3.0
101,800
103, 862
+2.0
85, 886
90,212
+5.0
81,160
83, 736
+3.2
82, 746
88, 822
+7.3
37, 709
39, 524
+4.8
Auto
theft
138, 075
145, 078
+5.1
77, 436
84, 562
+9.2
20, 090
19, 800
-1.4
14, 253
14, 526
+1.9
10, 927
10, 741
-1.7
10, 041
10, 237
+2.0
5,328
5,212
-2.2
1 Increase of less than Mo of 1 percent.
293671°— 54-
74
Figure 9.
75
TvBLE 26.— URBAN CRIME TRENDS, 1952-53, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVI-
SIONS AND STATES
[OfTenses known to the police in 2,262 cities, total population, 74,145,884
, based on 1950 decennial census]
Divisions and States
Total
Murder
and
n on neg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Man-
slaugh-
ter by
negli-
gence
Rape
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
?ntering
Lar-
ceny-
theft
Auto
theft
TOTAL:
1952
1, 257, 546
1, 313, 596
+4.5
3,593
3,515
-2.2
■ 2,497
2,656
+6.4
8,585
8,806
+2.6
44, 504
48, 212
+8.3
59, 935
62, 604
+4.5
289, 795
305, 535
+ 5.4
710, 562
737, 190
+3.7
138, 075
1963
146, 078
Percent change
New England, 173 cities;
population, 6,107,550:
1952
1953
+ 5.1
60, 994
62, 754
+2.9
65
84
+29.2
21
21
3
5
28
50
■+ 7 >;. L-
1
7
7
1
631
518
-2.4
203
213
+4-9
312
314
+0.6
791
905
+14- i
762
917
+20.3
U, 854
15, 356
+3.4
36,957
37, 924
+2.6
7, 050
7,041
Percent change
Connecticut, 23 cities;
population, 1,103,563:
1 1952
-0.1
13, 070
13, 635
3,300
3,066
- "/. I
34, 134
35, 547
+ V. ■
2,014
2,118
7,535
7,492
941
896
245,989
252, 439
+2.6
40
59
2
5
138
131
4
6
18
11
1
1
603
704
+16.7
49
59
17
18
i. •■
194
178
» ?:. •'-
8
11
36
41
8
7
1,886
1,877
-0.5
171
193
32
30
- ••', X
489
587
9
'■J ' ', ■
85
83
2
3
11,270
11,561
+2.6
281
361
28
22
367
418
/ 7, -7
"%
10
76
106
1
11,469
12, 481
+8.8
3,410
3,718
641
599
- '-..<
8,131
8,421
425
506
2,048
1,936^
199
176
69,33.5
71, 653
+3.3
7,830
7, 951
.'. i
2,297
2,076
- 7-4
20, 342
21,319
V. r
1,452
1,418
4,371
4,544
665
616
126, 122
127, 874
+1-4
1,268
1953
1,273
Maine, 18 cities; popula-
tion, 317,802:
1 1952 .
280
i 1953
Massachusetts, 92 cities;
population, 3,729,795:
1952
311
4, 445
1953
NewHampshire, 15cities;
population, 264,306:
99
1953
157
population, 592,322:
1952
894
1953
764
Vermont, 9 cities; popu-
lation, 99,762:
1952
64
1953
93
Middle Atlantic, 525
cities; population,
18,639,859:
1952
24, 773
1953
Percent change
New Jersey, 136 cities;
population, 3,271,268:
1952
+4.0
38, 795
39, 376
177, 765
182, 329
29, 429
30, 734
288, 146
296, 883
+3.0
83, 647
82, 744
35, 272
37,036
80
89
374
364
77
65
841
812
-3.4
151
126
350
497
102
81
517
546
+5.6
248
245
1,399
1,392
239
240
2, 336
2,315
-0.9
1,010
1,253
9,214
9,391
1,046
917
13,093
H, 887
+13.7
1,827
1,816
8,840
9,846
802
819
12, 923
13, 589
+5.2
11, 731
11, 444
50, 121
52, 672
7,483
7,5.37
58, 282
59, 409
+1.9
19, 127
20,036
92, 162
91, 348
14, 833
16, 490
169, 659
173, 247
+2.1
4,621
1953
4,367
New York, 169 cities;
population, 11,665,437:
1952
15, 305
1953 .
16, 819
Pennsylvania, 220 cities;
population, 3,703,154:
1952
4,847
1953
East North Central, 552
cities; population,
18,235,646:
1952 - - -
SO, 495
1953 -
Percent change
Illinois, 143 cities; popu-
lation, 5,982,544:
1952 --- -
+5.2
348
340
106
79
195
196
68
64
788
703
136
169
7,198
7,915
938
5,228
5,462
977
19, 505
19, 612
7,588
39, 360
38, 122
21,643
11,025
1953 _
10, 394
Indiana, 77 cities; popu-
lation, 1,988,123:
1952
3,816
1953
1,026 1 919
8,285 1 22,457
4,037
76
Table 26.— URBAN CRIME TRENDS, 1952-53, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVI-
SIGNS AND STATES— Continued
Divisions and States
East North Central — Con.
Michigan, 105 cities; pop-
ulation, 3,850,500:
1952
1953
Ohio, 149 cities; popula-
tion, 4,629,078:
1952 -
1953- ---- ---
Wisconsin, 78 cities; pop-
ulation, 1,785,401:
1952
1953 ---
West North Central, 257
cities; population,
6,075,413:
1952
1953
Percent change
Iowa, 61 cities; popula-
tion, 1,079,341:
1952
1953
Kansas, 49 cities; popula-
tion, 827,482:
1952
1953
Minnesota, 64 cities; pop-
ulation, 1,460,248:
1952
1953
Missouri, 35 cities; popu-
lation, 1,842,180:
1952
1953....
Nebraska, 24 cities; popu-
lation, 534,344:
1952 __
19.53
North Dakota, 11 cities;
population, 157,009:
1952
1953
South Dakota, 13 cities;
population, 174,799:
1952
19.53 _
South Atlantic,! 198 cities;
population, 6,757,392:
1952
1953 _
Percent change
Delaware, 4 cities; popu-
lation, 124,845:
1952 .,
1953
Florida, 35 cities; popula-
tion, 1,071,859:
1952
1953
Georgia, 21 cities; popula-
tion, 550,781:
19,52
19.53 -.
Maryland, 16 cities; pop-
ulation, 1,138,506:
1952
1953
Total
82.003
86, 953
66,415
67, 934
20, 809
22, 216
91, 650
96, 8i7
+5.7
12,511
13,408
14, 405
14, 935
19, 155
21. 155
33, 960
35, 870
7,440
7,546
1,781
1,995
2,398
1,938
H6, 798
152, 828
+4-1
2,753
2,791
26, 456
29, 094
8,453
9,457
23, 256
27, 818
Murder
and
nonneg-
llgent
man-
slaugh-
ter
150
174
201
199
157
137
660
+2.8
103
114
71
Man-
slaugh-
ter by
negli-
gence
85
117
148
137
121
157
Rape
976
923
326
363
110
157
575
6i6
+12.3
324
352
Rob-
bery
2,714
3,448
2,042
2,260
201
238
2,788
3,150
+13.0
+ 11.1
188
262
139
158
328
348
476
533
1,726
1,966
97
120
i,163
+7.S
Aggra-
vated
assault
4,474
4,836
248
329
,650
-1.1
Bur-
glary-
break-
ingor
entering
15,0.56
15, 702
13,564
12,867
2,569
2,943
19, 539
20, 613
+5.5
563
721
165
201
812
1,011
82
115
358
449
127
135
2,955
2,836
151
106
16, 09 J,
16, 192
+0.6
2,247
2,508
3,152
3,447
4,115
4,542
7,978
8,112
1,385
1,320
261
332
401
352
33, 82i
35,017
+3.5
Lar-
ceny—
theft
50,475
51,804
42, 328
43, 965
15, 853
16,899
55, 294
58, 002
+4.9
1, 085
1,333
1,085
1, 242
1, .596
1,674
718
597
7,247
8,171
2,349
2, 593
4,996
5,937
8,810
9,506
9,205
9,339
12, 328
13, 403
16,887
17, 702
4,911
5,080
1,357
1,534
1,796
1,438
73, ess
77, 595
+5.S
1,673
1,762
14, 775
15, 714
3,582
4,103
10, 203
13, 331
'Includes the District of Columbia.
77
'able 26.— urban crime TRENDS, 1952
SIGNS AND STATES—
-53, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVI-
-Continued
Divisions and States
Total
Murder
and
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Man-
slaugh-
ter by
negli-
gence
Rape
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
entering
Lar-
cenv —
theft
-\uto
theft
uth Atlantic— Con.
orth Carolina, 47 cities;
population, 1,023,267:
1952
1953
)Uth Carolina, 20 cities;
population, 398,367:
1952
1953
irginia, 33 cities; popula-
tion, 1,197,639:
1952
1953 ..^
'est Virginia, 21 cities;
population, 449,950:
1952
1953
ist South Central, 99
cities; population,
3,076,292:
1952-
1953
19, 862
19, 262
7,963
8,633
29, 084
29, 119
4,695
4,578
47. 757
47, 995
+0.5
115
114
30
35
108
139
26
27
595
578
-S.8
69
57
10
7
55
63
5
3
127
104
-18.1
98
93
66
45
227
194
7
18
267
205
-21.0
330
284
93
90
779
770
135
123
1,625
1,521
-6.4
4,032
3, 783
547
523
2,896
2,871
232
222
5,409
5, 775
+10.7
4,110
4,193
1, 756
1,894
6,110
5,906
1,147
1,146
15, 551
15, 845
+2.2
9,276
9,246
4,688
5, 253
15,425
16,004
2,514
2,494
22, 010
21, 929
-0.4
1,632
1,492
773
786
3,484
3,172
629
645
6, 585
6,24'B
-2.2
Percent change _-
labama, 31 cities; popu-
lation, 963,560:
1952__
13, 885
14, 121
15,957
16,462
3,666
3,577
14, 249
13, 835
100, 781
107, 594
+6.8
133
146
71
81
46
31
143
120
612
491
-4.1
22
23
42
29
16
2
47
50
201
215
+0.0
65
63
127
73
38
16
27
51
697
692
-0.8
325
343
758
662
68
47
474
469
2,197
2,SU
+6.7
1,367
1,258
1,028
1,092
309
284
705
1,141
4,499
4,251
-5.5
4,120
4,461
4,338
4,243
893
1,121
4,200
4,018
25, 866
25, 921
+8.6
6,114
6,220
7,144
7,680
2,003
1,809
6,749
6,220
65, 760
60, 057
+7.7
1,739
1,607
2,449
2,602
293
267
1,904
1,766
15, 149
15, 746
+4.6
1953
entucky, 32 cities; pop-
ulation, 752,071:
1952
1953
[ississippi, 15 cities;
population, 331,333:
1952
1953..
ennessee, 21 cities; pop-
ulation, 1,029,328:
1952
1953....
est South Central, 136
cities; population,
4,911,873:
1952
1953
Percent change
rkansas, 15 cities; pop-
ulation, 280,558:
1952
4,043
4,564
11,821
12, 571
15,988
16,441
68, 929
74, 018
48, 759
60, ges
+4.5
9,549
9,841
26
29
84
75
50
47
352
340
7^
76
+6.6
11
6
60
57
18
29
112
121
45
56
-16.5
13
16
169
179
97
73
318
324
225
247
+9.8
141
114
462
450
290
296
1,304
1,484
1,180
1,186
+0.5
249
255
861
833
422
311
2,967
2,852
724
716
-1.1
958
1,202
2,658
2,563
3,769
3,767
16, 481
18, 389
10, 559
11,566
+11.7
2,314
2,580
.5, 372
5,815
9,574
10,097
38,500
41,545
51,216
52, 288
+5.4
331
362
2,155
2,599
1,768
1,821
8,895
8,963
4,920
1953..
ouisiana, 19 cities; pop-
ulation, 912,883:
1952....
1953
klahoma, 35 cities; pop-
ulation, 831,575:
1952
1953
exas, 67 cities; popula-
tion, 2,886,857:
1952....
1953
.ountain, 106 cities; pop-
ulation, 1,931,118:
1952
1953
Percent change
rizona, 11 cities; popu-
lation, 214,040:
1952....
-2.5
16
14
13
4
30
41
243
267
180
162
2,035
2,254
5,853
5,946
1,179
1953
1,153
78
Table 26.— URBAN CRIME TRENDS, 1952-
SIONS AND STATES—
53, BY GEOGRAPHIC Div|
Continued
Divisions and States
Total
Murder
and
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Man-
slaugh-
ter by
negli-
gence
Rape
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
entering
Lar-
ceny—
theft
i
Auto
theft
Mountain — Con.
