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BOSTOM 
PUBLIC 
LIBRARY 


IN    THE    UNITED    STATES 


ISSUED  BY--JOHN  EDGAR  HOOVER,  m 


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FBI 


Boston  I'uinu-  l^iliiiii> 
Superintendent  of  Uocumentf 

AUG  26  1970 

DEPOSITORY 


UNIFORM  CRIME  REPORTS-1969 


FOR  RELEASE 

THURSDAY  A.M.,  AUGUST   13,   1970 

PRINTED  ANNUALLY 


UNIFORM 

CRIME 

REPORTS 

for  the  United  States 


PRINTED   ANNUALLY— 1969 


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Contents 

Page 

Preface v 

Crime  factors vi 

Summary 1-46 

Crime  Index  totals 2-4 

Crime  and  population 4-5 

Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter 5-9 

Aggravated  assault 9-1 1 

Forcible  rape 1 1-13 

Robbery 13-16 

Burglary 16-19 

Larceny 19-25 

Auto  theft 25-28 

Clearances 28-3 1 

Persons  arrested 3 1-34 

Persons  charged 34 

Careers  in  Crime 34-40 

Police  employee  data 40-43 

PoHce  killed  data 43-46 

Introduction 47-54 

The  index  of  crime,  1969 55-88 

United  States,  1969  (table  1) 56 

United  States,  1960  to  1969  (table  2) 57 

United  States,    1968-1969,   by  regions,   geographic  divisions   and 

states  (table  3) 58-63 

States  (table  4) 64-73 

Standard  metropoUtan  statistical  areas  (table  5) 74-88 

General  United  States  crime  statistics,  1969 89-106 

Crime  trends,  1968-1969,  by  population  groups  (table  6) 90-91 

Crime  trends,   1968-1969,  suburban  and  nonsuburban  cities,  by 

population  groups  (table  7) 92 

Crime  trends,  1968-1969,  suburban  and  nonsuburb&n  counties  by 

population  groups  (table  8) 93 

Crime  rates,  by  population  groups  (table  9) 94-95 

Crime   rates,    suburban    and    nonsuburban   cities,    by   population 

groups  (table  10) 96 

Crime  rates,  suburban  and  nonsuburban  counties,  by  population 

groups  (table  11) 97 

Offenses  known,  cleared  by  arrest,  by  population  groups  (table  12)  _  _  98-99 
Offenses  known,  cleared  by  arrest,  by  geographic  divisions  (table  13)  _  100 
Offenses  cleared  by    arrest   of    persons    under    18    years    of    age 

(table  14) 101 

Disposition  of  persons  formally  charged  by  the  police  (table  15) —        102 

Persons  charged-percent  arrested  or  summoned  (table  16) 103 

Offenses  known,  cleared;  persons  arrested,  charged  and  disposed 

of  (table  17) 103 


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General  United  States  crime  statistics,  1969 — Continued 

Police  disposition  of  juvenile  offenders  takert  into  custody  (table 

18) 104 

Offense  analysis  (table  19) 105 

Type  and  value  of  property  stolen  and  recovered  (table  20) 105 

Murder  victims — weapons  used  (table  21) 106 

Murder  victims  by  age,  sex  and  race  (table  22) 106 

Arrests,  1969 107-146 

Number  and  rate  by  population  group  (table  23)  _   108-109 

Arrest  trends,  1960-1969  (table  24) 110 

Arrest  trends  by  sex,  1960-1969  (table  25) 111 

Total  arrest  trends,  1968-1969  (table  26) 112 

Total  arrests  by  age  group  (table  27) 113-1 14 

Total  arrests  of  persons  under  15,  under  18,  under  21,  and  under 

25  (table  28) 115 

Total  arrests,  distribution  by  sex  (table  29) 116 

Total  arrest  trends  by  sex,  1968-1969  (table  30) 117 

/ Total  arrests  by  race  (table  31) ,^18-120 - 

City  arrest  trends,  1968-1969  (table  32) "~'r2r 

City  arrests  by  age  (table  33) 122-123 

City  arrests  of  persons  under  15,  under  18,  under  21,  and  under  25 

(table  34) 124 

City  arrests,  distribution  by  sex  (table  35) 125 

City  arrest  trends  by  sex,  1968-1969  (table  36) 126 

/City  arrests  by  race  (table  37) 127-129, 

Suburban  arrest  trends,  1968-1969  (table  38) 130 

Suburban  arrests  by  age  (table  39) 131-132 

Suburban  arrests  of  persons  under  15,  under  18,  under  21,  and 

under25  (table  40) 133 

Suburban  arrests,  distribution  by  sex  (table  41) 134 

Suburban  arrests  by  race  (table  42) 135-137 

Rural  arrest  trends,  1968-1969  (table  43) 138 

Rural  arrests  by  age  (table  44) 139-140 

Rural  arrests  of  persons  under  15,  under  18,  under  21,  and  under 

25  (table45) 141 

Rural  arrests,  distribution  by  sex  (table  46) 142 

J  Rural  arrests  by  race  (table  47) 143-145 

Suburban  and  rural  arrest  trends  by  sex,  1968-1969  (table  48) 146 

Police  employee  data,  1969 147-168 

Full-time  police  employees ;  number,  rate  and  range  (table  49) 148 

Full-time  i3olice  officers;  number,  rate  and  range  (table  50) 149 

Civilian  employees,  percent  of  total  (table  51) 150 

Police  officers  killed  (table  52) 150 

Assaults  on  police  officers  by  geographic  divisions  and  popvdation 

groups  (table  53) 150 

Assaults  on  police  officers,  percent  distribution  of  weapons  used 

(table  54) 151 

Full-time  state  police  and  highway  patrol  employees,  and  police 

killed  (table  55) 151 

Police  employees  in  individual  cities  (tables  56  and  57) 152-168 

Offenses  in  individual   areas   25,000   and   over  by   population   groups 

(table  58) 169-185 


IV 


Preface 

The  decade  of  the  1960's  has  seen  many  changes  in  society,  both  good  and 
bad.  Our  Nation  has  experienced  a  number  of  significant  advancements  during 
recent  years;  however,  unusual  increases  in  crime  and  criminal  behavior  as 
documented  in  this  publication  have  most  certainly  detracted  from  these 
improvements.  Crime  increases  were  not  unique  to  the  United  States.  They 
have  occurred  in  most  of  the  advanced  nations  of  the  world  which  publicly 
report  crime  statistics.  The  causes — social,  human,  and  material — that  con- 
tributed to  these  trends  are  beyond  the  immediate  control  of  law  enforcement 
agencies.  The  effect,  however,  placed  new  and  increasing  demands  on  the  law 
enforcement  profession  requiring  substantial  changes  in  all  phases  of  its  activities. 

Advanced  technologies  have  been  adapted  to  poUce  management  and 
operations,  the  improvement  of  standards,  and  comprehensive  training  pro- 
grams for  law  enforcement  personnel.  These  needs  have  long  been  recognized 
by  law  enforcement  professionals.  The  Congress  of  the  United  States,  as  well 
as  state  legislatures  and  others  in  authority,  has  taken  positive  action  to  meet 
the  increasing  crime  and  civil  disorder  crises.  This  support  has  been  primarily 
in  the  form  of  Federal  funding  to  complement  local  and  state  budgets.  Through 
this  support  progress  in  developing  new  methods  and  approaches  has  become 
possible. 

Computer  and  communications  technologies  have  been  applied  to  the 
problems  and  are  playing  a  major  role  in  improving  law  enforcement  perform- 
ance. These  technologies  offer  law  enforcement  at  all  levels  the  means  by  which 
documented  information,  vitally  important  to  all  phases  of  performance,  can  be 
centralized  and  shared  on  a  national  scale.  At  the  same  time  computer  systems 
at  the  state  level  are  rapidly  developing  and  furnishing  centralized  services  to 
local  agencies  in  both  management  and  operational  areas.  Therefore,  the 
traditional  local  and  state  authority  \vith  regard  to  the  law  enforcement  function 
is  preserved  and  strengthened.  How  well  we  apply  and  discipline  ourselves  in 
the  use  of  these  major  technological  tools  will  determine  much  of  law  enforce- 
ment's achievements  during  the  next  decade. 

Improved  means  of  carrying  out  our  tasks  are  constantly  becoming 
available.  We  must  remain  alert  to  utilize  every  resource  available  in  order 
to  assure  continued  progress  in  meeting  our  many  responsibilities. 


I\ 


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\       John  EDGAft/HoovER, 


Director 


Crime  Factors 

Uniform  Crime  Reports  give  a  nationwide  view  of  crime  based  on  police 
statistics  made  possible  by  the  voluntary  cooperation  of  local  law  enforcement 
agencies.  Since  the  factors  which  cause  crime  are  many  and  vary  from  place  to 
place,  readers  are  cautioned  against  drawing  conclusions  from  direct  com- 
parisons of  crime  figures  between  individual  communities  without  first  con- 
sidering the  factors  involved.  The  national  material  summarized  in  this  publi- 
cation should  be  used,  however,  as  a  starting  point  to  determine  deviations  of 
individual  cities  from  the  national  averages. 

Crime  is  a  social  problem  and  the  concern  of  the  entire  community.  The 
law  enforcement  effort  is  limited  to  factors  within  its  control.  Some  of  the 
conditions  which  will  affect  the  amount  and  type  of  crime  that  occurs  from  place 
to  place  are  briefly  outlined  below : 

Density  and  size  of  the  community  \  oj}  dation  and  the  metropolitan  area 
of  which  it  is  a  part. 

Composition  of  the  population  with  reference  particularly  to  age,  sex  and 
race. 

Economic  status  and  mores  of  the  population. 

Relative  stability  of  population,  including  commuters,  seasonal,  and  other 
transient  types. 

Climate,  including  seasonal  weather  conditions. 

Educational,  recreational,  and  religious  characteristics. 

Effective  strength  of  the  police  force. 

Standards  governing  appointments  to  the  police  force. 

Policies  of  the  prosecuting  officials  and  the  courts. 

Attitude  of  the  public  toward  law  enforcement  problems. 

The  administrative  and  investigative  efficiency  of  the  local  law  enforce- 
ment agency,  including  the  degree  of  adherence  to  crime  reporting 
standards. 


VI 


Su 


mmary 


This  section  is  jor  readers  who  are  interested  in  the  general  crime  picture  jor  the  United  States.  The 
volume,  trend  and  rate  of  crime  related  to  current  estimated  population  are  discussed  in  context  with  the  Crime 
Index  olffenses — murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  aggravated  assault,  burglary, 
larceny  $50  and  over  in  value  and  auto  theft.  In  addition.  Crime  Index  offenses  are  treated  individually  to 
better  delineate  the  nature  of  these  criminal  acts.  Arrests,  persons  charged,  clearances  of  crime,  police  employee 
data,  police  killed,  and  police  assaults  are  discussed.  Statistical  data  concerning  the  criminal  recidivism  of 
persons  who  have  at  least  on  one  occasion  during  their  criminal  career  become  involved  in  the  commission 
of  a  federal  offense  are  also  examined.  In  subsequent  sections  technical  data  of  interest  primarily  to  police, 
social  scientists  and  other  students  are  presented.  If  yoai  desire  assistance  in  the  interpretation  of  any  infor- 
mation in  this  publication,  please  communicate  with  the  Director,  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation,  U.S. 
Department  of  Justice,  Washington,  D.C.  205S5. 


CRIME  AND  POPULATION 
1960  -  1969 

PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 

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FBI  CHART 


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CRIMES  OF  VIOLENCE 
1960  -  1969 

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CRIME  INDEX  TOTALS 

The  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Program  em- 
ploys seven  crime  classifications  to  establish  an 
index  to  measure  the  trend  and  distribution  of 
crime  in  the  United  States.  These  crimes — murder, 
forcible  rape,  robbery,  aggravated  assault,  bur- 
glary, larceny  $50  and  over  in  value,  and  auto 
theft — are  counted  by  law  enforcement  agencies  as 
the  crimes  become  known  to  them.  These  crimes 
were  selected  for  use  in  the  Crime  Index  because, 
as  a  group,  they  represent  the  most  common  local 
crime  problem.  They  are  all  serious  crimes,  either 
by  their  very  nature  or  due  to  the  volume  in  which 
they  occur.  Offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape, 
robbery  and  aggravated  assault,  are  categorized 
as  violent  crimes.  Offenses  of  burglary,  larceny 
$50  and  over  in  value,  and  auto  theft  are  classed 
as  crimes  against  property. 

It  is  believed  desirable  to  point  out  that  there 
is  no  way  of  determining  the  total  number  of 
crimes  which  are  committed.  Many  criminal  acts 
occur  which  are  not  reported  to  official  sources. 
In  light  of  this  fact,  the  best  source  for  obtaining 
a  count  of  crime  is  the  next  logical  universe, 
namely,  crimes  which  come  to  police  attention. 
The  crimes  used  in  the  Crime  Index  are  those 
considered  to  be  most  consistently  reported  to 
police  and  the  computations  of  crime  trends  and 
crime  rates  are  prepared  using  this  universe — 
offenses  known  to  police. 

The  crime  counts  set  forth  in  this  publication 
are  actual  offenses  established  by  police  investi- 
gation. When  police  receive  a  complaint  of  a  crime 
and  the  follow-up  investigation  discloses  no  crime 
occurred  it  is  "unfounded."  On  a  national  average, 
police  investigations  "unfound"  four  percent  of  the 
citizen  complaints  concerning  Crime  Index  of- 
fenses ranging  from  3  percent  in  the  larceny 
classification  to  18  percent  in  forcible  rape  com- 
plaints. Unfounded  complaints  are  eliminated  from 
these  crime  counts. 

In  calendar  year  1969  almost  5  million  Index 
offenses  were  reported  to  law  enforcement  agencies, 
a  12  percent  increase  over  1968.  The  violent 
crimes  as  a  group  made  up  13  percent  of  the  Crime 
Index  total  and  rose  11  percent,  with  murder  up 
7  percent,  forcible  rape  17  percent,  robbery  14 
percent,  and  aggravated  assault  9  percent.  Each 
of  the  voluminous  property  crimes  recorded  an 
increase,  which  contributed  to  the  12  percent  rise 
in  this  group  of  offenses  representing  87  percent 
of  the  Crime  Index  total.  Individually,  burglary 


was  up  7  percent,  larceny  $50  and  over  in  value 
increased  19  percent,  and  auto  theft  was  up  12 
percent.  Since  1960,  the  violent  crimes  as  a  group 
have  increased  130  percent,  property  crimes  151 
percent,  and  the  combined  Crime  Index  148 
percent  in  volume. 

As  in  prior  years  the  suburban  areas  continued 
to  show  an  above  average  rise  in  the  volume  of 
crime  with  a  13  percent  increase  over  1968.  The 
large  core  cities  having  populations  in  excess  of 
250,000  were  up  9  percent  in  volume  and  the  rural 
areas  registered  an  11  percent  upswing.  The 
largest  American  cities  over  1  million  population 
registered  an  average  increase  of  7  percent.  As 
noted  in  prior  issues,  while  the  suburban  areas 
continued  to  record  sharp  upswings  in  the  volume 
of  crime,  a  much  higher  volume  of  crime  occurs  in 
the  large  cities. 

Crime  increases  were  noted  in  each  crime  classi- 
fication in  each  geographic  region  with  the  volume 
of  crime  in  1969  up  16  percent  in  the  North  Central 
States,  14  percent  in  the  Western  States,  13  per- 
cent in  the  Southern  States,  and  5  percent  in  the 
Northeastern  States. 

Estimated  1969  crime  figures  for  the  United 
States  are  set  forth  in  the  following  table.  As 
explained  on  page  53  of  this  publication,  the 
trends  shown  in  this  table  are  based  on  the  actual 
reporting  experience  of  comparable  places. 

CRIME  AND  POPULATION 

Crime  rates  relate  the  incidence  of  crime  to 
population.  From  a  realistic  point  of  view,  a 
crime  rate  should  be  considered  as  a  count  of 
victims.  The  discussion  that  follows  will  demon- 
strate the  risk  of  becoming  a  victim  of  crime  in 
this  country  is  increasing  and  that  population 
growth  cannot  alone  account  for  the  crime 
increases. 

The  Crime  Index  rate  for  the  United  States 
rose  from  2,235  offenses  per  100,000  inhabitants 
in  1968  to  2,471  in  1969,  an  11  percent  increase 
in  the  victim  rate.  The  rise  in  the  national  crime 
rate  since  1960,  or  the  risk  of  being  a  victim  of  one 
of  these  crimes,  has  more  than  doubled.  Many 
factors  influence  the  nature  and  extent  of  crime 
in  a  particular  community.  A  number  of  these 
factors  are  shown  on  page  vi  of  this  publication. 
A  crime  rate  only  takes  into  consideration  the 
numerical  factor  of  population  and  does  not 
incorporate  any  of  the  other  elements  which 
contribute   to   the   amount  of  crime  in   a  given 


National  Crime 

,  Rafe,  and  Percent  Change 

Estimated  crime  1969 

Percent  change  over  1968 

Percent  change  over  1960 

Crime  Index  Offenses 

Number 

Rate  per 

100,000 

inhabitants 

Number 

Rate 
+10.6 

Number 

Rate 

Total 

4,989,700 

2,471.1 

+11.7 

+147. 7 

+120.0 

Violent 

665, 100 
4,334,700 

324.4 
2, 146.  7 

+11.2 
+11.8 

+10.1 
+10.6 

+129.7 
+160.6 

+104.0 

Property            

+122.  6 

14,  590 

36,  470 

297,  580 

306,  420 

1,  949,  800 

1,512,900 

871,  900 

7.2 
18.1 
147.4 
151.8 
965.6 
749.3 
431.8 

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+17.4 
+13.7 
+8.5 
+6.6 
+19.0 
+12.1 

+5.9 
+16.8 
+12.5 
+7.4 
+5.6 
+17.8 
+11.0 

+62.1 
+116.3 
+177. 1 
+101.  6 
+117.3 
+198.9 
+167.  7 

+44.0 

Forcible  rape                  ...         ... 

+92.6 

Robbery    ... 

+146. 1 

+79.2 

Burglary                   

+92.9 

Larceny  $60  and  over 

+165.  4 

Autotheft - 

+137.  8 

area.  The  statistical  tables  in  this  publication 
disclose  the  varying  crime  experiences,  especially 
among  large  cities  and  suburban  communities, 
are  affected  by  a  complex  set  of  involved  factors 
and  are  not  solely  limited  to  numerical  population 
differences.  The  text  tables  set  forth  on  these 
pages  reveal  the  variation  in  crime  experience  by 
geographic  region  and  particularly  large  core 
cities  as  contrasted  with  the  suburban  and  rural 
areas. 

The  above  table  discloses  each  crime  category 
recorded  a  rate  increase  ranging  from  6  percent  in 
burglary  to  18  percent  in  larceny  $50  and  over  in 
value.  The  number  of  crimes  per  unit  of  population 
is,  as  expected,  highest  in  the  large  metropolitan 
centers  and  in  those  areas  where  the  population  is 
rapidly  increasing. 

The  accompanying  charts  illustrate  the  trend  of 
crime  in  the  United  States  for  1960  through  1969 
by  sh  owing  percentage  changes  in  volume  and  rate 

Crime  Rate  by  Area,  1969 

[Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants] 


Area 

Crime  Index  Offenses 

Total 
U.S. 

Cities 

over 

250,000 

Sub- 
urban 

Rural 

Total 

2, 471. 1 

4,824.7 

1, 940.  8 

858  6 

Violent 

324.4 
2, 146.  7 

869.7 
3,965.0 

162.6 
1,778.2 

113  8 

Property... 

744.8 

Murder 

7.2 
18.1 
147.4 
151.8 
966.6 
749.3 
431.8 

16.7 

37.9 

487.6 

318.6 

1,  759. 1 

1, 165.  3 

1,  040.  6 

3.7 

13.7 

50.4 

94.7 

804.6 

702.6 

271.2 

5  6 

Forcible  rape 

10  0 

Robbery. 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary 

Larceny  $50  and  over 

Autotheft 

72  8 

Crime  Rate  by  Region,  1969 

(Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants) 


Crime  Index  Offenses 

North- 
eastern 
States 

North 
Central 
States 

Southern 
States 

Western 
States 

Total     

2,585.8 

2,170.4 

2, 087. 2 

3, 516. 9 

Violent 

330.4 
2, 255. 4 

293.3 
1,  877. 1 

326.2 
1, 761. 1 

363.9 

Property     

3, 162.  0 

5.2 
12.6 
188.6 
124.1 
985.3 
743.7 
626.4 

6.1 

17.2 
148.5 
121.5 
807.2 
654.2 
415.7 

10.4 
17.0 
112.2 
186.5 
837.4 
616.2 
307.6 

6.1 

Forcible  rape                 

29.2 

Robbery           

161.8 

176.7 

Burglary 

1,437.  1 

Larceny  $60  and  over        

1,161.4 

Auto  theft        

553.5 

of  crime  together  with  the  population  increase. 
Separate  charts  provide  similar  information  rela- 
tive to  crimes  of  violence  and  crimes  against  prop- 
erty. Since  1960,  the  rate  for  crimes  of  violence 
as  a  group  increased  104  percent  and  property 
crime  rate  rose  123  percent. 

The  reader's  attention  is  directed  to  the  tables 
containing  arrest  data  which  commence  on  page  108 
for  additional  information  on  the  seven  Crime 
Index  offenses,  as  well  as  arrest  statistics  for  other 
criminal  acts. 

MURDER  AND  NONNEGLIGENT 
MANSLAUGHTER 

This  Crime  Index  offense  includes  all  willful 
killings  without  due  process  and  is  scored  on  the 
basis  of  police  investigation  as  opposed  to  any 
decision  of  a  court,  coroner,  jury  or  other  judicial 
body.  Deaths  caused  by  negligence  are  not 
included  in  this  category  but  are  counted  as  man- 
slaughter by  negligence.  Attempts  to  kill  or  as- 


saults  to  kill  are  scored  as  aggravated  assaults  and 
not  as  murder.  The  crime  count  for  this  offense 
classification  also  excludes  suicides,  accidental 
deaths  and  justifiable  homicides. 

Volume 

In  1969,  there  were  an  estimated  14,590  mur- 
ders committed  in  the  United  States.  This  repre- 
sents a  numerical  increase  of  940  over  the  13,650 
homicides  recorded  in  1968.  This  also  represents 
the  smallest  absolute  rise  of  murder  in  1  year  since 
the  600  total  increase  in  1965  over  1964.  This 
crime  makes  up  slightly  more  than  2  percent  of  the 
crimes  of  violence  and  represents  less  than  one- 
half  of  1  percent  of  all  Crime  Index  offenses. 

The  frequency  of  murder  in  1969  was  highest 
during  the  period  August  through  December, 
with  December  representing  the  high  month  of  the 
year.  During  the  past  decade,  with  the  exception 
of  1963  and  1968,  more  murders  were  committed 
m  December  than  any  other  month.  In  a  break- 
down by  region,  45  percent  of  the  murders  in  1969 
occurred  in  the  Southern  States  followed  by  the 


North  Central  States  with  24  percent.  North- 
eastern States  with  17  percent,  and  the  Western 
States  with  14  percent  of  the  total. 

Trend 

Murder  increased  7  percent  in  1969  over  1968 
and  this  represents  the  smallest  percentage  in- 
crease since  the  6  percent  rise  in  1965.  The  long- 
term  trend  in  this  serious  crime  during  the  period 
1960-1969  reveals  an  increase  from  9,000  to  14,590 
murders.  This  is  a  rise  of  62  percent.  (Chart  4.) 

Regionally,  murder  offenses  rose  16  percent  in 
in  the  Western  States,  10  percent  in  the  North 
Central  States,  8  percent  in  the  Northeastern 
States,  and  2  percent  in  the  Southern  States. 
Large  core  cities  with  250,000  or  more  population 
and  suburban  areas  had  a  10  percent  rise  in  the 
number  of  murders  in  1969,  while  rural  areas 
experienced  a  10  percent  decline  in  the  number  of 
murder  offenses. 

Murder    Rate 

There  were  7.2  victims  per  100,000  inhabitants 
in  1969.  This  is  a  rise  from  the  6.8  murder  rate 


+  70 
+  60 


+  50 


+  40 
+  30 


+  20 


+  10 


-10 


MURDER 

I960  -  1969 


PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 

.NUMBER  OF  OFFENSES  UP  62   PERCENT 

.RATE  PER   100,000  INHABITANTS  UP  44  PERCENT 


y. 

^ ^^ 

j^ ^f_ 


I960     1961     1962    1963    1964    1965    1966    1967    1968    1969 


FBI  CHART 


Chart  4 


recorded  in  1968  and  represents  a  6  percent  in- 
crease in  the  murder  rate,  1969  over  1968.  Nation- 
\vide,  cities  with  250,000  or  ov'^er  in  population  had 
a  murder  rate  of  15.7  per  100,000  inhabitants,  up 
11  percent  over  1968.  In  the  suburbs  the  rate  was 
3.7  per  100,000,  an  increase  of  12  percent  over  1968. 
The  rate  in  the  rural  areas  was  5.6  per  100,000 
inhabitants,  a  decrease  of  1 1  percent. 

As  in  past  years,  the  number  of  murder  victims 
in  proportion  to  population  was  highest  in  the 
Southern  States  where  the  rate  of  10.4  was  1 
percent  above  1968.  In  the  Northeastern  States  a 
rate  of  5.2  was  8  percent  above  the  prior  year, 
and  the  North  Central  States  rate  of  6.1  was  up  9 
percent.  The  Western  States  also  had  a  rate  of 
6.1  which  was  15  percent  higher  than  the  1968  rate. 

Nature    of    Murder 

Through  the  use  of  a  supplemental  report, 
details  are  collected  on  murder  offenses  to  obtain 
data  on  age,  sex,  and  race  of  the  victims,  the 
weapon  used  to  commit  the  oflFense,  and  the 
circumstances  or  motives  which  lead  to  the  crime. 

Males    outnumbered    females    as    victims    of 


murder  by  more  than  3  to  1  in  1969,  which  is 
similar  to  the  experience  in  1968.  Nationwide, 
the  ratio  of  arrests  for  murder  was  more  than 
five  males  to  each  female.  Forty-four  of  every 
100  victims  were  white  and  55  were  Negro.  The 
remaining  1  percent  was  distributed  among  all 
other  races.  It  was  determined  that  six  of  every 
10  murder  victims  were  between  20  and  45  years 
of  age,  with  the  largest  number,  28  percent,  falling 
in  the  20  to  29  age  group. 

Firearms  continue  to  be  the  predominant 
weapon  used  in  murder,  as  illustrated  in  the 
accompanying  chart.  For  the  year  1969,  as  in 
1968,  65  percent  of  the  homicide  victims  were 
killed  through  the  use  of  a  firearm.  As  in  prior 
years  handguns  were  again  the  pre  lominant  fire- 
arm used,  with  51  percent  of  the  murders  resulting 
from  the  use  of  handguns,  8  percent  from  the  use 
of  shotguns,  and  6  percent  of  the  m  irder  victims 
died  from  rifle  wounds.  Cutting  or  stabbing 
weapons  were  used  in  20  percent  of  the  murders, 
other  weapons  (blunt  objects  such  as  hammers 
and  clubs,  poison,  arson,  explosives,  drowning, 
etc.)  in  7  percent,  and  in  the  remaining  8  percent 


MURDER 

BY  TYPE  OF  WEAPON  USED 
1969 

HANDGUN 

RIFLE 

SHOTGUN 

CUTTING  OR  STABBING 
OTHER  WEAPON 

(CLUB,  POISON,  etc.) 

PERSONAL  WEAPON 

S&iS:-:..... : . . : , ...  .v...-.-.:.. ... . .         ...:.-..... ...:.. .:.;.:.,.;.. ........ :.:.:...-.-.... ..::.:... ...-.:::......; 

._J51% 



8% 

8% 

^       -»-i|20% 

^fc7% 

1—8% 

(HANDS,  FISTS,  FEET.etc.) 

FBI  CHART 


Chart  5 


of  the  murders,  personal  weapons  such  as  hands, 
fists  and  feet  were  used. 

An  analysis  of  types  of  murder  weapons  by 
region  shows  that  in  1969  the  Southern  States  led 
in  homicides  by  use  of  firearms  with  seven  of 
every  10  victims  succumbing  from  gunshot  wounds. 
Knives  or  other  cutting  instruments  were  used 
most  frequently  as  murder  weapons  in  the  North- 
eastern States  where  three  out  of  every  10  homi- 
cide victims  died  of  cut  or  stab  wounds.  The  use 
of  pei-sonal  weapons  resulting  in  murder  by 
strangulations  and  internal  injuries,  was  highest 
in  the  Western  States  and  lowest  in  the  Southern 
States.  Since  1964,  murder  through  the  use  of  a 
firearm  lias  risen  80  percent,  a  cutting  or  stabbing 
instrument  28  percent,  other  weapons  31  percent, 
and  personal  weapons  26  percent. 

(Percent  distribution] 


Murder,  type  of  weapon  used 

Region 

Total 

all 

weapons 

used 

Fire- 
arms 

Knife  or 
other 
cutting 
instru- 
ment 

Other 

weapon; 

club. 

poison, 

etc. 

Personal 
weapons 

Northeastern  States.  .. 
North  Central  States,. 

Southern  States 

Western  States 

100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 

46.3 

70.0 
71.8 
68.4 

32.4 
IS.  6 
16.8 
19.7 

9.4 
6.6 
6.2 

y.7 

11.9 
7.8 
5.2 

12.2 

Total    

100.0 

64.5 

19.9 

7.4 

8  2 

As  it  has  been  pointed  out  in  prior  issues  of  this 
publication,  police  are  powerless  to  prevent  a 
large  number  of  these  crimes,  which  is  made  readily 
apparent  from  the  circumstances  or  motives  which 
surround  criminal  homicide.  The  significant  fact 
emerges  that  most  murders  are  committed  by 
relatives  of  the  victim  or  persons  acquainted  with 
the  victim.  It  follows,  therefore,  that  cruninal 
homicide  is,  to  a  major  extent,  a  national  social 
problem    beyond    police    prevention.    In     1969, 


killings  within  the  family  made  up  over  one-fourth 
of  all  murders.  Over  one-half  of  these  involved 
spouse  killing  spouse  and  the  remainder  involved 
otlier  family  killings  such  as  parents  killing 
children  and  other  in-family  relationship  type 
murders.  In  this  Program,  felony  murder  is  defined 
as  those  killings  resulting  from  robberies,  sex 
motives,  gangland  slayings,  and  other  felonious 
activities.  These  known  and  suspected  felonious 
killings  comprised  27  percent  of  the  total  murder 
offenses  in  1969.  This  is  up  slightly  from  the  25 
percent  known  or  suspected  felonious  homicides 
in  1968.  The  following  table  demonstrates  by 
geographic  region  the  percentage  of  murder  by 
type  or  circumstance  in  1969. 

During  1969,  7  percent  of  the  murders  were 
the  result  of  romantic  triangles  or  lovers'  quarrels. 
More  than  four  of  every  10  were  the  direct  result 
of  arguments  outside  the  family  unit  and  not 
involving  the  romantic  triangle  situations.  It  is 
known  that  the  persons  ])articipating  in  these 
arguments  were  most  frequently  acquainted  prior 
to  the  fatal  act. 

In  situations  involving  husband  and  wife,  the 
wife  was  the  victim  in  54  percent  of  the  cases 
and  the  husband  in  46  percent.  In  these  incidents, 
48  percent  of  the  victims  were  white,  52  percent 
were  Negro  and  less  than  1  percent  other  races. 

In  lovers'  quarrels,  the  females  were  the  victims 
in  56  percent  of  the  murders,  but  when  a  third 
party  entered  the  scene  to  complete  a  romantic 
triangle,  a  male  was  the  victim  in  95  percent  of 
the  confrontations. 

The  victims  of  felony-type  murders  were  62 
percent  white,  36  percent  Negro,  and  2  percent 
other  race  or  race  not  stated. 


a 


earances 


Nationwide,  poUce  continue  to  be  most  success- 
ful in  clearing  or  solving  by  arrest  a  higher  per- 


[Percent  distribution) 


Murder  by  circumstance 

Region 

Total 

Spouse 
killing 
spouse 

Parent 
kilhng 
child 

other 
family 
killings 

Romantic 
triangle 

and  lovers 
quarrels 

Other 
arguments 

Known 
felony 
type 

Suspected 
felony 
type 

100.0 
100. 0 
100.0 
100.0 

10.7 
13.0 
14.1 
13.6 

6.4 
3.5 
2.2 
6.0 

4.7 
9.3 
10.1 
6.9 

5.2 
6.0 
8.6 
6.9 

37.9 
40.3 
46.1 
34.4 

2-2.6 
22.5 
13.5 
26.6 

13.5 

North  Central  States 

5.4 

Southern  States     .... 

5.6 

Western  states 

6.8 

Total 

100.0 

13.1 

3.7 

8.4 

7.0 

41.3 

19.3 

7.2 

centage  of  the  murder  cases  than  any  other  Crime 
Index  offense.  In  1969,  as  m  1968,  86  percent  of 
the  crkninal  homicides  were  solved.  Persons  under 
18  years  of  age  were  involved  in  6  percent  of  the 
willful  killings  solved  by  the  police. 

Persons  Arrested 

Based  on  reports  submitted  by  law  enforcement 
agencies,  9  percent  of  all  persons  arrested  for 
murder  were  under  18  years  of  age,  and  42  percent 
were  under  25.  The  involvement  of  the  young 
age  group  under  18  years  of  age  is  indicated  in 
the  long-term  arrest  trends  for  murder,  1960-1969, 
where  a  151  percent  increase  occurred.  The  in- 
crease in  adult  arrests  for  murder  during  this 
period  was  78  percent.  Numerically,  the  20  to  24 
year  age  group  had  the  heaviest  involvement 
during  1969  with  23  percent  of  the  total  arrests 
coming  from  within  this  age  group.  Negroes  made 
up  62  percent  of  the  arrests  for  murder  in  1969, 
and  55  percent  of  the  victims  of  homicide  were 
also  Negroes.  There  was  a  5  percent  increase  in 
the  number  of  arrests  of  females  for  murder  in 
1969  compared  with  1968,  and  a  28  percent  in- 
crease in  the  arrests  of  young  females  under  18 
years  of  age  for  this  offense. 

Persons  Charged 

Law  enforcement  agencies'  reports  disclose  that 
56  percent  of  all  adults  charged  with  murder  in 
1969  were  prosecuted  during  the  year.  Forty 
percent  of  the  adults  prosecuted  were  found  guilty 
as  charged,  and  23  percent  were  convicted  on  some 
lesser  charge.  The  remaining  37  percent  won 
release  by  acquittal  or  dismissal  of  the  charges 
against  them.  Of  all  individuals  processed  for 
murder,  13  percent  were  juveniles  who  had  their 
cases  referred  to  juvenile  court  jurisdiction. 

AGGRAVATED  ASSAULT 

Aggravated  assault  is  defined  as  an  unlawful 
attack  by  one  person  upon  another  for  the  purpose 
of  inflicting  severe  bodily  injury  usually  accom- 
panied by  the  use  of  a  weapon  or  other  means 
likely  to  produce  death  or  serious  bodily  harm. 
Attempts  are  included  since  it  is  not  necessary 
that  an  injury  result  when  a  gun,  knife,  or  other 
weapon  is  used  which  could  and  probably  would 
result  in  serious  personal  injury  if  the  crime  was 
successfully  completed. 

Volume 

In  calendar  year  1969,  there  was  an  estimated 
total  of  306,420  aggravated  assaults.  This  is  an 


increase  of  24,020  offenses  over  the  previous  year. 
This  violent  crime  against  the  person  made  up 
over  6  percent  of  the  Crime  Index  offenses  in 
1969  and  comprised  47  percent  of  the  crimes  of 
violence.  Regionally,  the  Southern  States  recorded 
38  percent  of  the  total  count  of  these  crimes 
followed  by  the  North  Central  States  22  percent, 
while  the  Northeastern  and  Western  States  each 
accounted  for  20  percent.  As  has  been  the  ex- 
perience in  prior  years,  the  warm  summer  months 
recorded  the  high  frequencies  during  1969.  (See 
Chart  12.) 

Trend 

In  1969,  the  volume  of  aggravated  assault 
offenses  increased  9  percent  over  1969  and  102 
percent  over  1960.  Cities  with  250,000  inhabitants 
and  over  had  an  8  percent  increase  in  volume. 
The  suburban  areas  reported  an  11  percent  rise 
and  rural  areas  were  up  8  percent.  The  Western 
States  reported  an  upward  trend  of  15  percent 
while  North  Central  States  registered  an  increase 
of  12  percent.  The  Northeastern  States  were  up 

6  percent  and  the  Southern  States  recorded  an 
increase  of  5  percent. 

Aggravated  Assmult  Rate 

For  each  100,000  persons  in  the  United  States 
during  1969,  there  were  152  victims  of  aggravated 
assault.  Large  core  cities  250,000  and  over  in 
population  recorded  a  victim  rate  of  319  per 
100,000,  suburban  95,  and  rural  areas  85.  Overall, 
the  victim  rate  for  aggravated  assault  increased 

7  percent  over  1968,  and  79  percent  over  1960. 
(See  Chart  6.)  The  Southern  States  were  again 
highest  with  a  rate  of  187  per  100,000  followed  by 
the  Western  States  177,  Northeastern  States 
124,  and  the  North  Central  States  122.  This 
victim  rate  was  up  8  percent  in  large  core  cities 
while  the  suburban  area  rate  was  up  11  percent 
and  the  rural  area  5  percent. 

Nature  of  Aggravated  Assault 

Most  aggravated  assaults  occur  within  the  fam- 
ily unit,  or  among  neighbors  or  acquaintances.  The 
victim  and  offender  relationship,  as  well  as  the 
very  nature  of  the  attack  makes  this  crime  similar 
to  murder.  In  1969,  24  percent  of  the  serious  as- 
saults were  committed  with  the  use  of  a  firearm. 
A  knife  or  other  cutting  instrument  was  used  in  30 
percent  of  the  assaults,  25  percent  were  committed 
with  blunt  objects  or  other  dangerous  weapons, 
and  21  percent  with  personal  weapons,  such  as 
hands,   fists    and    feet.    The   collection   of  crime 


AGGRAVATED  ASSAULT 

I960  -  1969 

PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 

___     NUMBER  OF  OFFENSES  UP  102  PERCENT 

^B^    RATE  PER   100,000  INHABITANTS  UP  79   PERCENT 

+  100 

A 

/ 

/ 

+  90 
+  80 

/ 

* 

y 

+  70 

/ 

y^ 

/ 

/ 

+  60 
+  50 

/ 

/ 

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<► 
• 

/ 

• 
• 

y 

+  40 

X 

X 

^^^ 

"      ^ 

+  30 

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^^^„000^ 

+  20 

+  10 

0 

-  10 

// 

_.^' 

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f 

1960     1961     1962    1963    1964    1965    1966    1967     1968    1969 

FBI  CHART 


Chart  6 


counts  in  this  offense  category  was  broken  down 
into  the  above  subclassifications  commencing  in 
1964  in  order  to  further  define  the  nature  of  these 
serious  assaults.  A  comparison  of  the  assault 
subclassifications  for  1969  with  1964  indicates 
that  assaults  with  firearms  have  increased  143 
percent;  assaults  with  a  knife  or  other  cutting  in- 
strument have  risen  14  percent;  those  assaults 
where  blunt  objects  or  other  dangerous  weapons 
are  used  increased  66  percent,  and  those  assaults 
through  use  of  personal  weapons  have  climbed  50 
percent.  The  table  which  follows  demonstrates  the 
regional  experience  of  aggravated  assault  in  1969 
by  type  of  weapon  used. 

C/eofonces 

Performance,  as  measured  by  solutions,  indicates 
American  law  enforcement  agencies  were  success- 


[Peroent  distribution] 


Aggravated  assault  by  type  of  weapon  used 

Region 

Total 

all 

weapons 

used 

Firearms 

Knife  or 
other 
cutting 
instru- 
ment 

Other 
weapon; 

club, 

poison, 

etc. 

Personal 
weapons 

Northeastern  States. .  - 
North  Central  States.. 

Southern  States 

Western  States 

100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 

16.2 
27.1 
26.9 
22.9 

32.7 
29.0 
31.2 
25.4 

31.9 
21.5 
21.0 
27.8 

19.2 
22.4 
20.9 
23.9 

Total       

100.0 

23.8 

29.8 

24.9 

21.5 

ful  in  solving  65  of  each  100  cases  in  1969.  This 
relatively  high  solution  ratio  follows  that  of  the 
other  crimes  against  the  person.  Persons  under  18 
years  of  age  were  identified  in  1 1  percent  of  these 
clearances.   Due   to   the  nature   of  these  crimes, 


10 


arrests  are  frequently  made  upon  the  response  of 
])atrol  units.  This  type  of  patrol  call  is  hazardous  to 
the  officers.  Since  1960,  107  officers  have  lost  their 
lives  responding  to  disturbance-type  calls,  which 
frequently  involve  family  arguments. 

Persons  Arrested 

Comparing  aggravated  assault  arrests  for  1969 
uith  those  in  1960  indicates  that  arrests  of  young 
jiersons  under  18  increased  123  percent  while 
arrests  of  adults  were  up  45  percent.  As  a  group, 
persons  21  years  of  age  and  over  accounted  for  70 
percent  of  the  arrests  for  aggravated  assault  in 
1969  and  those  under  age  21  accounted  for  .30  per- 
cent. Arrests  of  males  outnumbered  females  by  7 
to  1. 

Persons  Charged 

Law  enforcement  agencies  have  difficulty  in 
obtaining  convictions  based  on  original  charge  in 
the  aggravated  assault  category.  The  close  family 
or  other  relationship  which  exists  between  victims 
and  assailants  in  this  category  accounts  for  the 
victim's  frequent  unwillingness  to  testify  for  the 
prosecution.  Acquittals  and  dismissals,  therefore, 
continue  to  run  high,  almost  four  out  of  each  10 
cases.  Seventy-two  out  of  every  100  adults 
arrested  for  aggravated  assault  in  1969  were  prose- 
cuted. Forty-four  percent  of  the  adults  prosecuted 
for  this  offense  were  convicted  on  this  charge,  18 
percent  were  convicted  of  lesser  charges  while  18 
percent  of  all  persons  processed  were  referred  to 
juvenile  court  jurisdiction. 

FORCIBLE  RAPE 

Forcible  rape,  as  defined  under  this  Program,  is 
the  carnal  knowledge  of  a  female  through  the  use 
of  force  or  the  threat  of  force.  Assaults  to  commit 
forcible  rape  are  also  included;  however,  statutory 
rape  (without  force)  is  not  counted.  Crime  counts 
in  this  offense  category  are  broken  down  by  actual 
forcible  rapes  and  attempted  forcible  rapes. 

Volume 

During  1969,  there  was  an  estimated  total  of 
36,470  forcible  rapes.  Numerically,  the  volume 
increased  by  5,410  ofifenses  over  1968.  Forcible 
rape  made  up  less  than  1  percent  of  the  Crime 
Index  total  and  less  than  6  percent  of  the  crimes 
of  violence  in  1969.  The  greatest  volume  was  re- 
corded in  the  Southern  States  with  29  ]iercent  of 
the  total,  while  the  North  Central  and  tiie  Western 
States  each  recorded  27  percent,  followed  by  the 
Northeastern  States  with  17  percent. 


A  comparison  of  the  month-to-month  variations 
of  forcible  rape  in  1969  with  the  long-term  sea- 
sonally adjusted  trend  followed  the  pattern  set 
for  many  years.  Chart  12  reflects  the  month- 
to-month  variations  of  forcible  rape  during  1969, 
as  well  as  a  comparison  with  the  prior  5-year 
experience. 

Trend 

The  volume  of  forcible  rape  offenses  in  1969 
increased  17  percent  over  1968,  and  116  percent 
over  1960.  This  crime  was  committed  most  often 
in  the  big  cities  with  250,000  or  more  inhabitants 
which  accounts  for  46  percent  of  the  forcible  rapes. 
In  1969,  this  group  of  cities  registered  an  upward 
trend  of  18  percent,  while  the  volume  increased  by 
12  percent  in  the  suburban  areas.  An  increase  of 
10  percent  was  recorded  in  the  rural  areas.  Geo- 
graphically, an  overall  increase  was  noted  in  all 
regions  with  the  Western  States  up  22  percent, 
Southern  States  19  percent,  Northeastern  States 
15  percent  and  the  North  Central  States  up  13 
percent. 

Forcible  Rape  Rate 

A  crime  rate  equates  the  number  of  crimes  per 
unit  of  population,  and  in  its  proper  perspective, 
is  a  victim  risk  rate.  In  1969,  35  out  of  every 
100,  000  females  in  this  country  were  reported  forc- 
ible rape  victims.  Since  1960,  the  forcible  rape 
crime  rate  has  increased  93  percent.  In  calendar 
year  1969,  the  forcible  rape  rate  increased  by  17 
percent  over  1968. 

The  large  core  cities  recorded  a  victim  risk  rate 
of  74  per  100,000  females,  while  the  suburban 
area  rate  was  27  and  the  rural  area  21.  Again,  as 
experienced  in  1968,  females  residing  in  the 
Western  States  were  most  often  the  victims  of 
forcible  rape.  In  these  States,  the  forcible  rape 
rate  was  57  per  100,000  females.  The  North  Cen- 
tral States  recorded  a  rate  of  34,  followed  by  the 
Southern  and  Northeastern  States  with  rates  of 
33  and  25  per  100,000  females  respectively. 

Nature  of  Offenses 

In  1969,  70  percent  of  all  offenses  reported  in 
this  crimie  class  were  actual  rapes  by  force  while  the 
remainder  were  attempts  or  assaults  to  commit 
forcible  rape.  This  offense  is  a  violent  crime  against 
the  person,  and  of  all  the  Crime  Index  offenses, 
law  enforcement  administrators  recognize  that  this 
offense  is  probably  one  of  the  most  under  reported 
crimes  due  primarily  to  fear  and/or  embarrassment 
on  the  part  of  the  victims.  As  a  national  average, 

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FORCIBLE  RAPE 

I960  -  1969 

PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 

NUMBER  OF  OFfENSES  UP  116  PERCENT 

RATE  PER   100,000  INHABITANTS  UP   93  PERCENT 


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18  percent  of  all  forcible  rapes  reported  to  police 
were  determined  by  investigation  to  be  unfounded. 
In  other  words,  the  police  estabUshed  that  no 
forcible  rape  offense  or  attempt  occurred.  This  is 
caused  primarily  due  to  the  question  of  the  use  of 
force  or  threat  of  force  frequently  compKcated  by  a 
prior  relationship  between  victim  and  offender. 
Crime  counts  in  this  publication  are  limited  to 
actual  offenses  established  by  police  mvestigation. 

In  1969,  56  percent  of  all  forcible  rape  offenses 
were  solved.  This  represents  an  increase  of  approxi- 
mately 1  percent  in  solution  rate  when  compared  to 
1968  or  approximately  3,000  additional  solutions 
of  forcible  rape  offenses  during  1969.  During  the 


previous  3  years,  1966,  1967  and  1968,  the  solu- 
tion rates  for  this  offense  showed  decreases. 

Persons  Arrested 

Males  17  to  20  years  of  age  constituted  the 
greatest  concentration  of  arrests  for  forcible  rape 
in  1969.  Total  arrests  for  this  offense  increased  13 
percent  with  the  arrest  of  persons  under  18  years 
of  age  up  9  percent  over  1968.  Sixty-five  percent 
of  the  arrests  for  forcible  rape  during  the  year  were 
of  persons  under  the  age  of  25.  All  arrests  for 
forcible  rape  in  1969  compared  to  1960  indicate  an 
increase  of  57  percent.  Figures  for  the  same  years 
indicate  that  arrests  of  those  under  18  years  of  age 
have  increased  86  percent.  In  1969,  approximately 
50  percent  of  the  persons  arrested  for  forcible  rape 


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were  Negroes,  48  percent  whites,  and   all  other 
races  comprised  the  remainder. 

Persons  Charged 

Of  all  adults  arrested  for  forcible  rape  in  1969, 
62  percent  were  prosecuted  for  this  offense.  Thirty- 
four  percent  were  found  guilty  of  the  substantive 
offense.  An  additional  17  percent  of  the  adults 
prosecuted  were  convicted  of  lesser  offenses. 
Prosecutive  problems  accounted  for  acquittals 
and/or  dismissals  in  49  percent  of  the  cases. 
Juvenile  referrals  amounted  to  28  percent  of  the 
persons  processed  on  forcible  rape  charges  in  1969. 

ROBBERY 

Robbery  is  a  vicious  type  of  crime  which  takes 
place  in  the  presence  of  the  victim  to  obtain 
property  or  a  thing  of  value  from  a  person  by 
use  of  force  or  threat  of  force.  Assault  to  rob  and 
attempts  are  included.  This  is  a  violent  crime  and 
frequently  results  in  injury  to  the  victim.  For 
crime  reporting  purposes  data  on  robbery  is 
collected  for  armed  robbery  where  any  weapon 
is  used,  and  strong-arm  robbery  where  no  weapon 
other  than  a  personal  weapon,  is  employed.  The 
latter  category  includes  crimes  such  as  mugging, 
yoking,  etc. 

Volume 

During  calendar  year  1969,  there  were  an  esti" 
mated  297,580  robberies  committed  in  the  United 
States.  This  represents  a  significant  increase  over 
the  261,730  robberies  which  occiu-red  in  calendar 
year  1968.  This  offense  makes  up  6  percent  of  the 
total  Crime  Index  and  comprises  45  percent  of  the 
crimes  of  violence.  In  1969,  these  offenses  occurred 
most  frequently  during  the  period  August  through 
December. 

Geographically,  the  heaviest  volume  of  robbery 
occurred  in  the  Northeastern  States,  which  re- 
ported 31  percent  of  the  total  in  1969.  The  per- 
centage distribution  in  the  other  geographic  regions 
showed  the  North  Central  States  had  28  percent, 
the  Southern  States  24  percent,  and  the  Western 
States  17  percent. 

Trend 

In  1969  robbery  offenses  increased  14  percent 
in  volume  when  compared  with  1968.  Since  1960, 
robbery  has  increased  177  percent.  Large  core  cities 
with  over  250,000  population  \\atnessed  a  13  percent 
rise  in  the  volume  of  robbery.  Subiu-ban  areas 
surrounding  the  large  core  cities  also  recorded  a 


13  percent  increase  while  the  rural  areas  reported 
an  upward  trend  of  11  percent. 

There  were  substantial  increases  in  robbery  in 
each  geographic  region.  The  Southern  States  had 
the  sharpest  increase  with  a  20  percent  rise, 
while  the  North  Central  States  were  up  16  per- 
cent, the  Northeastern  States  10  percent,  and  the 
Western  States  9  percent. 

The  accompanying  chart  depicts  the  long-term 
trend  in  the  volume  of  robbery  and  the  robbery 
rate,  1960-69. 

Robbery  Rate 

The  1969  robbery  rate  of  147  victims  per 
100,000  inhabitants  was  13  percent  above  the 
1968  rate  and  146  percent  above  the  1960  rate. 
Robbery  is  a  big  city  crime.  American  cities  with 
over  250,000  population  accounted  for  nearly  three 
out  of  every  four  robberies  which  occurred  in  the 
United  States  during  1969. 

Cities  with  over  250,000  inhabitants  had  a 
robbery  rate  of  488  victims  per  100,000  inhabi- 
tants. There  were  50  robbery  victims  per  100,000 
in  the  suburban  areas,  up  12  percent  over  the 
preceding  year,  and  13  victims  in  the  rural 
portions  of  the  country.  Robbery  rates  in  the 
larger  cities  were  about  10  times  greater  than 
they  were  in  the  suburban  areas,  again  pointing 
out  the  fact  that  robbery  rates  tend  to  increase  in 
proportion  to  density  of  population.  On  a  geo- 
graphic basis,  this  crime  occurred  most  frequently 
in  relation  to  population  in  the  Northeastern 
States  where  the  rate  was  189,  9  percent  higher 
than  1968.  The  Western  States  followed  with  a 
rate  of  152  which  was  an  8  percent  increase,  the 
North  Central  States  148,  a  15  percent  rise,  and 
the  Southern  States  112,  a  19  percent  increase. 

Nature  of  Robbery 

Supplemental  information  is  obtained  from 
cities  with  populations  of  2,500  or  more  as  to 
robbery  by  type  as  a  part  of  the  monthly  collection 
of  statistical  data  under  this  Program.  In  1969, 
these  figures  disclosed  that  55  percent  of  the 
robberies  were  committed  in  the  street.  Bank 
robbery  in  cities  with  25,000  or  more  population 
^vitnessed  a  7  percent  decrease  in  1969.  Nationally, 
bank  robbery  offenses  declined  over  1  percent. 
The  average  bank  robbery  dollar  loss  also  de- 
creased from  $5,200  in  1968  to  $4,500  in  1969. 

The  long-term  trends  in  robbery  by  type  as 
illustrated  by  the  following  charts  show  bank 
robbery  has   increased   296   percent  since    1960. 


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ROBBERY 

I960  -   1969 

PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 

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FBI  CHART 


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During  this  same  10-year  period,  gas  or  service 
station  holdups  have  risen  214  percent,  chain 
store  robberies  279  percent,  street  robberies  186 
percent,  robberies  in  residences  133  percent,  and 
holdups  of  other  commercial  or  business  establish- 
ments rose  117  percent. 

Armed  perpetrators  were  responsible  for  six  out 
of  every  10  robbery  offenses  during  1969,  while  38 
percent  were  muggings,  yokings,  or  other  violent 
confrontations  where  personal  weapons  were  used 
to  subdue  or  overcome  the  victim.  Since  1964, 
armed  robbery  has  increased  147  percent  and 
unarmed  robbery  increased  103  percent. 


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Total 

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Armed — any  weapon 

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37.5 

Total  . 

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Special  surveys  have  indicated  that  approxi- 
mately 63  percent  of  all  armed  robbery  is  com- 
mitted with  a  firearm,  24  percent  with  a  knife  or 
other  cutting  instrument,  and  13  percent  with 
blunt  objects  such  as  clubs,  etc. 

As  it  has  been  pointed  out  in  prior  issues  of 
this  publication,  the  full  impact  of  this  violent 
crime  on  the  victim  cannot  be  completely  measured 
in  terms  of  dollar  loss  alone.  While  the  object  of 
the  attack  is  money  or  property,  many  victims 
of  the  mugger  and  the  strong-ann  robber,  as  well 
as  the  armed  robber,  suffer  serious  personal  injury 
as  a  result  of  the  attack.  During  1969,  the  average 
value  loss  to  the  victims  of  robbery  was  $288 
for  a  total  loss  of  $86  million. 

Clearances 

In  1969,  law  enforcement  agencies  were  success- 
ful in  solving  27  percent  of  these  crimes.  Seventy- 
seven  percent  of  the  robberies  which  were  cleared 
by  arrest  involved  adults.  Fourteen  percent  of 
the  armed  robberies  and  36  percent  of  the  strong- 
arm  type  which  were  cleared,  involved  arrests 
of  persons  under  18  years  of  age. 

Persons  Arrested 

Nationally,  arrests  for  robbery  increased  13 
percent  in  1969  compared  to  1968.  The  greatest 
volume  of  arrests  occurred  in  cities  and  were  up 
13  percent.  In  the  rural  areas  arrests  increased  18 


percent  and  in  the  suburban  areas  arrests  rose 
7  percent. 

Arrest  data  discloses  that  77  percent  of  the 
persons  arrested  for  robbery  were  under  25  years 
of  age,  and  56  percent  were  under  21  years  of  age. 
Nationally,  33  percent  of  the  persons  arrested  for 
robbery  were  under  18.  This  greater  proportion 
of  young  age  arrests,  compared  to  solutions,  is 
accounted  for  in  part  by  the  fact  they  act  in 
groups  such  as  in  strong-arm  robbery.  Robbery 
arrests  for  this  young  age  group  recorded  a  13- 
percent  increase  in  1969  over  1968.  In  the  subur- 
ban areas  young  persons  made  up  26  percent  of 
the  arrests,  and  in  the  rural  areas  14  percent. 
In  1969,  six  of  every  100  persons  arrested  for 
robbery  were  females  and  arrests  of  women  for 
this  offense  rose  31  percent  in  1969  when  related 
to  1968. 

From  a  standpoint  of  race,  66  percent  of  those 
arrested  were  Negro,  32  percent  were  white, 
and  all  othei  races  made  up  the  remaining  2 
percent. 

Persons  Charged 

In  1969,  57  percent  of  all  adults  arrested  for  rob- 
bery were  prosecuted,  and  43  percent  of  the  persons 
processed  for  this  crime  were  juveniles  whose 
cases  were  referred  to  juvenile  court  jurisdiction. 
Of  the  adults  prosecuted  in  1969,  45  percent  were 
convicted  of  the  substantive  charge,  17  percent 
were  convicted  on  lesser  charges,  and  38  percent 
were  acquitted  or  their  cases  were  dismissed. 

BURGLARY 

Under  this  Program,  burglary  is  defined  as  the 
unlawful  entry  of  a  structure  to  commit  a  felony 
or  theft,  even  though  no  force  was  used  to  gain 
entrance.  Collection  of  crime  counts  in  this  cate- 
gory is  broken  down  into  three  subclassifications: 
forcible  entry,  unlawful  entry  where  no  force  is 
used,  and  attempted  forcible  entry. 

Volume 

An  estimated  total  of  1,949,800  burglaries  oc- 
curred during  1969.  Volume-wise,  there  was  an 
increase  of  120,900  offenses  over  1968.  The  large 
cities  over  250,000  population  accounted  for  40 
percent  of  all  burglaries  during  1969.  This  offense 
makes  up  39  percent  of  the  Crime  Index  offenses 
and  over  45  percent  of  the  voluminous  property 
crimes.  The  Southern  States  reported  27  percent 
of  the  total  volume,  the  Northeastern  and  Western 
States  25  percent  and  the  North  Central  States 
23  percent. 


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Highs  were  recorded  during  the  last  half  of  1969, 
with  the  peak  month  being  December. 

Trend 

Since  1960,  burglary  has  increased  117  percent. 
In  1969,  burglary  rose  7  percent  over  1968. 
Big  cities  over  250,000  population  and  the  subur- 
ban areas  recorded  increases  of  5  percent.  The 
rural  areas  were  up  6  percent.  By  region,  the  North 
Central  ?*ates  registered  the  largest  overall  gain 
in  volume;  up  10  percent.  The  Western  States  were 
up  8  percent,  the  Southern  States  7  percent  and 
the  Northeastern  States  2  percent. 

Burglary  Rate 

The  long-term  rise  in  the  burglary  rate,  1960- 
1969  was  93  percent.  The  6  percent  rise  in  the 


burglary  rate,  1969  over  1968,  followed  the  sharp 
13  percent  rise  in  the  rate,  1968  over  1967.  It 
should  be  remembered  the  crime  rate  equates  the 
number  of  offenses  per  100,000  inhabitants  and 
this  continuing  upswing  in  volume  indicates  the 
increasing  number  of  victims  of  burglary  both 
residential  and  nonresidential.  The  Western  States 
again  recorded  the  highest  burglary  rate  in  1969 
with  1,437  offenses  per  100,000  inhabitants  fol- 
lowed by  the  Northeastern  States  with  985 
offenses,  the  Southern  States  837  and  North 
Central  States  807.  Core  cities  over  250,000  popu- 
lation recorded  a  rate  of  1,759  per  100,000  inhab- 
itants while  the  suburban  and  rural  areas  had 
rates  of  805  and  408  respectively. 


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BURGLARY 

I960  -   1969 

PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 

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Nature  of  Burglary 

As  it  has  been  pointed  out  in  prior  issues, 
burglary  is  a  crime  of  stealth  and  opportunity 
committed  by  amateurs  and  professionals  alike. 
In  1969,  77  percent  of  the  burglaries  involved 
forcible  entry,  while  17  percent  were  unlawful 
entry  (wdthout  force)  and  6  percent  were  attempts. 
Residential  burglary  accounted  for  56  percent  of 
the  total  while  nonresidential  amounted  to  44  per- 
cent in  1969.  Daytime  burglaries  of  residences  rose 
11  percent  in  1969,  and  accounted  for  over  one- 
half  of  these  offenses.  Since  1960,  there  has  been 
a  substantial  increase  of  286  percent  in  daytime 
residential  burglaries.  It  should  be  noted  that  un- 
attended apartments  and  homes  during  daytime 
hours  are  becoming  increasingly  easy  prey  for  the 
burglar.  Daytime  burglaries  of  nonresidences  rose 
8  percent  in  1969,  but  accounted  for  only  6  percent 
of  the  total  burglary. 

As  a  group,  residential  and  nonresidential 
nighttime  burglary  represented  63  percent  of  the 
total  volume.  Prevention  and  detection  are  most 
difficult  for  law"  enforcement  agencies  due  to  the 
tremendous  volume  of  these  offenses  and  the  lack 
of  adequate  police  patrols.  In  1969,  property 
owners  suffered  an  economic  loss  of  $620  million, 
with  an  average  dollar  loss  of  $318  per  burglary. 
Residential  burglary  losses  amounted  to  $363 
million  while  nonresidential  losses  due  to  burglaries 
amounted  to  $257  million. 

Clearances 

Law  enforcement  agencies  were  successful  in 
solving  less  than  one  out  of  every  five  cases  of 
burglary  in  1969.  This  low  clearance  rate  indicates 
the  lack  of  a  deterrent  and  slight  risk  of  detection. 

The  burglary  solution  rate  declined  3  percent  in 
1969.  Adults  were  identified  in  60  percent  of  all 
cases  solved  while  yoimg  persons  under  IS  years 
of  age  were  identified  in  40  percent.  Solution  levels 
were  fairly  consistent  in  all  population  groups. 
Law  enforcement  agencies  in  cities  250,000  and 
above  solved  20  percent  in  1969.  In  the  suburban 
areas  18  percent  were  solved  while  21  i)ercent 
were  cleared  in  the  rural  areas. 

Persons  Arrested 

In  1969,  total  arrests  for  burglary  increased  less 
than  1  percent.  Arrests  of  persons  under  18  years 
of  age  decreased  less  than  1  percent  and  arrests  of 
persons  IS  years  and  over  rose  2  percent.  Burglary 
arrests  increased  less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent 
in  the  cities,  1  percent  in  suburban  areas,  and  rural 
areas  recorded  a  7  percent  increase  during  1969. 


An  analysis  of  the  10-year  period  1960-1969, 
reveals  a  52  percent  increase  in  burglary  arrests. 
Arrests  of  individuals  under  the  age  of  18  increased 
72  percent,  while  arrests  of  adult  burglary  offenders 
increased  34  percent,  1960-1969. 

Nationallj^,  persons  under  25  accounted  for  83 
percent  of  all  arrests  for  burglary  in  1969.  Of  the 
total,  young  persons  under  18  accounted  for  54 
percent  of  all  arrests  for  this  crime.  Females  were 
involved  in  four  out  of  100  arrests  for  burglary 
during  1969.  Ai-rests  of  whites  outnumbered 
Negroes  by  almost  2  to  1. 

Persons  Charged 

Nationally,  in  1969,  72  percent  of  the  adults 
arrested  for  burglary  were  prosecuted.  Of  the 
adults,  56  percent  were  found  guilty  as  charged, 
16  percent  were  convicted  of  lesser  charges  and 
28  percent  were  freed  through  acquittal  or  dis- 
missal of  charges.  Juveniles  referred  to  juvenile 
court  jurisdiction  accounted  for  60  percent  of  all 
persons  processed  for  burglary  in  1969. 

LARCENY-THEFT 

Larceny-theft  is  the  unlawful  taking  cr  stealing 
of  property  or  articles  of  value  without  the  use  of 
force  or  violence  or  fraud.  It  includes  crime?  such 
as  shoplifting,  pocket-picking,  purse-snatching, 
thefts  from  autos,  thefts  of  auto  parts  and  acces- 
sories, bicycle  thefts,  etc.  In  the  Uniform  Crime 
Reporting  Program  this  crime  category  does  not 
include  embezzlement,  "con"  games,  forgery,  and 
worthless  checks.  Auto  theft,  of  course,  is  excluded 
from  this  category  for  cr'me  reporting  purposes 
inasmuch  as  it  is  a  separate  Crime  Index  offense. 

The  Crime  Index  offense  of  larceny  is  limited 
to  those  thefts  where  the  value  of  property  stolen 
is  $50  or  more. 

Volume 

Larceny,  the  second  most  volumimus  Index 
crime  is  exceeded  only  by  burglary.  In  1669 
there  were  1,512,900  offenses  of  larceny  $50  and 
over,  up  from  1,271,000  in  1968.  This  crime 
makes  up  30  percent  of  the  Crime  Index  total. 
From  a  seasonal  standpoint,  larceny  was  highest 
in  the  summer  months  and  reached  a  peak  in 
August. 

Offenses  of  larceny- thefts  were  distributed  quite 
evenly  throughout  all  geographic  regions.  The 
Northeastern  and  North  Central  States  each 
contributed  24  percent,  while  the  Southern  and 
Western  States  each  contributed  26  percent. 


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CRIMES 


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Trend 

In  1969,  the  Index  offense  of  larceny  $50  and 
over,  recorded  a  19  percent  increase  over  1968 
and  199  percent  over  1960.  Substantial  increases 
were  noted  in  all  population  groups  with  cities 
over  250,000  population  up  15  percent.  The 
suburban  areas  increased  24  percent  and  the  rural 
areas  registered  a  21  percent  upward  trend. 

Geographically,  larceny  increased  25  percent 
in  the  North  Central  States,  24  percent  in  the 
Southern  States,  23  percent  in  the  Western 
States,  and  6  percent  in  the  Northeastern  States. 

Larceny  Rate 

During  1969,  the  larceny  crime  rate  rose  to  749 
offenses  per  100,000  inhabitants,  an  increase  of  19 
percent  over  the  1968  rate  and  165  percent  over 
1960.  In  1969,  the  large  core  cities  registered  a 
crime  rate  of  1,165  per  100,000  inhabitants.  The 
suburban  larceny  rate  was  702  and  the  rural  rate 
was  264.  Viewed  geographically,  the  Western 
States  reported  the  highest  larceny  rate  with  1,161 
offenses  per  100,000  inhabitants  which  was  21 
percent  above  1968.  The  Northeastern  States  had 
a  rate  of  744,  up  5  percent;  the  North  Central 
States  654,  up  24  percent,  and  the  Southern 
States  616,  an  increase  of  22  percent  in  the  rate. 

Nature  of  Larceny-Theft 

The  average  value  of  property  stolen  in  each 
larceny  in  1969  was  $111,  up  from  $74  in  1960. 
This  average  value  includes  losses  from  the 
voluminous  thefts  under  $50  in  value,  of  which 
there  were  2,300,000  in  1969.  When  average  value 
is  applied  to  the  estimated  crimes  in  this  category, 
the  dollar  loss  to  victims  was  in  excess  of  $420 
million.  It  is  true  that  a  portion  of  the  goods 
stolen  was  recovered  and  returned  to  victims,  but 
the  relatively  low  percentage  of  these  crimes 
cleared  by  arrest,  and  the  lack  of  specific  identifica- 
tion characteristics  on  such  property  indicates 
these  recoveries  will  not  materially  reduce  the 
overall  loss.  In  addition,  of  course,  many  offenses 
in  this  category,  particularly  where  the  value  of 
the  stolen  goods  is  small,  never  come  to  police 
attention. 

Since  dollar  valuation  of  property  stolen  in 
thefts  determines  whether  or  not  a  theft  becomes  a 
Crime  Index  offense,  economic  conditions  are  a 
factor.  The  rising  cost  of  living  with  its  upward 
influence  on  prices,  coupled  with  increased  demand 
for  more  expensive  commodities,  present  greater 
criminal  opportunity  and  also  exert  some  unreal 
effect  on  the  larceny  $50  and  over  trend.  Likewise, 


the  average  value  of  property  stolen  in  larceny  was 
50  percent  over  the  1960  figure.  However,  the 
volume  of  thefts  $50  and  over  was  199  percent 
more  than  the  larceny  volume  recorded  in  1960. 

The  dollar  valuation  of  larceny  (larceny  $50 
and  over  in  value)  as  a  Crime  Index  offense  has 
been  the  subject  of  discussion  by  the  Committee 
on  Uniform  Crime  Records  of  the  lACP.  In 
recent  years,  beginning  with  the  April,  1963, 
meeting  in  Washington,  D.C.,  the  Committee 
has  considered  raising  the  dollar  valuation  in  order 
to  take  account  of  the  increasing  cost  of  living 
factor.  It  has  been  felt,  however,  that  this  does 
not  solve  the  problem  but  merely  postpones  it. 
Furthermore,  it  does  not  come  to  grips  at  all  with 
the  problem  of  fixing  dollar  valuation  within  the 
thousands  of  reporting  law  enforcement  agencies. 

In  the  past,  discussion  has  dealt  with  the 
possibility  of  selecting  a  certain  type  or  types  of 
larceny-theft  to  be  utilized  as  the  Crime  Inde.x 
offense  without  respect  to  dollar  value.  In  1964, 
the  FBI  began  an  expanded  collection  of  data  on 
larceny  by  type.  It  should  be  noted  that  the 
percent  distribution  of  larceny  by  type  and  area  is 
significant.  Like^vise,  the  trend  in  "street  larceny," 
wdthout  relation  to  dollar  loss,  suggests  a  better 
indicator  of  this  crime  experience  than  the  present 
reporting  subdivisions  of  "larceny  $50  and  over  in 
value"  and  "larceny  under  $50  in  value".  In 
this  regard,  it  should  be  noted  that  the  category 
"street  larceny"  should  include  pocket-picking, 
purse-snatching,  thefts  from  autos,  automobile 
accessories,  thefts  from  coin-operated  machines 
and  "all  other"  larceny. 

The  term  "street  larceny"  is  used  to  identify 
this  group  of  thefts  since  they  generally  occur 
within  reach  of  police  patrols.  Wlien  "street  thefts" 
are  used  collectively,  a  larceny  ups\\dng  of  12 
percent  was  registered,  1969  over  1968,  and  54 
percent,  1969  over  1964.  During  the  same  periods, 
larceny  $50  and  over  in  value  increased  19  percent 
and  107  percent  respectively. 

In  1969,  the  average  value  of  goods  and  property 
reported  stolen  from  victims  of  pickpockets  was 
$100,  by  purse-snatchers  $54,  by  shoplifters  $28, 
by  thefts  from  autos  $146,  and  by  miscellaneous 
thefts  from  buildings  $197. 

From  one  year  to  another,  the  distribution  of 
larceny  as  to  type  of  theft  remains  relatively 
constant.  As  in  prior  years,  a  major  portion  of 
these  thefts,  43  percent,  represented  thefts  of 
auto  parts  and  accessories  and  other  thefts  from 


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{$50  AND  OVER) 

1960  -  1969 

PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 

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POCKET-PICKING 
1960-1969 

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SHOPLIFTING 
1960-1969 

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automobiles.  Other  major  types  of  thefts  which 
contributed  to  the  large  number  of  these  crimes 
were  thefts  from  buildings,  17  percent,  and  stolen 
bicycles,  13  percent.  Miscellaneous  types  of  lar- 
cenies, not  falling  into  any  of  the  specific  categories 
for  which  statistics  were  collected  made  up  12 
percent  of  the  total.  The  remainder  was  distributed 
among  pocket-picking,  purse-snatching,  shop- 
lifting and  thefts  from  coin-operated  machines. 

The  accompanying  table  presents  distribution 
of  larceny  by  type  for  large  cities,  suburban  and 
rural  areas.  Cities  and  suburban  areas  appear  to 
have  similar  characteristics  except  for  pocket- 
picking  and  purse-snatching  which  are  consider- 
ably less  in  the  suburban  or  residential  areas. 
This,  of  course,  is  to  be  expected  as  these  theft 
opportunities  flourish  where  population  and  busi- 
ness houses  are  highly  concentrated.  It  is  interest- 
ing to  note  that  figures  for  shoplifting  are  quite 
similar  in  the  city  and  suburban  areas  while  there 
is  a  decided  drop  in  the  rural  area.  The  shopping 
center  which  is  still  largely  absent  in  rural  areas 
contributes  substantially  to  these  figures.  Thefts 
from  autos  made  up  24  percent  of  larceny  in  large 
cities  over  250,000  in  population,  but  only  16 
percent  in  suburban  areas  and  13  percent  in  rural 
areas. 

Larceny  Analysis,  1969 
[Percent  distribution] 


Area 

Classification 

Total 
United 
States 

Cities 

over 

250,000 

Sub- 
urban 

Rural 

Pocket-picking...  . 

1.3 

2.7 
8.2 
20.1 
21.0 
13.3 
16.8 
1.8 
14.8 

2.6 
6.3 
7.6 

23.8 

22.1 
9.4 

17.8 
1.5 

10.1 

0.2 
.5 

9.6 
16.0 
19.2 
15.6 
16.6 

3.1 
19.2 

0  3 

Purse-snatching 

3 

Shoplifting. _. 

Prom  autos  (except  accessories) , . 
Auto  accessories 

12.9 
17  6 

Bicycles 

From  buildings  . 

15  2 

Prom  coin-operated  machines 

All  others 

1.8 

Total 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100  0 

Clearances 

The  nature  of  larceny,  a  crime  of  opportunity, 
sneak  thievery,  and  petty  unobserved  thefts, 
makes  it  an  extremely  difficult  one  for  law  enforce- 
ment officers  to  solve.  A  lack  of  witnesses  and  the 
tremendous  volume  of  these  crimes  work  in  the 
thief's  favor.  In  1969,  18  percent  of  the  larceny 
ofltenses  brought  to  poUce  attention  were  solved. 
Involvement  of  the  young  age  group  is  demon- 
strated by  the  fact  that  42  percent  of  these  crimes 


which  were  cleared  in  the  Nation's  cities  were 
solved  by  arrests  of  persons  under  18  years  of  age. 
Juvenile  clearance  figures  for  suburban  areas  and 
rural  areas  were  43  percent  and  29  percent, 
respectively. 

The  larceny  clearance  percentages  were  consist- 
ent in  all  population  groups  ranging  from  16  per- 
cent in  the  suburbs  to  a  high  of  19  percent  in  the 
cities  over  250,000  inhabitants  and  19  percent  in 
the  rural  areas.  Nationally,  the  larceny  solution 
rate  increased  1  percent  when  compared  to  1968. 

Persons  Arrested 

Forty-six  percent  of  the  total  arrests  for  index 
crimes  in  1969  were  for  larceny.  Arrests  for  this 
crime  were  up  9  percent,  1969  over  1968.  Volume- 
wise,  53  percent  of  these  arrests  were  of  persons 
under  18  years  of  age  and  when  individuals  under 
21  were  considered,  the  ratio  rose  to  over  two- 
thirds.  When  examined  by  sex  of  arrested  persons, 
it  was  determined  that  females  comprised  26  per- 
cent of  all  arrests  for  larceny-theft  and  had  a 
higher  involvement  in  this  offense  than  for  any  of 
the  index  offenses.  In  fact,  women  were  arrested 
more  often  for  larceny  than  any  other  offense  in 
1969. 

Arrests  of  females  rose  20  percent  in  1969;  while 
arrests  of  males  increased  6  percent.  Arrests  of 
whites  out-numbered  Negroes  by  2  to  1  with  all 
other  races  comprising  about  2  percent  of  the 
arrests  for  larceny-theft.  The  total  volume  of 
arrests  for  larceny-theft  in  1969,  as  compared  with 
the  1960  figure,  reflects  an  84  percent  increase.  It 
is  significant  to  note  that  arrests  of  individuals 
under  18  were  100  percent  greater  than  1960.  The 
number  of  adult  arrests  rose  69  percent  over  the 
number  of  recorded  arrests  for  1960,  for  this 
offense. 

Persons  Charged 

As  in  prior  years,  law  enforcement  agencies 
nationally  charged  more  than  twice  as  many 
offenders  for  larceny-theft  than  for  any  other 
serious  offense.  Seventy-two  percent  of  the  adults 
prosecuted  for  larceny-theft  were  found  guilty  of 
this  offense,  6  percent  were  found  guilty  of  a  lesser 
charge,  and  22  percent  had  their  cases  dismissed 
or  were  acquitted.  Forty-two  percent  of  persons 
processed  in  1969  for  larceny  were  referred  to 
juvenile  court  jurisdiction. 

AUTO  THEFT 

In  Uniform  Crime  Reporting,  auto  theft  is 
defined  as  the  unlawful  stealing  or  driving  away 


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of  a  motor  vehicle,  including  attempts.  This  defini- 
tion excludes  taking  for  temporary  use  when  the 
vehicle  is  actually  returned  by  the  taker  provided 
prior  authority  for  its  use  has  been  granted  or  can 
be  assumed. 

Volume 

In  1969,  871,900  motor  vehicles  were  reported 
stolen  compared  to  777,800  thefts  in  1968.  Geo- 
graphically, the  volume  of  auto  theft  was  highest 
in  the  Northeastern  States  which  reported  29  per- 
cent of  the  total  number  followed  by  the  North 
Central  States  with  27  percent.  The  Southern  and 
Western  States  each  reported  22  percent.  This 
crime  made  up  17  percent  of  the  total  Crime  Index 
offenses.  As  was  experienced  in  prior  years,  sea- 
sonal variations  during  1969  disclosed  auto  theft 
reached  its  peak  in  the  fall  of  the  year  mth 
November  recording  the  high  month  in  volume. 

Trend 

Auto  thefts  in  1969  volumewise  increased  12 
percent  over  1968.  This  offense  has  been  steadily 
rising  each  j^ear  since  1960,  with  an  overall  in- 
crease of  168  percent  1960-1969.  Again,  it  should 
be  remembered  that  it  is  invalid  to  assume  more 
auto  thefts  occur  solely  because  of  more  auto- 
mobile registrations.  From  1960  through  1969,  the 
percentage  increase  in  auto  theft  has  been  four 
times  greater  than  the  percentage  increase  in 
automobile  registrations  and  four  times  greater 
than  the  percentage  increase  in  the  young  age 
population,  15  to  24  years. 

Auto  theft  increases  in  all  areas  contributed  to 
the  overall  12  percent  rise  in  1969.  Big  cities  with 
250,000  or  more  inhabitants  had  a  12  jiercent  rise 
while  the  suburban  areas  also  registered  a  12 
percent  increase  and  the  rural  areas  were  up 
8  percent. 

Geographically,  auto  thefts  were  up  15  percent 
in  the  North  Central  States.  The  Southern  and 
Western  States  each  reported  rises  of  13  percent, 
and  the  Northeastern  States  8  percent.  The  accom- 
panying chart  shows  the  trend  in  auto  thefts, 
1960-1969. 

Aufo  Theft  Rate 

There  was  a  substantial  increase  in  the  auto 
theft  rate  in  1969  over  1968,  with  a  rise  from  389 
victims  per  100,000  inhabitants  in  1968  to  432 
victims  in  1969,  an  increase  of  11  percent.  Since 
1960,  the  auto  theft  rate  has  risen  138  percent.  As 
in  1968,  citizens  in  cities  with  500,000  to  1  million 
population   were    deprived    more    often    of    their 

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motor  vehicles  in  1969  than  in  any  other  popula- 
tion group,  with  1,218  per  100,000  inhabitants 
suffering  an  auto  theft.  It  should  be  recalled  that 
as  a  part  of  a  prior  special  study  30  percent  of  the 
autos  stolen  in  the  District  of  Columbia  were 
owned  by  nonresident  victims.  This  ratio  will 
undoubtedly  hold  true  in  other  large  core  cities 
because  of  the  high  mobility  of  the  general 
population. 

Nationally,  the  auto  theft  rate  in  large  core 
cities  as  a  group  averaged  1,041.  In  the  suburbs 
the  rate  was  271,  and  in  the  rural  areas  the  auto 
theft  rate  was  73. 

The  auto  theft  rates  by  geographic  region  dis- 
closed the  Western  States  were  again  high  with 
554  followed  by  the  Northeastern  States  526,  the 
North  Central  States  416,  and  the  Southern 
States  308  auto  thefts  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Across  the  Nation  in  1969,  one  of  every  100 
registered  automobiles  was  stolen  or  a  rate  of  10 
per  1,000  registered  autos.  Regionally,  the  highest 
registration  theft  rate  appeared  in  the  North- 
eastern States  where  14  cars  per  1,000  registered 
vehicles  were  stolen.  In  the  other  three  regions  the 
figures  were  11  in  the  Western  States,  nine  in  the 
North  Central  States,  and  seven  in  the  Southern 
States. 