Colorado, 27 cities: pop
ulation, 716, 559:
1952
16, 409
18, 002
4,834
4,971
3,558
3,449
1,681
1,674
2,305
2,608
7,809
7,917
2,594
2,460
S20, 692
2!i5,33It
+8.t
27
39
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
3
7
10
6
1
281
290
+1.0
8
3
3
2
6
i
8
2
8
13
1
Jti9
Hi
+6.0
75
103
14
25
22
19
10
2
16
18
49
27
9
12
1,502
1.618
+7.7
579
595
43
41
38
41
64
57
48
52
96
86
69
47
7, 679
8.i95
+10. 6
275
310
62
58
30
27
17
11
55
50
67
59
38
39
6,365
7, 033
+10. 5
4,117
4,960
819
841
564
529
421
526
585
685
1,464
1,411
3.54
360
46, 185
52, 157
+12.9
9,769
10, 450
3,473
3,687
2, 579
2,519
1,025
972
1,190
1, 389
5,433
5,525
1,894
1,800
139, 881
U8, 29/,
+6.0
1,59
1953 _
1,531
Idaho, 21 cities; popula-
tion, 200,713:
1952
1953 -
41
:ti
Montana, 14 cities; pop-
ulation, 168,723:
1952
:!i
19.53 . - -
3C
Nevada, 4 cities; popula-
tion, 49,651:
1952
Hi
1953 -
1(1
New Mexico, 5 cities; pop-
ulation, 127,859:
1952
3d
1953
4('
Utah, 13 cities; popula-
tion, 333,184:
1952
<k>
1953
7i
Wyoming, 11 cities; popu-
lation, 120,389:
1952
2:
1953
2i
Pacific, 216 cities; popu-
lation, 8,410,741:
1952
24. ;
1953
~~ .''
Percent change
+"'
California, 154 cities; pop-
ulation, 6,596,251:
1952
181, 4C2
200, 623
16, 035
15, 289
29, 255
29, 422
238
231
21
14
28
45
352
386
36
28
31
30
1,270
1,416
59
67
173
135
6,546
7,427
260
301
873
767
5,946
6,631
168
201
251
201
36,618
42, 632
3, 705
3, 350
5,862
6,175
110, 519
119, 5,50
10, 481
10, 094
18,881
18,650
19,9
1953
Oregon, 27 cities; popula-
tion, 655,443:
1952
22,3 .
1,3
1.2
3,1;
1953
Washington, 35 cities; pop-
ulation, 1,159,047:
1952
1953
3,4.,
Long-term trends show that major crimes have increased ov(
39 percent in our larger cities since the 1937-39 pre- World War 1
average. Population in these cities increased 16.2 percent betwee
1940 and 1950. No exact population figures are available for 195
for the specific cities represented; however, as a matter of mteres
the projected urban growth for the United States was applied to tb
cities in this study and this indicates a population rise of aboi
22 percent (1940-1953).
The long-range figures presented in table 27 and shown graphicall
in figun^ 10 are based on the reports of 363 identical cities of over 25,00
hihabitants. Their 1950 combined population was 47,586,584 an
their 1940 population was 40,951,490.
79
Figure 10.
80
Table 27.— URBAN CRniE TRENDS, 1937-53
[Offenses known to the police in 363 cities with over 25,000 inhabitants, total population 47,586,584 based on
1950 decennial census]
Year
Total
Murder,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaughter
Man-
slaughter
by negli-
gence
Rape
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
Lar-
ceny-
theft
Auto
theft
1937
667, 140
671. 707
695. 992
722, 324
727, 665
682, 233
657, 059
688, 350
754, 386
803, 995
775, 948
780, 094
810,714
810, 945
858, 470
901, 175
943,455
2,813
2,416
2,565
2,519
2,611
2.671
2.375
2.485
2,681
3,051
2.911
2,915
2, 662
2,719
2,645
2,860
2, 805
2,241
1,635
1,437
1,622
2, 015
1,844
1,,')40
1, 556
1, 861
1,872
1,645
1,634
1,509
1,773
1,750
1,902
1,799
3, 527
3.431
3. 671
3,707
4,051
4, 4.59
4,921
5,208
5,686
5,874
6,022
5,995
6,056
5,926
6,285
6,303
6,534
30, 413
31.088
29, 217
28, 097
26, 930
25. 622
25,011
24,129
29,881
34. 362
33. 199
31, 403
33,315
29,386
29,497
32, 893
36,449
21, 482
21, 175
21,. 541
22, 529
23, 832
26, 756
25, 359
28,717
31, 102
34. 667
37, 247
39, 787
41,278
41,404
40, 896
46, 322
48, 241
149, 237
149, 163
155, 267
157, 637
151,276
134.654
137, 286
141, 184
166. 903
183. 763
179, 045
181, 386
190, 722
187,016
186, 067
201.311
212, 477
356, 764
375, 883
399, 686
422, 857
426, 213
404, 932
367, 100
366,391
397, 514
429, 513
427, 794
436,357
456, 649
4,58, 112
491,970
500, 354
519, 633
100,663
86, 916
82.608
83.356
90. 737
81,295
93. 467
98,680
118,758
110,893
88,085
80,617
78. 523 !
84,609
99, 360
109, 230
116, 517
1938
1939
1940
1941 -
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947 - -
1948
1949
1950
1951 - - ---
1952
1953
Rural Crime Trends
Crimes in rural areas increased 9.6 percent in 1953, over twice the
percentage increase noted in city crime.
The 1952 and 1953 reports of 1,507 law-anforcement agencies cover-'
ing a total rural population of 36,658,117 were compared to obtain
these rural trend figures. In the individual offense classifications, the
only decrease seen was in negligent manslaughters, down 5.5 percent.
Increases range from a +0.4 percent for murder to a +16.5 percent i
for burglaries. Increases were substantial in other categories.
Crime in rural areas (outside the limits of cities and towns) has in-
creased each year since the publication of such tabulations began with
the 1944 annual issue of this bulletin. Rural crime trend figures are
summarized for the United States as a whole and are not broken down
by geographical divisions or states. This presentation of the rural
crime data is necessary since the broad coverage available for cities
has not been obtained for rural areas. Reports from law-enforcement
agencies representing rural areas are coiitril)uted on a voluntary basis
as are the reports from city police departments.
Figure 11.
293671°— 54-
82
Table 28.— RURAL CRIME TRENDS, 1952-53
[Based on reports of 1,392 sheriffs, 104 rural village officers, and 11 State police; total rural population
36,658,117, based on the 1950 decennial census]
Offense
Number of offenses
1952
1953
Percent
change
TOTAL. _
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
Manslaughter by negligence
Rape ---
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary — breaking or entering..
Larceny — theft
Auto theft
207, 406
227,814
1,672
2,114
4,250
6,258
11,710
64,134
95,606
21, 662
1,679
1,997
4,480
6,852
12, 684
74, 745
102, 005
22, 872
+9.61
+0.41
-5.6-
+5.4
+9.5
+8.3
+16.5
+6.7
+5.6
Monthly Variations
A glance at the calendar tells us what crimes are in season. Police
tabulations do not show the causes of crime, but they do reveal
definite seasonal crime patterns when examined from month-to-month.
These crime seasons have varied so little from year-to-year that fairly;
reliable forecasts can be made for the current year. This feature is of
inestimable value to the alert police administrator.
A study of the figures by quarters of the 3^ear supports the following |
general observations: Criminal assaults and murders occur more
frequently during July-September. This seems to establish as warm
weather crimes all but one of the offenses against the person. The
one exception is the negligent manslaughter classification. Crimes
against the person classifications are: (1) murder and nonnegligent
manslaughter; (2) manslaughter by negligence; (3) rape; and (4)
aggravated assaults.
Traffic killings as reflected in the negligent manslaughter classifi-
cation reflect a seasonal pattern opposite that of other crimes against
the person. Negligent manslaughter includes such negligent killings
as the negligent shooting of a hunter mistaken for a deer; however,
the grossly negligent driver in an auto accident accounts for most
victims counted in the negligent manslaughter class. Traffic deaths
classed as accidental or due to the negligence of the victim are not
counted as oft"enses.
The first and last quarters of the year are high in the frequency of
negligent manslaughters. These are the darker months of the year
and darkness and generally unfavorable driving conditions prevailing
in the colder months undoubtedly contribute to the rise in these crimes.
Detailed studios of contributing factors in traffic fatalities are avail-
able through the reporting system of the National Safety Council.
83
MONTHLY VARIATIONS
Offenses Known to the Police , 1953
2,542 URBAN POUCE AGENCIES" TOTAL POPULATION 76,811,320
(Offenses Against the Person)
Murder
Negligent Manslaughter
Rape
+ 50%
+ »o;5
+ x%
+ x%
+ lOS
I ANNUAL
->u*<< -) -> <
-JOS —
-MX —
-*o% I—
-SOX
Aggravated Assault
^ "^ c£
£^ $ I
u. < <
i § § ^
3 J 3 ij"
Si
84
MONTHLY VARIATIONS
Offenses Known to the Police , 1953
2,542 URBAN POUCE AGENCIES - TOTAL POPULATION 76,811,320
(Offenses Against Property)
Figure 13.
85
Robbery and thievery are high for the months October through De-
cember. These are crimes with property as their object and the darker
months of the year seem generally more conducive to such activity.
Crimes against property are as follows: (1) robbery; (2) burglary —
breaking or entering; (3) larceny — theft; and (4) auto theft.
Larceny makes the least clearly defined seasonal picture of the
crimes plotted by month on the graphs in figures 12 and 13. A
variety of criminal activities are lumped into the larceny classification.
A study of larcenies by type in prior ^^ears has shown that generally
purse-snatching, shoplifting, and thefts from autos are high during
October-March, but on the other hand bicycle thefts reach their low
during those months. Auto accessory thefts reach their high in the
early months of the year and fall off to a low in December. Pocket-
picking steps up at the year's end but is low in the first few months
of the year.
Table 29.— MONTHLY VARIATIONS, URBAN COMMUNITIES, 1953
[Daily average, offenses known to the police in 2,542 cities, total population 76,811,320, based on 1950 decen-
nial census!
Criminal homicide
Rape
Robbery
Aggra-
vated as-
sault
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or en-
tering
Lar-
ceny-
theft
Month
Murder,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaugh-
ter
Man-
slaugh-
ter by
negli-
gence
Auto
theft
January-December. .
10.2
7.6
24.7
134.7
178.0
862.5
2, 079. 4
409.9
January-M arch
April-June
9.3
10.1
11.3
9.9
7.7
7-4
6.3
8.9
U.0
26.9
23.4
137. 3
Ul.l
125. 1
165.1
1613
180.4
196.8
170.1
886.1
798. 4
837.3
928.3
1,969.2
2,061.0
2, 073. 8
2,211.1
iU.8
393. 3
July-September
October-December.
393. 7
437.8
January. . . . ...
9.4
9.4
9.1
9.9
9.5
U.O
10.5
12.7
10.7
9.7
10.3
9.5
8.7
6.8
7.5
7.6
6.8
7.8
5.9
6.8
6.2
7.7
7.7
11.1
24.0
24.0
24.1
23. 1
24.4
26.1
27.5
27.7
25.4
24.3
22.8
23.1
147.6
138.5
126.0
111.9
112.2
109.2
114.9
127.8
132.8
139. 6
156.3
198.9
156.0
164.4
172.6
170.7
184.4
185.9
196.4
203.7
190.0
179.2
168.6
162.5
906.8
881.3
869.8
831.8
787.7
776.0
815.3
858.4
838. 1
835.7
938.7
1,010.7
1,873.4
1,987.1
2, 048. 7
2, 073. 7
2, 038. 3
2,071.8
2. 004. 0
2, 107. 6
2,111.0
2, 227. 6
2,211.3
2, 194. 2
426.9
February _
41.5.4
March .
402.3
April
393.8
May
403.5
June . . - -
382.3
July
374.6
August
393.8
September. ..
413.4
October
436.3
November _..
447.8
December. .
429.8
CRIME RATES
Crime rates, the number of crimes per 100,000 people in the general
population, provide a device for eliminating differences in the number
of inhabitants in various areas. They are presented here so that cer-
tain studies or comparisons might be possible. Basically, a crime rate
is determined by dividing the number of crimes by the population rep-
resented and multiplying the answer by 100,000, carrying the rate out
to 1 decimal place. Possibly a simpler method would involve adjust-
ing the raw crime figures by the ratio of the local population to 100,000.
Thus, a city of 25,000 with 80 burglaries would have a burglary rate
of 320.0 per 100,000 (100,000-^-25,000X80) and a city of 300,000 with
750 auto thefts would have an auto theft rate of 250.0 (100,000-^
300,000X750).
Before any use is made of crime rates it would be well to review the
factors which affect the amount of crime in the community as listed in
the text concerning offenses in individual areas in this bulletin.
Also, it should be noted that the FBI prepares these crime rates on
the basis of the latest available decennial census figures from the
Bureau of the Census. The last regular census for the United States
was as of April 1, 1950. The Bureau of the Census from time to time
publishes up-to-date estimates of population. These estimates are for
individual states and the country as a whole. However, generally
there are no over-all estimates available for individual cities.
The Bureau of the Census in its estimates of population does not
attempt to delineate between urban and rural population. Under
the uniform crime reporting system, crime figures are collected sepa-
rately for urban communities (cities) and for rural conmiunities and
are presented separately for the benefit of contributors as well as other!
students of the crime problem.
The latest estimates of population by individual states as of July 1,
1953, by the Bureau of the Census are provisional, but they show that
for the United States (urban and rural combined) the population since
1950 increased 5.1 percent. Thus, it will be observed that since the
crime rate tables are based on the 1950 population it may be desirable
for certain purposes to make adjustments in the population figures
and refigure or adjust the rates.