Nature  of  Auto  Theft 

Auto  theft  rates  again  clearly  indicate  that  this 
crime  is  primarily  a  big  city  problem,  since  the 
highest  rates  appear  in  the  most  heavily  populated 
sections  of  the  Nation.  In  1969,  the  average  value 
of  stolen  automobiles  was  $992  at  the  time  of 
theft,  and  although  police  were  successful  in  re- 
covering 84  percent  of  the  stolen  vehicles,  the  re- 
maining unrecovered  16  percent  represented  a 
dollar  loss  m  excess  of  $140  million. 

Prior  studies  conducted  under  the  Uniform 
Crime  Reporting  Program  have  documented  the 
fact  that  auto  theft  is  primarily  a  crime  of  oppor- 
tunity. The  young  offender  who  is  most  often 
involved  finds  the  vehicle  sub'ect  to  theft  conven- 
iently ready  to  drive  away  or  in  many  instances  the 
ignition  can  be  easily  compromised. 
Clearances 

Due  to  the  fact  that  prior  studies  have  docu- 
mented two-thirds  of  all  auto  thefts  occur  at  night 
and  over  one-half  are  from  private  residences, 
apartments,  or  streets  in  residential  districts,  law 
enforcement  agencies  were  successful  in  solving 
only  18  percent  of  these  thefts  by  arrest  of  the 
offender.  These  crimes  occur  under  cover  of  dark- 


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I960  -  1969 

PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 


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ness  and  there  are  seldom  any  witnesses  to  the 
theft.  On  the  other  hand,  pohce  nationally  are 
successful  in  recovering  about  84  percent  of  all 
stolen  cars.  Over  one-half  of  the  stolen  vehicles 
are  taken  and  recovered  within  48  hours.  Although 
recovery  of  the  vehicle  does  not  clear  the  offense, 
the  property  is  available  for  return  to  the  victim. 
This  high  recovery  percentage  can  be  attributed 
to  the  fact  that  approximately  75  percent  of  all 
cars  stolen  are  used  for  transportation  or  the 
purpose  of  the  theft  is  unknown.  The  remainder 
were  taken  for  resale,  stripping  for  parts,  or  use 
in  another  crime. 

In  the  Nation's  largest  cities  17  percent  of  auto 
thefts  were  cleared  during  1969.  Police  in  the 
suburban  areas  were  agam  somewhat  more  suc- 
cessful clearing  up  22  percent.  Throughout  the 
country  auto  theft  clearance  percentages  ranged 
from  14  percent  in  the  Middle  Atlantic  States  to 
22  percent  in  the  West  North  Central  States. 

In  all  geographic  divisions  and  population 
groups  the  participation  of  the  young  age  group 
population  is  indicated  by  the  high  proportion  of 
these  clearances  which  were  through  the  arrest  of 
persons  imder  18  years  of  age.  In  the  large  core 
cities,  50  percent  were  solved  by  an  arrest  in  this 
age  group  whUe  juveniles  account  for  40  percent 
in  the  subiu-bs  and  39  percent  in  the  rural  areas. 

Persons  Arrested 

As  in  prior  years,  persons  arrested  for  auto 
theft  come  primarily  from  the  young  age  group 
population.  In  1969,  58  percent  of  all  persons 
arrested  for  this  crime  were  under  18  years  of  age. 
When  persons  under  21  are  included  in  the  compu- 
tations, the  proportion  of  arrests  rises  to  77  percent. 

The  national  trend  in  auto  theft  arrests  dis- 
closed an  increase  of  two-tenths  of  1  percent  in 
1969  when  compared  to  1968.  Adult  arrests  rose 
6  percent  while  arrests  of  persons  under  18 
decreased  3  percent.  During  the  period  1960-1969, 
auto  theft  arrests  increased  73  percent.  Arrests  of 
individuals  under  the  age  of  18  rose  63  percent 
during  the  same  period.  The  long-term  arrest 
trend  for  adults  disclosed  an  89  percent  increase 
for  auto  theft,  1960  through  1969. 

Of  all  crimes  against  property,  next  to  burglary, 
auto  theft  as  measured  by  arrest  showed  the  least 
participation  by  females.  Only  5  percent  of  per- 
sons arrested  in  1969  were  female  although  female 
arrests  for  auto  theft  increased  8  percent.  Females 
under  18  recorded  a  3  percent  increase  in  arrests 
for  auto  theft.  White  persons  made  up  61  percent 


of  the  arrests  for  auto  theft,  Negroes  37  percent 
and  all  other  races  the  remainder. 

Persons  Charged 

Police  reports  disclosed  that  of  all  persons  for- 
mally processed  for  auto  theft  in  1969,  67  percent 
were  referred  to  juvenile  court  jurisdiction.  No 
other  Crime  Index  offense  results  in  such  a  high 
percentage  of  juvenile  referrals.  When  the  remain- 
ing adult  offenders  were  considered  as  a  group,  52 
percent  of  those  prosecuted  on  charges  of  auto 
theft  were  found  guilty  as  charged,  14  percent 
were  convicted  of  lesser  charges,  and  34  percent 
were  acquitted  or  their  cases  were  dismissed. 

CLEARANCES 

In  this  Program  poUce  clear  a  crime  when  they 
have  identified  the  offender,  have  sufficient  evi- 
dence to  charge  him  and  actually  take  him  into 
custody.  Crime  solutions  are  also  recorded  in  ex- 
ceptional instances  when  some  element  beyond 
police  control  precludes  the  placing  of  formal 
charges  against  the  offender,  such  as  the  victim's 
refusal  to  prosecute  or  local  prosecution  is  declined 
because  the  subject  is  being  prosecuted  elsewhere 
for  a  crime  committed  in  another  jurisdiction.  The 
arrest  of  one  person  can  clear  several  crimes  or 
several  persons  may  be  arrested  in  the  process  of 
dealing  one  crime. 

The  percentage  of  Index  Crimes  cleared  by  law 
enforcement  agencies  in  1969  was  4  percent  below 
the  clearance  percentage  in  1968.  Whereas  police 
nationally  cleared  20.9  percent  of  these  offenses  in 
1968,  this  dropped  to  20.1  percent  in  1969.  This 
decrease  was  noted  in  every  Crime  Index  offense 
except  muider  and  forcible  rape. 

The  murder  clearance  rate  increased  0.2  percent, 
forcible  rape  increased  0.7  percent,  robbery  de- 
creased 1.8  percent,  aggravated  assault  decreased 
2.1  percent,  burglary  decreased  2.6  percent,  lar- 
ceny $50  and  over  decreased  1.7  percent  and  auto 
theft  decreased  4.3  percent.  In  1969,  decreases  in 
solution  rates  were  universally  reported  by  all 
city  population  groups  and  by  all  geographic 
divisions,  except  Pacific  States.  The  highest  over- 
all Crime  Index  clearance  rate  regionally  was 
recorded  by  the  Southern  States  with  21  percent, 
the  North  Central  States  21  percent,  the  Western 
States  19  percent  and  the  Northeastern  States 
Avith  18  percent. 

Reports  submitted  by  law  enforcement  agencies 
m  1969  disclosed  poUce  were  successful  in  solving 


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CRIME    CLOCKS 

1969 


SERIOUS   CRIMES 

9    EACH      MINUTE 


VIOLENT  CRIMES 

MURDER.   FORCIBLE  RAPE, 
ROBBERY  OR  ASSAULT  TO  KILL 

ONE    EVERY  48  SECONDS 


MURDER 

ONE  EVERY    36  MINUTES 


FORCIBLE    RAPE 

ONE     EVERY  14    MINUTES 


AGGRAVATED   ASSAULT 

ONE     EVERY      2     MINUTES 


ROBBERY 

ONE     EVERY    2      MINUTES 


BURGLARY 

ONE      EVERY  1  6   SECONDS 


LARCENY 
($50  and  over) 

ONE   EVERY      21   SECONDS 


AUTO  THEFT 

ONE      EVERY  36  SECONDS 


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Chart  16 


AGAINST  THE  PERSON 

NOT  CLEARED  CLEARED 


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86  percent  of  the  murder  offenses,  56  percent  of 
the  reported  forcible  rapes,  65  percent  of  the 
aggravated  assaults  and  27  percent  of  the  rob- 
beries. Solutions  in  the  property  crime  categories 
showed  police  cleared  19  percent  of  the  burglaries 
and  18  percent  of  the  larcenies  and  auto  thefts. 
Police  are  able  to  clear  a  higher  percentage  of  the 
crimes  against  the  person,  not  only  because  of  the 
more  intense  investigative  effort  afforded  these 
violent  offenses,  but  also  due  to  the  smaller 
volume  of  these  crimes  requiring  police  attention 
and,  more  importantly,  because  mtnesses  are 
usually  available  who  can  identify  the  perpetrators. 

The  accompanying  chart  reveals  the  crime  and 
police  clearance  experience  in  the  1960's.  From 
1960  to  1969  the  Crime  Index  offenses  rose  148 
percent.  Police  response  to  this  sharp  upward 
trend  was  a  63  percent  increase  in  the  number  of 
Crime  Index  offenses  solved,  and  a  71  percent 
increase  in  the  number  of  arrests  for  Crime  Index 
type  offenses.  However,  the  clearance  rate,  which 
relates  the  number  of  known  offenses  to  offenses 
cleared,  has  shown  a  steady  decline.  In  1960,  the 
ratio  of  Crime  Index  offenses  cleared  to  crimes 
reported  was  31  out  of  100.  In  1969,  for  each  100 
Crime  Index  offenses  20  were  cleared — a  decrease 
of  34  percent. 

There  are  a  number  of  factors  influencing  the 
overall  decline  in  the  police  solution  rate.  These 
include  court  decisions  which  have  resulted  in 
restrictions  on  police  investigative  and  enforce- 
ment practices;  sharp  increases  of  police  workloads 
in  criminal  and  noncriminal  matters,  riots,  dis- 
turbances, marches,  etc.;  the  almost  static  ratio 
of  police  strength  to  population  which  is  not  com- 
mensurate with  the  sharp  increase  in  crime;  and 
the  increasing  mobility  of  those  who  commit 
crimes.  Clearance  tables  are  published  beginning 
on  page  98. 

Offenses  Cleared  by  Arrests  of  Juveniles 

It  has  been  noted  in  several  prior  sections  of  this 
publication  that  persons  under  18  years  of  age 
are  becoming  increasingly  involved  with  police 
through  commission  of  serious  crimes.  Persons 
10  to  17  years  of  age  make  up  approximately  16 
percent  of  the  total  United  States  population. 
One  means  of  measuring  the  involvement  of  the 
young  age  group  in  crime  is  to  identify  the  number 
of  crimes  in  which  they  are  the  offenders.  In  1969, 
32  percent  of  all  Crime  Index  offenses  solved  in- 
volved persons  under  18  years  of  age. 


PERSONS  ARRESTED 

In  1969,  arrests  for  all  criminal  acts,  excluding 
traffic,  increased  5  percent  over  1968.  The  total 
volume  of  city  arrests  rose  5  percent  while  arrests 
in  suburban  areas  were  up  8  percent  and  the 
number  of  arrests  in  the  rural  areas  increased  4 
percent.  Nationally,  there  were  40  arrests  for 
each  1,000  persons  in  the  United  States.  In  1968, 
there  were  38  arrests  for  each  1,000  inhabitants. 
The  arrest  rate  for  big  cities  as  a  group  was  55 
per  1,000  population,  up  from  52  in  1968,  for 
suburban  areas  28,  up  from  26  in  the  prior  year 
and  for  the  rural  areas  the  arrest  rate  remained 
at  the  same  level  as  in  1968,  18  arrests  per  1,000 
people. 

Ariests  are  primarily  a  measure  of  police  ac- 
tivity. Arrest  practices,  policies  and  enforcement 
emphasis  will  vary  from  place  to  place  and  within 
a  community  from  time  to  time.  The  volume  of 
police  arrests  for  certain  unlawful  conduct  such 
as  drunkenness,  disorderly  conduct,  and  certain 
local  ordinances  is  particularly  influenced  by  the 
above.  On  the  other  hand,  robbery,  burglary, 
and  other  arrests  for  serious  crimes  are  more 
likely  the  result  of  standard  procedures.  Arrests 
are  first  a  measure  of  police  activity  as  it  relates 
to  crime.  Arrests  do,  however,  provide  a  useful 
index  to  measure  involvement  in  criminal  acts 
by  the  age,  sex,  and  race  of  the  perpetrators, 
particularly  for  those  crimes  which  have  a  high 
solution  rate.  Procedures  used  in  this  Program 
require  that  an  arrest  be  counted  on  each  separate 
occasion  when  a  person  is  taken  into  custody, 
notified  or  cited.  Arrests  do  not  measure  the  num- 
ber of  individuals  taken  into  custody  since  one 
person  mav  be  arrested  several  times  during  the 
year  for  the  same  or  different  offenses.  As  noted 
above,  this  happens  frequently  for  certain  types 
of  offenses  against  public  order  such  as  drunken- 
ness, vagrancy,  disorderly  conduct  and  related 
violations. 

In  1969,  law  enforcement  agencies  nationally 
made  an  estimated  7^2 million  arrests  for  all  criminal 
acts,  excluding  traffic  offenses.  A  percent  distribu- 
tion of  arrests  by  type  of  offense  in  1969  indicates 
that  approximately  8  percent  were  for  crimes 
against  the  person,  property  crime  arrests  made 
up  20  percent  of  the  total,  crimes  against  morals 

11  percent,  crimes  against  public  order  and  decency 
49  percent  and  all  other  offenses   (except  traffic) 

12  percent. 


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CRIME  AND  CRIMES  CLEARED 
1960  -  1969 

PERCENT  CHANGE  OVER  1960 

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Arrest  Trends 

In  1969,  police  arrests  of  adults  increased  6 
percent,  while  arrests  for  juveniles  had  an  overall 
increase  of  4  percent.  For  the  period  1960-1969, 
police  arrests  for  all  criminal  acts,  except  traffic 
offenses,  increased  24  percent.  During  this  same 
period,  arrests  of  persons  under  18  years  of  age 
doubled  while  the  number  of  persons  in  this  young 
age  group,  10  to  17  rose  27  percent.  It  is  apparent, 
therefore,  the  involvement  of  young  persons  as 
measured  by  police  arrests  is  escalating  at  a  pace 
almost  four  times  their  percentage  increase  in  the 
national  population.  As  it  has  been  pointed  out  in 


prior  issues,  a  relatively  small  percentage  of  the 
total  young  age  population  become  involved  in 
criminal  acts,  about  six  out  of  100.  Adult  arrests, 
1960-1969,  rose  11  percent  in  volume.  During  the 
1960's  decreases  in  police  arrests  have  occurred  in 
the  high  volume  offenses  such  as  drunkenness, 
vagrancy,  gambling,  and  sex  offenses  other  than 
forcible     rape     and     prostitution. 

Wlien  only  the  seiious  crimes  are  used  in 
computing  the  long  term  trend  1960-1969,  total 
arrests  increased  71  percent.  Adult  arrests  rose 
57  percent,  while  arrests  of  juveniles  for  Crime 
Index  offenses  rose  90  percent.  Arrests  of  adults 


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for  violent  crimes  were  up  54  percent  and  for 
property  crimes  59  percent.  Juvenile  arrests  for 
violent  crimes  increased  148  percent,  1960-1969, 
while  arrests  of  persons  under  18  for  the  property 
crimes  rose  85  percent. 

Age 

Nationally,  persons  under  15  years  of  age  made 
up  10  percent  of  the  total  police  arrests;  under  18, 
26  percent;  under  21,  39  percent;  and  under  25, 
51  percent.  In  the  suburban  areas,  the  involve- 
ment of  the  young  age  groups  in  police  arrests  is 
again  markedly  higher  than  the  national  figures 
mth  the  under  15  age  group  represented  in  13 
percent;  under  IS,  35  percent;  under  21,  50  per- 
cent; and  under  25,  63  percent.  In  the  rural  areas 
the  distributions  were  lower  for  the  younger  age 
groups,  with  the  under  15  group  being  involved  in 
5  percent;  under  18  in  21  percent;  under  21  in  38 
percent;  and  those  imder  25,  53  percent  of  total 
police  arrests.  When  only  the  serious  crimes  are 
considered  22  percent  of  all  arrests  in  1969  were 
for  persons  under  the  age  of  15  and  almost  one-half 
were  under  18  years  of  age. 

In  reviewing  arrest  figures,  it  is  important  to 
keep  in  mind  that  police  arrest  practices  and 
emphasis  vary  which  will  account  for  some 
variations  in  these  statistics  from  year  to  year. 
It  is  noted  arrests  of  persons  under  18  for  Narcotic 
Drug  Law  violations  have  increased  sharply  in 
recent  years.  In  fact,  in  1969,  55  percent  of  the 
individuals  arrested  for  violations  of  the  Narcotic 
Drug  Laws  were  persons  under  21  years  of  age. 
Twenty-seven  percent  of  the  marijuana  arrests  in 
1969  were  persons  under  the  age  of  18  and  63 
percent  of  the  arrests  for  this  offense  involved 
persons  under  21  years  of  age.  It  should  be  noted 
that  in  1964  less  than  one-fourth  or  23  percent  of 

Narcotic  Drug  Laws 

[Percent] 


Region 

Heroin 

or 
cocaine 

Mari- 
juana 

Synthetic 
narcotics 

Other 

Northeastern  States 

57.9 
16.8 
20.9 
10.7 

27.5 
61.6 
43.4 
49.3 

3.6 
6.6 
7.6 
8.7 

11  0 

North  Central  States 

25.0 

Southern  States. 

28  1 

Western  States 

31  3 

Total 

29.1 

41.2 

6.5 

23  1 

the    persons    arrested    for    Narcotic    Drug    Law 
violations  were  under  21  years  of  age. 

Arrests  for  Narcotic  Drug  Law  violations  1969 
over  1968  were  up  45  percent  nationally.  From 
1960  to  1969,  arrests  for  this  violation  increased 
6  times,  or  492  percent.  There  is  set  forth  a 
tabulation  by  geographic  region  showing  the  type 
of  narcotic  drug  involved  in  the  arrest  of  the 
offender  m  1969. 

Sex 

Male  arrests  outnumbered  female  arrests  6  to 
1  in  1969.  Male  arrests  in  1969  rose  by  4  percent, 
while  female  arrests  were  up  12  percent.  Females 
were  arrested  in  16  percent  of  the  serious  or 
Crime  Index  type  offenses.  Ten  percent  of  the 
arrests  for  violent  crimes  in  1969  involved  females 
and  arrests  of  females  for  these  types  of  crimes 
increased  23  percent,  1969  over  1968.  Again,  as 
in  prior  years  their  involvement  was  primarily 
for  larceny,  which  accounted  for  one  out  of  every 
six  female  arrests.  In  fact,  17  percent  of  all 
property  crime  arrests  in  1969  were  of  females. 
Females  accounted  for  23  percent  of  the  forgery, 
26  percent  of  the  fraud,  21  percent  of  the  em- 
bezzlement, and  16  percent  of  the  narcotics 
arrests.  Over  one-half  of  the  runaway — police 
custody  cases — were  girls  under  18  years  of  age. 

Long-term  arrest  trends,  1960-1969,  revealed 
that  arrests  for  young  females  under  18  years  of 
age  increased  176  percent,  while  arrests  for  young 
males  under  18  rose  93  percent.  It  is  noted  that 
arrests  for  young  females  under  18  for  each  Crime 
Index  offense  more  than  doubled,  1960-1969. 
When  the  serious  crimes,  as  a  group,  are  consid- 
ered, arrests  of  males  1960-1969,  were  up  78 
percent  and  female  arrests  increased  212  percent. 

Traffic 

Supplemental  data  submitted  by  agencies  over 
2,500  in  population  relating  to  traffic  enforcement 
disclosed  that  nationwide,  58  percent  of  the 
citations  and  summonses  issued  and  arrests  made 
in  traflic  matters  were  for  parking  violations. 
Hazardous  traffic  violations  accounted  for  32 
percent,  and  other  regulatory  violations  10  per- 
cent. In  the  Southern  States  50  percent  of  the 
traffic  arrests  were  for  hazardous  violations.  In 
the    Western    States    35    percent    of    the    arrests 


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were  for  this  type  of  infraction,  in  the  North 
Central  States  31  percent,  and  in  the  Northeastern 
States  18  percent. 

Arrest  Rates 

The  following  table  sets  forth  arrest  rates  by 
geogi'aphic  regions  for  Crime  Index  type  offenses. 
Arrest  rates  indicate  law  enforcement  activity  in 
response  to  crime  rates. 

Arrests  by  Region,  1969 

[Kate  per  100,000  inhabitants] 


Offense 

North- 
eastern 
States 

North 
Central 
States 

Southern 
States 

Western 
States 

Murder 

6.6 

7.9 

61.5 

67.3 

135.0 

225.1 

66.1 

7.8 
9.6 
48.6 
66.0 
155.1 
397.0 
83.5 

11.8 
11.2 
49.6 
107.4 
185.1 
381.1 
74.6 

6.8 

Forcible  rape 

12.6 
68.4 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary 

Larceny 

94.9 
271.7 
459.0 

Autotheft 

146.2 

Total 

659.4 

759.1 

824.3 

1,061.4 

PERSONS  CHARGED 

Disposition  data  reveals  the  results  of  cases  in 
which  law  enforcement  agencies  have  made  an 
arrest  and  subsequently  formally  charged  the 
offender  in  a  court  of  jurisdiction.  This  informa- 
tion is  important  to  the  law  enforcement  adminis- 
trator in  evaluating  the  quality  of  investigations 
and  court  presentation  functions. 

In  1969,  82  percent  of  the  adults  arrested  for 
Crime  Index  type  offenses  were  prosecuted  in  the 
courts.  Of  the  adults  prosecuted  for  Crime  Index 
offenses  62  percent  were  found  guilty  as  charged, 
and  1 1  percent  of  a  lesser  charge. 

It  must  be  recognized  that  not  all  arrested 
persons  are  tm-ned  over  to  the  courts  for  prosecu- 
tion. There  are  various  reasons  for  this:  failure  of 
the  victim  to  cooperate  or  appear  for  the  prosecu- 
tion, persons  arrested  are  released  with  a  warning, 
evidence  is  obtained  which  discloses  the  arrested 
person  did  not  commit  the  offense  or  there  is  not 
sufficient  evidence  obtainable  to  support  either  a 
formal  charge  or  a  subsequent  prosecution.  For 
example,  about  one-half  of  the  juveniles  arrested 
are  handled  by  the  individual  law  enforcement 
agencies  without  preferring  a  formal  charge  or 
referring  them  to  juvenile  authorities.  All  contribu- 
tors to  this  Program  ai-e  urged  to  obtahi  and  report 
final  disposition  in  cases  involving  persons  they 
arrest.  Tables  containing  this  data  commence  on 


page  102.  Keep  in  mind  that  police  methods  of 
handling  juvenile  offenders  differ  widely.  Also,  the 
tables  concerning  juveniles  (local  age  limit)  refer 
to  those  who  were  arrested  and  turned  over  to 
juvenile  authorities  in  connection  with  specific 
criminal  acts. 

In  1969,  38  percent  of  the  murder  defendants 
were  either  acquitted  or  their  cases  dismissed  at 
some  prosecutive  stage.  Forty-nine  percent  of 
those  charged  with  forcible  rape  were  acquitted 
or  had  their  cases  dismissed,  and  38  percent  of  the 
persons  charged  with  aggravated  assault  won  their 
freedom  through  acquittal  or  dismissal. 

Of  the  adults  who  were  prosecuted  for  Crime 
Index  offenses,  28  percent  were  acquitted  or  their 
cases  were  dismissed.  Larceny,  72  percent,  re- 
corded the  highest  percentage  for  persons  found 
guilty  on  the  original  charge  in  1969.  This  was 
followed  by  56  percent  on  the  original  charge  for 
burglary,  52  percent  for  auto  theft,  45  percent  for 
robbery,  44  percent  for  aggravated  assault,  40 
percent  for  murder  and  34  percent  for  forcible 
rape.  The  offense  which  had  the  highest  percent- 
age of  a  lesser  charge  was  murder  where  23  percent 
of  the  defendants  were  convicted  on  some  charge 
other  than  murder. 

Forty-six  percent  of  the  persons  processed  for 
the  Crime  Index  categories  were  young  persons 
referred  to  juvenile  court  jurisdiction.  Again,  as 
in  1968,  juvenile  referrals  were  highest  for  auto 
theft  with  67  percent  of  those  processed  for  this 
offense,  60  percent  burglary,  42  percent  larceny, 
43  percent  robbery,  28  percent  forcible  rape,  18 
percent  aggravated  assault  and  13  percent  criminal 
homicide. 

Similar  to  the  1968  experience,  offenses  of  arson 
and  vandalism  in  1969  recorded  high  percentages  of 
juvenile  referrals.  When  all  crime  categories  are 
reviewed,  it  is  noted  that  convictions  on  original 
charges  remained  high  in  the  offenses  against 
public  order  and  decency — driving  under  the  in- 
fluence, drunkenness,  disorderly  conduct  and 
vagrancy.  As  in  jirior  years  offenses  against  trust 
such  as  fraud  and  embezzlement  also  recorded  a 
high  percentage  of  conviction  on  original  charges. 

CAREERS  IN  CRIME 

The  study  is  made  possible  by  the  cooperative 
exchange  of  criminal  fingerprint  data  among  local, 
state  and  Federal  law  enforcement  agencies.  The 
all-important  fingerprint  card    submitted   to   the 


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Identification  Di\nsion  of  the  FBf  by  these  law 
enforcement  agencies  contains  information  which 
serves  as  a  basis  for  statistical  examination  of 
careers  in  crime.  While  there  is  a  lack  of  uniformity 
in  submissions  made  by  all  law  enforcement 
agencies  for  all  criminal  charges,  generally  it  is  the 
practice  to  submit  a  criminal  fingerprint  card  on 
all  arrests  for  serious  crimes,  felonies,  and  certain 
misdemeanors.  Fingerprinting  by  police  is  a  part 
of  the  "booking"  procedure  of  placing  a  formal 
charge  against  an  arrested  person.  The  arrest  and 
charge  have  substance  and  differ  from  temporary 
detention  for  questioning  or  investigation.  On  the 
Federal  level  almost  all  persons  arrested  are 
fingerprinted  by  the  arresting  Federal  agency  or 
United  States  Marshals.  Federal  prisons,  state 
penitentiaries  and  county  jails  also  submit  finger- 
print cards  and  related  data  to  the  FBI 
Identification  Division. 

As  the  fingerprint  card  constitutes  a  positive 
means  of  identification  it  becomes  possible  to 
obtain  each  offender's  criminal  history.  There  is  a 
limitation,  of  course,  in  that  the  offender  must 
first  be  detected,  arrested,  and  a  fingerprint  card 
submitted  at  the  time  of  arrest.  Of  equal  impor- 
tance is  the  disposition  of  each  arrest  which  is  also 
requested.  FBI  Identification  Division  finger- 
print files  of  known  offenders  in  this  Program  are 
"flashed"  to  provide  an  accurate  means  of  follow- 
up  concerning  any  future  criminal  involvement. 
As  additional  information  is  accumulated  on 
these  persons,  it  is  added  to  the  record  which  has 
been  previously  stored  in  a  computer.  These 
offenders  are  initially  selected  because  they  have 
become  involved  in  the  Federal  process  by  arrest 
or  release.  The  sample  also  includes  serious  state 
\  lolators  arrested  as  fugitives  under  the  Fugitive 
Felon  Act,  as  well  as  District  of  Columbia  ^nola- 
tors.  Specifically  excluded  from  this  study  and 
resulting  tabulations  are  chronic  violators  of  the 
immigration  laws  and  fingerprints  submitted  by 
the  military. 

While  the  basis  of  selection  is  a  Federal  offense, 
it  should  be  kept  in  mind  that  most  Federal 
criminal  violations  are  also  violations  of  local  and 
state  laws.  The  offender  records  being  examined 
in  these  tabulations  are,  therefore,  felt  to  be 
comparable  to  local  and  state  experience  with  the 
serious  violator. 

Since  1963  the  Careers  in  Crime  Program  has 
been  used  in  this  publication  to  document  the 
extent  to  which  criminal  repeating  over  a  period 
of  time  contributes  to  annual  crime  counts.  This 


program  has  also  been  used  to  document  the  need 
for  the  centralization  of  law  enforcement  informa- 
tion at  the  state  and  national  level  in  view  of 
criminal  repeating  and  mobility.  Although  the 
criminal  history  process  requires  tighter  control, 
standardization,  and  more  complete  data,  the 
Careers  in  Crime  Program  has  demonstrated  the 
potential  statistical  use  of  criminal  history  infor- 
mation to  measure  success  or  failure  of  the  criminal 
justice  system.  The  key  to  the  effectiveness  of  the 
system  is  in  knowing  what  happened  to  the  people 
who  were  handled  or  treated  by  the  criminal 
justice  process,  specifically,  whether  they  were 
deterred  from  further  criminal  acts  and/or 
rehabilitated. 

A  summary  of  240,322  offenders  and  their 
ciiminal  history  over  the  10-year  period,  1960- 
1969,  is  set  forth  in  Table  A.  These  offenders,  as 
a  group,  averaged  almost  four  arrests  during  this 
time,  36  percent  had  two  or  more  convictions  and 
46  percent  a  prison  term  of  a  year  or  more.  Table 
A  demonstrates  the  cost  in  victims  and  criminal 
justice  dollars  brought  about  by  the  recidi\'ism 
problem. 

Tabic  A. — Criminal  Recidivism,  1960-1969 

[240,322  oSenders— 942,241  charges) 


Frequency 

Five 

One 

Two 

Three 

Four 

or 
more 

Total 

Subjects  charged  _ 

68,362 

46,348 

31,394 

22,608 

71,610 

240,322 

Percent  of  total  subjects. 

28.4 

19.3 

13.1 

9.4 

29.8 

100.0 

Subjects  convicted. 

89,236 

38,202 

20,  463 

11,456 

16,442 

175,799 

Percent  of  total  subjects. 

37.1 

15.9 

8.5 

4.8 

6.8 

73.2 

Subjects  imprisoned 

69,164 

26, 150 

10,033 

3,600 

2,028 

110,  975 

Percent  of  total  subjects. 

28.8 

10.9 

4.2 

1.5 

.8 

46.2 

Criminal  Mobility 

After  the  initial  arrest  in  the  1960's,  these 
offenders  were  rearrested  primarily  on  local  and 
state  charges  a  total  of  693,000  times,  which  is 
almost  three  additional  arrests  per  offender.  Con- 
sidering the  location  of  first  arrest  in  the  1960's 
as  the  state  of  origin,  60  percent  of  the  rearrests 
occurred  in  the  same  state  and  40  percent  of  the 
rearrests  occurred  in  another  state  during  this  10- 
year  period.  Set  forth  in  Table  B  is  a  percent 
distribution  by  state  showing  where  the  transient 
rearrests  took  place.  It  suggests  that  criminal  mo- 
bility follows  the  pattern  of  general  population 
migration  with  California  and  Florida  getting  a 
higher  rate  of  mobile  criminal  repeaters. 


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Table  B. — Mobility  of  Persons  Arrested,  1960-1969 


State 


Number  of 
offenders 


Number  of  rearrests 


Total 


Within 
state 


In  other 
state 


Rearrest  after  original  arrest 
in  other  state 


Number 


Percent 
distribution  i 


Alabama 

Alaska 

Arizona 

Arkansas.. 

California 

Colorado 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

District  of  Columbia. 

Florida.. 

Georgia 

Hawaii 

Idaho 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Iowa 

Kansas 

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Maine 

Maryland 

Massachusetts 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

Montana 

Nebraska 

Nevada 

New  Hampshire 

New  Jersey 

New  Mexico 

New  York 

North  Carolina 

North  Dakota 

Ohio.. 

Oklahoma 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania 

Rhode  Island- 

South  Carolina. 

South  Dakota.. 

Tennessee 

Texas. 

Utah 

Vermont 

Virginia 

Washington 

West  Virginia,, 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming 

Total 


6,791 

852 
6,642 
2,084 
28,713 
2,629 
1,828 

674 
18,  611 
12, 125 
8,630 

490 

805 
9,341 
4,072 
1,023 
2,317 
4,609 
4,676 

324 
4,614 
2,459 
7,009 
1,368 
2,200 
6,696 
1,346 
1,002 
1,698 

630 
6,347 
2,170 
17,416 
9,624 

631 
7,661 
3,319 
1,767 
7,033 

605 
4,191 

800 
5,408 
16,  927 

883 

126 
6,863 
3,062 
1,749 
1,629 


19,163 

2,627 

18,  867 

4,768 

106,  727 

9,636 

6,011 

2,254 

43, 158 

42,341 

19,184 

848 

2,890 

35, 672 

11,678 

2,823 

7,705 

7,952 

15,004 

970 

13, 774 

6,523 

14,304 

2,787 

3,841 

24,  666 

3,483 

3,486 

7,055 

1,766 

17,544 

8,200 

46,  656 

18, 353 

1,245 

19,631 

10, 436 

6,080 

20, 326 

1,347 

6,629 

2,686 

12,094 

43,  966 

2,810 

356 

14,000 

9,718 

3,178 

6,481 

2,275 


12, 136 

1,912 
11,892 
1,463 
76, 866 
4,395 
3,438 
1,079 
35, 176 
24,  029 

10,  952 
173 

1,290 

23,383 

6,006 

898 

3,000 

3,419 

7,714 

315 

6,921 

2,630 

8,430 

1,154 

1,207 

16, 459 

1,716 

1,268 

2,620 

243 

11,  572 
3,066 

33,531 

9,639 

364 

11, 120 

4,955 

2,633 

13,  346 

693 

2,632 

1,434 

6,612 

26, 171 

962 

109 

6,530 

4,767 

1,177 

2,826 

621 


7,017 

715 
6,975 
3,305 
29, 861 
6,241 
2,573 
1,175 
7,982 
18,  312 
8,232 

675 
1,600 
12,  289 
6,572 
1,925 
4,705 
4,633 
7,290 

665 
6.863 
2,893 
5,874 
1,633 
2,634 
8,206 
1,767 
2,218 
4,636 
1,623 
5,972 
6,134 
12, 125 
8,714 

881 
8,511 
6,480 
3,447 
6,980 

654 
3,997 
1,252 
6,682 
17,  786 
1,848 

247 
7,470 
4,961 
2,001 
2,656 
1,754 


6,377 

964 

8,665 

2,615 

34,438 

5,190 

2,266 

1,014 

13,901 

19,  572 

8,328 

360 
1,787 
11,649 
5,705 
1,547 
4,788 
3,933 
6,117 

404 
6,066 
2,368 
6,070 
1,881 
2,244 
8,280 
1,899 
2,279 
5,861 

977 

6,116 

4,079 

13,006 

5,066 

547 
8,170 
6,300 
4,149 
6,298 

616 
2,523 

983 

6,669 

16, 162 

1,946 

214 
6,067 
6,620 
1,664 
2,676 
1,360 


239,342 


692,  862 


416,643 


276, 209 


276,445 


'  Does  not  add  due  to  rounding. 


Profiles 

The  offender  records  processed  for  new  arrests  in 
1968  and  1969  include  both  offenders  coming  into 
the  Federal  process  for  the  first  time,  as  well  as 
those  processed  since  1963  and  now  being  re- 
arrested for  primarily  local  and  state  violations. 
The  extent  to  which  these  offenders  by  type  of 


crime  had  a  prior  arrest  for  any  offense  is  set  forth 
in  the  following  table.  Likewise,  percent  convicted 
for  a  prior  crime  are  set  forth,  along  \vith  the 
percent  of  these  offenders  who  previously  served  a 
prison  term  of  one  year  or  more. 

Keep  in  mind  that  this  presentation  is  conserva- 
tive and  understates  the  amount  of  crime  com- 


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Table  C— Profile  of  Offenders  Arretted 

in  1968-1969  by  Ty/te  of  Crime 

Murder 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Robbery 

Bank 

robbery 

Burglary 

Larceny 

Narcotics 

Auto 
theft 

Gambling 

Tnfftl  niiTTibpr  of  sllhjprts 

1,520 

31 

21 

10 

8 

7 

8,752 
31 
21 
10 
9 
35 

9,343 
28 
20 
8 
8 
32 

2,603 
29 
21 
8 
6 
3 

13,331 
28 
19 
9 
9 
49 

17,917 

31 

22 

9 

9 

42 

12,938 

28 

21 

7 

6 

28 

13,638 

27 

20 

7 

7 

38 

2,038 
44 

Average  age  at  specific  charge. 

Average  age  at  first  charge 

28 

Percent  of  subjects  previously  arrested  for  same  crime 

64 

Frequency  of  convictions  (percent) : 

1                     

20.3 
16.3 
10.9 
35.7 

22.6 
15.9 
11.3 
34.0 

21.6 
16.4 
11.5 
32.6 

29.0 
17.7 
11.3 
28.6 

18.6 
16.1 
13.1 
39.9 

26.0 
14.9 
10.3 
33.7 

31.6 

14.0 

9  2 

21.3 

26.6 
16.1 
11.5 
30.7 

26  6 

2 - 

3. 

9.9 

4  or  more  .     .           

22  9 

Frequency  ol  imprisonment  (percent) : 
1 

26.7 
16.0 
8.6 
10.7 

23.8 
12.8 
7.0 
10.2 

27.0 
15.2 
9.2 
12.1 

33.8 
14.7 
9.7 
11.9 

23.6 
16.2 
10.1 
16.6 

21.7 
12.0 
7.6 
13.7 

22.7 
9.1 
5.3 
7.5 

23.4 
12.9 
7.6 
12.3 

21  2 

2 

9  0 

3 

4.9 

4  or  more        .         .  , 

6.7 

MobUity  (percent): 

1  State _ 

37.3 
31.2 
31.5 

36.8 
31.4 
31.8 

42.3 

27.9 
29.9 

61.3 
24.2 
24.6 

34.0 
30.7 
36.3 

43.1 

26.9 
30.0 

56.0 
28.0 
16.0 

27.8 
32.3 
39.9 

60.4 

2  States 

26.0 

3  or  more  States 

13.6 

mitted  by  these  offenders  since  it  is  based  on  police 
detection,  arrest  and  submission  of  a  fingerprint 
card.  As  indicated  in  earlier  pages  of  this  publica- 
tion law  enforcement  agencies  do  not  clear  or  solve 
most  crimes.  It  is  also  true  that  the  prior  conviction 
and  imprisonment  rates  are  slightly  lower  because 
police  agencies  do  not  always  submit  such  data 
after  arrest  and  conviction. 

A  profile  of  criminal  repeating  for  selected 
offenders  is  shown  in  the  follomng  table.  This  is 
based  on  criminal  histories  newly  processed  or 
updated  after  an  arrest  in  1968-1969.  WhUe 
these  samples  will  vary  from  year  to  year,  the 
factors  being  measured,  i.e.,  mobility,  average 
arrests,  etc.,  are  very  consistent.  Average  age  for 
the  first  arrest  is  high  because  of  the  general 
practice  not  to  submit  criminal  fingerprint  cards 
on  juveniles.  Criminal  career  is  the  average  years 
between  first  and  last  arrest. 

The  offender  profile  is  classified  by  type  of 
crime  for  which  arrested  in  1968-1969. 

6  Year  Follow-up 

A  part  of  the  Careers  in  Crime  Program  has 
been  the  follow-up  on  18,567  offenders  released 
from  the  Federal  criminal  justice  system  in  1963. 
The  records  of  these  releasees  were  followed  for 
new  arrests  through  1969.  Charts  and  tables  are 
presented  in  this  section  on  the  rearrest  experience 


by  offense,  type  of  release,  age,  sex  and  race  of 
the  offender. 

Of  the  18,567  offenders  released  to  the  com- 
munity in  1963,  65  percent  had  been  rearrested 
by  the  end  of  the  sixth  calendar  year  after  release. 
Of  those  persons  acquitted  or  had  their  cases 
dismissed  in  1963,  92  percent  were  rearrested  for 
new  offenses.  Of  those  released  on  probation  57 
percent  repeated,  parole  63  percent,  and  man- 
datory release  after  serving  prison  time  76  per- 
cent. Offenders  receiving  a  sentence  of  fine  and 
probation  in  1963  had  the  lowest  repeating 
proportion  with  38  percent  rearrest.  This  type 
of  sentence  is  generally  found  in  connection  with 
violations  such  as  income  tax  fraud  and 
embezzlement. 

When  criminal  repeating  is  viewed  by  type  of 
crime  for  which  arrested,  convicted,  or  released 
in  1963,  rearrests  ranged  from  25  percent  for  the 
income  tax  violators  to  82  percent  of  the  auto 
thieves.  The  predatory  crime  offenders  had  high 
repeat  rates  with  79  percent  of  the  burglars  being 
rearrested  within  6  years,  76  percent  of  assault 
offenders,  and  66  percent  of  the  robbers  released 
in  1963.  Likewise,  72  percent  of  the  narcotic 
offenders  who  are  frequently  users  were  rearrested 
after  release.  The  fact  that  70  percent  of  the  forgery 
offenders  were  rearrested  for  new  violations  within 


37 


PERCENT  OF  PERSONS  REARRESTED 
NA/ITHIN  6  YEARS 


38% 


BY  TYPE  OF  RELEASE  IN  1963 


92% 


57% 


63% 


78%         76% 


65% 


FINE  SUSPENDED 

AND  SENTENCE 

PROBATION  AND/OR 

PROBATION 


PAROLE 


FINE  MANDATORY         ACQUITTED 

RELEASE  OR 

DISMISSED 


TOTAL 


Chart  19 


FBI  CHART 


PERCENT  REPEATERS 

BY  TYPE  OF  CRIME  IN  1963 

PERSONS  RELEASED  IN  1963  AND  REARRESTED  WITHIN  6  YEARS 


AUTO  THEFT 

BURGLARY 

ASSAULT 

NARCOTICS 

FORGERY 

ROBBERY 

LARCENY 

LIQUOR  LAWS 

FRAUD 

GAMBLING 

EMBEZZLEMENT 

ALL   OTHERS 

TOTAL 


25% 


48% 
48% 
48% 


82% 


79% 


76% 


72% 
70% 


66% 


62% 


65% 
65% 


Chart  20 


FBI  CHART 


38 


PERCENT  REPEATERS 

BY  AGE  GROUP 


74% 


72% 


69°/'         66% 


65% 


56% 


43% 


UNDER  20        20-24 


25-29  30-39  40-49       50  &  OVER       TOTAL 

ALL  AGES 
PERSONS  RELEASED  IN  1963  AND  REARRESTED  WITHIN  6  YEARS 


FBI  CHART 


Chart  21 


the  6-year  follow-up,  documents  law  enforcement 
experience  with  this  type  oflFender. 

The  younger  the  age  group,  the  higher  the 
repeating  rate  has  been  documented  many  times, 
as  it  is  here.  Nevertheless,  this  fact  calls  for 
greater  rehabilitation  efforts  directed  at  the  young 
offender,  if  hardened  criminal  careers  are  to  be 
aborted.  Of  the  offenders  under  20  released  in  1963, 
74  percent  were  rearrested  by  1969,  72  percent  of 
those  20  to  24  years  of  age,  and  69  percent  of  the 
offenders  25  to  29  years.  When  viewed  by  race  the 
Negro  rearrest  rate,  71  percent,  was  higher  than 
the  white  offender  rate  of  61  percent.  All  other 
races,  made  up  primarily  of  Indian  Americans,  had 
a  rearrest  rate  of  82  percent  between  release  in 
1963  and  1969.  Of  the  1,419  female  offenders 
released  in  1963,  47  percent  had  been  rearrested  for 
new  offenses  by  1969. 

Table  D  sets  forth  the  accumulative  percentage 
of  rearrest  by  age  group  by  year  after  release.  By 


the  end  of  the  second  calendar  year  (1965),  after 
release  during  different  months  in  1963,  53  percent 
of  the  offenders  had  been  rearrested.  This  pattern 
supports  prior  studies  of  this  kind  and  is  consistent 
for  all  age  groups.  Of  all  offenders  rearrested  during 
this  6-year  follow-up,  over  one-half  were  under 
30  years  of  age  and  the  majority  of  these  rearrests 
occurred  within  2  years  after  release. 

Table   D. — Percent   of  Offenders   Arrested    on   New  Chargtt 
after   Release    in    1963 

[By  age  group  and  year] 


Year 

Total 
all  ages 

Under 
20 

20-24 

25-29 

30-39 

40-19 

50  and 
over 

1963 

21.8 
43.0 
62.6 
67.9 
60.9 
63.3 
66.1 

23.0 
52.3 
62.8 
67.9 
70.6 
72.6 
74.3 

25.3 
49.3 
69.3 
64.3 
67.5 
69.6 
71.6 

23.6 
45.8 
65.9 
61.9 
64.9 
67.4 
69.0 

22.3 
42.8 
52.4 
67.8 
61.1 
63.9 
66.0 

18.4 
34.2 
43.1 
48.4 
51.8 
64.0 
55.5 

11.4 

1964 

26.4 

196S 

1966 

32.6 
36.7 

1967             .  ... 

39.0 

1968 

41.3 

1969 

42.9 

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Table  E. — 6  Vcar  Follow-Up  of  Persons  Released  in  1963  by  Age,  Race  and  Sex 


Age 


Total  AU  ages 

Percent  with  subsequent  charge 

Under  20 

Percent  with  subsequent  charge 
20-24. 

Percent  with  subsequent  charge 
25-29 

Percent  with  subsequent  charge 
30-39 

Percent  with  subsequent  charge 
40-49 

Percent  with  subsequent  charge. 
50  and  over _._ 

Percent  with  subsequent  charge. 


Total 


18,667 
65.1 


2,004 

74.3 
4,214 

71.5 
3,098 

69.0 
4,808 

66.0 
2,921 

55.5 
1,522 

42.9 


Race 


12, 514 
61.5 


1,462 

73.0 
2,974 

67.6 
2,013 

64.7 
2,986 

61.5 
1,966 

62.7 
1,123 

39.9 


Negro 


5,218 
71.3 


397 
76.6 
1,031 
80.2 

953 
76.2 
1,634 
72.6 

859 
59.3 

344 
48.3 


Other 


835 
81.6 


Sex 


Male 


17, 148 
66.6 


165 
80.6 

209 
85.2 

132 
84.1 

188 

80.3 

96 

80.2 

66 

70.9 


1,899 

75.8 
3,847 

73.2 
2,832 

70.4 
4,417 

67.5 
2,714 

57.0 
1,439 

44.2 


Female 


1,419 
47.4 


105 
46.7 

367 
64.2 

266 
64.1 

391 
48.3 

207 

35.7 

83 

20.5 


Table  F. — 6  Year  Follow-Up  by  Age  Group  and  Type  of  Release  in  1963 


Type  of  release 


Total 

Percent  with  a  subsequent  charge. 

Probation  and  suspended  sentence 

Percent  with  a  subsequent  charge. 
Fine... _. 

Percent  with  a  subsequent  charge. 
Fine  and  probation. 

Percent  with  a  subsequent  charge. 
Acquitted  or  dismissed.. 

Percent  with  a  subsequent  charge. 
Parole  and  pre-release 

Percent  with  a  subsequent  charge. 
Mandatory  release  and  pardons 

Percent  with  a  subsequent  charge 


Total  Under  20  20-24 


18,567 
65.1 


7,618 

57.4 
1,790 

78.3 
775 

38.1 
1,190 

92.0 
4,049 

62.6 
3,145 

76.1 


2,004 
74.3 


1,100 
69.6 

104 

84.6 

21 

42.9 

153 
94.1 

495 
74.7 

131 
86.3 


4,214 
71.5 


1,795 
65.0 

354 
86.9 

131 
42.7 

257 
95.3 
1,398 
71.5 

279 
87.6 


3,098 
69.0 


1,229 
61.2 

274 
83.2 

114 
49.1 

238 
92.4 

726 
63.4 

617 
81.8 


30-39 


66.0 


1,813 
66.3 

612 
79.7 

196 
43.1 

313 
93.3 

738 
66.2 
1,237 
77.0 


2,921 

65.6 


1,106 
42.6 

365 
72.6 

172 
33.1 

161 
88.8 

437 
48.3 

680 
69.9 


50  and  over 


1,522 
42.9 


676 
34.1 

181 
60.2 

142 

23.2 

68 

75.0 

255 
30.6 

301 
61.8 


POLICE  EMPLOYEE  DATA 

This  publication  has  a  section  on  Police  Em- 
ployee Data  which  contains  tables  showing  average 
police  employee  strength  by  geographic  divisions 
and  population  group,  percentages  of  civilian 
employees,  and  an  individual  Usting  of  police 
employees  for  reporting  cities.  Tables  are  published 
containing  data  relative  to  law  enforcement  officers 
killed  and  assaulted  in  the  line  of  duty  to  supple- 
ment the  narrative  material  which  follows. 

Police  Employee  Rates 

The  average  number  of  police  employees  per 
1,000  population  in  1969  (including  civihan  em- 
ployees) was  2.2  which  is  a  5  percent  increase 
over  the  1968  rate  of  2.1. 

Most  United  States  cities  continue  to  operate 
with  a  poUce  employee  ratio  of  less  than  the 
national  average  of  2.2  per  1,000.  When  arrayed 
by  quartile,  50  percent  of  all  American  cities  have 
poUce  employee  ratios  ranging  from  1.2  to  2.0 
poUce  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 


Nationally,  large  cities  over  250,000  population, 
as  a  group,  had  an  average  ratio  of  3.1,  an  increase 
of  7  percent  over  the  1968  figure  of  2.9. 

The  ratio  of  police  employees  to  population  in 
the  suburban  areas  was  1.7,  which  is  an  increase  of 
13  percent  over  the  1968  rate  of  1.5.  Again  it 
should  be  noted  those  communities  which  are 
experiencing  rapidly  growing  and  increasing  densi- 
ties of  population  are  also  recording  the  largest 
increases  in  the  volume  of  crime.  One-half  of  the 
suburban  police  departments  have  from  1.1  to  1.9 
employees  per  1,000  inhabitants.  The  average 
rate  of  full-time  employees  in  sheriffs'  departments 
was  1.4  per  1,000  population,  however,  in  three- 
fourths  of  these  departments  the  rate  was  1.2  or 
fewer  employees. 

Pohce  departments  in  the  Middle  Atlantic 
States  once  again  had  the  highest  rate  of  2.8 
employees  per  1,000  inhabitants.  Cities  in  the 
West  South  Central  States  had  the  lowest  ratio  of 
1.5. 


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POLICE  EMPLOYEE  DATA 

AVERAGE  NUMBER  OF  POLICE   DEPARTMENT  EMPLOYEES,  AND 
RANGE   IN   NUMBER  OF  EMPLOYEES,  PER  1,000   INHABITANTS 

BY  POPULATION  GROUPS,  DECEMBER  31,  1969 


9.8 


4.1 

-^Q 

0  c 

AV. 
1.6 

.5 

3.5 

AV. 
1.6 

AV. 
1.8 

]A 

i.[.L...i,-.i..,-,..]..,..nn; 

AV, 

1.7 
■••*•« 

.1 


FBI  CHART 


Chart  22 


41 


Civilian  Employees 

In  Table  51  the  percentage  of  total  law  enforce- 
ment personnel  represented  by  civilian  employees 
is  tabulated  by  population  group.  On  the  average, 
during  1969,  12.5  percent  of  all  city  police  per- 
sonnel were  civilian  employees,  up  from  12.2 
percent  in  1968.  During  the  period  1962-1969  the 
total  number  of  sworn  employees  has  increased 
25  percent  while  civilian  personnel  has  increased 
63  percent.  The  overall  police  employee  increase 
has  been  29  percent.  More  and  more  law 
enforcement  administrators  are  making  greater 
utilization  of  civiUan  employees,  thereby  relieving 
sworn  personnel  for  active  police  duties.  Diffi- 
culties in  recruiting  qualified  sworn  personnel  and 
the  increasing  demands  for  poUce  service,  are 
obstacles  which  many  knowledgeable  poUce  ad- 
ministrators realize  can  only  be  partially  over- 
come by  employing  more  civihans  for  nonpolice 
enforcement  functions. 

Sworn  Personnel 

When  police  employee  rates  are  computed  on 
the  basis  of  sworn  personnel  only  (excluding 
civiUan  employees)  the  average  rate  for  all  cities 
was  1.9  compared  to  the  1968  rate  of  1.8  per 
1,000  inhabitants.  The  city  rates,  nationally, 
range  from  0.1  to  9.8  per  1,000.  The  sworn  per- 
sonnel rate  in  the  suburban  areas  was  1.4.  The 
rate  range  of  the  1,953  reporting  suburban 
agencies  was  0.1  to  9.7  per  1,000  population.  The 
average  strengths  of  sworn  employees  in  sheriffs' 
departments  was  1.1,  up  from  .9,  in  1968  and  the 
rate  range  for  the  1,158  reporting  county  agencies 
was  0.1  to  8.7  per  1,000  inhabitants.  Caution 
should  be  exercised,  however,  in  using  rates  for 
comparative  purposes  since  there  is  such  a  wide 
variation  in  the  responsibilities  of  various  law 
enforcement  agencies  around  the  country.  Just  as 
the  conditions  which  affect  the  amount  and  type 
of  crime  that  occurs  from  place  to  place  vary,  so 
do  the  requirements  for  types  of  police  services 
vary  based  upon  the  conditions  which  exist  in  a 
given  community.  For  example,  the  increased 
need  for  police  service  in  a  community  which  has 
a  highly  mobile  or  seasonal  population,  differs 
from  a  community  which  has  a  relatively  stable 
or  fixed  population.  In  addition,  a  smaller  com- 
munity situated  between  two  larger  areas  may 
require  a  greater  number  of  police  personnel  to 
handle  traffic  enforcement  due  solely  to  its 
geographic  location.  The  functions  of  the  sheriffs 
also    range    widely   in    different   sections   of    the 


country.  In  certain  areas  the  sheriffs'  responsibili- 
ties are  limited  almost  exclusively  to  civil  functions 
and/or  the  administration  of  the  county  jail 
facilities.  The  sheriffs'  departments  used  in  com- 
puting rates,  however,  are  all  engaged  in  police 
activity  and  are  responsible  for  all  phases  of 
poUcing  in  their  jurisdiction. 

State  Police  and  State  Highway  Patrols 

There  were  52,812  employees  in  State  Police  and 
State  Highway  Patrol  organizations  in  1969.  This 
was  an  increase  of  4  percent  over  1968.  Of  the  total 
employees,  73  percent  were  sworn  personnel,  and 
14,094,  or  27  percent,  were  civilian  employees. 

The  police  employee  strengths  of  State  Police 
and  State  Highway  Patrol  organizations  are  set 
forth  in  Table  55.  This  table  provides  additional 
data  relative  to  the  miles  of  primary  highway  and 
the  number  of  state  motor  vehicle  registrations 
per  sworn  employee,  by  state. 

Police  Activity 

The  volume  and  type  of  police  activity,  both 
criminal  and  noncriminal,  vary  widely  from  place 
to  place.  Likewise,  police  policy  and  practice  are 
not  standardized,  resulting  in  widely  differing 
arrest  rates  from  one  community  to  another.  The 
table  below  is  provided  to  show  the  relative  pohce 
workloads  by  geograpliic  region  using  reported 
Crime  Index  offenses,  criminal  arrests  made,  and 
traffic  charges  issued  per  sworn  police  officer. 

Annual   Average    Number   Per   Officer  (Geographic    Region) 


Police  activity 

North- 
eastern 
States 

North 
Central 
States 

Southern 
States 

Western 
States 

10.7 

3.0 

7.8 
96 

14.9 

6.6 
14.2 
112 

12.7 

13.6 

18.7 
150 

22.8 

Drunkenness  and  disorderly 
conduct  arrests 

15.7 

23.9 

226 

The  variations  in  officer  workload  set  forth 
above  result  from  many  factors.  It  assumes  that 
all  sworn  officers  in  all  regions  are  assigned  to  such 
duties.  This  is  not  the  case.  Many  police  officers 
are  fully  engaged  in  administrative  functions, 
special  assignments  and  other  nonline  duties. 
There  are  also  variations  by  region  as  to  police 
discretion  in  charging  an  arrest,  as  well  as  mis- 
cellaneous state  laws  not  applicable  in  other  states. 
Enforcement  practices  also  differ,  specifically 
with  respect  to  offenses  against  public  decency 
and  order. 


42 


It  is  pointed  out  the  figures  set  forth  in  the 
detailed  police  employee  tables  (Tables  49  and  50) 
in  this  publication  represent  national  averages. 
They  should  be  used  as  a  guide  and  under  no 
circumstances  should  they  be  considered  as  recom- 
mended or  desirable  police  strengths.  Adequate 
manpower  for  a  specific  place  can  only  be  deter- 
mined after  a  careful  study  and  analysis  of  the 
various  factors  which  contribute  to  the  need  for 
police  service  in  that  community. 

POLICE  KILLED 

1969  brought  forth  a  record  high  of  86  law 
enforcement  officers  killed  by  felonious  criminal 
action.  This  is  a  34  percent  increase  over  1968 
when  64  law  enforcement  officers  were  murdered. 
The  previous  high  of  76  was  set  in  1967.  This 
raised  the  toll  of  these  tragic  deaths  to  561 
for  years  1960  tlirough  1969.  The  86  deaths 
exceeded  the  average  of  53  murders  a  year  for 
the  period  1960-1968. 

Type  of  Police  Action 

In  1969,  the  trend  established  in  prior  years 
continued  in  that  more  law  enforcement  officers 
met  death  by  criminal  action  when  attempting 
arrests  than  from  any  other  cause.  Twenty-five  of 
the  86  officers  were  attempting  to  make  an  arrest 
when  they  were  killed.  In  1969,  13  officers  were 
killed  when  their  weapons  were  seized  and  used 
against  them.  In  these  instances,  as  well  as  those 
of  attempting  arrests,  many  of  the  police  deaths 
could  have  been  averted  had  the  officer  victim  been 
more  vigilant  when  approaching  these  individuals 
instead  of  permitting  their  assignments  to  become 
"routine."  These  deaths  demonstrate  a  misplaced 
trust  on  the  part  of  the  officer  with  respect  to  the 
occasional  and  unpredictable  violent  nature  of 
human  behavior.  Twenty-six  percent  of  the  officers 


met  death  by  robbers  whom  they  interrupted 
during  the  commission  of  their  crime  or  while  in 
pursuit  of  these  criminal  offenders.  The  number  of 
police  victims  killed  by  robbers  is  higher  than  the 
previous  9-year  average  of  19  percent. 

In  1969,  8  percent  (or  seven)  of  the  officer 
victims  were  killed  by  mentally  deranged  in- 
dividuals or  shot  from  ambush  with  no  warning 
given.  Sixteen  percent  of  the  officers  killed  met 
death  when  answering  disturbance-type  calls  such 
as  family  disputes,  man  with  a  gun,  etc.,  and  3 
percent  were  killed  while  handling,  transporting, 
or  through  contact  with  custodial  prisoners. 
Another  12  percent  met  death  while  pursuing  or 
attempting  to  apprehend  burglary  suspects,  and 
6  percent  lost  their  lives  while  investigating 
suspicious  persons  or  circumstances. 

The  following  table  contains  figures  showing 
police  murders  by  geographic  region  and  by  type 
of  police  activity,  1960-1969. 

Weapons  Used 

Firearms  continued  to  be  the  weapons  used  in 
virtually  all  of  the  felonious  police  killings  in  1969 
accounting  for  the  death  of  83,  or  97  percent,  of 
the  86  officers  killed.  Handguns  were  used  to 
commit  67,  or  81  percent,  of  the  murders  by  gun, 
shotguns  in  10  of  the  killings,  and  rifles  on  six 
occasions.  One  officer  was  killed  when  he  was  at^ 
tacked  with  a  shovel,  and  two  officers  were  fel- 
oniously killed  through  the  use  of  automobiles. 

During  the  period  1960-1969,  firearms  were  used 
by  felons  to  commit  96  percent  of  the  police 
killings.  Of  this  group  78  percent  of  the  weapons 
were  handguns. 

Specifically,  of  the  561  law  enforcement  officers 
slain  by  criminal  action,  the  weapons  used  were 
417  handguns,  68  shotguns,  53  rifles,  four  knives, 
seven  by  personal  weapons  such  as  hands,  fists, 


Police  Killed  by  Felons,  1960-1969 


Type  of  Police  activity 


1.  Responding  to  "disturbance"  calls  (family  quarrels,  man  with  gun,  etc.) 

2.  Burglaries  in  progress  or  pursuing  burglary  suspects _ . . 

3.  Robberies  in  progress  or  pursuing  robbery  suspects 

4.  Attempting  other  arrests 

5.  Handling,  transporting,  custody  of  prisoners 

6.  Investigating  suspicious  persons  and  circumstances _ 

7.  Ambush,  deranged  persons  (no  warning — unprovoked  attack)... 

Total 


Total 


107 
S3 

n2 

157 
36 
63 
43 


561 


Region 


North- 
eastern 
States 


84 


North 
Central 
states 


143 


Southern 
states 


Western 

States 


16 
M 

22 
23 
2 

14 
7 


43 


397-633  O  -  70  -  4 


POLICE  KILLED  BY  FELONS 

BY  TYPE   OF   POLICE   ACTIVITY 
1960--1969 


BESPONDING  TO  "DISTURBANCE"  CALLS 
(Fomily  quarrels,  man  with  gun,  etc.) 


BURGLARIES  IN  PROGRESS,  OR 
PURSUING  BURGLARY  SUSPECTS 


ROBBERIES  IN  PROGRESS,  OR   PURSUING 
ROBBERY  SUSPEaS 


AnEMPTING  OTHER  ARRESTS 


HANDLING,  TRANSPORTING, 
CUSTODY  OF  PRISONERS 

36 

4>\ 

INVESTIGATING  SUSPICIOUS    PERSONS 
AND  CIRCUMSTANCES 

53 

9% 

AMBUSH  /DERANGED  PERSONS 
(No  warnino  -  unprovoked  attack) 

43 

::::::::::::::x::::::::x::::8%:::::::: 

107 

19% 


9% 


T12 


157 


561  POLICE  KILLED 

INCLUDES  CITY,  COUNTY,  AND  STATE  POLICE 


FBI  CHART 


Chart  23 


and  feet  and  12  by  other  means  such  as  clubs, 
automobiles,  etc. 

Years  of  Service 

The  median  years  of  service  of  police  officers 
killed  in  the  line  of  duty  since  1960  remained  at 
6  years.  Twelve  percent  of  the  police  officers 
killed  had  been  active  in  law  enforcement  1  year 
or  less,  45  percent  had  5  years  or  less  police  service, 
and  30  percent  had  10  years  or  more  of  service. 

Types  of  Assignment 

The  officer  on  car  patrol  is  constantly  faced  with 
tense  situations  demanding  instant  decisions  and 
response.  He  is  usually  the  man  first  on  the  scene 
in  answer  to  most  calls  for  pohce  service  and  during 
his  routine  patrols  he  is  often  confronted  with  the 
need  to  question  suspicious  persons  on  foot  and  in 
autos.  He  is  the  one  most  likely  to  come  face  to 
face  with  the  burglar,  robber,  and  other  felonious 
offenders  while  they  are  in  the  act  of  committing 
a  crime  or  hurriedly  fleeing  the  scene.  As  a  result 
of  these  confrontations,  each  of  which  is  unique, 
the  officer  riding  in  a  patrol  car  most  often  becomes 
the  victim  of  the  police  kiDer. 


This  does  not  imply  that  law  enforcement  offi- 
cers engaged  in  other  types  of  police  duty  (foot 
patrol,  detective,  etc.)  are  not  likewise  presented 
with  similar  situations;  they  are,  but  not  as 
frequently. 

Fifty-seven  officers  or  66  percent  were  on  car 
patrol  duty  when  killed  in  1969,  and  16  others 
were  detectives  or  officers  assigned  to  special 
duties.  Technically,  10  were  oflF-duty  officers,  and 
three  were  officers  on  foot  patrol.  Due  to  the  fact 
that  a  law  enforcement  officer  under  his  oath  of 
duty  and  responsibility  must  take  reasonable  and 
proper  action  at  any  time  when  he  observes  a 
crime  being  committed,  the  10  off-duty  sacrificed 
their  lives  in  behalf  of  the  pubhc  when  they 
attempted  to  prevent  the  commission  of  a  crime 
occurring  in  their  presence.  Since  1960,  370  or  66 
percent  of  the  deceased  officers  were  assigned  to 
car  patrols  at  the  time  they  met  death.  This 
coincides  with  the  percentage  in  1969. 

During  1969,  48  of  the  officers  who  lost  their 
lives  as  a  result  of  criminal  action  were  assisted 
by  at  least  one  fellow  officer  or  more  at  the  scene 
of   the   crime   and   38    (44   percent)    were   alone. 


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During  the  past  10  years,  1960-1969,  243  or  43 
percent  of  the  officers  died  unassisted  and  318,  or 
57  percent,  were  receiving  assistance  from  other 
officers  at  the  time  they  met  death. 

The  table  showing  the  type  of  police  duty  to 
which  officers  were  assigned  when  they  were  mur- 
dered, cross-referenced  to  the  type  of  police  ac- 
tivity in  which  they  were  engaged,  discloses  the 
highest  incidence  of  police  deaths  resulted  when 
officers,  working  in  one-man  patrol  cars  were 
attempting  to  make  unassisted  arrests. 

Time  of  Murder 

Contrary  to  prior  9  years  where  more  officers 
were  killed  on  Friday  than  any  other  day  of  the 
week,  Sunday  witnessed  the  deaths  of  20  officers 
during  1969.  For  the  10-year  period,  1960-1969, 
97  officers  were  killed  on  Friday,  followed  by  86  on 
Saturday,  83  on  Thursday,  80  on  Sunday,  77  on 
Monday,  73  on  Wednesday,  and  65  on  Tuesday. 

The  hours  of  darkness  continued,  of  course,  to 
be  the  most  dangerous  for  the  officers.  Seventy-one 
percent  of  the  officers  were  killed  between  the 
hours  of  4  p.m.  and  4  a.m.  The  hours  from  7  p.m. 
to  3  a.m.  have  proven  to  present  the  greatest  risk 
with  309  law  enforcement  officers  being  killed 
during  these  hours.  Eleven  p.m.  to  midnight  and 
1  a.m.  to  2  a.m.  were  the  most  dangerous  for 
police  officers  with  45  and  44  police  officers  being 
murdered  by  criminal  offenders  during  these  two 
time  periods. 

Police  Killers 

During  the  10-year  period,  1960-1969,  561  law 
enforcement  officers  have  been  feloniously  mur- 
dered while  protecting  life  and  property.  A  review 


of  the  criminal  histories  of  the  74 1  known  offenders 
involved  in  these  police  murders  indicates  that  75 
percent  had  been  arrested  on  some  criminal  charge 
before  becoming  involved  in  the  police  killings.  In 
fact,  54  percent  of  those  offenders  with  a  prior 
criminal  arrest  had  been  previously  taken  into 
custody  for  a  violent  crime  such  as  murder,  rape, 
robbery,  assault  with  intent  to  kill,  etc. 

Among  the  741  persons  who  were  involved  in 
these  police  killings,  63  percent  had  prior  convic- 
tions on  criminal  charges  and,  of  this  gi'oup,  two- 
thirds  had  been  granted  leniency  in  the  form  of 
parole  or  probation  on  at  least  one  of  these  prior 
convictions.  It  is  significant  to  note  that  one- 
fourth  of  the  murderers  were  on  parole  or  proba- 
tion when  they  killed  a  police  officer.  Nineteen  or 
nearly  3  percent  of  these  individuals  involved  in  a 
police  killing  had  been  con\'icted  on  a  prior  occa- 
sion for  commission  of  murder. 

During  the  period  1960  through  1969,  the  741 
individuals  responsible  for  police  killings  had 
accumulated  an  average  of  over  four  arrests  each 
during  an  average  criminal  career  of  10  years. 

Over  the  10-year  period  20  females  have  been 
involved  in  the  murder  of  police  officers  and  in  all 
but  one  instance  these  females  were  with  male 
companions  at  the  time  of  the  murder.  Consider- 
ing race  of  police  killers,  443  or  60  percent  were 
white  and  298  or  40  percent  were  Negro. 

It  should  be  noted  that  of  the  741  individuals 
responsible  for  police  murders,  87  were  killed  at 
the  scene  of  the  crime  or  soon  thereafter  by  other 
officers,  19  committed  suicide  shortly  after  the 
police  murder,  and  four  died  from  other  reasons 
while  in  custody. 


Police  Killed  by  Felons,  1960-1969 

Total 

Type  of  assignment 

Type  of  Police  activity- 

2-man 
cars 

1-man  cars 

Foot 

Detective 

and 

special 

assignment 

Off 

Alone 

Assisted 

duty 

Total     .  .               - 

561 

164 

•153 

53 

34 

111 

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1.  Responding  to  "disturbance"  calls  (family  quarrels,  man  with 

107 
53 
112 
167 
36 
53 
43 

47 
16 
26 
39 
11 
13 
12 

17 
21 
26 
49 
10 
26 
4 

14 
3 
13 

15 
1 
1 
6 

9 

1 
7 
9 

16 
11 
21 
33 
13 
8 
9 

4 

2.  Burglaries  in  progress  or  pursuing  burglary  suspects 

1 

3.  Robberies  in  progress  or  pursuing  robbery  suspects 

19 

12 

1 

6.  Investigating  suspicious  persons  and  circumstances              _ 

3 

5 

2 

7.  Ambush,  deranged  persons  (no  warning-unprovoked  attack). 

7 

•99  city  police  officers,  54  county  and  State  poUce  officers. 


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Ages  of  Police  Killers 

Persons  involved  in  police  murders  ranged  in 
age  from  a  boy  of  13  to  a  man  of  82  with  a  median 
age  of  26.  Over  the  10-year  period  1960-1969 
there  have  been  50  juveniles  (7  percent)  under 
the  age  of  18  arrested  for  the  murder  of  a  police 
officer.  Almost  one-half  of  the  murderers  were  in 
the  20  to  30  age  bracket  with  the  age  25  appearing 
most  frequently. 

Assaults  on  Police 

One  of  the  increasingly  serious  problems  facing 
law  enforcement  today  is  the  growing  attitude  of 
disrespect  for  police  and  the  failure  of  citizens  to 
come  to  the  aid  of  the  officers  being  attacked  as 
they  attempt  to  perform  their  lawful  duties.  These 
duties  often  necessitate  confrontations  with  emo- 
tionally aroused  citizens  protesting  real  or  imag- 
ined grievances.  These  situations  have  certainly, 
in  a  large  measure,  accounted  for  the  upward 
trend  of  assaults  on  police.  There  was  an  increase 
of  7  percent  in  the  rate  of  assaults  on  police  in 
1969  over  1968.  Nationally  there  were  16.9 
assaults  for  every  100  officers  in  1969  up  from 
15.8  in  1968  and  13.5  in  1967.  Since  1962  the 
number  of  assaults  on  police  officers  have  increased 
144  percent.  Geographically  the  highest  assault 
rate  occurred  in  the  East  North  Central  States 
with  22  for  every  100  officers,  followed  by  21  in 
the  East  South  Central  States. 

While  every  assault  does  not  result  in  personal 
injury  to  the  police  officer,  many  of  them — 42 
percent   in    1968    and    34    percent   in    1969 — did 


result  in  physical  harm  to  the  ofl&cer  victim  and 
usually  in  loss  of  duty  time.  The  national  assault- 
with-injury  rate  of  5.7  per  100  officers  reflects  the 
continuing  hazards  of  the  law  enforcement  pro- 
fession when  compared  with  the  rates  of  6.6  in 
1968,  5.4  in  1967,  and  4.6  in  1966.  In  1969,  79 
percent  of  assaults  were  by  use  of  hands,  fists, 
feet,  teeth,  etc.  Where  weapons  were  used  in 
committing  these  assaults  firearms  were  used  in 
25  percent,  a  knife  or  cutting  instrument  in  14 
percent  and  blunt  objects  or  other  weapons  in  61 
percent.  Table  53  sets  out  police  assault  rates  for 
geographic  divisions  and  population  groups  for 
1969. 

Accidental  Deaths 

There  have  been  345  law  enforcement  officers 
killed  in  accidents  during  the  past  9  years  (1961- 
1969),  with  39  of  these  deaths  occurring  in  1969. 
These  figures,  of  course,  are  in  addition  to  the 
officers  who  lost  their  lives  through  felonious 
criminal  action.  A  review  of  the  data  on  accidental 
deaths  discloses  184  of  the  deaths  resulted  from 
automobile  accidents  and  72  from  motorcycle 
accidents.  An  additional  36  officers  were  killed 
accidentally  while  directing  traffic  on  foot  or  at 
the  scene  of  a  prior  serious  accident.  The  remain- 
ing 53  deaths  resulted  from  other  types  of  acci- 
dents such  as  accidental  discharge  of  firearms,  falls, 
helicopter  crashes,  drownings,  etc.  There  were  13  of 
these  accidents  during  1969  and  seven  occurred 
while  the  officers  were  involved  in  rescue 
operations. 


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ICam  iEnfnrrpmpnt  (^ahs  of  lEtljtrH 

Aa  a  Siatii  Infnrrpmrnt  ®fftrrr,  ~j,  funJam.niJJui^  i>  i„ 

ierve  mannina;  to  iafeauara  livei  ana  property;  to  protect  the  Innocent  a^alnit 
deception,  the  wean  aaainit  oppreiiion  or  intimidation,  and  the  peaceful 
aaainit  violence  or  diiorder;  and  to  reipect  the  L^onititutional  ri^hti  of  all 
men  to  lioertu,  eaualitu  and  juitice. 


tain  coura- 


It  tUtli  keep  mu  private  life  uniullied  ai  an  example  to  all;  maintc 
aeoui  calm  in  the  face  of  danaer,  icorn,  or  ridicule;  develop  ielf-reitraint;  and 
be  conitantlu  mindf-ul  of  the  welfare  of  otheri.  ^J4oneit  in  thought  and  deed 
in  both  mu  perional  and  off  icial  life,  ^  will  be  exemplary  in  obe^in^  the  lawi 
of  the  land  and  the  reautationi  of  mij  department.  Whatever  Jf  dee  or  hear  of 
a  confidential  nature  or  that  ii  confided  to  me  in  m^  of ficial  capacity  will  be 
kept  ever  iecret  unleii  revelation  ii  neceiiar^  in  the  performance  of  my  dut^. 

It  tlltli  never  act  officiouiiu  or  permit  perianal  feelings,  prejudiced,  animoi- 
itiei  or  friendihipi  to  influence  m^  deciiioni.  lA/ith  no  compromiie  for  crime 
and  witli  relentleii  proieculion  of  criminali,  J^  will  enforce  the  law  courteouilt^ 
and  appropriatelu  without  fear  or  favor,  malice  or  ill  will,  never  employing, 
unneceiiaru  force  or  violence  and  never  accepting  ^ratuitiei. 

it  rPrn^tttSF  tke  Lad^e  of  mif  office  ai  a  i^mboi  of  public  faith,  and 
wV  accept  it  ai  a  public  truit  to  be  held  io  lon^  ai  J'  am  true  to  the  ethici  of 
the  police  iervice.  .y  will  conitantlu  itrive  to  achieve  theie  obfectivei  and  ideali, 
dedicatinq  muielf  before  \jod  to  mu   choien  profeiiion  .  .  .  law  enforcement. 


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Introduction 


Background 

The  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Program  is  the 
outgrowth  of  a  need  for  a  national  and  uniform 
compilation  of  police  statistics.  This  need  was 
expressed  by  law  enforcement  executives  many- 
years  ago.  In  1930,  crime  reports  were  solicited 
from  poUce  departments  throughout  the  Nation 
based  on  uniform  classifications  and  procedures 
developed  by  the  Committee  on  Uniform  Crime 
Records  of  the  International  Association  of  Chiefs 
of  PoUce  (lACP).  In  that  year  the  Federal 
Bureau  of  Investigation  (FBI),  on  request  of  the 
above  organization,  assumed  the  role  as  the 
national  clearinghouse. 

The  Committee  on  Uniform  Crime  Records, 
lACP,  continues  to  serve  in  an  advisory  capacity 
to  the  FBI  in  the  operation  of  this  Program.  In 
this  connection,  the  Field  Service  Division  of  the 
lACP  is  also  playing  an  active  and  effective  part 
in  quality  control  through  surveys  of  police  record 
and  crime  reporting  systems.  Dr.  Peter  P.  Lejins, 
Professor,  Department  of  Sociology,  University 
of  Maryland,  continues  as  a  consultant  to  the 
FBI  in  the  conduct  of  this  Program. 

The  NCIC,  since  its  inception,  has  been  guided 
in  its  development  and  operational  poUcies  by  an 
Advisory  Group  to  the  Committee  on  Uniform 
Crime  Records.  This  group  meets  periodically 
and  formulates  plans  for  additional  applications 
as  well  as  modifications  to  improve  existing  pro- 
grams. The  NCIC,  a  computerized  nationwide 
index  of  documented  law  enforcement  informa- 
tion on  crime  and  criminals  became  operational 
on  January  27,  1967,  at  FBI  Headquarters, 
Washington,  D.C.,  and  by  the  end  of  1969  was 
directly  servicing  local,  state  and  Federal  police 
agencies  in  49  states  as  well  as  the  District  of 
Columbia  and  Royal  Canadian  Mounted  Police 
Headquarters  in  Ottawa,  Ontario,  Canada.  De- 
tailed information  concerning  NCIC  policies  and 
operating  procedures  have  been  published  by  the 
FBI  in  the  National  Crime  Infonnation  Center 
Operating  Manual.  This  Manual  has  been  widely 


distributed  among  local,  state  and  Federal  law 
enforcement  agencies.  Also  published  for  the 
information  of  NCIC  network  participants  is  a 
monthly  NCIC  Newsletter  containing  timely 
information  concerning  the  system  and  its  use. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Advisory  Group  in  May, 
1967,  two  important  resolutions  were  prepared 
for  the  parent  committee  on  Uniform  Crime 
Records  which  contained  police  declarations  most 
important  to  the  future  of  law  enforcement  com- 
puterized information  systems.  The  first  con- 
cerned maintaining  the  confidentiality  of  police 
information  stored  in  systems  shared  with  other 
Government  entities.  It  was  resolved  that  the 
controls  governing  access  to  police  information 
remain  as  they  have  been  historically  placed  with 
the  law  enforcement  agencies.  The  second  reso- 
lution concerned  the  criminal  identification  record 
which  will  serve  as  a  source  document  for  any 
integrated  information  system  for  all  areas  of 
criminal  justice.  This  resolution  encouraged  all 
criminal  justice  agencies  to  contribute  informa- 
tion for  this  document  and  recommended  that  a 
study  be  undertaken  to  determine  and  recommend 
such  standard  definitions  and  formats  and  to 
develop  appropriate  procedures  to  insure  the 
completeness  of  the  criminal  identification  record. 
The  executive  committee  and  the  entire  member- 
ship of  the  lACP  unanimously  adopted  the  fore- 
going resolutions  in  September,  1967. 

During  1968  the  Advisory  Group  began  work 
in  the  latter  area  looking  toward  a  standardized 
criminal  identification  record  practical  for  com- 
puterized storage.  This  study  has  concerned 
itself  with  that  portion  of  the  record  needed  on 
an  immediate  basis,  as  well  as  storage  of  the  entire 
record  for  use  by  all  agencies  in  the  criminal 
justice  system  and  as  a  basis  for  statistical  studies. 
This  work  is  continuing. 

Increased  attention  is  being  given  to  participa- 
tion in  the  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Program 
by  sheriffs  throughout  the  country.  This  was 
evidenced  by  a  resolution  to  take  affirmative  action 

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in  encouraging  such  participation  at  the  annual 
conference  of  the  National  Sheriffs'  Association 
(NSA)  in  June,  1967.  The  resolution  was  drawn 
up  and  presented  by  the  Committee  on  Uniform 
Crime  Records,  NSA,  which  Committee  was 
estabUshed  in  1966  to  serve  in  an  advisory  capacity 
to  NSA  membership. 

Committees  on  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  with- 
in state  law  enforcement  associations  are  active 
in  providing  service  by  promoting  interest  in 
the  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Program,  foster- 
ing more  widespread  and  more  intelligent  use  of 
uniform  crime  statistics  and  by  lending  assistance 
to  contributors  when  the  need  exists. 

In  the  last  several  years  the  FBI  has  been 
actively  assisting  individual  states  in  the  develop- 
ment of  statewide  programs  of  poUce  statistics 
compatible  with  the  national  system.  These  statis- 
tical programs  have  been  given  impetus  by  devel- 
oping statewide  computerized  law  enforcement 
information  systems,  of  which  they  are  an  essen- 
tial part.  Through  such  mandatory  state  programs 
more  complete  and  a  better  quality  of  reporting  is 
envisioned.  Likewise,  through  coordination  with 
the  state  agency  the  data  is  available  for  the  use 
of  the  state,  and  the  collection  machinery  to  the 
national  agency  is  substantially  streamUned.  In 
1969  the  second  step  in  this  state  and  national  re- 
lationship was  taken  when  the  FBI  ceased  the 
collection  of  data  directly  from  municipalities  and 
counties  in  New  Jersey  and  CaUfornia.  The  Uni- 
form Crime  Reports  for  these  two  states  are  now 
obtained  from  the  New  Jersey  State  Police  and 
California  Department  of  Justice.  Additional 
states  will  be  channeling  crime  reports  to  the  FBI 
in  this  way  as  their  systems  develop.  The  condi- 
tions under  which  these  arrangements  are  agreed 
follow : 

(1)  The  state  program  must  conform  to  the 
national  Uniform  Crime  Reports  standards  and 
information  required.  This,  of  course,  does  not 
prohibit  the  state  from  collecting  other  statistical 
data  beyond  the  national  collection.  (2)  The  state 
agency  must  have  a  proven  effective  mandatory 
statewide  program  with  at  least  2  years  experi- 
ence. (3)  Coverage  within  the  state  by  a  state 
agency  must  at  least  be  equal  to  that  attained  by 
Uniform  Crime  Reports.  (4)  The  state  agency 
must  have  adequate  field  staff  assigned  to  assist 
local  units  in  record  practices  and  crime  reporting 
procedures.  (5)  The  state  agency  must  furnish  to 
the  FBI  all  of  the  detailed  data  regularly  collected 


by  the  FBI  in  the  form  of  duplicate  returns,  com- 
puter printouts  or  magnetic  tape.  (6)  The  state 
must  have  the  proven  capability  (tested  over  a 
period  of  time)  to  supply  all  the  statistical  data 
required  to  the  FBI  in  time  to  meet  national  Uni- 
form Crime  Reports  publication  deadlines.  (7) 
The  FBI  will  continue  its  internal  procedures  of 
verifying  and  reviewing  individual  agency  reports 
for  both  completeness  and  quality.  (8)  The  FBI 
will  continue  to  have  direct  contact  with  individual 
reporting  units  within  the  state  where  necessary 
in  connection  with  crime  reporting  matters,  but 
will  coordinate  such  contacts  with  the  state 
agency.  (9)  Upon  request,  the  FBI  will  continue 
its  training  programs  within  the  state  with  respect 
to  police  records  and  crime  reporting  procedures. 
For  mutual  benefit  these  will  be  coordinated  with 
the  state  agency.  (10)  Should  circumstances 
develop  whereby  the  state  agency  cannot  provide 
the  data  required  by  the  national  Program,  the 
FBI  will  reinstitute  a  direct  collection  of  Uniform 
Crime  Reports  from  police  units  within  the  state. 

Objectives 

The  fundamental  objective  of  this  Program  is 
to  produce  a  reliable  fund  of  nationwide  criminal 
statistics  for  administrative  and  operational  use 
of  law  enforcement  agencies  and  executives.  At 
the  same  time,  meaningful  data  is  provided  for 
other  professionals  with  related  interests  in  the 
crime  problem  and  for  scholars,  as  well  as  to 
inform  the  public  of  general  crime  conditions. 

Specifically,  the  means  utilized  to  attain  these 
goals  are:  (1)  an  attempt  is  made  to  measure 
the  extent,  fluctuation  and  distribution  of  serious 
crime  in  the  United  States  through  the  use  of  a 
Crime  Index  consisting  of  seven  selected  offenses. 
This  count  is  based  on  these  seven  offenses  being 
reported  to  the  poUce  or  coming  directly  to  their 
attention.  (2)  The  total  volume  of  all  types  of 
criminal  offenses  is  compiled  as  they  become 
known  by  police  arrests.  (3)  Since  the  above  are 
also  measures  of  law  enforcement  activity,  re- 
lated data  is  collected  to  demonstrate  effectiveness 
of  enforcement  activities,  available  police  strength 
and  significant  factors  involved  in  crime. 

Reporting  Procedure 

Under  this  national  voluntary  system  each 
contributing  law  enforcement  agency  is  wholly 
responsible  for  compiling  its  own  crime  reports  for 
submission  to  the  FBI.  Each  contributor  is 
supplied  with  the  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Hand- 


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book  which  outhnes  in  detail  procedures  for  scoring 
and  classifying  offenses.  The  Handbook  illustrates 
and  discusses  the  monthly  and  annual  reporting 
forms,  as  well  as  the  numerous  tally  sheets  made 
available  to  facilitate  the  periodic  tabulation  of  the 
desired  data. 

The  publication  of  the  Uniform  Crime  Report- 
ing "Newsletter,"  which  was  initiated  in  October 
1963,  has  continued  with  issues  being  published 
when  pertinent.  This  "Newsletter"  is  utilized  to 
explain  revisions  in  the  Program  as  well  as  to 
present  information  and  instructional  material  to 
assist  contributors. 

Recognizing  that  a  sound  records  system  is 
necessary  if  crime  reporting  is  to  meet  desirable 
standards,  the  FBI  furnishes  a  Manual  of  Police 
Records  to  law  enforcement  agencies  upon  request. 
Special  Agents  of  the  FBI  are  widely  utilized  to 
encourage  new  contributors  and  to  assist  them  by 
explaining  the  procedures  and  definitions  necessary 
under  this  uniform  system. 

On  a  monthly  basis,  city  poUce,  sheriffs  and 
state  police  report  the  number  of  offenses  that 
become  known  to  them  in  the  following  crime 
categories:  criminal  homicide,  forcible  rape,  rob- 
bery, assault,  burglary,  larceny  and  auto  theft. 
This  count  is  taken  from  a  record  of  all  complaints 
of  crimes  received  by  the  police  from  victims  or 
other  sources  or  discovered  by  the  police  in  their 
own  operations.  Complaints  determined  by  police 
investigation  to  be  unfounded  are  eUminated  from 
this  count.  The  number  of  "offenses  known"  in 
these  crime  categories  is  reported  to  the  FBI  with- 
out regard  to  whether  anyone  is  arrested,  stolen 
property  is  recovered,  local  prosecutive  policy,  or 
any  other  consideration.  Police  agencies  report  on 
a  monthly  basis  the  total  number  of  these  crimes 
which  they  clear  by  arrest  and,  separately,  the 
crimes  cleared  by  the  arrest  of  persons  under  18 
years  of  age.  Police  additionally  report  certain 
other  analytical  data  pertaining  to  specific  crime 
categories,  including  total  arrests  made  for  the 
month  for  all  criminal  acts  separated  as  to  adults 
and  juveniles. 

In  annual  reports,  "offenses  known"  data  and 
clearances  by  arrest  are  summarized  by  the 
contributors.  Annual  forms  pi'ovide  a  report  of 
persons  arrested  for  all  criminal  ofienses  with 
respect  to  age,  sex  and  race  of  the  offender,  as 
well  as  an  accounting  of  the  number  of  persons 
formally  charged  and  their  disposition.  Police 
employee  data  are  collected  annually,  including 
the  number  of  police  killed  and  assaulted. 


Reporting  Area 

During  the  calendar  year  1969,  crime  reports 
were  received  from  law  enforcement  agencies 
representing  98  percent  of  the  total  United  States 
population  Uving  in  standard  metropoUtan  statis- 
tical areas,  88  percent  of  the  population  in  other 
cities,  and  75  percent  of  the  rural  population. 
The  combined  coverage  accounts  for  92  percent  of 
the  national  population. 

Presentation  of  crime  data  by  areas  as  used  in 
this  publication  follows  as  closely  as  practical  the 
definitions  used  by  the  Bureaus  of  the  Budget  and 
Census  for  standard  metropolitan  statistical  areas 
and  other  cities.  There  is,  however,  some  deviation 
insofar  as  the  rural  area  is  concerned.  For  crime 
reporting  purposes  rural  is  generally  the  unin- 
corporated portion  of  a  county  outside  of  standard 
metropolitan  statistical  areas.  In  addition,  sheriffs' 
departments  or  state  police  agencies  frequently 
pro-vide  coverage  for  small  incorporated  com- 
munities which  do  not  provide  their  own  police 
service.  These  places  are  characteristically  more 
rural  than  urban,  thus  the  crime  counts  for  these 
places  are  included  in  the  rural  tabulations.  In 
addition,  statistics  are  presented  in  certain  tables 
relative  to  "suburban"  areas.  A  suburban  area 
consists  of  cities  with  50,000  or  less  population  to- 
gether with  counties  which  are  mthin  a  standard 
metropolitan  statistical  area.  In  this  use  of  subur- 
ban the  core  city  experience  is,  of  course,  excluded. 
The  suburban  area  concept  is  used  because  of 
the  particular  crime  conditions  which  exist  in  these 
communities  surrounding  the  major  core  cities. 
These  metropoUtan  areas  are  not  rural  in  nature, 
yet  neither  are  they  comparable  to  large  cities  al- 
though they  have  many  of  the  problems  identified 
with  the  latter. 

Standard  metropolitan  statistical  areas  are  gen- 
erally made  up  of  an  entire  county  or  counties 
having  at  least  one  core  city  of  50,000  or  more 
inhabitants,  with  the  whole  meeting  the  require- 
ments of  certain  metropolitan  characteristics. 
In  New  England,  "town"  instead  of  "county"  is 
used  to  describe  standard  metropolitan  statistical 
areas.  These  towns  do  not  coincide  generally  with 
estabUshed  crime  reporting  units;  therefore,  metro- 
poUtan state  economic  areas  in  New  England  are 
used  in  these  area  tabulations  since  they  encompass 
an  entire  county  or  counties.  Standard  metro- 
poUtan statistical  areas  make  up  an  estimated  68 
percent  of  the  total  United  States  population. 

Other  cities  are  urban  places  outside  standard 
metropoUtan    statistical    areas.    Most    of    these 


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places  of  2,500  or  more  inhabitants  are  incor- 
porated and  comprise  13  percent  of  the  1969 
estimated  population.  Rural  areas  are  made  up  of 
the  unincorporated  portions  of  counties  outside  of 
urban  places  and  standard  metropolitan  statistical 
areas  and  represent  19  percent  of  our  national 
population.  Throughout  this  Program,  sheriffs, 
county  poUce  and  many  state  police  report  on 
crimes  committed  within  the  limits  of  the  counties 
but  outside  cities,  while  police  report  on  crimes 
committed  within  the  city  limits  (urban  places). 

Verification  Processes 

Uniformity  of  crime  data  collected  under  this 
Program  is  of  primary  concern  to  the  FBI  as  the 
national  clearinghouse.  With  the  receipt  of  reports 
covering  approximately  8,500  jurisdictions,  pre- 
pared on  a  voluntary  basis,  the  problems  of 
attaining  uniformity  are  readily  apparent.  Issu- 
ance of  instructions  does  not  complete  the  role  of 
the  FBI.  On  the  contrary,  it  is  standard  operating 
procedure  to  examine  each  incoming  report  not 
only  for  arithmetical  accuracy  but  also,  and 
possibly  of  even  more  importance,  for  reasonable- 
ness as  a  possible  indication  of  errors. 

Variations  in  the  level  and  ratios  among  the 
crime  classes  established  by  previous  reports  of 
each  agency  are  used  as  a  measure  of  possible 
or  probable  incompleteness  or  changes  in  reporting 
policy.  Necessary  arithmetical  adjustments  or 
unusual  variations  are  brought  to  the  attention  of 
the  submitting  agency  by  correspondence.  During 
1969,  21,200  letters  were  addressed  to  contributors 
piimarily  as  a  result  of  verification  and  evaluation 
processes.  Correspondence  with  contributors  is  the 
principal  tool  for  supervision  of  quality.  Not  only 
are  the  individual  reports  studied,  but  also  periodic 
trends  for  individual  reporting  units  are  prepared, 
as  are  crime  rates  in  descending  order  for  all  units 
grouped  for  general  comparability  to  assist  in  de- 
tecting variations  and  fluctuations  possibly  due  to 
some  reason  other  than  chance.  For  the  most  part, 
the  problem  is  one  of  keeping  the  contributors 
informed  of  the  type  information  necessary  to  the 
success  of  this  Program. 

The  elimination  of  duplication  of  crime  report- 
ing by  the  vai'ious  agencies  is  given  constant  atten- 
tion. In  addition  to  detailed  instructions  as  to 
the  limits  of  reporting  jurisdictions  between 
sheriffs  and  police  in  urban  places,  lists  of  urban 
places  by  county  are  furnished  to  sheriffs,  county 
poUce  and  in  some  instances  state  police 
organizations. 


Uniform  Crime  Reporting  has  been  taught  to 
all  law  enforcement  officers  attending  the  FBI 
National  Academy.  The  Academy  was  established 
in  1935  and  there  are  3,180  graduates  who  are  stiU 
in  law  enforcement,  28  percent  of  whom  are  the 
executive  heads  of  law  enforcement  agencies.  The 
FBI  also  presents  this  subject  to  regional  police 
schools  throughout  the  country. 

Contacts  by  Special  Agents  of  the  FBI  are 
utilized  to  enlist  the  cooperation  of  new  contrib- 
utors and  to  explain  the  purpose  of  this  Program 
and  the  methods  of  assembling  information  for 
reporting.  When  correspondence,  including  spe- 
cially designed  questionnaires  fails.  Special  Agents 
may  be  directed  to  visit  the  contributor  to  affirma- 
tively resolve  the  misunderstanding. 

Variations  from  the  desired  reporting  standards 
which  cannot  be  resolved  by  the  steps  indicated 
above  are  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Uniform  Crime  Records  of  the  lACP. 
The  Committee  may  designate  a  representative 
to  make  a  personal  visit  to  the  local  department 
to  assist  in  the  needed  revision  of  records  and 
reporting  methods. 

It  is  clear,  of  course,  that  regardless  of  the  extent 
of  the  statistical  verification  processes  used  by  the 
FBI,  the  accuracy  of  the  data  assembled  under 
this  Program  depends  upon  the  degree  of  sincere 
effort  exerted  by  each  contributor  to  meet  the 
necessary  standards  of  reporting  and,  for  this 
reason,  the  FBI  is  not  in  a  position  to  vouch  for 
the  validity  of  the  reports  received. 

The  Crime  Totals 

Communities  not  represented  by  crime  reports 
are  relatively  few,  as  discussed  previously  and  as 
shown  by  an  examination  of  the  tables  which 
follow  presenting  1969  crime  totals  for  the  Index 
of  Crime  classifications.  The  FBI  conducts  a  con- 
tinuing program  to  further  reduce  the  unreported 
areas. 

Within  each  of  the  three  areas — standard  met- 
ropolitan statistical,  other  urban  and  rural — it  is 
assumed  that  the  unreported  portion  had  the  same 
proportionate  crime  experience  as  that  for  which 
reports  were  received.  In  lieu  of  figures  for  the 
entire  year  from  those  agencies,  reports  for  as 
many  as  9  months  were  accepted  as  sufficiently 
representative  on  which  to  base  estimates  for  the 
year.  Estimates  for  unreported  areas  are  based 
on  the  reported  crime  experience  of  similar  areas 
within  each  state.  Certain  refinements  are  made  of 
this  basic  estimating  procedure  as  the  need  arises. 


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Crime  Trends 

Crime  data  for  trends  are  homogeneous  to  the 
extent  that  figures  from  identical  reporting  units 
are  used  for  each  of  the  periods  tabulated.  In  all 
trend  tabulations  only  those  reporting  units  are 
used  which  have  j^rovided  comparable  data  for 
the  period  under  consideration.  National,  geo- 
graphic and  area  trends  are  always  established 
on  the  basis  of  2  consecutive  years.  Exclusions 
from  trend  computations  are  made  when  figures 
from  a  reporting  unit  are  obviously  inaccurate 
for  any  period  or  when  it  is  ascertained  that 
unusual  fluctuations  are  due  to  such  variables  as 
improved  records  procedures  and  not  to  chance. 
As  a  matter  of  standard  procedure  crime  trends 
for  individual  places  are  analyzed  five  times  a 
year  by  the  FBI.  Any  significant  increase  or 
decrease  is  made  the  subject  of  a  special  inquiry 
with  the  contributing  agency.  In  1969  for  exam- 
ple, more  than  2,100  letters  were  sent  to  police 
administrators  of  contributing  agencies  inquiring 
as  to  the  reason  for  significant  increases  or  de- 
creases in  pertinent  crime  classifications.  The 
communication  containing  this  inquiry  specifically 
directs  attention  to  possible  changes  in  records  or 
reporting  procedures.  When  it  is  found  that 
crime  reporting  procedures  are  in  part  responsible 
for  the  difference  in  the  level  of  crime,  the  figures 
for  specific  crime  categories  or  totals  are  excluded 
from  the  trend  tabulations.  Year-to-year  trends 
in  Uniform  Crime  Reports  are  valid  and  may  be 
used  to  reasonably  establish  long-term  trends  as 
well  as  to  re-estimate  crime  volume  and  recon- 
struct crime  trends  for  prior  years.  It  can  be 
assumed  logically  that  the  current  year  is  the  most 
complete  in  terms  of  volume.  Trend  or  percent 
change  as  established  by  comparable  units  for 
each  2-year  period  is  then  applied  as  the  basis 
for  re-estimating  the  volume  of  crime  for  prior 
years. 

On  the  other  hand,  crime  rate  tables  by  state  and 
standard  metropolitan  statistical  area  contain  the 
most  reliable  reports  available  for  the  current 
year,  and  care  should  be  exercised  in  any  direct 
comparisons  with  prior  issues.  Changes  in  crime 
level  may  have  been  due  in  part  to  improved 
reporting  or  records  procedures  rather  than  to 
chance. 

Population  Data 

In  computing  crime  rates  by  state,  geographic 
division  and  the  Nation  as  a  whole,  population 
estimates  released  by  the  Bureau  of  the  Census 


on  July  1,  1969  were  used.  Population  estimates 
for  individual  cities  and  counties  were  prepared 
by  using  Special  Census  Reports,  state  sources 
and  estimates,  commercial  sources,  and  extrapola- 
tion where  no  other  estimate  was  available. 
Complete  1969  population  estimates  for  indi- 
vidual cities  and  counties  were  used  from  18 
states  while  official  sources  in  other  states  pro- 
vided limited  data  which  was  used  selectively. 
The  estimated  United  States  population  increase 
in  1969  was  1  percent  over  1968  according  to 
figures  published  by  the  Bureau  of  the  Census. 

Classification  of  Offenses 

A  stumbling  block  to  a  uniform  national  crime 
reporting  system  in  the  United  States  results  from 
variations  in  definitions  of  criminal  violations 
among  the  states.  This  obstacle,  insofar  as  uni- 
formity of  definitions  is  concerned,  was  removed 
by  the  adoption  of  an  arbitrary  set  of  crime  classi- 
fications. To  some  extent  the  title  of  each  classifi- 
cation connotes  in  a  general  way  its  content. 
However,  in  reading  the  explanation  of  each  cate- 
gory, it  is  very  important  to  keep  in  mind  that 
because  of  the  differences  among  the  state  codes 
there  is  no  possibility  in  a  system  such  as  this  to 
distinguish  between  crimes  by  designations  such 
as  "felony"  and  "misdemeanor." 

A  continuing  program  is  carried  out  to  furnish 
contributors  with  timely  supplemental  instruc- 
tions as  the  need  arises  in  certain  classifications. 
These  are  aimed  at  the  clarification  of  any  mis- 
understandings which  may  arise  and  the  redirec- 
tion of  attention  to  the  proper  appUcation  of 
classification  procedures  under  this  system. 

Brief  definitions  of  crime  classifications  utilized 
in  this  Program  are  listed  below: 

1.  Criminal  homicide.— (a)  Murder  and  non- 
negligent  manslaughter:  all  willful  felonious  homi- 
cides as  distinguished  from  deaths  caused  by 
negligence.  Excludes  attempts  to  kill,  assaults  to 
kill,  suicides,  accidental  deaths,  or  justifiable 
homicides.  Justifiable  homicides  are  limited  to: 
(1)  the  killing  of  a  person  by  a  peace  officer  in 
line  of  duty;  (2)  the  killing  of  a  person  in  the  act 
of  committing  a  felony  by  a  private  citizen. 
(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence:  any  death  which 
the  police  investigation  estabhshes  was  primarily 
attributable  to  gross  negligence  of  some  individual 
other  than  the  victim. 

2.  Forcible  rape. — Rape  by  force,  assault  to 
rape    and    attempted    rape.    Excludes    statutory 

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offenses    (no    force    used — victim   under    age    of 
consent) . 

3.  Robbery. — Stealing  or  taking  anything  of 
value  from  the  person  by  force  or  violence  or  by 
putting  in  fear,  such  as  strong-arm  robbery, 
stickups,  armed  robbery,  assault  to  rob  and 
attempt  to  rob. 

4.  Aggravated  assault. — Assault  with  intent  to 
kill  or  for  the  purpose  of  inflicting  severe  bodily 
injury  by  shooting,  cutting,  stabbing,  maiming, 
poisoning,  scalding,  or  by  the  use  of  acids,  ex- 
plosives, or  other  means.  Excludes  simple  assault, 
assault  and  battery,  fighting,  etc. 

5.  Burglary— breaking  or  entering. — Burglary, 
housebreaking,  safecracking,  or  any  unlawful  entry 
to  commit  a  felony  or  a  theft,  even  though  no 
force  was  used  to  gain  entrance  and  attempts. 
Burglary  followed  by  larceny  is  not  counted  again 
as  larceny. 

6.  Larceny— theft  (except  auto  theft).— (a)  Fifty 
dollars  and  over  in  value;  (6)  under  $50  in  value. 
Thefts  of  bicycles,  automobile  accessories,  shop- 
lifting, pocket-picking,  or  any  stealing  of  property 
or  article  of  value  which  is  not  taken  by  force  and 
violence  or  by  fraud.  Excludes  embezzlement, 
"con"  games,  forgery,  worthless  checks,  etc. 

7.  Auto  theft. — Stealing  or  driving  away  and 
abandoning  a  motor  vehicle.  Excludes  taking 
for  temporary  or  unauthorized  use  by  those  having 
lawful  access  to  the  vehicle. 

8.  Other  assaults. — Assaults  and  attempted  as- 
saults which  are  not  of  an  aggravated  nature. 

9.  Arson. — Willful  or  malicious  burning  with  or 
without  intent  to  defraud.  Includes  attempts. 

10.  Forgery  and  counterfeiting. — Making,  altering, 
uttering  or  possessing,  with  intent  to  defraud, 
anything  false  which  is  made  to  appear  true. 
Includes  attempts. 

11.  Fraud. — Fraudulent  conversion  and  obtain- 
ing money  or  property  by  false  pretenses. 
Includes  bad  checks  except  forgeries  and  counter- 
feiting. 

12.  Embezzlement. — Misappropriation  or  mis- 
application of  money  or  property  entrusted  to 
one's  care,  custody  or  control. 

13.  Stolen  property,-  buying,  receiving,  possessing. — 
Buying,  receiving,  and  possessing  stolen  property 
and  attempts. 


14.  Vandalism. — Willful  or  malicious  destruc- 
tion, injuiy,  disfigurement  or  defacement  of  prop- 
erty without  consent  of  the  owner  or  person  having 
custody  or  control. 

15.  Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. — All  viola- 
tions of  regulations  or  statutes  controlling  the 
carrying,  using,  possessing,  furnishing  and  manu- 
facturing of  deadly  weapons  or  silencers  and 
attempts. 

16.  Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice. — Sex  of- 
fenses of  a  commercialized  nature  and  attempts, 
such  as  prostitution,  keeping  a  bawdy  house, 
procuring  or  transporting  women  for  immoral 
purposes. 

17.  Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape,  prostitu- 
tion, and  commercialized  vice). — Statutory  rape, 
offenses  against  chastity,  common  decency,  morals 
and  the  like.  Includes  attempts. 

18.  Narcotic  drug  laws. — Offenses  relating  to  nar- 
cotic drugs,  such  as  unlawful  possession,  sale  or 
use.  Excludes  violations  limited  strictly  to  Federal 
control. 

19.  Gambling. — Promoting,  permitting,  or  en- 
gaging in  gambling. 

20.  Offenses  against  the  family  and  children. — 
Nonsupport,  neglect,  desertion,  or  abuse  of  family 
and  children. 

21.  Driving  under  the  influence. — Driving  or  op- 
erating any  motor  vehicle  while  drunk  or  under 
the  influence  of  liquor  or  narcotics. 

22.  Liquor  laws. — State  or  local  liquor  law  vio- 
lations, except  "drunkenness"  (class  23)  and 
"driving  under  the  influence"  (class  21).  Excludes 
Federal  violations. 

23.  Drunkenness. — Druiikenness  or  intoxication. 

24.  Disorderly  conduct. — Breach  of  the  peace. 

25.  Vagrancy. — ^Vagabondage,  begging,  loiter- 
ing, etc. 

26.  All  other  offenses. — All  violations  of  state  or 
local  laws  except  classes  1-25. 

27.  Suspicion. — Arrests  for  no  specific  offense 
and  released  without  formal  charges  being  placed. 

28.  Curfew  and  loitering  laws  (juveniles). — Offenses 
relating  to  violation  of  local  curfew  or  loitering 
ordinances  where  such  laws  exist. 

29.  Runaway  (juveniles). — Limited  to  juveniles 
taken  into  protective  custody  imder  provisions  of 
local  statutes  as  runaways. 


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The  Index  of  Crime,  1969 


In  this  section,  tabulations  are  shown  to  indicate 
the  probable  extent,  fluctuation  and  distribution 
of  crime  for  the  United  States  as  a  whole,  geo- 
graphic divisions,  individual  states  and  standard 
metropolitan  statistical  areas.  The  measure  used 
is  a  Crime  Index  consisting  of  seven  important 
offenses  which  are  counted  as  they  become  known 
to  the  law  enforcement  agencies.  Crime  classifica- 
tions used  in  the  Index  are:  murder  and  non- 
negligent  manslaughter,  forcible  rape,  robbery, 
aggravated  assault,  burglary — breaking  or  enter- 
ing, larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 

The  total  number  of  criminal  acts  that  occur  is 
unknown,  but  those  that  are  reported  to  the  police 
provide  the  first  means  of  a  count.  Not  all  crimes 
come  readily  to  the  attention  of  the  police;  not  all 
crimes  are  of  sufficient  importance  to  be  significant 
in  an  index;  and  not  all  important  crimes  occur 
with  enough  regularity  to  be  meaningful  in  an 
index.  With  these  considerations  in  mind,  the 
above  crimes  were  selected  as  a  group  to  furnish 


an  abbreviated  and  convenient  measure  of  the 
crime  problem. 

It  is  important  to  remember  in  reviewing  the 
tables  in  this  section  that  the  volume  of  crime  in 
a  state  or  standard  metropolitan  statistical  area 
is  subject  to  the  factors  set  forth  on  page  vi. 
Estimates  of  current  permanent  population  are 
used  to  construct  crime  rates.  With  our  highly 
mobile  population  all  communities,  metropohtan 
areas  and  states  are  affected  to  a  greater  or  lesser 
degree  by  the  element  of  transient  population. 
This  factor  is  not  accounted  for  in  crime  rates 
since  no  reliable  estimates  by  state  are  available 
nationwide. 

Tables  are  presented  showing  the  compara- 
tive crime  experience  by  population  group  of 
suburba,n  cities  having  50,000  or  less  inhabitants 
with  cities  of  the  same  size  isolated  from  suburban 
areas.  The  effects  of  being  a  part  of  the  metro- 
politan fringe  can  be  readily  discerned  by  a  review 
of  these  tables. 


55 


Table  1  .—Index  of  Crime,  United  States,  1969 


Area 

Popula- 
tion 1 

Total 
crime 
index 

Violent  2 
crime 

Property  s 
crime 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny 

$50  and 

over 

Auto 
theft 

201,921.000 

4.989,747 

2,471.1 

655,061 
324  4 

4,334,686 

2, 146.  7 

14,587 

7.2 

36,470 

18.1 

297,584 

147.4 

306,420 

151.8 

1,949,843 

965.6 

1,512,913 

749.3 

871,930 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants.. 

431.8 

SUndard  Metropolitan  SUtiatical 
Area 

137,785,000 

97.  7% 
100.0% 

Area  actually  reporting  ^ 

4,212,466 

4,  265,  595 

3,095.8 

569, 110 

573,  964 

416.6 

3,643.356 

3,691,631 

2,679.3 

11,179 

11,318 

8.2 

30, 257 

30,  616 

22.2 

283,210 

284,578 

206.5 

244,464 

247,452 

179.6 

1,615,300 

1,637,148 

1, 188.  2 

1,  235,  785 

1,254,059 

910.2 

792,271 
800,424 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    . 

580.9 

26,260,000 

88.0% 
100.0% 

37,876,000 

74.7% 
100.0% 

Area  actually  reporting.. 

Estimated  total              

354, 178 
398,  936 
1,  519.  2 

32,  774 

37,  998 

144,7 

321,  404 
360, 938 
1,374.5 

956 

1,151 

4.4 

1,811 

2,054 

7.8 

7,211 

8,099 

30.8 

22,796 

26,694 

101.7 

140, 194 

158,023 

601.8 

142,  078 

158,  986 

605.4 

39, 132 
43, 929 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. . 

167.3 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

252,231 

325, 216 

858.6 

28,242 

43,099 

113.8 

223,  989 

282, 117 

744.8 

1,401 

2,118 

5.6 

2,748 

3,800 

10.0 

3,628 

4,907 

13.0 

20,565 

32,274 

85.2 

123,683 

154,  672 

408.4 

78,675 
99,868 
263.7 

21,631 

27,  577 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. . 

72.8 

'  Population  is  Bureau  of  the  Census  provisional  estimates  as  of  July  1,  1969. 

■  Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault;  property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto 
theft. 

3  The  percentage  representing  area  actually  reporting  will  not  coincide  with  the  ratio  between  reported  and  estimated  crime  totals  since  these  data  represent 
the  Slim  of  the  calculations  for  individual  states  which  have  varying  populations,  portions  reporting  and  crime  rates. 


5t 


Table  i.— Index  of  Crime,  United  States,  1960-69 


Population  ■ 

Total 
Crime 
Index 

Violent ' 

crime 

Property  = 
crime 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny 

$50  and 

over 

Auto 

theft 

Number  of  offenses : 

iggO — 179  323  175                           

2,014.600 
2, 082,  400 
2,  213,  600 
2,  435,  900 
2,  755,  000 

2,  930,  200 

3,  264,  200 
3, 802,  300 

4,  466,  600 
4,  989,  700 

-H47.7 

1,123.4 
1, 138.  2 
1,191.2 
1,  292.  0 
1,  439.  9 
1,511.9 

1,  666.  6 
1,921.7 
2,234.8 

2,  471. 1 
4-120  0 

285,200 
286,100 
298,  200 
313,  400 
360. 100 
383.100 
425,  400 
494.600 
588,800 
655, 100 
-f  129.  7 

159.0 
156.4 
160.5 
166.2 
188.2 
197.6 
217.2 
250.0 
294.6 
324.4 
-1-104.0 

1,729,400 
1,  796,  300 

1,  915,  400 
2, 122,  500 

2.  395.  000 

2,  547,  200 
2, 838, 800 

3,  307,  700 
3,877,700 

4,  334,  700 
-1-160.  6 

964.4 
981.8 
1,030  8 
1,125.8 
1,251.7 
1,314.2 
1,449.4 
1,671.7 
1,  940  2 
2, 146.  7 
-1-122.  6 

9,000 
8,630 
8,430 
8,630 
9,250 
9,  850 
10.  920 
12,  090 
13,650 
14,  590 
-1-62.1 

5.0 
4.7 
4.5 
4.5 
4.8 
5.1 
6.6 
6.1 
6.8 
7.2 
-1-44.0 

16,  860 
16,890 

17.  210 
17,310 

21.  020 

22.  970 
26,330 
27,100 
31,060 
36,  470 

-1-116.3 

9.4 

9.2 

9.3 

9.2 

11.0 

11.9 

12.9 

13.7 

15.5 

18.1 

-1-92.6 

107,  390 
106,  210 
110,  390 
115,  980 
129,830 
138,100 
167,  320 
202.  050 
261, 730 
297,580 
+177. 1 

59.9 
58.1 
59.4 
61.5 
67.9 
71.3 
80  3 
102.1 
131.0 
147.4 
-1-146. 1 

152,000 
154,400 
162,  100 
171,600 
200,000 
212, 100 
231,800 
253,300 
282,400 
306,420 
-1-101.6 

84.7 
84.4 
87.3 
91.0 
104.5 
109.5 
118.4 
128.0 
141.3 
151.8 
-1-79.2 

897, 400 

934,200 

978,  200 

1,068,800 

1, 193,  600 

1,261,800 

1,  387,  200 

1,  605, 700 

1,  828,  900 

1,949,800 

-M17.3 

500.5 
510  6 
526.4 
566.9 
623.8 
651.0 
708.3 
811.5 
915.1 
965.6 
-1-92.9 

506,200 

528,600 

573, 100 

648,600 

732,000 

792,  300 

894,  600 

1,047,100 

1,271,100 

1,612,900 

-1-198.9 

282.3 
288.9 
308.4 
344.0 
382.6 
408.8 
456.8 
529.2 
636.0 
749.3 
-1-165.  4 

325,700 

1961 — 182  953,000     -- 

333, 600 

196''      185  822  000 

364,100 

1963 — 188  531  000                  

406,200 

1964 — 191  334.000    - 

469,  300 

1965 — 193,818.000 - 

493, 100 

1966 — 195  857  OOO                           

557,  000 

1967 — 197  864,000        .  . 

654,900 

1968 — 199,861,000 

777,  800 

1969 — 201  921  000 

871,900 

-1-167.  7 

Bate  per  100.000  inhabitants:  ' 

1960                                                  _     ._     _ 

181.6 

1961                                      

182.3 

1962                         

196.0 

1963             

214.9 

1964                                           ._  _ __ 

245.3 

1965                               

254.4 

1966                    

284.4 

1967    - 

331.0 

1968                                           

389.1 

1969                             

431.8 

Percent  change  1960-1969  ^ 

-t-137.  8 

'  Population  is  Bureau  of  the  Census  provisional  estimates  as  of  July  1,  except  Apr.  1,  1960,  Census. 

2  Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault.  Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto 
theft. 

3  Percent  change  and  crime  rates  calculated  prior  to  rounding  number  of  offenses.  Revised  estimates  and  rates  based  on  changes  in  reporting  practices. 


57 


Table  3. — Index  of  Crime  by  Regions,  Geographic 

(Number  and  rate  per  100,000  inhabitants; 


Area 


United  States  Total  3. 

Percent  change. . . 

{Northeast 


Percent  change. 
New  England 


Percent  change. 
Connecticut 


Maine 

Massachusetts... 
New  Hampshire. 

Rhode  Island 

Vermont 


Middle  Atlantic. 


Percent  change. 
New  Jersey 


New  York 

Pennsylvania. 

North  Central 


Percent  change... 
East  North  CentraJ. 

Percent  change.. 
Illinois. 


Indiana 

Michigan.. 

Ohio 

Wisconsin . 


Year 


1968 
1969 


1968 
1969 


1968 
1969 


1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 


1968 
1969 


1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 


1968 
1969 


1968 
1969 


1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 


Population 


199.861,000 
201,921,000 


48.314.000 
48.782.000 


11,411,000 
11,512,000 


2, 959, COO 

3, 000, 000 

979, 000 

978,000 

5, 437,  000 

5,467,000 

702,000 

717,  000 

913,  000 

911,000 

422,  000 

439.  000 


36,904,000 
37,271,000 


7,  078,  000 
7, 148,  000 
18, 113,  000 
18,321,000 
11,712,000 
11,803,000 


Total  Crime  Index 


Number 


4,466.573 

4.989,747 

+11.7 


Rate  per 
100,000 


2,234.8 
2.471.1 

+10.6 


1,199,352 
1.261.399 

+5.2 

232,915 

266,977 

+14.6 

61,451 

70,048 

8,727 

10, 129 

129,651 

149,807 

5,668 

7,036 

24,097 

25,448 

3,321 

4,509 


2,482.4 
2.585.8 

+4.2 
2,041.1 
2,  319. 1 
+  13.6 
2,  076.  7 
2,  334. 9 

891.4 
1,035.7 
2,384.6 
2,  740.  2 

807.4 

981.3 
2, 639.  3 
2,  793.  4 

787.0 
1,027.1 


Violent  crime  2 


Number 


588,837 

655,061 

+11.2 


Rate  per 
100,000 


294.6 
324.4 
+10.1 


Property  crime  2 


Number 


Rate  per 
100,000 


3.877.736 

4.334.686 

+11.8 


1,940.2 

2,146.7 
+10.6 


148.821 
161.188 

+8.3 

15, 021 

17,521 

+16.6 

3,825 

4,415 

590 

681 

8,916 

10,  272 

279 

325 

1,264 

1,594 

157 

234 


308.0 
330.4 

+7.3 
131.6 
152.2 
+15.7 
129.3 
147.2 
60.3 
69.6 
164.0 
187.9 
39.7 
45.3 
137.3 
175.0 
37.2 
63.3 


1.050.531 
1.100.211 

+4.7 

217.894 

249, 456 

+14.5 

57, 626 

65,633 

8,137 

9,448 

120,  735 

139, 535 

5,389 

6,711 

22, 843 

23, 854 

3,164 

4,275 


2,174.4 
2.255.4 

+3.7 

1,909.5 

2, 166.  9 

+13.5 

1,947.5 

2,187.8 

831.2 

966.1 

2, 220.  6 

2, 552. 3 

767.7 

936.0 

2,  502.  0 

2,618.4 

749.8 

973.8 


966,437 
994,422 
+2.9 
172,532 
175,  722 
642,  041 
653, 405 
151,864 
165, 295 


2 

618.8 

2 

668.1 

+  1.9 

2 

437.6 

2 

458.3 

3 

644.6 

3,566.4 

1 

296.7 

1 

400.4 

133, 800 
143,667 
+7.4 
16,711 
17,  226 
97, 134 
104,398 
19,955 
22,043 


362.6 
385.5 
+6.3 
236.1 
241.0 
536.3 
569.8 
170.4 
186.8 


832,637 
850,  755 
+2.  2 
155,821 
158, 496 
644, 907 
549, 007 
131,909 
143, 252 


2,  266.  2 
2,  282.  6 
+1.2 
2,201.5 
2,217.3 
3,008.4 
2, 996.  6 
1,126.3 
1,213.7 


55,628,000 
56.078.000 


39.  586, 000 
39, 904, 000 


10, 974, 000 
11,047,000 
5, 067, 000 
5,118,000 
8,  740, 000 
8,  766, 000 
10,  691,  000 
10,  740, 000 
4,  213, 000 
4,  233,  000 


1,052,095 
1,217,113 

+15.7 

784,000 

907, 026 

+16.7 

222, 185 

248, 154 

91,438 

99,  241 

235,  792 

279,883 

182, 113 

223,223 

52,  472 

58,  524 


1,891.3 
2,170.4 

+14.8 
1,980.5 
2,  273. 0 

+14.8 
2, 024.  6 
2,  228.  2 
1,  804.  6 
1, 939. 1 
2, 697.  8 
3, 192.  8 
1,719.5 
2,078.4 
1,  246.  5 
1,382.6 


143,886 
164.486 

+14.3 

115,375 

132, 150 

+14.5 

44,776 

49,543 

9,849 

9,752 

36, 122 

42,  796 

21,228 

26,648 

3,400 

3,411 


258.7 
293.3 

+13.4 
291.6 
331.2 

+13.6 
408.0 
448.5 
194.4 
190.5 
413.3 
488.2 
200.4 
248.1 
80.7 


908.209 
1,052.627 

+16.9 
668. 625 
774, 876 
+15.9 
177,409 
196,611 
81,589 
89,  489 
199,  670 
237, 087 
160,  885 
196, 575 
49, 072 
55, 113 


1,632.6 
1,877.1 

+15.0 
1,689.0 
1,941.8 

+16.0 
1,616.6 
1,  779.  8 
1,610.2 

1,  748.  6 

2,  284.  6 
2,  704.  6 
1,519.1 
1,830.3 
1, 164.  8 
1,  302.  0 


Murder  and  nonneg- 
ligent  manslaughter 


Number 


13,648 

14,587 
+6.9 


2,341 
2.521 

+7.7 

333 

350 

+6.1 

73 

86 

29 

16 

188 

191 

10 

18 

22 

28 

11 

11 


2,171 

+8.1 

358 

369 

1,181 

1,320 

469 

482 


3,109 
3,427 

+10.2 

2, 421 

2,703 

+11.6 

893 

950 

240 

252 

634 

729 

562 

685 

92 

87 


See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


58 


Divisions  and  State,  1968-69 

percent  charge  over  1968] 


Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary 

Larceny  $60  and  over 

Auto  theft 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

31,057 

15.5 

261,728 

131.0 

282,404 

141.3 

1.828.911 

915.1 

1,271,070 

636.0 

777,755 

389.1 

36,470 

18.1 

297,584 

147.4 

306,420 

151.8 

1.949,843 

965.6 

1,512,913 

749.3 

871,930 

431.8 

+17.4 

+16.8 

+  13.7 

+  12.5 

+8.5 

+7.4 

+6.6 

+5.5 

+  19.0 

+  17.8 

+  12.1 

+  11.0 

5,328 

11.0 

83,974 

173.8 

57,178 

118.3 

472,339 

977.6 

341,049 

705.9 

237,143 

490.8 

6,133 

12.6 

91,984 

188.6 

60,550 

124.1 

480,652 

985.3 

362,780 

743.7 

256.779 

526.4 

+15.1 

+  14.5 

+9.5 

+8.5 

+5.9 

+4.9 

+1.8 

+.8 

+6.4 

+5.4 

+8.3 

+7.3 

906 

7.9 

6,005 

52.6 

7,777 

68.2 

94,823 

831.0 

68,491 

512.6 

64,680 

565.9 

1,015 

8.8 

7,547 

65.6 

8,609 

74.8 

105,  973 

920.5 

73,  332 

637.0 

70, 151 

609.4 

+12.0 

+11.4 

+25.7 

+24.7 

+10  7 

+9.7 

+11.8 

+  10.8 

+25.4 

+24.3 

+8.6 

+7.7 

238 

8.0 

1,332 

45.0 

2,182 

73.7 

28,538 

964.4 

17,  958 

606.9 

11,130 

376.1 

260 

8.7 

1,696 

56.5 

2,373 

79.1 

29,624 

987.5 

23,175 

772.5 

12,834 

427.8 

66 

6.7 

86 

8.8 

409 

41.8 

4,429 

452.4 

2.454 

250.7 

1,254 

128.1 

5S 

5.9 

111 

11.3 

496 

50.7 

4,995 

510.7 

3,108 

317.8 

1,345 

137.5 

518 

9.5 

4,039 

74.3 

4,171 

76.7 

47,  210 

868.3 

29,  672 

545.7 

43,853 

806.6 

592 

10.8 

4,955 

90  6 

4,534 

82.9 

66,450 

1,032.6 

36,  135 

661.0 

46,  950 

858.8 

19 

2.7 

72 

10.3 

178 

25.4 

2,605 

371.1 

1,792 

256.3 

992 

141.3 

29 

4.0 

75 

10.5 

203 

28.3 

3,322 

463.3 

2,362 

329.4 

1,027 

143.2 

34 

3.7 

450 

49.3 

748 

81.9 

9,948 

1.  089.  6 

5,906 

646.9 

6,989 

765.5 

36 

4.0 

669 

73.4 

861 

94.5 

8,950 

982.4 

7,405 

812.8 

7,499 

823.2 

31 

7.3 

26 

6.2 

89 

21.1 

2,093 

496.0 

709 

168.0 

362 

85.8 

40 

9.1 

41 

9.3 

142 

32.3 

2,632 

599.5 

1,147 

261.3 

496 

113.0 

4,422 

12.0 

77.  969 

211.3 

49,  401 

133.9 

377,  616 

1.023.0 

282,  568 

766.7 

172,  563 

467.6 

5,118 

13.7 

84,437 

226.5 

51,  941 

139.4 

374,  679 

1,  006.  3 

289,448 

776.6 

186,  628 

500.7 

+  15.7 

+14.2 

+8.3 

+7.2 

+5.1 

+4.1 

-.8 

-1.7 

+2.4 

+1.4 

+8.2 

+7.1 

801 

11.3 

8,747 

123.6 

6,805 

96.1 

71,621 

1,011.9 

47,500 

671.1 

36,  700 

518.5 

914 

12.8 

9,657 

135.1 

6,286 

87  9 

68,123 

953.0 

53, 131 

743.3 

37,  242 

621.0 

2,481 

13.7 

59,483 

328.4 

33,  989 

187  6 

241,  338 

1,332.4 

200,012 

1,104.2 

103,  557 

571.7 

2,849 

15.6 

64,349 

351.2 

35,880 

195.8 

238,990 

1,  304.  5 

196,  069 

1,  070.  2 

113,  948 

622.0 

1,140 

9.7 

9,739 

83.2 

8,607 

73.5 

64,557 

651.2 

35,046 

299.2 

32,306 

276.8 

1,355 

11.6 

10,431 

88.4 

9,775 

82.8 

67,  566 

572.4 

40,  248 

341.0 

35,438 

300.2 

8,517 

15.3 

71,537 

128.6 

60,723 

109.2 

410,993 

738.8 

294,637 

529.7 

202,579 

364.2 

9.660 

17.2 

83,253 

148.5 

68,146 

121.5 

452,664 

807.2 

366,851 

654.2 

233,112 

415.7 

+13.4 

+12.4 

+16.4 

+15.5 

+12.2 

+  11.3 

+10.1 

+9.3 

+24.5 

+23.5 

+  15.1 

+14.1 

6,353 

16.0 

58,813 

148.6 

47,  788 

120.7 

297,  756 

752.2 

216,  633 

547.0 

154,336 

389.9 

7,242 

18.1 

68,  981 

172.9 

53,224 

133.4 

330,  774 

828.9 

267,  747 

671.0 

176,  364 

441.9 

+14.0 

+13.1 

+17.3 

+16.4 

+11.4 

+10.5 

+11.1 

+10  2 

+23.7 

+22.7 

+14.3 

+13.3 

1,798 

16.4 

23,209 

211.5 

18,  876 

172.0 

75,  013 

683.6 

63,996 

492.0 

48,400 

441.0 

2,113 

19.1 

26, 153 

236.7 

20,  327 

184.0 

81,  602 

738.7 

62,  593 

666.6 

52,  416 

474.5 

669 

13.2 

4,990 

98.6 

3,950 

78.0 

36,  012 

691.0 

26,  699 

526.9 

19,  878 

392.3 

780 

15.2 

4,667 

91.2 

4,053 

79.2 

38,  935 

760.7 

31,  327 

612.  1 

19,  227 

375.7 

2,315 

26.5 

18,  412 

210  7 

14,  761 

168.9 

96,  667 

1106.0 

65,  812 

753.0 

37, 191 

425.5 

2,399 

27.4 

23,361 

266.5 

16, 307 

186.0 

109,647 

1250.  8 

83,983 

958.1 

43,  467 

495.7 

1,309 

12.4 

10,  808 

102.0 

8,549 

80.7 

69,839 

659.4 

60,776 

479.4 

40,270 

380.2 

1,645 

16.3 

13,604 

126.7 

10,  714 

99.8 

79.  489 

740.1 

65,  310 

608.1 

51,  776 

482.1 

262 

6.2 

1,394 

33.1 

1,652 

39.2 

21,  226 

503.8 

19,  250 

456.9 

8,597 

204.1 

305 

7.2 

1,196 

28.3 

1,  823 

43.1 

21,  101 

498.5 

24,  534 

579.6 

9,  478 

223.9 

397-633  O  -  70  -  5 


59 


Table  3. — Index  of  Crime  by  Regions,  Geographic 

[Number  and  rate  per  100,000  inhabitants; 


Area 

Year 

Population  ' 

Total  Crime  Index 

Violent 

crime  2 

Property  crime  : 

Murder  and  nonneg- 
ligent  manslaughter 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

1968 
1969 

16,042,000 
16, 174, 000 

268,096 
310,088 
+15.7 
31,282 
35,340 
34,090 
40,956 
68, 147 
74,842 
104,  811 
127,098 
19,369 
20,622 
3,963 
4,602 
6,433 
6,728 

1,671.2 
1,917.2 
+14.7 
1, 138.  4 
1,  270.  8 
1,480.2 

1,  764.  6 
1,869.1 
2, 022  8 

2,  265.  2 
2,732.7 
1,347.9 
1,416  3 

634.1 

748.3 

979.1 

1,020.9 

28,611 

32,336 

+13.4 

1,882 

1,918 

3,463 

3,873 

5,111 

6,253 

16,  216 

18,260 

2,103 

2,302 

173 

220 

663 

510 

177.7 

199.9 

+12.  5 

68.5 

69.0 

150.4 

166  9 

140.2 

142  0 

328.9 

392.6 

146.3 

158.9 

27.7 

35.8 

85.7 

77.4 

239,584 

277,  762 

+15.9 

29,400 

33, 422 

30,627 

37,083 

63,036 

69,689 

89,  696 

108, 838 

17,266 

18,220 

3,790 

4, 382 

5,870 

6,218 

1,493.5 

1,717.3 

+15.0 

1,069.9 

1,  201.  8 

1,329.9 

1,  597.  7 

1,  728.  9 

1,880.8 

1,936  4 

2,340.1 

1,201.6 

1,  267.  4 

606.4 

712  5 

893.6 

943.6 

688 

724 

+5.2 

48 

39 

86 

81 

81 

69 

408 

485 

33 

36 

7 

1 

25 

13 

4.3 
4.6 
+4.7 
1.7 
1.4 
3.7 
3.5 
2  2 
1.9 
8.8 
10.4 
23 
2.5 
1.1 
.2 
3.8 
2  0 

1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 

2,748,000 

2,781,000 

2,303,000 

2,321,000 

3, 646, 000 

3,  700, 000 

4,627,000 

4,651,000 

1,437,000 

1,449,000 

626,000 

615,  000 

667,000 

659,  000 

1968 
1969 

62,424,000 
63,086,000 

1,167,647 
1,316,765 

+12.8 
629, 894 
702, 992 

+11.6 

10,  378 

11,  966 
178,  736 
201, 160 

71.  699 
82,  750 
123,  741 
123,  562 
69, 102 
80,216 
37,  516 
45,541 
74, 747 
81,070 
14, 197 
13,  910 

1,870.5 
2,087.2 

+11.6 
2,094.3 
2,306.1 

+10.1 
1,943.4 
2,216.9 
2,901.6 
3,166.9 
1,660.6 
1,783.0 
3,293.6 
3,281.6 
1,345.7 
1,  541. 1 
1,  393.  6 
1,691.7 
1,626.0 
1,736.3 
786  5 
764.7 

186,662 
205.766 

+10.2 

111,075 

119,  722 

+7.8 

1,056 

1,276 

27,913 

29,411 

9,903 

11,235 

23,405 

24,295 

17,682 

17,  765 

6,832 

6,429 

10,825 

10,643 

1,959 

1,766 

299.0 
326.2 

+9.1 
369.3 
392  7 
+6  3 
197.8 
236  3 
453.1 
462.9 
216.8 
242.1 
623.0 
645.3 
344.3 
341.1 
216.6 
238.8 
236.5 
228.0 
108.5 
97.1 

980.985 

1,110,989 

+13.3 

518,819 
583, 270 

+12.4 
9,  322 

10, 690 
150,823 
171,  749 

61,696 

71,515 
100,  336 

99,257 

61,  420 

62,  461 
31,684 
39, 112 
63,922 
70,427 
12,238 
12,144 

1,571.5 
1,761.1 

+12. 1 
1,  725.  0 
1,913.4 

+  10.9 

1,  746.  7 
1,979.6 
2,448.4 

2,  703.  0 
1,344.7 

1,  540.  9 

2,  670.  6 
2,636.3 
1,001.4 
1,  200.  0 
1, 177.  0 
1,452.9 
1,  390.  5 
1,508.4 

678.0 
667.6 

6,423 
6.577 

+2.4 

3,299 

3,217 

-2.6 

41 

39 

731 

720 

636 

551 

350 

350 

498 

656 

366 

336 

383 

276 

99 

102 

10.3 
10.4 

+1.0 
11.0 
10.6 
-3.6 
7.7 
7.2 
11.9 
11.3 
13.9 
11.9 
9.3 
9.3 
9.7 
10.7 
13.6 
12.6 
8.3 
5.9 
5.5 
6.6 

South   Atlantic*     

1968 
1969 

30,077,000 
30,  484,  000 

Delaware      -- 

1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 

534,000 

540,000 

6, 160, 000 

6,354,000 

4,  588,  000 
4,641,000 
3,  757, 000 
3,766,000 
5, 135,  000 

5,  205,  000 
2,692,000 
2,692,000 
4,597,000 
4,669,000 
1,805,000 
1,819,000 

Florida     

Vireinia          

West  Virginia     - 

East  South  Central 

1968 
1969 

13,113,000 
13, 107,  000 

179, 193 

193,239 

+7.8 

51,386 

55,647 

47,  609 

53, 745 

16,664 

17,  476 

63,535 

66,371 

358,560 

420,  624 

+  17.3 

24,914 

28,  295 

66,644 

73,544 

40,  606 

43,020 

226,496 

276,  665 

1,  366  5 
1,  474.  3 
+7.9 
1,441.0 
1,  576.  0 
1,474.4 
1,662.9 
711.5 
740.5 
1,  598  0 
1,665.6 
1,864  2 
2, 157. 1 
+15.7 
1,238.3 
1,418.3 
1,  785.  7 
1,963.8 
1,  608.  7 
1,676.2 
2,064.3 
2,464.2 

25,768 

27, 176 

+6.6 

8,288 

8,842 

6,317 

5,745 

3,3!)7 

3,354 

8,766 

9,235 

49,  819 

68,868 

+18.2 

4,360 

4,390 

11,  742 

13,  492 

4,361 

4,662 

29,356 

36, 334 

196  5 
207.3 
+5-5 
232.4 
260.4 
164.7 
177.8 
145.0 
142.1 
220.5 
231  7 
259.0 
302.0 
+16.6 
216.  7 
220.1 
314.6 
360.3 
173.2 
181.  2 
267.6 
324.8 

153,425 

166,063 

+8.2 

43,097 

46,  805 

42, 292 

48,000 

13,267 

14, 122 

54,769 

57, 136 

308,  741 

361,656 

+  17.1 

20,654 

23,905 

54,  902 

60,  052 

36, 146 

38,368 

197, 140 

239,331 

1, 170.  0 
1,267  0 
+8.3 
1,208.6 
1,  325.  5 
1,309  8 
1,485.1 
566,6 
698  4 
1,377,6 
1,433  8 
1,605,2 
1,  856, 1 
+  15.6 
1,021.6 
1, 198.  2 
1,471.1 
1,603.5 
1,436.6 
1,  494. 1 
1,  796.  8 
2,139.4 

1,286 

1,395 

+8.5 

421 

485 

288 

336 

232 

192 

345 

382 

1,838 

1,%5 

+6.9 

163 

197 

364 

366 

162 

148 

1,169 

1,264 

9.8 

10.6 

+8.2 

11.8 

13.7 

8.9 

10.4 

9.9 

8.1 

'8.7 

9.6 

9.6 

10.1 

+5.2 

8.1 

9.9 

9.6 

9.6 

6.4 

5.8 

10.6 

11.3 

1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 

3,  666,  000 
3,631,000 
3,  229,  000 
3, 232, 000 
2,  342,  000 

2,  360,  000 

3,  976,  000 
3,  986,  000 

19,234,000 
19,  496,  000 

Kentucky 

Tennessee 

West  South  Central 

Percent  change 

Arkansas 

1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 

2,  012,  000 

1,  995,  000 

3,  732,  000 
3,  745,  000 

2,  518,  000 
2,  668, 000 

10,972,000 
11,187,000 

Oklahoma  - 

Texas 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


60 


Divisions  and  State,  1968-69 — Continued 

percent  change  over  19681 


Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary 

Larceny  $50  and  over 

Auto  theft 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

2,164 

13.5 

12,  724 

79.3 

12,936 

80.6 

113,  237 

705!  9 

78,104 

486.9 

48,243 

300.7 

2,418 

14.9 

14,272 

88.2 

14, 922 

92.3 

121,  890 

753.6 

99, 104 

612.7 

66,768 

360.9 

+11.7 

+10.4 

+12.2 

+11.2 

+15.4 

+14.5 

+7.6 

+6.8 

+26.9 

+26.8 

+17.7 

+16.7 

186 

6.8 

686 

25.0 

962 

35.0 

13,027 

474.1 

11,860 

431.2 

4,623 

164.6 

178 

6.4 

622 

Z2.i 

1,079 

38.8 

13,  603 

489.1 

14,882 

535.1 

4,937 

177.5 

305 

13.2 

1,095 

47.5 

1,977 

86.8 

lil78 

615.6 

11,716 

608.7 

4,733 

205.6 

350 

15.1 

1,271 

54.8 

2,171 

93.5 

16,091 

693.3 

15,  701 

676.6 

6,291 

228.0 

398 

10.  g 

2,959 

81.2 

1,673 

45.9 

29,232 

801.8 

21,003 

576.1 

12,  801 

351.1 

424 

11.5 

3,016 

81.5 

1,744 

47.1 

28,836 

779.4 

26,533 

717.1 

14,220 

384.3 

1,076 

23.3 

7,108 

153.6 

6,624 

143.2 

45,188 

976.6 

23,761 

613.3 

20,656 

446.4 

1,270 

27.3 

8,483 

182.4 

8,022 

172.6 

52,  037 

1118.8 

29,896 

642.8 

26,906 

578.5 

103 

7.2 

713 

49.6 

1,254 

87.3 

7,292 

507.4 

5,628 

391.6 

4,346 

302.4 

98 

6.8 

751 

61.8 

1,417 

97.8 

6,989 

482.3 

7,109 

490.6 

4,122 

284.6 

29 

4.6 

36 

6.8 

101 

16.2 

1,494 

239.0 

1,792 

286.7 

504 

80.6 

25 

4.1 

44 

7.2 

150 

24.4 

1,633 

249.3 

2,264 

368.1 

585 

96.1 

67 

10.2 

127 

19.3 

344 

52.4 

2,826 

430.1 

2,364 

359.8 

680 

103.6 

73 

11.  1 

85 

12.9 

339 

51.4 

2,801 

425.0 

2,719 

412.6 

698 

105.9 

9.058 

14.5 

58,975 

94.5 

112,206 

179.7 

494.326 

791.9 

314,737 

504.2 

171,922 

275.4 

10,749 

17.0 

70,764 

112.2 

117,676 

186.5 

528.284 

837.4 

388,714 

616.2 

193,991 

307.5 

+18.7 

+17.2 

+20.0 

+18.7 

+4.9 

+3.8 

+6.9 

+5.7 

+23.5 

+22.  2 

+12.8 

+11.7 

4,743 

15.8 

38,  no 

126.7 

64,923 

216.9 

264. 119 

878.1 

162,932 

541.7 

91,768 

305.1 

5,44S 

17.9 

44,941 

147.4 

66,116 

216.9 

274, 114 

899.2 

207,759 

681.5 

101,397 

332.6 

+14.9 

+13.3 

+17.9 

+16.3 

+1.8 

+.6 

+3.8 

+2.4 

+27.5 

+26.8 

+10.5 

+9.0 

68 

12.7 

543 

101.7 

404 

75.7 

4,381 

820.4 

2,756 

516.1 

2,185 

409.2 

67 

12.4 

614 

113.7 

566 

103.0 

4,391 

813.1 

3,824 

708.1 

2,476 

468.3 

1,113 

18.1 

9,849 

159.9 

16,220 

263.3 

81,743 

1327.  0 

49, 374 

801.6 

19.  706 

319.9 

1,347 

21.2 

10,345 

162.8 

16,999 

267.5 

86,308 

1368.3 

61,110 

961.8 

24.331 

382.9 

619 

13.5 

2,181 

47.5 

6,467 

141.0 

30,317 

660.8 

20,633 

447.5 

10,846 

236.4 

794 

17.1 

2,895 

62.4 

6,996 

150.7 

32,  565 

701.5 

26,288 

566.4 

12. 672 

273.0 

978 

26.0 

10,355 

275.6 

11,722 

312.0 

48,886 

1301. 2 

28,721 

754.  6 

22.729 

606.0 

1,125 

29.9 

11,086 

294.4 

11,734 

311.7 

41,970 

1114.7 

34,976 

929.0 

22,311 

692.6 

563 

11.0 

1,814 

35.3 

14,807 

288.4 

26,646 

499.4 

18.709 

364.3 

7,066 

137.6 

602 

11.6 

2,111 

40.6 

14,486 

278.3 

29,429 

565.4 

25,256 

485.2 

7,776 

149.4 

384 

14.3 

1,151 

42.8 

3,931 

146.0 

16,949 

629.6 

9,993 

371.2 

4,742 

176.2 

360 

13.4 

1,345 

50.0 

4,388 

163.0 

19, 293 

716.7 

13,667 

507.7 

6,152 

228.5 

645 

14.0 

2,917 

63.5 

6,880 

149.7 

31,845 

692.7 

20,653 

449.3 

11,424 

248.6 

690 

14.8 

3,645 

78.1 

6,032 

129.2 

31,266 

669.7 

26,  272 

562.7 

12,889 

276.1 

79 

4.4 

460 

25.5 

1,321 

73.2 

6,313 

349.8 

4,265 

236.3 

1,660 

92.0 

93 

5.1 

347 

19.1 

1,224 

67.3 

6,870 

322.7 

4,720 

259.6 

1,654 

86.4 

1,365 

10.4 

6,543 

49.9 

16,  574 

126.  4 

74,857 

570.9 

49,436 

377.0 

29,132 

222.2 

1,584 

12.1 

7,025 

63.6 

17, 172 

131.0 

77,  628 

591.6 

58,366 

445.3 

30, 169 

230.2 

+16.0 

+16.3 

+7.4 

+7.4 

+3.6 

+3.6 

+3.6 

+3.6 

+18.1 

+18.1 

+3.6 

+3.6 

396 

11.1 

1,462 

41.0 

6,009 

168.5 

22,  021 

617.5 

14, 990 

420.4 

6,086 

170.7 

494 

14.0 

1,448 

41.0 

6,415 

181.7 

23,158 

656.8 

17,602 

498.5 

6,046 

171.2 

330 

10.2 

1,941 

60.1 

2,758 

85.4 

16,  872 

622.5 

14,694 

455.1 

10,726 

332.2 

370 

11.4 

2,236 

69.2 

2,803 

86.7 

18,399 

569.3 

18,422 

570.0 

11.179 

345.9 

179 

7.6 

310 

13.2 

2,676 

114.3 

7,348 

313.7 

4,232 

180.7 

1,687 

72.0 

215 

9.1 

345 

14.6 

2,602 

110.3 

7,479 

316.  9 

4,921 

208.6 

1,722 

73.0 

460 

11.6 

2,830 

71.2 

6,131 

129.0 

28,616 

719.7 

16.  620 

390.3 

10,633 

267.4 

605 

12.7 

2,996 

75.2 

5,352 

134.3 

28,  492 

716.0 

17.  421 

437.2 

11,223 

281.6 

2,950 

15.3 

14,322 

74.5 

30,709 

159.7 

155, 350 

807.7 

102,  369 

632.2 

51,  022 

265.3 

3,717 

19.1 

18,798 

96.4 

34,388 

176.4 

176,  642 

906.1 

122,  589 

628.8 

62,425 

320.2 

+26.0 

+24.8 

+31.3 

+29.4 

+12.0 

+10.5 

+13.7 

+12.2 

+19.8 

+18.2 

+22.3 

+20.7 

349 

17.3 

796 

39.6 

3,052 

151.7 

10,341 

514.0 

8,317 

413.4 

1,896 

94.2 

347 

17.4 

885 

44.4 

2,961 

148.4 

11,717 

587.3 

10,168 

609.7 

2,020 

101.3 

613 

16.4 

3,369 

90.3 

7,406 

198.4 

25,  303 

678.0 

19,  052 

510.5 

10,647 

282.6 

829 

22.1 

3,843 

102.6 

8,464 

226.0 

26.  013 

694.6 

21,  899 

584. 8 

12, 140 

324.2 

383 

15.2 

1,221 

48.5 

2,696 

103.1 

17,368 

689  8 

13, 434 

533  6 

5,343 

212.2 

366 

14.3 

1,248 

43.6 

2,890 

112.5 

17,657 

687.6 

14,514 

666  2 

6,197 

241.3 

1,605 

14.6 

8,936 

81.4 

17,656 

160  9 

102,338 

932.7 

61,  566 

561.1 

33,236 

302.9 

2,175 

19.4 

12,822 

114.6 

20,073 

179.4 

121, 255 

1,083.9 

76,008 

679.4 

42,068 

376.0 

61 


Table  3. — Index  of  Crime  by  Regions,  Geographic 

[Number  and  rate  per  100,000  inhabitants; 


Area 

Year 

Population  • 

Total  Crime  Index 

Violent 

crimed 

Property 

crime  2 

Murder  and  nonneg- 
ligent  manslaughter 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

West -- - 

IMS 
1969 

33,494,000 
33, 974, 000 

1, 047, 479 

1,194,480 

+14.0 

174,  041 

209,  348 

+20.3 

46,  568 

62,  233 

49, 179 

63,632 

8,092 
10,874 

9,726 
10,330 
13,684 
16,221 
23,  774 
28,  562 
18,  779 
22,  762 

4,240 

4,834 

3, 127. 4 

3,515.9 

+12.4 

2, 193.  6 

2,  610.  0 
+19.0 

2,788.5 

3,  085.  2 
2, 401.  3 
3,  026.  3 
1,147.8 
1,614.5 
1,403.3 
1,488.5 
3,020.8 
3,  549.  5 
2,342.3 
2,873.4 
1,816.2 
2, 178.  2 
1,346.0 
1,510.6 

109,468 

123, 621 

+12.9 

16, 102 

19,666 

+22.1 

4,402 

6,742 

5,387 

6,275 

518 

806 

610 

682 

1,261 

1,642 

2,445 

2,772 

1,201 

1,460 

278 

286 

326.8 

363.9 

+  11.4 

202.9 

245.2 

+20.8 

263.6 

339.2 

263.0 

298.8 

73.6 

112.3 

88.0 

98.3 

278.4 

369.3 

240.9 

278.9 

116.2 

139.7 

88.3 

89.4 

938,  Oil 

1,  070,  859 

+14.2 

157,  939 

189,683 

+20.1 

42, 166 

46,  491 

43, 792 

57,  257 

7,574 

10,068 

9,116 

9,648 

12,423 

14,  679 

21,329 

26.  790 

17,  678 

21,  302 

3,962 

4,548 

2,800.5 

3, 152.  0 

+12.6 

1,  990.  7 
2,364.8 

+18.8 

2,  524.  9 
2,  746. 1 
2, 138.  3 
2,  726.  5 
1,074.3 
1,402.2 
1,315.3 

1,  390.  2 

2.  742.  4 
3, 190.  2 
2,101.4 
2,  694. 6 

1,  700.  0 

2,  038.  5 
1.  257.  8 
1.421.3 

1,775 

2,062 

+16.2 

392 

414 

+5.6 

105 

102 

110 

112 

16 

14 

23 

25 

25 

41 

63 

61 

30 

26 

20 

33 

6.3 
6.1 
+15.1 
4.9 
5.2 
+6.1 
6.3 
6.0 
5.4 
5.3 
2.3 
1.9 
3.3 
3.6 
5.5 
9.0 
6.2 
6.1 
2.9 
2.5 
6.3 
10.3 

Percent  chance 

1968 
1969 

7,  934,  000 

8,  021,  000 

Arizona 

1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 

1,  670,  000 

1,  693,  000 

2,  048, 000 
2, 100,  000 

705, 000 
718,  000 

693,  000 

694,  000 
453,  000 
457,  000 

1,015,000 

994,  000 

1,034,000 

1,  045,  000 

316,  000 

320,000 

Idaho                           

Montana             

New  Mexico                      

Utah - -. 

Wyoming 

1968 
1969 

25,  560.  000 
25,963,000 

873,438 

985, 132 

+12.8 

6,049 

7,462 

723, 445 

799,  202 

21,401 

23,  094 

44,  801 

53,877 

77,  742 

101,  507 

3,  417.  2 

3,  795.  8 

+11.1 

2, 183. 8 

2,  642.  6 

3,  763.  8 
4, 110.  6 
2,  750.  8 
2,  908.  6 
2,  231. 1 
2,  651.  4 
2,  373. 1 
2,  983.  7 

93,  366 

103,  956 

+11.3 

486 

624 

81,  293 

89,878 

662 

684 

3,955 

4,527 

6,970 

8,243 

365.3 
400.6 
+9.7 
176.5 
221.3 
422.9 
462.  3 
85.1 
86.1 
197.0 
222.8 
212.8 
242.3 

780,  072 

881, 176 

+13.0 

5,563 

6,828 

642, 162 

709,324 

20,  739 

22, €10 

40,  846 

49,  360 

70, 772 

93,264 

3.  051.  9 

3, 395.  3 

+  11.3 

2,  008.  3 
2,421.3 
3, 340.  9 

3,  648. 2 
2,  666.  7 
2,  822.  4 
2,  034.  2 
2,  428.  6 
2, 160.  3 
2,  741.  4 

1.383 

1,648 

+19.2 

29 

30 

1,160 

1,386 

22 

27 

64 

81 

118 

124 

6.4 
6.3 
+16.7 
10.5 
10.6 
6.0 
7.1 
2.8 
3.4 
3.2 
4.0 
3.6 
3.6 

Alaska 

1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 
1968 
1969 

277,000 
282,  000 
19,  221,  000 
19,  443,  000 
778,  000 
794,  000 

2,  008,  000 
2,032,000 

3,  276,  000 
3,  402,  000 

Hawaii 

Oregon                       

'  Population  for  each  State  for  1968  and  1969  is  Bureau  of  the  Census  provisional  estimate  as  of  July  1,  and  subject  to  change. 

'  Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault.  Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto 
theft. 

3  Offense  totals  based  on  all  reporting  agencies  and  estimates  for  unreported  areas. 
'  Includes  the  District  of  Columbia. 


62 


Divisions  and  Stafe,  1968-69 — Continued 

percent  change  over  1968] 


Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary 

Larceny  $50  and  over 

Auto  theft 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

Number 

Rate  per 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

100,000 

8,154 

24.3 

47,242 

141.0 

52, 297 

156.1 

451,253 

1,347.3 

320,  647 

957.3 

166,111 

495.9 

9,928 

29.2 

51,583 

161.8 

60,048 

176.7 

488,243 

1,437.1 

394,568 

1,161.4 

188,048 

553.5 

+21.8 

+20.2 

+9.2 

+7.7 

+14.8 

+  13.2 

+8.2 

+6.7 

+23.1 

+21.3 

+13.2 

+  11.6 

1,387 

17.5 

5,170 

66.2 

9,153 

115.4 

70, 115 

883.7 

61,594 

776.3 

26.230 

330.6 

1,664 

20.7 

6,267 

78.1 

11,320 

141.1 

82,  578 

1,029.5 

76,346 

961.8 

30,760 

383.5 

+20.0 

+18.3 

+21.2 

+19.8 

+23.7 

+22.3 

+17.8 

+16.5 

+23.9 

+22.6 

+17.3 

+  16.0 

313 

18.7 

1,448 

86.7 

2,636 

161.9 

19,496 

1.167.4 

16,636 

936.3 

7,034 

421.2 

390 

23.0 

1,692 

99.9 

3,558 

210.2 

22,053 

1,302.6 

17,012 

1,004.8 

7,426 

438.6 

535 

26.1 

1,977 

96.5 

2,765 

135.0 

18,780 

917.0 

16,398 

800.7 

8,614 

420.6 

605 

28.8 

2,324 

110.7 

3,234 

164.0 

23,798 

1,133.2 

22,812 

1,086.3 

10,647 

507.0 

59 

8.4 

83 

11.8 

360 

51.1 

3,318 

470.6 

3,423 

485.5 

833 

118.2 

72 

10.0 

120 

16.7 

600 

83.6 

4,236 

690.0 

4,888 

680.8 

944 

131.5 

50 

7.2 

126 

18.2 

411 

59.3 

3,935 

567.8 

3,805 

549.1 

1,375 

198.4 

n 

11.1 

154 

22.2 

426 

61.4 

3,899 

561.8 

4,251 

612.5 

1,498 

216.9 

79 

17.4 

647 

142.8 

510 

112.6 

5,808 

1,282.1 

4,578 

1,010.6 

2,037 

449.7 

94 

20.6 

781 

170.9 

726 

168.9 

6,245 

1,366.5 

6,774 

1,263.5 

2,560 

560.2 

208 

20.5 

602 

49.5 

1,672 

164.7 

9,3% 

925.7 

8,666 

853.8 

3,267 

321.9 

242 

24.3 

633 

63.7 

1,836 

184.7 

11,672 

1,174.2 

10,111 

1,017.2 

4,007 

403.1 

115 

11.1 

348 

33.7 

708 

68.5 

7,665 

741.3 

7,274 

703.5 

2,639 

255.2 

147 

14.1 

612 

49.0 

775 

74.2 

8,867 

848.5 

9,324 

892.2 

3,111 

297.7 

28 

8.9 

39 

12.4 

191 

60.6 

1,717 

545.1 

1,814 

576.9 

431 

136.8 

37 

11.6 

51 

15.9 

165 

51.6 

1,808 

565.0 

2.173 

679.1 

567 

177.2 

6,767 

26.5 

42,072 

164.6 

43,144 

168.8 

381, 138 

1,491.2 

269,  053 

1,013.5 

139, 881 

547.3 

8,264 

31.8 

46,316 

174.6 

48,728 

187.8 

405,665 

1,563.1 

318,223 

1,226.2 

157,288 

606.0 

+22.1 

+20.0 

+7.7 

+6.1 

+12.9 

+11.3 

+6.4 

+4.8 

+22.8 

+21.0 

+12.4 

+10.7 

60 

21.7 

146 

52.7 

251 

90.6 

2,070 

747.3 

2,157 

778.7 

1,336 

482.3 

83 

29.4 

190 

67.4 

321 

113.8 

2,455 

870.6 

2,705 

959.2 

1,668 

691.6 

5,744 

29.9 

36, 991 

192.5 

37,408 

194.6 

316,  081 

1,644.6 

206,627 

1,075.0 

119,444 

621.4 

7,053 

36.3 

39,  240 

201.8 

42,199 

217.0 

325,  891 

1,676.1 

261,  490 

1,293.5 

131,943 

678.6 

56 

7.2 

176 

22.6 

408 

52.4 

10,  610 

1,363.8 

6,194 

796.1 

3,935 

506.8 

97 

12.2 

282 

35.5 

278 

35.0 

10,360 

1.304.8 

7,795 

981.7 

4,255 

535.9 

346 

17.2 

1,536 

76.5 

2,009 

100.0 

18,978 

946.1 

16,436 

818.5 

5,433 

270.6 

371 

18.3 

1,760 

86,6 

2,315 

113.9 

22,853 

1,124.7 

20,026 

985.6 

6,471 

318.5 

561 

17.1 

3,223 

98.4 

3,068 

93.7 

33,399 

1,019.5 

27,640 

843.7 

9,733 

297.1 

660 

19.4 

3,844 

113.0 

3,615 

106.3 

44,106 

1,296.5 

36,207 

1,064.3 

12,  951 

380.7 

63 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  State,  1969 

[See  footnotes  at  end  of  table] 


Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forci- 
ble 
rape 

247 

279 

271 

305 

31 

34 

50 

55 

62 

51 

164 

134 

485 

494 

13.7 

14.0 

15 

46 

16 

50 

14 

33 

30 

83 

10.6 

29.4 

82 

324 

82 

324 

10 

31 

10 

32 

10 

33 

10 

34 

102 

390 

6.0 

23.0 

100 

189 

21 

19 

32 

29 

27 

54 

65 

129 

197 

347 

9.9 

17.4 

1,303 

6,755 

1.304 

6,759 

34 

89 

34 

89 

48 

205 

1.386 

7,053 

7.1 

36.3 

Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


ALABAMA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting _. 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural -.- 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.. 

State  total...  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


ALASKA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 
Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

State  toUl 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


ARIZONA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural-. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

State  tolaL 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


ARKANSAS 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities. 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Slate  toUl 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


CALIFORNIA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. '. -  - 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

State  tola! 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


1,961,000 

9L3% 

100.0% 

615,000 

61.  5% 

100.  0% 

965,000 

37.  9% 

100.  0% 

3.531,000 


None 
98,000 
92.6% 
100.0% 
184,000 
100.0% 
282,000 


1,233,000 
99.  7%, 
100.  0% 
194,000 
97.1% 
100.0% 
267,000 
96.  4% 
100.  0% 
1,693.000 


618,000 
100.0% 
498,000 

65.  4% 
100.0% 
879,000 

41.  7% 
100.  0% 
,995.000 


17, 592. 000 

99.9% 

100. 0% 

815.000 

99.  5% 

100. 0% 

1,036,000 

100. 0% 

19,443,000 


39,405 
41,346 

5,040 
8,197 

2,312 

6,104 

55,647 

1,576.0 


3,862 
4,173 

3,279 

7,452 

2, 642.  6 


44,  554 
44, 663 

4,804 
4,947 

2,629 

2,623 

52,233 

3,085.2 


16, 546 

4,175 
6,385 

2,236 

6,364 

28.295 

1,418.3 


750,600 
751, 260 

23,600 
23,616 

24, 326 
799,202 
4,110.5 


5,142 
5,432 

709 
1,153 

855 
2,257 
8,842 
250.4 


394 
426 

198 

624 

221.3 


4,939 
4,945 

517 
632 

256 

265 

5,742 

339.2 


2,501 

589 
901 

412 

988 

4.390 

220.1 


86,894 
86,947 

1,468 
1,475 

1.456 
89,878 
462.3 


34,263 
35,914 

4,331 

7,044 

1,457 

3,847 

46,805 

1,325.6 


3,468 
3,747 

3,081 

6,828 

2,421.3 


39,615 
39,  718 

4,287 
4,415 

2,273 

2,358 

46,491 

2,  746. 1 


14,045 

3,586 

6,484 

1,824 

4,376 

23,905 

1,198.2 


663,  706 
664, 313 

22,032 
22,141 

22.870 
709.324 
3, 648.  2 


1,115 
1,168 

79 
129 

57 

151 

1,448 

41.0 


143 
155 

35 
190 

67.4 


1,554 
1,555 

107 
110 

26 

27 

1,692 

99.9 


71 
109 

59 

142 

885 

44.4 


38, 487 
38,511 

431 
433 

296 
39.240 

201.8 


3,601 
3,688 

565 
919 

685 
1,808 
6,415 

181.7 


190 
205 

116 

321 

113.8 


2,979 
2,984 

369 

380 

187 

194 

3,558 

210.2 


478 
731 

272 

652 

2,961 

148.4 


40,349 
40,373 

914 

919 

907 
42,199 

217.0 


16,929 
17,820 

2,058 
3,347 

754 

1,991 

23,158 

655.8 


1,104 
1,193 

1,262 
2.455 
870.6 


19, 149 
19, 186 

1,754 
1,806 

1,023 

1,061 

22.053 

1,302.6 


1,785 
2,730 

982 

2,356 

11.717 

587.3 


304,227 
304.492 

9,113 
9,158 

12,241 
325,891 
1,676.1 


12, 465 
13,050 

1,815 
2,952 

606 

1.600 

17.602 

498.5 


1,515 
1,637 

1,068 
2.705 
959.2 


13,781 
13,835 

2,112 
2,175 

966 

1,002 

17,012 

1,004.8 


6,060 

1,538 
2,352 

732 

1,756 

10.168 

509.7 


231.768 
232,012 

10,439 
10, 491 

8,987 
251.490 
1,293.5 


64 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  State,  1969 — Continued 


Area 


Population 


Total 

Crime 
Indox 


Violent 
crime 


Property 

crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forci- 
ble 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 
$90  and 


COLORADO 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area- 
Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total --- 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Eural.-- — 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total -- 

Slate  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 


CONNECTICUT 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting... 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rural .- 

.\.rea  actually  reporting 

Slate  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


DELAWARE 

Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural. 