(86)
87
Urban Crime Rates
Urban crime rates are shown for the following: (1) all cities together;
(2) each of the city groups (cities in 6 groups by size); (3) geographic
divisions; (4) States; and (5) each of the city groups within geographic
divisions.
As in the past, the crime rates tend to show that, generally, the
larger population centers have more crime per 100,000 people in the
general population.
In the absence of estimated population increases for all cities, the
trend in urban growth reflected in the decennial censuses of 1930, 1940,
and 1950 was projected through 1953 and the percent distribution of
urban and rural population thus determined was applied to the total
estimated United States population as of July 1, 1953. A comparison
of this projected urban population with the known urban population
as of April 1, 1950, reflected an increase of about 5.2 percent. For
illustration purposes it was assumed that the population of the 2,542
cities represented in the urban crime rate tables had increased 5.2
percent. The 1950 population shown in the tables for the 2,542 cities
is 76,811,320. This was increased by 5.2 percent and the crime rates
recalculated. The effect of the increased population on rates is shown
in the following:
Urban Crime Rates
Murder and normegligent manslaughter
Negligent manslaughter
Rape
Robbery. _
Aggravated assault
Burglary — breaking or entering
Larceny— theft
Auto theft
It is obvious, of course, the increased population figure gives lower
rates. The estimated rates are 4.9 percent less (before rounding off
rates). Accordingly, it is highly important in any use made of the
crime rate figures published here to recognize the problem of shifts in
population since the last decennial census.
1950 popula-
tion
Estimated
population
(1953)
4.8
3.6
11.7
64.0
4.6
3.4
11.2
60.9
84.6
409.9
988.1
194.8
80.4
389.6
939.3
185.2
88
Table 30.— URBAN CRIME RATES, 1953, BY POPULATION GROUPS
[Offenses known to the police and rate per 100,000 inhabitants. Population figures based on 1950
decennial census]
Population group
TOTAL, GROUPS I-VI
2,542 cities; total population,
76,811,320:
Number of offenses known-
Rate per 100,000
Criminal homicide
Murder,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaughter
38 cities over 250,000; total popu-
lation, 32,149,292:
Number of offenses known. _
Rate per 100,000
54 cities, 100,000 to 250,000; total
population, 9,460,149:
Number of offenses known _ _
Bate per 100,000
126 cities, 50,000 to 100,000; total
population, 8,894,684:
Number of offenses known _ .
Rate per 100,000
237 cities, 25,000 to 50,000; total
population, 8,373,754:
Number of offenses known _ .
Rate per 100,000
667 cities, 10,000 to 25,000; total
population, 10,271,379:
Number of offenses known _
Rate per 100,000
1,410 cities under 10,000; total
population, 7,662,062:
Number of oft'enses known . .
Rate per 100,000
3,707
4.8
2,020
6.3
581
6.1
361
4.1
290
3.5
277
2.7
178
2.3
Man-
slaughter
by negli-
gence
Rape
2, 782 9, 020
3.8 11.7
1,578
4.9
369
3.9
282
3.2
258
3.1
158
1.5
117
1.5
5,696
17.7
1,024
10.8
700
7.9
Rob-
bery
49, 171
84.0
552
5.4
494
6.4
36, 040
112.1
5,027
53.1
2,987
33.6
554 1, 974
6. 6 23. 6
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary—
break-
ing or
enter-
ing
64,981 314,828
84. 6 409. 9
1,934
18.8
1,209
15.8
40,453
125.8
7,707
81.5
6,988
78.6
3,939
47.0
3, 695
36.0
2,179
28.4
Lar-
ceny-
theft
758, 991
988.1
163,027 336,730
507.1 1,047.4
32, 339
363.6
91,339
1,026.9
27, 882 86, 285
333.0 ,1,030.4
29, 865
290.8
16, 950
221.2
92, 085
896.5
45, 892
599.0
Auto
theft
149. 629
194.8
86, 373
268.7
44,765 ,106,660 20.382
473.2 11,127.5 215.5
14,656
164.8
11.154
13:12
10, 725
104
4.4
^2. 7
89
Table 31.— URBAN CRIME RATES, 1953, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS
AND STATES
I Offenses known per 100,000 inhabitants. Population based on 1950 decennial census]
Division and State
TOTAL
S'ew England.
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts. -.
New Hampshire-
Rhode Island
Vermont
ffiddle Atlantic.
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania..
!ast North Central.
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan..
Ohio
Wisconsin.
Vest Worth Central.
Iowa ,
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota.
South Dakota.
louth Atlantic i
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina.
South Carolina.
Virginia
West Virginia...
iast South Central...
Alabama
Kentucky. .
Mississippi.
Tennessee..
ffest South Central.
Arkansas. .
Louisiana..
Oklahoma.
Texas
lountain.
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico.
Utah
Wyoming
"acific.
California
Oregon
Washington .
Murder,
nonneg-
ligent
man-
slaughter
4.8
Robbery
1.4
1.8
1.6
1.3
.4
1.2
2.7
3.1
1.7
4.4
5.6
3.9
4.5
4.2
1.1
3.4
1.1
3.8
1.1
7.5
1.9
10.4
3.1
10.9
15.5
6.9
11.3
8.3
11.6
6.0
12.2
14.9
10.7
9.2
11.6
10.2
8.3
5.6
11.4
3.8
6.7
5.3
2.0
1.9
3.5
1.9
3.1
3.5
2.1
3.8
14.7
16.8
9.4
1.5.6
3.4
14.0
2.9
61.2
38.1
80.3
24.1
80.5
130.6
50.7
88.4
47.9
13.2
51.1
14.7
41.4
35.8
105. 0
22.3
8.1
8.7
60.5
45.3
65.7
47.2
88.3
27.0
23.2
63.2
27.4
48.6
35.0
87.4
14.2
44.6
47.2
36.6
51.8
35.6
50.2
61.4
114.6
81.8
20.1
46.8
110.0
38.8
25.5
38.6
110.8
44.9
65.3
Aggra-
vated
assault
14.9
30.6
6.9
11.1
3.8
17.9
54.6
84.2
22.2
73.4
90.0
45.2
123.9
43.5
18.3
59.0
10.5
53.4
9.0
151.3
19.9
1.9
6.0
231.8
17.7
119.6
223.5
145.1
364. 2
131.7
235. 0
49.1
121.2
128.0
144.2
83.8
110.2
86.1
97.9
93.1
39.2
95.6
39.4
78.8
42.8
28. 5
34.3
28.4
41.3
18.0
33.2
82.2
98.7
30.6
17.2
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or en-
tering
409.9
249.0
318.1
188. 5
224.9
191.4
326.8
175.6
381.3
346.8
450.6
203.6
323.8
325.4
409.9
405.1
278.0
164.7
336.0
228.8
412.0
309.1
435.3
246.9
207.6
205. 7
514.3
459. 9
735. 0
477.2
517.6
400.6
452. 4
493. 0
254.4
443.0
454.1
560.2
332.1
384.0
515.2
411.0
278.5
448.0
618.0
583.6
978.7
684.2
418.5
336.1
1, 014. 7
501.8
421.0
298.3
617.2
644.0
505.3
527.3
Lar-
ceny-
theft
615.8
687.9
653.2
.570. 4
536.5
767.2
611.7
682.1
607.9
782. 5
445. 7
942.6
631.2
1, 107. 0
1, 339. 8
945.4
940.9
942.8
865.6
1,117.1
904.4
947.7
946.3
963.6
839.5
1, 129. 2
1, 355. 2
1,362.9
958. 9
1,165.3
874.0
1,210.2
1,316.7
551.1
703.7
639. 5
1,014.0
534.7
595.0
1, 193. 4
852.0
632.0
1, 201. 0
1, 402. 0
1, 652. 1
2, 601. 1
1, 475. 1
1, 822. 8
1,481.2
1,917.6
1, 167. 7
1, 633. 6
1, 432. 6
1, 755. 8
1, 806. 0
1, 524. 6
1, 600. 3
Auto
theft
194.8
113.6
108. 5
97.9
118.6
59.4
129.0
90.7
137.7
131.9
144.0
123.7
174.6
172.4
199.3
257.4
131.1
169.2
9.5.7
144.7
158. 3
251.3
165.9
67.5
72.6
264.9
259. 5
254.3
285.0
477.2
144. 5
182.0
255.0
120.7
199.7
163.6
343. 5
79.1
168.9
270.1
125.1
281.6
216.3
298.2
248.4
500.6
213.5
154.7
239.2
221.7
286.8
229.0
161.5
318.4
336.3
185.6
291.8
> Includes the report of the District of Columbia.
293671° — 54 — — 4
90
Table 32.— URBAN CRIME RATES, 1953, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS
AND POPULATION GROUPS
[Offenses known per 100,000 inhabitants. Population figures based on 1950 decennial census]
Division and group
TOTAL
New England.
Group I
Group II
Group Ill-
Group IV_-
Group V
Group VL..
Middle Atlantic.
Group I...
Group II..
Group Ill-
Group IV_
Group V...
Group VL
East North Central.
Group I---
Group II..
Group III.
Group IV.
Group V...
Group VI.
West North Central.
Group I
Group II .-
Group III..
Group IV..
Group V
Group VI..
South Atlantic >.
Group I...
Group II..
Group III.
Group IV-
Group V.-.
Group VI-
East South Central.
Group I...
Group II..
Group III.
Group IV_
Group v..
Group VI-
West South Central-
Group I...
Group II-.
Group III.
Group IV.
Group V...
Group VI-
Mountain.
Group I...
Group II-.
Group Ill-
Group IV.
Group V...
Group VI.
Pacific.
Group I.-..
Group II-.
Group III.
Group IV..
Group V...
Group VI.