Area  actually  reporting 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 


FLORIDA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Slate  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


GEORGIA 

Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural.- 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  toUl 

Kate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


1,477.000 

95.  0% 

100.0% 

254, 000 

99.1% 

100.  0% 

369, 000 

88. 1% 

100. 0%, 

2,100,000 


2,  572, 000 
97.  7% 
100.  0% 
175,000 
100.0% 
253, 000 
100.  0% 

3,000,000 


378,000 
100.0% 
39,000 
93.2% 
100.0% 
122,  000 
100.0% 
540,000 


4,  357,  000 

98.8% 

100.0% 

956,000 

93.  5% 

100.0% 

1,042,000 

67.8% 

100.0% 

6,354,000 


2, 286, 000 
94.6% 
100.0% 
731,000 
60.  7% 
100.0% 
1, 624, 000 
35.2% 
100.0% 
4,641,000 


53. 184 
54. 702 

4,822 
4,868 

3,492 

3,962 

63.532 

3,025.3 


63,795 
64,  759 

2,535 

2,754 

70,048 

2, 334. 9 


10,  135 

678 
727 

1,104 
11, %6 

2,  215.  9 


156,  018 

157,  720 

19,  386 

20,  730 

15,  401 

22,  710 

201,160 

3, 165.  9 


56,233 
58,584 

6,888 
11,350 

4,505 

12,816 

82,750 

1,783.0 


5,429 
5,489 

363 

366 

370 

420 

6,275 

298.8 


4,075 
4,109 


160 
4,415 

147.2 


1,067 
82 


121 
1,276 
236.3 


23,606 
23,819 

2,255 
2,411 

2,157 
3,181 
29,411 
462.9 


6,202 
6,399 

1,009 
1,663 

1,115 
3,173 
11,235 
242.1 


47, 755 
49,213 

4,459 
4,502 

3,122 
3.542 
57,257 

2,  726.  5 


59, 720 
60,650 

2,389 

2,594 
65,633 

2, 187. 8 


9,068 

596 
639 

983 
10,690 

1,  979.  6 


132,412 
133,  901 

17,  131 
18,319 

13,  244 

19,  529 

171,749 

2,  703.  0 


50,031 
52, 185 

5,879 
9,687 

3,390 

9,643 

71,515 

1,  540.  9 


11 

12 

112 

5.3 


13 
39 

7.2 


493 

498 

63 

67 

105 

155 

720 

11.3 


335 

342 

56 
92 

41 
117 
551 

11.9 


536 
538 

18 
18 

43 
49 
60S 

28.8 


227 
230 


16 
260 

8.7 


5 
5 

13 
67 

12.4 


992 
1,003 

78 
83 

177 

261 

1,347 

21.2 


493 

516 

34 

56 

78 
222 
794 
17.1 


2,232 
2,243 

42 

42 

34 

39 

2,324 

110.7 


1,619 
1,629 

32 

35 
1,696 
56.5 


574 

13 
14 

26 

614 

113.7 


9,078 
9,149 

613 

656 

366 

640 

10,345 

162.8 


2,334 
2,383 

126 

208 

107 

304 

2.895 

62.4 


2,567 
2,614 

297 
300 

282 

320 

3,234 

154.0 


2,152 
2,173 

97 

103 
2,373 

79.1 


62 
67 

69 

556 

103.0 


13,043 
13, 169 

1,501 
1,605 

1,509 
2,225 
16,999 
267.5 


3,040 
3,158 

793 
1,307 

889 
2,530 
6,995 

150.7 


20,186 
20,427 

1,450 
1,464 

1,681 

1,907 

23,798 

1, 133.  2 


26,384 
26, 795 

1,164 

1,665 
29,624 

987.5 


222 
238 

492 
4,391 

813.1 


64,663 

65,266 

8,894 
9,511 

7,820 

11,  531 

86,308 

1,358.3 


22,962 
23,854 

2,366 
3,899 

1,688 

4,802 

32,555 

701.5 


17,943 
18, 931 

2,618 
2,542 

1,180 

1,339 

22,812 

1,086.3 


21,292 
21, 689 

846 

640 
23,175 

772.5 


3,025 

340 
365 

434 
3,824 

708.1 


47,429 
47,994 

6,623 
7,082 

4,092 

6,034 

61,110 

961.8 


17,839 
18,  735 

2,714 
4,472 

1,083 
3,081 
26,288 

566.4 


9,230 
9,596 

799 
1,316 

619 
1,760 
12,672 

273.0 


65 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  State,  1969 — Continued 


Area 


HAWAn 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area_ 
Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities -- 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  toUl 

Eate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


IDAHO 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting -  - 

Other  cities. -  - 

Area  actually  reporting.. 

Eural -  -- 

Area  actually  reporting - 

Estimated  total -  -  - 

State  tola) 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


ILLINOIS 

Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Other  cities. - 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

State  loUl - - - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


INDIANA 

Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting- - 

Estimated  total 

Eural 

Area  actually  reporting 

E  St  iinated  total  - -  - 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


IOWA 

Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Area- 
Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural.. 

Area  actuaUy  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Slate  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


646,000 
100.0% 
62,000 
61.0% 
100.0% 
86,000 
72.9% 
100.0% 
794,000 


102,000 
100.0% 
308,000 
100.0% 
308,000 
83.4% 
100.0% 
718,000 


8, 825, 000 

96.  7% 

100.0% 

980,000 

80.  6% 

100.0% 

1, 241,  000 

63.7% 

100.0% 

11,047,000 


3, 151, 000 

96.  9% 

100.0% 

816,000 

88.1% 

100.0% 

1,151,000 

96.0% 

100.0% 

5,118.000 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


968, 000 
98.  6% 

100.0% 

772,000 
89.  67o 

100.0% 

1,  051,  000 

83.0% 

100.0% 
2,781,000 


21, 224 

615 
1,008 

629 

862 

23.094 

2, 908. 6 


2,282 

5,  551 

2,537 

3,041 

10,874 

1,514.5 


220.362 
225, 196 

9,870 
12,257 

5,539 

8,701 

246,154 

2, 228. 2 


76,  691 
78, 389 

11,628 
13,  203 

7,346 

7,649 

99,241 

1,  939.  1 


18,  309 
18,547 

9,084 
10, 137 

5,524 

6,656 

35,340 

1,270.8 


Violent 
crime 


37 

61 

46 

63 

684 

86.1 


172 

411 

186 

223 

806 

112.3 


47,  037 
47,  584 

925 
1,149 

515 

810 

49,543 

448.5 


8,034 
8,153 

918 
1,043 

534 

556 

9,752 

190.  6 


1,144 
1,154 

465 
518 

204 

246 

1,918 

69.0 


Property 
crime 


20,664 

578 
947 

583 

799 

22,410 

2, 822.  4 


2,110 

5,140 

2.351 
2,818 
10.068 

1, 402.  2 


173, 325 
177,  612 

8,945 
11,108 

6,024 

7, 891 

196,611 

1, 779.  8 


68,657 
70,  236 

10,  710 
12, 160 

6,812 

7,  093 

89.489 

1,  748.  6 


17, 165 
17, 393 

8,  619 
9,619 

5,  320 

6,410 

33,422 

1,201.8 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


23 


3 

4 

27 

3.4 


7 
8 
14 

1.9 


895 
906 

16 
20 

15 
24 
950 
8.6 


201 
203 

20 
23 

25 
26 
252 

4.9 


39 
1.4 


Forci- 
ble 
rape 


82 


97 
12.2 


28 

24 

29 

72 

10.0 


1,962 
1,997 

46 
56 

38 

60 

2.113 

19.1 


639 

647 


72 

75 

780 

15.2 


113 
113 

29 
32 

27 
33 
178 
6.4 


Robbery 


282 
35.6 


26 

59 

30 
36 
120 

16.7 


25,362 
25,545 

379 
471 

87 

137 

26,153 

236.7 


4,229 
4.278 


258 
293 


92 


4,667 
91.2 


483 
486 

90 
100 

30 
36 
622 

22.4 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


183 

27 
44 

37 

51 

278 

35.0 


130 

320 

126 

160 

600 

83.6 


18, 818 
19, 136 

486 
602 

375 

689 

20,327 

184.0 


2,965 
3,025 

589 
669 

345 

359 

4,053 

79.2 


626 
532 

339 

378 

140 

169 

1,079 

38.8 


Burglary 


9,417 

332 
544 

291 

399 

10.360 

1,304.8 


1,923 

1,146 
1,374 
4,236 
690.0 


70, 791 
72,654 

4,098 
5,089 

2,521 

3,959 

81,602 

738.7 


29,433 
30,061 

4,196 
4,764 

3,947 

4,110 

38,935 

760.7 


6,260 
6,323 

3,492 
3,897 

2,808 
3,383 
13.603 

489.1 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


251 
344 

7,795 
981.7 


980 

2,641 

1,057 
1,267 
4,888 
680.8 


62,589 
54,368 

3,904 
4,848 

2,150 

3,377 

62,593 

666.6 


22,483 
23,150 

6,063 
6,749 

2,332 

2,428 

31.327 

612.1 


7,464 
7,582 

4,116 
4,594 

2,246 
2,706 
14,882 
636.1 


66 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  Sfate,  1969 — Continued 


KANSAS 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area- 
Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total -. 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.. 

Stole  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


KENTUCKY 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting , , 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total. 

Slate  total.. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


LOUISIANA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 
Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rural. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


MAINE 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area.. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities. 

Areaactuallyreporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting. 

State  total... 

Rate  per  100,000 inhabitants 


MARYLAND 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting , 

Estimated  total. 

Rural.-.- 

Area  actually  reporting 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


982,000 
99.6% 
100.0% 
635,000 
98.  5% 
100.0% 
704,000 
94.2% 
100.0% 
2,321,000 


1, 197,  000 

96.  5% 

100.0% 

556,000 

75.4% 

100.0% 

1,  479,  000 

93.  8% 

100.0% 

3,232,000 


2,  014,  000 

100.0% 

498,000 

79.9% 

100.0% 

1,233,000 

62.3% 

100.0% 

3.745,000 


276,000 
94.2% 
100.0% 
449,000 
82.  8% 
100.0% 
253,000 
100.0% 
978,000 


3, 157,  000 
99.9% 
100.0% 
157,000 
94.8% 
100.0% 
451,000 
100.  0%, 
3.765,000 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


25, 827 
25, 920 

9,995 
10, 146 

4,604 
4,890 
40.956 

1,764.6 


38,789 
39,667 

6,044 
8,013 

5,689 

6,065 

53,745 

1,  662.  9 


60, 171 

4,990 
6,245 

4,444 

7,128 

73,544 

1,  963.  8 


3,672 
3,841 

3,053 
3,688 

2,600 
10,129 

1,  035.  7 


117,376 
117,412 

2,303 
2,427 

3,713 
123,552 
3,  281.  6 


Violent 
crime 


2,732 
2,742 

720 
731 

376 

40O 

3,873 

166.9 


3,772 
3,841 


759 
1,005 


843 


5.745 

177.8 


10, 207 

948 
1,186 

1,309 
2,099 
13.492 
360.3 


220 
229 

168 
203 

249 
681 

69.6 


23,686 
23,586 

399 
420 

289 

24,295 

645.3 


Property 
crime 


23.095 
23,178 

9,275 
9,416 

4,228 

4,490 

37,083 

1,  597.  7 


35,017 
35,  826 

5,285 
7,008 

4,846 

5,166 

48,000 

1,  485. 1 


49,964 

4,042 
5,059 

3,135 

5,  029 
60,052 
1, 603.  5 


3,452 
3,612 

2,885 
3,485 

2,351 
9.448 

966.1 


93,  790 
93, 826 

1,904 
2,007 

3.424 
99,257 
2,  636.  3 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forci- 
ble 
rape 

58 

218 

68 

219 

13 

65 

13 

66 

9 

61 

10 

65 

81 

350 

3.5 

15.1 

126 

256 

128 

258 

35 

22 

46 

29 

152 

78 

162 

83 

336 

370 

10.4 

11.4 

229 

634 

18 

41 

23 

51 

65 

90 

104 

144 

356 

829 

9.5 

22.1 

5 

14 

5 

14 

4 

15 

6 

18 

6 

26 

16 

58 

1.6 

5.9 

314 

1,068 

314 

1,068 

8 

18 

8 

19 

28 

38 

350 

1,125 

9.3 

29.9 

Robbery 


983 
987 

197 
200 

79 

84 

1,271 

54.8 


1,902 
1,926 

115 

152 

148 

158 

2,236 

69.2 


3,495 

141 
176 

107 

172 

3,843 

102.6 


66 
67 

25 
30 

14 

111 

11.3 


10,903 
10,903 

97 
102 

81 
11,086 
294.4 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


1,473 
1,478 

445 
452 

227 

241 

2,171 

93.5 


1,488 
1,529 

587 
778 

465 

496 

2,803 

86.7 


5,849 
748 


1,047 
1,679 
8,464 
226.0 


135 
143 

124 
150 

203 
4% 
50.7 


11, 301 
11, 301 

276 
291 

142 
11.734 
311.7 


Burglary 


10,423 
10,464 

3,445 
3,497 

2,006 
2,130 
16,091 

693.3 


12,  205 
12,566 

2,203 
2,921 

2,731 
2,912 
18,399 
569.3 


21,236 

2,015 
2,522 

1,406 

2,255 

26,013 

694.6 


1,704 
1,786 

1,358 
1,640 

1,569 
4. 995 
510.7 


39, 339 
39, 356 

887 
935 

1,679 
41.970 
1,114.7 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


8,682 
8,705 

4,887 
4,901 

1,916 
2,035 
15,701 

676.5 


13,850 
14,138 

2,387 
3,165 

1,050 
1,119 
18,422 
570.0 


17,650 

1,645 
1,934 

1,443 

2,315 

21.899 

684.8 


1,191 
1,250 

1,057 
1,277 

581 
3.108 

317.8 


32,847 
32,860 

740 
780 

1,336 
34,976 
929.0 


67 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  State,  1969 — Continued 


Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forci- 
ble 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


MASSACHUSETTS 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.. 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting.. 

State  tola] 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


MISSISSIPPI 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area- 
Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total. 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting. -  - . 

Estimated  total. - 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 


MISSOURI 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting.. 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  Inhabitants 


5, 328, 000 
93.  8% 
100.  0% 
116,  000 
92.  9% 
100.  0% 
23,000 
100.  C% 
5,467,000 


MICHIGAN 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estunated  total.. 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

MINNESOTA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  total.     

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


6, 783, 000 
99.7% 
100.  0% 
793,000 
94.  3% 
100.0% 
1, 190,  OCO 
98. 1% 
100.0% 
8.766.000 


2,016,000 

99.  8% 

100.  0% 

623,000 

95.  6% 

100.  0% 

1,062,000 

96.5% 

100.  0% 

3.700.000 


403,000 
100.0% 
712,000 
81.  5%, 
100.  0% 
1, 246, 000 
29.5% 
100.0% 
2,360,000 


3,  016,  000 

98. 1% 

100.  0%, 

687,000 

84.  6%, 

100.  0% 

1,048,000 

61.  4% 

100.  0% 

4.651.000 


140, 088 
146,  730 

2,642 
2,845 

232 
149,807 

2,  740.  2 


246, 666 
247, 277 

11,805 
12,  520 

19,702 

20,086 

279,883 

3, 192. 8 


60,540 
60,596 

7,160 
7,488 

6,524 

6,768 

74.842 

2, 022. 8 


6,790 
8,335 

1,261 
4,245 
17.476 
740.6 


108, 844 
109,823 

6,749 
7,977 

6,709 

9,298 

127.098 

2, 732.  7 


9,809 
10,116 

112 
121 

35 
10,272 

187.9 


39, 739 
39,804 

1,240 
1,316 

1,645 

1,677 

42,796 

488.2 


4,703 
4,794 

213 
223 

229 

236 

5.253 

142.0 


483 

1,253 
1,538 

393 
1,333 
3.354 
142.1 


16,  474 
16,544 

620 
614 

677 

1,102 

18.260 

392.6 


130, 279 
136,  614 

2,630 
2,724 

197 
139.635 

2,  562.  3 


206, 927 
207,  473 

10,566 
11.206 

18,  057 

18,409 

237.087 

2,  704.  6 


65,748 
55, 802 

6,947 
7,265 

6,295 
6,622 
69.589 


4,413 

5,637 
6,  797 

858 
2,912 
14.122 
698.  4 


92,  370 
93, 279 

6,229 
7,363 

5,032 

8,196 

108,838 

2, 340. 1 


176 
181 


191 

3.5 


664 
664 

24 

25 

39 
40 
729 

8.3 


66 
66 

1 
1 

12 

12 

69 

1.9 


43 

42 
51 

29 
98 
192 

8.1 


415 

417 

18 
21 

29 

47 

485 

10.4 


569 
579 


3 
592 

10.8 


2,052 
2,066 

91 

97 

241 

246 

2.399 

27.4 


366 
365 

18 
19 

39 

40 

424 

11.6 


32 


102 
215 

9.1 


1,161 
1,168 

29 
34 

42 

68 

1,270 

27.3 


4,827 
4,926 


5 
4.955 

90.6 


22,799 
22,823 

336 
366 

179 

182 

23.361 

266.6 


2,921 
2,922 

61 
64 

29 

30 

3.016 

81.6 


127 
166 


345 
14.6 


8,172 
8,190 

147 

174 

73 

119 

8.483 

182.4 


4,247 
4,430 

79 
86 

19 
4,534 

82.9 


14, 224 
14, 261 

789 
837 

1,186 

1,209 

16,307 

186.0 


1,450 
1,451 

133 
139 

149 

164 

1.744 

47.1 


1,018 
1,250 

308 
1,046 
2.602 

110.3 


6,726 
6,769 


326 
386 


8.022 
172.5 


52.006 
54,836 

1,397 
1,604 

111 
56,460 

1,  032.  6 


93,400 
93,609 

5,129 
6,440 

10, 396 
10, 698 
109.647 
1. 250. 8 


22.895 
22,  913 

2,580 
2,698 

3,113 
3,225 
28.836 

779.4 


2,084 

2,963 
3,637 

518 
1.758 
7.479 
316.9 


43,991 
44,410 

2,677 
3,164 

2,740 

4,463 

52.037 

1,118.8 


33, 306 
36,184 

834 


53 
36,135 

661.0 


72, 974 
73,220 

4,132 
4,382 

6,269 

6,381 

83.983 

968.1 


20, 212 
20, 240 

3,388 
3,543 

2.664 

2.750 

26.633 

717.1 


1,676 

2,005 
2,461 

231 

784 

4,921 

208.5 


22,800 
23,147 

2,915 
3,446 

2,028 
3,303 
29.896 

642.8 


68 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  Sfate,  1969 — Continued 


Area 


MONTANA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area- 
Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting — 

Estimated  total 

Rural - 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total- 

Slate  total - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


NEBRASKA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total - 

Other  cities -- 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total - 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total- 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


NEVADA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area- 
Area  actually  reporting- -- 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities -- 

Area  actually  reportmg 

Rural --- 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total - 

State  loUl - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting -.. 

Estimated  total -. 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

State  total - - -- 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


NEW  JERSEY 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

State  total. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


166,000 
100.0% 
239,000 

92.  6% 
100.  0% 
289,000 

89.  6% 
100.  0% 
694,000 


620,  000 

99.  5% 

100.0% 

325,000 

91.  6% 

100.0% 

504,000 

72.  5% 

100.  0% 

1.449,000 


405,000 
94.2% 

100.  0% 
28,000 

100.  0% 
25,000 
83.7% 

lOfl.  0% 

457,000 


217,000 
95.  2% 
100.  0% 
319, 000 
80.3% 
100.  0% 
182,000 
100.  0% 
717.000 


5, 586, 000 
100.  0% 

1,422,000 
100.0% 
139,000 
100.  0% 

7,148,000 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


3,117 
3,369 

2,682 

2,995 

10.330 

1, 488.  5 


14,  707 
14,  724 

2,908 
3,176 

1,903 

2,623 

20,522 

1,  416. 3 


13,338 
14, 619 

674 

777 

928 

16.221 

3,  549.  5 


2,076 
2,171 

2,973 
3,704 

1,161 
7.036 
981.3 


143, 592 

29,383 

2,747 
175.722 
2, 458.  3 


Violent 
crime 


106 
115 

277 
310 
682 
98.3 


2,013 
2, 013 

135 
148 

103 

141 

2.302 

158.9 


1,338 
1,451 

58 

111 

133 

1,642 

359.3 


95 
100 

126 
157 

68 

325 

45.3 


15, 105 

1.967 

154 
17,226 
241.0 


Property 
crime 


3,709 

3,011 
3,254 

2,405 

2,685 

9.648 

1,  390.  2 


12, 694 
12,711 

2,773 
3,027 

1,800 

2,482 

18,220 

1,  257.  4 


12,000 
13,168 

616 

666 

795 

14,579 

3, 190.  2 


1,981 
2.071 

2,847 
3,547 

1,093 
6,711 

936.0 


128,487 

27,416 

2.593 
158,496 
2.217.3 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forci- 
ble 
rape 

4 

29 

3 

20 

3 

22 

16 

23 

18 

26 

25 

77 

3.6 

U.  1 

35 

78 

35 

78 

7 
8 

9 

1 

1 

12 

36 

98 

2.6 

6.8 

32 

81 

34 

88 

5 

2 

2 

3 

2 

4 

41 

94 

9.0 

20.6 

1 

10 

1 

10 

3 

6 

4 

7 

13 

12 

18 

29 

2.5 

4.0 

325 

751 

34 

140 

10 

23 

369 

914 

6.2 

12.8 

Robbery 


36 
39 

33 
37 
154 

22.2 


710 
710 

24 

26 

11 

15 

751 

51.8 


709 
763 


10 

781 

170.9 


32 
33 

25 
31 

11 

75 

10.5 


8,643 

953 

61 
9.657 
135.1 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


146 

47 
61 

205 
229 
426 
61.4 


1,190 
1,190 

104 
114 

82 

113 

1.417 

97.8 


616 

566 


117 

726 

158.9 


62 
56 

92 
115 

32 
203 
28.3 


5,386 

840 

60 
6.286 

87.9 


Burglary 


1,006 
1,087 

1,161 
1,296 
3,899 

561.8 


4,665 
4,673 

1,062 
1,169 

839 
1,167 
6.989 
482.3 


5,265 
5,737 

220 

241 

288 

6.245 

1,366.5 


995 
1,036 

1,248 
1,555 

731 
3.322 
463.3 


54,787 

11,724 

1,612 
68.123 
953.0 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


1,477 
1,596 

970 
1,083 
4,251 

612.5 


4,408 
4,416 

1,428 
1,569 

823 
1,135 
7.109 
490.6 


4,560 
6,047 

319 

342 

408 

5,774 

1, 263.  6 


664 
590 

1,237 
1,541 

231 
2,362 
329.4 


40,903 

11,514 

714 

53,131 

743.3 


69 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  Sfate,  1969 — Continued 


Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forci- 
ble 
rape 

16 

126 

26 

69 

26 

60 

19 

55 

19 

66 

61 

242 

6.1 

24.3 

1,260 

2,690 

1,262 

2,695 

20 

47 

21 

50 

37 

104 

1,320 

2,849 

7.2 

15.6 

250 

253 

261 

264 

103 

85 

123 

102 

90 

124 

172 

236 

556 

602 

10.7 

11.6 

5 
10 

9 

1 

1 

10 

1 

25 

0.2 

4.1 

635 

1,464 

641 

1,490 

20 

67 

23 

78 

16 

59 

21 

77 

685 

1.645 

6.4 

15.3 

Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 
$50  and 


NEW  MEXICO 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities... 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Slate  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants.  _ 


NEW  YORK 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total. 

O  ther  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

State  total.... 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


NORTH  CAROLINA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 


NORTH  DAKOTA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rural - 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

SUtetoUl 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


OHIO 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total. 

Rural. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


316, 000 
100.  0% 
477, 000 

98. 9% 
100.  0% 
201,000 

98.  0% 
100.  0% 
994,000 


15,880,000 

99.  4% 

100.  0% 

989,  000 

94.8% 

100.0% 

1,453,000 

100.  0% 

18,321.000 


1,890,000 

94.3% 

100.  0% 

959, 000 

83.  6% 

100.  0% 

2, 356,  000 

52.  4% 

100.  0% 

5,205,000 


68,000 
100.  0% 
209,  000 
100.  0% 
338, 000 

87. 1% 
100.0% 
615,000 


8,314,000 

95.  9% 

100. 0% 

1,072,000 

85.9% 

100.  0% 

1,363,000 

76.8%, 

100.  0% 

10,740,000 


9,902 

2,764 

2,822 

28,562 

2,873.4 


623, 730 
625,331 

12, 163 
12, 823 

15,251 
653,405 

3, 566.  4 


43,065 
44,661 

14, 176 
16, 966 

9,743 
18, 589 
80.216 
1,541.1 


2,432 

1,143 
1,312 
4,602 
748.3 


195, 054 
199,127 

12, 013 
13,978 

7,771 

10,118 

223.223 

2, 078. 4 


797 
806 

353 

360 
2,772 

278.9 


102,208 
102, 325 

1,184 
1,249 

824 
104.398 

569.8 


8,411 
8,677 

2,996 
3,586 

2,879 

5,492 

17.755 

341.1 


42 

61 

102 

117 

220 

35.8 


24,373 
24,712 

990 
1,152 

602 

784 

26.648 

248.1 


8,995 
9,096 

2,411 

2,462 

25.790 

2, 594. 6 


521, 522 
523,  006 

10, 978 
11,674 

14,427 
549.007 
2, 996.  6 


34, 654 
35, 984 

11,180 
13, 380 

6,864 
13,097 
62,461 
1,200.0 


816 

2,371 

1,041 
1,195 
4,382 
712.5 


170,681 
174,415 

11,023 
12, 826 

7,169 

9,334 

196.575 

1,830.3 


449 

141 
143 

40 

41 

633 

63.7 


63,870 
63,921 

286 
302 

126 
64.349 

351.2 


1,419 
1,456 

270 
323 

174 

332 

2.111 

40.6 


12 
14 
44 

7.2 


13,194 
13,297 

212 
247 

46 

60 

13.604 

126.7 


571 
577 

239 

244 

1.836 

184.7 


34,388 
34, 447 

831 
876 

557 

35,880 

195.8 


6,489 
6,696 

2,538 
3,038 

2,491 

4,752 

14,486 

278.3 


24 

34 

80 
92 
150 

24.4 


9,080 
9,284 

691 
804 

481 

626 

10,714 


3,918 
3,962 

815 

832 

11,672 

1, 174. 2 


223, 677 
224, 229 

5,104 
5,381 

9,380 
238,990 

1,304.5 


16, 146 
16,812 

4,585 
5,487 

3,737 

7,130 

29,429 

565.4 


263 

596 

687 

674 

1.533 

249.3 


66,347 
67,942 

5,269 
6,131 

4.160 
5,416 
79.489 
740.1 


5,169 

4,174 
4,221 

706 

721 

10.111 

1,017.2 


186,947 
187,619 

4,531 

4,777 

3,673 
196,069 

1,070.; 


14,259 
14,784 

5,016 
6,003 

2,342 
4,469 
25.256 

485.2 


425 

1,425 

361 

414 

2.264 

368.1 


55,620 
57, 095 

4,237 
4,930 

2,623 
3,285 
65.310 
608.1 


70 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  State,  1969 — Continued 


OKLAHOMA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities.  _ 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total.. 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


OREGON 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


PENNSYLVANIA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities... 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


RHODE  ISLAND 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rural. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Sute  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area- 
Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural.. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Sute  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


1,256,000 

99.  2% 

100.  0% 

622, 000 

84.8% 

100.0% 

690,000 

74.2% 

100.0% 

2,568,000 


1,234,000 
99.  9% 
100.  0% 
365, 000 
99.3% 
100.0% 
433,000 
97.  2% 
100.  0% 
2,032,000 


9, 329, 000 

92.  6% 

100.0% 

960,000 

85.  6% 

100.  0% 

1,  514, 000 

100.  0% 

11.803,000 


755,000 
100.0% 
127,000 
100.0% 
29,000 
100.  0% 
911.000 


1,  036,  000 

93. 1% 

100.  0% 

515,  000 

76.7% 

100.  0% 

1,141,000 

54.8% 

100.0% 

2.692,000 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


30, 368 
30,513 

6,581 
7,759 

3,523 
4,748 
43.020 

1,675.2 


41,915 
41,918 

6,800 
6,846 

4,967 

5,113 

53.877 

2, 651. 4 


136, 436 
144,  817 

7,656 
8,942 

11,636 
165,295 

1,400.4 


21,918 

3,354 

176 
25.448 

2,  793. 4 


25, 035 
26,322 

7,265 
9,470 

5,338 

9,749 

45.541 

1,691.7 


Violent 
crime 


3,429 
3,439 

500 
590 

462 

623 

4.652 

181.2 


3,585 
3,585 

450 
452 

476 

490 

4.527 

222.8 


20,040 
20,716 

534 
623 

704 
22.043 

186.8 


1,355 

221 

18 
1,594 

175.0 


2,956 
3,071 

1,004 
1,309 

1,122 
2,049 
6.429 
238.8 


Property 
crime 


26. 939 
27, 074 

6,081 
7,169 

3,061 
4,125 
38,368 

1, 494. 1 


38,330 
38,333 

6,350 
6,394 

4,491 
4,623 
49,350 

2,428.6 


116,  396 
124, 101 

7,122 
8,319 

10,832 
143.252 

1,  213.  7 


20,563 

3,133 

158 
23,854 
2,  618. 4 


22,079 
23,251 

6,261 
8,161 

4,216 

7,700 

39.112 

1, 452. 9 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


39 
148 

5.8 


53 
53 

9 
9 

18 
19 
81 

4.0 


447 
456 


18 
482 
4.1 


24 

3 

1 
28 
3.1 


127 
135 

66 
86 

63 
115 
336 

12.5 


Forci- 
ble 
rape 


249 
249 

33 
39 

58 

78 

366 

14.3 


280 
280 

37 
37 

52 

54 

371 

18.3 


1,170 
1,215 

32 
37 

103 
1,355 

11.5 


29 

5 

2 
36 
4.0 


172 
178 


53 


62 
113 
360 
13.4 


Robbery 


1,080 
1,082 

79 
93 

54 

73 

1.248 

48.6 


1,640 
1,640 


50 

51 

1,760 

86.6 


9,839 
10,084 

143 

167 

180 
10,431 

88.4 


625 

40 

4 

669 

73.4 


932 

960 

134 
175 

115 

210 

1,345 

50.0 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


2,015 
2,023 

368 
434 

321 

433 

2,890 

112.5 


1,612 
1,612 

335 
337 

356 

366 

2,315 

113.9 


8,584 
8,961 

352 
411 

403 
9.775 

82.8 


677 

173 

11 
861 
94.5 


1,725 
1,798 

751 
979 

882 
1,611 
4,388 
163.0 


Burglary 


12,519 
12,568 

2,482 
2,926 

1,605 
2,163 
17.657 

687.6 


17,756 
17, 757 

2,805 
2,824 

2,207 

2,272 

22,853 

1, 124.  7 


53,165 
56,  659 

3,183 
3,718 

7,289 
67,566 

572.4 


7,452 

1,378 

120 
8.950 
982.4 


10,295 
10,835 

2,979 
3,883 

2,505 
4,676 
19,293 

716.7 


Larceny 

$60  and 

over 


9,384 
9,464 

2,934 
3,459 

1,188 

1,601 

14.514 

565.2 


15,216 
16,216 

2,870 
2,890 

1,866 

1,920 

20.026 

985.5 


31,  612 
34,214 

2,799 
3,269 

2,765 

40.248 

341.0 


5,959 

1,419 

27 
7.405 

812.8 


7,587 
8,039 

2,495 
3,252 

1,301 
2,376 
13,667 

607.7 


71 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  State,  1969 — Continued 


Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forci- 
ble 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting.. 

Estimated  total-. 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Stale  total. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants .  - 


TENNESSEE 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


VERMONT 

Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Area. 
Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural , 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Slate  total 

RateperlOO.OOO  inhabitants 


90,000 
100. 0% 
222,000 

89.  6% 
100.  0% 
347, 000 

59.4% 
100. 0% 
659,000 


1,952,000 

96.  9% 

100.  0% 

623, 000 

72.4% 

100.0% 

1,410,000 

21. 1% 

100.  0% 

3.985.000 


TEXAS 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.. 

O  ther  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

UTAH 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total — 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  Inhabitants 


8,138,000 

94.  2% 

100.  0% 

1,441,000 

87.4% 

100.0% 

1,608,000 

60.  0% 

100.  0% 

11.187.000 


809,000 
99.4% 

100.0% 
80,000 
91. 7% 

100. 0% 

157,000 
81.  9% 

100.  0% 
1.045,000 


None 
212,000 

80.  8% 
100.0% 
227,000 

98.  6% 
100.  0% 
439,000 


2,575 
2,876 

1,466 

2,470 

6,728 

1, 020. 9 


81,119 
61,807 

4,899 
6,767 

1,646 

7,797 

66.371 

1,665.5 


233,  691 
242, 159 

16, 101 
18,413 

9,054 

15,093 

275.665 

2, 464.  2 


20,653 
20,  738 

713 

776 

1.021 

1,  248 

22.762 

2, 178.  2 


1,839 
2,276 

2,203 
2,233 
4.609 

1,  027. 1 


127 
142 

178 
300 
510 

77.4 


6,118 
6,192 

639 

883 

456 
2,160 
9.235 

231.7 


30,  756 

31,  782 

1,631 
1,866 

1,611 

2,686 

36.334 

324.8 


1,345 
1,351 

33 

35 

61 

74 

1.460 

139.7 


133 
164 

70 

70 

234 

53.3 


1,314 

2,448 
2,734 

1,288 
2,170 
6,218 
943.6 


45,001 
45,615 

4,260 
5,884 

1,190 

5,637 

57.136 

1,433.8 


202, 935 
210,377 

14, 470 
16,547 

7,443 

12, 407 

239.331 

2, 139.  4 


19, 308 
19, 387 

680 
741 

960 

1,174 

21,302 

2,038.5 


1,706 
2,112 

2,133 
2,163 
4.275 

973.8 


2 
2 

6 
10 
13 

2.0 


245 

248 

28 
39 

20 
95 
382 
9.6 


975 
1,014 

80 
92 

95 

158 

1.264 

11.3 


19 
19 

1 
1 

5 

6 

26 

2.5 


14 
16 

28 

47 

73 

11.1 


315 
321 

34 

47 

29 
137 
505 
12.7 


1,734 
1,835 

90 
103 

142 

237 

2,175 

19.4 


137 
138 

2 
2 

6 

7 

147 

14.1 


24 

33 
37 

14 
24 
85 

12.9 


2,650 
2,665 

113 

156 

37 

175 

2.996 

75.2 


12,072 
12, 257 

272 
311 

152 

254 

12.822 

114.6 


501 
502 


11 
11 
11 

2.5 


33 
33 
40 

9.1 


7 
512 

49.0 


25 
31 

10 

10 

41 

9.3 


33 

78 
87 

130 
219 
339 
51.4 


2,908 
2,958 

464 
641 

370 
1,753 
5.352 
134.3 


15,975 
16,676 

1,189 
1,360 

1,222 

2,037 

20.073 

179.4 


692 

27 
29 

44 

54 
775 

74.2 


102 
126 

16 

16 

142 

32.3 


1.061 
1.185 

691 
1,164 
2.801 

425.0 


22,542 
22,903 

2,030 
2,804 

588 

2,785 

28.492 

715.0 


103, 108 
107,047 

7,013 
8,020 

3,712 

6,188 

121.255 

1,083.9 


7,916 
7,948 

279 
304 

503 

615 
8,867 

848.5 


822 
1,018 

1,692 
1,614 
2.632 

599.6 


658 

1,114 
1,244 

485 

817 

2,719 

412.6 


13, 178 
13,335 

1,545 
2,134 

412 
1.952 
17.421 
437.2 


60. 591 
63,492 

6,298 
7,202 

3,188 
5,314 
76.008 
679.4 


8,451 
8,487 

314 
342 

405 

495 

9.324 

892.5 


685 

724 

417 

423 

1.147 

261.3 


72 


Table  4. — Index  of  Crime  by  State,  7969 — Continued 


Area 


VIRGINIA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. . 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total - - 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


WASHINGTON 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Other  cities... 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

State  total 

Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total... 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estunated  total 

Rural 

.\rea  actually  reporting. 

State  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


WISCONSIN 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area... 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total... 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Stale  totol 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


WYOMING 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area.. 
Other  cities.. 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rural - 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  totaL 

SUtetotel 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


2, 718,  000 
99.  5% 
100.0% 
505,000 
92.  5% 
100.0% 

1,  ae,  000 

99.  7% 

100.  0% 

4,669,000 


2, 194, 000 
99.4% 
100.  0% 
632,000 
94.6% 
100.  0% 
676,000 
91.  9% 
100.  0% 
3,402,000 


566,000 
94.  4% 
100.  0% 
366,000 
65.  0% 
100.  0% 
888,000 
100.  0% 
1,819,000 


2, 132, 000 

99.9% 

100.  0% 

1,005,000 

96.  6% 

100.  0% 

1,096,000 

85.  8% 

100.  0% 

4,233,000 


None 
214.000 

94.0% 
100.0% 
106,000 

96. 7% 
100.  0% 
320,000 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


67,  947 

68,  246 

6,794 
7,343 

5,463 

5,481 

81,070 

1,  736,  3 


78,  555 
78,889 

11,756 
12,439 

9,357 
10, 179 
101,607 

2,983.7 


7,371 
7,619 

1,823 
2,802 

3,489 
13,910 

764.7 


39, 851 
39, 867 


9,371 


7,684 

8,959 

58.524 

1, 382.  6 


3,198 
3,401 

1,385 

1,433 

4,834 

1,510.6 


Violent 
crime 


8,180 
8,210 

1,082 
1.169 

1,260 
1,264 
10,643 

228.0 


6,758 
6,778 

781 
826 

588 

639 

8.243 

242.3 


882 
901 

174 
267 

598 
1.766 
97.1 


2,639 
2,639 

304 
314 

393 

458 

3.411 

80.6 


131 
139 

142 

147 

286 

89.4 


Property 
crime 


69,767 
60,036 

6.712 
6,174 

4,203 

4,217 

70,427 

I,  508.  4 


71,  797 

72,  111 

10,976 
11,613 

8,769 

9.540 

93.264 

2,  741.  4 


6,489 
6,718 

1,649 
2,  535 

2,891 
12.144 

667.6 


37,  212 
37,228 

9.067 
9,384 

7,291 

8,501 

55.113 

1,302.0 


3,067 
3,262 

1,243 

1,286 

4.548 

1.421.3 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forci- 
ble 
rape 

185 

531 

185 

533 

26 

55 

28 

69 

63 

98 

63 

98 

276 

690 

5.9 

14.8 

100 

643 

100 

545 

6 

58 

6 

61 

17 

50 

18 

54 

124 

660 

3.6 

19.4 

26 

36 

26 

36 

19 

8 

29 

12 

47 

45 

102 

93 

5.6 

6.1 

62 

181 

62 

181 

10 

25 

10 

26 

13 

84 

15 

98 

87 

305 

2.1 

7.2 

12 

18 

13 

19 

19 

17 

20 

18 

33 

37 

10.3 

11.6 

Robbery 


3,218 
3,228 

232 
261 

165 

166 

3,645 

78.1 


3,505 
3,610 

220 
233 

93 

101 

3.844 

113.0 


240 
241 

37 
57 

49 
347 

19.1 


1,052 
1,052 

90 
93 

44 

51 

1. 196 

28.3 


37 
39 

12 
12 
51 

15.9 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


4,246 
4,264 

769 
831 

934 

937 

6,032 

129.2 


2,610 
2,623 

497 
526 

428 

466 

3.615 

106.3 


580 
598 

110 
169 

457 
1.224 
67.3 


1,344 
1,344 

179 
185 

252 

294 

1,823 

43.1 


64 
68 

94 
97 
165 

51.6 


Burglary 


26,176 
26,275 

2,696 
2,913 

2,071 

2,078 

31,266 

669.7 


34,239 
34.387 

4.433 

4,691 

4,622 

6,028 

44,106 

1,  296.  6 


2,857 
2,961 

754 
1,159 

1,750 
5.870 

322.7 


12.408 
12,414 

3,697 
3,826 

4,169 
4,861 
21.101 

498.6 


1,304 
1.387 

407 

421 

1,80S 

566.0 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


22,700 
22,829 

2,265 
2,448 

992 

996 

26.272 

562.7 


26,434 
26,554 

6,440 
5,756 

3,682 
3,897 
36,207 

1,064.3 


2.766 
2,853 

704 
1,082 

785 
4,720 
259.5 


17,088 
17.096 

4,323 
4,474 

2,542 

2,964 

24.534 

579.6 


1,400 
1,489 

661 

684 

2,173 

679.1 


For  standard  metropolitan  statistical  areas  in  this  table  the  percentage  actually  reporting  may  not  coincide  with  the  ratio  between  reported  and  esti- 
mated crime  totals  since  these  data  represent  the  sum  of  such  calculations  for  individual  areas  varying  in  size,  portions  reporting  and  crime  rates. 

Population  by  area  tor  each  state  is  1969  estimate;  total  population  for  each  state  is  Bureau  of  the  Census  provisional  estimate  as  of  July  1 ,  1969,  and  subject 
to  change. 

Violent  crime  rate  per  100,000  inhabitants  for  the  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  rate  per  100,000  inhabitants  for  the  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


73 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 
$50  and 


Abilene,  Tex -- 

(Includes  Taylor  and  Jones  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Akron,  Ohio - 

(Includes  Summit  and  Portage  Coun- 
ties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Albany-Schenectady-Troy,  N.Y 

(Includes  Albany,  Rensselaer,  Saratoga 
and  Schenectady  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  iniiabitants 

Albuquerque,  N.  Mex 

(Includes  BernallUo  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

AUentown-Bethlehem-Easton,  Pa.-N.J — 
(Includes    Lehigh    and    Northampton 
Counties,  Pa.  and  Warren  County, 
N.J.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Altoona,  Pa .  - 

(Includes  Blair  Coimty.) 

Area  actually  reporting  _ 

Estimated  total.. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Amarillo,  Tex 

(Includes  Potter  and  Randall  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Anaheim-Santa  Ana-Garden  Grove,  Calif. 
(Includes  Orange  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Anderson,  Ind.. 

(Includes  Madison  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich 

(Includes  Washtenaw  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Asheyille,  N.C 

(Includes  Bmicombe  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Atlanta,  Ga 

(Includes    Clayton,     Cobb,     DeKalb, 
Fulton  and  Gwinnett  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  mhabitants. 

Atlantic  City,  N.J. 

(Includes  Atlantic  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  mhabitants 

Augusta,  Ga.-S.C 

(Includes  Richmond  County,  Ga.  and 
Aiken  County,  S.C.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Austin,  Tex 

(Includes  Travis  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  mhabitants. 


123,000 

100. 0% 


685,000 


81.4% 
100. 0% 


708,000 


100.  0% 


316,000 
100.0% 
532,000 


96. 1% 
100.  0% 


06.2%, 
100.0% 


200,000 

100.0% 


1,311,000 

100.0% 

139,000 

87. 1% 
100.0% 


213,000 

100.0% 


148,000 

100.0% 

1,331,000 

96.  6% 
100.0% 

185,000 

100.0% 


274,000 


100.  0% 


271,000 

100.0% 


1,804 
,  469.  3 


16,  651 

17,814 

2, 602.  3 


9,820 
1,  387.  7 


15,838 
5,  018.  3 


6,042 
6,290 
,181.9 


835 

901 

626.3 


3,616 
1, 765.  6 


43,803 
3,341.2 


1,470 

1,783 

1,281.2 


7,603 
3,616.8 


2,412 
1,625.3 


36, 427 
37,331 

2, 805. 2 


7,626 
4, 116.  6 


4,396 
1,607.1 


7,667 
2, 830.  0 


137 
111.6 


1,766 
1,883 
275.1 


723 
102.2 


1,606 
508.9 


497 

516 

97.0 


64 

69 

48.0 


336 
167.3 


2,771 
211.4 


122 
87.7 


574 
269.0 


180 
121.3 


3,839 
3,917 
294.3 


408 
220.2 


746 
272.7 


1,286 
474.7 


1,667 
1, 357.  7 


14, 785 

15, 931 

2, 327.  3 


9,097 
1,286.6 


14,232 
4,  509.  6 


6,545 

6,774 

1, 086.  0 


771 

832 

578.3 


3,180 
1,588.2 


41,032 
3, 129. 8 


1,371 

1,661 

1, 193. 5 


6,929 
3, 247.  7 


2,232 
1,604.0 


32,588 
33, 414 
2,  510. 9 


7,218 
3, 896. 4 


3,650 
1,334.4 


6,381 
2,356.3 


37 
39 
6.7 


13 
1.8 


16 
5.1 


13 
13 

2.4 


33 
2.6 


11 

6.2 


13 

8.8 


217 
219 
16.5 


17.5 


30 
11.1 


7 
5.7 


131 

144 

21.0 


48 
6.8 


126 


36 
37 
7.0 


9 

9 

6.3 


23 
11.5 


270 
20.6 


8 

10 

7.2 


53 
24.8 


9 
6.1 


322 
330 
24.8 


34 

18.4 


46 
16.8 


64 
23.6 


845 

878 

128.3 


274 
38.7 


449 
142.3 


109 

116 

21.8 


17 

19 

13.2 


72 
36.0 


1,136 
86.7 


39 

48 

34.5 


231 
108.3 


67 
45.1 


1,400 
1,416 
106.4 


208 
112.  3 


204 
74.6 


763 

822 

120.1 


54.8 


1,015 
321.6 


339 

350 
65.8 


38 

41 

28.5 


237 
118.4 


1,332 
101.6 


52 

63 

45.3 


279 
130.8 


91 
61.3 


1,900 
1,952 
146.7 


150 
81.0 


448 
163.8 


827 
673.5 


6,295 
6,867 
857.1 


4,314 
609.6 


6,878 
2, 179. 3 


2,481 
2,582 
485.2 


455 

482 

335.0 


1,480 
739.2 


19, 179 
1,462.9 


784 

899 

646.0 


3,102 
1,453.9 


7% 
536.4 


14,601 
14, 797 
1,111.9 


2,950 
1, 692.  5 


1,882 
688.0 


696 
666.9 


5,637 
6,083 
888.6 


2,390 
337.7 


5,169 
1, 637. 8 


2,327 
2,407 
452.3 


177 

198 

137.6 


1,337 
667.8 


17,617 
1,343.8 


364 

487 

349.9 


2,607 
1, 221. 9 


924 
622.6 


11,685 
12,041 
904.8 


2,803 
1, 513. 1 


1,107 
404.7 


254      938    3,687     1,634    1,060 
93.8    346.2   1,360.9    603.1    391.3 


74 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


BakersSeld,  Calif. 

(Includes  Kem  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting - - . . 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Baltimore,  Md 

(Includes  Baltimore  City  and  Anne 
Arundel,  Baltimore,  Carroll,  How- 
ard and  Harford  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Baton  Rouge.  La 

(Includes  East  Baton  Rouge  Parish.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Bay  City,  Mich 

(Includes  Bay  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Beaumont-Port  Arthur,  Tex 

(Includes  Jefferson  and  Orange  Coun- 
ties.) 

Area  actually  reporting ._ 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Biloxi-Gulfport,  Miss. 

(Includes  Harrison  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Binghamton,  N.Y.-Pa 

(Includes  Broome  and  Tioga  Counties. 
N.Y,  and  Susquehanna  County, 
Pa.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. .-. 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Birmingham.  Ala 

(Includes  Jefferson.  Shelby  and  Walker 
Comities.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Boise,  Idaho 

(Includes  Ada  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants.. 

Boston-Lowell-Lawrence,  Mass 

(Includes  Essex.  Middlesex,  Norfolk 
and  Suffolk  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants.  _. 

Bridgeport-Slamford-Norwalk,  Conn 

(Includes  Fairfield  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Brockton,  Mass 

(Includes  Plj-mouth  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Brownsville-Harlingen-^an  Benito,  Tex.. 
(Includes  Cameron  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

BuiTalo.N.Y 

(Includes  Erie  and  Niagara  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Hate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


333.000 

100.0% 

2,011,000 

100.0% 


269,000 

100.0% 


115,000 
100.0% 
316,000 


85.3% 
100.0% 


140,000 

100.0% 
304,000 


99. 1% 
100.0% 


768,000 


97.7% 
100.  0% 


102,000 

100.0% 
3,253,000 


94. 1% 
100.  0% 


797,000 
100.0% 


314,000 

89.8% 
100.0% 

152,000 

100.0% 


10, 996 
3,306.1 


85.  579 
4. 256. 3 


11.412 
4.  239. 4 


2,073 
1,800.6 


5,869 

6.699 

2,  117.  3 


1.642 
1, 171.  3 


3.203 
3.234 

1,  062.  6 


17,279 

17,547 

2,284.5 


2.282 
2.229.0 


92  222 
2,834.6 


20,947 
2. 629.  5 


1,330,000 

100.0% 


7,050 

7,781 

2,480.4 


2,587 
1,702.0 


28,881 
2,171.3 


877 
263.7 


20,558 
1,022.5 


1,612 
598.8 


259 
225.0 


1,040 
1,141 
360.6 


200 
142.7 


164 

166 

54.6 


2,775 
2.808 
365.6 


172 
168.0 


7,284 
7,462 
229.4 


1,290 
161.9 


456 

490 

156.2 


209 
137.5 


3,036 
228.2 


10. 119 
3,042.4 


65,021 
3,233.9 


9,800 
3,640.6 


1,814 
1,  575.  6 


4,829 

5,558 

1,  756.  6 


1,442 
1,028.7 


3,039 

3,068 
1,008.1 


14.504 

14.739 

1,918.9 


2,110 
2, 061.  0 


81,084 
84,760 
2, 605.  2 


19, 657 
2,  467.  6 


6,594 

7,291 

2, 324.  2 


2,378 
1,564.6 


25.845 
1,943.1 


29 
8.7 


270 
13.4 


36 
13.4 


2 
1.7 


16 

20 

6.3 


9 
6.4 


6 

6 

2.0 


129 

130 

16.9 


2 
2.0 


134 
137 

4.2 


7 

S 

2.6 


3 

2.0 


59 
4.4 


69 
20.7 


837 
4L6 


122 
45.3 


19 
16.5 


24 
34 

10.7 


13 

9.3 


23 
23 

7.6 


160 

152 

19.8 


15 
14.7 


422 
434 
13.3 


41 
13.1 


11 

7.2 


187 
14.1 


293 
88.1 


9,401 
467.6 


321 
119.2 


121 
105.1 


242 
260 
82.2 


29 
20.7 


63 

64 

21.0 


463 

470 

61.2 


25 

24.4 


3,917 
3,974 
122.1 


649 
8L5 


80 

91 

29.0 


10 
6.6 


1,467 
109.5 


486 
146.1 


10,050 
499.8 


1,133 
420.9 


117 
101.6 


768 

827 

26L4 


149 
106.3 


72 

73 

24.0 


2,033 
2.056 
267.7 


130 
127.0 


2,811 
2,917 
89.7 


564 
70.8 


330 

350 

111.6 


185 
121.7 


1,333 
100.2 


4,291 
1,290.1 


27,097 
1,347.7 


5.251 
1, 950.  7 


770 
668.8 


2,953 

3,342 

1,056.3 


733 

622.9 


1,719 
l,ro2 
569.1 


6,040 
6,163 
801.1 


939 
917.2 


30,320 
31,962 
982.4 


8,357 
1.  049. 1 


3,527 

3,838 

1,223.5 


1,189 

782.2 


10,534 
792.0 


4.642 
1,395.7 


22,637 
1, 125.  9 


826 
717.4 


1,286 
1,668 
495.6 


531 

378.8 


1,025 
1,035 
340.1 


6,989 
6.086 
792.3 


967.3 


20,676 
21,  765 
669.0 


7,773 
975.8 


1,900 
2,107 
671.7 


796 
523.7 


9,643 
726.0 


75 


397-633  O  -  70  - 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Canton,  Ohio 

(Includes  Stark  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Cedar  Rapids,  lowa^.- 

(Includes  Linn  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants.. 

Champaign-Urbana,  III.. 

(Includes  Champaign  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Charleston,  S.C 

(Includes  Charleston  and  Berkeley 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Charleston,  W.  Va... 

(Includes  Kanawha  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting.  _ 

Estimated  total. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Charloltc,  N.C 

(Includes  Mecklenburg  and  Union 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Chattanooga,  Tenn.-Ga. 

(Includes  Hamilton  County,  Tenn. 
and  Walker  Comity,  Ga.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Chicago,  111 

(Includes  Cook,  Du  Page,  Kane,  Lake, 
McHenry  and  Will  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Cincinnati,  Ohio-Ky.-Ind... 

(Includes  Hamilton,  Clermont  and 
Warren  Counties,  Ohio  and  Camp- 
bell, Kenton  and  Boone  Counties, 
Ky.  and  Dearborn  County,  Ind.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Cleveland,  Ohio 

(Includes  Cuyahoga,  Lake,  Geauga 
and  Medina  Coxmties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Colorado  Springs,  Colo 

(Includes  El  Paso  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Columbia,  S.C 

(Includes  Lexington  and  Richland 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Columbus,  Ga.-Ala 

(Includes  Chattahoochee  and  Muscogee 
Counties,  Ga.  and  Russell  County, 
Ala.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


367,000 

100.0% 


147.000 

100.  c% 


151,000 

100.0% 
321,000 

100.  0% 


244,000 

92.  2% 
100.0% 


403.000 


100.0% 


86.  3% 
100.0% 


6,912,000 


100.0% 


1,402,000 


95.  9% 
100.  0% 

2,095.000 


96.  8% 
100.0% 


220,000 

100.0% 
327.000 


95.  7% 
100.0% 


87.  4% 
100.0% 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


6,481 
1,763.6 


2,106 
1,430.2 


2,812 
1, 866.  6 


7,977 
2, 481.  7 


3,349 

3,498 

1,  433.  5 


13,888 
3, 447. 1 


7,536 

8,327 

2,  643.  0 


181,  664 
185,277 
2,  680.  4 


24,  008 
24,  958 
1,  780.  4 


65,  293 

66,  237 
3, 162.  2 


5,695 
2,  589.  7 


9,  208 

y,  440 

2,  883.  5 


3,146 

3,604 

1, 368.  2 


Violent 
crime 


664 
153.5 


130 
88.3 


413 

274.0 


994 
309.2 


351 

363 

148.8 


2,999 
744.4 


745 

810 

267.1 


42,353 

42,  760 

618.6 


2,720 
2,  794 
199.3 


9,407 
9,  481 
462.6 


502 
228.3 


1,203 
1,215 
371.1 


313 

365 
138.6  I 


Property 
crime 


5,917 
1,610.1 


1,976 
1,341.9 


2,399 
1,  591.  6 


2, 172.  6 


2,998 

3,135 

1,  284.  7 


10,889 
2,  702.  7 


6,791 

7,517 

2,  385.  9 


139,  311 
142,  617 
2, 061.  8 


21,288 
22,164 
1,581.1 


55,886 

56,756 

2,  709.  5 


5,193 
2,  361.  4 


8,005 

8,225 

2,  512.  4 


2,833 

3,239 

1, 229.  7 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forc- 
ible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny 

$50  and 

over 

11 

45 

317 

191 

2,037 

2,947 

3.0 

12.2 

86.3 

52.0 

564.3 

801.9 

3 

14 

52 

61 

665 

799 

2.0 

9.5 

35.3 

41.4 

451.6 

642.6 

3 

16 

128 

266 

1,196 

923 

2.0 

10.6 

84.9 

176.5 

793.5 

612.4 

45 

70 

327 

552 

3,439 

2,165 

14.0 

21.8 

101.7 

171.7 

1,069.9 

673.6 

13 

12 

115 

211 

1,341 

1,296 

13 

12 

116 

222 

1,403 

1,354 

5.3 

4.9 

47.5 

91.0 

674.9 

554.9 

76 

81 

477 

2,366 

5,687 

3,936 

18.6 

20.1 

118.4 

687.3 

1,411.5 

976.9 

39 

35 

450 

221 

3,699 

965 

42 

43 

468 

257 

4,025 

1,250 

13.3 

13.6 

148.5 

81.6 

1,  277.  6 

396.8 

797 

1,683 

23,  397 

16,  476 

54,506 

40,  797 

806 

1,710 

23,632 

16,  713 

56,835 

42, 124 

11.6 

24.7 

340.4 

241.8 

807.8 

609.4 

101 

240 

1,156 

1,223 

9,622 

8,244 

103 

243 

1,181 

1,267 

9,980 

8,579 

7.3 

17.3 

84.2 

90.4 

712.0 

612.0 

288 

370 

6,047 

2,702 

17, 181 

11,  780 

290 

374 

6,070 

2,747 

17,  610 

12, 127 

13.8 

17.9 

289.8 

131.  1 

836.9 

678.9 

12 

51 

231 

208 

2,202 

2,348 

5.5 

23.2 

105.0 

94.6 

1,001.3 

1,  067.  7 

44 

58 

335 

766 

3,999 

2,361 

46 

68 

339 

772 

4,100 

2,467 

14.1 

17.7 

103.5 

235.8 

1,252.4 

750.5 

27 

17 

117 

152 

1,218 

1,011 

31 

23 

128 

183 

1,419 

1.164 

11.8 

8.7 

48.6 

69.6 

638.7 

441.9 

76 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


StEindard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Columbus,  Ohio -- 

(Includes     Franklin,     Delaware     and 
Pickaway  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting- 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Corpus  Christ!,  Tex -- 

(Includes    Nueces    and    San    Patricio 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting.  _ 

Estimated  total.  _ 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Dallas,  Tex 

(Includes  Collin,  Dallas,  Denton,  Ellis, 
Kaufman  and  Rockwall  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Darenport-Rock  Island-Moline,  Iowa-Ill.. 
(Includes  Scott  County,  Iowa  and  Rock 
Island  and  Henry  Counties,  lU.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Dayton,  Ohio 

(Includes  Greene,  Miami,  Montgomery 
and  Preble  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Decatur,  ni. 

(Includes  Macon  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Denver,  Colo. 

(Includes  Adams,  Arapahoe,  Boulder, 
Denver  and  Jefferson  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Des  Moines,  Iowa 

(Includes  Polk  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Detroit,  Mich ..- 

(Includes     Macomb,     Oakland     and 
Wayne  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Dnlath-Superior,  Minn.- Wis 

(Includes  St.  Louis  County,  Minn,  and 
Douglas  County,  Wis.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Dnrham,  N.C.... 

(Includes  Durham  and  Orange 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

El  Paso,  Tei.. 

(Includes  El  Paso  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Erie,  Pa 

(Includes  Erie  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


99.6% 
100.0% 


301.000 


99.  8% 
100.0% 

1,508,000 


95.  3% 
100.0% 


340,000 


96.0% 
100.0% 


99.1% 
100.0% 


127,000 

100.0% 

1,132,000 


93.5% 
100.0% 


276,000 

100.0% 

4,223,000 


99.8% 
100.  0% 


98.8% 
100.0% 


179,000 


91.2% 
100.0% 


357,000 

100.0% 
259,000 

100.0% 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


27, 076 

27, 121 

3,  036.  9 


9,246 

9,259 

3, 077.  1 


54,540 

55,802 

3,  700.  9 


6,142 

6,380 

1,  877.  2 


19,968 
20,  076 
2,  392. 1 


2,470 
1,  949.  3 


44,833 

46,  351 

4,  095.  3 


6,657 
2, 414.  7 


180,  567 
180,843 
4, 282  6 


4,709 

4,765 

1,  736.  2 


3,336 
3,734 

2,088.8 


8,677 
2,429.9 


3,057 
1, 181.  0 


Violent 
crime 


2,780 
2,783 
311.6 


1,096 
1,097 
364.6 


7,814 
7,981 
529.3 


489 

499 

146.8 


2,496 
2,604 
298.4 


336 

265.2 


4,616 
4,676 
413.1 


426 
154.5 


31,465 

31,495 

745.8 


235 
237 
86.4 


633 

741 
414.6 


703 
196.9 


312 

120.5 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


24,296 
24,338 
2,  725.  2 


8,160 

8,162 

2,  712.  5 


46,726 
47, 821 
3,171.6 


5,653 

5,881 

1,  730.  4 


17,472 

17,572 

2, 093.  7 


2,134 
1,684.1 


40,  217 

41,675 

3, 682.  1 


6,231 
2,260.2 


149,  102 
149,  348 
3,  636.  7 


4,474 

4,628 

1, 649.  9 


2,703 

2,993 

1,674.3 


7,974 
2,233.0 


2,745 
1,060.6 


53 
53 

5.9 


19 

19 

6.3 


266 
273 
18.1 


7 

7 

2  1 


71 

71 

8.6 


7 
6.5 


78 
6.9 


10 
3.6 


649 
649 

lao 


16 
4.5 


4 

1.5 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


315 
315 
36.3 


47 

47 

15.6 


499 

516 

34.2 


46 

46 

13.5 


129 
129 
15.4 


13 
10.3 


468 

470 

41.6 


38 
13.8 


1,605 
1,507 
35.7 


20 
20 
7.3 


28 

31 

17.3 


44 

12.3 


23 
8.9 


Bobbery 


1,477 
1,478 
166.5 


192 

192 

63.8 


2,740 
2,769 
183.6 


202 

206 

60.3 


1,204 
1,207 
143.8 


102 
80.5 


1,952 
1,963 
173.4 


255 
92.5 


20,131 

20,142 

477.0 


70 

71 

26.9 


123 

133 

74.4 


227 
63.6 


141 
54.5 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


936 

937 

104.9 


838 

839 

27a  8 


4,309 
4,423 
293.3 


234 

241 
70.9 


1,092 
1,097 
130.7 


214 
168.9 


2,118 
2,166 
191.3 


123 
44.6 


9,280 
9,297 
220.2 


143 
144 

52  5 


466 

558 

312.1 


416 
116.6 


144 
65.6 


Burglary 


10,449 
10,465 
1,171.8 


3,699 

3,704 

1,231.0 


24,536 
26,156 
1,668.4 


2,626 
2,699 
794.1 


8,089 
8,127 
968.4 


1,070 
844.4 


17,123 
17,364 
1,834  2 


2,133 
773.7 


66,022 
66,116 
1,565.7 


2,195 
2,213 
806.3 


1,499 
1,637 
915.7 


4,166 
1,163.8 


1,339 
617.3 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


8,971 

8,988 

1,006.4 


3,388 

3,394 

1, 127.  9 


13, 187 
13,687 
901.1 


2,139 
2,257 
664.1 


6,098 
6,138 
731.4 


732 
577.7 


14,490 
15,478 
1,  367.  5 


3,002 
1,088.9 


49, 827 
49,938 
1, 182.  6 


1,627 
1,655 
666.6 


1,020 
570.6 


2,105 
589.5 


936 
38L6 


77 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — ConHnued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Population 


Total 
Crlnie 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


Eugene,  Oreg - 

(Includes  Lane  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

EvansTille,  Ind.-Ky 

(Includes  Vanderburgh  and  Warwick 
Counties,  Ind.  and  Henderson 
County,  Ky.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Fall  Rirer-New  Bedford,  Mass 

(Includes  Bristol  Coiuity.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Fargo- Moor  head,  N.  Dak.-Minn 

(Includes  Cass  County,  N.  Dak.  and 
Clay  County,  Miim.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Fayetleville.  N.C. 

(Includes  Cumberland  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Flint,  Mich 

(Includes  Genesee  and  Lapeer  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Fori  Lauderdale-Hollywood.  Fla 

(Includes  Broward  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Fort  Smith,  Ark.-Okla. 

(Includes  Sebastian  and  Crawford 
Counties,  Ark.  and  Leflore  and 
Sequoyah  Counties,  Okla.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total -.- 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Port  Wayne,  Ind... 

(Includes  Allen  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting --. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Fort  Worth.  Tex 

(Includes  Johnson  and  Tarrant 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Fresno,  Calif. 

(Includes  Fresno  Coimty.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Galveston-Texas  City,  Ten 

(Includes  Galveston  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Gary-Hammond-East  Chicago,  Ind 

(Includes  Lake  and  Porter  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.. 

(Includes  Kent  and  Ottawa  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


205,000 

100.  0% 


233.000 


97.  7% 
100.0% 


426,000 

97. 1% 
100.0% 


109,000 


100.0% 


204,000 

98.  6% 
100.  0% 


soo.ooo 

100.  0% 


567.000 

99.0% 
100.0% 


158.000 


96.8% 
100.0% 


268,000 

100.0% 
700,000 


97.  7% 
100.0% 


418,000 

100.0% 

169.000 

95.4% 
100.0% 

629.000 

98.  7% 
100.0% 


528.000 

98.5% 
100.0% 


6,397 
2, 632,  7 


5,699 

5,793 

2, 486.  5 


12,632 

12,883 

3, 027.  0 


1,687 
1,  461.  7 


4,866 

4,886 

2,393.9 


15,806 
3, 163. 8 


20,806 

20,909 

3,687.7 


1,872 

1,946 

1,229.8 


5,880 
2, 192. 2 


20, 189 
20, 492 
2, 926.  6 


16, 129 
3, 863. 2 


5,087 

5,233 

3,  096.  4 


20,668 

20,806 

3,310.3 


11.335 
11,543 

2, 187.  7 


186 
90.2 


749 

766 

324.1 


615 

627 

147.3 


58 
63.4 


764 

764 

369.4 


2,847 
569.9 


2,641 
2,541 
448.1 


285 

290 

183.3 


369 
133.8 


2,115 
2,140 
305.6 


1,121 
268.5 


883 

895 

629.6 


2,433 
2,443 

388.7 


1,130 
1,162 
218.3 


5,212 
2,  642.  5 


4,950 

6,038 

2, 162.  6 


12,017 

12,256 

2, 879.  7 


1,529 
1, 408. 3 


4,102 

4,132 

2,024.4 


12,958 
2,  593.  9 


18, 265 

18,368 

3, 239.  5 


1,687 

1,656 

1, 046.  6 


6,621 
2,068.4 


18, 074 

18, 352 

2,621.0 


15,008 
3,  594.  7 


4,204 

4,338 

2,666.9 


18,236 

18,363 

2, 921.  6 


10, 205 

10, 391 

1,969.3 


1.0 


16 

16 

6.9 


6 
1.4 


36 

36 

17.6 


40 
8.0 


82 

82 

14.5 


14 

14 
8.8 


99 

100 

14.3 


29 


19 

19 

11.2 


70 

70 

11.1 


18 

18 

3.4 


29 
14.1 


60 

60 

21.5 


26 
27 
6.3 


6 

6.5 


29 

29 

14.2 


129 
25.8 


168 

168 

29.6 


24 

24 

15.2 


49 
18.3 


120 
122 
17.4 


94 
22.5 


41 

42 

24.9 


216 

217 

34.5 


98 


63 
30.7 


224 

227 

97.4 


206 
210 
49.3 


15 
13.8 


209 

209 

102.4 


951 
190.4 


857 

857 

151.1 


43 
44 

27.8 


174 

64.9 


1,059 
1,064 
162.0 


448 
107.3 


363 

366 

216.6 


1,216 
1,219 
193.9 


311 

319 

60.6 


91 
44.4 


459 

462 

198.3 


377 
384 
90.2 


37 
34.1 


480 

480 

235.2 


1,727 
345.7 


1,434 
1,434 

252.9 


204 

208 

131.4 


118 
44.0 


837 

864 

122.0 


560 
131.7 


460 

468 

276.9 


932 

937 

149.1 


703 

716 

136.7 


2,289 
1,116.6 


2,180 
2,215 
950.7 


6,338 

6,445 

1,279.4 


613 

472.6 


1,711 
1,717 
841.2 


6,688 
1, 138.  6 


8,454 

8,600 

1, 499. 1 


711 

736 

465.1 


2,129 
793.7 


8,496 

8,609 

1,229.5 


6,518 
1,661.2 


1,888 

1,943 

1, 149.  7 


6,136 
6,186 
984.2 


5,402 

6.473 

1,037.3 


2,469 
1, 199.  5 


1,991 
2,028 
870.5 


2,900 
2,971 
698.1 


837 

770.9 


2,021 

2,041 

1,000.0 


5.776 
1,166.0 


6,009 

6,056 

1,068.1 


635 

671 

424.0 


2,629 
980.2 


5,450 
6,581 
797.1 


5,879 
1,408.1 


1,912 

1,975 

1, 168. 6 


5,630 
6,684 
904.3 


3,609 
3,693 
699.9 


78 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Mefropolitan  Slatisfical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaugiiter 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


Green  Bay,  Wis 

(Includes  Brown  Coimty.) 

Area  actually  reporting - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Greensboro-High  Point,  N.C  _  - 

(Includes  Guilford,  Forsj-th,  Randolph 
and  Yadkin  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Greenrille,  S.C 

(Includes  Greenville  and  Pickens 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Hamilton-Middletown,  Ohio. 

(Includes  Butler  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000 inhabitants... 

Harrisburg,  Pa 

(Includes  Cumberland,  Dauphin  and 
Perry  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Hartford-New  Britain-Bristol,  Conn 

(Includes  Hartford  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Honolulu,  Hawaii 

(Includes  Honolulu  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Hpuston,  Tex 

(Includes  Harris,  Brazoria,  Fort  Bend, 
Liberty  and  Montgomery  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Huntington-Ashland,  W.  Va.-Ky.-Ohio... 
(Includes  Cabell  and  AVayne  Counties, 
Vf.  Va.,   Boyd   County,  Ky.  and 
Lawrence  County,  Ohio.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Huntsville,  Ala 

(Includes  Madison  and  Limestone 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Indianapolis  ,Ind 

(Includes  Marion,  Hamilton,  Hancock, 
Hendricks,  Johnson,  Morgan, 
Shelby  and  Boone  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Jackson ,  Mich 

(Includes  Jackson  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Jackson,  Miss.. 

(Includes  Hinds  and  Rankin  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


149.000 

100.0% 


645,000 


90.3% 
100.0% 


293,000 


80.  5% 
100.0% 


227,000 


100.0% 


398,000 


87.3% 
100.  0% 


814,000 

97.2% 
100.0% 

646,000 

100.0% 
,939,000 


85.0% 
100.  0% 


263,000 


76.8% 
100.0% 


261,000 


81.  7% 
100.  0% 


96.9% 
100.  0% 

142,000 

100.0% 


1,800 
1,211.1 


12,061 
12,811 
1,  986.  6 


263,000 

100.0% 


6,560 

7.615 

2, 601.  8 


4,  426 
1,946.3 


4,693 

6,333 

1,  339.  2 


19,  075 

19,  453 

2,  389.  8 


21,  224 
3,283.0 


62,885 

68,096 

3,511.2 


3,055 

3,716 

1,412.7 


4,280 

4,772 

1,  826.  4 


29,446 
30, 027 
2, 797.  5 


2,730 
1,918.5 


3,254 
1,238.7 


28 
18.8 


2,702 
2,782 
431.4 


559 

662 

226.2 


456 
200.5 


479 

531 

133.3 


1,470 
1,483 
182.2 


560 
86.6 


9,427 
10,062 
518.8 


425 

481 

182.9 


431 

611 

195.6 


3,259 
3,300 
307.5 


298 
209.4 


283 
107.7 


1,772 
1, 192. 2 


9,359 

10,  029 

1,  555. 2 


6,001 

6,953 

2, 375.  6 


3,970 
1,745.8 


4,214 

4.802 

1,205.8 


17,  606 

17,  970 

2,  207.  7 


20,664 
3, 196  4 


53,458 

68,034 

2,  992.  4 


2,630 
3,236 

1,  229.  8 


3,849 

4,261 

1,630.8 


26,187 

26,727 

2,  490.  1 


2,432 
1, 709.  1 


2,971 
1, 131.  0 


80 

85 

13.2 


19 
25 
8.6 


3.6 


9 
2.3 


20 
20 
2.5 


23 
3.6 


300 
325 
16.8 


10 
3.8 


10 

18 

6.9 


74 

75 
7.0 


34 

12.9 


2 
1.3 


73 

78 

12.1 


36 

42 

14.3 


20 
8.8 


33 
36 
9.0 


71 

72 
8.8 


82 
12.7 


452 
615 
26.6 


12 

20 

7.7 


250 

253 

23.6 


34 
23.9 


19 

7.2 


312 
328 
60.9 


231 
255 
87.1 


122 
53.6 


190 

209 

62.5 


547 

551 

67.7 


272 
42.1 


5,497 
5,611 
289.3 


83 

98 

37.3 


75 

89 

34.1 


1,873 
1,890 
176.1 


85 
69.7 


72 
27.4 


16 
10.1 


2,237 
2,291 
366.3 


273 

340 

116.2 


306 
134.6 


248 

277 

69.6 


832 

840 

103.2 


183 
28.3 


3,178 
3,611 

186.2 


316 

351 

133.4 


334 

384 
147.0 


1,062 
1,082 
100.8 


173 
121.6 


158 
60.1 


790 
531.5 


4,251 
4,594 
712.4 


2,243 
2,682 
916.3 


1,720 
756.4 


2,199 
2,458 
617.2 


8,114 

8,275 

1.  016.  6 


9,417 
1,  456.  7 


26,829 
29,268 
1,  508.  6 


1,183 
1,458 
654.3 


1,757 
1,990 
761.6 


13,186 

13,401 

1,248.6 


1,197 
841.2 


1,351 
514.3 


736 
494.5 


3,826 
4,093 
634.7 


2,715 

3,071 

1,  049.  2 


1,822 
801.2 


1,079 
1,285 
322.7 


5,734 
5,890 
723.6 


7,127 
1,102.4 


13,  476 
15,255 
786.6 


1,106 
1,346 
511.3 


1,613 
1,748 
669.0 


6,601 
6,829 
636.2 


939 
659.9 


1,146 
436.9 


79 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 

Violent 
crime 

Property 
crime 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forc- 
ible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny 

$50  and 

over 

21,  665 

3,440 

18, 125 

74 

219 

1,161 

1.986 

9,450 

5,968 

4,034.6 

643.6 

3, 391. 0 

13.8 

41.0 

217.2 

371.6 

1,  768.  0 

1,116.6 

13,990 

1,346 

12,644 

52 

58 

791 

445 

4,412 

1,976 

2,  301.  0 

221.4 

2, 079.  6 

8.6 

9.5 

130  1 

73.2 

726.7 

324.8 

1,118 

99 

1,019 

4 

9 

37 

49 

608 

300 

1,233 

108 

1,125 

4 

10 

40 

54 

656 

337 

457.8 

40.1 

417.7 

1.5 

3.7 

14.9 

20.0 

243.2 

125.1 

4,861 

738 

4,123 

7 

45 

118 

668 

1,852 

1,832 

2,371.2 

360.0 

2,  Oil.  2 

3.4 

22.0 

57.6 

277.1 

903.4 

893.7 

47,  590 

6,789 

40,  801 

138 

548 

3,234 

2,869 

18,  961 

12,123 

47,683 

6,799 

40,884 

138 

549 

3,238 

2,874 

19,  002 

12, 146 

3,  748.  0 

534.4 

3,213.6 

10.8 

43.2 

254.5 

226.9 

1,493.6 

954.7 

2,419 

147 

2,272 

4 

16 

74 

53 

1,017 

778 

2,  080.  9 

126.5 

1,954.4 

3.4 

13.8 

63.7 

46.6 

874.8 

669.2 

6,351 

687 

5,664 

35 

24 

128 

500 

3,005 

1,607 

6,368 

688 

5,680 

35 

24 

128 

601 

3,013 

1,513 

1,  597.  2 

172.6 

1,424.6 

8.8 

6.0 

32.1 

125.7 

756.7 

379.5 

2,607 

466 

2,141 

7 

29 

83 

347 

969 

890 

2,  643.  5 

464.6 

2,088.8 

6.8 

28.3 

81.0 

338.5 

945.4 

868.3 

1,599 

80 

1,519 

1 

10 

35 

34 

648 

809 

1,583.4 

79.2 

1,504.1 

1.0 

9.9 

34.7 

33.7 

542.6 

801.1 

2,896 

471 

2,426 

U 

30 

103 

327 

1,200 

1,004 

1,  715.  9 

279.1 

1,  436.  8 

6.5 

17.8 

61.0 

193.7 

711.0 

594.9 

1,733 

194 

1,539 

6 

21 

69 

98 

853 

486 

1,869 

205 

1.664 

6 

22 

73 

104 

908 

530 

626.7 

68.7 

668.0 

2.0 

7.4 

24.5 

34.9 

304.5 

177.7 

10,879 

772 

10, 107 

6 

SO 

213 

473 

4,627 

4,374 

10,  919 

776 

10, 143 

6 

80 

215 

475 

4,541 

4,390 

2,991.4 

212.6 

2,  778.  8 

1.6 

21.9 

68.9 

130.1 

1,  244. 1 

1,  202.  7 

9,815 

1,066 

8,749 

29 

72 

568 

407 

3,955 

3,112 

3,  528.  7 

383.3 

3, 146.  5 

10  4 

26.9 

200.6 

146.3 

1,  421.  9 

1,118.8 

2,600 

459 

2,141 

4 

37 

102 

316 

925 

919 

2,086.9 

368.4 

1,  718.  5 

3.2 

29.7 

81.9 

253.6 

742.5 

737.6 

6,794 

498 

6,296 

14 

40 

165 

289 

2,031 

2,440 

3,  422. 1 

294.1 

3,12a0 

8.3 

23.6 

91.5 

170.7 

1, 199. 6 

1,441.1 

Jacksonrille,  Fla 

(Includes  Duval  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Hate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Jersey  City,  N.J 

(Includes  Hudson  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Johnstown,  Pa 

(Includes  Cambria  and  Somerset  Coun- 
ties.) 

Area  actually  reporting  _ 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Kalamazoo,  Mich 

(Includes  Kalamazoo  Coimty.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Kansas  City,  Mo.>Kans 

(Includes  Clay,  Jackson,  Cass  and 
Platte  Counties,  Mo.  and  Johnson 
and  Wyandotte  Counties,  Kans.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Kenosha,  Wis.. 

(Includes  Kenosha  County.) 
Area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Knoxrille,  Tenn 

(Includes  Anderson,  Blount  and  Knox 
Counties.) 
Area  actually  reporting 

Estunated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Lafayette.  La.. 

(Includes  Lafayette  Parish.) 
Area  actually  reportmg. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants.. 

Lafayette- West  Lafayette,  Ind 

(Includes  Tippecanoe  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Lake  Charles,  La 

(Includes  Calcasieu  Parish.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  Inh  abitants 

Lancaster,  Pa 

(Includes  Lancaster  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Lansing,  Mich 

(Includes  Clinton,  Eaton  and  Ingham 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Las  Vegas,  Nev 

(Includes  Clark  County.) 
Area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Uiwton,  Okia 

(Includes  Comanche  County.) 
Area  actually  reporting. 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Lexington.  Ky 

(Includes  Fayette  County.) 
Area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 


534,000 

100. 0% 


608,000 
100.  0% 
269,000 

97.  5% 
100.0% 

205,000 

100.0% 

.272,000 


99.7% 
100.  0% 


101,000 

100.  0% 


169,000 

100.  0% 


298,000 

96.  2% 
100.0% 


365,000 


99.  6% 
100.0% 


80 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolifan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Indes 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter. 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


Lima,  Ohio 

(Includes  Allen,  Putnam  and  Van  Wert 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Lincoln,  Nebr 

(Includes  Lancaster  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Little  Rock-Norlh  Little  Rock,  Ark 

(Includes  Pulaski  and  Saline  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting_ 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Loniin-Elyria,  Ohio 

(Includes  Lorain  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Los  Angeles-Long  Beach,  Calif. 

(Includes  Los  Angeles  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

LouisTlUe,  Ky.-Ind 

(Includes  Jetlerson  County,  Ky.  and 
Clark  and  Floyd  Counties,  Ind.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Lubbock,  Tex 

(Includes  Lubbock  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Lynchburg,  Va 

(Includes  Lynchburg  City  and  Amherst 
and  Campbell  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Macon,  Ga 

(Includes  Bibb  and  Houston  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Madison.  Wis 

(Includes  Dane  County.) 

Area  actually  reportmg.. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Manchester,  N.H 

(Includes  Hillsboro  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Mansfreld,  Ohio 

(Includes  Richland  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

McAllen-Pharr-Edinburg,  Tex 

(Includes  Hidalgo  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Memphis,  Tenn.- Ark 

(Includes  Shelby  County,  Tenn.  and 
Crittenden  County,  Ark.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants — 


174,000 


98.  4% 
100.  0% 


163,000 

100.  0% 


341.000 

100.  0% 


263,000 

96.  9% 
100.0% 


6,921,000 

100.  0% 
820,000 


95.2% 
100.  0% 


20S,000 
100.  0% 
123,000 

100.  0% 

209,000 

89.  8% 
100.0% 


218,000 

100.  0% 


217,000 

95.  2% 
100.  0% 


98. 1% 
100.  0% 


95.  6% 
100.0% 


793,000 


100.0% 


2,758 

2,797 

1,606.0 


2,528 
1,  561.  7 


11,671 
3,419.8 


4,785 

4,900 

1,  869.  8 


335,814 
4, 862.  I 


30,060 
30,  812 
3,  757.  7 


6,634 
2,  705.  3 


1,650 
1,337.4 


5,260 

6,649 

2,  708.  8 


4,281 
1,541.3 


2,076 

2,171 

1,001.6 


2,514 

2.650 

1,904.6 


1,460 
1.612 
864.6 


21,332 
2,691.3 


225 

228 

130  9 


238 
146.1 


1,833 
537.1 


581 

590 

223.9 


48,631 

702.7 


2,988 
3,044 
371.2 


488 
238.6 


369 
299.1 


428 

460 

220.6 


139 
50.0 


96 

100 

46.1 


447 

450 

336.1 


108 

121 

64.9 


2,364 
298.2 


2,633 

2,569 

1, 475. 1 


2,290 
1,406.7 


9,838 
!,  882.  7 


4,204 

4,310 

1,  636.  8 


287,183 
4,  149.  4 


27,072 
27,768 
3, 386.  4 


5,046 
2,  466.  8 


1,281 
1,  038. 3 


4,832 

6,189 

2,  488.  2 


4,142 
1,491.2 


1.981 
2,071 
965.5 


2,067 

2,100 

1,568.5 


1,352 
1,491 
799.7 


18,968 
2,  393. 1 


4 
2.5 


63 

15.5 


3.0 


668 

9.7 


104 
105 
12.8 


17 
8.3 


U 
8.9 


31 

32 

15.3 


3 
1.1 


4 

4 

3.0 


5 

5 

2.7 


100 
12.6 


6 

6 

3.4 


17 
10.4 


125 
36.6 


37 

38 

14.4 


3,684 
51.8 


198 
200 
24.4 


37 

18.1 


19 
15.4 


39 

43 

20.6 


33 
11.9 


15 

16 

11.2 


7 

8 

4.3 


129 
16.3 


116 

116 

66.6 


51 
31.3 


604 
147.7 


221 
224 
85.0 


19,  797 
286.0 


1,700 
1,721 
209.9 


73 
35.7 


79 
64.0 


199 
208 
99.7 


68 
24.6 


32 

33 

15.2 


90 

91 

68.0 


14 

17 

9.1 


1,255 
1S8.3 


102 

104 

59.7 


166 
101.9 


1,151 
337.3 


315 

320 

121.5 


24,582 
365.2 


986 
1,018 
124.1 


361 
176.6 


260 
210.7 


169 

177 

84.9 


35 
12.6 


52 

56 

29.8 


338 

340 

253.9 


82 

91 

48.8 


880 
lU.O 


1,230 
1,244 
714.3 


820 
503.3 


4,641 
1,359.9 


1,825 
1,865 
707.8 


131,636 
1,  902.  0 


8,704 

9,002 

1,  097.  8 


2,625 
1,  234. 4 


721 
584.4 


2,389 
2,549 
,222.3 


1,449 
521.7 


996 
1,036 
478.0 


1,031 
1,044 
779.8 


956 
512.8 


9,807 
1,  237. 3 


1,063 
1,067 
612.7 


1,122 
688.7 


4,340 
1.271.7 


1,223 
1,266 
480.1 


95,924 
1, 386.  0 


10,662 

10,  927 

1, 332.  6 


2,146 
1,  049. 1 


460 
372.8 


1,717 
1,862 
892.9 


2,141 
770.8 


664 

590 

272.2 


819 

832 

621.4 


356 

420 

225.3 


6,424 
810.5 


81 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Miami,  Fla ..- 

{Includes  Dade  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Milwaulcee.  Wis 

(Includes  Milwaukee,  Waukesha,  Ozau- 
kee and  Washington  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Minneapolis-St.  Paul.  Minn  - 

(Includes  Anoka,  Dakota,  Hennepin, 
Ramsey  and  Washington  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Mobile,  Ala 

(Includes  Mobile  and  Baldwin  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants... 

Monroe,  La 

(Includes  Ouachita  Parish.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Mnncie,  Ind 

(Includes  Delaware  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Muskegon-Muskegon  Heights,  Mich 

(Includes  Muskegon  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Nashville,  Tenn 

(Includes  Davidson,  Sumner  and  Wil- 
son Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Newark,  N.J. 

(Includes    Esses,    Morris    and    Union 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

New  Haven-Waterbury,  Conn... 

(Includes  New  Haven  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

New  London-Groton-Norwich,  Conn 

(Includes  New  London  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

New  Orleans,  La. 

(Includes  Jefferson,   Orleans,   St.  Ber- 
nard and  St.  Tammany  Parishes.) 

.\rea  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants.. 

Newport  News-Hampton,  Va.. 

(Includes  Newport  News  and  Hampton 
Cities  and  York  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


97.8% 
100. 0% 

1,386,000 


99.  9% 
100.  0% 


1,743,000 


99.  9% 
100.  0% 


98.  5% 
100.  0% 


118,000 

100.  0% 


125.000 

100.  0% 


156.000 

97.9% 
100.  0% 


551,000 


89.2% 
100.0% 


1,886,000 

100.  0% 

739,000 

95.  8% 
100.  0% 


222,000 

98. 0% 
100. 0% 


1,035,000 

100.  0% 
299,000 


97. 9% 
100.0% 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


65,158 

55, 940 

4, 460.  1 


26,  719 
26,  735 
1,929.0 


56,304 

56,311 

3, 230.  6 


10,483 

10,  680 

2,433.3 


1,395 
1,183.3 


2,220 
1,  772.  6 


3,764 

3,851 

2,  465.  6 


16,881 

17,  562 

3,184.7 


61,  499 
3,  261.  2 


19,642 
20, 165 
2,  726.  3 


4,131 

4.204 
1,  893.  7 


36,889 
3, 467. 1 


6,219 

6,370 

2, 132. 3 


Violent 
crime 


10, 213 
10,304 
821.5 


1,704 
1,704 
122.9 


4,674 
4,674 
268.1 


1,179 
1,191 
273.9 


332 

281.6 


206 
164.5 


621 

630 

403.4 


2,409 
2,482 
450,3 


465.9 


1,050 
1,068 
144.6 


266 

268 

120.7 


6,205 
599.4 


677 

692 

231.6 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


44,946 
45, 636 
3,638.6 


26, 015 
25,031 
1,806.0 


61,6?0 
51,637 
2,962.4 


9,304 

9,389 

2, 159.  4 


1,063 
901.7 


3,143 

3,221 

2,  062.  2 


14,  472 

15,  070 
2,  734.  4 


52.  713 
2,  795.  3 


18,692 

19.  087 

2,  681.  8 


3,866 

3,936 

1,  773.  0 


29,684 
2. 867.  7 


5,642 

5.678 

1.900.7 


168 

160 

12.8 


46 
46 
3.3 


56 

65 

3.2 


68 

58 

13.3 


10 
8.6 


4 
3.2 


3 
3 

1.9 


75 

78 

14.2 


138 
7.3 


30 
30 
4.1 


4 
4 

1.8 


107 
10.3 


25 

25 

8.4 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


215 
219 
17.6 


105 
106 
7.6 


361 
351 
20.1 


78 

79 

18.2 


13 

11.0 


16 
12.8 


28 

29 

18.6 


133 

139 
25.2 


375 
19.9 


71 
73 
9.9 


31 
31 

14.0 


411 

39.7 


61 

52 

17.4 


Robbery 


4,763 
4,794 
382.2 


727 

727 

52.6 


2,867 
2,867 
164.5 


345 

348 

80.0 


39 
33.1 


94 
76.1 


166 

169 
108.2 


840 

865 

165.1 


5.076 
269.2 


363 
368 
49.8 


60 

61 

27.5 


2,756 
266.2 


237 

242 

81.0 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


5,077 
6.131 
409.1 


826 
826 
69.6 


1.401 
1.401 
80.4 


706 
162.4 


270 
229.0 


92 
73.5 


424 

429 

274.7 


1.361 
1.410 

255.8 


3.197 
169.5 


586 

697 

80.8 


170 
172 

77.5 


2,931 
283.2 


364 

373 

124.9 


Burglary 


18,820 
19.135 
1.  626.  6 


7,156 
7,162 
516.8 


21,015 
21,017 
1, 205.  7 


6,903 

5.944 

1,367.0 


506 
429.2 


702.7 


1,457 
1,487 
952.1 


6,413 

6,766 

1,  227.  7 


23,568 
1, 249.  8 


7,940 

8,169 

1, 103.  6 


1,973 
2,004 
902.7 


10, 930 
1.  065.  9 


2,396 
2,446 
818.8 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


17, 712 

17,992 

1, 434. 5 


12,046 
12,053 
869.7 


18,600 

18.603 

1. 067.  3 


2.286 
2.321 
533.8 


376 
318.9 


778 
621.2 


1.406 
1.441 
922.6 


4.629 
4.780 
867.3 


16. 310 

864.9 


6,252 
6,463 
874.2 


1.633 
1.663 
704.1 


10. 724 
1.036.0 


2.404 
2.469 
826.6 


82 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


New  York,  N.Y... 

(Includes  Bronx,  Kings,  Manhattan, 
Queens,  Richmond,  Nassau,  Rock- 
land, Suffolk  and  Westchester 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total... 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Norfolk-Portflmouth,  Va.. 

(Includes  Norfolk,  Chesapeake,  Ports- 
mouth and  Virginia  Beach  Cities.) 

Area  actually  reporting _. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Ogden,  Utah 

(Includes  Weber  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

(Includes  Canadian,  Cleveland  and  Ok- 
lahoma Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting... _. 

Estimated  total... 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Omaha,  Nebr.-Iowa ., 

(Includes  Douglas  and  Sarpy  Counties, 
Nebr.,  and  Pottawattamie  County, 
Iowa.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Orlando,  Fla 

(Includes  Orange  and  Seminole  Coun- 
ties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Oxnard-Ventura,  Calif. 

(Includes  Ventura  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Paterson-Clirton-Passaic,  NJ 

(Includes  Bergen  and  Passaic  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Pensacola,  Fla 

(Includes  Escambia  and  Santa  Rosa 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Peoria.  Ill 

(Includes  Peoria,  Tazewell  and  Wood- 
ford Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Philadelphia,  Pa.-N.J 

(Includes  Bucks,  Chester,  Delaware, 
Montgomery  and  Philadelphia 
Counties,  Pa.  and  Burlington, 
Camden  and  Gloucester  Counties, 
N.J.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Phoenix,  Ariz.. 

(Includes  Maricopa  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


11,732,000 


99.9% 
100.0% 

675.000 


100.0% 
130.000 
100.0% 
612,000 


98.  0% 
100.0% 


530.000 


99.7% 
100.  0% 


419,000 

100.0% 
351.000 

100.0% 


1.371.000 

100.0% 


242,000 

100.0% 
350.000 


96.8% 
100.0% 


4,856.000 


95.9% 
100.0% 


901.000 

99.  6% 
100.0% 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


555, 001 
555, 103 
4,  731.  5 


21,321 
3, 160. 1 


2,718 
2,  091. 1 


14, 179 
14,334 

2,  342.  8 


14, 101 

14,  no 

2, 662.  7 


10,  723 
2,  559.  9 


9,511 
2,  709.  7 


26,358 
1,  922.  2 


6,869 
2,  837.  3 


7,114 

7,446 

2, 124.  5 


82,  515 
85, 132 
1,753.2 


35,563 
35, 677 
3,961.7 


Violent 
crime 


95,873 

95,880 

817.2 


3,003 
445.1 


218 
167.7 


1,735 
1,735 
283.6 


1,869 
1,859 
360.8 


1,229 
293.4 


559 
159.3 


1,731 
126.2 


603 
207.8 


1,022 
1,061 
302.7 


12,687 
12,894 
265.5 


4,073 
4,079 
453.0 


Property 
crime 


459, 128 
459, 223 
3, 914.  2 


18,318 
2,  715. 0 


2,500 
1,923.4 


12,444 

12,  599 

2,  059.  2 


12,242 

12,  251 

2,311.9 


9,494 
2,  266.  5 


8,962 
2,  650.  5 


24,  627 
1,  796.  0 


6,366 
2,  629.  6 


6,092 

6,385 

1,821.7 


69,828 
72,238 
1,487.7 


31,495 
31,  598 
3,608.8 


Murder 
and  non- 
negUgent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forc- 
ible 
rape 

Robbery 

1,105 

1,105 

9.4 

2,277 

2,277 

19.4 

61,209 

61,212 

621.7 

54 
8.0 

162 
22.5 

1,272 
188.5 

3 

2.3 

19 
14.6 

82 
63.1 

61 

51 

8.3 

106 

106 

17.3 

568 

668 

92.8 

30 
30 

5.7 

65 

65 

12.3 

694 

694 

131.0 

40 
9.5 

92 
22.0 

314 
75.0 

11 
3.1 

71 
20.2 

150 
42.7 

32 
2.3 

69 
5.0 

957 
69.8 

18 
7.4 

32 
13.2 

166 
68.6 

10 

11 

3.1 

50 

52 

14.8 

442 

466 

130.1 

361 
364 

7.5 

770 
784 
16.1 

6,267 
6,344 
130.6 

65 

65 

7.2 

248 

248 

27.6 

1,273 
1,274 
141.6 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


31,282 
31,286 
266.7 


1,626 
226.0 


114 

87.7 


1,010 
1,010 
165.1 


1,070 
1,070 
201.9 


783 
186.9 


327 
93.2 


673 
49.1 


287 
118.5 


520 

642 

154.6 


6,289 
5,402 
111.2 


2,487 
2,492 
276.7 


Burglary 

Larceny 

$60  and 

over 

196,397 
196,432 
1,674.3 

163,276 
163,319 
1, 392. 1 

7,706 
1, 142. 1 

7,702 
1, 141. 6 

1,044 
803.2 

1,015 

780.9 

6,864 

6,923 

1, 131.  5 

3,046 
3,127 
611.1 

4,534 
4,538 
856.4 

4,145 
4,149 
783.0 

5,310 
1,267.6 

3,260 

775.9 

4,253 
1,211.7 

3,618 
1,  030.  8 

9,295 
677.9 

9,654 
704.0 

2,800 
1, 166.  6 

2,701 
1, 115.  7 

3,023 
3,136 

894.8 

2,204 
2,328 
664.2 

32,988 

34,045 

701.1 

17,092 
17,943 
369.5 

15,144 
15, 181 
1,685.8 

11,270 
11,324 
1,257.6 

83 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Pittsburgh,  Pa     

(Includes  Allegheny,  Beaver,  Washing- 
ton and  Westmoreland  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

PillsBeld.  Mass 

(Includes  Berkshire  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Portland,  Maine 

{Includes  Cumberland  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Portland,  Oreg.-Wash. 

(Includes  Clackamas,  Multnomah  and 
Washington  Counties,  Oreg.  and 
Clark  County,  Wash.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total.  - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Providence-Pa wtucliet- Warwick,  R.I 

(Includes  Bristol,  Kent  and  Providence 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

ProYO-Orem,  Utah 

(Includes  Utah  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000 inhabitants. 

Pueblo,  Colo... 

(Includes  Pueblo  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000 inhabitants... 

Racine,  Wis 

(Includes  Racine  County.) 

Area  actuaUy  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Raleigh,  N.C 

(Includes  Wake  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Reading,  Pa. 

(Includes  Berks  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Richmond,  Va 

(Includes  Richmond  City  and  Chester- 
field, Henrico  and  Hanover  Coun- 
ties.) 

Area  actuaUy  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Roanoke,  Va 

(Includes  Roanoke  City  and  Roanoke 
County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  mhabitants 

Rochester,  N.Y 

(Includes  Monroe,  Livingston,  Orleans 
and  Wayne  Counties.) 

Area  actuaUy  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


2,394.a«0 


87.0% 
100.0% 


148,000 

84.6% 
100.0% 


187,000 

93.5% 
100.0% 


975,000 


99.  9% 
100.  0% 


755.000 


100. 0% 


126,000 

96.  9% 
100.  0% 


125,000 

100.  0% 


160,000 

100.  0% 


207,000 

96. 6% 
100.0% 


296,000 

92.0% 
100.0% 


528.000 


100.0% 


186.000 


100.0% 


853,000 


94.8% 
100.0% 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


47, 096 

50, 916 

2, 126.  9 


1,647 

2,006 

1,369.1 


2,664 

2,692 

1.  438.  8 


35,350 

35,  353 

3,  626.  7 


21,918 
2,  903. 1 


1,485 

1.670 

1,  245.  9 


2,656 
2,121.9 


3,423 
2, 137.  2 


3,937 

4,120 

1,  994.  6 


2,827 
3,114 
,051.6 


16, 797 
3, 183.  0 


3,604 
1,937.0 


14,  787 
16,  632 
1, 820. 1 


Violent 
crime 


6,117 
6,426 
268.4 


60 

81 

54.9 


133 

140 
74.8 


3.199 
3,199 
328.2 


1,355 
179.6 


107 

113 

89.7 


311 

248.5 


488 
304.7 


677 

726 

351.6 


304 

327 

110.4 


1,751 
331.8 


420 
225.7 


1,393 
1,447 
169.6 


Property 
crime 


Murder 

and  non- 
negUgent 

man- 
slaughter 


40, 978 
44,489 
1,858.5 


1,487 

1,926 

1, 304.  2 


2,431 
2,662 
.363.9 


32, 151 

32,164 

3,  298.  6 


20.663 
2,  723.  6 


1,378 

1,457 

,166.3 


2,345 
1,873.5 


2,936 
1,  832  5 


3,260 

3,394 

1,  643. 1 


2,523 
2,787 
941.2 


15,046 

2,851.2 


3.184 
1,711.3 


13,  394 
14,085 
1,650.5 


72 

77 

3.2 


3 
3 

2.0 


4 

4 

21 


49 
49 
6.0 


24 
3.2 


4 
3.2 


7 
4.4 


7 

7 

2.4 


58 
11.0 


13 
7.0 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


334 
364 

14.8 


5 

6 

4.1 


4.3 


224 
224 
23.0 


29 
3.8 


6 

7 

6.6 


17 
13.6 


18 
11.2 


22 

23 

11.1 


33 

35 

11.8 


122 
23.1 


10 
5.4 


79 
81 
9.5 


Robbery 


3,311 
3,423 
143.0 


13 

20 

13.6 


41 

42 
22.4 


1,626 
1,526 
156.5 


626 
82.8 


6 

7 
5.6 


49 
39.1 


165 

%.8 


119 

124 

60.0 


124 

132 

44.6 


844 
159.9 


160 
86.0 


399 
423 

49.6 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


2,400 
2,572 
107.4 


39 

52 

35.2 


80 

86 

46.0 


1,400 
1,400 
143.6 


677 
89.7 


96 

99 

78.6 


241 
192.5 


308 
192.3 


619 

661 

271.6 


140 
153 
51.7 


727 
137.8 


237 
127.4 


868 


Burglary 


16,828 
18,374 
767.6 


778 

974 

659.9 


1,179 
1,241 
663.3 


14,912 
14,  913 
1,629.9 


7, 452 
987.0 


487 

519 

411.9 


861 
687.9 


1,429 
892.2 


1,177 
1,241 
600.8 


1,316 
1,432 
483.6 


7.097 
1,344.9 


1,472 
791.1 


6,203 
5,460 
639.8 


Larceny 

$60  and 

over 


12, 116 
13,347 
667.6 


496 

626 

424.1 


816 

861 

460.2 


12,483 

12,484 

1,  280.  7 


5,969 
789.3 


716 

752 

596.8 


1,105 
882.8 


1,059 
661.2 


1,787 
1,839 
890.3 


809 

902 

304.6 


4,763 
902.6 


997 
535.8 


6,541 
6,854 
803.2 


84 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Rockford,  III 

(Includes  Winnebago  and  Boone 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Sacramento,  Calif. 

(Includes  Sacramento,  Placer  and  Yolo 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Saginaw.  Mich 

(Includes  Saginaw  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

St.  Louis.  Mo.-ni. 

(Includes  St.  Louis  City  and  Jefferson, 
St.  Charles,  St.  Louis  and  Franklin 
Counties.  Mo.  and  Madison  and 
St.  Clair  Counties,  111.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Salem.  Oreg 

(Includes  Marion  and  Polk  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Salinas-Monterey.  Calif. 

(Includes  Monterey  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Salt  Lake  City.  Utah.. 

(Includes  Salt  Lake  and  Davis  Coun- 
ties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

San  Antonio.  Tex 

(Includes  Bexar  and  Ouadalupe  Coim- 
ties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

San  Bernardino-Riverside-Onlario.  Calif. 
(Includes   Riverside  and  San   Bernar- 
dino Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

San  Diego.  Calif 

(Includes  San  Diego  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

San  Francisco-Oakland.  Calif... 

(Includes  Alameda,  Contra  Costa, 

Marin,  San  Francisco  and  San  Mateo 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

San  Jose,  Calif. 

(Includes  Santa  Clara  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting _, 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Santa  Barbara.  Calif 

(Includes  Santa  Barbara  Coiuity.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Savannah,  Ga 

(Includes  Chatham  Coimty.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


281,000 


96.7% 
100.0% 


783.000 


100.0% 


220,000 

100.0% 

2.463.000 


96.0% 
100.0% 


186.000 
100.0% 


240,000 
100.0% 
553,000 

100.0% 
866.000 

100.0% 


1,101,000 

98.  4% 
100.0% 

1,300.000 

100.0% 


3.043.000 


100.  0% 


995,000 
100.0% 


255,000 

99.  6% 
100.0% 


209, 000 


99.0% 
100.0% 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


5,653 

5,806 

',  067.  3 


29,  690 
3,  793. 1 


5,275 
2,  395.  6 


79,635 

81,350 

3,  302.  2 


3,157 
1,  701.  6 


8,300 
3, 452.  1 


16, 450 
2, 976.  5 


29,954 
3, 458. 9 


40, 601 
41,215 
3,  743. 4 


33,623 
2,  587. 3 


165,  675 
5,  44L  1 


29,862 
3,000.0 


7,396 

7,401 

2,  906.  4 


7,385 

7,392 

3,536.8 


Violent 
crime 


612 

627 

223.2 


2,074 
265.0 


871 
395.6 


12,263 
12,409 
603.7 


292 
167.4 


648 
269.5 


1,020 
184.6 


3,675 
412.8 


3,247 
3.296 
299.4 


2,586 
199.0 


20, 256 
665  6 


2,057 
206.7 


438 

438 

172.0 


995 

995 

476.1 


Property 
crime 


5.041 

6,179 

1,  844.  0 


27,  616 
3,  628. 1 


4,404 

2,000.1 


67, 382 

68,941 

2,  798.  6 


2,865 
1,544.2 


7,652 
3, 182.  6 


15, 430 
2,  792.  0 


26,379 
3,046.1 


37,354 

37,  919 

3,444.0 


31,037 
2,388.3 


146, 320 
4,  775  4 


27, 805 
2,  793.  3 


6,958 

6,963 

2,734.4 


6,390 

6,397 

3,060.8 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


11 

U 

3.9 


38 
4.9 


19 

8.6 


349 
353 
14.3 


7 
3.8 


17 
7.1 


16 
2.9 


105 
12.1 


62 
S3 

4.8 


54 
4.2 


290 
9.5 


26 
2.6 


31 

31 

14.8 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny 

$50  and 

over 

52 

316 

233 

2,080 

2,107 

54 

319 

243 

2,161 

2,159 

19.2 

113.6 

86.6 

765.9 

768.7 

183 

1,011 

842 

11,935 

11,501 

23.4 

129.2 

107.6 

1,  524.  8 

1,469.3 

43 

436 

373 

2.501 

1.104 

19.6 

198.0 

169.4 

1.136.8 

501.4 

831 

6,058 

5,015 

32.836 

14.343 

842 

6,107 

5,107 

33,604 

14.966 

34.2 

247.9 

207.3 

1,360.0 

607.6 

32 

69 

184 

1,665 

1,002 

17.2 

37.2 

99.2 

843.5 

840.1 

60 

269 

312 

3,458 

3,328 

20.8 

111.9 

129.8 

1,438.3 

1,384.2 

112 

413 

479 

6,385 

6,720 

20.3 

74.7 

86.7 

1, 156.  3 

1,215.9 

257 

962 

2,251 

12,809 

8,171 

29.7 

111.1 

259.9 

1,479.1 

943.5 

279 

1,063 

1,863 

19,200 

13,  712 

283 

1,086 

1,875 

19,447 

13,939 

25.7 

98.6 

170.3 

1,766.3 

1,266.0 

248 

1,098 

1,186 

10,  778 

14,972 

19.1 

84.5 

91.3 

829.4 

1, 152. 1 

1,404 

11,  669 

6,902 

68,210 

41,443 

46.1 

383.1 

226.8 

2,241.6 

1,  361.  9 

316 

706 

1,010 

12,  982 

9,638 

31.6 

70.9 

101.5 

1,3012 

968.3 

41 

99 

292 

3,116 

3,174 

41 

99 

292 

3,120 

3,176 

16.1 

38.9 

114.7 

1,226.2 

1,246.8 

71 

408 

485 

3,061 

2,661 

71 

408 

485 

3,066 

2,661 

34.0 

195.2 

232.1 

1,  467.  0 

1,  225.  4 

85 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Sfandard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Population 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Violent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


Aggra- 
Robbery  |     vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


Scranton,  Pa -- 

(Includes  Lackawanna  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Seattle-Everett,  Wash 

(Includes  King  and  Snohomish  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Shreveport,  La - 

(Includes  Bossier  and  Caddo  Parishes.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Sioux  City,  lowa-Nebr.. 

(Includes  Woodbury  County,  Iowa 
and  Dakota  County,  Nebr.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total. _ 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

South  Bend,  Ind 

(Includes  St.  Joseph  and  Marshall 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Spoiiane,  Waah 

(Includes  Spokane  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Springfield,  Dl.. 

(Includes  Sangamon  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Spring  field.  Mo. 

(Includes  Greene  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants... 

Springfield.  Ohio 

(Includes  Clark  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke,  Mass 

(Includes  Hampden  and  Hampshire 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  Inhabitants 

Stenbenrille-Weirton.  Ohio-W.  Va 

(Includes  Jefferson  County,  Ohio  and 
Brooke  and  Hancock  Counties,  W. 
Va.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants.. 

Stockton,  Calif - 

(Includes  San  Joaquin  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Syracuse,  N.Y 

(Includes  Madison,  Onondaga,  and 
Oswego  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Tacoma,  Wash 

(Includes  Pierce  Coimty.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


229, 000 

91. 2% 
100.0% 


1,372,000 

99.  5% 
100.0% 


320,000 

100.0% 
119,000 


98.4 
100.0% 


288,000 


97.2% 
100.  0% 


299,000 

100.0% 


159,000 

100.  0% 


146,000 

100.0% 


149,000 

100.0% 
561,000 

100.0% 
169,000 


95. 1% 
100.0% 


289,000 

100.0% 
633,000 


94.6% 
100.0% 


392,000 

98.  6% 
100.  0% 


2,098 

2,342 

1,021.9 


59,  215 

59,402 

4,  328.  6 


5,972 
1,864.1 


2,523 

2,531 

1,119.6 


6,647 

6.690 

1,973.3 


6,360 
2, 129.  6 


3,220 
2, 028.  2 


2,592 
1,  773. 5 


2,529 
1,697.0 


13,832 
2, 466.  6 


1,658 

1,750 

1,  038.  0 


11,602 
4,013.8 


9,387 

9,979 

1,  676.  7 


10,  991 

11, 138 

2, 843. 3 


141 

160 

69.8 


5,180 
5,191 
378.3 


1,121 
349.9 


139 

139 

116.4 


578 

588 

203.9 


358 
119.9 


199 
126.3 


69 
47.2 


284 
190.6 


591 
105.4 


195 

202 

119.8 


1,029 
356.0 


878 

922 

145.7 


1,129 
1,138 
290,5 


1,957 
2,182 
952.1 


64,036 

54,211 

3,  950.  3 


4,851 
1,514.2 


2,384 

2,392 

2,003.2 


4,969 

5,102 

1,769.4 


6,002 
1,009.7 


3,021 
1, 902.  8 


2,523 
1, 726.  3 


2,245 
1,606.4 


13,241 
2,361.3 


1,463 
1,548 
918.2 


10,  573 
3, 657.  8 


8,509 

9,067 

1,431.1 


9,862 

10,000 

2, 652. 8 


4 

4 

1.7 


74 

74 

6.4 


68 
18.1 


5 

5 

4.2 


7 

7 

2.4 


3 

1.9 


2 
1.4 


13 
2.3 


14 

15 

2.4 


13 

13 

3.3 


10 

11 

4.8 


412 
413 

30.1 


29 
9.1 


12 

12 

10.0 


13 

8.2 


25 
16.8 


31 
5.5 


7 

7 

4.2 


99 
34.3 


61 

63 

10.0 


101 

102 

26.0 


29 

36 

15.7 


2,867 
2,870 
209.1 


193 
60.2 


19 

19 

15.9 


381 

385 

133.5 


178 
59.6 


100 
63.0 


30 
20.5 


172 
115.4 


178 
31.7 


93 

95 

56.4 


616 
178.5 


424 
443 

70.0 


442 

444 

113.3 


109 
47.6 


1,827 
1,834 
133.6 


841 
262.5 


103 

103 

86.3 


168 

173 

60.0 


147 
49.2 


83 
52.3 


37 
25.3 


81 
54.4 


369 
65.8 


94 

99 

58.7 


391 
135.3 


379 

401 

63.4 


573 

579 

147.8 


886 

985 

429.8 


25,758 
25,841 
1,883.0 


2,380 
742.9 


799 

803 

672.5 


2,063 
2,116 
733.8 


2,737 
916.4 


1,636 
1,030.5 


1,211 
828.6 


1,209 
811.3 


4,966 
885.6 


752 

786 

466.2 


5,161 
1,  785.  5 


4,106 
4.309 
680.8 


4,734 

4,799 

1,225.1 


606 

685 

298.9 


19,  676 
19,649 
1,  431.  8 


1,676 
523.1 


902 
755.4 


2,016 
2,072 
718.6 


2,478 
829.7 


998 
628.6 


1,109 
758.8 


729 
489.2 


3,836 
684.1 


505 

540 

320.3 


3,586 
1,240.6 


3,367 
3,615 
671.2 


3,641 

3,6! 

944.0 


86 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Tampa-St.  Petersburg,  Fla 

(Includes    Hillsborough    and    Pinellas 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting , 

Estimated  total.  - 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Terre  Haute,  Ind 

(Includes    Vigo,    Clay,    Sullivan    and 
Vermillion  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Texarkana,  Tex.-  Ark 

(Includes    Bowie    County,    Tex.    and 
Miller  County,  Ark.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Toledo,  Ohio-Mich. 

(Includes  Lucas  and  Wood  Counties, 
Ohio,  and  Monroe  County,  Mich.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Topeka,  Kans 

(Includes  Shawnee  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants... 

Trenton,  N.J 

(Includes  Mercer  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Tucaon,  Ariz 

(Includes  Pima  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting - . . 

Rate  per  100,000  inliabitants 

Tulsa,  Okla.... 

(Includes    Creek,    Osage,    and    Tulsa 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Tuscaloosa ,  Ala 

(Includes  Tuscaloosa  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants _. 

DUca-Rome,  N.Y 

(Includes  Herkimer  and  Oneida  Coun- 
ties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Vallejo-Napa,  Calif....   

(Includes  Solano  and  Napa  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Vineland-MillviUe-Bridgeton,  N  J 

(Includes  Cumberland  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Waco,  Tex     

(Includes  McLennan  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Population 


99.6% 
100.0% 


176,000 


97.  4% 
100.0% 


106,000 


75.0% 
100.0% 


684,000 


99.  7% 
100.  0% 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


170,000 

100.0% 


305,000 

100.  0% 


332,000 

100.0% 
465,000 


99.0% 
100.  0% 


119,000 

100.0% 
352,000 


97.  3% 
100.  0% 


253,000 
100.0% 
127,000 
100.0% 
156,000 


30, 262 

30,371 

3, 247. 2 


2,375 

2.453 

1,390.5 


1,795 

2,261 

2,141.0 


14,003 

14.015 

2,  050.  1 


4,843 
2,  844.  8 


9,443 
3,  098. 1 


8.986 
2,  705.  0 


13, 125 

13, 196 

2,  839.  8 


2,015 
1,  692.  7 


2,902 
3,064 
869.3 


7,739 
3,  069. 3 


2,460 
1,  932.  3 


Violent 
crime 


96. 8%  3, 
100.  0%  I       3, 873 
I    2,478.4 


4,111 
4,124 
440.9 


170 

175 

99.2 


248 

309 

292.6 


1,680 
1,680 
245.7 


679 
398.8 


1,155 
378.9 


866 
260.7 


1,117 
1,122 
241.5 


326 
273.9 


168 

170 

48.2 


605 
239.2 


226 
177.5 


484 

484 

309.7 


Property 
crime 


26, 151 
26, 247 
2, 806. 2 


2,205 

2,278 

1,291.3 


1,547 

1,962 

1, 848.  4 


12,  323 

12,  336 

1,  804.  3 


4,  164 
2,  445.  9 


8,288 
2,  719.  2 


8.120 
2,444.3 


12,008 

12,  074 

2,598.4 


1.689 
1,418.8 


2,744 
2,894 
821.1 


7,134 
2,  820.  1 


2,234 
1,  764.  8 


3,346 

3,  389 

2,  168.  7 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


4 

4 

2.3 


15 

17 

16.1 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


11 

6.5 


25 
8.2 


17 
5.1 


25 
26 
5.4 


18 
15.1 


16 

16 

4.5 


10.7 


9 
7.1 


206 

207 

22.1 


11 

11 

6.2 


6 

12 

11.4 


121 
121 
17.7 


Robbery 


36 


48 
15.7 


76 
22.9 


92 

92 

19.8 


12 
10.1 


15 

16 

4.5 


48 
19.0 


23 
18.1 


27 

27 

17.3 


1,621 
1,525 
163.0 


100 
56.7 


25 

36 

34.1 


880 

880 

128.7 


207 
121.6 


822 
269.7 


281 
84.6 


403 

404 

86.9 


67 
56.3 


48 

53 

15.0 


244 
96.5 


69.9 


113 

113 

72.3 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


2,309 
2,317 
247.7 


57 

60 

34.0 


202 

244 

231.0 


657 

657 

96.  1 


425 
249.6 


260 
85.3 


492 
148.1 


697 

601 

129.3 


229 
192.4 


79 

85 

24.1 


286 
113.1 


105 
82.5 


327 

327 

209.3 


Burglary 


14,936 
14,  980 
1,601.6 


926 

955 

541.3 


613 

842 
797.3 


5,366 
5,377 
786.5 


1,713 
1,  006.  2 


3,839 
1,  259.  6 


4,005 
1,  206.  6 


4,559 
4,583 
986,3 


922 
774.5 


1,577 
1,633 
463.3 


3,524 
1, 393. 1 


959 
753.3 


1,856 

1,885 

1,  206.  2 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


8,388 
8,427 
901.0 


933 

964 
546.4 


776 

924 

875.0 


5,159 
5,159 
754.6 


2,103 
1,  236. 3 


2,849 
934.7 


2,611 
755.9 


5,283 

5,317 

1,  144.  2 


561 
471.3 


761 

829 

235.2 


2,  750 
1,  087. 1 


819 
643.3 


1,131 
1,143 
731.4 


87 


Table  5. — Index  of  Crime,  1969,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas — Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Washington,  D.C.-Md.-Va .- 

(Includes  District  of  Columbia,  Mont- 
gomery and  Prince  Georges  Coun- 
ties, Md.,  Alexandria,  Fairfax,  and 
Falls  Church  Cities  and  Arlington, 
Fairfax,  Loudoun,  and  Prince 
William  Counties,  Va.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Waterloo,  Iowa 

(Includes  Black  Hawk  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

West  Palm  Beach,  Fla 

(Includes  Palm  Beach  County.) 

Area  actually  reportmg 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Wheeling,  W.  Va.-Ohio- 

(Includes  Marshall  and  Ohio  Counties, 
W.  Va.  and  Belmont  County,  Ohio.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Wichita,  Kans - -.- 

(Includes  Sedgwick  and  Butler  Coun- 
ties). 

Area  actually  reporting. 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Wichita  Falls,  Tex 

(Includes  Archer  and  Wichita  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton,  Pa 

(Includes  Luzerne  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Wilmington,  Del.-NJ.-Md 

(Includes  New  Castle  County,  Del., 
Salem  County,  N.J.  and  Cecil 
County,  Md.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants.. 

Wilmington,  N.C 

(Includes  New  Hanover  and  Brunswick 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants... 

Worcester,  Mass 

(Includes  Worcester  County.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

York,  Pa 

(Includes  York  and  Adams  Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Youngstown- Warren,  Ohio , 

(Includes  Mahoning  and  Trumbull 
Counties.) 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  total 

Rate  per  100,000  mhabitants 


Population 


99. 9% 
100. 0% 


127,000 

100.0% 


315,000 

98.3% 
100.  0% 


87.  4% 
100.  0% 


401,000 

100.  0% 
135,000 

100.  0% 


339,000 

91. 8% 
100. 0% 


100. 0% 
105,000 


78.  9% 
100.0% 


90.  0% 
100.0% 


97.  3% 
100.0% 


98.  8% 
100.0% 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


112, 457 
112,  493 
4,  018.  8 


1.761 
1, 390. 1 


9,091 
2, 886.  7 


1,314 
1,619 

880.6 


10, 157 
2,  532. 1 


1,880 
1,389.0 


1,737 

2,075 
612.5 


11, 903 
2, 393. 4 


2,545 

2,810 

2,688.8 


16, 659 

18,006 

2,  873.  6 


3,289 

3,393 

1, 062.  3 


9,241 

9,332 

1, 697. 8 


Violent 
crime 


21,863 
21,863 
781.0 


211 
166.6 


1,377 
1,377 
437.2 


133 
166 

84.8 


865 
215.6 


296 
218.7 


97 

124 

36.6 


1,216 
244.5 


466 

495 

473.6 


803 

866 

138.0 


372 

381 

119.3 


1,296 
1,302 
236.9 


Property 
crime 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


90,  594 

90.630 

3, 237. 7 


1,650 
1,  223.  5 


7,611 

7,714 

2,  449.  6 


1,181 
1,463 
795.6 


9,292 
2,  316.  4 


1,584 
1, 170.  3 


1,640 
1,961 
575.9 


10,687 
2, 148.  9 


2,079 

2,316 

2, 215. 1 


16,  856 

17, 141 

2, 735.  6 


2,917 
3,012 
943.0 


7,946 

8,030 

1,  460. 9 


349 
349 
12.6 


3 

2.4 


40 

40 

12.7 


11 

11 

6.0 


20 
5.0 


10 
7.4 


6 

5 

1.5 


34 

6.8 


13 

15 

14.4 


13 

14 
2.2 


34 
34 

6.2 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


773 

773 

27.6 


21 
16.6 


54 

54 

17.1 


10 
11 

6.0 


56 
13.7 


13 

9.6 


5 

7 

2.1 


66 
13.3 


11 
13 

12.4 


36 
40 
6.4 


19 

20 

6.3 


43 
43 

7.8 


Robbery 


14, 670 
14,  670 
524.1 


49 

38.7 


250 
250 
79.4 


48 

65 

29.9 


296 
73.8 


66 
48.0 


31 
41 

12.1 


611 
128.9 


112 

118 

112.9 


433 
453 

72.3 


151 

154 

48.2 


628 

630 

114.6 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


6,071 
6,071 
216.9 


138 
108.9 


1,033 
1,033 
328.0 


64 

79 

43.0 


494 
123.2 


208 
153.7 


56 

71 

21.0 


476 
95.6 


330 

349 

333.9 


321 
358 
67.1 


190 

195 

61.1 


691 

595 

108.3 


Burglary 


41, 850 
41, 867 
1, 495. 7 


520 
410.5 


4,003 

4,066 

I,  291. 1 


522 

631 

343.2 


3,981 
992.4 


775 
572.6 


618 

755 

222.9 


4,353 
875.3 


1,019 

1,140 

1,090.8 


7,076 

7,660 

1, 220. 9 


1,646 
1,688 
528.5 


3,295 
3,327 
606.3 


Larceny 

$50  and 

over 


28.064 
28,077 
1, 003. 0 


798 
629.9 


2,870 
2,904 
922.1 


615 

628 

341.5 


3,928 
979.2 


698 
441.8 


768 

867 

255.9 


3,663 
736.6 


837 

931 

890.8 


3,498 
3,879 
619.1 


763 

796 

249.2 


2,627 
2,661 
484.1 


88 


General  United  States  Crime  Statistics 


The  data  presented  in  this  section  are  primarily 
of  value  to  law  enforcement  executives,  news  media 
and  others  for  the  purpose  of  comparing  the  crime 
experience  of  a  community  with  the  averages 
reported  nationally  by  communities  of  similar  size. 
Crime  trends  and  rates  are  tabulated  by  grouping 
places  according  to  population  size.  Police  perform- 
ance in  clearing  crimes  by  arrest  is  presented  by 
population  group  and  geographic  division. 

National  city  averages  are  also  shown  indicating 
the  type  and  value  of  the  property  stolen,  by 
offense  and  tyj^e,  and  value  recovered  by  police 
investigation.  Robbery,  burglary  and  larceny- 
theft  arc  examined  by  type,  as  well  as  where  and 
when  they  occurred.  An  analysis  is  provided 
showing  weapons  used  to  commit  murders  as  well 
as  a  distribution  of  murder  victims  by  age,  sex, 
and  race.  Dispositions  made  of  persons  formally 
charged  for  all  criminal  offenses  are  set  forth  in 
Table  15  and  disposition  data  on  juvenile  offenders 
is  provided  by  population  group  in  Table  18. 

City,  suburban  and  rural  arrest  rates  are 
shown  for  all  criminal  offenses.  Arrest  rates  by 
population    group    are    also    listed    for    specific 


offenses.  This  is  another  step  in  building  totals  for 
crime  categories  other  than  those  in  the  Crime 
Index  and  in  presenting  crimes  known  to  the  police 
through  arrests. 

Statistical  data  relating  to  suburban  areas  are 
provided  for  the  use  of  law  enforcement  officials  in 
suburban  communities  in  making  limited  com- 
parisons. Places  used  to  establish  totals  for 
suburban  areas  include  cities  with  50,000  or  less 
popidation  together  with  county  law  enforcement 
agencies  in  standard  metropolitan  statistical  areas. 
Of  course,  the  crime  experience  of  the  large  core 
city  is  excluded. 

It  is  important  to  remember  in  studying  averages 
that  usually  about  half  the  units  used  must  be 
above  and  about  half  below.  National  averages 
can  provide  the  police  administrator  with  valuable 
guidance  in  analyzing  the  local  crime  count,  as 
well  as  the  performance  of  his  force  in  combating 
crime.  The  analysis,  however,  does  not  end  with 
such  a  comparison,  for  it  is  only  through  an 
appraisal  of  local  conditions  that  a  clear  picture  of 
the  community  crime  problem  or  the  effectiveness 
of  the  police  operation  is  possible. 


89 


Table  6. — Crime  Trends,  Offenses  Known  fo  the  Police,  1968-69,  by  Population  Groups 

[1969  estimated  population] 


Population  group 


TOTAL  ALL  AGENCIES: 

5,778  agencies;  total  popu- 
lation 169.298,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  cliange 

TOTAL  CITIES:  4,033  cities 
total  population  121,408,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  change 

GROUP  I 

57  cities  over  260,000;  popu- 
lation 43,346,000: 

1968.-  - 

1969- -- 

Percent  change--- 

6  cities  over  1,000,000;  popu- 
lation l;i,537,000: 

1968- 

1969 

Percent  change 

20  cities,  500,000  to  1,000,000; 
population  12,761,000: 

1968 

1969---- -- 

Percent  change 

31  cities,  250,000  to  500,000; 
population  11,047,000: 

1968-- 

1969 - 

Percent  change 


5,822.141 
6,332,359 

+8.8 


910,193 
5,335,862 

+8.7 


GROUP  II 

96  cities,  100,000  to  250,000; 
population  14,300,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  change -  - . 

GROUP  III 

261  cities,  60,000  to  100,000; 
population  18,244,000: 

1968 - 

1969 

Percent  change 

GROUP  IV 

451  cities,  25,000  to  60,000; 
population  16,142,000: 

1968 

1969 -.- 

Percent  change.  - 

GROUP  V 

1,188  cities,  10,000  to  25,000; 
population  18,972,000: 

1968 

1969 -... 

Percent  change 

90 


Grand 
total 


935,635 
4,385,529 
+  11.4 


3,289,621 
3.663,519 
+  11.4 


369,  279 

660,  604 

+8.1 


972. 168 

,  030,  536 

+6.0 


790,  522 

882,  913 

+11.7 


606, 689 

647, 155 

+6.7 


665,  061 

730. 490 

+9.8 


656, 101 

716, 067 

+9.1 


603, 122 

548,  298 

+9.0 


495,3,62 

641,681 

+9.4 


Crime 
Index 
total 


82,  511 
1. 949,  872 
+9.4 


795,  622 

851,  975 

+7.1 


564.687 
640,  262 
+13.4 


422  202 

467,  635 

+8.4 


415.124 

471,727 

+13.6 


398.475 

462,  720 

+13.6 


301,333 

342,  200 

+13.6 


270, 399 

309, 723 

+14.5 


Vio- 
lent 
crime 


538,918 

598,240 

+11.0 


3,396,717 

3,787,289 

+11.5 


477,004 

529.432 

+11.0 


336,  228 

373,  030 

+  10.9 


182,  121 

199,  310 

+9.4 


96,006 
112,386 
+17.1 


58, 101 
61, 334 

+5.6 


45, 466 
51,276 
+12.8 


36,  999 
41,491 
+12.1 


24, 591 
28,340 

+15.2 


23, 112 

24,765 

+7,1 


Property 
crime 


2,812,617 

3.134,087 

+  11.4 


1,  446,  283 

1,  576,  842 

+9.0 


613,  501 

662,  665 

+6.4 


468,  681 

627,  876 

+12.6 


364,101 
396,301 

+8.8 


369. 669 

420.451 

+13.7 


361.476 

411,  229 

+13.8 


276, 742 

313,  860 

+13.4 


247, 287 

284, 968 

+15.2 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Criminal  homicide 


11,918 
12,800 
+7.4 


9,622 
10,528 
+9.4 


6,315 
6,930 
+9.7 


2,871 
3,127 
+8.9 


2,176 

2,615 

+15.6 


1,268 
1,288 
+1.6 


1.134 
1.190 
+4.9 


786 

887 

+12.8 


+12.4 


563 

613 

+8.9 


Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 


7,688 
7,753 

+.8 


4,662 

4,655 

-.2 


2,440 
2,496 
+2,3 


812 
+3.0 


973 

926 

-4.8 


679 

758 

+11.6 


758 

717 

-5.4 


630 

651 

+3.3 


426 

419 

-1.6 


264 

256 

-3.0 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


27,952 
32,466 
+16.1 


21,576 

25,488 
+18.1 


13.838 
16, 326 
+18.0 


6,  619 
7,392 
+13.4 


4,254 

5,687 

+33.7 


3,065 
3,246 
+5.9 


2,407 
2,865 
+19.0 


2,067 
2,411 
+16.6 


1.448 
1.706 

+17.8 


1,227 
1,649 
+26,2 


Rob- 
bery 


253,254 

286,783 

+13.2 


237,990 

269,728 

+  13.3 


188,  798 
212,  763 

+12.7 


106,  900 
120,  206 
+  12.4 


53,  408 
62,  719 

+17.4 


28, 490 

29, 839 

+4.7 


18,431 
21,689 
+17.1 


14. 946 
16,835 
+12.6 


8.315 
10.  034 
+20,7 


6,796 
6,667 
+14.9 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


245,794 
266,191 

+8.3 


207,816 

223,688 

+7.6 


127,  277 

137,  012 

+7.6 


66,831 

68,  686 

+4.2 


36, 168 
41,466 
+14.6 


26,  278 

26,  961 

+6.7 


23.493 

25, 632 

+9.1 


19.  200 
21,368 
+11.2 


14, 241 
15,  940 
+11.9 


15, 526 

15,936 

+2.6 


Bur- 
glary— 
break- 
ing or 
entering 


1,659,986 

1,754,800 

+5.7 


1.347,589 
1,425,954 

+5.8 


722,  331 
756,  962 

+4.8 


343,  922 

352,  384 

+2.5 


206,  668 

227,  551 

+10.1 


171,741 

177,017 

+3.1 


174. 284 

189,  719 

+8.9 


158,  241 
170, 154 

+7.5 


120,993 

126,646 

+4.6 


117,  873 

126, 190 

+7.1 


Larceny-theft 


$50  and 
over 


.005.671 

,217,207 

+21.0 


811,595 

979,825 

+20.7 


Under 
$50 


1,878,818 

1,939,077 

+3.2 


1,615,910 

1,667,688 
+3.2 


318,  796       584, 328 

368,  069       608,  236 

+16.  6  +4. 1 


90, 970 

100,  929 

+10.  9 


122, 127 
142,  696 
+16.8 


105. 699 

124, 434 

+17.7 


116.842 

141.530 

+22.2 


131,294 

160, 221 

+22.0 


108,  953 
135,371 

+24.2 


93,  094 

119,233 

+28.1 


175,  768 

177,  749 

+1.1 


224,  862 

241,  725 

+7.5 


183, 708 

188,762 

+2.8 


249,179 

258,046 

+3.6 


256, 996 

262,686 

+2.2 


201.363 

205. 679 

+2.1 


224,  689 

231,  702 

+3.1 


Table  6. — Crime  Trends,  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  1968-69,  by  Population  Groups — Continued 


Population  group 


GROUP  VI 

1,980  cities  under  10,000; 
population  10,40,'),000: 

1968 

1969 ._-. 

Percent  change 

SUBURBAN  AKEA  '. 

2,136  agencies;  population 
51,288,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  cliange 

RURAL  AREA 

1,438  agencies;  population 
22,642,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  change 


Grand 
total 


221,278 
238,  732 

+7.9 


1,354,623 
1,483,542 
+9.5 


269, 312 

294, 622 

+9.4 


Crime 
Index 
total 


121.779 

137, 277 

+12.7 


871,929 

984,924 

+13.0 


201,974 

224,  020 

+10.  9 


Vio- 
lent 
crime 


10, 609 

10,540 

-.7 


73,443 

81,829 
+11.4 


21,  279 

22,923 

+7.7 


Property 
crime 


Murder      Man- 

and  non-   slaugh- 

negligent    ter  by 

man-        negli- 

slaughter    gence 


111.170 

126, 737 

+14.0 


798, 486 

903, 095 

+13.1 


180,  695 

201,  097 

+11.3 


Criminal  homicide 


237 

248 

+4.6 


1,714 
1,890 
+10  3 


1,208 
1,089 
-9.9 


144 

116 

-19.4 


1,772 
1,754 
-1.0 


1,751 
1,827 
+4.3 


Forc- 

Aggra- 

ible 

Rob- 

vated 

rape 

bery 

assault 

589 

1,704 

8,079 

632 

1,850 

7,810 

+7.3 

+8.6 

-3.3 

6,105 

23,135 

42,489 

6,823 

26,111 

47,005 

+11.8 

+12.9 

+10.6 

2,239 

2,841 

14,991 

2,465 

3,149 

16,220 

+101 

+10.8 

+8.2 

Bur- 
glary— 
break- 
ing or 
entering 


53, 867 

56, 393 

+4.7 


386,125 
406,231 

+5.2 


105,565 

112,394 

+6.5 


Larceny-thett 


$50  and 
over 


43,616 
55,411 
+27.0 


287. 567 

356, 833 

+24.1 


57, 133 
69,257 
+21.2 


Under 
$50 


99,355 

101,339 

+2.0 


480, 922 

496,864 

+3.3 


65, 587 

68,775 

+4.9 


Auto 
theft 


13,687 

14,933 

+9.1 


124,794 

140,031 

+12.2 


17,997 

19,446 

+8.1 


1  Includes  suburban,  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropohtan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 
Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault.  Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


91 


397-633   O  -  70  -  7 


Table  7. 


■fimc  Trends,  Offenses  Known  to  fhe  Police,  1968-69,  for  Suburban  and  Nonsuburban  Cities  '  by  Population  Groups 

(1969  estimated  population] 


Population  group 


Grand 
total 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Vio- 
lent 
crime 


Property 
crime 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


Rob- 
bery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Bur- 
glary- 
breaking 

or 
entering 


Larceny-theft 


$50 
and 
over 


Under 
$50 


Suburban  Cities 

TOTAL  SUBURBAN 
CITIES;  1,829  cities:  total 
population  26,039,000 : 

1968 

1969... 

Percent  change.. 

GROUP  IV 

274  cities,  26,000  to  50,000; 
population  9,815,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  change. 

GROUP  V 

708  cities,  10,000  to  25,000; 
population  11,508,000; 

1968 - 

1969... 

Percent  change 

GROUP  VI 

847  cities  under  10,000; 
population  4,717,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  change 

Nonsuburban  Cities 

TOTAL  NONSUBURBAN 
CITIES:  1,790  cities:  total 
population  19,481.000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  change 

GROUP  IV 

177  cities,  25,000  to  50,000; 
population  6,328,000: 

1968 

1969... 

Percent  change 

GROUP  V 

480  cities,  10,000  to  25,000; 
population  7,465,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  change 

GROUP  VI 

1,133  cities  under  10,000; 
population  5,688,000: 

1968 

1969 

Percent  change 


711.987 
781,667 

-f9.8 


300,  052 

328,  312 

-t-9.  4 


300, 126 

331,  612 

-1-10.5 


111,  809 
121,  743 

-1-8.9 


507,765 
547,044 

-t-7.7 


203.  070 
219. 986 

-1-8.3 


195.  226 

210,  069 

-i-7.6 


109.  469 

116,989 

-1-6.9 


427,889 

486,934 

-H3.8 


32,808 

35,944 

-t-9. 6 


395.081 

450,990 

-1-14.2 


626 

707 

4-12.9 


497 

483 

-2.8 


1.968 
2,310 

-t-17.4 


10,712 
12,205 
-1-13.9 


19,502 

20,722 

4-6.3 


179,293 
189,779 

-t-5.8 


150,624 
188,708 
-1-25.3 


283,601 
294,250 

-1-3.8 


189, 386 

214, 385 

-1-13.2 


174,  227 
199,  024 
-1-14.2 


64,276 
73,  525 
4-14.4 


265,622 

302.266 

-t-13.8 


14, 195 
16,  426 
4-15.7 


13,620 
14,383 
4-5.6 


4,  993 
5,135 

4-2.8 


25.504 

27,691 

4-8.6 


175, 191 
197,  959 
4-13.0 


160,  607 
184,641 
4-15.0 


59.283 
68,  390 
4-15.4 


240.118 

274.575 
4-14.4 


261 

306 

4-17.2 


273 

295 

4-8.1 


92 

106 

4-15.2 


761 

814 

4-7.0 


254 
252 


160 

155 

-3.1 


855 

991 

4-15.9 


802 

1,004 

4-25.2 


311 

315 
4-1.3 


5,603 
6,645 
4-18.6 


3,999 
4,337 
4-8.5 


1,110 

1,223 

4-10.2 


337 

308 

-8.6 


1,296 

1,577 

4-21.7 


5,103 

6,336 

4-24.2 


7,476 
8,484 
4-13.5 


8,546 
8,747 

4-2.4 


3,480 
3,491 

4-.  3 


18,344 

18,964 

4-3.4 


75,609 

79,304 

4-4.9 


76, 105 

81,299 

4-6.8 


27,  579 

29,176 

4-5.8 


113,440 
119,350 

4-5.2 


67,043 
82,  438 
4-23.0 


59,930 

76,079 
4-26.9 


23,651 
30, 191 
4-27.7 


95,039 
121,307 
4-27.6 


110,412 

113,675 

4-3.0 


125,  739 

132,  433 

4-5.3 


47,450 

48, 142 

4-1.5 


241.806 

244,470 

4-1.1 


111,  947 

127.815 

4-14.2 


96. 172 

110,699 

4-15.1 


57,  503 
63.752 
4-10.9 


10,  396 
11,914 
4-14.6 


9,492 

10,  372 

4-9.3 


5,616 
5.405 
-3.8 


101,551 

115,  901 

4-14.1 


86.680 
100,  327 
4-15.7 


61,887 
68.347 
4-12.5 


326 

354 

4-8.6 


290 
318 

4-9.7 


145 

142 

-2.1 


172 

167 

-2.9 


104 
101 

-2.9 


61 

40 

-34.4 


593 

715 

4-20.6 


425 
545 

4-28.2 


278 

317 

4-14.0 


2,712 
3,389 
4-25.0 


1,797 
2,320 
4-29.1 


594 

627 

4-5.6 


6.765 
7,456 
4-10.2 


6.980 
7.189 
4-3.0 


4,599 
4,319 
-6.1 


45,384 

47,242 

4-4.1 


41,768 

44,891 

4-7.5 


26,288 

27,  217 

4-3.5 


41,910 
62, 933 
4-26.3 


33,164 
43.154 
4-30.1 


19,965 
25,220 
4-26  3 


90, 951 

92,004 

4-L2 


98,  950 

99,  269 
4-.  3 


51, 905 

53,197 

4-2.5 


'  Suburban  places  are  within  Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Areas  and  includes  suburban  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  the  metropolitan  area. 
Excludes  core  cities;  nonsuburban  places  are  outside  S.M.S.A.'s.  Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault.  Property 
crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


92 


Table  8. — Crime  Trends,  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  1968-69,  for  Suburban  and  Nonsuburban  Counties  by  Population  Groups 

[1969  estimated  population] 


Criminal  homicide 

Larceny-theft 

Grand 
total 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Vio- 
lent 
crime 

Property 
crime 

Forc- 
ible 
rape 

Rob- 
bery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Bur- 
glary- 
breaking 

or 
entering 

Population  group 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 

$60 
and 
over 

Under 
$50 

Auto 
theft 

Suburban  Counties 

Over  100,000 

61  counties,  population 
14,767,000: 
1968 

479,987 

624,281 

+9.2 

323,929 

364,296 

+12.6 

28,481 
32,288 
+13.4 

295,448 

332,008 

+12.4 

638 

700 
+9.7 

436 

409 
-6.0 

2,729 
2,997 
+9.8 

9,805 
10,991 
+12.1 

15,309 
17,600 
+15.0 

146,526 

102.092 

156,623 

159,576 

+2.5 

46,830 
53,473 

1969 

161,920   126.615 

Percent  change. 

+3.7 

+24.0 

+14.2 

IS.OOO  to  100,000 

127  counties,  population 
6,927,000: 
1968 

111,428 

123,367 

-H0.7 

80,670 
91,262 
+13.1 

8,588 
9,574 
+11.5 

72,082 
81,688 
+13.3 

300 

329 

+9.7 

308 
307 
-.3 

977 
1,082 
+10.7 

1,698 
1,986 
+16.9 

5,613 
6,178 
+10.1 

39,210 

42,737 

+9.0 

24,496 
29,677 
+20.7 

30,450 

31,788 

+4.4 

8,376 

1969 

9,374 

Percent  change 

+11.9 

10,000  to  15,000 

47  counties,  population 
873,000: 
1968 -.-- -.- 

13,311 
14,960 
-1-12.4 

10,445 
12,020 
+15.1 

1,182 
1,308 
+10.7 

9,263 
10,  712 
+15.6 

39 
43 

+10.3 

24 

27 
+12.6 

157 

151 

-3.8 

171 

173 

+1.2 

815 

941 

+15.6 

6,228 
6,068 
+16.1 

3,309 
3,806 
+15.0 

2,842 
2,913 
+2.5 

726 

1969 

838 

Pprppnt  phange 

+15.4 

Nonsuburban  Counties 

SS,000  to  100,000 

163  counties,  population 
6,440,000: 
1968 

72.275 
82,330 
-1-13.9 

60,563 
68,890 
+16.5 

6,466 
7,092 
+9.7 

44,097 
61,798 
+17.5 

306 

246 

-19.  6 

91 

118 

+29.7 

521 

667 

+28.0 

729 

810 

+11.1 

4,910 
6,369 
+9.3 

25,857 
28, 813 
+11.4 

14,285 
18,333 
+28.3 

21,621 

23,322 

+7.9 

3,965 

1969 

4,652 

+17.6 

10,000  to  iS,000 

393  coimties,  population 
6,159,000: 
1968          

69,801 
64,111 

+1.2 

44,860 

48,478 

+8.1 

6,402 
6,745 
+6.3 

39,458 

42,  733 

+8.3 

320 

258 

-19.4 

120 

122 

+1.7 

481 

547 

+13.7 

509 

597 

+17.3 

4,092 
4,343 
+6.1 

22,403 

23,163 

+3.4 

14,070 
16,475 
+17.1 

14,821 
15,611 

+4.7 

2,986 

1969 

3,095 

Percent  change 

+3.7 

Under  10,000 

538  counties,  population 
2,945,000: 
1968 - 

34,007 

36,353 

+6.9 

25,692 

27,910 

+8.6 

2,666 
2.736 
+2.6 

23,026 

25, 174 

+9.3 

145 

131 

-9.7 

74 

67 

-9.6 

268 

256 

-4.6 

283 

300 

+6.0 

1,970 
2,049 
+4.0 

12,636 

13,182 

+4.3 

8,798 
10,427 
+18.6 

8,241 
8,376 
+1.6 

1,693 

1969 - - 

1,565 

Percent  change 

-1.8 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault.  Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


93 


Table  9. — Crime  Rates,  Offenses  Known  to  tlie  Police,  1969,  by  Population  Groups 

[1969  estimated  population.  Rate:  Number  of  crimes  par  100,000  inhabitants] 


Grand 
total 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Vio- 
lent 
crime 

Property 
crime 

Criminal  homicide 

Forc- 
ible 
rape 

Rob- 
bery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burg- 
lary— 
break- 
ing or 
entering 

Larceny-theft 

Population  group 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

Man- 
slaughter 
by  negli- 

$50 and 
over 

Under 
$60 

Auto 
theft 

man- 
slaughter 

gence 

TOTAL  ALL  AGENCIES: 

6,307  agencies;  total  popu- 

lation 178.083,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known 

6,849,903 

1,717.011 

620.029 

4.096.982 

13.174 

7.888 

34.041 

291,912 

280.902 

1.836.285 

1,421,705 

2,125.004 

838.992 

Rate --- 

3.846.5 

2.648.8 

348.2 

2.300.6 

7.4 

4.4 

19.1 

163.9 

157.7 

1,031.1 

798.3 

1.193.3 

471.1 

TOTAL  CITIES:  4,317 

, 

cities;  total  population 

IJI.630,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known. 

5.747,579 

3.913.039 

542.041 

3.370.998 

10.594 

4.822 

26.153 

273.185 

232, 109 

1.470.912 

1,157,354 

1.829.718 

742,732 

Rate 

4.611.7 

3.139.7 

434.9 

2,704.8 

8.5 

3.9 

21.0 

219.2 

186.2 

1,180.2 

928.6 

1,468.1 

595.9 

GROUP  I 

58  Cities  over  250,000;  popula- 

tion 44,159,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known 

2,  863.  556 

2.  130,  567 

379,  658 

1.750,909 

6,930 

2,604 

16.  756 

215, 294 

140,  678 

776,  800 

514,577 

730,  385 

459,  632 

Rate 

6,  484.  6 

4,824.7 

859.7 

3,  965.  0 

15.7 

5.9 

37.9 

487.5 

318.6 

1,  769. 1 

1,165.3 

1,  664.  0 

1,  040.  6 

6  cities  over  1,000,000;  popu- 

lation 19,537,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known 

1,  221,  076 

981,  111 
5.021.8 

199,310 
1.020  2 

781.  801 
4.001.7 

3.127 
16.0 

812 
4.2 

7,392 
37.8 

120,  205 
615.3 

68,586 
351.1 

352,  384 
1.803.7 

230,065 
1, 177.  6 

239, 163 
1,  224. 1 

199,  352 

Rate 

6,  250. 1 

1,  020  4 

21  cities,  500,000  to  1,000,000; 

population  13,576,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known 

968,067 
7,130.9 

688.185 
5,  069.  3 

119,014 
876.7 

569. 171 
4, 192.  6 

2,615 
18.6 

1,034 
7.6 

6,118 
46.1 

65,  250 
480.  6 

45, 131 
332.4 

247,  399 
1,822.4 

156,  442 
1,152.4 

278,848 
2,  054.  0 

165,330 

Rate 

1,217.8 

31  cities,  250,000  to  500,000; 

population  11,047,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known 

674,  413 
6, 105.  0 

461.271 
4.175.6 

61,  334 

555.2 

399,  937 
3,  620.  4 

1,288 
11.7 

758 
6.9 

3,246 

29.4 

29,839 
270.1 

26,  961 
244.1 

177,  017 
1,602.4 

128,  070 
1,159.3 

212.384 
1,922.6 

94,850 

Rate 

858.6 

GROUP  11 

97  cities,  100,000  to  250,000; 

population  14,413,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known 

737,392 

477,418 

51,  678 

425,  740 

1,190 

725 

2,877 

21,649 

25,  962 

190,341 

146,  963 

259,249 

89,436 

Rate 

6, 116.  0 

3,312  3 

358.6 

2, 953. 8 

8.3 

6.0 

20.0 

150.2 

180.1 

1.320.6 

1,012.7 

1,  798.  7 

620.5 

94 


Table  9. — Crime  Rates,  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  by  Population  Groups— Continued 


Population  group 


GROUP  in 

265  cities,  50,000  to  100,000; 

population  18,536,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known 

Rate... 


GROUP  IV 

462  cities,  25.000  to  50,000; 

population  16.520,000: 

Number  of  offenses 

known.- 

Rate.. 


1,233  cities,  10.000  to  25,000; 
population  19,647,000: 
Number  of  offenses 

known. 

Rate 


2,202  cities  under  10,000; 

population  11,354.000; 

Number  of  offenses 

known 

Rate 


SUBURBAN  AREA  • 

2,341  agencies;  population 
55,485,000; 
Number  of  offenses 

known — 

Rate 


RURAL  AREA 

1,620  agencies;  population 
25,196.000: 
Number  of  offenses 

known 

Rate 


Grand 
total 


762, 233 
4, 058. 2 


561,801 
3, 400.  7 


668,341 
2, 892. 8 


264,256 
2,327.3 


1,611,158 
2, 903.  8 


318,  977 
1,266.0 


Crime 
Index 
total 


475, 550 
2.  565. 5 


350, 341 
2, 120  7 


326. 269 
1.  660.  7 


152,894 
1,346.6 


1, 076, 853 
1,  940. 8 


242, 650 
963.1 


Vio- 
lent 
crime 


42,  %7 
231.8 


28.735 
173.9 


26,  667 
135.7 


12. 336 
108.6 


90,201 
162.6 


25,923 
102.9 


Property 
crime 


432,583 
2,333.7 


321,606 
1,946.7 


299.  602 
1,  624.  9 


140,  558 
1,237.9 


986, 652 
1,  778.  2 


216,  727 
860.2 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


897 
4.8 


669 
4.0 


635 
3.2 


273 
2.4 


2,074 
3.7 


1,241 
4.9 


Man- 
slaughter 
by  negli- 
gence 


664 
3.6 


426 
2.6 


272 
1.4 


131 
1.2 


1,868 
3.4 


1,702 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


2,466 
13.3 


1,727 
10.5 


1,621 
8.3 


706 
6.2 


7,621 
13.7 


2,680 
10.6 


Rob- 
bery 


17,166 
92.6 


10, 119 
61.3 


6,893 
35.1 


2,064 
18.2 


27,942 
50.4 


3,383 
13.4 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


22,438 
121.1 


16, 220 

98.2 


17,  618 
89.2 


9,293 
81.8 


52,564 
94.7 


18,619 
73.9 


Burg- 
lary— 
break- 
ing or 
entering 


178,810 
964.7 


129,483 
783.8 


132. 791 
675.9 


62,687 
652.1 


446,424 
804.6 


120, 121 
476.8 


Larceny-theft 


$50  and 
over 


170,275 
918.6 


139,213 

842.7 


125,943 
641.0 


61,383 
540.6 


389, 774 
702.5 


75,330 
299.0 


276,  019 
1, 489. 1 


211,034 

1,277.4 


241, 800 
1,230.7 


111,231 
979.6 


532,437 
959.6 


74, 625 
296.2 


Auto 
Under       theft 
$50 


'  Includes  subiurban,  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 
Population  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  AU  rates  were  calculated  on  the  population  before  rounding.  Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible 
rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault.  Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


95 


Table  10. — Crime  Rates,  Offemes  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  for  Suburban  and  Nonsuburban  Cities  by  Population  Groups 

(1969  estimated  population.  Rate:  Number  of  crimes  per  100,000  Inbabitants] 


Grand 
total 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Vio- 
lent 
crime  i 

Property 
crime  - 

Criminal  homicide 

For- 
cible 
rape 

Rob- 
bery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Bur- 
glary- 
breaking 

or 
entering 

Larceny-theft 

Population  group 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 

$50 
and 
over 

Under 
$50 

Auto 
theft 

Snbnrban  Cities 

TOTAL  SUBURBAN 

CITIES:  1,971    cities;    toUl 

populaUon  27,228,000: 

Number  oroffenses  known- 

827,811 

515,531 

38.136 

477,395 

735 

504 

2.413 

12.598 

22,390 

201,172 

200,753 

311,776 

75,470 

Rate 

3.040.3 

1,893.4 

140.1 

1.753.3 

2.7 

1.9 

8.9 

46.3 

82.2 

738.8 

737.3 

1.145.1 

277.2 

GROUP  IV 

282  cities,  25,000  to  60,000:  pop- 

ulation 10,111,000: 

Number  of  oflenses  Icnown . 

340. 400 

221,672 

16.764 

204.908 

310 

259 

1,004 

6,716 

8,734 

81.947 

86,861 

118.489 

37,100 

Rate 

3,366.7 

2, 192.  4 

166.8 

2,026.6 

3.1 

2.6 

9.9 

66.4 

86.4 

810.5 

849.2 

1, 171.  7 

366.9 

GEOtrP  V 

737  cities,  10,000  to  25.000;  pop- 

ulation 11,931,000: 

Number  of  oflenses  known. 

349,916 

210. 743 

15,336 

195, 407 

306 

164 

1,054 

4,513 

9,463 

86,216 

80,859 

139,009 

28,333 

Rate 

2, 932. 9 

1, 766. 4 

128.6 

1,  637.  8 

2.6 

1.4 

8.8 

37.8 

79.3 

722.  6 

677.7 

1, 165. 1 

237.5 

OKOUP  VI 

962  cities,  under  10,000;  popula- 

tion 5,186,000: 

Number  of  oflenses  known . 

137,495 

83.116 

6.036 

77.080 

119 

81 

355 

1,369 

4,193 

33, 010 

34,033 

54,298 

10,  037 

Rate -  - 

2,651.2 

1,602.7 

116.4 

1,486.3 

2.3 

1.6 

6.8 

26.4 

80.9 

636.6 

656.2 

1, 047.  0 

193.5 

Nonsabnrban  Cities 

TOTAL      NONSUBURBAN 

CITIES:   1,926  cities;  total 

population  20,294,000: 

Number  ofofTenses  known. 

566,587 

313.973 

29.602 

284.371 

842 

325 

1.641 

6.478 

20.641 

123.789 

125,786 

252,289 

34,7% 

Bate 

2,791.9 

1.547.1 

145.9 

1.401.3 

4.1 

1.6 

8.1 

31.9 

101.7 

610.0 

619.8 

1,243.2 

171. S 

GROUP  IV 

180  Cities,  25,000  to  60,000;  pop- 

ulation 6,409,000: 

Number  of  oflenses  known . 

221,401 

128, 669 

11.971 

116.698 

359 

167 

723 

3,403 

7,486 

47,636 

53.352 

92.  665 

16,810 

3,  454. 3 

2, 007.  5 

186.8 

1,820.7 

5.6 

2.6 

11.3 

53.1 

116.8 

741.7 

832.4 

1,444.2 

246.7 

GROUP  V 

496  cities,  10,000  to  26,000;  pop- 

ulation 7,716,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known . 

218,425 

115, 526 

11,331 

104. 195 

329 

108 

567 

2,380 

8,055 

46.576 

45,084 

102.  791 

12,535 

Rate 

2,830.7 

1,497.2 

146.8 

1,350.3 

4.3 

1.4 

7.3 

30.8 

104.4 

603.6 

584.3 

1.332.1 

162.6 

GROUP  VI 

1,280  cities,  under  10,000;  pop- 

ulation 6,168,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known . 

126.  761 

69,  778 

6,300 

63,478 

154 

50 

361 

695 

5,100 

29,  677 

27,350 

66,933 

6,461 

2, 055.  0 

1,131.2 

102.1 

1,029.1 

2.5 

.8 

6.7 

11.3 

82.7 

481.1 

443.4 

923.0 

104.6 

1  Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
>  Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


96 


Table  11. — Crime  Rates,  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  Suburban  and  Nonsuburban  Counties  by  Population  Groups 

(1969  estimated  population.  Rate:  Number  of  crimes  per  100,000  inhabitants) 


Population  group 

Grand 
total 

Crime 
Index 

total 

Vio- 
lent 
crime  ' 

Property 
crime  ' 

Criminal  homicide 

For- 
cible 
rape 

Rob- 
bery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Bur- 
glary- 
breaking 

or 
entering 

Larceny-theft 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 

$50 
and 
over 

Under 
$50 

Auto 
theft 

Surburban  Counties 

Over  100,000 

66  counties,  population 
16,804,000: 
Number  of  offenses  known  . 
Rate. -.- 

550, 161 
3,481.2 

385,030 
2,436.4 

34, 081 
215.7 

350,949 
2, 220.  7 

719 
4.5 

438 

2.8 

3,196 
20.2 

11,408 

72.2 

18,768 
118.7 

161,003 
1,018.8 

133,683 
845.9 

164,693 
1,042.1 

56,263 
356.0 

26,000  to  100,000 

166  counties,  population 
8,468,000: 
Number  of  offenses  known. 
Rate                         -.  - 

161,  794 
1,910.7 

120, 390 
1,421.7 

12,701 
150.0 

107,  689 
1,271.7 

417 

4.9 

348 
4.1 

1.400 
16.5 

2,614 
30.9 

8,270 
97.7 

56,316 
665.0 

39, 198 
462.9 

41,056 

484.8 

12, 175 
143.8 

10,000  to  15,000 

65  counties,  population 
1,217,000: 
Number  of  offenses  known. 
Rate. 

20, 367 
1,  673. 6 

16,548 
1,369.8 

1.811 

148.8 

14, 737 
1,210.9 

70 
5.8 

46 
3.8 

218 
17.9 

297 
24.4 

1,226 
100.7 

8,454 
694.7 

5,014 
412.0 

3,773 
310.0 

1,269 
104.3 

Nonsurburban  Counties 

16,000  to  100,000 

183  counties,  population 
7,168,000: 
Number  of  offenses  known . 

91.386 
1,276.8 

65,287 
912.1 

7,787 
108.8 

57,500 
803.3 

279 
3.9 

125 
1.7 

744 
10.4 

905 
12.6 

5,859 
81.9 

31, 639 
440.6 

20,  924 
292.3 

25,974 
362.9 

5,037 
70.4 

10,000  to  t6,000 

469  counties,  population 
7,192,000: 
Number  of  offenses  known. 
Rate          .  . 

76,242 
1,060.1 

58,318 
810.9 

7.290 
101.4 

51,028 
709.5 

346 
4.8 

139 

1.9 

662 
9.2 

750 
10.4 

5,532 
76.9 

28,003 
389.4 

19,367 
269.3 

17,785 
247.3 

3,658 
50.9 

Under  10,000 

619  counties,  population 
3,408,000: 
Number  of  offenses  known. 

42,038 
1,233.7 

32,450 
952.3 

3,487 
102.3 

28,963 
850.0 

168 
4.9 

77 
2.3 

327 

9.6 

364 
10.7 

2,628 
77.1 

15,204 
446.2 

11,899 
349.2 

9,511 
279.1 

1,860 
54.6 

'  Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
'  Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


97 


Table  12. — Offenses  Known  and  Percent  Cleared  by  Arrest,  1969,  by  Population  Groups 

[1969  estimated  population] 


Population  group 


TOTAL  CITIES 

3,882  cities:  toul  popalation 
103.936,000: 

Offenses  linown 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest 

GROUP  I 

51  cities;  total  population 
30,728,000: 

Offenses  known 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest , . 
4  cities  over  1,000,000;  total 
population  8,465,000: 

Offenses  known 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . . 
19  cities,  500,000  to  1,000,000; 
total  population  12,  362,000: 

Offenses  known 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest  _ . 
28  cities,  250,000  to  600,000; 
total  population  9,911,000: 

Offenses  known. 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . . 

GROUP  II 

94  cities,  100,000  to  250,000; 
total  population  14,036,000: 

Offenses  known — 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest  -  - 

GROUP  m 

238  cities,  50,000  to  100,000; 
total  population  16,633,000: 

Offenses  known 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . 


Grand 
total 


4,511,646 
20.6 


1, 925, 325 
21.5 


464,  278 
24.6 


867,  822 
20.6 


593,225 
20.5 


719. 131 
20.6 


645,  477 
18.9 


Crime 
Index 
total 


2.950.396 
20.1 


1. 368.  021 
21.1 


333,  010 
24.1 


621,  250 
20.7 


403.  761 
19.4 


465,323 
20.1 


408, 107 
17.8 


Violent 
crime 


384,877 
46.5 


238,845 
41.7 


78,  077 
41.1 


107,  016 
39  5 


53,  752 
47.0 


60,659 
53.3 


36,  980 
51.0 


Property 
crime 


2.565.519 
16.1 


1, 119. 176 
16.8 


264,933 
18.9 


514,234 
16.8 


350,  009 
15.2 


414,664 
16.1 


371,127 
14.5 


Criminal  bomicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaugh- 
ter 


8,427 
86.1 


6,122 
84.1 


1,707 
84.6 


2,322 
86.1 


1.093 
81.3 


1,162 
90.4 


779 


Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 


4,230 
83.5 


2,157 
85.2 


533 
91.2 


691 
76.1 


715 
77.3 


614 
80.1 


Forc- 
ible 
rape 


19,645 
55.9 


11,271 
63.8 


3,167 
54.9 


5,341 
53.2 


2,773 
53.5 


2,800 
56.8 


2,091 
67.9 


Rob- 
bery 


184.780 
26.9 


133.091 
26.3 


49.144 
27.8 


67,888 
23.9 


26,059 
28.6 


21, 127 
29.6 


14,257 
25.8 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


172.025 
64,7 


89,361 


24,069 
63.3 


41.465 
57.1 


23,827 
64.7 


25,670 
70.8 


19,853 
66.8 


Burg- 
lary- 
breaking 
or   en- 
tering 


1.115,360 
18.9 


493, 447 
19.7 


116,476 
19.1 


223,694 
20.2 


163.277 
19.4 


185.605 
19.5 


164.092 
17.3 


Larceny-theft 


Total 


2.439.700 
17.9 


$60 
and 
over 


882.680 
11.4 


879,691    314,544 
18.  6         11. 9 


187.  785 
23.0 


390.  214 
17.1 


301. 692 
17.7 


394.324 
17.7 


380,877 
16.9 


67.050 
17.2 


144.  676 
11.6 


112,919 


141,231 
11.3 


144, 121 
10.7 


Auto 
theft 


567,479 
17.9 


311, 185 
17.0 


81.407 
19.8 


145,965 
16.6 


83.813 
16.0 


87,928 
16.7 


72, 914 
16.2 


98 


Table  12. — Offenses  Known  and  Percent  Cleared  by  Arrest,  1969,  by  Population  Groups — Continued 


Grand 
total 

Crime 
Indei 
total 

Violent 
crime 

Property 
crime 

Criminal  homicide 

Forc- 
ible 
rape 

Rob- 
bery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burg- 
lary- 
breaking 
or   en- 
tering 

Larceny-theft 

Population  group 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 
man- 
slaugh- 
ter 

Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 

Total 

$50 
and 
over 

Auto 

theft 

GROUP  IV 

410  cities,  25,000  to  50,000;  total 

population  14,622,000: 

Offenses  known 

487, 865 
19.9 

299. 920 
18.3 

24,997 
51.3 

274.923 
15.3 

574 

385 

1,467 
62.2 

8,698 
27.3 

14,358 
63.1 

110, 422 
18.6 

306, 960 
17.8 

119,400 
10.7 

45,101 
19.6 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest.. 