Murder,
nonnpR-
ligent
man-
slaughter
4.8
1.4
2.7
1.4
1.9
.8
.7
.3
2.8
3.9
2.1
1.9
l.fi
.9
.8
4.4
6.8
5.2
2.6
1.8
1.6
1.3
3.4
6.3
4.3
.9
1.0
1.1
1.0
10.4
10.1
11.9
10.8
10.7
10.3
6.8
12.2
12.4
17.0
9.5
10.7
9.2
9.4
9.8
15.6
8.1
6.9
11. 1
4.4
2.6
3.8
4.2
4.1
3.2
.9
3.5
3.4
4. 1
3.9
2.2
2.2
2.5
2.9
Robbery
64.0
14.7
31.8
20.4
11.4
10. 5
.5.0
3.6
61.2
100.7
24.9
20.4
13.3
12.6
7.0
80.5
138. 4
64.4
37.5
24.6
20.9
14.7
51.1
101.9
49.8
22.0
10.9
13.1
9.2
60.5
99.5
85.1
38.0
28.2
20.3
23.9
48.6
79.4
47.0
48.2
20.8
2.3.4
13.0
47.2
73.5
56. 5
29.6
21.5
13.0
26.6
61.4
117.8
76. 5
59.3
64.7
16.8
32. 9
99.4
136. 9
89.5
80.1
49.5
45.8
30.8
Aggra-
vated
assault
84.6
14.9
30.4
27.8
7.6
7.1
3.2
5.8
66.2
103. 5
32.2
36.7
19.5
16.4
11.6
73.4
117.5
76.0
60.6
23. 1
18.1
10.5
59.0
124.2
58. 1
27.1
6.2
8.5
3.9
231.8
328.0
214.6
221.0
178.5
172.6
140.4
121.2
142.3
92.2
182.9
166.9
91.4
48.4
86.1
89.7
94.4
130.6
99.9
54.4
46.5
39.4
62. 1
41.2
44.6
42.1
13.1
32.5
82.2
129.2
23.7
40.2
26.1
28.5
29. 1
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or
entering
409.9
249.0
142.6
347.2
262.2
231.9
207.1
167.0
381.3
520. 6
292.7
267. 0
244.3
178.0
140.2
323.8
370. 7
430.2
282.6
286.2
2.52. 9
201.5
338.0
451. 2
466.0
296.3
223.7
248.2
150.4
514.3
559. 5
674.8
488.7
451.6
407.9
279.4
443.0
540. 9
509. 4
417.9
323.0
384.3
215. 2
515.2
698.3
576.8
481.9
420.5
266.9
216.6
583.6
841.8
789. 1
679. 2
556. 5
346. 9
378.1
617.2
685. 2
474.2
591.4
607.0
558.5
446. 1
Lar-
ceny-
theft
615.8
571.8
74.5. 7
663.0
573.4
500. 0
4.33. 8
682.1
803.4
601.2
581.5
614.2
.537. 3
393.2
942.6
969.6
1, 169. 2
1,010.6
1, 034. 2
920.9
492.0
942.8
1,048.1
1,273.5
1,153.3
881.9
845.2
441.8
1. 129. 2
1,226.4
1,33.5.8
1,123.3
1,215.0
872.5
582.5
703.7
820.3
768.6
826.3
716.4
535. 6
292.9
1, 193. 4
1,347.0
1, 536. 8
1, 394. 0
1, 0,59. 5
783.1
440.5
1. 652. 1
1, 449. 1
2, 242. 3
1, 693. 8
2, 222. 5
1,405.3
1,215.5
1,755.8
1,633.1
1,778.6
1,972.9
2, 054. 2
1,990.3
1, 568. 7
1 Includes the report of the District of Columbia.
91
Table 33.— NUMBER OF CITIES IN EACH POPULATION GROUP, GEO-
GRAPHIC DIVISION, AND STATE REPRESENTED IN THE URBAN
CRIME RATE TABULATIONS (TABLES 30-32)
Total
Population group
Division and State
Over
250,000
100,000 to
250,000
50,000 to
100,000
25,000 to
50,000
10,000 to
25,000
Less than
10,000
TOTAL:
Population, 76,811,320
2,542
38
64
126
237
667
1,410
New England :
Population, 6,278,349
180
1
11
17
32
66
53
26
18
95
15
16
10
559
4
2
1
11
1
2
11
2
13
2
3
1
44
3
6
45
5
6
1
141
41
42
58
145
6
9
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
1
6
19
7
1
4
8
Middle Atlantic :
Population, 18,963,375
6
11
24
333
New Jersey
149
173
237
615
2
3
1
8
4
4
3
10
8
6
10
31
14
16
14
63
80
102
151
East North Central:
Population, 18,574,531
358
167
88
113
165
82
283
1
1
1
4
1
5
1
4
2
3
10
4
7
6
4
9
14
9
9
19
12
18
40
18
31
41
15
72
101
52
63
Ohio
92
50
West North Central :
Population, 6,202,919
4
175
67
53
70
40
25
12
16
246
1
2
1
4
1
7
2
3
3
10
19
15
14
7
3
4
58
45
29
2
2
1
49
2
1
19
16
2
1
27
7
1
20
10
South Atlantic :
Population, 7,771,087
3
9
129
5
1
46
30
19
56
27
40
22
109
1
4
District of Columbia.--
1
3
1
2
3
7
4
2
5
1
5
3
11
10
7
7
16
5
9
4
27
24
1
1
14
9
1
5
3
4
3
4
29
18
3
19
12
East South Central :
Population, 3,138,618
3
5
59
36
33
16
24
162
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
2
4
2
11
9
6
5
7
54
20
22
6
1
4
3
7
11
West South Central :
Population, 5,178,011
8
78
21
23
38
80
130
1
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
4
10
5
6
16
27
21
12
1
13
18
Texas
3
1
8
3
35
Mountain :
Population, 2,087,979
93
16
30
22
17
6
9
16
14
258
1
1
1
2
3
1
14
1
1
7
6
3
20
14
11
_ _
5
1
1
8
Utah
1
1
1
21
1
4
83
12
9
Pacific :
Population, 8,616,451
7
5
10
132
California . -
186
33
5
1
1
3
10
14
66
88
Oregon
Washington
2 1 8
22
39
2
5
9
22
92
Rural Crime Rates
Raw crime figures for rural areas are shown in table 34. Also these
crimes in terms of numbers per 100,000 people are presented. The
reports of 1,725 law-enforcement agencies representing a rural popu-
lation of 39,917,306 were used.
Crime rates for rural areas are presented in summary form for the
entu'e United States. No breakdown by geographic division or State
is practicable. The coverage of crime reporting from rural areas is not
as broad as that from urban centers.
Obviously incomplete or incorrect reports are excluded from tables
on rural crime data. However, in-some instances it appears possible
that some of the rural reports used were limited to arrest data.
Such incompleteness usually exists in the classifications for crimes
against property where proportionately the fewest arrests are made.
Along with this it should be noted that generally rm-al areas have
lower crime rates than cities.
The 1950 decennial population figures were used in preparing the
rural crime rates. As observed in the text on urban crime rates,
current shifts in population should be recognized in any attempt to
analyze crime rate figures. A study of the possible effects of popu- f
lation shifts was made by projection as outlined in the urban crime
rate text.
Table 34.— RURAL CRIME RATES, 1953
[Offenses known and rate per 100,000 inhabitants, as reported by 1,573 sheriffs, 141 rural village officers,
and 11 State police; total rural population 39,917,306, based on 1950 decennial census]
Offense
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
Manslaughter by negligence
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary— breaking or entering
Larceny — theft
Autotheft
Offenses known
Number Rate
1,910
2,212
5,006
7,770
14, 319
82, 743
112,463
25, 049
4.8
5.5
12.5
19.5
3.S. 9
2M 7
02. S
Based on the July 1, 1953, population estimate for the United States,
it was found that rural population had increased about 4.9 percent
since April 1, 1950. This projected increase for rural areas was
applied to the population represented in table 34 and the rural rates
recalculated. The two sets of rural crime rates follow:
93
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter.
Manslaughter by negligence
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated assault _
Burglary— breaking or entering
Larceny— theft
Auto theft
Rural Crini
e Rates
1950
population
Estimated
population
(1953)
4.8
5.5
12.5
19.5
4.6
5.3
12.0
18.6
35.9
207.3
281.7
62.8
34.2
197.6
268.6
59.8
The 1953 rural crime rates obtained by the 1953 projected popula-
tion are 4.7 percent less in each class (before rounding off rates) than
the 1953 rural crime rates based on the 1950 population count.
OFFENSES IN INDIVIDUAL AREAS
Offenses in Individual Cities With More Than 25,000 Inhabitants
The number of offenses reported as having been committed during
the period of January-December, 1953, is shown in table 35. The
compilation includes the reports received from police departments in
cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants. Police administrators and
other interested individuals will probably find it desirable to compare
the crime rates of their cities w^ith the average rates shown in tables
30, 31, and 32 of this publication. Similarly, the}^ w^ill doubtless
desire to make comparisons with the figures for their communities
for prior periods, in order to determine whether there has been an
increase or a decrease in the amount of crime committed.
Caution should be exercised in comparing crime data for individual
cities because the differences in the figures may be due to a variety
of factors. Such comparisons are not necessarily significant even
though the figures for individual communities are converted into
terms of the number of offenses per 100,000 inhabitants.
The following is a list of some of the factors which affect the amount
of crime in the community:
Population of the city and metropolitan area adjacent thereto.
The composition of the population with reference particulary to
age, sex, and race.
The economic status and activities of the population.
Climate.
Educational, recreational, and religious facilities.
The number of police employees per unit of population.
The standards governing appointments to the police force.
The policies of the prosecuting officials and the courts.
The attitude of the public toward law-enforcement problems.
The degree of efficiency of the local law-enforcement agency.
The figures presented in the following tabulation are those reported
by the individual police departments in the cities represented without
reducing the data to crime rates (number of offenses per 100,000
inhabitants).
In considering the volume of crime committed locally, it is gen-
erally more important to determine whether the figures for a given
community show increases or decreases rather than to ascertain
whether they exceed or fall short of those for some other individual
community, and it should be remembered that the amount of crime
committed in a community is not solely chargeable to the police
but is rather a charge against the entire community.
In publishing these figures the FBI acts as a service agency. The
figures published are those submitted by the contributing agencies.
(94)
95
Table 35.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, 1953,
CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION
City
Abilene, Tex...
Ahington, Pa..
Akron, Ohio
Alameda, Calif.
Albany, Qa
Albany, N.Y
Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Ale.xandria, La.
Alexandria, Va
Alhambra, Calif
Aliquippa, Pa..
Allcntowm, Pa.
Alliance, Ohio.
Alton, 111
Altoona, Pa
Amarillo, Tex
Amsterdam, N. Y.
Anderson, Ind
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Anniston, Ala
Appleton, Wis...
Arlington, Mass.
Ailington, Va
Asheville, N. C.
Ashland, Ky
Athens, Oa
Atlanta, Ga
Atlantic City, N. J.
Anbnm, N. Y
Augusta, Oa
Aurora, 111
Austin, Tex
Bakersfield, Calif.
Baltimore, Md
Bangor, Maine
Barberton, Ohio
Baton Rouge, La
Battle Creek, Mich.
Bay City, Mich
Bayonne, N. J
Beaumont, Tex
Belleville, 111
Belleville, N. J
Bellingham, Wash.
Belmont, Mass
Beloit, Wis
Berkeley, Calif.
Berwyn, 111
Bessemer, Ala..
Bethlehem, Pa.
Beverly, Mass
Beverly Hills, Calif.
Billings, Mont
Biloxi, Miss
Binghamton, N. Y..
Birmingham, Ala.
Bloomfield, N. J..
Bloomington, 111. .
Bloomington, Ind
Boise, Idaho
Murder,
nonnegli-
gent man-
slaughter
Robbery
3
4
255
19
Aggra-
vated
assault
290
41
155
2
13
5
4
10
1
2(19
26
42
116
208
10
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
145
1,089
88
114
219
581
139
355
273
Larceny— theft
$50 and
over
87
60
488
53
81
95
215
51
199
163
22 33 24
Only 9 months received
Under
$50
6
2
15
42
1
30
6
158
104
137
325
32
145
113
141
61
57
376
228
101
81
Onlv 1 month received
19
30
65
201
20
65
132
57
38
22
371
195
119
2
255
15
323
19
1,656
1
5
78
26
63
2,220
581
23
177
55
595
433
5,416
47
43
379
150
125
157
441
53
59
80
43
64
535
92
59
74
182
38
1, 715
370
42
81
73
132
287
4,191
36
40
180
125
51
107
161
40
22
75
24
53
209
49
32
62
47
49
305
Only 9 months received
■ 1 162
340
3
2
3
6
1,947
89
79
86
139
879
47
82
64
126
581
88
2,411
509
165
440
973
212
1,054
509
107
195
279
321
919
58
497
289
384
601
113
847
414
82
3,981
471
103
196
218
1,984
934
7,200
195
190
587
641
450
300
1,117
148
119
122
120
340
1,249
119
90
241
100
577
1,667
114
259
264
651
96
Table 35.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, 1953,
CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
City
Murder,
nonnegli-
gent man-
slaughter
Boston, Mass.
Bremerton, Wash
Bridgeport, Conn
Bristol, Conn
Brockton, Mass
Brookline, Mass
Brownsville, Tex
Buffalo, N. Y
Burbank, Calif
Burlington, Iowa
Burlington, Vermont.
Butte, Mont...
Cambridgp, Mass
Camden, N. J
Canton, Ohio
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-
Champaign, 111
Charleston, S. C
Charleston, W. Va...
Charlotte, N. C
Charlottesville, Va..
Chattanooga, Tenn. .
Chelsea, Mass
Chester, Pa
Cheyenne, Wyo
Chicago, 111. —
Chieopee, Mass
Cicero, 111
Cincinnati, Ohio
Clarksburg, W. Va..
Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Clifton, N. J
Clinton, Iowa
Colorado Springs, Colo...
Columbia, Mo...
Columbia, S. C.
Columbus, Ga...
Columbus, Ohio.
Compton, Calif. .
Concord, N. H
Corpus Christi, Tex..
Council Bluffs, Iowa-
Covington, Ky
Cranston, R. I
Cumberland, Md
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Dallas, Tex
Danville, 111....
Danville, Va
Davenport, Iowa
Dayton, Ohio...
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Dearborn, Mich
Decatur, 111
Denver, Colo
Des Moines, Iowa-
Detroit, Mich
Dubuque, Iowa
Duluth, Minn
Durham, N. C
East Chicago, Ind
East Cleveland, Ohio.
East Hartford, Conn..
East Orange, N. J
Robbery
15
2
2
1
2
1
80
1
3
1
13
1
1
28
7
130
255
4
24
5
1
101
55
1
1
60
33
68
52
4
10
47
54
30
3
72
7
37
17
62
259
2
787
11
8
4
9
13
33
256
-Aggra-
vated
assault
436
15
17
124
244
3
73
3
6
22
225
22
44
5
102
27
10
2
165
94
439
24
141
4
53
15
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
1,143
65
624
59
213
161
209
1,164
347
34
98
153
220
573
348
146
104
608
277
576
56
705
48
160
109
64
96
101
4, 352 13, 279 10, 655
No reports received
65
342
Larceny— theft
$50 and
over
1,786
90
390
34
128
38
65
526
339
11
84
128
1%
264
209
134
57
352
(')
(')
Under
$50
351
1
No reports received
117
54
316
14
2
283
851
2
106
12
241
Only 9 months received
22
22
24
4
490
258
65
36
2,841
3,870
1
19
6
15
445
38
12
/
8
2
18
23
2,797
530
1. 155
106
439
199
441
1,470
1,112
200
332
456
289
392
838
657
171
1,169
927
1,106
187
813
64
106
10, 944
225
148
303
1,271
1,257
2,823
87
19
63
2,087
1, 162
11,122
72
26
217
87
71
219
48
40
247
174
137
615
353
380
1,150
34«
232
537
1,869
1, 592
3,208
650
75
1,017
45
38
158
839
435
1, 461
84
81
389
240
139
469
97
HI
254
53
41
120
62
43
138
4,832
1,050
10,012
147
56
146
185
128
311
261
204
928
747
330
1,719
361
283
1,874
237
90
463
3,500
1,561
4, 464
78(i
466
1,527
9,131
3,415
22, 672
85
56
255
171
200
817
261
191
451
208
228
454
104
36
242
125
62
181
353
183
402
See footnote at end of table.
97
Table 35.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE,
CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
1953,
City
Murder,
nonnegli-
gent man-
slaughter
Robbery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
Larceny — theft
$50 and
over
Under
$50
Auto
theft
Sast Providence, R. I.
5ast St. Louis, 111
laston. Pa
lau Claire, Wis
SI Paso, Tex
'Elein,m
'Elizabeth, N. J_
Elkhart, Ind^..
Elmira, N. Y.__
Elyria, Ohio
Enid, Okla...,
Eric, Pa
Euclid, Ohio.,
Eiiccne, Ore..
Eviinston, 111.
Evansville, Ind__.
Everett, Mass
Everett, Wash....
Fairmont, W. Va.
Full River, Mass.
Farfio, N. D.
Fayelteville, N. C.
FiMiidale, Mich
Fitchburg, Mass...
Flint, Mich
Fund du Lac, Wis
Fi-rt Dodge, Iowa
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Fort Smith, Ark
Foit Wayne, Ind
Fort Worth, Te.t....
Framingham, Mass.
Fresno, Cahf
Oailsden, Ala.
Oaincsville, Fla
Galesburg, 01...
Galveston, Tex.
Garfield, N.J_..
Garv, Ind
r.leudale, Calif.
Gloucester, Mass
Grand Forks, N. D...
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Granite City, 111
Great Falls, Mont....
Green Bay, Wis...
Greensboro, N. C.
iGreeiiville, Miss._
Greenville, S. C...
( ireenwich, Conn.
Ilackcnsack, N. J.
Haiicrstown, Md..
Hamilton, N. J
Hamilton, Ohio...
Hammond, Ind...
Hampton, Va
Hamtramck, Mich.
Harrisburg, Pa
Hartford, Conn
Hattiesburg, Miss..
Haverford, Pa
Haverhill, Mass...
Hazleton, Pa
Hempstead, N. Y.
High Point, N. O.
3
197
42
1
2
2
1
14
3
3
25
106
2
12
5
43
11
4
156
18
14
34
200
105
8
6
5
1
197
46
1
472
5
2
124
1
282
61
335
71
56
710
62
337
85
155
91
57
330
48
113
151
120
220
26
259
81
107
138
146
779
35
No reports received
312
191
364
100 i 2,047 464
Only 7 months received
.53
120
38
26
422
21
220
68
99
69
20
122
12
230
218
422
50
127
6
187
53
62
55
100
806
226
71
309
723
105
122
416
24
70
9 88 26
No reports received
1
300
33
931
513
29
6.52
264
Only 8 months received
55 35
625 273
143 21
67 120
1
407
8
31
4
23
4
56
12
79
28
30
126
13
92
449
110
428
53
87
153
130
241
319
324
137
370
795
113
91
33
140
141
55
259
91
233
28
72
59
133
118
429
246
150
242
551
24
57
37
17
108
61
237
399
149
1.50
2,025
144
560
108
320
164
284
488
612
1,341
147
627
15
562
355
588
226
341
1,914
508
274
939
3, 708
1,098
126
269
87
1,345
1, 230
306
1, 8.32
225
252
148
498
266
487
70
155
392
312
388
869
471
265
462
1,202
76
139
109
61
119
180
98
Table 35.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE
CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
City
Highland Park, Mich...
Hoboken, N. J
Holyoke, Mass
Honolulu City, Hawaii -
Hot Springs, Ark _ -
Houston, Tex
Huntington, W. Va
Huntington Park, Calif.
Hutchinson, Kans
Independence, Mo
Indianapolis, Ind..
Inglewood, Calif. -
Iowa City, Iowa...
Irondequoit, N. Y.
Irvington, N. J
Ithaca, N. Y
Jackson, Mich
Jackson, Miss
Jackson, Term
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jamestown, N. Y ...
Jefferson City, Mo..
Jersey City, N. J
Johnson City, Term.
Johnstown, Pa
Joilet, 111
Joplin, Mo
Kalamazoo, Mich..
Kankakee. Ill
Kannapolis, N. C.
Kansas City, Kans.
Kansas City, Mo. ..
Kearny, N. J
Kenosha, Wis
Key West, Fla
Kingston, N. Y.,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Kokomo, Ind
La Crosse, Wis...
La Grange, Ga...
Lackawanna, N. Y.
La Fayette, Ind
Lafayette, La
Lake Charles, La. .
Lakeland, Fla
Lakewood, Ohio
Lancaster, Pa
Lansing, Mich...
Laredo, Tex
Laurel, Miss
Lawrence, Mass.
Lawton, Okla
Lebanon, Pa
Lewiston, Maine.
Lexington, Ky...
Lima, Ohio.
Lincoln, Nebr
Lincoln Park, Mich.
Linden, N. J
Little Rock, Ark
Lockport, N. Y
Long Beach, Calif
Lorain, Ohio
Los Angeles, Calif
Louisville, Ky
See footnote at end of table.
Murder,
nonnegli-
eent man
slaughter
114
4
1
Robbery
4fi
11
8
34
in
19
34
371
44
1
3
11
1
13
15
8
169
4
2
84
Aggra-
vated
assault
37
63
4
S3
40
203
114
11
317
15
3
37
59
9
111
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
213
168
104
1,127
100
4,631
229
290
157
105
2,176
395
31
47
280
81
Ififi
344
121
1,572
115
29
677
Larceny— theft
$50 and
over
89
505
49
1,406
137
208
14
59
1,675
276
32
6
99
161
87
55
1,123
50
20
258
Under
$50
12
8
13
24
21
12
3
13
2
18
98
105
89
499
457
4
1
4
3
2
1
1
10
5
22
13
13
12
35
121
8
50
195
12
2
114
6
38
82
9
18
200
6
45
132
2
2
115
14
3
131
6
22
200
No reports received
1 57 26
292 456 255
70 251
25 195 1
No reports received
96
679
129
222
2,788
60
5,066
393
522
307
227
3,713
593
93
114
299
282
494
544
235
2,365
125
75
547
Only 8 months received
113
83
256
176
55
45
594
1,610
72
95
No reports received
5 74 36 113
98 I 424 I 248 | 448
No reports received
58 36 844
100 29 114
99 41 73
180 114 449
No reports received
95
242
89
152
197
247
185
923
16
78
33
130
308
1,127
,428
2,830
61
132
76
307
114
148
124
178
32
336
51
401
130
805
Ki
247
18
84
41
359
57
381
231
618
556
1,067
12
6
147
67
205
77
7
601
544
1,206
4
4
53
12
61
341
190
2, 052
(')
3,620
16
29
166
116
249
2,956
4,223
13, 8,34
13, 854
21, 276
494
549
2,543
2,054
2,500
99
Table 35.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, 1953,
CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
City
Lowell, Mass
Lower Merion, Pa_
Lubbock, Tex
Lynchburg, Va
Lynn, Mass
Ljmwood, Calif
Macon, Ga
Madison, Wis
Maiden, Mass
Manchester, N. H.
Manitowoc, Wis..
Mansfield, Ohio.-.
Maplewood, N. J.
Marion, Ind
Marion, Ohio
Mason City, Iowa.
Massillon, Ohio
May wood. 111
Mckeesport, Pa...
Medford, Mass
Melrose, Mass...
Memphis, Term.
Meriden, Conn..
Meridian, Miss..
Miami, Fla
Miami Beach, Fla...
Michigan City, Ind.
Middletown, Conn..
Middletown, Ohio..
Milwaukee, Wis
Minneapolis, Minn.
Mishawaka, Ind
Mobile, Ala
Moline, 111
Monroe, La
Montclair, N. J
Montgomery, Ala
Morgantown, W. Va..
Mount Lebanon, Pa_.
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Muncie, Ind
Muskegon, Mich
Muskogee, Okla
Nashua, N.H
Nashville, Tenn
New Albany, Ind
New Bedford, Mass...
New Britain, Conn...
New Brunswick, N. J_
New Castle, Pa
New Haven, Conn
New Kensington, Pa..
New London, Conn...
New Orleans, La
New Rochelle, N. Y..
New York, N. Y
Newark, N. J
Newark, Ohio
Newburgh, N. Y
Newport, Ky
Newport, R. I
Newport News, Va
Newton, Mass
Niagara Falls, N. Y„.
Norfolk, Va
Murder,
nonnegli-
gent man-
slaughter
19
Robbery
38
321
31
217
3
2
349
27
7
2
8
150
356
Aggra-
vated
assault
664
2
104
400
17
25
2
13
292
83
9
181
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
120
113
291
54
243
132
231
146
38
56
25
125
15
40
124
38
6
31
110
47
18
761
27
99
1,091
758
186
32
90
1,679
1,328
72
200
64
50
91
215
27
20
112
3 243 180
35 225 186
Only 10 months received
232
247
751
153
480
205
534
209
67
194
56
27
63
54
138
103
45
1,412
128
150
2,523
487
101
37
148
992
2,384
76
922
108
126
52
499
35
12
126
Larceny— theft
$50 and
over
Under
$50
1
117
101
5
1
21
14
6
15
9
6
14
4
33
39
1
8
4
9
380
533
6
31
890
9,028
628
786
1
5
8
12
5
9
10
11
61
4
6
26
92
358
1,313
103
35
841
568
52
64
346
256
152
142
123
34
84
67
609
306
28
33
129
57
1,617
1,188
133
125
44, 948
40, 339
3,270
1,276
122
92
85
86
94
79
88
67
309
379
314
171
162
211
1,745
1,391
297
307
1,181
332
753
280
637
750
215
302
234
415
23
292
341
180
267
115
305
252
85
1,090
111
245
2,437
760
446
108
384
4,597
4,001
199
834
292
289
192
630
70
31
167
719
441
158
1,160
280
965
268
319
170
881
49
196
2,427
156
29, 523
3,228
396
197
159
331
820
553
316
2,263
100
Table 35.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, 1953,
CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
City
Murder,
nonnegli-
gent man-
slaughter
Robbery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
Larceny — theft
$50 and
over
Under
$50
Norman, Okla
Norristown, Pa
North Bergen, N.J
North Little Rock, Ark.
Northampton, Mass
Norwalk, Conn.
Norwich, Conn.
Norwood, Ohio-
Nutley, N. J
Oak Park, 111...
Oak Ridge, Term
Oakland, Calif
Odessa, Tex
Ogden, Utah.. _
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Omaha, Nebr...
Orange, N. J
Orlando, Fla
Oshkosh, Wis...
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Owensboro, Ky
Paducah, Ky
Palo Alto, Calif
Panama City, Fla
Parkersburg, W. Va.
Parma, Ohio
Pasadena, Calif..
Passaic, N. J
Paterson, N. J...
Pawtucket, R. I.
Pensacola, Fla.
Peoria, 111
Perth Amboy, N. J.
Petersburg, Va
Philadelphia, Pa
Phoenix, Ariz...
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pittsburgh, Pa.-
Pittsfield, Mass.
Plainfleld, N. J.
Pocatello, Idaho
Pomona, Calif
Pontiac, Mich
Port .\rthnr, Tex
Port Huron, Mich...
Portlnnd, Maine
Portland, Oreg
Portsmouth, Ohio
Portsmouth, Va
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Providence, R. I
Provo, Utah...
Pueblo, Colo
Qutncy, 111
Quinoy, Mass
Racine, Wis
Raleigh, N. C...
Rapid City, S. Dak...
Readmg, Pa
Redondo Beach, Calif.
Redwood City, Calif..
Reno, Nev
Revere, Mass ...
Richmond, Calif..
Richmond, Ind
See footnote at end of table.
Only 8 months received
3 1 7 I 66 I 39
No reports received
No reports received
Only 6 months received
Only 3 months received
248
1
5
525
117
53
293
43
5
1
3
2
2
6
60
31
U
25
61
109
10
1
18
96
104
88
9
21
36
156
2,266
1,216
167
94
12
58
463
258
1
2
6
6
11
19
24
6
40
80
6
25
1
12
10
8
260
173
59
15
49
339
5
28
54
88
1
61
26
4
1
7
5
14
5
22
286
3
1
28
9
35
9
10
8
52
6
22
2
72
82
18
8
25 I 151 91
Only 9 months received
85
68
75
75
550
162
574
225
222
703
60
129
9,847
1,420
268
2,295
119
119
112
271
297
45
87
214
2,331
218
419
155
1,287
88
619
233
196
145
289
64
212
286
107
435
169
526
105
90 I
20
51
72
4
23
149
98
207
6
6
50
38
71
3
1
92
35
114
28
111
76
218
1
36
20
22
94
628
334
2,870
528
6,976
7
9
127
105
659
23
29
278
230
1,127
135
105
1,689
1,269
2,859
82
74
746
258
1,841
597
671
184
142
405
73
99
112
164
35
130
421
1,414
75
154
57
646
111
425
103
571
185
1,089
81
153
126
459
(2)
560
2,856
100
162
1,215
1,025
05
206
103
361
116
431
165
626
151
632
32
228
44
442
142
617
1,683
4,106
150
410
298
762
<Xi
310
621
1,734
43
47.T
308
8.33
83
314
99
373
92
732
144
571
50
205
120
574
60
312
110
468
340
435
81
179
208
2,230
117
140
101
Table 35.— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, 1953,
CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
City
Richmond, Va.-.
Riverside, Calif..
Roanoke, Va
Rochester, Minn.
Rocliester, N. Y.
Rock Island, 111
Rockford, 111 ..
Rocky Mount, N. O.
Rome, Ga
Rome, N. Y
Roswell, N. Mex-.
Royal Oak, Mich.
5acramento, Calif.
-^asinaw, Mich
t. Cloud, Minn..
-^t. Joseph, Mo
■it. Louis, Mo
it. Paul, Minn
?t. Petersburg, Fla.
Ui'in, Mass
3alem, Oreg
5alina, Kansas
Salt Lake City, Utah.