88.7 

80.8 

GROUP  V 

1,110  cities,  10,000  to  25,000; 

total  population  17,672,000: 

Offenses  known 

503. 378 

286, 427 

23,057 

263,370 
15.9 

556 

242 

1,399 
59.5 

6,987 
30.6 

15,115 

116,724 
17.6 

327, 148 
17.6 

110,439 
11.3 

36,207 
24.5 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest.. 

20.1 

19.5 

60.0 

89.2 

95.0 

70.7 

GROUP  VI 

1,979  cities  under  10,000;  total 

population  10,247,000: 

Offenses  known 

230, 470 

132,598 
20.9 

10,339 
67.3 

122. 259 
17.0 

234 

117 

617 

1,720 

7,768 
74.5 

55, 170 

160,700 
17.7 

52,945 
11.8 

14  144 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest. . 

21.  n 

85.9 

94.0 

64.8 

33.1 

18.5 

30.5 

SUBURBAN  AREA  > 

2,045  agencies ;  total  population 

46,079,000: 

Offenses  known 

1,247,330 

814, 142 

64,349 

52.8 

749,  793 
15.9 

1,501 

1,677 

5,231 
57.5 

20,288 
30.6 

37,329 
62.9 

330,880 
18.2 

733,  713 
16.2 

302,202 
10.9 

116,711 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . . 

19.2 

18.8 

85.7 

71.9 

22.2 

RURAL  AREA 

1,321  agencies;  total  population 

20,903,000: 

Offenses  known 

254,455 

195,307 
25.3 

18,422 

176,885 
21.0 

964 

1,743 

2,041 
63.8 

2,600 
44.4 

12,817 
70.4 

98,248 
20.8 

118, 169 
18.5 

60,764 
16.6 

17,873 
37.3 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest.. 

24.5 

66.6 

82.9 

62.4 

'  Includes  suburban,  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


k 


99 


Table  13. — Offenses  Known  and  Percent  Cleared  by  Arrest,  1969,  by  Geographic  Divisions 

[1969  estimated  population] 


Grand 
total 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Violent 
crime 

Property 
crime 

Criminal  homicide 

Forc- 
ible 
rape 

Rob- 
bery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burg- 
lary- 
breaking 
or   en- 
tering 

Larceny-theft 

Geographic  division 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 
man- 
slaugh- 
ter 

Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 

Total 

$60 
and 
over 

Auto 

theft 

TOTAL  ALL  DIVLSIONS 

3,882  cities;  total  populUion 
103,936,000: 

Offenses  known 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . . 

4,511,646 
20.6 

2, 950.. 396 
20.1 

384,877 
46.5 

2,565.519 
16.1 

8,427 
86.1 

4.230 
83.5 

19,645 
55.9 

184.780 
26.9 

172,025 
64.7 

1,115,360 
18.9 

2,439.700 
17.9 

882,680 
11.4 

567,479 
17.9 

NEW  ENGLAND  STATES 

3  30  cities;  total  population 
8,492,  000: 
Otfenses  known 

303,  138 
18.4 

224,  765 
18.2 

15,263 

51.4 

209,502 
15.8 

269 
82.2 

267 
75.5 

810 
64.6 

7,076 
31.4 

7,109 
68.6 

85,  476 
17.2 

138,  688 
16.2 

60,  672 
13.1 

63,464 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest  - . 

16.4 

MIDDLE  ATLANTIC  STATES 

994  cities;  total  population 
18.  808,000: 
Offenses  known 

555.  017 
17.9 

390,  782 
17.8 

44,553 
45.0 

346,229 
14.3 

913 
83.5 

548 
81.9 

2,375 
61.6 

22,831 
26.2 

18,  434 
64.2 

146,  409 
17.6 

280,280 
14.8 

116.  593 
10.3 

83,227 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest  -  - 

14.3 

EAST  NORTH  CENTRAL  STATES 

860  Cities;  total  population 
25,043,000: 

Offenses  known 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . . 

1, 124,  272 
21.1 

724,  927 
20.4 

116, 185 
42.0 

608,  742 
16.2 

2,318 
82.5 

985 
85.4 

5,287 
52.8 

64.863 
26.1 

43,  727 
62.0 

246,  638 
19.1 

604. 126 
18.7 

205.  766 
12.0 

166.438 
17.3 

WEST  NORTH  CENTRAL  STATES 

431  cities;  total  population 
9,234,000: 
Offenses  known  _  _ 

419,329 
21.3 

251, 147 
21.1 

28,111 
46.8 

223,036 
17.9 

577 
89.1 

265 
83.4 

1,958 
58.1 

13,612 
28.2 

11,964 
64.2 

94,687 
20.6 

244,646 
18.6 

76,729 
11.9 

51,720 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . . 

22.0 

SOUTH  ATLANTIC  STATES 

339  cities;  total  population 
12,181,000: 
Offenses  known 

629,948 
21.7 

432,328 
21.4 

82,464 
45.3 

349,874 
15.7 

1,847 
90.1 

623 
91.2 

2,995 
57.5 

36.920 
21.2 

40, 692 
64.2 

162,201 
18.1 

320,406 
17.8 

123,409 
11.1 

64,264 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . . 

18.6 

EAST  SOUTH  CENTRAL  STATES 

132  cities;  total  population 
4,398,000: 
Offenses  known. 

154,392 
19.9 

114,058 
18.4 

13,014 
66.2 

101,044 
13.6 

615 

87.4 

299 
76.9 

608 
60.2 

5,226 
26.9 

6,666 
74.4 

45,676 
16.0 

75, 138 
17.3 

36, 103 
9.6 

20,265 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest.. 

16.2 

WEST  SOUTH  CENTRAL  STATES 

286  cities;  total  population 
11,602,000: 
Offenses  known 

523,581 
23.2 

332,700 

22.7 

44,557 

65.4 

288,143 
17.6 

1,304 

88.0 

659 
86.5 

2,492 
58.2 

16,844 
34.0 

23,917 
68.6 

140,098 
20.1 

283,005 
20.3 

92,783 
12.6 

55,262 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest. . 

19.9 

MOUNTAIN  STATES 

199  cities;  total  population 
4,691,000: 
Offenses  known 

253, 174 
19.8 

149,780 
18.2 

14,344 
51.0 

135,436 
14.7 

251 
89.2 

256 
83.6 

1,051 
46.1 

5,073 
31.4 

7,969 
62.8 

58, 459 
17.9 

156,991 
17.7 

53,863 
9.5 

23, 124 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest . . 

19.0 

PAOFIC  STATES 

321  cities;  total  population 
9,487,000: 
Offenses  known 

648, 796 
20.3 

329,909 
19.7 

26,396 
48.3 

303,613 
17.2 

433 

83.6 

338 
73.1 

2,069 
60.2 

12, 347 
33.2 

11,547 
62.8 

135,916 
21.4 

336,420 
17.6 

117.872 
10.9 

49,725 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest. . 

20.6 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary',  larceny  $50 


robbery  and  aggravated  assault, 
and  over  and  auto  theft. 


100 


Table  14. — Offenses  Cleared,  1969,  by  Arrest  of  Persons  Under  78  Years  of  Age 

(Percent  of  total  cleared;  1969  estimated  population] 


Population  group 


TOTAL  CITIES 

3,814  cities;  total  populalion 
98.44-l,000; 

Total  clearances ., 

Percent  under  18 


GROUP  I 

60  cities  over  250,000;  total 
population  27,188,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18 

3  cities  over  1,000,000;  total 
population  4,915,000: 

Total  clearances.. 

Percent  under  18 

19  cities,  500,000  to  1,000,000; 
total  population  12,362,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18 

28  cities,  250,000  to  500,000; 
total  population  9,911,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18. 


GROUP  n 

92  cities,  100,000  to  250,000; 
total  population  13,706,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18 


GROUP  ni 

228  cities,  50,000  to  100,000; 
total  population  16,826,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18 


GROUP  IV 

400  cities,  25,000  to  60,000; 
total  population  14,280,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18 


OEOUP  V 

1,087  cities,  10,000  to  25,000; 
total  population  17,304,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18. 


GROUP  VI 

1,967  cities  under  10,000;  total 
population  10,140,000: 

Total  clearances. 

Percent  under  18 


SUBURBAN  AREA  ' 

2,006  agencies;  total  population 
44,818,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18 

RURAL  AREA 

1,286  agencies;  total  population 
20,227,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18 


Grand 
total 


855,015 
37.0 


365,  096 
34.0 


64.465 
33.8 


179,  112 
32.6 


121,  519 
36.1 


142,  900 
34.6 


116,646 
38.2 


94,271 
41.0 


98, 347 
43.0 


47. 765 
43.9 


233, 531 

38.2 


59, 216 
27.7 


Crime 
Index 
total 


541.216 
32.0 


246,984 
30.7 


40,047 
30.2 


128,444 

29.4 


78,  493 
33.1 


91,158 
30.3 


68,804 
32.0 


62, 974 
34.8 


63,892 
36.7 


27,404 
36.9 


148.253 
33.2 


46,833 
27.2 


Vio- 
lent 
crime 


159,406 
14.0 


82,588 
15.7 


16,040 
20.2 


42,297 
15.3 


25,  251 
13.8 


26,675 
11.6 


17, 662 
13.1 


12,430 
12.1 


13,267 
12.3 


6,884 
10.9 


32, 918 
13.6 


11,390 
7.0 


Property 
crime 


381,810 
39.5 


164,  396 
38.2 


25.007 
36.3 


86,  147 
36  3 


53.242 
42.  2 


64,583 
38.1 


51, 142 
38.5 


40.544 
41.7 


40,626 
43.3 


20,520 
45.6 


115,335 
38.9 


35, 443 
33.7 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


6.515 
6.1 


3.695 
6.8 


831 

7.2 


1,975 
6.7 


1,028 
5.3 


611 
4.7 


602 
5.4 


479 
6.4 


200 
6.6 


1,253 
6.9 


767 
5.2 


Man- 
slaugh- 
ter by 
negli- 
gence 


3.184 
5.0 


1,618 
4.7 


166 

4.2 


826 
5.8 


526 
3.0 


541 
5.2 


479 
3.3 


309 
6.8 


227 
7.5 


110 
6.4 


1,193 
7.9 


1,065 
4.7 


For- 
cible 
rape 


10.011 
14.2 


6,277 
14.4 


949 
20.1 


2,844 
13.0 


1,484 
13.6 


1,527 
12.1 


1,125 
13.3 


883 
16.7 


804 
16.5 


396 
16.2 


2,899 
13.6 


1,226 
9.1 


Rob- 
bery 


41,302 
23.3 


27,241 
24.5 


6,982 
26.2 


13,  808 
24.7 


7.451 
22.6 


6.161 
20.3 


3,336 

22.9 


2,233 

18.9 


1,776 
22.7 


566 
18.7 


5,996 
20.0 


1,078 
9.7 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Bvu-- 
glary— 
breaking 

or 
entering 


101.578 
10.6 


46,375 
11.6 


7,278 
16.6 


23,670 
10.8 


16,  427 
10.0 


17.  869 


12, 690 
10.8 


8,812 
10.3 


10,209 
10.6 


5,723 
10.0 


22,770 
12.2 


8,319 
6.6 


196.916 
40.3 


87, 172 
37.0 


12,281 
34.2 


46.  217 
36.1 


29,674 
40.9 


34,678 
38.3 


25,198 
40.7 


19, 782 
44.7 


20,020 
47.7 


10,066 
51.5 


68,490 
42.6 


19,513 
36.7 


Larceny-theft 


403.270 
42.3 


138,609 
38.1 


18,408 
39.6 


66,568 
36.6 


63,633 
39.4 


66,672 
39.5 


62. 131 
43.0 


63,320 
46.4 


66,227 
48.3 


26, 411 
50.2 


115,810 
42.9 


20,880 
29.2 


$50 
and 
over 


92.655 
29.4 


31,  915 

24.8 


4,166 
24.0 


16,  726 
22.8 


11,  033 
28.2 


15,  471 
30.3 


14,768 
28.0 


12,332 
32.8 


11,999 
34.2 


6,170 
38.7 


31,726 
31.4 


9,562 
26.1 


1  Includes  suburban,  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 
Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  biu^lary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 

101 


Table  1  5. — Dispoiition  of  Persons  Formally  Charged  by  the  Police,  1969 

[2,640  cities;  1969  estimated  population  66,155,000] 


Offense 


Charged 

(held  for 

prosecution) 


Guilty 


Offense 
charged 


Lesser 
offense 


Acquitted  or 
dismissed 


Referred  to 
juvenile  court 


TOTAL.. 


2,402.979 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter.. 

(b)  Manslaughter  by  negligence. 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault. 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft 


2,608 

1,000 

4.118 

19, 065 

33,786 

87, 960 

198, 732 

49,033 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime. 


69, 666 
335, 726 


Subtotal  tor  above  offenses.. 


396,291 


Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing.. 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  the  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness.. 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses 


113,968 
2,775 
11,923 
22,666 
2,828 
15, 535 
34,868 
33, 940 
12,237 
20, 357 
63.668 
27, 320 
21,341 
148, 692 
106, 322 
806, 961 
209, 376 
33, 389 
319, 642 


62.3 


36.3 
37.3 

25.7 
26.4 
36.8 
23.0 

42.7 
17.6 


32.7 
33.9 


33.7 


48.3 

16.4 

54.1 

66.1 

62.3 

36.1 

26.1 

66.3 

71.1 

62.0 

36.9 

61.9 

63.9 

77.0 

63.2 

86.2 

62.0 

64.7 

47.7 

3.2 


19.7 

12.5 

12.3 

9.6 

14.7 

6.4 

3.3 

4.8 


13.1 
4.3 


6.7 


3.9 
6.1 
9.6 
4.3 

2.9 
7.2 
1.8 
7.5 
2.2 
7.4 
7.0 
6.1 
2.6 
13.0 
1.4 
.7 
1.6 
3.2 
1.6 


31.6 
41.0 
34.7 
22.1 
30.7 
11.4 
13.6 
11.6 


28.3 
12.7 


15.1 


35.0 
14.5 
22.2 
26.7 
29.7 
20.1 
18.4 
21.8 
24.2 
19.8 
24.6 
31.7 
28.0 
9.2 
12.6 
11.4 
22.1 
24.  2 
14.2 


18.  S 


12.4 
9.2 
27.2 
41.8 
17.9 
69.3 
40.4 
66.1 


26.0 
49.1 


46.5 


12.9 
64.0 
14.2 

3.8 

6.0 
36.6 
54.7 
14.3 

2.4 
20.9 
31.7 

1.3 

15.5 

.8 

22.8 

1.6 
14.3 

7.9 
36.5 


Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


102 


Table  16. — Persom  Charged — Percent  Arrested  or  Summorted — 1969 

[1,2M  cities;  1969  estimated  population  29,838,000] 


Offense 


Number  of 
persons 
charged 

Percent  of  charged 

Arrested 

Summoned 

1,156,835 

88.3 

11.7 

1,364 

97.6 

2.4 

791 

89.6 

10.6 

2,448 

94.9 

5.1 

11,064 

95.2 

4.8 

18,  931 

89.3 

10.7 

44,466 

88.9 

13.1 

99,424 

79.4 

20.6 

23,823 

89.1 

10.9 

33,807 

92.0 

8.0 

167,  713 

82.7 

17.3 

202,311 

84.3 

16.7 

69,897 

849 

15.1 

1,458 

81.3 

18.7 

6,695 

90.0 

10.0 

13,910 

81.4 

18.6 

1,529 

88.6 

11.4 

11, 142 

91.9 

8.1 

18, 159 

69.1 

30.9 

16,712 

94.7 

5.3 

6,189 

99.1 

.9 

11,128 

91.5 

8.6 

37,864 

94.5 

6.5 

10,306 

93.4 

6.6 

11,600 

75.3 

24.7 

62,540 

92.9 

7.1 

45,270 

74.2 

25.8 

352,740 

96.6 

3.4 

124,232 

87.8 

12.2 

12,618 

95.1 

4.9 

151,535 

78.0 

22.0 

TOTAL 

Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegUgent  manslaughter 

(b)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape _ 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary-breaking  or  entering 

Larceny-theft _ 

Auto  theft 

Violent  crime 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults 

Arson _ 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud... 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing... 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commerciahzed  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

OambUng 

Offenses  against  the  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct.. 

Vagrancy... 

All  other  offenses 


Table  17. — Offenses  Known,  Cleared,-  Persons  Arrested,  Charged  and  Disposed  of  in  1969 

[2,344  cities;  1969  estimated  population  59,267,000] 


Type 


Offenses  known 

Offenses  cleared 

Percent  cleared 

TOTAL  ARRESTS 

Per  100  offenses 

Arrests  under  18 

Per  100  offenses 

Persons  charged 

Per  100  offenses 

Persons  guilty  as  charged 

Per  100  offenses 

Persons  guilty  of  lesser  offenses 

Per  100  offenses 

Persons  acquitted  or  dismissed 

Per  100  offenses 

Juveniles  referred  to  juvenile  court 

Per  100  offenses 


TOTAL 


2,497,957 

492.033 

19.7 


485 
253 
427 
117 
20 
52 
164 


620 
19.4 
372 
10.1 
455 
17.1 
.497 
4.7 
086 
.8 
.378 
2.1 
915 
6.6 


Violent 
crime 


189, 085 

88,195 

46.6 


78.126 

41.3 

18,432 

9.7 

73,450 

38.8 

16,982 

9.0 

7,107 

3.8 

16,331 

8.1 

14,332 

7.6 


Property 
crime 


2,308,872 

403,838 

17.5 


407,494 

IT.  6 

234, 940 

10.2 

354,005 

15.3 

100,515 

4.4 

12, 979 

.6 

37.047 

1.6 

150.683 

6.5 


Murder 

and  non- 

Forcible 

negligent 

rape 

man- 

slaughter 

4,101 

10.344 

3,477 

6,761 

84.8 

55.7 

Robbery 


92, 332 

23, 782 

25.8 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


82,308 

55, 175 

67.0 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


614,339 

113,322 

18.4 


Larceny- 
theft 


1,373,065 

235,201 

17.1 


4,050 

5.558 

26.532 

41,986 

98.8 

53.7 

28.7 

51.0 

430 

1,221 

9.406 

7,375 

10.5 

11.8 

10.2 

9.0 

3,870 

5,379 

24,510 

39, 691 

94.4 

52.0 

26.6 

48.2 

812 

905 

4,413 

10,852 

19.8 

8.7 

4.8 

13.2 

458 

461 

1,678 

4,510 

11.2 

4.5 

1.8 

5.5 

765 

1,323 

3,749 

9,494 

18.7 

12.8 

4.1 

11.5 

296 

1,036 

7,371 

5,629 

7.2 

10.0 

8.0 

6.8 

103,453 

16.8 

60, 266 

9.8 

93,536 

15.2 

17, 592 

2.9 

4,955 

.8 

8,732 

1.4 

46,880 

7.6 


248.370 

18.1 

137,905 

10.0 

210,306 

15.3 

75,386 

5.5 

5,955 

.4 

23,377 

1.7 

74,538 

5.4 


Auto 
theft 


321,468 

55,315 

17.2 


55,671 

17.3 

36,  769 

11.4 

50,163 

15.6 

7,537 

2.3 

2,069 

.6 

4,938 

1.5 

29,165 

9.1 


Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


103 


Table  18. — Police  Ditposition  of  Juvenile  Offenders  Taken  Into  Custody,  1969 

[1969  estimated  population] 


Population  group 

Total  1 

Handled 

within 

department 

and  released 

Referred  to 
juvenile 

court  juris- 
diction 

Referred  to 
welfare 
agency 

Referred  to 
other 
police 
agency 

Referred  to 
criminal  or 
adult  court 

TOTAL,  ALL  AGENCIES 

3,738  agencies;  total  population  106,776,000: 

1.277,481 

672.685 

652,132 

16,653 

25.769 

10,342 

MOO.O 

44.8 

51.0 

1.3 

2.0 

0.8 

TOTAL  CITIES 

3.006  agencies;  total  popuUtion  85,399,000: 

1,125,357 

510,771 

568,084 

15.065 

22,411 

9,026 

Percent 

100.0 

45.4 

50.5 

1.3 

2.0 

.8 

QBOUF  I 

42  cities  over  260,000;  population  24,200,000: 

Number - - 

309,  795 

104,810 

194,963 

6,689 

3,714 

719 

Percent                            -      -  - 

100.0 

33.8 

62.9 

1.8 

1.2 

.2 

OEOUP  n 

81  cities,  100,000  to  260,000;  population  11,967,000: 

Number                                .... 

174, 078 

75,634 

92,051 

2,715 

2,579 

1,199 

100.0 

43.4 

62.9 

1.6 

1.6 

.7 

ORODP  m 

216  cities,  60,000  to  100,000;  population  14,994,000: 

Number 

212,  669 

108,250 

95,967 

2,053 

4,723 

1,676 

100.0 

50.9 

45.1 

1.0 

2.2 

.7 

GEOUP  IV 

367  cities,  26,000  to  60,000;  population  12,764,000: 

174,  746 

92,681 

73,660 

2,669 

4,303 

1,633 

100.0 

63.0 

42.2 

1.6 

2.6 

.9 

OEOUP  V 

872  cities,  10,000  to  26,000;  population  13,917,000: 

Nnmhpr 

163,657 

84,989 

70, 618 

1,339 

4,330 

2,381 

Percent.        _ ..... 

100.0 

52.0 

43.1 

.8 

2.6 

1.5 

OEOUP  VI 

1,439  cities,  under  10,000;  population  7,667,000: 

Number 

90,612 

44,607 

40,926 

800 

2,762 

1,618 

Percent                            ..  .  . . 

100.0 

49.2 

45.2 

.9 

3.0 

1.7 

SUBUBBAN  AREA  ' 

1,650  agencies;  population  32,310,000: 

Number 

362,696 

196,289 

160,939 

2,869 

9,473 

3,026 

Percent.                    .      -          

100.0 

54.1 

41.6 

.8 

2.6 

.8 

RURAL  AREA 

628  agencies;  population  9,703,000: 

47,591 

15,811 

28,351 

911 

1.592 

926 

100.0 

33.2 

59.6 

1.9 

3.3 

1.9 

'  Includes  all  offenses  except  trafBc  and  neglect  cases. 

2  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

'  Includes  suburban,  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 


104 


Table  19. — Offeme  Analysis   1969 — Percent  Distribution,  Average    Value,   and  Percent  Change 

Over  1968 

[1,027  cities  2,S00  and  over;  1969  estimated  population  84,023,000] 


Classification 


Number  of 
offenses 


Percent 

change  over 

1968 


Percent  dis- 
tribution * 


Average 
value 


TOTAL. 


Highway 

Commercial  house 

Gas  or  service  station. 

Chain  store 

Residence 

Bank! 

Miscellaneous 


BDRGLART— BEEAKINQ  OK  ENTERING 
TOTAL... 


Residence  (dwelling): 

Night 

Day... 

Nonresidence  (store,  office,  etc.): 

Night 

Day — 


LARCENY — THEFT  (EXCEPT  ADTO  THEFT) 
TOTAL 


By  type: 

Pocket-picking... 

Purse -snatching 

Shoplifting 

From  autos  (except  accessories). 

Auto  accessories 

Bicycles 

From  buildings 

From  coin-operated  machines. .  - 
All  others 


By  value: 

$50  and  over.. 
Under  $50 


Auto  theft. 


234,528 


129,262 
39,402 
10,855 

6,688 
24,053 

1,162 
23,204 


1.123.794 


282,689 
341,789 


429,880 
69, 436 


2,155,824 


32, 468 
71,419 
178.633 
463. 924 
455,  955 
279, 610 
372, 970 
36,  517 
264,328 


862, 344 
1,293,480 


-I-I2.8 


-1-16.2 
-1-4.6 
-1-9.3 

-1-22.3 

-1-16.9 
-6.9 

-1-10.6 


-1-6.1 


-1-9.4 
-1-11.3 

(>) 
-1-7.8 


-1-9.0 


-1-2.4 
-1-18.8 
-1-17.1 
-H6.4 
-1-12.3 
-4.1 
-t-7.6 
-H.3 
-1-6.6 


-1-19.8 
+3.5 


100.0 


66.1 
16.8 
4.6 
2.8 
10.3 
.5 
9.9 


26.2 
30.4 


38.3 
6.2 


100. 0 


1.5 
3.3 
8.3 
21.6 
21.1 
13.0 
17.3 
1.7 
12.3 


40.0 
60.0 


$288 


176 
602 
123 
397 
279 
,526 
225 


324 
344 


304 
250 


111 


100 
54 

28 
146 

65 

34 
197 

24 
164 


253 
16 


992 


'  Because  of  rounding  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

»  For  total  U.S.,  bank  robbery  decreased  from  1,840  offenses  in  1968  to  1,813  In  1969  or  1.5  percent. 

'  Increase  of  less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 


Table  20. — Type  and  Value  of  Property  Stolen  and  Recovered,  1969 

[1,026  cities  2,500  and  over;  1969  estimated  population  75,871,000] 


Type  of  property 

Value  of  property 

Percent 

Stolen 

Recovered 

recovered 

TOTAL!. 

$978,200,000 

$456,300,000 

47 

Currency,  notes,  etc 

87,100,000 

68, 100, 000 

9,300,000 

30,300,000 

498,  800, 000 

284, 700, 000 

8,100.000 

5,700,000 

500,000 

4,200,000 

400,900,000 

36,  900, 000 

Jewelry  and  precious  metals . 

8 

Furs 

Clothing 

14 

Locally  stolen  automobiles 

80 

Miscellaneous 

13 

'  Because  of  rounding,  the  values  may  not  add  to  total. 


105 


Table  21. — Murder  Victims— Weapons  Used,  1969 


Number 

Weapons 

Age 

Gun 

Cutting 

or 
stabbing 

Blunt 

object 

(club, 

hammer, 

etc.) 

Personal 
weapons 
(strangu- 
lations and 
beatings) 

Poison 

Explosives 

Other 
(drownings, 
arson,  etc.) 

Unknown 
and  not 
stated 

TOTAL                       

13,575 
100.0 

8,876 
65.4 

2,534 
18.7 

613 
4.5 

1,039 

7.7 

9 
0.1 

0.1 

322 
2.4 

175 

Percent  1-              

1.3 

111 

278 
116 
183 

1,261 
1,979 
1,852 
1,523 

1,407 

1,246 

1,010 

738 

591 
400 
279 
175 

205 
221 

4 
35 
47 
111 

929 
1,445 
1,336 
1,076 

985 
809 
621 
456 

353 

229 
155 
84 

65 
136 

4 

12 
13 
26 

223 
354 
373 

292 

281 
283 

206 
145 

108 
78 
47 
25 

31 
33 

6 

38 

9 

3 

27 
47 
46 
43 

52 
62 
73 
60 

44 
34 
27 
17 

29 
6 

63 
133 
16 
23 

48 
84 
67 
75 

61 
71 

77 
67 

68 
38 
38 
33 

68 
19 

1 

27 
SO 
24 
14 

27 
30 
17 
18 

14 
16 
17 
9 

8 
10 
9 
9 

4 

19 

6 

1-4 -.- 

1 

9 

5-9 

3 

4 

10-14                                           

6 

15-19 - 

7 

20-24 ---- 

19 

25-29 _ 

1 

12 

30-34 

1 

1 
1 
1 

18 

35-39                              

13 

40-44                         

1 

13 

45-49 

15 

50-54 

2 

9 

55-S9 

10 

60-64                                                  

2 

9 

65-69                                

3 

70-74      

1 

6 

75  and  over 

8 

TTnlTTioWi 

8 

1  Because  of  rounding  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 


Table  22.- 

—Murder  Vicfims  by  Age,  Sex, 

and  Race, 

7969 

Number 

Percent 

Sex 

Race 

Age 

Male 

Female 

White 

Negro 

Indian 

Chinese 

Japanese 

All  others 
(includes 

race 
unlniown) 

TOTAL 

13,575 

10.550 
77.7 

3,025 
22.3 

5.965 
43.9 

7,413 
54.6 

89 
0.7 

20 
0.1 

8 
0.1 

80 

Percent - 

•  100.0 

0.6 

Tnf?int  (iiiider  1) 

111 
278 
116 
183 

1,261 
1,979 
1,852 
1,523 

1,407 

1,246 

1,010 

738 

691 
400 
279 
175 

205 
221 

.8 
2.0 

.9 
1.3 

9.3 
14.6 
13.6 
11.2 

10.4 

9.2 
7.4 
5.4 

4.4 
2.9 
2.1 
1.3 

1.5 
1.6 

59 
138 
64 

105 

1,004 
1,586 
1,489 
1,190 

1,121 

974 
789 
697 

480 
312 
223 
129 

123 
167 

52 
140 

52 
78 

257 
393 
363 
333 

286 
272 
221 
141 

HI 
88 
56 
46 

82 
54 

75 
178 
82 
93 

473 
785 
735 
604 

554 
497 
441 
362 

309 
261 
173 
111 

169 
73 

30 
97 
34 

89 

777 
1,161 
1,091 

896 

835 
741 

.    560 
369 

273 
134 
101 
62 

41 
122 

1 
2 

5 

1-4 

1 

fi-9 

10-14 

1 

16-19. 

7 
23 
16 
11 

11 
4 
4 
6 

2 

2 
2 
3 

2 

2(}-24..  . 

2 

6 

26-29 

8 

30-34 

2 

1 
2 

10 

35-39 

6 

40-44 

1 
2 
1 

2 

1 

45-49 

3 

60-54 

1 

65-59... 

1 

3 

60-64 

3 

65-69. 

1 

4 

70-74.. 

1 
3 

1 

1 
2 

1 

Unknown 

24 

I  Because  of  rounding  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 


106 


Arrest  Data 


Tables  in  the  following  section  provide  certain 
personal  characteristics  of  individuals  arrested  for 
all  criminal  acts.  Arrest  rates  and  trends  are  shown 
for  city,  suburban  and  rural  areas,  as  well  as  the 
United  States  as  a  whole.  Tabulations  are  pub- 
lished containing  characteristics  of  persons  ar- 
rested by  age,  sex  and  race. 

Arrest  statistics  are  collected  annually  from  con- 
tributing law  enforcement  agencies  and  the  figures 
used  in  the  tables  this  year  were  submitted  by 
agencies  representing  71  percent  of  the  United 
States  population.  In  using  these  arrest  figures  it 
is  important  to  remember  that  the  same  person 
may  be  arrested  several  times  during  1  year  for 
the  same  type  or  for  different  offenses.  Each  arrest 
is  counted.  Further,  the  arrest  of  one  person  may 
solve  several  crimes  and,  in  other  instances,  two 


or  more  persons  may  be  arrested  during  the  solu- 
tion of  one  crime. 

Arrests  are  primarily  a  measure  of  police  ac- 
tivity, as  it  relates  to  crime.  Although  police  arrest 
practices  vary,  particularly  with  respect  to 
juveniles,  contributors  to  this  Program  are  in- 
structed to  coimt  one  arrest  each  time  an  individ- 
ual is  taken  into  custody  for  committing  a  specific 
crime.  A  juvenile  is  counted  as  a  person  arrested 
when  he  commits  an  offense  and  the  circumstances 
are  such  that  if  the  offender  were  an  adult,  an 
arrest  would  be  made. 

Arrest  data,  while  primarily  a  measure  of  law 
enforcement  activity,  is  also  a  gauge  of  criminality 
when  used  within  its  limitations,  as  must  be  done 
with  all  forms  of  criminal  statistics,  including 
court  and  penal. 


107 


397-633  O  -  70  -  8 


Table  23. — Arrests,  Number  and  Rate,  1969,  by  Population  Groups 


[Rate  per  100,000;  1969  estimated  population] 

Cities 

Other 

areas 

Offense  charged 

Total 

(4,759 
agencies; 

total 
population 
143,815,000) 

Total  city 

arrests 
(3,500  cities; 
population 
108,898,000) 

Group  I 

(62  cities 

over  250,000: 

population 

41,126,000) 

Group  II 
(88  cities 
100.000  to 
260,000; 
population 
13,013,000) 

Group  III 
(230  cities, 
50,000  to 
100.000; 
population 
16,009,000) 

Group  IV 
(380  cities, 
25,000  to 
50,000; 
population 
13,620,000) 

Group  V 

(1,001  cities, 

10,000  to 

25,000; 

population 

16,022,000) 

Group  VI 
(1,749  cities 
under 
10,000; 
population 
9,108,000) 

Suburban 

areai 

(1.790 

agencies; 

population 

39,896,000) 

Rural  area 

(1,094 
agencies; 
population 
17,578,000) 

TOTAL        

5,773.988 
4.014.9 

5,049,396 
4.636.8 

2,267,701 
5.514.1 

647,106 
4.972.9 

667.653 
4,170.5 

527,423 
3,872.4 

593,502 
3,704.2 

346.011 
3,798.8 

1,106,043 
2,772.4 

308,070 

Rate  per  100.000 
inhabitants.- -. 

1,752.6 

Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegli- 
gent  manslaughter. 

Rate  per  100,000 

(6)  Manslaughter  by 

11,609 
8.0 

3,197 

2.2 

14,  428 

10.0 

76,  633 

63.2 

113,724 

79.1 

265,  937 

178.0 

510.  660 

356.1 

125,686 

87.4 

9,743 
8.9 

2,239 
2.1 

11,697 

10.7 

69,  675 

64.0 

96,  723 

88.8 

208,043 

191.0 

456,521 

418.3 

108,  706 

99.8 

6,651 
16.2 

967 

2.4 

7,322 

17.8 

51,076 

124.2 

64,881 

133.4 

100, 867 

246.2 

182, 195 

443.0 

59, 120 

143.8 

1,112 
8.5 

316 

2.4 

1,194 

9.2 

6,764 

52.0 

11,098 

85.3 

27,  270 

209.6 

60,264 

463.0 

13,  760 

105.7 

802 
5.0 

363 

2.3 

1,186 

7.4 

6,321 

33.2 

10,  699 

66.8 

27,091 

169.2 

71, 165 

444.5 

13,  614 

85.0 

524 
3.8 

232 
1.7 

845 

6.2 

3,279 

24.1 

7,514 

65.2 

20,  610 

161.3 

57,  237 

420.2 

9,167 

67.3 

448 
2.8 

243 

1.5 

716 

4.5 

2,353 

14.7 

7,686 

48.0 

20,  751 

129.5 

56,  730 

354.1 

8,638 

63.9 

206 
2.3 

■      118 
1.3 
434 
4.8 

882 

9.7 

4,845 

53.2 

11,464 

125.9 

27,950 

306.9 

4,417 

48.5 

1,487 
3.7 

659 

1.7 

2,764 

6.9 

9,267 

23.2 

20,  701 

51.9 

58,848 

147.5 

114,548 

287.1 

24,314 

60.9 

837 

4.8 

669 

Rate  per  100,000 

Forcible  rape         

3.7 
1,098 

6.2 

Robbery             

1,867 

10.6 

6,147 

Rate  Der  100  000 

35.0 

Burglary-breaking  or  entering. 
Rate  per  100  000           .     .. 

19,362 
110.1 

19, 122 

Rate  per  100,000        

108.8 

6,720 

Rate  per  100,000      

38.2 

216. 194 
150.3 

892,  283 
620.4 

187,838 
172.5 

772,  270 
709.2 

119,930 
291.6 

342. 172 
832.0 

20, 168 

156.0 

101,  274 

778.3 

18.008 

112.5 

111,860 

698.7 

12, 162 

89.3 

87,  014 

638.9 

11,203 

69.9 

86, 119 

637.5 

6,367 

69.9 

43,831 

481.2 

34,219 

85.8 

197,  710 

495.6 

9,949 

Rate  per  100  000 

56.6 

45,204 

Rate  per  100,000        

257.2 

Subtotal  for  above 

1,111,674 
773.0 

962,  347 
883.7 

463,069 
1, 126  0 

121,758 
935.7 

130,  231 
813.5 

99,408 
729.9 

97,  565 
608.9 

60,  316 
662.4 

232,688 
683.0 

55,812 

Rate  per  100,000 

317.6 

Other  assaults                       

259,  825 

180.7 

8,692 

6.0 

36,727 

25.5 

63,445 

44.1 

6,312 

4.4 

227,469 

208.9 

7,042 

6.6 

29,  893 

27.5 

45,  630 

41.  n 

4,867 

4.5 

101,958 

247.9 

3,183 

7.7 

13,999 

34.0 

17,  527 

42.6 

1,426 

3.6 

32,982 

253.5 

835 

6.4 

4,386 

33.7 

7,866 

60.4 

1,096 

8.4 

30,288 

189.2 

1,049 

6.6 

4,204 

26.3 

6,347 

39.6 

583 

3.6 

24,  031 

176.4 

734 

5.4 

2,922 

21.5 

5,207 

38.2 

1,294 

9.5 

25,  205 

157.3 

850 

6.3 

3,124 

19.5 

6,186 

38.6 

283 

1.8 

12,  995 

142.7 

391 

4.3 

1,268 

13.8 

2,497 

27.4 

177 

1.9 

52,  315 

131.1 

2,207 

5.5 

7,417 

18.6 

16,062 

40.3 

1,732 

4.3 

11,278 

Rate  per  100,000          

64.2 

757 

Rate  per  100,000 

4.3 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Rate  per  100,000 

2,971 
16.9 

8,600 

Rate  per  100,000 

48.4 

Embezzlement                 

464 

Rate  per  100,000 

2.6 

See  footnote  at  end  of  table. 


108 


Table  23. — Arresfs,  Number  and  Rate,  1969,  by  Population  Groups — Continued 

[Bate  per  100,000;  1969  estimated  population] 


Offense  charged 


Stolen  property;  buying, 
receiving,  possessing- 

Rate  per  100,000 

Vandalism 

Rate  per  100,000 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing, 
etc - - 

Rate  per  100,000 

Prostitution  and  commer- 
cialized vice 

Rate  per  100,000 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible 
rape  and  prostitution) 

Rate  per  100,000 

Narcotic  drug  laws-. -- 

Rate  per  100,000 --- 

Gambling... 

Rate  per  100,000 

Offenses  against  family  and 
children - 

Rate  per  100,000... 

Driving  under  the  influence, . 

Rate  per  100,000 

Liquor  laws 

Rate  per  100,000 

Drunkenness.- 

Rate  per  100,000 

Disorderly  conduct 

Rate  per  100,000. 

Vagrancy 

Rate  per  100,000 

AU  other  offenses  (except 
traffic) 

Rate  per  100,000 

Suspicion  (not  included  in 
totals) 

Rate  per  100,000. 

Curfew  and  loitering  law 
violations .- 

Rate  per  100,000 

Runaways. 

Rate  per  100,000... 


Cities 


Total 

(4,759 
agencies; 

total 
population 

143.815,000) 


4«,176 

32.1 

106,892 

74.3 

88,973 
61.9 

46,410 
32.3 

50,143 

34.9 

232,690 

161.8 

78,020 

54.3 

50,312 

35.0 

349,326 

242.9 

212,662 

147.9 

1,420,161 

987.6 

573,503 

398.8 

106,269 

73.9 

664,634 
462.1 

88,265 
61.4 

101,674 

70.7 

159,468 

110.9 


Total  city 

arrests 
(3,500  cities; 
population 
108,898,000) 


40,189 
36.9 

92,  753 
85.2 

80,541 
74.0 

44,367 
40.7 

43,093 

39.6 

200,061 

183.7 

73,329 

67.3 

34,581 
31.8 

287,042 
263.6 

173, 786 

159.6 

1,313,063 

1,205.8 

530,154 
486.8 

100,155 
92.0 

539,337 
495.3 

83,466 
76.6 

94,279 

86.6 

125,438 

115.2 


Group  I 

(52  cities 
over  250.000; 
population 
41,126,000) 


21,801 
63.0 

32, 718 
79.6 

46,464 
113.0 

40,  756 
99.1 

23,533 

57.2 

120, 264 

292.4 

61,235 

148.9 

12, 518 

30.4 

114,522 

278.5 

33,510 

81.5 

566, 802 

1,378.2 

255, 430 

621.1 

67, 326 

163.7 

192, 172 
467.3 

51.296 
124.7 

33,582 

81.7 

43,907 

106.8 


Group  II 
(88  cities 
100,000  to 
250,000; 
population 
13,013,000) 


4,329 

33.3 

10,943 

84.1 

9,956 
76.5 

2,160 
16.6 

5,974 
45.9 
20, 752 
159.5 
5,136 
39.5 

6,651 
60.3 

27,202 

209.0 

16,671 

128.1 

206, 478 

1.586.8 

58.785 

461.8 

9,658 

74.2 

66.610 
611.9 

6,462 
49.7 

7,682 

69.0 

19,297 

148.3 


Group  III 
(230  cities, 
50.000  to 
100,000; 
population 
16,009,000) 


4,711 

29.4 

13, 612 

85.0 

8,676 
54.2 

712 
4.4 

5.372 
33.6 
24,502 
153.1 
3,059 
19.1 

5,053 

31.6 

37, 571 

234.7 

24,113 

150.6 

181.844 

1, 135.  9 

59,221 

369.9 

7,169 

44.8 

81,254 
507.6 

9.272 
57.9 

16.127 

94.5 

22,965 

143.4 


Group  IV 

(380  cities, 

26,000  to 

60,000; 

population 

13,620,000) 


3,754 

27.6 

12,233 

89.8 

5.943 
43.6 

438 
3.2 

3,579 

26.3 

15,944 

117.1 

1.854 

13.6 

3,786 

27.8 

35, 325 

259.4 

27,494 

201.9 

124, 767 

916.0 

56,  799 

417.0 

6.263 

46.0 

67, 435 
495.1 

7.211 
52.9 

12, 577 

92.3 

15,636 

114.8 


Group  V 

(1,001  cities, 

10,000  to 

25,000; 

population 

16,022,000) 


3,581 

22.3 

14,664 

91.5 

6,235 
38.9 

157 
1.0 

3,185 

19.9 

13,210 

82.4 

1,481 

9.2 

4,522 

28.2 

42, 971 

268.2 

40, 998 

265.9 

148. 712 

928.2 

61,  037 

380.9 

6.151 

38.4 

82,007 
611.8 

4.881 
30.5 

15, 969 
99.7 

15,409 
96.2 


Group  VI 

(1,749  cities 

under 

10,000; 

population 

9,108,000) 


2,013 
22.1 

8,583 
94.2 

3,267 
35.9 

144 
1.6 

1,450 
15.9 
6,389 
69.2 
564 
6.2 

2,151 
23.6 

29,451 
323.3 

31,000 
340.3 

84.460 
927.3 

38.882 

426.9 

3.588 

39.4 

49,859 
547.4 

4.344 

47.7 

9.342 

102.6 

8,234 

90.4 


Other  areas 


Suburban 

area ' 

(1,790 

atjcncics; 

population 

39,896,000) 


Rural  area 

(1,094 

agencies; 

population 

17,578,000) 


9,124 

22.9 

30,428 

76.3 

12,819 
32.1 

2,008 
5.0 

9,610 

24.1 

51,611 

129.4 

4,216 

10.6 

13,472 
33.8 

80, 575 

202.0 

55,383 

138.8 

168, 742 

423.0 

102, 880 

257.9 

9,222 

23.1 

168,837 
423.2 

13, 962 
35.0 

26,606 

66.7 

48,189 

120.8 


2,  701 
15.4 

5,710 
32.5 

3,404 
19.4 

352 
2.0 

2,391 
13.6 

7,084 
40.3 

2,534 
14.4 

7,637 

42.9 

32, 777 

186.5 

25,514 

145.1 

48,458 

275.7 

16,943 

96.4 

2, 681 

14.7 

58, 507 
332.8 

1,623 


1,967 
11.2 

9,828 
65.9 


'  Includes  suburban,  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  aslo  included  in  other  city  groups . 
Population  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  All  rates  were  calculated  on  the  population  before  rounding. 
Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


109 


Table  24.— Tofal  Arrest  Trends,  1960-69 

(2,474  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  94,853,000) ' 


Oflense  charged 


TOTAL. 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  man- 
slaughter  - 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape -- 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault -- 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft .-- 

Autotheft - 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime. 


Subtotal  for  above  oflenses.. 


Other  assaults 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Embezzlement  and  fraud 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possess- 
ing....  


Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc — 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  oflenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prosti- 
tution)  

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence... 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  otlier  oflenses  (except  traflic) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals) 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Total  all  ages 


1960 


3,323,741 


4,809 

1,931 

6,862 

32,  638 

64, 893 

117, 359 

192,  460 

54,369 


99, 102 
364, 178 


465,211 


1969 


4,126.216 


121, 179 
20,  529 
33, 114 

9,476 
30,  736 
25,633 

45,246 

30,904 
118,  299 

37,  010 
138,  390 

81,  029 

,,  204, 668 

396, 155 

127, 319 

438,  S43 

89,  449 


8,827 
2,016 
10,  747 
63,  534 
84,  673 
178,  334 
353, 897 
94,329 


167,  681 
626,  560 


796,  257 


187,381 
26,911 
49,540 

34,405 
66, 750 
41,265 

37, 462 
182,  909 

67,  690 

35,  690 
239,  776 
130,  946 
1, 040,  493 
426,588 

83,980 
678,284 

72, 391 


Percent 
change 


-1-24.1 


-f83.6 
-1-4.4 
-f56.6 
■f95.3 
4-54.1 
-1-52.0 
-(-83.9 
4-73.6 


-1-69.2 
-1-72.0 


-1-71.2 


-f-54.6 
-t-31. 1 
-f49.6 

-1-263.1 
-1-117. 2 
-1-61.0 

-17.2 

-t-491.  9 

-42.9 

-3.6 
+73.3 
-f61.6 
-13.6 

-1-7.7 
-34.0 
-1-64.6 
-19.1 


Under  18  years  of  age 


1960 


1969 


477,262 


364 
139 

1,191 

7,837 

6,383 

54,392 

91,844 

32,  781 


15,  775 
179,017 


194,  931 


12,  558 

1,509 

787 

2,503 

6,413 

393 

9,297 

1,662 

1,441 

488 

1,080 

16,564 

12,500 

44,506 

6,540 

164,090 

19,  416 


980,453 


914 

152 
2,214 
21,713 
14,  209 
93,728 
184,  091 
53,  567 


39,  060 
331,376 


370, 578 


31,  627 
2,937 
2,605 

10,343 

10, 969 

860 

7,321 
42, 434 

1,333 
466 

2,503 
40, 256 
30,  221 
78, 374 

7,752 

339, 975 

14,  525 


Percent 
change 


-H05.4 


-i-161. 1 
-i-9.4 

•i-85  9 
-1-177. 1 
-i-122.  6 

•t-72.3 
-flOO.4 

-1-63.4 


-1-147.5 
-(-85.1 


-f90. 1 


-H61.8 
-1-94.6 
-1-218.  3 

-1-313.  2 

-1-71.0 

-1-118.8 

-21.3 

-1-2,453.2 

-7.6 

-4.7 

-1-131.8 

-1-143.  0 

-1-141.8 

4-76.1 

4-18.5 

4-107.  2 

-25.2 


18  years  of  age  and  over 


1960 


2,846,479 


4,445 
1,792 
6,671 
24,  701 
48,  510 
62,  967 
100,606 
21,588 


83,327 
186, 161 


270,  280 


108,  621 
19,  020 
32, 327 

6,973 
24,323 
26,  240 

35,  949 
29,  242 

116,858 

36,  522 
137.310 

64,466 

1, 192, 168 

351,649 

120,  779 

274,  763 

70,033 


1969 


3,145,763 


7,913 

1,864 

8,633 

41,821 

70,364 

84,606 

169,  806 

40,  772 


128,631 
296, 184 


425,  679 


165, 754 
23,974 
47,035 

24,062 
55, 781 
40,405 

30, 131 
140, 475 

66, 257 

35, 225 
237,  273 

90,689 

1,  010,  272 

348,  214 

76,  228 
338, 309 

57,866 


Percent 
change 


4-10.5 


4-78.0 
4-4.0 
4-50.5 
4-69.3 
4-46.1 
4-34.4 
4-68.8 
4-88.9 


4-54.4 
4-69.4 


4-57.6 


4-43.4 

4-26.0 
4-45.5 

4-245. 1 

4-129. 3 

4-60.1 

-16.2 

4-380. 4 

-43.3 

-3.6 
4-72.8 
4-40.7 
-15.3 

-1.0 
-36.9 
4-23.1 
-17,4 


'  Based  on  comparable  reports  from  1,832  cities  representing  78,027,000  population  and  642  counties  representing  16,826,000  population. 
Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


110 


Table  iS.— Total  Arrest  Trends  by  Sex,  1960-69 

|2,474  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  94,853,000]  ' 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL 

Criminal  liomicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  man- 
slaughter  - - 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape .-- 

Eobbery.. 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft - 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 


Other  assaults 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting... 

Embezzlement  and  fraud. 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possess- 


mg. 


Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prosti- 
tution)  

Narcotic  drug  laws... 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals) 


2,963,664 


Males 


Total 


1960 


3,564,368 


3,986 
1,736 
6,862 
30,953 
46,  698 
113,559 
160, 696 
52,381 


88,499 
326,  636 


416,  871 


1969 


109,336 
17, 187 
28,088 

8,664 

29,033 

7,452 

36,904 

26,384 
107, 640 

33,963 
130,288 

68,  967 
,  110, 400 
343, 189 
117, 840 
371,  358 

79,  693 


7,466 
1,794 
10,  747 
59,  479 
73,  318 
170, 557 
259, 802 
89,  261 


151,010 
519,  620 


672, 424 


164,338 
20,  766 
36,  662 

31, 460 

62, 326 
8,512 

32,400 
156,  035 

62, 116 

32,  237 
224,  663 
113,  927 
968,  746 
364,211 

74,  361 
540, 194 

61, 352 


Percent 
change 


+20.3 


406,473 


•+-87.3 
+3.3 
+56.6 
+92.2 
+57.0 
+50.2 
+«1.7 
+70.4 


+70.6 
+59.1 


Under  18 


1960 


785,188 


340 

132 

1,191 

7,471 

5,722 

52,  762 

78,483 

31,  521 


1969 


838 

136 

2,214 

20, 179 

12,341 

89, 830 

140,  414 

50, 632 


14,724  I  35,572 
162,756    280,876 


+6L3   177,612   316,583 


Percent 
change 


+93.2 


360,177 


+146. 5 

+2.3 

+85.9 

+  170. 1 

+  115.7 

+70.3 

+78.9 

+60.6 


+141.6 
+72.6 


+78. 


+60.3 

10,  701 

25,411 

+20.8 

1,161 

2,236 

+30.6 

642 

2,001 

+263.1 

2,336 

9,638 

+  114.7 

6,226 

10,460 

+14.2 

121 

261 

-12.2 

6,669 

6,747 

+487.  6 

1,421 

33,835 

-42.3 

1,399 

1,288 

-6.1 

328 

361 

+72.4 

1,026 

2,401 

+65.2 

14, 195 

33,664 

-12.8 

11,210 

26,  267 

+6.1 

38,374 

65,  612 

-36.9 

5,885 

6,636 

+45.5 

127, 180 

242,  798 

-23.0 

16, 830 

12,500 

+137.  6 
+92.6 
+211.7 

+312.8 

+68.0 

+  115.7 

-13.7 

+2,  281. 1 

-7.9 

+7.0 

+134.  2 

+  137.2 

+  134.3 

+71.0 

+12.8 

+90.9 

-25.7 


Females 


Total 


561,848 


823 
195 


1,585 
8,196 
3,800 
31,  764 
1,988 


10.  603 
37,  642 


1,361 
222 


4,055 
11,265 

7,777 
94,  096 

5,068 


16,671 
106,  940 


48,340  123,833 


11.843 
3,342 
5,026 

812 
1,703 
18, 181 

8.342 
4,620 
10,  669 
3,047 
8,102 
12,062 
94.268 
52,966 
9,479 
67,  485 
9,  7.56 


23,043 
6,145 
12, 878 

2,945 

4,424 

32,  753 

5,052 
27,  874 

5,474 

3,463 
16,113 
17, 018 
71, 747 
62, 377 

9,629 
138,  090 
11,039 


Percent 
change 


+56.0 


+66.4 
+13.8 


+155.  8 
+37.3 
+104.7 
+196.3 
+154.9 


+57.2 
+184.9 


+166.2 


+94.6 

+83.9 

+156.  2 

+262.  7 
+169. 8 
+80.1 

-39.4 

+616.  7 

-48.6 

+13.3 

+86.6 

+41.1 

-23.9 

+17.8 

+L6 

+104.6 

+13.2 


Under  18 


70,789 


195,265 


366 
661 

1,640 
13,361 

1,260 


1,051 
16,261 


17,319 


1,857 
348 
145 


272 

2,638 

241 

42 

160 

55 

2,369 

1,290 

6,132 

655 

36,  910 

2,586 


1969 


1,634 
1,868 
3,898 
43,677 
2,925 


3,478 
50,500 


63,995 


6,216 
702 
504 

705 
509 
599 

1,574 

8,699 

46 

114 

102 

6,692 

3,954 

12,  762 

1,116 

97, 177 

2,026 


Percent 
change 


+175.8 


+216.  7 
+142.9 


+319. 1 

+182.6 
+137.  7 
+226.9 
+132. 1 


+23a9 
+210.6 


+211.8 


+234.  7 
+101.7 
+247.6 

+319.  6 
+170.  7 
+120.  2 

-40.3 

+3, 468.  0 

+7.1 

-28.8 

+85.5 
+178.  3 
+206.  5 
+108.1 

+70.4 
+163.3 

-21.7 


'  Based  on  comparable  reports  from  1,832  cities  representing  78,027,000  population  and  642  counties  representing  16,826,000  population. 
Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


Ill 


Table  i6.— Total  Arrest  Trends,  1968-69 

[3,999  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  128,095,000) 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL. 


4,9lg,0«2 


Criminal  homicide: 

(o)  Murder  and  nonnegUgent 
manslaughter.  _- 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negUgence.. 

Forcible  rape. 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault. 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny — theft 

Autotheft 


Violent  crime 

Property  crime.. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 


Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 
possessing 

Vandalism. 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc... 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice. 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 
prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children  . 

Driving  under  the  influence. .  - 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness.. 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals) 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. .. 
Runaways 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Total  all  ages 


1968 


5,167.450 


9,223 
2,508 
11,070 
59, 673 
92,808 
223,906 
428,053 
IDS,  055 


172, 774 
760,014 


935,2% 


1969 


10, 118 
2,765 
12,499 
67,290 
96, 945 
225,217 
467, 166 
108,300 


186,852 
800,683 


990,300 


Per- 
cent 
change 


+5.1 


+9.7 

+10.2 

+12.9 

+12.8 

+4.5 

+.6 

+9.1 

+.2 


+8.1 
+5.4 


+5.9 


216, 965 

8,149 

28,822 

50,249 

5,106 

33,425 

99,096 
75,923 
38,104 

40,883 

131,606 

72, 014 

43,829 

246,944 

184,  713 

1, 274, 021 

548,416 

91, 177 

569,277 

85,816 

87,660 

136,388 


237, 515 

7,836 

31, 137 

56,487 

5,749 

42,531 
96, 416 
81,609 
42,862 

43,579 

190,920 

74,143 

45,005 

285,510 

191,312 

1, 273, 323 

538,164 

97, 824 

595,  894 

84,899 

93,243 

146, 091 


+9.5 
-3.8 
+8.0 
+12.4 
+12.6 

+27.2 
-2.7 
+7.5 

+12.6 

+6.6 

+45.1 

+3.0 

+2.7 

+15.6 

+3.6 

-.  1 

-1.9 

+7.3 

+4.7 

-1.1 

+6.4 

+7.1 


Under  15  years  of  age 


517.378 


147 

26 

457 

7,597 

5,561 

60,648 

130,  699 

18,090 


13, 762 
209,437 


223,225 


15,430 

3,656 

733 

741 

44 

4,074 

49,023 

3,937 

80 

4,082 

5,200 

295 

110 

48 

4,829 

3,848 

47,226 

1,573 

72,645 

6,008 

22,479 

54,101 


517,250 


144 

28 

494 

8,434 

5,624 

59, 218 

132, 156 

17,786 


14,596 
209,159 


223,783 


16,648 

3,486 

774 

895 

39 

4,472 

46,990 

3,722 

79 

4,061 

6,606 

263 

155 

64 

5,485 

4,703 

38,162 

1,754 

72, 695 

5,162 

24,292 

58,132 


-2.0 

+7.7 
+8.1 
+11.0 
-.7 
-2.4 
+1.1 
-1.7 


+6.1 
-.  1 


+.2 


+7.9 
-4.6 
+5.6 
+20.8 
-11.4 

+9.8 
-4.1 
-5.5 
-1.3 

-.5 

+27.0 

-14.2 

+40.9 

+33.3 

+13.6 

+22.2 

-19.2 

+11.6 

+.  1 

-14.1 

+8.1 

+7.5 


Under  18  years  of  age 


1968 


1,301.985 


949 

202 

2,381 

21,001 

15,920 

124, 716 

239, 427 

66,690 


40,251 
430,  732 


471, 186 


1969 


1.349,776 


221 
2,601 
23,709 
16,  701 
124, 314 
252,278 
64,330 


43,996 
440,922 


486, 139       +3.  0 


Per- 
cent 
change 


+3.7 


3,616,077 


+3.8 
+9.4 
+9.2 
+12.9 
+4.9 
-.3 
+5.4 
-3.4 


+9.3 
+2.4 


38,544 

5,264 

3,652 

2,313 

200 

11,661 

76,066 

13,603 

769 

10,326 

35,082 

1,831 

546 

2,505 

59, 326 

33,528 

120,643 

9,705 

182, 189 

21,061 

87,660 

136,388 


41,999 

4,941 

3,714 

2,842 

220 

13,503 

71,254 

14, 049 

864 

10,237 

46,612 

1,631 

724 

3,216 

64,066 

38,892 

109, 191 

10, 187 

187, 261 

20,165 

93,243 

146,091 


+9.0 

-ai 

+1.7 
+22.9 
+10.0 

+15.8 
-5.1 
+3.3 

+12.4 

-.9 

+32.9 

-16.4 

+32.6 

+28.4 

+8.0 

+16.0 

-9.5 

+6.0 

+2,8 

-4.3 

+6.4 

+7.1 


18  years  of  age  and  over 


1968 


3.817,674 


8,274 
2,306 
8,689 
38, 672 
76,888 
99, 191 
188, 626 
41,  465 


132, 523 
329,282 


464,  111 


178, 421 

2,885 

25, 170 

47,  936 

4,906 

21,764 
24,030 
62,320 
37,335 

30,568 
96,523 
70,183 
43,283 

244.439 

125, 387 
1,  240, 493 

427,  773 
81, 472 

387,088 
64,765 


1969 


9,133 

2,544 

9,898 

43,681 

80,244 

100,903 

214,888 

43,970 


Per- 
cent 
change 


142, 856 
359, 761 


606, 161 


196.  616 
2,895 
27,423 
53,645 
5,529 

29,028 
25,162 
67,660 
41,  998 

33,342 
144,308 

72,  612 

44,281 
282,294 
127, 246 
1, 234, 431 
428,973 

87,637 
408, 633 

64,734 


+5.6 


+10.4 

+10.3 

+13.9 

+12.7 

+4.4 

+1.7 

+13.9 

+6.0 


+7.8 
+9.3 


+8.8 


*  Decrease  of  less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


112 


Table  il.— Total  Arrests  by  Age,  1969 

(4,759  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  143,815,000] 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL 

Percent  distribution ' 

Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nomiegUgent  man- 
slaughter  - 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery... 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft 

Violent  crime 

Percent  distribution  ' 

Property  crime... 

Percent  distribution  ' 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 

Percent  distribution  ' 

Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  coimterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen    property:    buying,    receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism, 

Weapons:  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice. . 
Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

.  prostitution).. 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children.. 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations... 
Runaways. 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


5, 862,  246 
100.0 


Grand 

total 

all  ages 


11,509 

3,197 

14,428 

76,633 

113,  724 

255,937 

610, 660 

125,686 


216, 194 
100.0 

892,283 
100.0 


,111,674 
100.0 


259, 825 
8,691 
36,727 
63.445 
6,309 

46.176 
106,892 
88.973 
46,410 

50,143 
232,690 

78,020 

50,312 
349.326 
212,660 
1.420,161 
573.502 
106.269 
664.634 

88.265 
101.674 
159.468 


566, 406 

9.7 


Ages 

under 

15 


157 

29 

541 

9,022 

6,019 

64,723 

141,426 

19, 970 


15,  739 

7.3 

226,119 

25.3 


241,887 
21.8 


18, 147 

3,770 

850 

923 

44 

4,792 
51,426 
3,989 


4.313 

8,109 

272 

173 

77 

6,084 

5,123 

41,  069 

1,951 

78,793 

5,279 

26, 147 

63,100 


Ages 

under 

18 


1,500,215 
25.6 


1,083 

241 

2,902 

25,  599 

18,612 

137,  558 

271,094 

72,  843 


48, 196 

22.3 

481,  495 

54.0 


529, 932 
47.- 7 


45,  7-28 

5,398 

4,146 

2.997 

247 

14,  598 

78,  519 

15,211 

948 

10, 927 

57,  475 

1,700 

807 

3,891 

71,  159 

42, 903 

117,245 

11,056 

■303, 395 

20,  791 

101,  674 

159, 468 


Ages 
18  and 
over 


I,  362.  031 
74.4 


10,426 

2,956 

11.526 

50.  934 

95.112 

118,379 

239,  566 

52, 843 


167, 998 
77.7 

410,  788 
46.0 


581,  742 
52.3 


214,  097 

3,293 

32,  581 

60,448 

6,062 

31,  578 
28,373 
73,  762 
45, 462 

39,216 
175.  215 

76.320 

49,505 
345, 435 
141,501 
,  377,  258 
456,  257 

95,  213 
461,239 

67,  474 


Age 


10  and 
under 


76,429 
1.3 


14 

1 

29 

661 

691 

9,061 

20, 985 

407 


1,395 

.6 

30,453 

3.4 


31,849 
2.9 


2.444 

1,264 

44 

104 

3 

346 

13,164 

273 


604 

158 

16 

68 

18 

97 

123 

5.698 

133 

12,  541 

725 

1,248 

5,402 


11-12 


128,664 

2.2 


25 

7 

64 

2,122 

1,421 

16,  393 

39, 056 

2,228 


3,632 

1.7 

67, 677 

6.5 


61,316 
5.5 


4,520 

979 

149 

266 

10 

1,037 

14, 967 

765 

8 

879 

793 

34 

28 

7 

454 

404 

9,869 

313 

16,168 

1,072 

4,375 

10, 153 


13-14 


361,413 

6.2 


292,  479 
5.0 


118 

21 

448 

6,239 

3,907 

39,  269 

81,385 

17,335 


10,  712 

5.0 

137,  989 

16.5 


148,  722 
13.4 


11,183 

1,527 

657 

554 

31 

3,409 

23,295 

2,951 

72 

2,930 

7,158 

222 

77 

52 

6,533 

4,596 

25,  302 

1,507 

60,084 

3,482 

20,524 

47,  545 


328,733 
5.6 


176 
38 
677 
4,931 
3,362 
26, 396 
48,917 
19, 485 


9,046 

4.2 

94, 798 

10.6 


103,881 
9.3 


7,973 

654 

674 

471 

32 

2,981 

11,147 

2,870 

108 

2,140 

10,320 

289 

101 

194 

10, 977 

7,306 

21,204 

1,649 

40,984 

3,174 

22, 378 

40, 973 


341 

68 

810 

6,631 

4,354 

25,092 

44,107 

19, 191 


11, 136 
6.2 

88,390 
9.9 


99,584 
9.0 


9,532 
622 

1,137 
634 
64 

3,412 

9,346 

3,854 

265 

2,239 

16,905 

493 

167 

1,082 
22, 333 
12,692 
26,973 

2,790 
43,218 

4,246 
30, 947 
37,319 


312, 597 
5.3 


410 

116 

974 

6,016 

4,877 

21,347 

36,644 

14, 197 


12,  276 
5.7 

72,188 
8.1 


84,580 
7.6 


10, 076 

452 

1,485 

969 

117 

3,413 

6,600 

4,498 

497 

2,235 

22,141 

646 

366 

2,538 
31,765 
17,  783 
28,999 

4,666 
40,400 

8,093 
22,  202 
18, 076 


307, 474 
6.2 


630 

195 

1,162 

6,641 

6,616 

19,673 

32, 849 

10, 776 


13,949 
6.6 

63,298 
7.1 


77,442 
7.0 


11,463 

331 

2.154 

1,700 

183 

3,661 
4,393 
5,172 
1,664 

2,164 

25,536 

1,080 

1,791 

6,085 

37,208 

28,557 

37,320 

7,546 

43,168 

8,867 


259,366 

4.4 


684 

182 

1,035 

6,873 

6,011 

14,146 

24,135 

7,503 


12,503 
6.8 

45, 784 
6.1 


58,469 
5.3 


10,341 

276 

2,244 

2,177 

210 

3,145 
3,043 
4,497 
2,683 

1,932 

24, 372 

1,161 

1,769 

6,864 

29,656 

25,984 

30,988 

6.019 

36,680 

6,857 


20 


215,541 

3.7 


556 
176 
968 
4,913 
4,661 
10,835 
18,318 
6,323 


11,088 
6.1 

34,476 
3.9 


46, 739 
4.1 


10,144 

202 

2,174 

2,436 

239 

2,508 
2,165 
4,015 
2,932 

2,024 

20,190 

1,082 

1,909 

7,579 

20,188 

24,227 

24,402 

4,694 

31,231 

6,461 


113 


Table  27. — Total  Amits  by  Age,  1969 — Continued 


Offense  charged 


Age 


23 


>24 


25-29 


30-34 


35-39 


4(M4 


45-49 


50-54 


60-64 


65  and 
over 


Not 
known 


TOTAL 

Percent  distribution '-. 


214,961 
3.7 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegUgent 
manslaughter - . . 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence. . 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery - 

Aggravated  assault — 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft - -. 


Violent  crime 

Percent  distribution '.. 

Property  crime 

Percent  distribution  '. 


Subtotal  tor  above  offenses.. 
Percent  distribution ' 


Other  assaults -.. 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

possessing. 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 
Prostitution  and  conmiercialized  vice 
Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution) .-. 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling -. 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws.. 

Drunkenness — 

Disorderly  conduct... 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaways 


203,057 
3.5 


165,909 

2.8 


148,000 
2.5 


560,732 
9.6 


429,529 
7.3 


406,454 

6.9 


416.714 

7.1 


363,709 

6.2 


271,398 
4.6 


188,044 
3.2 


112,227 

1.9 


98.032 
1.7 


549 
181 
917 
4,675 
4,874 
9,616 
16,  010 
4,542 


550 
178 
893 
4,217 
4,961 
8,680 
13,858 
3.860 


535 
159 
791 
4.121 
6.604 
7,328 
11,852 
3,097 


463 
117 
723 
2,735 
4,137 
5,782 
9,474 
2,315 


1.872 
494 

2,199 

8,685 
16,708 
18.468 
32,901 

7,025 


1,252 
306 

1,156 

4,018 
11,  952 

9,508 
21,081 

3,349 


962 
250 
704 
2,277 
9,609 
5,983 
16, 017 
2,062 


829 
179 
435 
1,446 
8.089 
3,697 
13, 475 
1,394 


648 

167 

261 

733 

6,646 

2,341 

10,160 

845 


439 

134 

122 

319 

3.553 

1.132 

7,342 

448 


278 
96 
77 
137 
2,215 
661 
5,082 
190 


166 

61 

35 

71 

1,262 

271 

3,169 

62 


208 

78 

42 

71 

1.220 

253 

3,820 

56 


11,015 
5.1 

30,168 
3.4 


10,621 
4.9 

26,398 
3.0 


11,051 
6.1 

22,277 
2.5 


8,058 

3.7 

17, 571 

2.0 


29,464 

13.6 

58,394 

6.5 


41,364 
3.7 


37, 197 
3.3 


33,487 
3.0 


25,746 
2.3 


88.352 
7.9 


11,202 

207 

2,332 

3,038 


2,296 
1,928 
4,358 

4,986 

2,331 
17,846 

1,575 

2,170 
11,160 

6,864 
34,683 
27,319 

5,618 
29,194 

5,302 


11,381 

174 

2,450 

3,301 

410 

2,190 
1,742 
4,260 

5,879 

2,412 
15,448 

1,621 

2,418 
12,607 

4,408 
32, 705 
25,799 

4,794 
27,243 

4,718 


10,343 
152 

1,948 

2,956 

275 

1,677 
1,339 
3,506 
4,401 

1,930 
10,563 

1,598 

2,289 
10, 470 

2,954 
27,531 
19, 736 

3,754 
21,416 

3,584 


9,515 

132 

1,817 

3,064 

363 

1,544 
1,153 
3,382 
3,636 

1,828 
8,251 
1,642 
2,327 

10,329 
2,341 

27,623 

17,608 
3,173 

19, 515 
3,111 


39,185 
470 

6,661 
12, 770 

1,143 

5,732 
4,351 
13,606 
9,401 

6,727 
25,961 

9,306 
10,185 
45,839 

7,416 
120,284 
62,  705 
11,402 
69,503 

9,833 


18,  378 
8.5 

33,938 
3.8 


13, 552 
6.3 

24, 052 
2.7 


10,  799 
6.0 

18,  566 
2.1 


7,291 

3.4 

13, 336 

1.5 


4,433 
2.1 

8,922 
1.0 


2,707 

1.3 

5,933 

.7 


1,534 

.7 

3,502 

.4 


1,541 
.7 

4,129 
.5 


52, 622 
4.7 


37,854 
3.4 


29,544 
2.7 


20,794 
1.9 


13, 489 
1.2 


8,736 
.8 


5,097 
.6 


6,748 
.6 


28,833 

377 

3,900 

9,294 

904 

3,079 
2,417 
8,826 
3,874 

4,733 
12,049 

9,447 

7,861 
41,507 

5,571 
127,  460 
46,065 

8,175 
46,499 

6,036 


23,270 

275 

2,705 

7,028 

671 

2,122 
1,878 
6,742 
2,294 

3,799 
7,073 
9,228 
6,236 

43,044 

.5,223 

154.345 

41,846 
7,578 

39,035 
4,208 


19,053 

237 

1,919 

5,408 

527 

1,545 
1,523 
5,487 
1,463 

3,167 
4,175 
9,668 
4,826 

45, 195 

5,640 

192,  085 

40,041 
8,219 

33,471 
3,521 


13, 143 

178 

1,214 

3,609 

434 

914 
1,083 
4,047 

905 

2,321 
1,943 
8,365 
2,950 

40,156 

4,976 

190,082 

31,718 
7,714 

24, 907 
2,356 


7,747 
123 
691 

1,905 
204 

576 

613 

2,527 

673 

1,438 
905 

6,773 

1,548 
28,823 

3,961 
153,300 
21,623 

6,181 
17, 196 

1,402 


4,161 

70 

263 

991 

106 

328 

346 

1,635 

345 

940 

477 

5,653 

712 

18,990 

2,758 

112,035 

13,448 

4,813 

10, 373 

%5 


2,206 

44 

130 

454 

57 

142 
186 
892 
186 

667 

219 
3,687 

306 
10,264 
1,663 
68,  771 
7,848 
2,945 
5,878 

595 


2,090 

45 

77 

361 

49 

119 
210 
899 
193 

797 

204 
4,502 

201 
6,614 
1,645 
57, 141 
7,954 
2,662 
5,882 

649 


884 


(2) 


4 
3 
2 
4 
5 
33 
6 


(=) 


(») 


62 


m 


20 
1 
2 

66 


3 

11 
47 


3 
32 

7 
19 
29 
446 
37 
27 
68 


1  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

2  Less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary.  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


114 


Table  28. — Tofal  Arrests  of  Persons  Under  15,  Under  18,  Under  21,  and  Under  25  Years  of  Age,  1969 

[4,759  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  143,816,000] 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL. 

Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegllgent  manslaughter. . 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering , 

Larceny— theft , 

Autotheft... 

Violent  crime 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses , 

Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting. 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing. . . 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

GambUng 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness.. 

Disorderly  conduct... 

Vagrancy... 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 

Runaways 


Gimnd  total 
all  ages 


5,862,246 


11, SOS 
3,197 
14,428 
76,533 
113,724 
255.937 
510.660 
125,686 


216.194 
892,283 


1,111,674 


259,825 

8,691 

36,727 

63,445 

6,309 

46,176 

106,892 

88,973 

46,410 

50,143 

232,690 

78,020 

50,312 

349,326 

212,660 

1,420,161 

573,502 

106,269 

664,634 

88,265 

101,674 

159,468 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Under 
15 


566,406 


157 

29 

Ml 

9,022 

6,019 

64,723 

141, 426 

19,970 


15,  739 
226, 119 


241,887 


18,147 

3,770 

850 

923 

44 

4,792 

51, 426 

3,989 

88 

4,313 

8,109 

272 

173 

77 

6,084 

5,123 

41,069 

1,951 

78,793 

5,279 

26,147 

63,100 


Under 
18 


1,500.215 


Under 
21 


2,282,596 


1,083 

241 

2,902 

25, 599 

18, 612 

137, 558 

271, 094 

72,843 


2,753 

793 

6,067 

43, 026 

33,890 

182,  212 

346,  396 

96,445 


48, 196 
481, 495 


629, 932 


85, 736 
625,063 


711,582 


Under 
25 


3,014,523 


4,850 
1,428 
9,391 
58,  774 
53,466 
213,618 
397, 690 
110,  259 


126,  481 
721, 467 


849,376 


45,728 

5,398 

4,146 

2,997 

247 

14, 598 

78, 519 

16,211 

948 

10,927 

57, 475 

1,700 

807 

3,891 

71, 159 

42,903 

117,  245 

11,056 

203, 395 

20,  791 

101, 674 

159, 468 


77, 676 

6,206 

10,  718 

9,310 

879 

23,912 

88,120 

28,895 

8,227 

17,047 

127,  673 

5,023 

6,276 

24,  419 

158,211 

121,671 

209,  955 

29, 314 

314,464 

41,976 

101, 674 

169, 468 


120, 117 

6,871 

19, 266 

21,669 

2,215 

31,619 

94,282 

44,401 

27, 129 

25,548 

179,  681 

11,469 

15, 480 

68,885 

173,  778 

244,  213 

300,317 

46,653 

411,832 

58,691 

101, 674 

159,  468 


Percentage 


Under 
16 


9.7 


1.4 
.9 

3.7 
11.8 

5.3 
25.3 
27.7 
15.9 


7.3 
25.3 


21.8 


Under 
18 


25.6 


9.4 
7.5 
20.1 
33.4 
16.4 
53.7 
53.1 
58.0 


22.3 
54.0 


47.7 


7.0 

43.4 

2.3 

1.5 

.7 

10.4 

48.1 

4.6 

.2 

8.6 

3.5 

.3 

.3 

(') 

2.9 

.4 

7  2 

1.8 

11.9 

6.0 

25.7 

39.6 


17.6 

62.1 

11.3 

4.7 

3.9 

31.6 

73.5 

17.1 

2.0 

21.8 

24.7 

2.2 

1.6 

1.1 

33.5 

3.0 

20.4 

10.4 

30.6 

•23.6 

100.0 

100.0 


Under 
21 


38.9 


23.9 
24.8 
42.1 
56.2 
29.8 
71.2 
67.8 
76.7 


39.7 
70.1 


64.0 


29.9 
71.4 
29.2 
14.7 
13.9 
51.8 
82.4 
32.5 
17.7 
34.0 
54.8 

6.4 
12.5 

7.0 
74.4 

8.6 
36.6 
27.6 
47.3 
47.6 
100.0 
100.0 


Under 
25 


51.4 


42.1 
44.7 
65.1 
76.8 
47.0 
83.5 
77.9 
87.7 


58.5 
80.9 


76.4 


46.2 
79.1 
52.6 
34.2 
35.1 
68.6 
88.2 
49.9 
58.5 
51.0 
77.2 
14.7 
30.8 
19.7 
81.7 
17.2 
52.4 
43.8 
62.0 
66.5 
100.0 
100.0 


'  Less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


115 


Table  29.— Total  Arreits,  Distribution  by  Sex,  1969 

[4,759  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  143,815,000] 


OSense  charged 


TOTAL. 


Criminal  liomicidc: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter. 

(6)  M  anslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape 

Bobbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larcency— theft .  - -  - 

Auto  theft... 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 


Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud - 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing. 
Vandalism 

Weapons;  canning,  possessing,  etc 


Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) . 

Narcotic  drug  laws..- 

Gambling, - 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence.. _ 


Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness.. 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion - 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaways 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


ToUl 


5,862,246 


11,509 
3,197 
14,428 
76,533 
113,724 
255,937 
510,660 
125,686 


216,194 
892.283 


1.111,674 


259.825 
8,691 
36.727 
63,445 
6.309 
46.176 
106,892 
88.973 

46.410 
50.143 

232,690 
78,020 
50,312 

349,326 

212,660 
1,420,161 
573,502 
106,269 
664,634 
88.265 
101.674 
159.468 


Male 


9,763 
2,871 
14,428 
71, 757 
99, 402 
244,  786 
375,  530 
119,058 


195,  350 
739,  374 


937,  595 


228,  330 
7,901 
28,383 
46, 813 
4,997 
42,249 
99,142 
83,172 

9,448 
43,  551 

196,  538 
71,965 
45, 675 

327, 198 

185, 485 
1,319,275 

491, 065 
94, 137 

661,338 
75, 140 
81, 204 
77,  599 


Female 


804,046 


1,746 
326 


4,776 

14,  322 

11, 151 

135, 130 

6,628 


20,844 
152, 909 


174,  079 


31,  495 

790 

8,344 

16,632 
1,312 
3,927 
7,750 
5,801 

36,  962 
6,592 

36, 152 
6,055 
4,637 

22.128 

27, 175 
100, 886 
82,  437 
12, 132 
103,  296 
13, 125 
20. 470 
81,869 


Percent 
Male 


86.3 


84.8 
89.8 
100.0 
93.8 
87.4 
95.6 
73.5 
94.7 


90.4 
82.9 


84.3 


87.9 
90.9 
77.3 
73.8 
79.2 
91.5 
92.7 
93.5 

20.4 
86.9 
84.5 
92.2 
90.8 
93.7 

87.2 
92.9 
85.6 
88.6 
84.5 
85.1 
79.9 
48.7 


Percent 
Female 


15.2 
10.2 


6.2 
12.6 

4.4 
26.5 

5.3 


9.6 
17.1 


15.7 


12.1 

9.1 

22.7 

26.2 

20.8 

8.5 

7.3 

6.5 

79.6 
13.1 
15.5 
7.8 
9.2 
6.3 

12.8 
7.1 
14.4 
11.4 
15.6 
14.9 
20.1 
51.3 


Percent  of  total ' 


ToUl 


100.0 


.2 
.1 
.2 
1.3 

1.9 
4.4 
8.7 
2.1 


3.7 

16.2 


19.0 


4.4 
.1 
.6 

1.1 
.1 
.8 

1.8 

1.5 


.9 
4.0 
1.3 

.9 
6.0 

3.6 
24.2 
9.8 
1.8 
11.3 
1.5 
1.7 
2.7 


Male 


'  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

■  Less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


100.0 


.2 
.1 
.3 

1.4 
2.0 
4.8 
7.4 
2.4 


3.9 
14.6 


18.5 


4.5 
.2 
.6 
.9 
.  1 
.8 
2.0 
1.6 

.2 
.9 
3.9 
1.4 
.9 
6.5 

3.7 
26.1 
9.7 
1.9 
11.1 
1.5 
1.6 
1.5 


Female 


(^) 


1.8 

1.4 

16.8 

.8 


116 


Table  30.— Total  Arrest  Trends  by  Sex,  1968-69 

[3,999  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  128,095,000] 


Offense  charged 


Males 


Total 


1968 


Per- 
cent 
change 


Under  18 


1968 


1969 


Females 


Total 


Per- 
cent 
change 


1968 


Per- 
cent 
chapge 


Under  18 


1968 


Per- 
cent 
change 


TOTAL - 

Drimlnal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder     and     normegligent 
manslaughter 

(b)  Manslaughter  by  negligence-. 

IPtorcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault. 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny — theft.. 

Vuto  theft .-- 

Violent  crime... 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

3  ther  assaults 

Vrson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;   buying,   receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc... 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (eicept  forcible  rape  and 
prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

'  Gambling 

'  Offenses  against  family  and  children. 

Driving  under  influence 


4,280,490    4.4Si,4l8 


-1-4.0 


1.061.558 


1.075.101 


-fl.3 


637.572 


716.032    -1-12.3 


274.675 


Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals)... 
Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaways 


7,762 
2,248 
11,070 
56,531 
81,119 
214,  799 
324,627 
102, 829 


156,482 
642,255 


800,985 


191, 833 

7,472 

22, 619 

38,224 

4,063 

30,809 
92,525 
71,089 


35, 794 
112,688 
66,064 
40,005 
231,253 

162,387 
1,184,898 

474, 789 
81, 750 

483, 181 
72,081 
71,001 
68,972 


8,579 
2,480 
12,499 
63,161 
84,654 
215, 649 
342. 630 
102, 669 


-1-10.5 

-flO.3 

-H2.9 

-1-11.7 

-f4.4 

-f.4 

-1-5.5 

-.2 


168,893 
660,948 


4-7.9 
-1-2.9 


832,321 


-f3.9 


208,581 

7,108 

24,245 

41,689 

4,489 

38, 895 
89,568 
76,254 

8,364 

37,996 
162, 525 
68,473 
40,898 
267,442 

166,560 
1, 182,  709 

460,369 
86, 498 

501,276 
72, 174 
74,444 
70, 814 


-1-8.7 
-4.9 
-t-7.  2 
-1-8.8 
-t-10.5 

-1-26.2 
-3.2 
-1-7.3 

-1-3.4 

-f6.2 
+44.2 
-f3.6 
-1-2.2 
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-.2 
-3.0 
-1-5.8 
-1-3.7 
+.1 
-1-4.8 
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885 
178 
2,381 
19,883 
14,025 
119,789 
189,400 
63,179 


903 
193 
2,601 
22,130 
14, 591 
119.013 
192, 056 
60,829 


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-1-8.4 
-1-9.2 
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-1-4.0 
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-1-1.4 
-3.7 


1,461 
260 


1,539 
285 


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-1-9.6 


64 
24 


3,142 
11,689 
9,107 
103, 426 
5,226 


4,129 
12,291 
9,568 
124,  536 
5,631 


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+5.2 
+5.1 
+20.4 
+7.7 


1,118 
1,895 
4,926 
50,027 
3,411 


1,579 
2,110 
5,301 
60,222 
3,601 


37, 174 
372,368 


40,225 
371, 898 


+8.2 
-.  1 


16,292 
117, 759 


17,959 
139, 735 


+10.2 
+18.7 


3,077 
58,364 


3,771 
69,024 


409,720 


412, 316 


+.6 


134,311 


157,979    +17.6 


61,465 


32,040 

4,905 

2,918 

1,870 

167 

10,917 
70,682 
13,054 

262 

8,069 

28,457 

1,775 

407 

2,391 

49,912 
29,768 

103, 385 
8,378 

142, 518 
18,287 
71,001 
68,972 


34,168 

4,549 

2,843 

2,266 

155 

12,  516 
66,846 
13,389 

270 

7,901 

37,027 

1,480 

544 

3,063 

53,130 
33,719 
91,293 
8,708 
143,661 
17, 148 
74,444 
70, 814 


+6.6 
-7.3 
-2.6 
+21.2 
-7.2 

+14.6 
-5.4 
+2.6 

+3.1 

-2.1 
+30.1 
-16.6 
+33.7 
+28.1 

+6.4 
+13.3 
-11.7 
+3.9 
+.8 
-6.2 
+4  8 
+2.7 


25,132 
677 

6,203 
12,025 

1,043 

2,616 
6,671 
4,834 

30,015 

5,089 
18,917 
5, 9.50 
3,824 
15, 691 

22,326 
89,123 
73,627 
9,427 
86,096 
13, 735 
16, 659 
67, 416 


28,934 

+15.1 

728 

+7.6 

6,892 

+11.1 

14,898 

+23.9 

1,260 

+20.8 

3,636 

+39.0 

6,848 

+4.2 

5,355 

+10.8 

34,498 

+14.9 

5,583 

+9.7 

28,395 

+50.1 

5,670 

-4.7 

4,107 

+7.4 

18,068 

+16.1 

24,762 

+10.9 

90,614 

+1.7 

77,  795 

+5.7 

11,326 

+20.1 

94,618 

+9.9 

12,725 

-7.4 

18,799 

+12.  8 

76,277 

+11.7 

6,604 

359 

734 

443 

33 

744 

4,384 

549 

607 

2,256 

6,625 

66 

139 

114 

9,414 
3,770 

17,258 
1,327 

39, 671 
2,774 

16, 659 

67, 416 


72,823 


7,831 

392 

871 

576 

66 

987 

4,409 

660 

594 

2,336 

9,585 

51 

180 

153 

10,936 
6,173 

17, 898 
1,479 

43,600 
3,017 

18,799 

75,277 


+14.2 


+28.1 
+16.7 


+41.2 
+11.3 

+7.6 
+20.4 

+2.6 


+22.6 
+18.3 


+18.6 


+20.4 
+9.2 
+18.7 
+30.0 
+97.0 

+32.7 

+.6 

+20.2 

+17.2 

+3.6 
+44.7 

-8.9 
+29.6 
+34.2 

+16.2 

+37.2 

+3.7 

+11.5 

+9.9 

+8.8 

+12.8 

+11.7 


Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


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Table  32.— Cify  Arrest  Trends,  1968-69 

(3,058  Cities  over  2,500;  1969  estimated  population  98,789,000] 


Oflense  charged 


TOTAL, 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder    and    nonnegligent    man- 

slaughter  

(b)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape --- 

Robbery -.. 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— brealting  or  entering 

Larcency— theft 

Auto  theft - 


Violent  crime . . , 
Property  crime- 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 


Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement , 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possess- 
ing  - 

Vandalism., 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  oflenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 
prostitution) .  _ 

Narcotic  drug  laws - 

Gambling 

Oflenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence... 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy  - 

All  other  offenses  (except  trafBc) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals) 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

Runaways 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Total  all  ages 


1968 


4,342,515 


7,952 

1,846 

8,981 

54,338 

79, 917 

184. 068 

383,310 

94, 142 


151,188 
661, 520 


814, 554 


191, 107 

6,651 

22,844 

37, 474 

3,877 

29,352 
85, 402 
69, 071 
36,641 

34, 957 

110, 637 

67,  982 

30,  496 

202, 179 

151,951 

1, 185, 970 

513, 085 

84,297 

474, 742 

82,332 

80,  791 

108,  565 


1969 


4,556,674 


8,824 

2,080 

10, 266 

61,400 

83,058 

184, 161 

419,516 

94,665 


163,648 
698, 332 


863,  960 


210.687 
6,469 
25,686 
42,027 
4,510 

37,406 
84,088 
74, 692 
40,  897 

37,415 

160, 967 

69, 796 

31,906 

233, 214 

158, 124 

1, 182, 014 

602, 802 

92,702 

494, 334 

81, 142 

86,  840 

116, 139 


Percent 
change 


-1-4.9 


-t-11.0 
4-12.7 
-f-14.3 
-1-13.0 
-1-3.9 

m 

-f9.4 
-f.6 


-1-8.2 
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-2.7 
-1-12.4 
-1-12.1 
-1-16.3 

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-1.6 
-f8.1 

-1-11.9 

-1-7.0 

-1-45.5 

-1-2.7 

-1-4.6 

-fl5.4 

-1-4.1 

-.3 

-2.0 

4-10.0 

-1-4.1 

-1.4 

-1-7.5 

4-7.0 


Under  IS  years  of  age 


1968 


1,137,489 


843 

162 

2,055 

19, 812 

14,353 

103,446 

218, 262 

58,  721 


37,063 
380,  429 


417, 644 


34,853 

4,437 

3,177 

2,080 

182 

10,648 

65, 122 

12, 252 

746 

8,784 

28, 989 

1,734 

443 

2,059 

48,089 

28,288 

112,423 

8,691 

157, 602 

20, 252 

80, 791 

108,  556 


1969 


1,181,626 


910 

184 

2,263 

22,368 

14,930 

102, 602 

231, 189 

56,826 


40,461 
390,617 


Percent 
change ' 


4-3.9 


4-7.9 
4-21.1 

4-9.6 
4-12.9 

4-4.0 
-.8 

4-5.9 


4-9.2 

4-2.7 


431,262 


4-3.3 


38,246 

4.220 

3.176 

2,694 

198 

12, 148 

62, 561 

12, 916 

840 

8,766 

39, 587 

1,459 

679 

2,473 

52,342 

32,468 

100, 607 

9,645 

162. 671 

18.638 

86, 840 

116, 139 


4-9.7 

-4.9 

-.  1 

4-24  7 

4-8.8 

4-15.2 
-3.9 
4-6.4 

4-12.6 


4-36.6 
-15.9 
4-30.7 
4-20.1 
4-8.8 
4-14.8 
-10.5 
4-9.8 
4-3.2 
-8.0 
4-7.5 
4-7.0 


18  years  of  age  and  over 


1968 


3, 205, 026 


7,109 

1.694 

6.926 

34. 526 

65.664 

80. 622 

165.048 

35. 421 


114, 125 
281, 091 


396, 910 


3,375,048 


7,914 

1,896 

8,013 

39,  032 

68, 128 

81,549 

188,327 

37,839 


123, 087 
307,  715 


432, 698 


156,264 

2,214 

19,  667 

35.394 

3.696 

18.804 
20, 280 
56,  819 
35,  796 

26, 173 
81,648 
66, 248 
30,053 

200, 120 

103. 862 
1, 157,  682 

400. 662 
75,606 

317,140 
62,080 


172, 441 

2.249 

22,  511 

39,433 

4,312 

25, 268 
21,537 
61,  776 
40, 057 

28,649 
121,380 

68, 336 

31.327 

230.  741 

105,  782 

1,149,546 

402,195 

83,157 
331,663 

62,504 


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change ' 


4-5.3 


4-11.3 

4-11.9 

4-15.7 

4-13.1 

4-3.9 

4-1.1 

4-14.1 

4-6.8 


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4-9.6 


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4-1.6 
4-14.5 
4-11.4 
4-16.7 

4-34.3 

4-6.2 
4-8.7 
4-11.9 

4-9.5 

4-48.7 

4-3.2 

4-4.2 

4-15.3 

4-1.8 

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4-.  4 

4-10.0 

4-4.6 

4-.  7 


1  In  692  cities  over  25,000  population,  arrests  of  persons  under  18  years  of  age  increased  2.9  percent  and  arrests  of  persons  18  and  over  increased  4.9  percent; 
in  2.366  cities  under  25,000  population,  arrests  of  persons  under  18  increased  8.0  percent  and  arrests  of  persons  18  and  over  increased  7.3  percent. 
'  Increase  of  less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  oflenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


121 


Tabic  33.— City  Arrests  by  Age,  1969 

3,500  cities  over  2,600;  1969  estimated  population  108,898,000] 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL 

Percent  distribution  '_ 


5,132,855 
100. 0 


Criminal  homicide: 

(n)  Murder  and  nonnegllgent 
manslaughter 

(6)   Manslaughter  by  neghgence. 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary — breakmg  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft _ 


Violent  crime 

Percent  distribution  '.. 

Property  crime. 

Percent  distribution  L 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses.. 
Percent  distribution  ' 


Other  assaults... 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism. 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc... 
Prostitution    and     commerciaUzed 

vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution)... 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling. 

Offenses  against  family  and  children- 
Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws. 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaways 


Grand 

total  all 

ages 


9,743 

2,239 

11,697 

69,675 

96,723 

208,043 

455.521 

108.706 


187,838 
100.0 

772,270 
100.0 


962,347 
100. 0 


227,459 

7,041 

29,893 

45,630 

4,854 

40,189 
92.753 
80,541 

44,367 

43.093 

200,061 

73,329 

34,581 

287,042 

173,784 

1,313,063 

530.153 

100.155 

539,337 

83,466 

94,279 

125.438 


Ages 
under  15 


505,911 


144 

■23 

489 

8,645 

6,482 

56,  016 

131,  762 

17,887 


14,  760 

7.9 

204,  655 

26.5 


219,  438 
22.8 


16,  724 

3,296 

768 

880 

42 

4,425 
45,  796 
3,668 

87 

3,787 

7,080 

253 

137 

62 

5,111 

4,366 

37,  986 

1,843 

69,  783 

4,834 

24,  726 

50,  819 


Ages 
under  18 


1,307,850 

25.5 


3.825,005 
74.5 


986 

190 

2,503 

24,  119 

16,  626 

113,214 

247,  612 

63,  867 


44,  234 

23.5 

424,  603 

55.0 


469, 117 
48.7 


41,  576 

4,585 

3,535 

2,700 

215 

13,  071 
68,  680 
13,  963 

923 

9.  341 

49,  773 

1,617 

614 

3,027 

67,  796 

36,  876 

107,  639 

10,326 

174,  670 

19,099 

94,  279 

125,  438 


Ages 
18  and 
over 


8,757 

2,049 

9,194 

45,  560 

80,  097 

94.  829 

207,  909 

44,  839 


143,  604 
76.5 

347,  677 
45.0 


493.  230 
61.3 


185,  883 

2,456 

26,  358 

42,  930 
4,639 

27, 118 
24,  073 
68,  688 

43,  444 

33,  752 
150.  288 

71,712 

33,  967 
284,  015 
115,988 
1,  277, 187 
422,  514 

89,  829 
364,  667 

64,  367 


Age 


10  and 
under 


68,364 
1.3 


13 
1 

27 

632 

624 

7,840 

19,  814 

380 


1,296 

.7 

28,034 

3.6 


29,  331 
3.0 


2,252 

1,111 

42 

99 

3 

328 

11,664 

248 


435 

140 

13 

51 

18 

72 

111 

5,343 

126 

10,  909 

675 

1,  222 

4,263 


11-12 


116,798 
2.3 


23 

6 

56 

2,034 

1,302 

14, 185 

36,  679 

2,035 


3,415 

1.8 

52, 899 

6.8 


66,  319 
6.9 


4,205 

874 

141 

260 

10 

965 
13,  411 

725 


775 

686 

31 

23 

6 

371 

366 

9,194 

301 

14,581 

992 

4.219 

8,336 


13-14 


320,749 
6.2 


108 

17 

406 

5,979 

3,566 

32,  991 

75,259 

15,  472 


10,049 

6.3 

123,  722 

16.0 


133,  788 
13.9 


10,  267 

1,311 

685 

521 

29 

3,132 

20,  821 

2,695 

71 

2,577 

6,255 

209 

63 

38 

4,668 

3,889 

23,449 

1,416 

44,  293 

3,167 

19,  285 

38,  220 


254,641 
5.0 


165 
34 
505 
4,625 
3,061 
21,  639 
44,765 
17,  080 


8,346 
4.4 

83,  374 
10.8 


91,  754 
9.5 


7,232 
546 
581 
437 
30 

2,699 
9,732 
2,664 

107 

1,816 

8,969 

273 

82 

129 

9,068 

6,071 

19,  600 

1,546 

35, 332 

2,825 

20  960 

32, 198 


16 


281,683 

5.6 


303 

44 
708 
5,273 
3,864 
19,  949 
39,  242 
16.  599 


10, 148 
6.4 

75,  790 
9.8 


85,  982 
8.9 


8,568 

433 

954 

556 

46 

2,982 
7,826 
3,605 

242 

1,866 

14,640 

477 

130 

866 

18,  290 

10,544 

23,636 

2,613 

36,  386 

3,828 

28,  634 

28,681 


265,615 

6.2 


384 

89 

801 

5,576 

4,219 

16,  710 

31,  863 

12, 301 


10,  980 
5.8 

60,  874 
7.9 


71,  943 
7.5 


9,052 
310 

1,232 
828 
97 

2,965 
5,326 
4,116 

487 

1,872 

19,094 

614 

266 

1,970 

25,  327 
14,  895 

26,  417 
4,324 

33, 170 
7,612 
19,  959 
13,  740 


258,912 
5.0 


451 

138 

918 

5.920 

4.569 

15,  086 

28,088 

9,086 


11,  858 
6.3 

62,  259 
6.8 


64,255 
6.7 


10,039 

219 

1,703 

1,334 

125 

3,001 
3,444 
4,618 

1,617 

1,781 

21, 167 

1,046 

1,425 

4,900 

29,  743 

24,  217 

33,  925 
6,913 

34,  935 
8,415 


219,233 
4.3 


498 

119 

798 

5,270 

4,189 

10,  892 

20,588 

6,393 


10,  755 

5.7 

37, 873 

4.9 


48,747 
5.1 


8,979 

172 

1,849 

1,681 

171 

2,670 
2,416 
4,049 

2,  610 

1,610 

20,317 

1,  112 

1,373 

5,588 

23,  856 

22,  256 

28,321 

5,543 

29,397 

6,516 


20 


182,957 
3.6 


477 
118 

753 
4,370 
3,849 
8,492 
16,  745 
4,523 


9,449 

5.0 

28,  760 

3.7 


38,  327 
4.0 


8,885 

143 

1,799 

1.838 

170 

2,129 
1,741 
3,597 

2,862 

1,739  0 

16,929 

1,026 

1,455 

6,  201 1 

16, 556 1 

21, 082  < 

22, 243 » 

4, 349 1 

24,7031 

5,184 


See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


122 


Table  33. — City  Arrests  by  Age,  1969 — Continued 


Offense  charged 


Age 


23 


25-29 


30-34 


35-39 


40-44 


45-49 


50-54 


60-64 


65  and 
over 


•Not 
known 


TOTAL 

Percent  distribution  '- 


185.287 
3.6 


174,595 
3.4 


143,491 

2.8 


127,910 

2.5 


486,629 

9.5 


375,577 
7.3 


359,117 

7.0 


372,524 

7.3 


327,571 

6.4 


245,312 

4.S 


171,453 

3.3 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent 
manslaughter.. 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence . 

Forcible  rape. 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault. 

Burglary — breaking  or  entering 

Larceny — theft 

Auto  theft 


460 
127 
697 
4,163 
4,053 
7,700 
13,854 
3,873 


465 
110 
702 
3,697 
4,077 
6,889 
11,960 
3,300 


463 
101 
647 
3,754 
4,  921 
6,021 
10,  343 
2,668 


392 
90 

581 
2,438 
3,480 
4,695 
8,153 
1,977 


Violent  crime 

Percent  distribution  '.. 

Property  crime 

Percent  distribution  '.. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses,. 
Percent  distribution  • 


9,373 

5.0 

25, 427 

3.3 


34, 927 
3.6 


Other  assaults. 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting. 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

possessing. 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc, . . 
Prostitution  and  commerciaUzed 

vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape 

and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling. 

Offenses  against  family  and  children. 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct- 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations.. 
Eimaways 


9,881 

147 

1,902 

2,214 

215 

1,966 
1,623 
3,929 

4,793 

1,975 

15,093 

1,514 

1,565 

9,274 

4,763 

30, 982 

25, 157 

5,182 

23,  087 

5,098 


8,931 

4.8 

22,149 

2.9 


9,785 

5.2 

19,  032 

2.5 


6,891 

3.7 

li825 

1.9 


31, 190 
3.2 


28,918 
3.0 


21,806 
2.3 


9,911 

129 

2,030 

2,372 

342 

1,887 
1,478 
3,818 

5,618 

2,071 
13,044 

1,558 

1,718 
10,344 

3,629 
29,034 
23,783 

4,470 
21,688 

4,481 


9,119 

118 

1,600 

2,122 

209 

1,448 
1,128 
3,122 

4,170 

1,615 
9,099 
1,527 
1,660 
8,675 
2,439 
24,  542 
18, 168 
3,554 
16,  843 
3,425 


8,345 

100 

1,467 

2,180 

281 

1,333 

999 
3,024 

3,437 

1,564 
7,201 
1,558 
1,674 
8,532 
1,961 
24,894 
16,104 
2,986 
15,  513 
2,951 


1,550 
332 

1,787 

7,781 
14,  099 
15, 105 
28,473 

5,980 


1,071 
212 
936 
3,604 
10, 125 
7,960 
18,  371 
2,845 


828 

176 

584 

2,032 

8,079 

4,996 

13,880 

1,729 


699 
132 
349 
1,325 
6,880 
3,086 
11,  870 
1,156 


25,  217 

13.4 

49,668 

6.4 


15,  736 
8.4 

29,176 
3.8 


11,623 
6.1 

20,  605 
2.7 


9,253 

4.9 

16,  112 

2.1 


76, 107 
7.8 


46, 124 
4.7 


32,304 
3.4 


25,  497 
2.6 


34,207 

350 

5,462 

9,  216 

914 

5,064 
3,861 
12,  252 

8,896 

5,846 
22,  905 

8,868 

6,864 
38,  262 

6.268 
lOy,  015 
58,  024 
10,  776 
54,  494 

9,379 


24.  989 

312 

3,104 

6,408 

706 

2,704 
2,174 
7,987 

3,669 

4,139 
10.  816 

8,937 

5,167 
34. 421 

4,723 
117,  727 
42.  746 

7,714 
36,244 

6,776 


20,049 

209 

2,129 

4,844 

510 

1,839 
1,684 
6,136 

2,211 

3,246 
6,496 
8,701 
4,150 

36,  595 

4,444 

143,  768 

39,040 
7,246 

30,  486 
4,031 


16,  272 

186 

1,498 

3,685 

387 

1,311 
1,368 
4,987 

1,400 

2,779 
3,809 
9.037 
3,119 

37,  266 

4,853 

180,  060 

37,  471 
7,834 

26,  316 
3,390 


645 

117 

217 

658 

4,832 

1,978 

8,956 

684 


337 
100 
100 
283 

2,979 
928 

6,  539 
364 


220 
68 
64 
128 
1,858 
558 
4,604 
163 


6,252 

3.3 

11,618 

1.5 


3,699 
2.0 

7,831 
1.0 


2,270 

1.2 

6,315 


17,  987 
1.9 


11,  630 
1.2 


,663 


103,037 

2.0 


90,569 

1.8 


137 
41 
30 
64 
1,057 
229 
2,900 
54 


169 
64 
28 
67 
1,046 
210 
3,552 
48 


1,288 
.7 

3,183 
.4 


1,310 
.7 

3,810 
.6 


4,612 
.6 


6,184 
.6 


11,312 

143 

918 

2.435 

311 

771 

960 

3,667 

869 

2,062 
1,759 
7,736 
1,924 

32, 875 

4,272 

178,  604 

29,  703 
7,368 

19.  629 
2,266 


6,566 
98 

441 
1,306 

136 

482 

542 

2,266 

660 

1,232 
818 

6,277 

1,059 
23,296 

3,238 
144,282 
20,  146 

5,911 
13,  710 

1,328 


3,585 

54 

203 

609 


289 


329 

820 

436 

6,142 

475 

15,241 

2,  387 

105,  943 

12.066 

4,693 

8,166 

919 


1,894 

36 

100 

329 

49 

121 
162 
834 

182 

674 

203 
3,414 

215 
8,270 
1.4-25 
65,244 
7,404 
2,822 
4,673 

575 


1,831 
40 
61 
240 
35 

103 
182 
316 


193 

i227 

141 

6,257 

1,405 

54,  492 

7,594 

2,542 

4,725 

624 


C^) 


5 
4 
3 
2 
4 
5 
33 


m 


(2) 


(') 


20 
1 
2 

28 


3 
10 


6 

3 
32 

3 

19 
27 
446 
29 
27 
58 

9 


'  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

2  Less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


123 


397-633  O  -  70  ■ 


Table  3A.—Cify  Arrests  of  Persons  Under  15,  Under  18,  Under  21,  and  Under  25  Years  of  Age,  1969 

[3, 500  cities  over  2, 500;  1969  estimated  population  108, 898, 000] 


Oflense  charged 


TOTAL. 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter. 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape - 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft - - 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime.. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 


Other  assaults ,. 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing. 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 


Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice... 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) . 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 


Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct. 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations.. 
Runaways 


Grand 

total 

all  ages 


5.132,855 


9.743 

2,239 

11,697 

69,675 

96,723 

208,043 

455,521 

108,706 


187,838 
772.270 


962.347 


227,459 
7,041 
29,893 
45.630 
4.854 
40,189 
92.753 
80,541 

44,367 
43,093 

200.061 
73.329 
34.581 

287,042 

173.784 
1.313,063 
530,153 
100,155 
539,337 
83,466 
94,279 
125,438 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Under  15      Under  18      Under  21      Under  25 


605,911 


144 

23 

489 

8,645 

5,482 

55,  016 

131,  752 

17.887 


14,  760 
204,  656 


219,  438 


16,  724 

3,296 

768 

880 

42 

4,425 

45,  796 

3,668 

87 

3,787 

7,080 

253 

137 

62 

5,111 

4,366 
37,  986 

1,843 
69,  783 

4,834 
24,  726 
50,819 


1,307.850 


190 

2,503 

24,  119 

16.  626 

113.  214 

247.  612 

63.867 


44,234 
424,  693 


469, 117 


41.  576 
4.585 
3.535 
2,700 
215 
13,  071 
68.680 
13,953 

923 

9.341 

49.  773 

1.617 

614 

3,027 

57,  796 
36,  876 

107,  639 
10,  326 

174,  670 
19,099 
94.279 

125.  438 


1,968,952 


2,412 

665 

4,972 

39,  679 

29,  233 

147,  683 

312.  033 

83.869 


76,296 
543,  585 


620,  446 


69,  479 
5,119 
8,976 
7,553 
681 
20,871 
76,281 
26,  217 

8.012 
14,  471 
108, 186 
4,801 
4,867 
19.  716 

127,  950 
103,  431 
192, 128 
27. 131 
263,  705 
39.  214 
94,  279 
125,438 


2,600,235 


4,182 

993 

7,599 

53.  731 

45.  764 

172.  988 

356.  343 

95,687 


111,276 
625,  018 


737,  287 


106.  735 
5,613 
15,  975 
16.441 
1.728 
27.505 
81.509 
40, 110 

26.  030 
21,  696 
152.  623 
10,958 
U,  474 
56,541 

140,  742 
212,883 
275,  340 
43,323 
340,  836 
55. 169 
94.  279 
125, 438 


Percentage 


Under  16   Under  18   Under  21   Under  25 


1.5 

1.0 
4.2 

12.4 
5.7 
26.4 
28.9 
16.5 


7.9 
26.5 


22.8 


7.4 
46.8 

2.6 

1.9 

.9 

11.0 

49.4 

4.6 


3.5 
.3 

.4 

{') 

2.9 
.3 

7  2 

1.8 
12.9 

5.8 
26.2 
40.5 


25.5 


10.1 
8.5 
21.4 
34.6 
17  2 
54.4 
54.4 
58.8 


23.5 
55.0 


48.7 


18.3 
65.1 
11.8 
5.9 
4.4 
32.5 
74.0 
17  3 

2.1 
21.7 
24.9 
2.2 
1.8 
1.1 

33.3 
2  7 
20.3 
10.3 
32.4 
22.9 
100.0 
100.0 


38.4 


24.8 
25.2 
42.6 
56.9 
30.2 
71.0 
68.5 
77.2 


40.6 
70.4 


64.5 


30.5 
72.7 
30.0 
16.6 
14.0 
51.9 
82.2 
32.6 

18.1 
33.6 
54.1 

6.5 
14.1 

6.9 

73.6 

7.9 
36.2 
27.1 
48.9 
47  0 
100.0 
100.0 


50.7 


42.9 
44.4 
66.0 
77.1 
47.3 
83.2 
78.2 
88.0 


80.! 


76.6 


46.9 
79.7 
53.4 
36.0 
36.6 
68.4 
87.9 
49.8 

58.7 
60.3 
76.3 
14.9 
33.2 
19.7 

81.0 
16.2 
51.9 
43.3 
63.2 
66.1 
100.0 
100.0 


'  Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


124 


Table  35. — City  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Sex,  1969 

[3,500  cities  over  2,500;  1969  estimated  population  108,898,000] 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL --- 

Criminal  homicide; 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter.-, 
(t)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape - 

Robbery .- --- 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglarj' — breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— thelt. -.- 

Autotheft - - 

Violent  crime --- — 

Property  crime - 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults 

Arson. 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting — 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  {except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

O  ffenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws .-- 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

Runaways 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


5,132,855 


9,743 

2,239 

11,697 

69,675 

96,723 

208.043 

455,521 

108,706 


187,838 
772,270 


962,347 


227,459 
7,041 
29.893 
45,630 
4,854 
40,189 
92,753 
80,541 

44,367 
43,093 

200,061 
73,329 
34,581 

287,042 

173,784 

1,313.063 

530,153 

100,155 

539,337 

83,466 

94,279 

125,438 


Male 


4,423,215 


8,227 

1,980 

11,697 

65,  289 

83.920 

199, 034 

331,379 

103, 120 


169, 133 
633, 533 


804, 646 


199.  326 
6.361 
22,964 
33.378 
3,807 
36, 748 
85,994 
75,251 

9,117 
37,330 

169,017 
67,713 
30, 624 

268, 345 

151,  654 
1,222,042 

453, 202 
88,659 

451.  994 
70.  965 
75, 529 
68,649 


Female 


709,640 


1,516 
259 


4,386 
12,803 
9,009 
124. 142 
5,586 


18, 705 
138,737 


157, 701 


28,133 

680 

6,929 

12, 252 
1,047 
3,441 
6,759 
5,290 

35, 250 
5.763 

31.044 
5.616 
3,957 

18, 697 

22, 230 
91,021 
76, 951 
11,496 
87,343 
12.  501 
18, 750 
66, 789 


Percent 
Male 


86.2 


84.4 
88.4 
100.0 
93.7 
86.8 
95.7 
72.7 
94.9 


90.0 
82.0 


83.6 


87.6 
90.3 
76.8 
73.1 
78.4 
91.4 
92.7 
93.4 

20.5 
86.6 
84.5 
92.3 
88.6 
93.5 

87.2 
93.1 
85.5 
88.5 
83.8 
85.0 
80.1 
46.8 


Percent 
Female 


13.8 


15.6 
11.6 


6.3 
13.2 

4.3 
27.3 

5.1 


10.0 
18.0 


16.4 


12.4 

9.7 

23.2 

26.9 

21.6 

8.6 

7.3 


79.5 
13.4 
15.5 

7.7 
11.4 

6.5 

12.8 
6.9 
14.5 
11.5 
16.2 
15.0 
19.9 
53.2 


Percent  of  total ' 


100.0 


C) 


1.4 
1.9 
4.1 
8.9 
2.1 


3.7 

15.0 


4.4 
.1 
.6 


1.8 
1.6 


3.9 
1.4 

.    I 

5.6 

3.4 

25.6 
10.3 
2.0 
10.5 
1.6 
1.8 
2.4 


Male 


(2) 


.3 
1.5 
1.9 
4.5 
7.5 
2.3 


3.8 
14.3 


4.5 
.1 
.5 
.8 
.1 
.8 
1.9 
1.7 

.2 
.8 
3.8 
1.5 
.7 
6.1 

3.4 

27.6 

10.2 

2.0 

10.2 

1.6 

1.7 

1.3 


Female 


n 


1.8 
1.3 

17.5 


19.6 
22.2 


4.0 
.1 

1.0 

1.7 
.1 
.5 

I.O 
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5.0 
.8 

4.4 
.8 
.6 

2.6 

3.1 
12.8 
10.8 
1.6 
12.3 
1.8 
2.6 
9.4 


'  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

3  Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  is  offenses  of  bin"glary ,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


125 


Tabic  36.— City  Arrest  Trends  by  Sex,  1968-69 

(3,068  cities  over  2,600;  1969  estimated  population  98,789,000] 


Oflense  charged 


Males 


Total 


1968 


Percent 
change 


Under  18 


1968 


1969 


Percent 
change 


Females 


Total 


1968 


1969 


Percent 
change 


Under  18 


1968 


1969 


Percent 
change 


TOTAL 

Criminal  homicide: 

(o)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter- . 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence. 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary-breaking  or  entering 

Larceny-theft.- 

Autotheft 

Violent  crime... 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement... 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drag  laws 

Gambling.. 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals) 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

Runaways 


3,777,255 


3,923,287 


-t-3.9 


927.918 


942,019 


-H.5 


565,260 


633,387 


-1-12.1 


209,571 


239,607 


6,660 

1,642 

8,981 

61,  529 

69,422 

176,  809 

288,360 

89,  719 


7,456 
1,849 
10,  266 
57,  622 
72, 078 
176, 497 
305,  267 
89,947 


+U.9 

-4-12.6 

-fl4.3 

-1-11.8 

+3.8 

-.2 

-)-5.9 

•f.3 


788 

130 

2,065 

18,  776 

12, 622 

99,424 

171,  689 

65,  777 


836 
160 
2,253 
20, 869 
13,028 
98, 325 
175, 020 
63,802 


-t-6.1 
-t-23.  1 
+9.6 

-l-n.i 

-1-3.2 
-1.1 
+  1.9 
-3.5 


1,292 
204 


1,369 
231 


-f6.0 
-1-13.2 


2.809 
10, 496 

7,259 
94,  950 

4,423 


3,778 
10,980 
7,654 
114,  249 
4,718 


-1-315 
+4.6 
-t-5.4 

-H20.3 
-1-6.7 


1,036 
1,731 

4,022 
46,573 
2,944 


1,499 
1,902 
4,277 
56, 169 
3,024 


136, 592 
554,888 


147,  421 
571,711 


-1-7.9 
-1-3.0 


34,211  I  36,986 
326,890  327,147 


693, 122 


720, 981 


-1-4.0 


361, 261 


168,630 
6,094 
17,  874 
28,140 
3,109 
2?,  050 
79,606 
64,670 

7,862 
30,446 
94,  799 
62, 430 
27,  258 
189, 020 

133,  660 
1, 104, 675 

443, 693 
75,633 

401, 057 
68,914 
65,  614 
52,923 


184,648 
5,832 
19,  940 
30, 797 
3,499 
34,194 
78,058 
69, 776 

8,065 
32,  678 

137,  306 
64,  539 
28,372 

218, 171 

137,  652 
1, 100, 187 

429,693 
81,901 

413,  222 
68,974 
69,560 
54,316 


-1-9.5 

-4.3 

-t-11.6 

-1-9.4 

-fl2.5 

-1-26.4 

-1.9 

-1-7.9 

4-2.7 
-1-7.0 

+44.8 
+3.4 
+4.1 

+15.4 

+3.1 
-.4 
-3.2 
+8.3 
+3.0 
+.  1 
+6.0 
+2.6 


28,896 

4,149 

2,608 

1,672 

149 

9,879 

61,289 

11,  769 

253 

6,829 

23,584 

1,692 

318 

1,975 

40,  729 
25, 146 
96,532 
7,572 
123, 179 
17,  596 
65,614 
62,923 


+8.0 
+.  1 


14, 696   16, 127 
106.632  126,621 


364,  293 


121, 432 


31, 073 
3,877 
2,421 
2,067 
137 
11,274 
68,  739 
12,319 

262 

6,775 

31,  506 

1,418 

436 
2,370 

43,640 
28, 318 
84,403 
8,168 
124, 648 
16,988 
69,560 
64, 316 


+7.6 
-6.6 
-3.5 

+23.6 
-8.1 

+14.1 
-4.2 
+4.7 

+3.6 
-.8 
+33.6 
-16.2 
+36.8 
+20.0 

+7.1 
+  12.6 
-12.6 
+7.9 
+1.2 
-9.1 
+6.0 
+2.6 


22,  477 
657 
4,970 
9,334 
768 
2,302 
5,796 
4,401 

28,689 
4,611 

15,838 
5,552 
3, 238 

13, 159 

18,  391 
81, 296 
69, 392 
8,664 
73,685 
13,418 
15, 177 
55,632 


+10.5 
+18.7 


2,822 
53,539 


3,476 
63,470 


142, 979 


+17.7 


56,383 


66,969 


26,039 

637 

5,746 

11,230 
1,011 
3,212 
6,030 
4,916 

32,832 
4,837 

23,661 
5,256 
3,534 

15, 043 

20, 472 
81,  827 
73, 109 
10,  801 
81,112 
12,168 
17,280 
61,823 


+15.8 
+14.4 
+15.6 
+20.3 
+31.6 
+39.  5 
+4.0 
+11.7 

+14.4 
+7.2 

+49.4 
-6.3 
+9.1 

+  14.3 

+  11.3 
+.7 

+5.4 
+24.7 
+10.1 

-9.3 
+13.9 
+11.1 


5,967 
288 
669 
408 
33 
669 

3,833 
483 


1,955 
6,406 

42 
125 

84 

7,360 

3,142 
15, 891 

1,119 
34,423 

2,666 
15, 177 
56,632 


7,173 
343 

754 
527 
61 
874 
3,812 
597 

578 
1,991 
8,081 
41 
144 
103 

8,702 

4,160 
16,204 

1,377 
38,023 

2,660 
17,280 
61,823 


+14.3 


+34.6 
+9.1 


+44.7 
+9.9 
+6.3 

+20.6 
+2.7 


+23.1 
+18.5 


+18.8 


+20.4 
+19.1 
+12.7 
+29.2 
+84.8 
+30.6 
-.5 
+23.6 

+17.2 
+L8 

+49.5 
-2.4 

+15.2 

+22.6 

+18.2 
+32.1 
+2.0 
+23.1 
+10.5 
-.2 
+13.9 

+n.i 


Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


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Tabk  38.— Subufbon  Arrest  Trends,  1968-69 

[1,653  agencies,  1969  estimated  population  35,563,000] 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL 

Cruninal  homicide: 

(o)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter... 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery... 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering... 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft 

Violent  crime. 

Property  crime... 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults. 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws -... 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals) 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

Runaways.. 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Total  all  ages 


1968 


903.804 


1,201 

676 
2,251 
7.588 
16.048 
61,679 
92,806 
21,906 


27,088 
166.290 


193,964 


42,748 

1,976 

6,442 

12,306 

1,606 

6,460 

26.798 

10,668 

1,469 

8.433 

34,223 

3,999 

11,312 

61,681 

44,164 

142,364 

88,880 

9,303 

132.967 

10.419 

22.891 

39,270 


977,254 


1,233 
680 
2,366 
8,123 
17,681 
62,246 
102,  371 
21,640 


29.403 
176,  257 


206,240 


Percent 
change 


45, 493 

1.960 

6,181 

13,288 

1,588 

8,124 

25,  987 

11,  070 

1,934 

8.753 

47,228 

3,785 

11,438 

72,380 

48.634 

149, 991 

90,796 

7,782 

147, 494 

12,415 

23,673 

43, 435 


+8.1 


+2.7 
+.7 

+5.1 

+7.1 
+  10  2 

+  1.3 
+  10.3 

-1.2 


+8.6 
+6.0 


+6.3 


+6.4 

-.8 

-4.1 

+8.0 

-1.1 

+  26.0 

-3.0 

+3.8 

+31.7 

+3.8 

+38.0 

-6.4 

+  1.1 

+  17.5 

+  10.1 

+5.4 

+2.2 

-16.3 

+  10.9 

+  19.2 

+3.4 

+  10.6 


Under  18  years  of  age 


1968 


324,068 


133 
43 

420 

2,039 

2,640 

30,  259 

64,237 

13, 985 


5,232 
98,481 


103,756 


8,049 

1,446 

737 

362 

44 

2,502 

22,630 

3.040 

22 

2,450 

12,044 

200 

202 

757 

18,  059 

9,692 

26,633 

1,469 

47.813 

3,619 

22,891 

39,  270 


342,949 


81 

61 

425 

2,193 

3,012 

30.359 

57.  715 

13,222 


6,711 
101,296 


107,058 


8,348 

1,414 

758 

448 

40 

2.977 

21.683 

2,849 

28 

2,343 

14, 396 

137 

288 

1,003 

20,  450 

12, 118 

27, 641 

1,239 

50.623 

5,145 

23, 673 

43, 435 


Percent 
change 


+5.8 


-39.1 

+  18.6 

+  1.2 

+  7.6 

+  14.1 

+.3 

+6.4 

-5.5 


+9.2 
+2.9 


+3.2 


+3.7 

—2.  2 

+2.8 
+23.8 

-9.1 
+  19.0 

-4.2 

-6.3 
+27.3 

-4.4 
+  19.5 
-31.5 
+42.6 
+32.5 
+  13.2 
+25.0 

+3.8 
-15.7 

+5.9 
+42.2 

+3.4 
+10.6 


18  years  of  age  and  over 


1968 


1,068 
533 

1,831 

5,649 
13,408 
21.  320 
38,668 

7,921 


21,856 
67.809 


90, 198 


34,699 
630 

5,705 

11,944 

1,662 

3,948 

4,168 

7,628 

1,447 

5,983 

22, 179 

3,799 

11,110 

60,  824 

26,105 

132,  672 

62.247 

7,834 

85,154 

6,800 


634,305 


1,162 
529 

1,941 

5,930 
14, 669 
21, 887 
44,656 

8,418 


23,692 
74,961 


99,182 


37, 145 

646 

5,423 

12,840 
1,548 
5,147 
4,304 
8,221 
1,906 
6,410 

32. 832 
3.648 

11,150 

71.377 

28,184 
137, 873 

63, 155 
6.543 

96,871 
7,270 


Percent 
change 


+9.4 


+7.9 
-.8 
+6.0 
+6.9 
+9.4 
+2.7 
+  15.8 
+6.3 


+8.4 
+10.5 


+10.0 


+7.0 
+3.0 
-4.9 
+7.6 
-.9 

+30.4 
+3.3 
+7.8 

+31.7 
+7.1 

+48.0 
-4.0 
+.i 

+17.4 
+8.0 
+3.9 
+1.6 

-16.5 

+13.8 
+6.9 


Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


130 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL - 


Percent  distribution  '. 


Criminal  homicide: 

(q)  Murder  and  nonnegligent 
manslaughter 

(b)  Manslaughter  by  negligence. 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault. 

Burglary — breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft -. 


Violent  crime.. 

Percent  distribution  L. 

Property  crime 

Percent  distribution  *.. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses.. 
Percent  distribution  ' - . 


Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism.. 

Weapons:  carrying,  possessing,  etc. . . 
Prostitution     and     commercialized 

vice - 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence. 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct. 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaways 


Grand 

toUl 

all  ages 


,120,002 
100. 0 


1,4«7 

659 

2,764 

9,267 

20,701 

Sg,848 

114,548 

24.314 


34,219 

100.0 

197,710 

100.0 


232,588 
100.0 


52.315 
2.207 
7.417 

16,062 
1,732 

9.124 
30.428 
12.819 

2.008 

9.610 

51.611 

4.216 

13.472 

80.575 

55.381 

168.742 

102,879 

9,222 

168,837 

13,962 

26,606 

48.189 


Table  39.— Suburban  Arrests  by  Age,  1969 

(1,790  agencies:  1969  estimated  population  39.895,000] 


Ages 
under 
15 


144,683 

12.9 


II 

7 

63 

736 

1,006 

16,  219 

32,  769 

3,779 


1,816 

5.3 

51,  767 

26.2 


53,690 
23.0 


3,703 

1,  135 

166 

108 

3 

1,063 

16,  478 

1,024 


954 

2,322 

36 

84 

8 

2,082 

1,819 

11,604 

246 

22, 334 

1,666 

6,871 

18,  397 


Ages 

under 

18 


389,232 

34.8 


96 

54 

474 

2,428 

3,425 

33,  497 

64,128 

14.  699 


6,423 

18.8 

112,324 

56.8 


118,  801 
61.  1 


9,507 

1.686 

846 

495 

44 

3,309 

25,  265 
3,232 

34 

2,645 

15,  766 

162 

326 

1.116 
23,  227 
13, 357 
31,  263 

1,318 
56,  723 

5.  625 

26.  606 
48.  189 


Ages 
18  and 
over 


730,770 

65.2 


1,391 
605 

2,  290 

6.  839 
17.  276 
25.  361 
60.  420 

9.615 


27.  796 
81.2 

85.  386 
43.2 


113.787 
48.9 


42.  808 
621 

6.  571 
15.567 

1,688 

6,815 
6.163 
9,587 

1,974 

7,066 

36,  855 

4,054 

13,  146 

79.  459 

32,164 

156,  385 

71,616 

7.904 

112,114 

8,437 


Age 


10  and 
under 


20,115 
1.8 


2 

62 

126 

1.927 

5,  075 

64 


184 

,5 

7,066 

3.6 


7,260 
3.1 


621 

407 

6 

11 


74 

4,263 

80 


118 
28 

2 
28 

2 

26 

25 

1,794 

22 

3,482 

188 

198 

1,591 


U-12 


31.831 

2.8 


169 

228 

3.610 

8,961 

361 


395 
1.2 

12,  932 
6.5 


13,329 

5.7 


896 

285 

17 

19 


4,601 
221 


177 

221 

3 

16 


139 
125 

2,738 
43 

4,752 
319 
821 

2,901 


13-14 


92.737 

8.3 


7 

5 

53 

525 

652 

9,682 

18.  733 

3,354 


1,237 

3.6 

31,  769 

16.1 


33,  Oil 
14.2 


2,286 
443 
133 

78 
3 

781 

7,614 

723 


659 

2,073 

31 

40 

6 

1,917 

1,669 

7,072 

180 

14, 100 

1,159 

4,852 

13,  905 


77,355 

6.9 


19 

2 

88 

459 

582 

6,678 

11,  396 

4,175 


1,148 
3.4 

22,249 
11.3 


23,399 
10.1 


1,712 

182 

138 

80 

7 

668 

3,761 

580 


519 

2,960 

31 

46 

50 

3,748 

2,691 

5,861 

237 

11,  512 
1,107 
5,667 

12,  494 


87.925 

7  9 


30 

15 

132 

557 

854 

6,318 

10, 969 

4,020 


1,673 

4.6 

21, 307 

10.8 


22,  895 
9.8 


79,269 
7.1 


73,781 

6.6 


36 

30 

191 

676 

983 

5.  282 

8,994 

2,725 

1,886 

5.5 

17,  001 


18,  917 
8.1 


1,994 

147 

253 

114 

10 

796 

3,033 

789 

18 

565 

4,671 

48 

69 

334 

7,492 

4,011 

7,072 

318 

12,  307 

1,392 

7,912 

11,685 


2,098 

122 

300 

193 

24 

782 

1,993 

839 


507 

5,803 

47 

127 

724 
9,905 
4,936 
6,726 

518 
10,  670 
1.360 
7.166 
5.613 


68 

47 

257 

977 

1,311 

4,897 

7,726 

2,221 


2,613 

7.6 

14,844 

7.5 


17,504 
7.5 


2,345 
108 
416 
326 
60 

855 

1,109 

905 

44 

481 

6,846 

54 

404 
1,719 

10,  905 
7,044 
8,277 

998 

11,  774 
1,607 


S6.948 
5.1 


74 

34 

214 

832 

1,099 

3,320 

5,186 

1,469 


2,219 
6.5 

9.975 
5.0 


12,  228 
5.3 


2,070 

67 

432 

495 

57 

668 
702 
731 

70 

407 

5,983 

71 

393 
1,774 
7,941 
5,741 
6,184 

743 
9,056 
1,  135 


45,423 
4.1 


76 

46 

196 

721 

902 

2,477 

3,953 

1.061 


1,895 
5.5 

7,481 
3.8 


9,421 
4.1 


1,936 

43 

459 

571 

87 

506 
449 
640 

71 

401 

4,753 

57 

427 
1,830 
5.141 
4.830 
4.800 

528 
7.733 

740 


See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


131 


Tabic  39. — Suburban  Arrests  by  Age,  1969 — Continued 


Oflense  charged 


TOTAL. 


Percent  distribution  ' . 


Criminal  liomicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent 
manslaugliter 

(6)  Manslaugliter  by  negligence. 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery .._ 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft 


Violent  crime 

Percent  distribution ' . 

Property  crime - 

Percent  distribution  i . 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses.. 
Percent  distribution  * 


Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement — 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

possessing 

VandaUsm 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc... 
Prostitution    and    commercialized 

vice - - 

Sex   offenses   (except   forcible  rape 

and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

OambUng  _ 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct... 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  {except  traffic) 

Suspicion.. 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaw  ays 


Age 


41,369 


3.7 


31 

203 

68S 

1,044 

2,144 

3,242 

820 


2,000 
5.8 

6,206 
3.1 


8,237 
3.6 


22 


38.810 


3.6 


77 
34 
199 
606 
999 
1,903 
2,926 
678 


1,880 
6.6 

5,606 
2.8 


7,420 
3.2 


29,808 


2.7 


27,037 


68 
37 
166 
466 
747 
1,385 
2,265 
466 


1,426 
4.2 

4,116 
2.1 


6,678 
2.4 


63 
21 
142 
407 
749 
1,239 
2,046 
410 


1,361 
4.0 

3,696 
1.9 


6,077 
2.2 


25-29 


97,623 


8.7 


267 
93 

443 
1,117 
3,002 
3,830 
6,842 
1,116 


4,819 

14.1 

11,788 

6.0 


16,700 

7.2 


30-34 


69,759 


217 

497 

2,081 

1,717 

4,389 

518 


2,976 
8.7 

6,624 
3.4 


4.2 


35-39 


62,532 


6.6 


126 
62 

115 

239 
1,722 
1,111 
3,363 

367 


2,202 
6.4 

4,831 
2.4 


7,086 
3.0 


59,024 


6.3 


112 

61 

67 

163 

1,399 

630 

2,695 

243 


1,731 
6,1 

3,568 
1.8 


5,350 
2.3 


46-49 


48,933 


4.4 


76 
29 
37 
74 
921 
365 
2,062 
147 


1,107 
3.2 

2,664 
1.3 


3,690 
1.6 


34,434 


3.1 


65-69 


22,266 


2.0 


61 
21 
21 
40 
686 
163 
1,463 
71 


708 

2.1 

1,697 

.9 


2,426 
1.0 


37 
19 
10 
11 

366 
97 

979 


423 

1.2 

1,109 

.6 


1,561 

.7 


2,101 

44 

487 

767 

71 

462 
383 
639 

186 

481 

3,886 

90 

629 
2,708 
1,261 
6,056 
4,862 

473 
6,996 

670 


602 
868 
162 

397 
304 
616 

261 

471 

3,283 

82 

682 
2,991 

884 
6,816 
4,401 

410 
6,682 

572 


1,884 

23 

409 

796 

70 

329 
206 
499 


389 

2,111 

93 

595 
2,401 

580 
4,466 
3,348 

291 
5,098 

428 


1,820 

32 

380 

769 

83 

307 
208 
458 

216 

371 
1,542 

104 

613 
2,603 

427 
4,008 
3,024 

248 
4,461 

387 


7,739 

74 

1,262 

3.349 

267 

918 

646 

1,664 

505 

1,208 

4,119 

626 

2,753 

10,486 

1,205 

16, 143 

9,917 

813 

16, 369 

971 


6,816 
46 

817 
2,475 

244 

476 

345 

1,062 

201 

765 

1,624 

611 

2,166 

9,311 

735 

14,587 

6,616 

669 

11,166 

561 


4,838 
53 

677 
1,926 

198 

330 
267 
780 

85 

638 
796 
496 

1,720 

9,924 

653 

16, 151 

6,627 
469 

9,619 
401 


4,144 
39 

396 
1,450 

129 

257 
195 
626 

46 

447 

449 

500 

1,378 

10, 262 

633 

18,429 

6,071 

498 

8,403 

324 


2,786 
27 
260 
912 
132 

160 
162 
441 

29 

346 
226 
616 
861 

9,096 

614 

17,882 

3,896 
634 

6,134 
241 


1,569 

12 

103 

489 

68 

89 
90 
280 

19 

236 
132 
366 
409 

6,631 

461 

14, 016 

2,681 
448 

3,861 
149 


830 

7 

39 

213 

28 

36 
42 
186 

12 

162 
58 

257 

202 
4,192 

322 
9,731 
1,484 

392 
2,434 


60-64 


12,784 


1.1 


27 
13 
7 
11 
178 
42 
613 
8 


65  and 
over 


10,291 


.9 


223 
.7 

663 
.3 


31 

9 

6 

6 

171 

41 

681 

8 


213 


730 

.4 


962 
.4 


396 
7 
19 


118 

28 

151 

76 

2,227 

198 

5,886 

869 

257 

1,346 

67 


345 
4 
14 
71 
16 

19 
28 
95 


164 

19 

181 

38 

1,404 

194 

4,603 

658 

233 

1,170 

86 


Not 
known 


(') 


25 


>  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 
'  Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


132 


Table  40. — Suburban  Arrests  of  Persons  Under  IS,  Under  18,  Under  27,  and  Under  25  Years  of  Age,  1969 

[1,790  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  39,895,000| 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL - 

Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter. . . 

(6)   Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcitile  rape --- 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault - 

Burglary — brealiing  or  entering - 

Larceny— theft 

Auto  theft - -. 

Violent  crime - - - 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults 

Ai3on 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling ._. 

Offenses  against  family  and  children _ 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws --- 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curlew  and  loitering  law  violations 

Runaways 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


TOTAL 


1,120,002 


1.487 

659 

2.764 

9,267 

20.701 

68,848 

114,548 

24.314 


34.219 
197.710 


232.588 


52.315 
2.207 
7.417 

16.062 
1.732 
9.124 

30.428 

12.819 

2.008 
9.610 
51.611 
4.216 
13.472 
80.575 

55.381 

168.742 

102.879 

9.222 

168.837 

13.962 

26.606 

48,189 


Under 
15 


144,683 


11 

7 

63 

736 

1,006 

16,219 

32, 769 

3,779 


1,816 
51,  767 


63, 590 


3,703 
1,135 

155 

108 

3 

1,063 

16, 478 

1,024 

2 

954 

2,322 

36 

84 


2,082 
1,819 

11,604 
245 

22, 334 
1,666 
5,871 

18, 397 


Under 
18 


389, 232 


96 

M 

474 

2,428 

3,425 

33,497 

64,128 

14,699 


6,423 
112,324 


118,801 


9,607 

1,686 

846 

496 

44 

3,309 

25, 265 

3,232 

34 

2,545 

16,  766 

162 

326 

1,116 

23,227 
13,357 
31, 263 

1,318 
66,723 

6,525 
26,606 
48, 189 


Under 
21 


665,384 


314 

180 
1,141 
4,958 
6,737 
44, 191 
80,993 
19,440 


13,150 
144, 624 


167,954 


15,858 
1,804 
2, 163 
1,887 
248 
5,338 

27,526 
6,608 

219 

3,834 

33, 338 

344 
1,550 
6,439 

47,  214 
30, 972 
50,624 

3,587 
85,  286 

9,007 
26,606 
48, 189 


Under 
26 


702,408 


580 

303 

1,841 

7,120 

10,  276 

60,862 

91,471 

21,  813 


19,817 
164, 146 


184, 266 


23,853 
1,939 
3,931 
5,067 
634 
6,823 

28,625 
7,720 

1,097 
5,546 

44, 160 

713 

3,869 

17,042 

50,  366 
51,307 
66, 159 
6,009 
108, 423 
11,064 
26,606 
48, 189 


Percentage 


Under 
15 


12.9 


.7 

1.1 

2.3 

7.9 

4.9 

25.9 

28.6 

15.5 


6.3 

26.2 


23.0 


7.1 
61.4 
2.1 
.7 
.2 
11.7 
54.2 
8.0 


4.5 
.9 
.6 
(') 

3.8 
1.1 
11.3 
2.7 
13.2 
11.9 
22.1 
38.2 


Under 
18 


34.8 


6.5 
8.2 
17.1 
26.2 
16.5 
66.9 
56.0 
60.5 


18.8 
56.8 


51.1 


18.2 
71.9 
11.4 
3.1 
2.5 
36.3 
83.0 
25.2 

1.7 
26.6 
30.5 
3.8 
2.4 
1.4 

41.9 

7.9 
30.4 
14.3 
33.6 
39.6 
100.0 
100.0 


Under 
21 


60.5 


21.1 
27.3 
41.3 
63.5 
32.6 
75.1 
70.7 
80.0 

38.4 
73.1 


67.9 


30.3 
81.7 
29.0 
11.7 
14.3 
58.5 
90.5 
43.0 

10.9 
39.9 
64.6 

8.2 
11.6 

8.0 

86.3 
18.4 
49.1 
38.9 
60.5 
64.5 
100.0 
100.0 


Under 
26 


62.7 


39.0 
46.0 
66.6 
76.8 
49.6 
86.4 
79.9 
89.7 

57.9 
83.0 


79.2 


45.6 
87.9 
53.0 
31.6 
36.6 
74.8 
94.1 
60.2 

54.6 
57.7 
86.6 
16.9 
28.7 
21.2 

90.9 
30.4 
64.3 
54.3 
64.2 
79.2 
100.0 
100.0 


*  Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robber^'  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


133 


Table  41. — Suburban  Arrests,  Distribufion  by  Sex,  1969 

(1,790  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  39,895,000] 


Oflense  charged 


TOTAL.. 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter. 

(6)  Manslaugliter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault.. 

Burglary— brealiing  or  entering 

Larceny— tlieft 

Auto  theft .- .- 


Violent  crime.... 
Property  crime.. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 


Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting. 

Fraud 

Embezzlement. 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing. 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 


Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution). 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gamljling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 


Liquor  laws... 

Drunlienness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations.. 
Runaways 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


TOTAL 


1,120,002 


1,487 
659 
2,764 
9,267 
20,701 
58.848 
114,548 
24,314 


34,219 
197,710 


232,588 


Male 


958,312 


1,260 
602 
2,764 
8,761 
18, 741 
66, 246 
84,454 
22, 966 


31,826 
163,666 


195,  794 


Female 


161,690 


52,315 

46,440 

2.207 

2,060 

7,417 

6,674 

16.062 

11,650 

1.732 

1,327 

9,124 

8,466 

30,428 

28,390 

12,819 

12, 138 

2,008 

294 

9,610 

8,529 

51.611 

43,210 

4,216 

3,788 

13.472 

12,564 

80.575 

76,104 

55,381 

48,724 

168,742 

164,012 

102.879 

90,038 

9.222 

8,378 

168.837 

143, 791 

13,962 

12,221 

26,606 

20,468 

48.189 

26,252 

227 
67 


506 

1,960 

2,602 

30,094 

1,348 


2,693 
34,044 


36,  794 


5,875 
147 

1,743 

4,412 
405 
668 

2,038 
681 

1,714 
1,081 
8,401 
428 
908 
5,471 

6,667 

14, 730 

12,841 

844 

25,046 

1,741 

6,138 

22,  937 


Percent 
Male 


85.6 


84  7 
91.4 
100.0 
94.5 
90.5 
95.6 
73.7 
94.5 


92.1 
82.8 


Percent 
Female 


15.3 

8.6 


5.5 
9.5 
4.4 
26.3 
5.6 


7.9 
17.2 


88.8 

93.3 

76.5 

72.5 

76.6 

92.8 

93.3 

94.7 

14.6 

88.8 

83.7 

89.8 

93.3 

93.2 

88.0 

91.3 

87.6 

90.8 

85.2 

87.5 

76.9 

52.4 

11.2 

6.7 

23.5 

27.6 

23.4 

7.2 

6.7 

6.3 

85.4 
11.2 
16.3 
10.2 
6.7 
6,8 

12.0 
8.7 
12.6 
9.2 
14.8 
12.5 
23.1 
47.6 


Percent  of  total ' 


Total 


.1 
.1 

.2 
.8 
1.8 
5.3 
10.2 
2.2 


3.1 
17.7 


4.7 
.2 
.7 

1.4 
.2 
.8 

2.7 

1.1 

.2 
.9 
4.6 
.4 
1.2 
7.2 

4.9 

16.1 

9.2 

.8 

15.1 

1.2 

2.4 

4.3 


Male 


.1 
.1 
.3 
.9 
2.0 
6.9 
8.8 
2.4 


3.3 

17.1 


4.8 

.2 


.1 

.9 

3.0 

1.3 

.9 
4.5 

.4 
1.3 

7.8 

5.1 

16.1 

9.4 

.9 

15.0 

1.3 

2.1 

2.6 


Female 


(=) 


.3 

1.2 

1.6 
18.6 


1.7 
21.1 


3.6 
.1 

1.1 

2.7 
.3 
.4 

1.3 
.4 

1.1 
.7 

5.2 
.3 
.6 

3.4 

4.1 
9.1 
7.9 
.5 

15.5 
1.1 
3.8 

14.2 


>  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 
'  Less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary ,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


134 


Table  42. — Suburban  Arrtsts  by  Race,  1969 

[1,7M  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  39,759,000] 


Offense  charged 


Total  arrests 


TOTAL 


White 


Negro 


Indian 


Chinese 


Japa- 
nese 


All  others 
(includes 
race  un- 
known) 


Percent  distribution 


White 


Negro 


Indian 


Chinese 


Japa- 


AU  others 
(includes 
race  un- 
known) 


TOTAL 

Criminal  homicide: 

(0)  Murder  and  noimegUgent  man- 
slaughter  - 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence — 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny — theft - 

Auto  theft... 

Violent  crime 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement -  - 

Stolen   property;   buying,   receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice. 
Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

GambUng 

Offenses  against  family  and  children. . 
Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct- 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion. 

Ciu^few  and  loitering  law  violations.. . 
Runaways. 


1.114.085 


953,056 


150.8«4 


5.688 


230 


85.5 


13.6 


1,487 

655 

2.754 

9,229 

20.677 

68,628 

114.135 

24.218 


941 

655 

1,994 

5,212 

14,  939 

48,  432 

92,439 

19,  497 


627 
93 

722 
3,943 
5,512 
9,814 
20,921 
4,471 


9 
1 
13 
34 
91 
155 
257 
97 


ID 

6 

23 

36 

122 

180 

404 

138 


63.3 

84.7 
72.4 
56.5 
72.2 
82.6 
81.0 
80.5 


34.147 
196.981 


23,086 
160,368 


10,704 
35,206 


147 
509 


15 
106 


191 

722 


67.6 
81.4 


231,783 


184,009 


46,003 


657 


74 


121 


79.4 


51.993 
2.207 
7.387 

16.057 
1.705 

9,073 
30,325 
12.752 

2,007 

9.655 
51.202 

4.189 
13,295 
80.183 

55,139 
166,599 
102,760 
9,221 
167,965 
14.193 
26.420 
48.075 


41,  051 
1,924 
5,  869 

13,345 
1,445 

7,084 
27,  877 
9,317 

1,422 

8,637 
46,  871 

2,624 
10,882 
72,  577 

51, 951 
143,  942 

86,677 
7,750 
145.  855 
12,270 
25,231 
44,546 


10,599 

264 

1,471 

2,656 

249 

1.927 
2,337 
3,352 

667 

937 
4,068 
1.635 
2,326 
6,906 

2,815 
19,193 
15, 362 
1,365 
20,823 
1,879 
1,022 
3,228 


147 
15 
16 
30 
4 

10 
30 
22 


46 
366 

216 
2,910 

266 
73 

521 
30 
90 

152 


14 

7 

1 

3 

2 

2 

1 

4 

2 

5 

6 

175 

3 

26 

24 

6 

48 
74 
56 


47 
141 
26 
40 
290 

142 
501 
432 
32 
683 
11 
54 
106 


79.0 
87.2 
79.5 
83.1 

84.8 

78.1 
91.9 
73.1 

70.9 

89.3 
91.5 
62.6 
81.9 
90.5 

94.2 
86.4 
84.3 
84.0 
86.8 
86.5 
95.6 
92.7 


35.4 
14.2 
26.2 
42.7 
26.7 
16.7 
18.3 
18.5 


31.3 
17.9 


19.1 


20.4 
12.0 
19.9 
16.5 
14,6 

21.2 

7.7 

26.3 

28.3 

9.8 
7.9 
36.6 
17.5 
8.6 

5.1 
11.6 
14.9 
14.8 
12.4 
13.2 
3.9 
6.7 


.3 

.5 

.4 
1.7 
.3 
.8 
.3 
.2 
.3 
.3 


0.3 


135 


Table  42. — Suburban  Arreiti  by  Race,  1969 — Continued 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL. 


Criminal  homicide: 

(o)  Murder  and  nonnegligent 
manslaughter.  _ 

(I))  Manslaughter  by  negligence- . 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary — breaking  or  entering  _ 

Larceny — theft 

Autotheft 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime- 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses.. 


Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen   property;   buying,   receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc — 


Arrests  under  18 


TOTAL 


Prostitution  and  conunercialized  vice.. 
Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children.. 
Driving  under  the  influence 


Liquor  laws 

Drunkeimess 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy -- 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion-- 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations-. 
Runaways 


387,719 


94 
53 
471 
2,419 
3,409 
33,384 
63,943 
14,630 


6,393 
111,957 


118.403 


9,494 

1,679 

844 

491 

43 

3,287 
25,171 
3,217 

34 

2,536 

16,683 

163 

317 

1,094 

23,100 
13,252 
31,199 

1,319 
66,481 

5,517 
26,420 
48,075 


344,748      40,862 


White 


Negro 


62 

49 

344 

1,182 

2,511 

28,137 

53,434 

12,123 


4,099 
93,694 


97,842 


7,279 

1,392 

710 

396 

35 

2,671 

23,372 

2,728 

22 

2,228 

14,902 

123 

283 

1.055 

22,467 
12,378 
27,067 

1,160 
61,928 

5,033 
25,231 
44,546 


31 

2 
126 
1,221 
864 
5.078 
10.158 
2,378 


Indian 


Chinese 


2.242 
17, 614 


19,858 


,194 
180 
128 
95 


704 

1,727 

476 

12 

296 
695 
40 
30 
30 

602 

747 
4,012 

149 
4,260 

472 
1,022 
3,228 


895 


10 
67 
113 
56 


14 
236 


25 


Japa- 
nese 


All  others 
(includes 
race  un- 
known) 


197 


10 
19 
74 
191 
66 


30 
330 


2 
2 

77 

84 

48 

5 

116 
10 
90 

152 


Percent  distribution 


White 


66.0 
92.6 
73.0 
48.9 
73.7 
84.3 
83.6 
82.9 


64.1 
83.7 


82.6 


Negro 


10.5 


33.0 
3.8 
26.8 
50.6 
25.3 
16.2 
15.9 
16.3 


35.1 
15.7 


16.1 


Indian 


0.2 


Chinese 


1 

7 

51 
37 
61 
6 
138 


54 
106 


76.7 
88.2 
84.1 
80.7 
81.4 

78.2 
92.9 
84.8 

64.7 

87.9 
95.0 
75.6 
89.3 
96.4 

97.3 
93.4 
86.8 
87.9 
91.9 
91.2 
96.6 
92.7 


23.1 
11.4 
16.2 
19.3 
14.0 

21.4 
6.9 
14.8 

35.3 

11.7 
4.4 

24.6 
9.5 

2.7 

2.2 
5.6 
12.9 
11.3 
7.6 
8.6 
3.9 
6.7 


2.3 


Japa- 
nese 


All  others 
(includes 
race  im- 
known) 


0.1 


1.1 

3.8 


.4 
.6 
.2 
.3 
.4 


.6 
.3 


.3 


.1 
.2 
.6 


2.3 


.2 
.2 


136 


Table  42. — Suburban  Arnsts  by  Race,  1969 — Continued 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL. 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent 
manslaughter. .  - 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence... 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary — breaking  or  entering 

Larceny — theft 

Autotheft 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime- 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses.. 


Other  assaults. 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen   property;   buying,   receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism... 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 


Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice. 
Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laves 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children.. 
Driving  under  the  influence. 


Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness , 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaways 


Arrests  18  and  over 


TOTAL 


726,366 


1,393 
602 

2,283 

6,S10 
17.268 
25,244 
50,192 

9.588 


27,754 
85,024 


42.499 
628 

6.S43 
15,566 

1,662 

5,786 
5,154 
9,535 

1,973 

7,019 
35,519 

4,026 
12,978 
79,089 

32,039 
153.347 
71,561 
7.902 
111.484 
8.676 


White 


879 

506 

1,650 

4,030 

12,428 

20,295 

39,005 

7,374 


18,987 
66,674 


Negro 


33, 772 
632 

6,169 
12.949 

1,410 

4,513 

4,605 
6,689 

1,400 

6.309 
31.969 

2,601 
10, 599 
71,622 

29,484 

131,664 

59,610 

6,590 

93,927 

7.237 


496 
91 
596 
2.722 
4,648 
4,736 
10,763 
2,093 


8.462 
17, 692 


26, 145 


Indian 


4,793 


1 
12 
31 
81 
88 
144 
41 


133 

273 


407 


8.405 

84 

1.343 

2.561 

243 

1.223 

610 

2.877 

555 

641 
3,373 
1,495 
2.296 
6.876 

2.313 
18.446 
11,360 

1,216 
16.663 

1.407 


137 

12 

16 

30 

3 

9 
12 
19 


44 
364 


2,826 
218 

68 
405 

20 


Chi- 
nese 


166 


Japa- 
nese 


186 


49 


55 


AU 
others 
(includes 
race  tin- 
known) 


2,891 


4 
23 
26 
103 
106 
213 
73 


161 
392 


166 


44 
97 
26 
39 
283 

91 
464 
371 

27 
545 

11 


Percent  distribution 


83.7 


63.1 
84.1 
72.3 
69. 2 
72.0 
80.4 
77.7 
76.9 


Negro 


35.6 
15.1 
26.1 
40.0 
26.9 
18.8 
21.4 
21.8 


68.4 
78.4 


76.0 


30.6 
20.7 


23.1 


Indian 


Chi- 
nese 


79.6 
84.7 
78.8 
83.2 
84.8 

78.0 
87.4 
69.1 

71.0 

89.9 
90.0 
62.1 
81.7 
90.4 

92.0 
85.8 
83.3 
83.4 
84.3 
83.4 


19.8 
13.4 
20.5 
16.6 
14.6 

21.1 
11.8 
30.2 

28.1 

9.1 
9.5 
37.1 
17.7 
8.7 

7.2 
12.0 
16.9 
16.4 
14.9 
16.2 


.3 
1.9 
.2 
.2 
.2 


.3 

.6 

.4 
1.8 
.3 
.9 
.4 
.2 


Japa- 
nese 


AU 
others 
(includes 
race  un- 
known) 


0.4 


.3 
.6 
.3 
.4 

.3 
.3 
.6 
.3 
.6 
.1 


Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


137 


Table  43. — Rural  Arrest  Trends,  1968-69 

[800  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  13,863,000] 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL- 


Criminal  homicide; 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter. 

((>)  Manslaughter  by  negUgence 

Forcible  rape -- 

Robbery - 

Aggravated  assault - 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny — theft 

Auto  theft - -- 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime.. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 


Other  assaults... 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting . 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing. 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 


Prostitution  and  cormnercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution)  . 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Oambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 


Liquor  laws 

Drunkeimess 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals) 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations.. 
Runaways 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Total  all  ages 


1968 


234,665 


1969 


560 
414 

858 
1,203 
4,798 
14,513 
14,564 
4,570 


7,419 
33,647 


41,480 


8,685 
623 
2,541 
6,295 
279 
1,959 
5,696 
2,646 

256 
1,806 
3,151 
1,747 
6,551 
21,997 

21,967 

39,982 

13, 552 

2,712 

41,603 

1,153 

1,673 

7,664 


244,061 


Percent 
change 


536 

429 
847 
1,416 
4,676 
15,  672 
15,221 
4,320 


7,475 
35, 113 


43,017 


8,949 
566 
2,427 
7,135 
315 
2,167 
4,953 
2,625 

301 

1.878 
5,823 
2,375 
6,439 
26,275 

21,828 

39,168 

12,862 

2,114 

44,533 

1,216 

1,564 

7,757 


+4.0 


-4.3 

+3.6 
-1.3 

+17.7 
-2.6 
+7.3 
+4.5 
-5.6 


+.8 
+4.4 


+3.7 


+3.0 
-9.1 
-4.6 
+13.3 
+12.9 
+10.6 
-11.5 


+17.6 
+4.0 

+84.8 

+35.9 
-1.7 

+14.9 

-.6 
-2.0 
-6.1 
-22.1 
+7.3 
+5.4 
-7.1 
+1.2 


Under  18  years  of  age 


1968 


50,285 


37 

28 

123 

157 

332 

6,643 

5,423 

2,387 


649 
14,463 


15, 130 


672 

278 

241 

88 

10 

460 

3,522 

307 

11 
347 
637 
39 
57 
199 

7,210 
1,653 
1,888 

227 
8,082 

438 
1,673 
7,664 


51,732 


Percent 
change 


+2.9 


19 
14 

101 

194 

343 

7,263 

5,319 

2,270 


-48.6 

-60.0 

-17.9 

+23.6 

+3.3 

+9.3 

-1.9 

-4.9 


657 
14, 852 


15,523 


+1.2 
+2.8 


+2.6 


619 

210 

269 

95 

6 

572 

3,077 

263 

14 

325 

1,044 

16 

86 

398 

7,178 
1,709 
1.733 

196 
9,089 

562 
1,654 
7,767 


-7.9 
-24.5 
+11.6 

+8.0 
-40.0 
+27.1 
-12.6 
-14.3 

+27.3 
-6.3 
+63.9 
-59.0 
+49.  1 
+100.0 

-.4 

+  10.0 

-8.2 

-13.7 

+  12.5 

+26  0 

-7.1 

+1.2 


18  years  of  age  and  over 


184,380       192,329 


Percent 
change 


523 
386 
735 
1,046 
4,466 
7,870 
9,141 
2,183 


6,770 
19, 194 


26, 350 


517 
416 
746 
1,222 
4,333 
8,309 
9,902 
2,050 


6,818 
20, 261 


27, 494 


8,013 
345 
2,300 
6,207 
269 
1,509 
2,074 
2,339 

245 
1,459 
2,614 
1,708 
6,494 
21,  798 

14, 757 
38,429 
11,664 
2,486 
33,421 
715 


8,330 
356 
2,158 
7,040 
309 
1,695 
1,876 
2,362 

287 
1,553 
4,779 
2,359 
6,354 
24, 877 

14, 660 
37, 459 
11, 129 
1,918 
36, 444 


Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


+4.3 


-1.1 

+7.5 
+1.5 
+16.8 
-3.0 
+6.6 
+8.3 
-6.1 


+.7 
+5.6 


+4.3 


+4.0 
+3.2 
-6.2 
+13.4 
+14.9 
+6.7 
-9.6 
+1.0 

+17.1 
+6.4 

+90.1 

+38.1 
-2.2 

+14.1 

-.7 
-2.6 
-4.6 
-22.8 
+6.1 
-7.3 


138 


Table  44.— Rural  Arrests  by  Age,  1969 

[1,094  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  17,578,000] 


Grand 

toUl 

all  ages 

Ages 

under 

15 

Ages 
under 

18 

Ages 

18  and 

over 

Age 

Offense  charged 

10  and 
under 

11-12 

13-14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

TOTAL  

309,693 
100.0 

15.386 
5.0 

64,688 
20.9 

245,105 
79.1 

2,147 

.7 

2,885 
.9 

10.364 
3.3 

12.095 
3.9 

17,365 
5.6 

19,742 
6.4 

21.496 

6.9 

18.167 
6.9 

14,792 

Percent  distribution ' 

4.8 

Criminal  homicide; 

(a)  Murder    and    nonnegUgent 

837 
659 
1,098 
1,867 
6,147 
19,362 
19,122 
6,720 

6 

1 

16 

31 

57 

2,796 

1,863 

692 

32 

27 

139 

260 

440 

8,736 

6,466 

3,275 

806 
632 
959 
1,607 
5,707 
10,  626 
12,  657 
3,445 

2 

4 

1 
11 
26 
38 
1,829 
1,176 
616 

4 
4 

26 

49 

61 

1,668 

1,105 

825 

14 

5 

37 

79 

118 

2,143 

1,625 

1,002 

8 

17 

60 

101 

204 

2,129 

1,872 

■756 

36 

37 

91 

194 

358 

2,118 

2,166 

680 

42 

46 

101 

141 

248 

1,635 

1,638 

448 

28 

(b)  Manslaughter  by  negligence. 

31 

1 

3 

7 

337 

226 

12 

4 

2 

12 

630 

462 

64 

95 

Robbery 

149 

311 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

1,090 
1,087 

Auto  theft- 

313 

Violent  crime                       

9,949 
100.0 

110 
1.1 

871 
8.8 

9.078 
91.2 

11 
.1 

20 
.2 

79 
.8 

140 
1.4 

248 
2.6 

373 
3.7 

679 
6.8 

532 
5.3 

683 

5.9 

45,204 
100.0 

5,351 
11.8 

18,476 
40.9 

26,728 
59.1 

676 
1.3 

1,166 
2.6 

3,620 
8.0 

3,698 
8.0 

4,770 
10.6 

4,757 
10.5 

4,964 
11.0 

3,621 
8.0 

2,490 

Percent  distribution '            -  - 

5.6 

Subtotal  /or  above  offenses 

55.812 
100.0 

S,462 
9.8 

19,  374 
34.7 

36,  438 
65.3 

686 
1.0 

1,176 
2.1 

3,700 
6.6 

3,742 
6.7 

5,023 
9.0 

5,147 
9.2 

5,680 
10.2 

4,198 

7.5 

3,104 
6.6 

Other  assaults                       .      . 

11,278 

757 

2,971 

8,500 

464 

2,701 
6,710 
3,404 

352 

2,391 

7,084 

2.634 

7,537 

32,777 

26,514 

48,458 

16,943 

2.581 

68,507 

1,623 

1,967 

9,828 

147 

125 

37 

12 

2 

131 

1,624 

74 

1 

114 

109 

7 

28 

12 

508 

159 

486 

26 

3,125 

177 

390 

2,630 

762 
265 
311 
131 
14 

701 

3,603 

308 

14 

401 

1,309 

22 

113 

498 
8,223 
2,073 
2,220 

236 
11,695 

620 
1,967 
9,828 

10,  616 

492 

2,660 

8,369 

460 

2,000 
2,207 
3,096 

338 

1,990 

6,775 

2,612 

7,424 

32,  279 

17,291 

46,386 

14,723 

2,346 

46,812 

1,003 

22 
40 

1 

32 

32 

6 

2 

93 
53 
31 

9 
2 

103 

706 

67 

1 

76 

91 

4 

9 

11 

437 

139 

290 

23 

1,910 

101 

323 

2,185 

124 

29 
56 
9 

1 

131 
554 
44 

1 

68 

191 

1 

11 

47 

1,069 

284 

352 

34 

2,274 

124 

410 

2,540 

232 

40 

91 

42 

4 

215 

670 
82 

6 

104 

391 

4 

26 

128 

2,401 

673 

640 

51 

2,815 

164 

638 

2,926 

259 
71 

128 

68 

7 

224 
656 
108 

6 

115 

618 

10 

49 

311 

4,245 
957 
742 
125 

3,481 
155 
529 

1,732 

489 

60 

166 

204 

8 

320 
541 
192 

14 

162 

944 

12 

168 

632 

4,985 

1,219 

1,317 

226 

3,982 

175 

459 

61 

189 

250 

12 

211 
366 
162 

18 

132 

1,036 

16 

201 

643 

4,030 

1,183 

992 

192 

3,707 

110 

455 

34 

180 

295 

14 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving. 

6 

466 
9 

22 

452 

8 

171 

243 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution     and     commercialized 

163 
14 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

14 
1 

2 
16 

17 

7 

88 

2 

704 

34 

8 

124 

24 

17 

1 

3 

1 

64 

13 

108 

1 

611 

42 

69 

321 

104 

837 

23 

Offenses  against  family  and  children. 
Driving  under  the  Inffuence. 

233 
728 

Liquor  laws 

2,573 

nninkpnnp5yi 

1,171 

Disorderly  conduct-             

898 

Vagrancy- 

122 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

3,341 

89 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations.. 

See  lootnotes  at  end  of  table. 


139 


397-633  O  -  70  -   10 


Table  44. — Rural  Arrests  by  Age,  1969 — Continued 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL 

Percent  distribution '. 


Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent 
manslaughter 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence  - 

Forcible  rape 

Kobbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Buglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

Autotheft 


Violent  crime 

Percent  distribution ' . 


Property  crime... 

Percent  distribution '. 


Subtotal  for  above  offenses. 
Percent  distribution  '. 


Other  assaults 

Arson. 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud. 