?an Angelo, Tex
San Antonio, Tex
?an Bernardino, Calif-
San Diego, Calif
San Francisco, Calif
^an Jose, Calif
San Leandro, Calif
San Mateo, Calif
Sandusky, Ohio
Santa Ana, Calif
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Santa Fe, N. Mex
Santa Monica, Calif-
Savannah, Ga
Schenectady, N. Y...
Scranton, Pa
Seattle, Wash
Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Sharon, Pa
Sheboygan, Wis
Shreveport, La
^ioux City, Iowa
5ioux Falls, S. Dak.
5omerville, Mass
5outh Bend, Ind
5outh Gate, Calif.. -
■ipartanburg, S. C--.
3pokane, Wash...
Springfield, 111
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mo...
Springfield, Ohio..
Stamford, Conn
Steubenville, Ohio.
Stockton, Calif
Stratford, Conn
Superior, Wis
Syracuse, N. Y..
Facoma, Wash...
Tallahassee, Fla.
Tampa, Fla
Taunton, Mass..
Murder,
nonnegli-
gent man-
slaughter
Robbery
28
144
14
16
2
GO
21
18
2
4
3
10
258
29
Aggra-
vated
assault
5
1,378
129
20
4
6
54
5
238
77
273
,289
44
10
6
1
14
10
70
13
4
491
22
17
137
52
138
7
144
2
270
28
53
2
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
1, 092
212
318
67
831
137
263
75
90
48
Larceny— theft
$50 and
over
941
220
195
52
491
141
172
75
62
53
Only 2 months received
2
74
159
174
789
265
28
249
4,854
1,223
505
28
2,325
38
18
Only 11 months received
43
1, 052
155
34
76
1,843
485
306
1
7
25
18
439
41
140
706
21
4
7
24
4
29
102
111
860
220
2,393
494
1,453
5,301
521
148
108
65
204
271
67
55
628
46
1,159
396
1,873
1,829
131
110
163
58
160
139
Only 7 months received
48
555
16
120
21
7
74
227
11
611
892
158
290
3,379
29
38
70
146
228
97
373
656
398
123
619
198
240
262
175
391
199
614
129
91
639
643
160
1,322
87
686
495
147
93
1,525
27
24
51
284
196
95
140
413
264
82
357
131
169
131
605
95
28
512
514
53
611
40
Under
$50
2, 5 14
745
063
201
2. 203
335
6S2
268
99
152
463
2,281
1,351
214
636
7,988
3,148
646
486
396
2,435
319
4,409
926
3,161
8,983
1,966
481
657
291
657
785
1,332
622
294
347
5,001
238
112
198
830
885
337
3,59
1,390
513
335
2,551
570
579
379
571
581
193
1,178
170
470
1,391
1,641
271
1,373
291
Auto
theft
1, 116
109
132
!4
368
84
111
46
41
30
52
584
133
35
80
,513
41
43
437
94
994
226
1,264
4,368
291
52
65
20
110
49
198
366
78
87
35
10
19
155
161
56
80
167
92
92
341
151
169
87
91
71
225
23
43
292
311
33
394
29
102
Table 35— NUMBER OF OFFENSES KNOWN TO THE POLICE,
CITIES OVER 25,000 IN POPULATION— Continued
City
Teaneck, N.J
Temple, Tex
Terre Haute, Ind.
Toledo, Ohio.
Topeka, Kans
Torrington, Conn.
Trenton, N. J
Troy, N. Y
Tucson, Ariz
Tulsa, Okla
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Tyler, Tex
Union City, N. J
Union, N. J. ---
University City, Mo.
Upper Darby, Pa
Utica, N. Y
Vallejo, Calif
Valley Stream, N. Y_
Vancouver, Wash
Vicksburg, Miss.
Waco, Tex
Waltham, Mass-
Warren, Ohio —
Warwick, R. I--.
Washington, D. C.
Washington, Pa —
Water bury, Conn-
Waterloo, Iowa
Watertown, Mass..
Watertown, N. Y.
Waukegan, 111
Wausau, Wis
Wauwatosa, Wls..
West Allis, Wis...
West Hartford, Conn..
West Haven, Conn
West New York, N. J..
West Orange, N. J
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Weymouth, Mass..
Wheeling, W. Va...
White Plains, N. Y.
Wichita, Kans
Wichita Falls, Tex..
Wilkes-Barre, Pa..
Wllkinsburg, Pa...
Williamsport, Pa..
Wilmington, Del-.
Wilmington, N. C.
Winona, Minn
Wlnston-Salem, N. C.
Woodbridge, N. J
Woonsocket, R.I
Worcester, Mass
Wyandotte, Mich..
Yakima, Wash
Yonkers, N. Y
York, Pa..
Youngstown, Ohio.
Zanesville, Ohio.
Murder,
noimegU-
gent man-
slaughter
Robbery
Aggra-
vated
assault
68
13
51
112
904
1
12
15
15
11
100
25
6
52
2
18
10
10
104
Bur-
glary-
breaking
or enter-
ing
115
101
270
Larceny— theft
$50 and
over
36
52
120
Only 11 months received
78
162
Complete data not received
6
12
1
16
3
Under
$50
4
246
2
5
4,521
Complete data not received
64 52
68 281 109
No reports received
1
61
206
200
3
18
282
250
Only 6 months received
62
171
598
413
183
878
104
55
17
58
10
642
271
531
19f
173
67
118
85
477
200
1,386
315
1,094
927
1,722
529
78
59
131
22
182
78
152
109
60
181
206
113
209
197
77
403
230
111
653
117
76
425
53
88
183
130
103
554
79
29
62
385
176
1,064
135
54
275
143
115
344
157
102
91
4,580
1,939
7,749
36
47
128
235
129
323
136
148
632
111
48
151
100
95
270
98
101
305
37
30
246
85
39
210
48
41
320
59
46
84
47
43
65
125
401
94
57
62
256
185
317
1,153
553
2,391
372
420
1,262
153
69
146
82
27
165
181
79
328
551
389
1,217
321
120
364
32
53
262
365
140
462
2
94
104
211
16
788
310
1,103
1
124
62
258
n
311
135
1,110
29
287
143
656
24
157
87
563
32
389
437
1,010
3
115
94
416
> Larcenies not separately reported.
' Larceny figures not available.
Figure listed includes both major and minor larcenies.
103
Offenses Known in Jurisdictions Outside the United States
A number of police agencies outside the 48 States are among the
voluntary contributors under the uniform crime reporting program.
Areas represented here are closely associated with the United States
and include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, territories of Alaska
and Hawaii, the Panama Canal Zone, and Guam.
Rural and urban crime are combined except where available
separately for cities. In presenting crime figures from contributors
Ion other pages of this bulletin, the rural and urban data are compiled
separately.
The following crime figures were not used in tables on crime trends
and crime rates.
Table 36.— OFFENSES KNOWN IN JURISDICTIONS OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES, 1953
[Population figures based on 1950 decennial census]
Jurisdiction reporting
Murder,
non-
negligent
man-
slaughter
Rob-
bery
Aggra-
vated
assault
Burgla-
ry-
breaking
or
entering
Larceny— theft
Over
$50
Under
$50
theft
\laska:
Second judicial division (Nome),
population, 12,272; number of
offenses known.
1
13
17
1
34
4
1
1
3
103
6
12
35
8
53
10
1
2
5
571
24
72
154
157
1,127
299
66
148
147
2,826
10
123
48
31
505
129
10
11
82
689
14
160
90
282
2,788
598
174
343
751
5,206
Anchorage city, population, 11,254;
number of offenses known
162
3uam: Population, 59,498; number of
offenses known
5
2
9
2
4
4
3
158
Bawaii:
Hawau County, population, 68,350;
number of offenses known
Honolulu City, population, 248,034;
number of offenses known. ..
24
Honolulu County, population, 104,986;
number of offenses known.
Kauai County, population, 29,905;
number of offenses known
Maui County, population, 48,519;
number of offenses known
ifothmus of Panama: Canal Zone,
population, 52,822; number of offenses
known
Puerto Rico: Population, 2,210,703;
number of offenses known .
23
SUPPLEMENTAL CRIME DATA
Crimes of rape are forcible in nature in about 54 percent of the
cases; almost 53 percent of the robberies occur on the street or high-
way;'oil stations are victims in less than 5 percent of the robberies
over 24 percent of the burglaries occur in the daytime; and in mort
than 78 out of 100 daytime burglaries, homes are attacked.
Such analyses are made by police locally as a part of the administrai
tive study of the local crime problem. This additional detail con<
cerning crime is forwarded by cities of 25,000 or more inhabitants t<
the FBI each month in a supplementary crime report.
Breakdowns are for the rape, robbery, burglary, larceny, and aut<
theft classifications. In addition to indicating certain types of crime
within these main classifications, this form provides for collectin
information concerning the value of property stolen as well as th
value of stolen property recovered by tj^pe of property.
In connection with the larceny classification, this supplementar
type information indicates that almost 17 percent of the thefts i
cities involve bicycles. On a local basis, such information is pertiner
to such questions as to whether the licensing of bicycles as an identifio
tion aid is sufficient, and whether additional precautionary steps a]
needed in certain areas of the city. Such information is useful in a
educational program among owners of bicycles and so on.
One serious problem highlighted by the analysis of the larcei
classification is the frequency with which automobiles are attack(
for theft aside from the theft of the automobiles themselves. In mo
than 39 percent of the cases of larceny, property of some kind
stolen from an automobile; either accessories of the automobde
other property contained in the automobile. This portion of t
analysis can be extended locally to include a review of the areas
the city where such thefts are concentrated. Armed with this inf(
mation the police may institute certain tactical changes such as shi:
of patrol strength to the trouble areas.
Although purse-snatchings and pocket-pickings together constiti
only 3.5 percent of the thefts, it may be noted that almost 21,000
these crimes were reported by the police whose reports were used
the following analyses. Purse-snatching particularly is closely al
to the crime of robbery. If the purse-snatcher forcibly overpow.
the victim by knocking the victim down, the ofi"ense would be class
under the rules as a crime of robbery rather than pm-se-snatchii
The purse-snatchings included in the larceny classification are th(
which are unaccompanied by any such force.
For each 100 automobiles stolen in 1953, the poUce recovered
(93.9 percent recovery).
(104)
105
Of the 477 cities of 25,000 or more forwarding a full set of crime
'ports during 1953, 418 furnished the supplementary crime data
5ed here in addition to the basic monthly report which reflects the
)tal crimes in each major classification (the Part I offenses).
Although cities under 25,000 in population and rural areas are not
iquested to send in the supplementary crime reports, it is possible
L any general study to apply the percentage distribution obtained
om the supplementary reports to the total crimes estimated in this
illetin for the United States. This might serve as a rough guide to
le number of the various crimes such as pocket-picking, purse-
latching, residence burglaries, highway robberies, and so on, that
!cur each year. An application of this idea will be noted in the text
1 estimated crimes, beginning on page 69.
^BLE 37.— OFFENSE AN.A.LYSIS, BY NATURE OF CRIMINAL ACT
TIME AND PLACE OF COMMISSION, AND VALUE OF PROPERTY
STOLEN, 1953
lenses known to the police in 418 cities over 25,000 in population; total population 56,050,636, based on 1950
decennial census]
Classification
Number of
offenses
Percent distri-
bution
Total
7,723
Forcible
4,150
3,573
Statutory
abery:
Total
46.3
44, 891
Highway ..
23,711
11,777
2,142
842
3,797
117
2,505
Commercial house
Oil station
26. 2
Chain store
Residence. "" ^
1.9
Bank
Miscellaneous..
0. 2
rglary— breaking or entering:
Total
5. 6
258, 402
Residence (dwelling):
Committed during night
58, 233
49,483
137, 064
13, 622
22.5
19.1
53.1
5.3
Committed during day
Nonresidence (store, office, etc.) :
Committed during night
Committed during dav
ceny— theft (except auto theft) (grouped according to value of article
Total
$50 and over
171, 294
344, 251
81, 938
$5.00 to $50.00
28.7
Under $5.00
ceny— theft (grouped as type of offense) :
Total ...
597, 483
Pocket-picking
8,115
12,605
23, 910
122 IfiS
Purse-snatching..
Shoplifting
2. 1
Thefts from autos (exclusi ve of auto accessories)
Auto accessories
112,291 I 18.8
101, 260 16. 9
Bicycles
All others
60. t
106
The average victim of robbery, burglary or other theft in 1953 los
$223 as against $233 in 1952. However, the property loss was near!
a quarter of a billion dollars in the 400 cities furnishing informatio
concerning the value of property stolen.
In 1953 the average loss in a robbery was $222 w^iile $163 was log
in the average burglary. The average value was $1,038 for each autc
mobile stolen while the average loss in other types of thefts was $76.
On a per capita basis, $4.13 was lost to robbers and thieves by eac
of the inliabitants in the 400 cities represented in the tabulation. .
corresponding figure for 1952 was $4.09 per capita in the reportin
cities.
Table 38.— VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN, BY TYPE OF CRIME, 19{
[From reports of 400 cities over 25,000 in population; total population 54,425,S18, based on 1950 decenn
census. All values have been rounded off to even dollars]
Classification
TOTAL..
Robbery
Burglary
Larceny— theft
Auto theft
Number of
offenses
1,005,929
44, 240
252. 148
584, 934
124, 607
Value of prop-
erty stolen
$224,552,605
9, 824, 044
41, 054, 580
44, 294, 102
129, 378, 979
Averagi
value pc
offeii.se
As usual, automobiles constituted over half of the property loss
criminals in the reporting cities. Over 56 percent of the value
merchandise reported stolen by these cities was for automobih
Further analyses of the types of property stolen shows that curren'
and other negotiables accounted for 11.5 percent of the proper
stolen while jewelry and precious metals comprised 7.6 percent of t.
loot and furs 3.1 percent of property stolen. Clothing and miscellan
ous items totaled 21.2 percent of the value of property stolen.
As might be expected, stolen automobiles are high on the list
property recovered; 92.3 percent of the value of automobiles stoL
is recovered.
The information concerning the value of property stolen and t.
value of property recovered was furnished on the supplementa
forms by 396 of the cities furnishing such forms. These cities repi
sented a total population of 52,096,989 under the 1950 decenni
census.
107
Table 39.— VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN AND VALUE OF PROPERTY
RECOVERED, BY TYPE OF PROPERTY, 1953
[From reports of 396 cities over 2i'i,000 in population; total population 52,096,989, based on 1950 decennial
census. All values have been rounded off to even dollars]
Type of property
Value of property
Stolen
Recovered
Percent
recovered
TOTAL,. ._
Currency, notes, etc -..
Jewelry and precious metftls
Furs..
Clothing
Locally stolen automobiles..
Miscellaneous..
$215, 129, 407
.$127, 678, 432
59.3
24, 714, 639
16, 331, 525
6, 573, 324
11,479,93?
121, 837, 419
34, 192, 562
2, 895, 275
2,041,142
304,917
1, 262, 456
112,514,775
8, 659, 867
11.7
12.5
4.6
11.0
92 3
25.3
AGE, SEX, AND RACE OF PERSONS ARRESTED
Source
For the second year, the age, sex, and race of persons arrested data
are from special report forms sent in by city police. Since the figures
are only for arrests in 1,174 cities, they are not total arrests in the
United States; however, the reporting area covers about 42 percent
of the city population. Thus, the tables give a rather complete
index to the spread of arrests in cities by crime class, age, sex, and
race.
These statistics since 1952 cannot be compared with similar data
published prior to that year. Before 1952 the only local arrest infor-
mation available for analysis as to personal characteristics was that
shown in fingerprint arrest cards received by the FBI from local police
agencies. Not all persons arrested are fingerprinted (particularly
young persons) so that source fell far short of completeness, but the
data were valuable until such time as the police generally were in a
position to fill out the present annual Age, Sex, and Race of Persons
Arrested form.
The annual arrest report form now used calls for a tally of all
persons arrested for violations that happened in the reporting city.
(Arrests for driving while intoxicated and negligent manslaughters are
included but other traffic matters are not.)
All persons arrested are counted even though some are released and
not formally charged before a court. Each person arrested is counted
rather than the number of charges that may be filed against one
person. An arrest of a juvenile is put opposite the offense actually
committed. This is true even though a technical charge, such as
juvenile delinquency, must be filed under local procedure.
Reports were not used in the following situations: (1) if police
advised that not all juveniles were counted; or (2) it was obvious
from the report that juveniles were not inchidefl. On the other
hand, a few reports were used when the police indicated that due to
local procedures not all the youthful oft'enders detained came into
their hands. For this reason the juvenile arrest data still tend to
understate the problem although the picture is much more complete
than it was from the fingerprint cards used before 1952.
It will be recognized that the number of arrests does not represent
the number of crimes that occur. This is true because there is not an
arrest for each crime. As pointed out on page 110 (Classification of
Offenses), no information is collected for "od'enses known" for the
Part II class of offenses. Offenses known data for the Part I class of
offenses appear in other parts of this bulletin.
(108)
109
Additional arrest information will be found in the semiannual
issue of this bulletin. Such information is derived from another
annual report, Return C, received from police. Return C includes
arrest information for Part I and Part II offense classes. It shows by
classification the number of persons: (1) arrested and released without
a formal charge; (2) charged; (3) charged as the result of an arrest;
(4) charged after being summoned, notified, or cited; (5) found guilty
of the offense charged; and (6) found guilty of a lesser offense than
originally charged. Return C does not list arrest information by age,
sex, or race.
dumber of Arrests, 1953
Last year 1,791,160 arrests were reported by the 1,174 city police
lepartments represented in the following tabulations. The 1950 popu-
lation of these communities was 37,255,808, or about 42 percent of the
people living in cities in the United iStates. Assuming the arrest rate
^\ as the same for the unreported area (58 percent of the urban popula-
tion) it may be roughly stated that about 4,000,000 people were ar-
losted in our urban communities during 1953.
Stated another way, considering the estimated increase in urban
copulation since 1950, 1 out of every 22 city residents was arrested
ast year for something more serious than a traffic violation.
For a discussion of estimates as to current urban population, see
3age 87 of this bulletin.
For crime against the person, there were 96,662 arrests while 159,013
irrests were made for crimes with property as their object in the re-
oorting cities. Crimes against the person are : cruninal homicide; rape ;
md assault. Property crimes are: robbery; burglary; larceny; auto
:heft; embezzlement and fraud; buying and receiving stolen property;
ind forgery and counterfeiting.
ige of Persons Arrested, 1953
Of the 1,791,160 arrests recorded by the 1,174 reporting cities, 8.4
Percent were persons 17 years of age or less and 14.7 percent were
mder 21.
Over two-fifths of the arrests were for public intoxication and youths
mder 18 comprised less than 1 percent of that group. On the other
land, 53.6 percent of the persons arrested for auto theft were juveniles
md, in fact, 29.0 percent were not even old enough to get a regular
Iriver's license in most states (age 16). Nearly half (49.3 percent)
)f the persons arrested for burglary were not yet 18 and two-thirds
)f these were under 16 years of age.
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ABLE 41.— NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF ARRESTS OF PERSONS
UNDER 18, UNDER 21, AND UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE, 1953; 1,174
CITIES OVER 2,500 IN POPULATION
[Total population 37,255,808, based on 1950 decennial census]
Offense charged
TOTAL.
riminal homicide:
(a) Murder and nonnegligent man-
slaughter
(b) Manslaughter by negligence
obbery.-
egravated assault -
ther assaults
urglary— breaking or entering..-
arceny— theft...
uto theft
mbezzlement and fraud
olen property; buying, receiving, etc.
orgery and counterfeiting
ape
restitution and commercialized vice.
ther sex offenses .._
arcotic drug laws...
eapons; carrying, possessing, etc...
ffenses against family and children.
iquor laws
riving while intoxicated
isorderly conduct
runkenness
agrancy
ambling.
jspicion
11 other offenses.
Number of persons arrested
Total
1, 791, 160
2,199
1,191
11.786
21,114
68, 135
36, 879
68, 195
20, 391
11,877
2,734
7,151
4,023
20, 345
14, 341
5,681
13, 185
19,616
33, 714
79, 498
199, 548
774, 096
75, 754
39, 656
76, 703
183, 348
Under
18
149, 806
90
46
2,116
1,277
3,586
18,170
27, 367
10, 9.38
431
681
473
6.52
235
2,296
235
1,546
1,229
2,872
389
15,994
4,595
3,099
453
11,578
39, 458
Under
21
263, 400
242
172
4,290
2,815
8,355
23, 319
34, 907
14, 2.38
1,517
1,000
1,185
1, .519
2,180
3,453
933
3,030
2,286
7,647
2,921
34, 338
22,083
9,065
1,408
23, 266
57, 231
Under
25
446,311
519
365
6,721
5,591
17,925
27, 608
41,699
16, 523
2,842
1,337
2,171
2,254
7,971
5,387
2,344
5,079
4,968
10, 677
11,786
63, 256
71, 856
16, 827
4,084.
35,961
80,560
Percentage
Under
18
4.1
3.9
18.0
6.0
5.3
49.3
40.1
53.6
3.6
24.9
6.6
16.2
1.2
16.0
4.1
11.7
6.3
8.5
0.5
8.0
0.6
4.1
1.1
15.1
21.5
Under
21
14.7
11.0
14.4
36.4
13.3
12.3
63.2
51.2
69.8
12.8
36.6
16.6
37.8
10.7
24.1
16.4
23.0
11.7
22.7
3.7
17.2
2.9
12.0
3.6
30.3
31.2
Under
25
23.6
30.6
57.0
26.5
26.3
74.9
61.1
81.0
23.9
48.9
30.4
56.0
39.2
37.6
41.3
38.5
25.3
31.7
14.8
31.7
9.3
22.2
10.3
46.9
43.9
Persons under 21 represented 50.6 percent of the arrests for crimes
gainst property (robbery, burglary, larceny, auto theft, embezzlement
nd fraud, buying and receiving stolen property, and forgery and
ounterf citing) .
Arrests of juveniles (under 18) rose 7.9 percent in 1953 while adult
rrests increased 1.9 percent. These trends were reflected in reports
at in by 209 large cities showing a combined population of 20,696,876.
ti 1952 the police in these places, for violations other than traffic,
rrested 964,980 persons, 78,709 of whom were under 18 years of age,
tid in 1953 the arrests by the same departments numbered 988,437,
iveniles constituting 84,952 of this total.
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PERSONS ARRESTED UNDER
18 YEARS OF AGE
PERCENT OF TOTAL ARRESTS
Crimes Against Property
1,174 CITIES-TOTAL POPULATION 37,255,808
CALENDAR YEAR 1953
OFFENSES •UNDER 18
18.0%
Robbery
Burglary
Larceny
Auto Theft
Embezzlement
and Fraud
49.3%
40.1%
53.6%
3.6%
[
24.9%
Receiving Stolen |
Property
6.6%
Forgery and H~
Counterfeiting B-
TOTAL ARRESTS.
ALL AGES
11,786
36,879
68,195
20,391
11,877
2,734
7,151
H
iff
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^v of Persons Arrested, 1953
j Of the 1,791,160 persons arrested in 1,174 cities last year, 194,238
!• 10.8 percent were females. Male arrests numbered 1,596,922 or
1.2 percent of the arrests in these cities.
Although male arrests outnumbered female arrests 8 to 1, a com-
iiative study of the criminal tendencies of each sex may be made.
y a percent distribution of arrests, it is noted that out of a thousand
•rests of women, 2 are arrested for murder while only 1 male in a
lousand arrested is charged with murder. Female criminals also
■nd more to crimes of aggravated assault, larceny, and embezzlement
id fraud than do males. In 1,000 arrests of females, 17 are arrested
ir aggravated assault as compared with 11 out of 1,000 male arrests.
1 1,000 arrests for each sex, 49 women and 37 men are arrested for
Tceny, 11 women and 6 men for embezzlement and fraud, and 5
omen and 4 men for forgery and counterfeiting.
The male criminal is more active in burglary, 23 of each\l,000 males
Tested being so charged, but only 4 in 1,000 females are apprehended
>r burglary. Twelve males are auto thieves in 1,000 male arrests
hile only 3 in 1,000 female arrests are car thieves.
ABLE 42.— DISTRIBUTION OF ARRESTS BY SEX, 1953; 1,174 CITIES
OVER 2,500 IN POPULATION
[Total population 37,255,808, based on 1950 decennial census]
Offense charged
TOTAL.
iminal homicide;
(a) Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter.
(b) Manslaughter by negligence
Dbbery
jgravated assault
;her assaults
Jrglary — breaking or entering
irceny-theft
ito theft
inbezzlement and fraud
olen property; buying, receiving, etc.
)rgery and counterfeiting
ape
•j ostitution and commercialized vice.
;her sex ofTenses
arcotic drug laws
eapons; carrying, possessing, etc...
iffenses against family and children.
quor laws
riving while intoxicated
isorderly conduct
runkenness
igrancy
ambling
ispicion
11 other ofTenses-
Number
Total
1, 791, 160
2,199
1,191
11,786
21,114
68, 135
36, 879
68, 195
20, 391
11,877
2,734
7,151
4,023
20, 345
14, 341
5,681
13, 185
19, 616
33, 714
79, 498
199, 548
774, 096
75, 754
39, 656
76, 703
183, 348
Male Female
1, 596, 922
1,838
1,095
11, 285
17, 760
61, 345
36, 113
58,695
19, 870
9,698
2,474
6,148
4,023
5,479
11, 197
4,787
12,506
17, 794
27,247
76, 252
166, 757
714, 446
66, 445
35, 990
68,755
158, 923
194, 238
361
96
501
3,354
6,790
766
9,500
521
2,179
260
1,003
14, 866
3,144
679
1,822
6,467
3,246
32, 791
59, 650
9,309
3,666
7,948
24,425
Percent
Total Male Female
.1
.1
.7
1.2
3.8
2.1
3.8
1.1
.7
.2
.4
.2
1.1
.8
.3
.7
1.1
1.9
4.4
11.1
43.3
4.2
2.2
4.3
10.2
100.0
.1
.1
.7
1.1
3.8
2.3
3.7
1.2
.6
.2
.4
.3
.3
.7
.3
1.1
1.7
4.8
10.4
44.6
4.2
2.3
4.3
10.0
100.0
(')
.2
.3
1.7
3.5
4.9
.3
1.1
.1
7.7
1.6
.5
3.3
1.7
16.9
30:7
4.8
1.9
4.1
12.6
* Less than H o of 1 percent.
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Race of Persons Arrested, 1953
Table 43 reflects the race of persons arrested in 1,174 cities in 1953
Over 97 percent of the 1,791,160 persons arrested were members o
the white and Negro races. Arrests of members of the white rac
numbered 1,270,466, or 70.9 percent of all arrests in the 1,174 cities
while 481,095 arrests or 26.9 percent were of members of the Negr
race. Other arrests, totaling 39,599 or 2.2 percent included Indians
Chinese, Japanese, and other races.
Table 43.— ARRESTS BY RACE, 1953; 1,174 CITIES OVER 2,500 V.
POPULATION
[Total population 37,255,808, based on 1950 decennial census]
Total aU
races
Race
Offense charged
White
Negro
Indian
Chinese
Japa-
nese
All
othei
TOTAL
1, 791, 160
1,270,466
481, 095
32, 084
407
144
6,9
Criminal homicide:
(a) Murder and nonnegligent man-
2,199
1,191
11,786
21, 114
68, 135
36, 879
68, 195
20, 391
11,877
2,734
7,151
4,023
20, 345
14, 341
6,681
13, 185
19,616
33, 714
79, 498
199, 548
774, 096
75, 754
39, 656
76, 703
183, 348
883
959
5, 992
7,611
39, 728
26, 285
45, 893
15, 772
9,727
1,738
6,074
2,371
10, 403
10,915
2,563
5,771
13, 762
18. 130
66, 763
124, 622
602, 083
58, 301
12, 696
49, 658
131, 766
1,306
231
5,665
13,388
27,980
10,318
21,647
4,374
2,099
972
1,035
1.628
9,769
3,306
3,018
7,334
5,765
15,017
11,623
72, 340
144, 718
15,788
26, 834
26, 359
48, 581
5
55
68
313
136
314
143
28
18
27
10
158
72
11
44
52
429
783
2,018
23, 753
1,141
18
418
2,070
(b) Manslaughter by negligence
1
3
7
8
13
22
4
2
1
2
2
2
9
27
2
4
8
12
19
117
9
38
11
84
3
.
3
5
1
2
2
3
3
1
2
7
8
64
13
1
25
1
1
;
Stolen property; iJuying, receiving, etc
Prostitution and commercialized vice
Offenses against family and children
3,:
1
REPORTING AREA
Over 95 percent of the people in cities and towns and 79.7 percent
»f those in rural areas are represented by the law-enforcement agencies
v'ho sent in crime figures in 1953. The table below shows details of
he status of reporting by cities and towns. However, this table is
lot an index to the contributors or population represented in other
ables of this bulletin. The number of contributors whose reports
vere used and the population represented by these contributors are
dentified for individual crime tables.
There are included in crime tables reports from a contributor if (1)
hat agency has reported for the full period of time and (2) the reports
re not obviously incorrectly compiled.
Under the 1950 decennial census, the Bureau of the Census pub-
ished urban (city and town) population figures under two definitions.
levy briefly the 1950 definition of an urban place permits inclusion of
ertain densely populated areas outside of a city's limits in the count
,»f the population for that city. The 1940 definition describes a place
.s urban if it has 2,500 or more people and is incorporated. Since the
940 definition coincides with the main jurisdictional limits of prac-
iically all our contributors and for purposes of continuity we continue
o use the 1940 definition of an urban place with a very few minor
ixceptions for special circumstances.
; For the above reason, the table below follows closely the 1940 defini-
'ion in showing the number of urban police departments contributing
rime reports in 1953 and the population represented by them:
Population group
TOTAL
Cities over 250,000
Cities 100,000 to 250,000
Cities .50,000 to 100,000_
Cities 25,000 to 50,000__
Cities 10,000 to 25,000..
Cities 2,.500 to 10,000...
Cities or towns
Number
Total
4,026
41
66
129
275
814
2,701
Contrib-
utors
3,356
41
66
128
262
748
2,111
Percent
contrib-
utors
83.4
100.0
100.0
99.2
95.3
91.9
78.2
Population
Number
Total
89, 281, 777
34, 932, 955
9,694,111
9, 134, 357
9,631,270
12, 464, 800
13, 434, 284
Represent-
ed by con-
tributors
85, 167, 422
34, 932, 955
9,694.111
9, 067, 789
9,181,324
11,478,641
10, 812, 602
Percent
repre-
sented
95.4
100.0
100.0
99.3
95.3
92.2
80.5
In addition to the 3,356 urban places in the table, 1 or more reports
vere received from 203 rural townships and villages, 2,159 sheriffs
.nd State police organizations, and 10 agencies in Territories and other
egions administered by the United States.
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CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES
Readers who are not entirely familiar with the uniform crime-
reporting program may be interested in a brief explanation of the
contents of crime reports included hi this bulletin:
1. These crime figures are called "police statistics" to distinguish
them from judicial or penal statistics in the criminal field.
2. Crimes that are exclusively Federal are not included.
3. Each reporting agency counts only those crimes or arrests foi
crimes committed in its jurisdiction. A sheriff reports only for his
rural areas outside the city or town limits of any urban places in his
county. This feature avoids duplication.
4. "Offenses known to the police" is a term that refers to thosi
crimes included in the Part I offenses of the crime reporting classii
fication. (See below for individual classes.) The Part I offenses ar.
limited to seven classes of grave off'enses shown by experience to b
those most generally and completely reported to the police.
5. Off'enses (crimes) for the Part I classes are reported as the;
become known. The police may learn of the occurrence of crime in ;'
number of ways: reports of police officers; citizens' complaint
notification from prosecuting or court officials; or otherwise.
6. Offenses are included without regard to: (a) the age of tli '
offender; (b) the value of property involved; (c) the recovery of stole
property; (d) arrests; or (e) prosecutive action. The purpose is t
show the amount of crime that has occurred as distinguished fror
arrest data and the classifying is based strictly on the facts i:
possession of the police.
7. Complaints that are found by pohce investigation to be ground
less are not included in crime tables in this bulletin, and returns tha
appear incomplete or defective are excluded.
8. Arrest data is not included in "offenses known" information bu
arrest data is collected separately for the entire crime classificatioi
Parts I and II. So, the only information for Part II offenses is tha
based on arrest data.
In publishing the data sent in by chiefs of police in different cities
the FBI does not vouch for their accuracy. They are given out a
current information which may throw some light on problems of crim
and criminal-law enforcement.
The complete classification of crimes is shown below with brie
definitions for each:
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117
'art I Offenses
1. Criminal homicide. — {a) Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
icludes all willful felonious homicides as distinguished from deaths
aused by negligence. Does not include attempts to kill, assaults to
;ill, suicides, accidental deaths, or justifiable homicides. Justifiable
omicides excluded from this classification are limited to the following
ypes of cases: (1) The killing of a felon by a peace officer in line of
uty; (2) the killing of a holdup man by a private citizen. (6) Man-
laughter by negligence includes any death which the police investiga-
ioii establishes was primarily attributable to gross negligence on the
art of some individual other than the victim.
2. Rape. — Includes forcible rape, statutory rape (no force used —
ictim under age of consent), assault to rape, and attempted rape.
3. Robbery. — Includes stealing or taking anything of value from the
erson by force or violence or by putting in fear, such as strong-arm
3l)bery, stickups, robbery armed. Includes assault to rob and at-
?mpt to rob.
4. Aggravated assault. — Includes assault with intent to kill; assault
y shooting, cutting, stabbing, maiming, poisoning, scalding, or by
le use of acids. Does not include simple assault, assault and battery,
ghting, etc.
5. Burglary — breaking or entering. — Includes burglary, housebreak-
ig, safecracking, or any unlawful entry to commit a felon}^ or a theft,
veil though no force was used to gain entrance. Includes attempts.
airglary followed by larceny is included in this classification and not
3unted again as larceny.
6. Larceny — theft (except auto theft). — (a) Fifty dollars and over in
alue; (b) under $50 in value — includes in one of' the above subclassi-
cations, depending upon the value of the property stolen, thefts
f bicycles, automobile accessories, shoplifting, pocket picking, or any
Pilling of property or article of value which is not taken by force
tid violence or by fraud. Does not include embezzlement, "con"
ames, forgery, worthless checks, etc.
7. Auto theft. — Includes all cases where a motor vehicle is stolen or
riven away and abandoned, including the so-called joy-riding thefts.
>oos not include taking for temporary use when actually returned by
le taker, or unauthorized use by those having lawful access to the
ehicle.
art II Offenses
8. Other assaults. — Includes all assaults and attempted assaults
hich are not of an aggravated nature and which do not belong in
ass 4.
9. Forgery and counterfeiting. — Includes offenses dealing with the
laking, altering, uttering, or possessing, with intent to defraud, any-
ling false which is made to appear true. Includes attempts.
118
10. Embezzlement and fraud. — Includes all offenses of fraudulent
conversion, embezzlement, and obtaining money or propert}^ by false
pretenses.
11. Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing. — Includes buying
receiving, and possessing stolen property as well as attempts to com-
mit any of those offenses.
12. Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. — Includes all violations o:
regulations or statutes controlling the carrying, using, possessing
furnishing, and manufacturing of deadly weapons or silencers and al.
attempts to violate such statutes or regulations.
13. Prostitution and commercialized rice. — Includes sex offenses of i
commercialized nature, or attempts to commit the same, such ai
prostitution, keeping bawdy house, procuring, transporting, or de
taining women for immoral purposes.
14. Sex ofenses (except rape and prostitution and commercialize!
vice).— Includes offenses against chastity, common decency, moral?
and the like. Includes attempts.
15. Offenses against the family and children. — Includes offenses o
nonsupport, neglect, desertion, or abuse of family and children.
16. Narcotic drug laws. — Includes offenses relating to narcotic drugs
such as unlawful possession, sale, or use. Excludes Federal offenses
17. Liquor laws. — With the exception of "drunkenness" (class IS
and "driving while intoxicated" (class 22), liquor law violations
State or local, are placed in this class. Excludes Federal violation.
18. Drunkenness. — Includes all offenses of drunkenness or intox
cation.
19. Disorderly conduct. — In eludes -all charges of committing a breac
of the peace.
20. Vagrancy. — Includes such offenses as vagabondage, begginji
loitering, etc.
21. Gambling. — Includes offenses of promoting, permitting, (
engaging in gambling.
22. Driving while intoxicated. — Includes driving or operating an
motor vehicle while drunk or under the influence of liquor or narcotic
23. Violation oj road and driving laws. — ^Includes violations of reg\;
lations with respect to the proper handling of a motor vehicle 1
prevent accidents.
24. Parking violations. — Includes violations of parking ordinance
25. Other violations of traffic and motor vehicle laws. — Includes violi
tions of State laws and municipal ordinances with regard to traffic aD|
motor vehicles not otherwise provided for in classes 22-24.
26. All other offenses. — Includes all violations of State or local lav
for which no provision has been made above in classes 1-25.
27. Suspicion — This classification includes all persons arrested i
suspicious characters, but not in connection with any specific offens
who are released without formal charges being placed against them.
INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV, UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS
(All references are to page numbers)
6 of offenders. (See Arrests.) Page
e, sex and race of persons arrested, reports from police 108-114
nual crime trends:
Cities grouped by size 72-73
Cities grouped by location 75-78
Estimated total number of major crimes, 1953 69-71
Long term trends 78-80
Rural crime trends 4, 80-82
Urban crime trends 4, 72-80
/rests — based on age, sex, and race of persons arrested, reports from
jolice 108-114
Age of offenders 108-112
Sex of offenders 113
Race of offenders jj4
/toinobiles^ — percentage recovered 69-70, 106
(iissification of offenses 64-65, 116-118
C 'ared by arrest, offenses 44-48
By geographic divisions^ 48
C mes. (See Arrests, estimated number, offenses, persons charged,
persons found guilty, and persons released.)
Eiployees, number of police 20-43
J-isdictions outside the United States, offenses in 103
^)nth]y variations, offenses known to the police 82-85
Censes known to the police:
Annual trends 2-4, 69-82
Cities grouped by location 75-78
Cities grouped by location and size 72-78
Cities grouped by size 72-73
Cleared by arrest 44-48
Cleared by arrest, geographic divisions 48
Divided as to time and place and value of property stolen 104-107
Individual cities over 25,000 in population 11-19, 94-102
?kIonthly variations. 82-85
Rural areas 10, 80-82
Jurisdictions outside the United States 103
F-sons charged (held for prosecution) 49-60
By geographic divisions 52-55'
P-sons found guilty 56-60
P-sons released (not held for prosecution) .._ 61-63
? ice department employees 20-43
^ice killed 20
?ipeity, value stolen 106-107
Piperty, value stolen and recovered __ 106-107
(119)
120
Prosecution, persons held for. (See Persons charged and persons found
guilty.)
Race of offenders. (See Arrests.)
Reporting area, extent of
Rural crime data 4, 10, 80-82,
Sex of offenders. (See Arrests.)
Sheriffs' reports 4,10, 80-82,
State crime rates. (See Offenses known — cities grouped by location.)
State police reports 4, 10, 80-82,
Trends, annual crime:
Cities grouped by location
Cities grouped by size
Long term
Rural- _- 4,
Urban 4,
Urban crime rates 5-9,
Value of property stolen
Value of property stolen and recovered
Variations, monthly crime
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