Embezzlement. 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. .. 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 
Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution). 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children. 
Driving  under  the  influence 


Liquor  laws 

Dnmkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion... 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaways 


Age 


21 


12,754 

4.1 


43 

42 
105 
149 
283 
876 
910 
286 


680 
6.8 


2,072 
4.6 


2,694 
4.8 


483 
33 
162 

394 
26 

140 
149 

197 

29 

107 

716 

26 

309 

1,012 

768 

1,331 

939 

133 

3,047 

60 


22 


12,226 
3.9 


41 

66 
69 
167 
332 
828 
760 
244 


699 
6.0 


1,832 
4.1 


2,487 
4.5 


698 
26 
171 
419 
21 

139 
147 
197 

32 

127 

697 

24 

372 

1,104 

513 

1,601 

889 

127 

2,666 

71 


9,948 
3.2 


33 
39 
67 
110 
314 
693 
618 
197 


524 
6.3 


1,408 
3.1 


1,971 
3.5 


486 

26 

136 

389 

17 


116 
172 


107 
362 

29 
299 
962 

367 

1,296 

691 

72 

2,306 

42 


24 


8,889 
2.9 


40 
20 
62 
81 
263 
469 
514 
148 


436 
4.4 


1,121 
2.5 


1,677 
2.8 


453 

17 

142 

411 

31 


83 

166 


223 
43 

329 
917 

266 

1,310 

646 

73 

1,973 

39 


26-29 


31.719 
10.2 


149 
115 
140 
279 
982 
1,359 
1,672 
462 


1,660 
16.6 


3,493 

7.7 


6,158 
9.2 


1,816 

78 

463 

1,646 
76 

275 
208 
638 

74 

292 

601 

210 

1,646 

3,888 

736 
4,804 
2,044 

248 
7,012 

109 


30-34 


23,817 

7.7 


80 
59 
91 
161 
673 
687 
969 
244 


996 
10.0 


1,890 
4.2 


2,944 
6.3 


1,405 

42 

306 

1,382 
66 

177 

94 

354 

35 

200 

198 

261 

1,270 

3,688 

529 
4,6M 
1,482 

189 

4,670 

81 


36-39 


21,247 


65 
62 
63 
100 
561 
416 
736 
150 


769 
7.7 


1,302 
2.9 


2,123 
3.8 


1,164 
32 
237 

1,043 
43 

116 
71 
264 

19 

200 
114 
280 
976 
3,620 

609 
6,064 
1,204 

160 

3,968 

60 


40-44 


20,755 

6.7 


69 
26 
46 
41 
497 
293 
574 
108 


662 


976 
2.2 


1,663 
3.0 


1,000 

24 

196 

838 

61 

109 
68 
228 

24 

160 

84 

323 

800 

4,061 

623 
5,886 
1,165 

196 

3,330 

47 


45-49 


17.396 

5.6 


60 
36 
27 
32 
316 
184 
403 
88 


434 
4.4 


676 
1.5 


1,146 
2.1 


664 

19 

155 

640 

37 

61 
49 

191 

14 

92 
38 
327 
470 
3,836 

448 

6,646 

909 

180 

2,637 

38 


60-54 


13,480 
4.4 


61 

26 
8 

16 
243 
109 
286 

60 


327 
3.3 


446 
1.0 


798 
1.4 


617 
19 
96 

316 
21 

47 
27 
14" 


90 

16 

308 

249 

2,982 

611 

4,661 

673 

138 

1,834 

40 


8.905 

2.9 


35 
22 
6 
4 
147 
41 
173 
21 


191 
1.9 


236 
.6 


448 
.8 


234 
13 
36 

165 
10 

24 
16 
73 


64 

11 

278 

112 

2,215 

228 

3,221 

432 

134 

1,170 

22 


60-64 


5.052 
1.6 


109 
1.1 


108 
.2 


232 
.4 


142 

6 

17 

69 

4 

6 
13 

32 


39 
3 

184 

46 

1,180 

163 

1,953 

240 

76 

636 

10 


65  and 
over 


4,409 

1.4 


118 
1.2 


226 
.4 


161 
3 

8 
71 

6 

8 
17 
46 


38 

6 

179 

41 
921 

161 

1,607 

201 

73 
635 

10 


Not 
known 


53 


(') 


'  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

'  Less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


140 


Table  45. — Rural  Arrests  of  Persons  Under  IS,  Under  18,  Under  21,  and  Under  25  Years  of  Age,  1969 

11,094  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  17,678,000] 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL 

Criminal  liomicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter.. 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence  _ 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault. 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering- 

Larceny — theft 

Autotheft 

Violent  crime 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing 

Vandalism.- 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws - 

Gambling.- 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence --- 

Liquor  lawS- 

Drunkenness.- -- -.. 

Disorderly  conduct- - 

Vagrancy-- 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion-- -- 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations  -  - 

Runaways -.. 


Grand 

total 

all 

ages 


837 
659 
1,098 
1.867 
6,147 
19,362 
19,122 
6.720 


9,949 
45,204 


65,812 


11,278 
757 
2,971 
8,500 
464 
2,701 
5,710 
3,404 

352 
2,391 
7,084 
2,534 
7,537 
32,777 

25,514 

48.458 

16,943 

2,581 

58,507 

1,623 

1,967 

9,828 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Under 
15 


15,386 


16 
31 

57 

2,796 

1,863 

692 


110 
5,361 


6,462 


147 

126 

37 

12 

2 

131 

1,624 

74 

1 

114 

109 

7 

28 

12 

608 

169 

486 

26 

3,125 
177 
390 

2,630 


Under 
18 


64,588 


32 

27 

139 

260 

440 

8,736 

6,466 

3,276 


871 
18,  476 


19, 374 


762 
266 
311 
131 
14 
701 
3,603 


14 

401 

1,309 

22 
113 
498 

8,223 
2,073 
2,220 

236 
11,  696 

620 
1,967 
9,828 


Under 
21 


119,043 


138 

140 

426 

744 

1,367 

13, 479 

11,366 

4,716 


2,666 
29,  661 


32,  356 


2,165 

420 

846 

880 

48 

1,403 

4.663 

826 

60 

799 

4,126 

72 

716 

2,601 

19,811 
5,646 
5,421 

782 
22,726 

994 
1,967 
9,828 


Under 
25 


162,860 


296 
297 
719 
1,241 
2,549 
16,236 
14,158 
6,691 


1,804 
35,984 


41,086 


4,185 
621 
1,467 
2,493 
142 
1,878 
6,147 
1,647 

164 
1,236 
6,014 

194 
2,024 
6,4% 

21, 706 
11,083 

8,686 
1,187 
32,  716 
1,206 
1,967 
9,828 


Percentage 


Under 
16 


.7 

.2 

1.6 

1.7 

.9 

14.4 

9.7 

10.3 


1.1 

11.8 


9.8 


1.3 

16.6 

1.2 

.1 

.4 

4.9 

28.4 

2.2 

.3 

4.8 

1.5 

.3 

.4 

(■) 

2.0 
.3 
2.9 
1.0 
6.3 
10.9 
19.8 
26.8 


Under 
18 


20.9 


4.1 
12.7 
13.9 

7.2 
45.1 
33.8 
48.7 


8.8 
40.9 


34.7 


6.8 
36.0 
10.6 

1.6 

3.0 
26.0 
61.3 

9.0 

4.0 
16.8 
18.5 
.9 
1.6 
1.5 

32.2 
4.3 
13.1 
9.1 
20.0 
38.2 
100.0 
100.0 


Under 
21 


38.4 


16.6 
21.2 
38. « 
39.9 
22.1 
69.6 
69.4 
70.2 


26.8 
66.4 


58.0 


19.2 
65.6 
28.5 
10.4 
10.3 
51.9 
81.6 
24.2 

17.0 
33.4 

68.2 
2.8 
9.6 
7.6 

77.6 
11.7 
32.0 
30.3 
38.8 
61.2 
100.0 
100.0 


Under 
26 


52.6 


35.2 
46.1 
65.5 
66.6 
41.5 
83.8 
74.0 
83.2 


48.3 
79.6 


73.6 


37.1 
68.8 
49.0 
29.3 
30.6 
69.6 
90.1 
46.4 

46.6 
61.7 
84.9 
7.7 
26.9 
19.8 

85.1 
22.9 
50.7 
46.0 
66.9 
74.3 
100.0 
100.0 


'  Less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $60  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


141 


Table  46.— Rural  Arrests,  Distributioit  by  Sex,  1969 

[1,094  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  17,678,0001 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL - - 

Criminal  homicide: 

(0)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter. . . 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence 

Forcible  rape --- 

Robbery -- 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary — breaking  or  entering _ 

Larceny — theft 

Autotheft 

Violent  crime 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults .-- 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud 

Embezzlement -. --- 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  conmiercialized  vice — 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws — 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws., - — 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

AU  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

Runaways 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Total 


837 
659 
1,098 
1,867 
6,M7 
19.362 
19,122 
6,720 


9,949 
46,204 


65,812 


11,278 
757 
2,971 
8,600 
464 
2,701 
5,710 
3,404 

352 
2,391 
7,084 
2.534 
7,537 
32,777 

25,614 

48,468 

16,943 

2.581 

58.507 

1.623 

1,%7 

9,828 


Male       Female 


279,870 


735 
614 
1,098 
1,767 
6,732 
18,  669 
17,  220 
6,384 


9,332 
42,273 


52.  219 


10,454 
713 
2.460 
6,744 
398 
2,606 
6,396 
3,208 

119 
2,186 
6,117 
2,381 
7,228 
31,316 

22,469 
44,866 
15,  242 
2,358 
62,  372 
1,432 
1,636 
6,161 


29,823 


102 
45 


100 
416 
693 
1,902 
336 


617 
2,931 


3,693 


824 

44 

611 

1,766 

66 

196 

314 

196 

233 
205 
967 
153 
309 
1,461 

3,045 

3,603 

1,701 

223 

6,135 

191 

431 

3,667 


Percent 
Male 


87.8 
93.2 
100.0 
94.6 
93.2 
96.4 
90.  1 
95.0 


93.8 
93.6 


93.6 


92.7 
94.2 
82.8 
79.3 
86,8 
92.8 
94.6 
94.2 

33.8 
91.4 
86.3 
94.0 
96.9 
96.6 

88.1 
92.6 
90.0 
91.4 
89  6 
88.2 
78.1 
62.7 


Percent 
Female 


12.2 
6.8 


5.4 
6.8 
3.6 
9.9 
6.0 


6.2 
6.5 


6.4 


7.3 
6.8 
17.2 
20.7 
14.2 
7.2 
6.5 
6.8 

66.2 
8.6 

13.7 
6.0 
4.1 
4.6 

11.9 
7.4 
10.0 
8.6 
10.6 
11.8 
21.9 
37.3 


Percent  of  total ' 


Total 


.3 
.2 
.4 
.6 
2.0 
6.3 
6.2 
2.2 


3.2 
14.6 


18.0 


3.6 

.2 
1.0 
2.7 
.1 
.9 
1.8 
1.1 

.1 
.8 

2.3 
.8 

2.4 
10.6 

8.2 

16.6 

6.6 

.8 

18.9 

.6 

.6 

3.2 


Male 


.3 
.2 
.4 
.6 

2.0 
6.7 
6.2 
2.3 


3.3 
16.1 


18.7 


.9 
2.4 
.1 
.9 
1.9 
1.1 

m 

.8 
2.2 

.9 
2.6 
11.2 

8.0 

16.0 

6.4 

.8 

18.7 

.6 

.5 

2.2 


Female 


.3 
.2 


.3 

1.4 
2.3 
6.4 
1.1 


2.1 
9.8 


12.0 


2.8 
.1 

1.7 

6  9 
.2 
.7 

1.1 
.7 


.7 
3.2 

.5 
1.0 
4.9 

10.2 

12.1 

5.7 

.7 

20.6 

.6 

1.4 

1Z3 


'  Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

'  Less  than  one-tenth  of  one  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 

Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


142 


Table  41.— Rural  Arrests  by  Race,  1969 

(981  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  16,105,000) 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL 

Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegllgent  man- 
slaughter  - — 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence... 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary— brealcing  or  entering 

Larceny — theft 

Autotheft -. 

Violent  crime 

Property  crime 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses 

Other  assaults. 

Arson 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting - 

Fraud - 

Embezzlement 

Stolen   property;   buying,   receiving, 

possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice, 
Sei  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution) 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Gambling. 

Offenses  against  family  and  children. - 
Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness.. 

Disorderly  conduct - 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations.  .- 
Runaways 


Total  arrests 


Total 


679 

625 

1.043 

1,724 

5,962 

18,242 

18,434 

6,912 


9,408 
42,588 


62,621 


10,880 

695 

2,975 

8.291 

463 

2,560 
5,685 
3,232 

351 

2.263 
6.976 
2.469 
7.522 
32.611 

24.518 

48.245 
16.109 
2.570 
57.082 
1.684 
1.946 
9,782 


White 


253.215 


443 

490 
827 
1,235 
4,286 
15,  990 
15,954 
5,034 


6,791 
36, 978 


44,259 


Negro 


195 

105 

177 

439 

1,404 

1,613 

1,899 

545 


2,215 
4,057 


6,377 


Indian 


22 
11 
20 
32 
194 
491 
450 
262 


268 
1,203 


1,482 


Chi- 


8,168 

2,181 

347 

615 

68 

6 

2,542 

353 

60 

7,422 

749 

86 

436 

18 

8 

1,946 

614 

36 

6.362 

202 

75 

2,160 

976 

39 

201 

141 

4 

2,022 

180 

38 

6,430 

454 

43 

2,119 

306 

1 

6,404 

967 

136 

27,899 

2,944 

1,602 

22,910 

755 

701 

36, 070 

4,490 

7,106 

12,681 

2,603 

763 

2,253 

197 

99 

49,129 

6.051 

1,494 

1,464 

107 

69 

1,715 

66 

123 

9,018 

228 

454 

Japa- 
nese 


All 
others 
(includes 
race  un- 
known) 


2,686 


19 
17 
19 
18 
77 
144 
123 
68 


133 
336 


181 

6 

19 

34 

1 

65 
43 


23 
42 
33 
24 
155 

151 
530 
161 
20 
389 
44 
31 
76 


Percent  distribution 


White 


84.0 


65.2 
78.4 
79.3 
71.6 
71.9 
87.7 
86.6 
85.1 


72.2 
86.8 


84.1 


75.1 
88.5 
86.4 
89.6 
94.2 

76.0 
94.3 
66.6 

57.3 

89.4 
92.2 
86.2 
85.1 
86.6 

93.4 
74.8 
78.7 
87.7 
86.1 
86.9 
88.1 
92.2 


Negro 


10.2 


28.7 
16.8 
17.0 
26.5 
23.6 

8.8 
10.3 

9.2 


23.6 
9.6 


12.1 


20.0 
9.8 

11.9 
9.0 
3.9 

20.1 

3.6 

30.2 

40.2 

8.0 
6.5 
12.4 
12.7 
9.0 

3.1 
9.3 

15.5 
7.7 

10.6 
6.4 
3.4 
2.3 


Indian 


3.2 
1.8 
1.9 
1.9 
3.3 
2.7 
2.4 
4.4 


2.8 
2.8 


2.8 


Chi- 
nese 


3.2 

.9 
2.0 
1.0 
1.7 

1.4 
1.3 

1.2 

1.1 
1.7 


1.8 
4.9 

2.9 
14.7 
4.7 
3.9 
2.6 
4.1 
6.3 
4.6 


Japa- 
nese 


AU 

others 
(includes 
race  un- 
known) 


2.8 
2.7 
1.8 
1.0 
1.3 
.8 
.7 
1.2 


.4 

.2 

2.6 

.8 

2.1 

1.4 

1.0 
.6 

1.3 
.3 
.6 

.6 

1.1 
1.0 
.8 
.7 
2.6 
1.6 


143 


Table  47.- 

—Rural  Arrests  by  Race,  T969— Continued 

Arrests  under  18                                        1 

Percent  distribution 

Offense  charged 

Total 

White 

Negro 

Indian 

Chi- 
nese 

Japa- 
nese 

All 
others 
(includes 
race  un- 
known) 

White 

Negro 

Indian 

Chi- 
nese 

Japa- 
nese 

AU 
others 
(includes 
race  un- 
known) 

62,619 

56.222 

3,576 

2.304 

4 

30 

483 

89.8 

5.7 

3.7 

0.8 

Criminal  homicide: 

(n)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  man- 

21 

25 

125 

238 

431 

8.311 

6,254 

2,891 

14 

18 

89 

172 

326 

7,401 

5,543 

2,582 

6 
4 
32 
59 
83 
604 
556 
165 

1 

1 

4 

5 

16 

230 

111 

103 

66.7 
72.0 
71.2 
72.3 
75.6 
89.1 
88.6 
89.3 

28.6 

16.0 

25.6 

24.8 

19.3 

7.3 

8.9 

5.7 

4.8 
4.0 
3.2 
2.1 
3.7 
2.8 
1.8 
3.6 

(6)  Manslaughter  by  negligence..-- 

2 

8  0 

2 

6 

73 

40 

38 

.8 

1.4 

Burglary — breaking  or  entering 

1 


2 
4 
3 

.9 

.1 
.1 

.6 

1.3 

815 
17.456 

601 
15,  526 

180 
1,325 

26 
444 

8 
151 

73.7 
88.9 

22.1 
7.6 

3.2 
2.5 

1.0 

1 

9 

.1 

.9 

Subtotal  for  above  offenses.. 

18,296 

16,  145 

1,609 

471 

1 

9 

161 

88.2 

8.2 

2.6 

.9 

731 
248 
312 
117 
14 

677 

3,479 

307 

14 

377 

1,290 

21 

113 

495 

8,133 
2,062 
2,114 

235 
11,243 

613 
1.946 
9.782 

560 
220 
282 
108 
14 

533 

3,313 

246 

12 

314 

1,248 

6 

108 

471 

7,813 
1,569 
1,743 

221 
9,984 

579 
1,715 
9,018 

128 

22 

21 

6 

20 
2 

7 

23 
4 
1 
3 

76.6 
88.7 
90.4 
92.3 
100.0 

78.7 
95.2 
80.1 

85.7 

83.3 
96.7 
28.6 
95.6 
95.2 

96.1 
76.1 
82.5 
94.0 
88.8 
94.5 
88.1 
92.2 

17.5 
8.9 
6.7 
5.1 

2.7 

.8 

2.2 

3.1 

1.6 

1 

.3 

.3 

2.6 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  pos- 

122 
94 
61 

2 

44 
25 
15 
4 
10 

49 
73 

228 
5 

855 
19 
66 

228 

8 

44 

8 

14 

26 

2 

18.0 
2.7 
16.6 

14.3 

11.7 
1.9 

71.4 
3.5 
2.0 

.6 
3.5 
10.8 
2.1 
7.6 
3.1 
3.4 
2.3 

1.2 
1.3 
2.6 

2.1 

2 

.1 

.7 

Sex  oflenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

.7 

13 

7 

6 
10 

3.4 
.6 

1.6 

.8 

Offenses  against  family  and  children... 

1 
2 

27 
8 

10 
4 

72 
2 

31 

76 

.9 

12 

244 
412 
133 
6 
328 
13 
123 
454 

2.4 

3.0 
20.0 
6.3 
2.1 
2.9 
2.1 
6.3 
4.6 

.4 

.3 

.4 

.5 

1.7 

All  other  oflenses  (except  traffic) 

4 

.6 

.3 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

3 

11 
3 

.6 

1.6 

.8 

144 


Table  47. — Rural  Arreifs  by  Race,  1969 — Continued 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL. 


Criminal  homicide: 

(o)  Murder  and  nonnegligent  man- 
slaughter _ - 

(d)  Manslaughter  by  negligence.  _ 

Forcible  rape - 

Eobbery 

Aggravated  assault - - 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny— thett - 

Autotheft -.. 


Violent  crime... 
Property  crime. 


Subtotal  (or  above  offenses. 


Other  assaults --- 

Arson - 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 

Fraud - - 

Embezzlement -- 

Stolen   property;    buying,   receiving, 


Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 


Prostitution  and  conamercialized  vice . . 
Bex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution) - 

Narcotic  drug  laws 

Qambling  _. - 

Offenses  against  family  and  children.. 
Driving  under  the  influence 


Liquor  laws -. 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaw  ays ..- 


Arrests    18    and    over 


Total 


658 
600 
918 
1.486 
6.631 
9.931 
12.180 
3.021 


8,593 
25.132 


34,325 


10,149 

447 

2,663 

8,174 

449 

1,883 
2,206 
2.926 

337 

1.88« 
5.686 
2,438 
7,409 
32,116 

16,385 
46,183 
13,995 

2,336 
45,839 

1,071 


White 


238.901     196.993      27,240      12,466 


Negro 


Indian 


Chinese 


429 
472 
738 
1,063 
3,960 
8,689 
10. 411 
2,452 


6,190 
21,452 


28,114 


7,608 

396 

2,260 

7,314 

422 

1,413 

2,049 
1,904 

189 

1,708 
5,182 
2,113 
6,296 
27,428 

16,097 
34,501 
10,938 
2.032 
39, 145 
885 


189 

101 

145 

380 

1,321 

1,009 

1.343 

380 


2,035 
2,732 


21 

10 

16 

27 

178 

261 

339 

169 


242 
759 


1,011 


2,063 

46 

332 

743 

18 

392 
108 
924 

139 

136 
429 
291 
963 
2,934 

706 
4,417 
2.276 

192 

5,1% 

88 


327 
4 
63 

85 
S 

27 
31 
31 


26 

36 

1 

136 

1,690 

467 

6,694 

630 

94 

1,166 

66 


Japa- 


All  others 
(includes 

race 

un- 
known) 


125 
184 


168 

2 

18 

31 

1 

61 
17 
66 


33 
23 
163 

124 
622 
161 

16 
317 

42 


Percent  distribution 


White 


82.6 


Negro 


11.4 


Indian 


5.2 


Jfipa- 
Chlnese     nese 


66.2 
78.7 
80.4 
71.6 
71.6 
86.6 
85.5 
81.2 


28.7 
16.8 
15.8 
25.6 
23.9 
10.2 
11.0 
12.6 


72.0 
85.4 


81.9 


23.7 
10.9 


3.2 
1.7 
1.7 
1.8 
3.2 
2.6 
2.8 
5.3 


2.8 
3.0 


14.2 


2.9 


75.0 
88.4 
84.9 
89.5 
94.0 

76.0 
92.9 
65.1 

66.1 

90.6 
91.1 
86.7 
85.0 
85.4 

92.1 
74.7 
78.2 
87.0 
85.4 
82.6 


20.2 
10.3 
12.5 
9.1 
4.0 

20.8 
4.9 
31.6 

41.2 

7.2 
7.5 
11.9 
12.9 
9.1 

4.3 

9.6 
16.3 

8.2 
11.3 

8.2 


3.2 
.9 
2.0 
1.0 
1.8 

1.4 
1.4 
1.1 

1.2 

1.3 


1.8 
5.0 

2.8 
14.5 
4.6 
4.0 
2.6 
6.2 


All  others 
(includes 
race 
un- 
known) 


3 


2.9 
2.6 
2.1 
1.1 
1.3 
.7 
.7 
1.0 


1.6 

.7 


1.6 
.4 
.7 
.4 
.2 

2.7 

.8 

2.3 

1.6 


.6 
1.4 
.3 
.6 

.8 
1.1 
1.1 

.7 

.7 

3.9 


Violent  crime  Is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  Is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


145 


Table  48.— Suborbon  and  Rural  Arrest  Trends^  by  Sex,  1968-69 


1,553  suburban  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  35,663,000 

800  rural 

igencies;  1969  estimated  population  13,853,000 

Offense  charged 

Males 

Females 

Males                     1 

Females 

1968 

1969 

Percent 
change 

1968 

1969 

Percent 
change 

1968 

1969 

Percent 
change 

1968 

1969 

Percent 
change 

TOTAL 

781,097 

833,630 

+6.7 

122,707 

143,624 

+17.0 

213,335 

220,088 

+3.2 

21.330 

23.973 

+12.4 

Criminal  homicide: 

(a)  Murder  and  nonnegligent 
manslaughter 

1,024 

514 

2,244 

7,167 

14,469 

49,371 

71,074 

20,854 

1,052 

531 

2,366 

7,659 

15,934 

49,  894 

74,882 

20,  399 

+2.7 
+3.3 
+5.4 
+6.9 
+  10.1 
+  1.1 
+5.4 
—2.  2 

177 

62 

7 

421 

1,579 

2,208 

21,731 

1,052 

181 
49 

+2.3 
-21.0 

487 
387 
868 
1.140 
4.442 
13.967 
13.234 
4,312 

467 

395 

847 

1.339 

4.352 

15.018 

13.615 

4,082 

-4.1 
+2.1 
-1.3 
+17.6 
-2.0 
+7.5 
+2.9 
-5.3 

73 

27 

69 
34 

-6.5 

(h)  Manslaughter  by  negligence. 

+25.9 

Robbery 

464 

1.747 

2. 3.62 

27. 489 

1.241 

+10.2 
+10.6 
+6.5 
+26.5 
+18.0 

63 

356 

546 

1.330 

258 

77 

324 

564 

1.606 

238 

+22.2 

Aggravated  assault                      .  .. 

-9.0 

Burglary— breaking  or  entering 

Larceny — theft                        

+1.5 
+20.8 

Auto  theft                          

-7.8 

24,904 
141,299 

27,  Oil 
145, 176 

+8.6 
+2.7 

2,184 
24,991 

2,392 
31.082 

+9.6 
+24.4 

6.927 
31.513 

7,005 
32. 715 

+1.1 
+3.8 

492 
2.134 

470 
2,398 

-4.5 

+12.4 

Subtotal  for  above  oflenses 

166,717 

172,  717 

+3.6 

27,237 

33.  523 

+23.1 

38.827 

40. 115 

+3.3 

2.653 

2.902 

+9.4 

38,295 
1,861 
4,950 
9,279 
1,207 

5,990 
25,220 
10,183 

220 

7,673 
29,055 
3,586 

10,585 
57,243 

39,094 

130,301 

78.458 

8.287 

113.466 

9.376 

17.908 

21,519 

40, 363 
1,819 
4,694 
9,571 
1,199 

7,526 
24,381 
10,472 

278 

7,762 
39, 510 
3,385 

10,  660 
67,432 

42,805 

136,  684 

79.488 

7,028 

125,078 

10,870 

18. 128 

22, 770 

+5.4 
-2.3 

-6.2 
+3.1 

-.7 

+25.6 
-3.3 

+2.8 

+26.4 

+1.0 

+36.0 

-5.6 

+.6 
+17.8 

+9.6 
+4.8 
+  1.3 
-16.2 
+  10.2 
+  15.9 
+  1.2 
+6.S 

4,453 

115 

1,492 

3,027 

399 

460 

1,578 

485 

1.249 

760 

5.168 

413 

727 
4,338 

6,070 
12,  063 
10,422 

1,016 
19,  501 

1,043 

4,983 
17.761 

5.130 

141 

1,487 

3,717 

389 

598 

1,606 

598 

1,666 

1.001 

7.718 

400 

788 
4,948 

5,829 

13.407 

11.308 

754 

22.416 

1.545 

5.545 

20,  665 

+16.2 

+22.6 

-.3 

+22.8 
-2.5 

+30.0 
+1.8 
+23.3 

+32.6 

+31.7 

+49.3 

-3.1 

+8.4 
+14.1 

+  15.0 
+11.1 
+8.5 
-26.8 
+  14.9 
+48.1 
+11.3 
+  16.4 

8,009 

560 

2,144 

5,179 

246 

1,813 
5.336 

2,484 

70 

1.665 
2.695 
1,651 

6,264 
21,005 

19,601 

37.219 

12.311 

2.605 

37.325 

1.004 

1.361 

5.065 

8.279 

537 

2.004 

5.608 

258 

2.014 
4.681 
2,478 

96 

1,726 
5,031 
2.236 

6,171 
24.100 

19, 172 

36, 175 

11,560 

1,942 

39,893 

1,065 

1,223 

4,800 

+3.4 
-4.1 
-6.5 
+8.3 
+4.9 

+11.1 
-12.3 

+37.1 

+3.6 
+86.7 
+35.4 

-1.5 
+14.7 

-2.8 
-6.2 

-22.5 
+6.9 
+5.1 

-10.  1 
-5.2 

676 

63 

397 

1.116 

33 

146 
260 
162 

186 

141 

456 

96 

287 
992 

2.366 

2,763 

1,241 

207 

4,178 

149 

312 

2,699 

670 
29 

423 

1.527 

57 

153 

272 
147 

205 

153 
792 
139 

268 
1.175 

2,656 

2,993 

1,312 

172 

4,640 

160 

331 

2,957 

-.9 

Arson 

-54.0 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting         

+6.6 

Fraud                                         

+36.8 

Embezzlement                       

+72.7 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

+4.8 

+4.6 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc.  - 
Prostitution   and   commercialized 

-9.3 

+10.2 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape 
and  prostitution)                      

+8.5 

+73.7 

Gambling                     

+44.8 

Offenses  against  family  and  chil- 
dren        

-6.6 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

+18.4 
+12.3 

Drunkenness 

+8.3 

Disorderly  conduct                   . 

+5.7 

Vagrancy                          

-16.9 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals).. 
Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations. 
Runaways 

+11.1 
+7.4 
+6.1 

+13.8 

1  In  suburban  agencies  male  arrests  under  18  increased  2.8  percent  and  female  arrests  under  18  increased  19.7  percent.  In  rural  agencies  male  arrests  under 
18  increased  0.9  percent  and  female  arrests  under  18  increased  13.7  percent. 

Violent  crime  is  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
Property  crime  is  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny  $50  and  over  and  auto  theft. 


146 


Police  Employee  Data 


This  section  contains  tables  relating  to  police 
personnel.  Figures  showing  police  strength  by 
number  of  full-time  police  officers  and  civilian  em- 
ployees are  based  on  national  averages.  These 
figures  should  not  be  interpreted  as  indicating 
recommended  or  desirable  police  strength.  Ade- 
quate police  requirements  for  a  specific  place  can 
only  be  determined  follouing  careful  study  and 
analysis  of  the  local  situation  together  with  a 
thorough  evaluation  of  the  numerous  factors  which 
affect  local  police  needs. 

Two  tables  containing  police  employee  rates  are 
set  forth.  In  the  first,  total  employees  including 
civilian  personnel  are  used,  whereas  in  the  second 
table  only  sworn  personnel  are  used  to  compute 
rates. 

The  police  employee  rate  ranges  in  Table  49, 
which  include  civilians,  show  the  interquartile 
range  between  the  upper  limits  of  the  lowest 
quartile  and  the  lower  limits  of  the  highest  quar- 
tile.  In  other  words,  50  percent  of  the  cities  shown 
in  each  population  group  and  geographic  division 
have  a  police  strength  within  the  rate  ranges 
shown.  By  arraying  rates  in  this  manner,  extremes 
are  eliminated. 

In  Table  50  where  rates  are  published  for  police 
officers,  complete  rate  ranges  are  provided  as  sup- 
plemental data  for  those  who  may  be  interested 
in  using  these  figures  to  make  limited  comparisons. 

Another  table  is  presented  showing  police 
strength  for  all  state  police  and  state  highway 
patrol   organizations.   This   table   is   designed    to 


show,  by  state,  the  number  of  miles  of  state  and 
Federal  highway  per  sworn  employee,  as  well  as 
the  number  of  registered  vehicles  per  officer.  These 
rates  are  only  a  rough  yardstick  as  to  comparative 
workload  and  personnel  strength  because  of  widely 
differing  functions  and  other  .factors.  The  wide 
variations  in  sworn  and  civilian  personnel  among 
the  various  states  can  be  accounted  for  in  part 
by  the  differences  in  responsibilities  assigned  to 
the  departments.  It  is  pointed  out,  for  instance, 
that  state  police  generally  are  responsible  not 
only  for  traffic  patrol,  but  also  conduct  a  major 
portion  of  the  criminal  investigative  work  in  the 
unincorporated  areas  of  the  states.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  activities  of  the  state  highway  patrol 
organizations  for  the  most  part  are  Hmited  to 
traffic  and  highway  patrol,  which  includes  han- 
dling all  types  of  crime  which  come  to  their 
attention  during  the  performance  of  their  patrol 
functions.  Many  of  these  state  highway  patrol 
groups  also  are  authorized  to  and  do  participate 
in  criminal  investigative  work  when  requested  to 
do  so  by  local  departments  or  sheriffs'  oflSces. 

The  annual  collection  of  police  employee  data 
provides  figures  for  police  killed  and  assaulted. 
Collection  of  these  data  is  supplemented  with 
respect  to  police  killed  in  the  line  of  duty  through 
the  use  of  a  special  questionnaire,  by  means  of 
which  additional  details  on  this  important  subject 
are  accumulated.  Data  relative  to  police  killed 
and  assaulted  are  also  presented  in  the  Summary 
Section  of  this  publication. 


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Table  49. — Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,'  December  31,  1969,  Number  and  Rate  per  1,000  Inhabitants,  by  Geographic 

Divisions  and  Population  Groups 

11969  estimated  population) 


Geographic  division 


TOTAL:  3,832  dties;  population  117,815,000: 

Number  of  police  employees. 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 
Interquartile  range _ _ 

New  England:  331  cities;  population  8,493,000: 

Number  of  police  employees. 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Interquartile  range 

Middle  Atlantic:  927  cities;  population  26.529,000: 

Number  of  police  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Interquartile  range 

East  North  Central:  817  cities;  population  25,116,000: 

Number  of  police  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Interquartile  range , 

West  North  Central:  405  cities;  population  8,792,000: 

Number  of  police  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Interquartile  range 

South  Atlantic:  346  cities;  population  12.217,000: 

Number  of  police  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Interquartile  range 

East  South  Central:  139  cities;  population  4,698,000: 

Number  of  poUce  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  l.OOOinhabitants. 

Interquartile  range 

West  South  Central:  267  cities;  population  11,142,000: 

Number  of  police  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Interquartile  range 

Mountain:  190  cities;  population  4,797,000: 

Number  of  police  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  l,000inhabitants. 

Interquartile  range 

PadSc:  410  cities;  population  16,030,000: 

Number  of  police  employees. 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Interquartile  range 


TOTAL 

(3,832  cities: 
population 
117,815,000) 


254,984 

2.2 

1.2-2.0 


17,685 

2.1 

1.3-1.9 

73,964 

2.8 

1.1-2.0 

54,731 

2.2 

1.2-1.8 

14,957 

1.7 

1.1-1.7 

28,460 

2.3 

1.6-2.3 

8,307 

1.8 

1.4-2.0 

17,231 

1.5 

1.1-1.7 

8,177 

1.7 

1.2-1.9 

31.472 

2.0 

I.  5-2. 1 


Population  group 


Group  I 

(66  cities  over 

250,000; 

population 

43,186,000) 


131.723 

3.1 

1.7-2.8 


48,863 

4.0 

3.6-4.1 

30,  339 

3.3 

2. 0-2.  9 

6,391 

2.4 
1.  7-1.  9 

13,036 

3.2 

1. 9-2. 2 

3,287 

1.9 

1.  8-2.  0 

8.684 

1.7 

1.4-1.8 

2,661 
2.0 

1.  9-2.  0 

15,633 

2.4 

2.  0-2. 4 


Group  II 
(93  cities, 
100,000  to 
250,000; 
population 
13,794,000) 


25,293 

1.8 

1.5-2.0 


3,070 

2.7 

2.  6-2.  8 

3,515 

2.3 

1.  9-2.  5 

4,198 

1.7 

1.6-1.9 

1,446 

1.6 

1.3-1.6 

4,695 

1.8 

1. 6-1.  9 

1,634 

1.7 

1.8-1.9 

2,291 

1.6 

1.  3-1.  4 

1,443 

1.7 

1.  6-1.  6 

3,102 

1.7 

1.  4-1.  8 


Group  III 

(252  cities, 

60,000  to 

100,000; 

population 

17,631,000) 


29,029 

1.6 

1.3-1.9 


4,332 
2.0 

1.  7-2. 1 

5,317 

1.8 

1.  2-2. 1 

6,097 

1.5 

1.  2-1.  8 

1,221 

1.3 

1. 1-1.  5 

3,396 

2.0 

1.  7-2.  0 

760 

2.1 

1.8-2.1 

2,137 

1.3 

1. 1-1.  6 

970 

1.4 

1. 1-1.  4 

4,800 

1.6 

1. 4-1.  9 


Group  IV 
(439  cities, 
25,000  to 
60,000; 
population 
15,709,000) 


24.662 

1.6 

1.3-1.8 


3.413 

1.8 

1.  5-2. 0 

6,678 

1.7 

1.  3-2.  2 

4,706 

1.4 

1.  2-1.  6 

1,687 

1.2 

1.1-1.4 

2,621 

1.8 

1. 6-1. 9 

1,083 

1.6 

1.4-1.8 

1,603 

1.3 

1.1-1.4 

1,070 

1.5 

1.3-1.7 

3,102 

1.6 

1.  3-1.  7 


Group  V 

(1,085  cities, 

10,000  to 

25,000; 

population 

17,373,000) 


27.154 

1.6 

1.3-1.8 


3,012 

1.5 

1.  3-1.  7 

6,278 

1.6 

1.  2-1.  9 

6,868 

1.6 

1.  3-1.  7 

2,392 

1.4 

1.  2-1.  6 

2,943 

1.9 

1.  6-2.  2 

981 

1.6 

1.  4-1.  8 

1,668 

1.3 

1. 1-1.  6 

886 

1.6 

1.  2-1.  7 

3,147 

1.7 

1.5-1.9 


Group  VI 
(1,907  cities 
under  10,000; 
population 
10,122,000) 


17,123 

1.7 

1.2-2.1 


919 

1.4 

.9-1.7 

4,423 

1.6 

.9-2.0 

3,634 

1.7 

1.  2-1.  9 

1,821 

1.6 

1.  2-1. 9 

1,870 

2.0 

1.6-2.6 


1.8 
1.6-2.0 

9S8 

1.6 

1.1-1.9 

1,148 

1.7 

1. 3-2. 1 

1,788 

2.1 

1. 6-2. 6 


Suburban  Police  and  County  Sheriff  Departments 


Suburban:  ^  1.953  agencies;  population  44.445.000: 

Number  of  poUce  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants 
Interquartile  range 


74,040 

1.7 

1. 1-1.  9 


Sheriffs:  1.158  agencies;  population  32.716,000: 

Number  of  police  employees 

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 
Interquartile  range 


44,624 

1.4 

0.  4-1.  2 


'  Includes  civilians. 

'  Only  one  city  this  size  in  geographic  division. 

'  Includes  suburban,  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 
Population  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  All  rates  were  calculated  on  the  population  before  rounding. 


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Table  50. — Full-Time  Polite  Department  Officers,  December  31,  1969,  Number  and  Rate  per  1,000  Inhabitants,  by  Geographic 

Divisions  and  Population  Groups 

[1969  estimated  population] 


Geographic  division 


TOTAL:  3,832 cities;  population  117.815.000: 
.  Number  of  police  oft.cers — 


Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants.. 
Rate  range 


New  England:  331  cities ;  population  8,493,000: 

Number  of  police  officers _ , 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000 inhabitants.. 

Rate  range 

Middle  Atlantic:  927  cities:  population  26,529,000: 

Number  of  pohcc  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants.. 

Rate  range 

East  North  Central:  817  cities;  population  25,116,000: 

Number  of  police  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Rate  range 

West  North  Central:  405  cities:  population  8,792,000: 

Number  of  police  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Rate  range 

South  Atlantic:  346  cities;  population  12,217,000: 

Number  of  police  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Rate  range 

East  South  Central:  139  cities;  population  4,698,000: 

Number  of  police  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Rate  range 

West  South  Central:  267  cities:  population  11,142,000: 

Number  of  police  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Rate  range 

Mountain:  190 cities;  population  4,797,000: 

Number  of  police  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Rate  range _ 

Pacific:  410  cities;  population  16,030,000: 

Number  of  police  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Rate  range 


TOTAL 

(3,832 

cities ; 

population 

117,815,000) 


223.135 

1.9 

0.1-9.8 


16,342 

1.9 

0.1-4.5 

68,360 

2.6 

0.1-9.8 

47,515 

1.9 

0.2-^.6 

12.56S 

1.4 

0.4-5.1 

24,449 

2.0 

0.4-6.9 

7,109 

1.5 

0.4-3.9 

14,733 

1.3 

0.4-7.2 

6,723 

1.4 

0.3-5.0 

25,335 

1.6 

0.5-«.l 


Population  group 


Group  I 

(56  cities 

over 

250,000; 

population 

43,186,000) 


114,280 

2.6 

1.1-1.8 


2,610 
4.5 

(') 

45, 118 

3.7 

2.  2-3.  9 

26,014 

2.8 

1.4-3.4 

8,131 

2.0 

1.  2-3.  0 

10,991 

2.7 

1.3-4.8 

2,794 

1.6 

1.  2-2. 0 

7,326 

1.5 

1. 1-2. 0 

2,130 

1.6 

1. 2-2.  0 

12,166 

1.9 

1. 2-2. 3 


Group  II 

(93  cities, 
100,000  to 
250,000; 
population 
13,794,000) 


21,750 

1.6 

1.0-3.0 


2,760 

2.4 

2. 1-2.  9 

3,129 

2.1 

1.  3-3.  0 

3,725 

1.5 

1.0-1.9 

1,190 

1.2 

1.  0-1.  5 

4,052 

1.6 

1.  0-2.  2 

1,209 

1.3 

1.0-1.9 

1,968 

1.3 

1.0-1.8 

1,175 

1.4 

1. 2-2. 1 

2,542 

L4 

1.  0-1.  8 


Group  III 

(252  cities, 

50,000  to 

100,000; 

population 

17,631,000) 


25,373 

1.4 

0.4-3.5 


4,029 
1.8 

1. 1-2.  8 

4,832 

1.6 

.5-3.5 

5,331 

1.3 

.4-1.8 

1,084 

1.1 

.7-1.8 

2,902 

1.7 

.8-3.2 

645 

1.8 

1. 4-2.  4 

1,891 

1.2 
.8-1.9 

802 

1.2 

.9-2.4 

3,857 

1.3 

.8-2.0 


Group  IV 
(439  cities, 
25,000  to 
50,000; 
population 
15,709,000) 


22,108 

1.4 

0.3-3.3 


3,211 

1.7 

1. 1-2. 8 

5,220 

1.6 

.5-3.2 

4,202 

1.3 

.3-2.9 

1,508 
1.1 

.  7-1.  6 

2,211 

1.6 

.8-3.0 

969 

1.4 

1. 1-1. 9 

1,305 

1.1 

.6-2.0 

OOO 

1.2 

.9-1.7 

2,682 

1.3 

.5-3.3 


Group  V 

(1,085  cities, 

10.000  to 

25,000; 

population 

17,373,000) 


24,579 

1.4 

0.1-5.5 


2,892 

1.4 

.1-2.6 

5,947 

1.5 

.  1-5.  5 

5,200 

1.3 

.3-3.1 

2,115 

1.2 

.6-2.9 

2,651 

1.7 

.5-5.4 

905 

1.4 

.4-2.3 

1,437 

1.2 

.5-2.5 

773 

1.3 

.6-2.2 

2,659 

1.4 

.7-3.2 


Group  VI 
(1,907  cities 
imder 
10,000; 
population 
10,122,000) 


15.045 

1.5 

0.1-9.8 


840 

1.2 

.2-4.1 

4,114 

1.6 

.  1-9.  8 

3,043 

1.4 

.2-4.6 

1,541 

1.3 

.  4-5. 1 

1,642 

1.8 

.4-6.9 

687 

1.6 

.  7-3. 9 

806 
1.3 

.4-7.2 

943 

1.4 

.3-5.0 

1,629 

1.8 

.  7-6. 1 


Suburban  Police  anci  County  Sheriff  Departments 


Suburban:  '  1,953  agencies:  population  44,445,000: 

Number  of  police  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants 
Rate  range 


63,661 

1.4 

0. 1-9. 7 


SherilTs:  1,158  agencies:  population  32,716,000: 

Number  of  officers 

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants. 
Rate  range 


36,  771 

1.1 

0.  1-a  7 


'  Only  one  city  this  size  in  geographic  division. 

!  Includes  suburban,  city  and  coimty  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 
Population  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  All  rates  were  calculated  on  the  population  before  rounding. 


149 


Table  51. — Civilian  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Percentage  of  Total  by  Population  Groups 

Population  group 

Percentage 

civilian 
employees 

Population  group 

Percentage 

civUian 
employees 

TOTAL,  ALL  CITIES 

12.5 

Group  IV  (25,000-50,000).. 

10  4 

Group  V  (10  000-25  000) 

9.6 
12  3 

Group  I  cover  250,000).  . 

13.2 
11.9 
14.2 
16.2 
14.0 
12.6 

Group  VI  (2,500-10,000).   . 

(Over  1,000,000)                     .             

Suburban  agencies 

(500,000-1,000,000) 

14  0 

(250,000-600,000) 

Sheriffs 

17  4 

Group  II  (100,000-250,000) 

Group  III  (50,000-100,000). 

Table  52. — Number  of  Police  Officers  Killed,^  1969,  by  Geographic  Division  and  Population  Groups 


Total 

Population  group 

Geographic  division 

Group  I 

Group  II 

Group  III 

Group  rv 

Group  V 

Group  VI 

County, 
State 

Over 
250,000 

100,000 

to 
250,000 

60,000 

to 
100,000 

25,000 

to 
60,000 

10,000 

to 
26,000 

Under 
10,000 

PoUce, 

and 

Highway 

Patrol 

TOTAL      . 

125 

39 

16 

6 

3 

9 

10 

42 

3 
15 
31 
10 
15 

9 
19 

6 
17 

1 
3 
15 
5 
4 
4 
2 

1 
3 
4 

1 
2 
1 
2 

1 

Middle  Atlantic 

3 

4 

2 

2 

East  North  Central 

5 

6 

West  North  Central 

1 
1 

3 

South  Atlantic 

1 

1 
1 
1 

1 

5 

East  South  Central 

3 

West  South  Central      .                     .  . 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 

11 

Mountain 

6 

Pacific            

6 

2 

1 

8 

'  86  killed  by  felons;  39  killed  hi  accidents. 


Table  53. — Assaults  on  Police  Officers,  1969,  by  Geographic  Divisions  and  Population  Groups 

[4,807  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  123,638,000) 


Geographic 
division 

ToUl 
assaults 

Rate 
per  100 
police 
officers 

Assaults 
with 
injury 

Rate 
per  100 
pohce 
officers 

Population  group 

Total 
assaults 

Rate 

per  100 

police 

officers 

Assaults 
with 
hijury 

Rate 
per  100 
police 
officers 

TOTAL 

35,202 

16.9 

11,949 

5.7 

TOTAL 

35,202 

16.9 

11,949 

6.7 

Group  I  (Over  260,000) 

New  England 

2.207 
8,661 
9,042 
1.792 
4,843 
1,034 
2,664 
1,517 
3,652 

16.4 
12.8 
22.0 
13.3 
18.3 
20.8 
18.8 
18.9 
18.1 

760 

3,652 

2,726 

676 

1,426 

244 

629 

660 

1,276 

6.6 
5.5 
6.6 
5.0 
5.4 
4.9 
4.6 
7.0 
6.3 

17.110 
4.100 
3.499 
2.809 
3.392 
1.906 

6,992 
2,386 

19.1 
29.1 
16.7 
14.1 
14.0 
12.8 

12.1 
9.9 

6,723 
1,612 
1,370 

976 
1,156 

542 

1,914 
671 

6.4 

Middle  Atlantic 

Group  II  (100,000  to  250,000) 

Group  III  (50,000  to  100,000) 

Group  IV  (25,000  to  50,000) 

Group  V  (10,000  to  25,000)  ..      .  . 

10.7 

East  North  Central. 

6.6 

West  North  Central 

4.9 

South  Atlantic 

4.8 

East  South  Central 

Group  VI  (Under  10,000) 

3.6 

West  South  Central 

Suburban  agencies  • 

Mountain        ... 

3.9 

Pacific 

Sheriffs                      

2.8 

'  Includes  suburban,  city,  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 


150 


I 


Table  54. — Assaults  on  Police  Officers,  1969,  Percent  Distribution  of  Weapons  Used 

14,750  agencies;  1969  estimated  population  117,405,000) 


Population  group 

ToUl 
assaults 

Fire- 
arms 

Knife 

or 
cutting 
instru- 
ment 

Other 
danger- 
ous 
weapon 

Hands, 
fists, 
feet, 
etc. 

Geographic  division 

Total 
assaults 

Fire- 
arms 

Knife 

or 
cutting 
Instru- 
ment 

Other 
danger- 
ous 
weapon 

Hands, 
fists, 
feet, 
etc. 

31,634 
100.0 

1,637 
5.2 

929 
2.9 

3,959 
12.5 

25,109 
79.4 

TOTAL 

31,634 
100.0 

1,637 
5.2 

929 
2.9 

3,959 
12.5 

25,109 

AGENCIES 

79.4 

Group  I  (Over  250,000) 

(Over  1  000  000) 

15,502 
9,958 
2,422 
3,122 
2,547 
3,302 
2.802 
3,320 
1,877 
6.885 
2.284 

6.1 
5.3 
9.7 
5.6 
2.6 
4.0 
2.7 
3.7 
5.3 
4.4 
8.7 

3.3 
3.4 
4.3 

2.2 
2.0 
2.8 
2.2 
2.0 
2.7 
2.9 
4.2 

17.8 
21.5 
14.5 
8.6 
10.2 
8.8 
4.9 
6.0 
4.3 
6.9 
11.6 

72.8 
69.8 
71.5 
83.5 
85.2 
84.4 
90.1 
89.3 
87.7 
85.7 
75.6 

1.862 
9.261 
6.455 
1.498 
4.616 
1.019 
2.249 
1.442 
3.232 

4.4 
2.6 
8.4 
6.6 
6.0 
5.1 
6.1 
8.3 
4.8 

2.6 
3.0 
3.6 
1.7 
3.1 
2.4 
2.8 
4.  1 
2.4 

9.9 
16.7 
16.3 
6.9 
9.2 
5.2 
9.7 
8.8 
11.0 

83.2 

Middle  Atlantic 

77.8 

(600,000  to  1,000,000) 

(250  000  to  500  000) 

East  Nortli  Central 

71.7 

84.8 

Group  II  (100,000  to  250,000).. 
Group  III  (60,000  to  100,000).. 
Group  I\'  (25,000  to  50,000) .  - . 
Group  V  ( 10,000  to  25,000) ... . 

Group  VI  (under  10,000) 

Suburban  agencies ' 

Sheriils 

81.7 

East  South  Central 

87.3 

West  South  Central 

82.4 

78.7 

Pacific --- 

81.8 

'  Includes  suburban,  city  and  county  police  agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 


Table  55. — Full-Time  State  Police  and  Highway  Patrol  Employees,  December  31,  1969 


State 


ToUl 


Total 

Alabama 

Alaska 

Arizona 

Arkansas 

California 

Colorado... 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

Florida 

Georgia 

Idaho 

IlUnois 

Indiana 

Iowa - 

Kansas 

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Maine 

Maryland 

Massachusetts.. 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

Montana 


52,812 

825 
218 
755 
499 
7.026 

672 

976 

401 

1,802 

1.167 

188 

2,057 

1,149 

638 

400 

853 
899 
354 
1.572 
995 

2.222 
555 
741 

1.373 
240 


Police 
officers 


CivU- 
ians 


38,718     14.094 


Police 
killed 


599 

226 

139 

79 

683 

172 

377 

122 

5,398 

1,628 

446 

226 

740 

236 

331 

70 

887 

915 

706 

461 

167 

21 

1,551 

506 

877 

272 

410 

228 

308 

92 

589 

264 

646 

254 

301 

53 

1,087 

485 

845 

150 

1,721 

501 

458 

97 

516 

225 

745 

628 

177 

63 

Miles  of 

primary 

highway 

per 

pohce 

officer 


12.3 


16.6 
15.5 

9.3 
37.7 

2.7 

19.5 

1.7 

1.9 

13.1 

24.6 

29.1 
10.6 
12.7 
24.8 
33.8 

41.7 
7.1 

12.9 
1.9 
3.2 

5.4 
26.3 
20.7 
10.5 
34.3 


State 
motor 
vehicle 
registra- 
tion per 
police 
officer 


2.706 


3,106 
946 
1,757 
2,521 
2,149 

3,080 
2,266 
896 
4,391 
3,623 

2,854 
3,328 
3,392 
4,278 
4,919 

2,908 
2,714 
1,647 
1,652 
2,871 

2,608 
4,681 
2,104 
3,105 
2,701 


State 


Nebraska 

Nevada 

New  Hampshire 

New  Jersey 

New  Mexico 

New  York 

North  Carolina. 
North  Dakota... 

Ohio 

Oklahoma 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania... 
Rhode  Island... 
South  Carolina- 
South  Dakota... 

Tennessee.- 

Texas.- 

Utah... ---- 

Vermont --- 

Virginia 

Washington 

West  Virginia... 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming.- 


Total 


379 
109 
181 
1.853 
373 

3.577 

1.102 

95 

1.839 

539 

712 
3.743 
175 
663 
161 

874 

3.710 

303 

263 

1.223 

1.077 
528 
656 
100 


PoUce 
officers 


292 

81 

147 

1,439 

263 

3,129 

862 

80 

990 

463 

608 
3,229 
147 
577 
116 

673 
2,044 
297 
180 
899 

673 

372 

477 

97 


Civil- 
ians 


87 
28 
34 
414 
110 

448 
250 

16 
849 

86 

104 
614 
28 
86 
46 

201 

1.666 

6 

83 

324 

404 

166 

179 

3 


PoUce 
killed 


Miles  of 

primary 

highway 

per 

police 

officer 


33.0 
26.5 
13.4 
1.4 
41.5 

4.3 
16.5 
83.9 
19.0 
26.3 

7.9 
4.9 
7.0 
16.6 
72.6 

13.9 
32.1 
19.2 
13.7 
10.4 

10.2 
14.2 
24.9 
59.3 


State 
motor 
vehicle 
registra- 
tion per 
police 
officer 


3,182 
4,061 
2,564 
2,426 
2,322 

2,079 
3,189 
5,247 
5,934 
3,643 

2,195 
1,784 
3,196 
2,273 
3,603 

2,929 
3,183 
2,025 
1,192 
2,404 

3,130 
2,248 
4,349 
2,462 


151 


Table  56. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population 


City  by  State 


ALABAMA 

Annlston 

Bessemer 

Birmingham 

Dothan 

Florence 

Gadsden 

Huntsville 

Mobile 

Montgomery... 

Phenix  City 

Selma 

ALASKA 

Anchorage 

ARIZONA 

Glendale 

Mesa .- 

Phoenix 

Scottsdale.  - 

Tempe 

Tucson 

Yuma 

ARKANSAS 

BlythevUIe 

El  Dorado 

Fayetteville 

Fort  Smith 

Little  Rock 

North  Little  Rock.. 
Pine  Bluff.-- 

CALIFORNIA 

Alameda....,, 

Alhambra .-. 

Anaheim 

Arcadia 

Azusa 

Bakersfield 

Baldwin  Park 

Berkeley 

Beverly  Hills 

Burbank 

Burlingame 

Chula  Vista 

Compton 

Concord 

Coronado --. 

Costa  Mesa --. 

Covina 

Daly  City 

Downey 

El  Cajon 

ElCerrito 

El  Monte , 

Escondido 

Eureka 

Fairfield 

Fremont 

Fresno.- 

Fullcrton 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 

Total 

Police 
officers 

Civil- 
ians 

77 

67 

10 

59 

57 

2 

628 

549 

79 

73 

66 

8 

69 

56 

4 

89 

86 

4 

239 

171 

68 

346 

265 

91 

283 

221 

62 

45 

41 

4 

48 

46 

2 

94 

83 

11 

57 

48 

9 

67 

61 

6 

1,030 

827 

203 

78 

64 

14 

68 

57 

11 

382 

304 

78 

57 

47 

10 

31 

29 

2 

45 

37 

8 

36 

34 

2 

91 

87 

4 

210 

190 

20 

115 

109 

6 

75 

72 

3 

89 

79 

10 

103 

85 

18 

297 

244 

53 

77 

68 

9 

63 

46 

7 

189 

147 

42 

64 

63 

11 

246 

212 

34 

105 

94 

11 

194 

136 

68 

43 

33 

10 

93 

76 

18 

169 

119 

40 

119 

89 

30 

34 

26 

8 

127 

109 

18 

49 

40 

9 

82 

65 

18 

122 

98 

24 

76 

57 

18 

46 

38 

8 

102 

77 

25 

60 

42 

8 

41 

39 

2 

65 

43 

12 

120 

103 

17 

306 

253 

53 

141 

104 

37 

City  by  State 


CALIFORNIA— Con. 

Gardena 

Garden  Grove 

Glendale 

Glendora 

Hayward 

Huntington  Beach 

Inglewood 

La  Habra 

La  Mesa 

Livermore 

Lodl -. 

Long  Beach 

Los  Angeles -- 

Lynwood 

Manhattan  Beach 

Modesto 

Monrovia 

Montebello 

Monterey - 

Monterey  Park 

Mountain  View 

Napa 

National  City.. 

Novato 

Oakland- 

Oceanside -  -  - 

Ontario 

Orange 

Oxnard 

Pacifica.- - 

Palo  Alto.-- --.. 

Pasadena 

Pleasant  HUl 

Pomona .- 

Redlands - 

Redondo  Beach 

Redwood  City 

Rialto 

Richmond --- 

Riverside 

Sacramento 

Salinas 

San  Bernardino 

San  Bruno 

San  Carlos 

San  Diego 

San  Francisco -.. 

San  Gabriel - 

San  Jose 

San  Leandro - 

San  Luis  Obispo 

San  Mateo 

San  Rafael--- 

Santa  Ana 

Santa  Barbara -- 

Santa  Clara 

Santa  Cruz 

Santa  Maria 

Santa  Monica 

Santa  Rosa 

South  Gate 

South  San  Francisco.. - 

Stockton 

Sunnyvale. 

Torrance 

Upland 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 

Total 

Police 
officers 

Civil- 
ians 

69 

58 

11 

146 

119 

27 

192 

149 

43 

43 

37 

6 

117 

98 

19 

161 

120 

31 

167 

130 

37 

55 

43 

12 

48 

41 

7 

36 

29 

7 

42 

32 

10 

821 

680 

141 

8,235 

6,194 

2,041 

63 

50 

13 

57 

47 

10 

105 

80 

25 

59 

51 

8 

68 

59 

9 

61 

47 

14 

69 

69 

10 

75 

58 

17 

53 

42 

11 

59 

60 

9 

32 

26 

6 

929 

694 

235 

72 

59 

13 

90 

69 

21 

119 

98 

21 

102 

88 

14 

33 

25 

8 

107 

94 

13 

256 

191 

65 

13 

13 

136 

116 

20 

60 

49 

11 

83 

62 

21 

79 

68 

11 

33 

30 

3 

187 

153 

34 

208 

169 

39 

556 

454 

102 

96 

68 

28 

233 

194 

39 

45 

36 

9 

30 

27 

3 

1,147 

950 

197 

2,095 

1,795 

300 

49 

42 

7 

667 

608 

59 

107 

79 

28 

43 

34 

9 

126 

104 

21 

69 

51 

18 

260 

190 

60 

134 

109 

25 

107 

94 

13 

66 

47 

9 

53 

43 

10 

174 

133 

41 

60 

57 

3 

106 

93 

13 

62 

49 

13 

222 

196 

26 

100 

76 

25 

228 

179 

49 

46 

37 

9 

City  by  State 


CALIFORNIA— Con. 

Vallejo -. 

Ventura -  - 

Walnut  Creek 

West  Covina.- 

Westminster 

Whittier 

COLORADO 

Arvada 

Aurora 

Colorado  Springs 

Denver 

Englewood 

Fort  Collins 

Greeley 

Pueblo 

CONNECTICUT 

Bridgeport 

Bristol 

Danbury 

East  Hartford 

Enfleld 

Fairfield 

Greenwich 

Hamden 

Hartford 

Manchester  Township- 

Meriden- 

Middletown 

Milford  Town - 

New  Britain 

New  Haven.- 

New  London 

Norwalk- 

Norwich 

Southington  Town 

Stamford 

Stratford. 

Torrington.  _  - 

Trumbull 

Wallingford 

Waterbury 

West  Hartford 

West  Haven - 

West  port 

Wethersfleld 

DELAWARE 

Wilmington-- 

DISTRICT  OF 
COLUMBIA 

Washington -- 

FLORIDA 

Clearwater. 

Coral  Gables 

Daytona  Beach 

Fort  Lauderdale-- 

Fort  Myers 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 


Total 


106 
83 
76 
89 
73 

104 


58 
83 

202 
1,176 
58 
50 
56 

150 


461 

68 

87 

91 

50 

94 

149 

90 

461 

72 

95 

74 

106 

165 

456 

76 

158 

57 

37 

238 

101 

60 

46 

41 

264 

124 

84 

.53 

40 


120 
129 
136 
392 
68 


Police 
officers 


50 
71 
161 
975 
48 
43 
42 
141 


439 
63 
84 
84 
47 
91 

129 
87 

409 
67 
85 
71 
96 

145 

391 
72 

134 
63 
36 

229 
97 
57 
40 
38 

253 

116 
80 
50 
36 


3,868 


84 
110 

96 
303 

55 


152 


Table  56. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Con. 


City  by  State 


FLORIDA— Con. 


Fort  Pierce 

Gainesville 

Hlaleah 

Hollywood 

Jacksonville 

Key  West 

Miami 

Miami  Beach 

Nortli  Miami 

North  Miami  Beach. 

Orlando 

Panama  City 

Pensacola -. 

Pompano  Beach 

St.  Petersburg 

Sarasota. 

Tallahassee 

Tampa 

Titusville.. 

West  Palm  Beach 

Winter  Park 


GEORGIA 


I   Albany 

Atlanta 

Augusta 

Columbus 

Decatur 

East  Point 

La  Grange 

Macon 

Marietta 

J    Rome 

!    Savannah 

V'aldosta 

Warner  Robins. 


HAWAH 


HUo 

Honolulu. 


Boise 

Idaho  Falls. 
Pocatello 


ILUNOIS 


Alton 

Arlington  Heights. 

Aurora 

Belleville 

Berwyn 

Bloomington 

Calumet  City 

Champaign 

Chicago 

Chicago  Heights. -- 

Cicero 

Decatur. 

De  Kalb 

DesPlalnes 

Downers  Grove 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 


Total 


66 
124 
1« 

277 
928 

51 
878 
292 

59 

56 
274 

61 
127 


116 
687 
44 
171 

49 


100 
1,055 

148 

247 
34 
79 
49 

174 
62 
62 

240 
45 
80 


108 
1,049 


lOS 
66 
61 


59 
65 
114 
54 
62 
55 
40 
71 
15,124 
76 
105 
120 
42 
75 
38 


Police 
officers 


40 

97 
102 
196 
663 

40 
678 
231 

48 

49 
233 

50 
109 

76 
300 

72 
108 
559 

36 
134 

40 


906 

132 

229 

30 

76 

48 

167 

55 

54 

208 

44 

78 


90 
854 


51 
68 

102 
48 
58 
48 
32 
66 
12,205 
58 

101 
96 
33 
72 
37 


Civil- 
ians 


16 
27 
42 
81 

266 
11 

200 
61 
11 
7 
41 
U 
18 
22 

118 
26 


2 

149 

16 

18 

4 

3 

1 

7 

7 

8 

32 

1 

2 


18 
195 


8 
7 

12 
6 
4 
7 
8 
6 
2,919 

18 
4 

24 


City  by  State 


ILLINOIS— Con. 

East  St.  Louis 

Elgin 

Elmhurst 

Evanston 

Evergreen  Park 

Freeport 

Galesburg 

Granite  City 

Harvey 

Highland  Park 

Joliet 

Kankakee 

Lombard 

Maywood 

Moline 

Morton  Grove 

Mount  Prospect 

NUes 

North  Chicago 

Oak  Lawn 

Oak  Park... 

Park  Forest 

Park  Ridge 

Fekin 

Peoria. 

Qulncy 

Rantoul 

Rocklord 

Rock  Island 

Skokle 

Springfield 

Urbana 

VlUaPark 

Waukegan 

Wheaton.. 

Wllmette - 

INDIANA 

Anderson 

Bloomington 

Columbus 

Elkhart... 

Evansvllle 

Fort  Wayne 

Gary 

Hammond. 

Indianapolis 

Kokomo.. 

Lafayette 

Michigan  City 

Mishawaka 

Muncle 

New  Albany 

Richmond — 

South  Bend... 

Terre  Haute 

IOWA 

Ames 

Burlington 

Cedar  Falls 

Cedar  Rapids 

Clinton 

Council  Blufls 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 


Total 


126 
91 
67 

161 
35 
39 
48 
43 
52 
58 

133 
52 
40 
46 
65 
37 
39 
53 
29 
79 

101 
31 
49 
44 

228 
54 
17 

242 
87 

130 

142 
37 
32 
88 
49 
45 


131 

59 

50 

122 

249 

272 

387 

203 

1,225 

99 

75 

79 

58 

124 

56 

77 

233 

114 


40 
47 
35 
149 
48 
84 


Police 
officers 


109 
68 
61 

127 
30 
35 
43 
41 
46 
48 

120 
51 
32 
44 
58 
33 
34 
46 
25 
67 
88 
26 
47 
38 

199 
S3 
12 

212 
72 

113 

114 
33 
27 
78 
39 
36 


119 

48 

49 

104 

234 

254 

342 

181 

1,089 

98 

71 

71 

66 

109 

51 

71 

209 

109 


37 
37 
32 
123 
45 
73 


Civil- 
ians 


12 

11 

1 

18 

15 

18 

45 

22 

136 

1 

4 

8 

2 

15 

4 

6 

24 

6 


City  by  State 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 


IOWA— Con. 

Des  Moines 

Dubuque 

Fort  Dodge 

Iowa  City 

Mason  City 

Ottumwa 

Sioux  City 

Waterloo 

KANSAS 

Hutchinson 

Kansas  City 

Lawrence 

Leavenworth 

Overland  Park... 

Prairie  Village 

Salina 

Topeka 

Wichita... 

KENTUCKY 

Ashland. 

Covington 

Lexington 

Louisville 

Newport 

Owensboro. 

Faducab 

LOUISIANA 

Alexandria 

Baton  Rouge 

Bossier  City 

Houma 

Lafayette 

Lake  Charles 

Monroe 

New  Iberia. 

New  Orleans 

Shreveport 

MAINE 

Auburn 

Bangor 

Lewiston 

Portland.. 

MARYLAND 

Annapolis... 

Baltimore 

Cumberland 

Hagerstown 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Arlington 

Attleboro 

Belmont 

Beverly 

Boston 

Braintree 


Total 

Police 

officers 

319 

277 

73 

68 

43 

35 

49 

36 

48 

38 

39 

38 

128 

106 

138 

120 

47 

39 

345 

264 

67 

46 

26 

26 

66 

63 

33 

29 

66 

54 

203 

154 

445 

335 

40 

40 

98 

93 

262 

211 

754 

621 

67 

43 

86 

72 

61 

58 

70 

64 

367 

317 

55 

50 

42 

37 

78 

68 

71 

71 

112 

89 

35 

32 

1,643 

1,388 

368 

306 

38 

36 

63 

52 

81 

71 

126 

112 

69 

64 

3,829 

3,377 

73 

67 

72 

65 

100 

90 

54 

51 

56 

53 

69 

67 

2,939 

2,610 

67 

63 

153 


Table  56. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Con. 


City  by  State 


MASSACHUSETTS- 
Con. 

Brockton 

Brookline 

Cambridge 

Chelsea 

Chicopee 

Danvers 

Dedham 

Everett 

Fall  River 

Fitchburg 

Framingham 

Gloucester 

Haverhill 

Holyoke 

Lawrence. 

Leominster 

Lexington 

Lowell 

Lynn 

Maiden 

Medford 

Melrose 

Methuen 

MUton 

Natick 

Needham 

New  Bedford 

Newton ._, 

Northampton 

Norwood 

Pittsfield... 

Quincy 

Revere 

Salem _ 

Somerville 

Springfield 

Taunton 

Wakefield. 

Waltham 

Watertown 

Wellesley 

Wcstfleld 

West  Springfield 

Weymouth 

Wobum.. 

Worcester 

MICHIGAN 

Allen  Park 

Ann  Arbor 

Battle  Creek 

Bay  City 

Birmingham ." 

Bloomfleld  Township 

Dearborn 

Dearborn  Heights 

Detroit 

East  Detroit 

Femdale 

Flint 

Garden  City 

Grand  Rapids 

Hamtramck 

Hazel  Park 

Highland  Park 

Holland 

Inkster 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 

Total 

Police 
officers 

Civil- 
ians 

175 

166 

9 

165 

152 

13 

281 

246 

35 

79 

76 

3 

107 

104 

3 

33 

32 

1 

54 

52 

2 

119 

115 

4 

249 

232 

17 

79 

73 

6 

99 

97 

2 

51 

49 

2 

81 

77 

4 

114 

HI 

3 

137 

130 

7 

42 

40 

2 

54 

46 

8 

193 

179 

14 

196 

187 

9 

118 

117 

1 

137 

131 

6 

57 

55 

2 

42 

41 

1 

56 

55 

1 

57 

54 

3 

45 

44 

1 

258 

243 

15 

212 

202 

10 

44 

43 

1 

45 

45 

84 

76 

8 

208 

194 

14 

109 

104 

5 

87 

85 

2 

160 

155 

5 

370 

344 

26 

71 

68 

3 

43 

41 

2 

114 

111 

3 

88 

84 

4 

42 

40 

2 

51 

48 

3 

60 

59 

1 

94 

93 

1 

63 

57 

6 

451 

389 

62 

54 

52 

2 

160 

118 

42 

94 

80 

14 

87 

81 

6 

50 

42 

8 

44 

43 

1 

218 

192 

26 

78 

74 

4 

5,431 

4,926 

505 

64 

56 

8 

53 

48 

5 

432 

371 

61 

40 

35 

5 

361 

303 

58 

69 

66 

3 

41 

37 

4 

125 

106 

19 

44 

39 

5 

52 

46 

6 

City  by  State 


MICHIGAN— Con. 

Jackson.. 

Kalamazoo 

Lansing 

Lincoln  Park 

Livonia 

Madison  Heights 

Midland 

Monroe 

Muskegon 

Oak  Park 

Pontiac 

Portage 

Port  Huron 

Redford  Township... 

RoseviUe 

RoyalOak 

Saginaw.. 

St.  Clair  Shores 

Southfield 

Southgate 

Sterling  Heights 

Warren 

Waterford  Township., 

Westland 

Wyandotte. 

Wyoming 

MINNESOTA 

Austin 

Bloomington 

Brooklyn  Center 

Coon  Rapids.. 

Crystal 

Duluth 

Edina 

Mankato 

Minneapolis 

Minnetonka 

Moorhead 

Richfield 

Rochester 

RoseviUe 

St.  Cloud 

St.  Louis  Park 

St.  Paul... 

Winona 

MISSISSIPPI 

Columbus 

Greenville 

Greenwood 

Gulfport 

Hattiesburg 

Jackson 

Meridian 

Pasoagoula 

Vicksburg 

MISSOURI 

Cape  Girardeau 

Columbia 

Ferguson 

Florissant 

Independence. 

Jefferson  City 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 

Total 

Police 
officers 

Civil- 
ians 

100 

91 

9 

181 

145 

36 

278 

238 

40 

68 

63 

5 

128 

109 

19 

48 

43 

5 

40 

38 

2 

44 

43 

1 

92 

75 

17 

73 

64 

9 

182 

168 

24 

36 

29 

7 

61 

51 

10 

74 

61 

13 

74 

69 

5 

122 

103 

19 

173 

160 

13 

95 

90 

5 

105 

92 

13 

42 

38 

4 

71 

55 

16 

229 

204 

25 

33 

29 

4 

68 

60 

8 

64 

58 

6 

62 

53 

9 

39 

37 

2 

71 

65 

6 

32 

26 

6 

25 

23 

2 

27 

26 

1 

145 

129 

16 

45 

40 

5 

41 
855 

41 
799 

56 

24 

23 

1 

30 

29 

1 

44 

41 

3 

104 

97 

7 

35 

34 

1 

60 

47 

3 

51 

47 

4 

513 

458 

55 

41 

37 

4 

52 

44 

8 

115 

95 

20 

38 

36 

2 

64 

58 

6 

58 

47 

U 

341 

277 

64 

120 

89 

31 

48 

45 

3 

45 

43 

2 

42 

39 

3 

72 

66 

6 

50 

46 

4 

72 

65 

7 

127 

105 

22 

45 

44 

1 

Number  of  police 
department  employees 


MISSOURI— Con. 

JopUn 

Kansas  City.. 

Kirkwood 

Overland- 

St.  Charles 

St.  Joseph 

St.  Louis 

Sedalia. 

Springfield ; 

University  City 

Webster  Groves... 

MONTANA 

Billings... 

Great  Falls 

Missoula 

NEBRASKA 

Grand  Island 

Omaha 

NEVADA 

Las  Vegas 

North  Las  Vegas 

Reno 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Concord - 

Manchester 

Nashua .. 

Portsmouth. 

NEW  JERSEY 

Atlantic  City... 

Bayonne. 

Belleville 

Bergenfleld. 

Bloomfleld -. 

Bridgewater  Town- 
ship  - 

Camden.. 

Cherry  HiU 

Clifton 

Cranford  Township 

Dover  Township 

East  Brunswick  Town- 
ship  

East  Orange 

Edison 

Elizabeth 

Englewood 

Ewing  Township 

Fair  Lawn 

Fort  Lee 

Franklin  Township 

Garfield 

Hackensack 

Hamilton  Township... 

Hoboken 

Irvington 

Jersey  City. 

Kearny 

Linden 


71 
1,280 
51 
40 
32 
113 
2,709 
35 
157 
69 
40 


46 

589 


3^5 

76 

233 


47 
146 
97 
48 


256 
240 
83 
46 
119 

33 

408 
89 
135 

4S 

82 

50 

192 

100 

291 

91 

45 

51 

55 

38 

57 

92 

127 

140 

135 


119 
124 


52 
956 
40 
31 
31 
101 
2,068 
35 
148 
66 
36 


>1 
68 

14 

38 

7 

42 

4 

515 

74 

312 

83 

71 

S 

189 

44 

43 

4 

140 

6 

88 

9 

47 

1 

212 

44 

192 

48 

78 

5 

45 

1 

113 

6 

29 

4 

345 

63 

77 

12 

128 

7 

47 

1 

76 

6 

45 

5 

182 

10 

95 

5 

271 

20 

77 

14 

42 

3 

49 

2 

54 

1 

36 

2 

54 

3 

79 

13 

116 

12 

140 

120 

15 

855 

83 

118 

1 

121 

3 

154 


Table  56. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  25,000  and  over  iit  Population — Con. 


City  by  State 


NEW  JERSEY-Con. 

Livingston 

Lodl 

Long  Branch 

Madison  Townsliip 

Middletown  Township. 

Montclair 

Neptune  Township 

Newark 

New  Brunswiclc 

North  Bergen 

Township 

Nutley 

Orange 

Paramus 

Parslppany-Troy  Hills 

Township 

Passaic 

Paterson. 

Pennsauken 

Perth  Amboy 

Plscataway  Township. 

Plalnfield 

Rahway 

Ridgewood 

SayrevlUe 

Teaneck  Township 

Trenton 

Union  City 

Union  Township 

VIneland 

Wayne  Township 

Westfleld 

West  New  York 

West  Orange 

Willingboro  Township. 
Woodbridge  Township. 

NEW  MEXICO 

Alamogordo 

Albuquerque 

Carlsbad... 

Clovis 

Farmington 

Hobbs 

Las  Cruces 

Roswell 

Santa  Fe 

NEW  YORK 

Albany.- 

Amherst- 

Auburn 

Blnghamton 

Brighton 

Buflalo. 

Cheektowaga 

Clarkstown 

Colonic  Town 

Elmira 

Freeport 

Garden  City 

Glen  Cove 

Greece 

Grcenburgh 

Hempstead 

Irondequoit 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 


Total 


43 
46 
60 

67 
68 
103 
43 
1,663 
97 

117 
51 

85 

57 
140 
420 
53 
108 
64 
114 
65 
45 
63 
86 
296 
108 
118 
63 

57 
85 

102 
32 

141 


33 

455 
35 
46 
48 
43 
56 


89 


249 
09 
68 

152 

37 

1,872 

102 
74 
45 

108 
73 
59 
55 
47 
99 
74 
40 


Police      Civil- 
ofBcers      ians 


42 
45 
55 
66 
62 
96 
42 
1,412 


106 
50 
91 


56 

121 

383 
46 
97 
62 

101 
62 
42 
50 
79 

266 
98 

114 
60 
73 
53 
85 

100 
27 

125 


25 
328 
35 
33 
36 
39 
49 
63 
64 


223 
96 
60 

137 
33 
1,450 
98 
74 
44 

107 
69 
53 
50 
43 
95 
71 
39 


1 
1 

5 
1 
6 
7 
1 
261 


127 


26 
3 

8 
15 

4 

422 

4 


City  by  State 


NEW  YORK-Con. 

Ithaca 

Jamestown  _ 

Lackawanna 

Lockport 

Long  Beach 

Mount  Pleasant 

Mount  Vernon 

Newburgh 

New  York- 

Niagara  Falls 

North  Tonawanda 

Orangetown 

Port  Chester 

Poughkeepsie 

Ramapo  Town 

Rochester. 

Rome 

Rotterdam 

Schenectady 

Syracuse 

Tonawanda  Town 

Troy 

Utica 

Vestal 

Watertown 

West  Seneca 

White  Plains. 

Yonkcrs 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Asheville 

Burlington 

Charlotte 

Durham 

FayetteviUe 

Gastonia 

Goldsboro 

Greensboro 

Greenville... 

High  Point 

Kannapolis 

Kinston 

Raleigh 

Rocky  Mount — 

Wilmington 

Wilson 

Winston-Salem 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

Bismarck.. 

Fargo 

Grand  Forks 

Minot 

OHIO 

Akron 

Alliance 

Ashtabula 

Barberton 

Canton... 

Chillicothe... 

Cincinnati 

Cleveland 

Cleveland  Heights 

Columbus 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 


Total 


67 

75 

79 

46 

82 

33 

204 

70 

1,595 

226 

46 

62 

62 

88 

61 

750 

67 

28 

172 

620 

110 

130 

198 

19 

64 

46 

179 

633 


120 
71 

505 

166 

103 
82 
56 

271 
50 

128 
31 
69 

264 
71 
76 
58 

260 


466 
41 
39 
43 

211 

40 

1,032 

2,600 

78 

951 


Police 
officers 


50 
72 
76 
44 
76 
33 
183 
63 
31, 578 
201 
40 
62 
57 
80 
60 
636 
60 
27 
156 
442 
108 
128 
183 
15 
61 
46 
176 
474 


115 

65 

418 

151 


65 

237 
49 

113 
31 
53 

215 
66 
56 
67 

221 


441 
36 
35 
41 

197 
36 

944 

1,402 

63 


Civil- 
ians 


21 

7 

2,017 

24 
5 


1 

114 

7 

1 

16 

78 
2 
2 

16 
4 
3 
1 
3 

69 


25 
5 
4 
2 

14 
4 

88 
198 

10 
146 


City  by  State 


OHIO— Con. 

Cuyahoga  Falls 

Dayton... ., 

Delhi  Township 

East  Cleveland 

Elyria 

Fairborn 

Findlay 

Gaifield  Heights 

Hamilton 

Kent. 

Kettering 

Lake  wood.. 

Lancaster 

Lima 

Lorain 

Mansfield 

Maple  Heights 

Marion 

Massillon 

Mentor 

Middletown 

North  Olmsted 

Norwood. 

Parma. 

Parma  Heights 

Portsmouth 

Sandusky 

Shaker  Heights 

South  Euclid 

Springfield-. 

Steuben  ville 

Toledo. 

Upper  .\rlington 

.Warren.. 

Whitehall 

Xenia 

Youngstown 

Zanesville 

OKLAHOMA 

Bartlesville 

Del  City- --- 

Enid 

Lawton - 

Midwest  City 

Muskogee.  - 

Norman 

Oklahoma  City 

Ponca  City 

Shawnee 

Stillwater , 

Tulsa -- 

OREGON 

Corvallis...    

Eugene 

Medford.- 

Portland 

Salem 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Abington  Township. . 

Aliquippa 

Allentown.. 

Altoona 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 


Total 


61 

612 
8 
71 
49 
40 
47 
45 

102 
24 
73 
80 
45 
91 
74 

103 
47 
53 
43 
33 
01 
33 
50 
93 
26 
46 
60 
72 
44 

126 
54 

795 
35 
93 
36 
38 

316 
51 


38 
149 

59 
894 
138 


74 
32 
171 
99 


Police      Clvll- 
offlcers      ians 


56 
404 

64 
47 
37 
37 
44 
99 
20 
62 
75 
42 
81 
74 
86 
44 
48 
43 
26 
81 
31 
50 
80 
22 
44 
43 
67 
38 

115 
51 

755 
33 


51 

48 

26 

20 

63 

51 

123 

93 

54 

45 

81 

65 

64 

51 

627 

476 

49 

47 

34 

34 

37 

34 

549 

465 

32 
124 

48 
734 
101 


68 
32 
151 
89 


155 


397-633  O  -  70  -  11 


Table  56.— Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Deparfment  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population— Con. 


City  by  State 


Number  ot  police 
department  employees 


Total 


PENNSYLVANIA— 
Continued 

Baldwin  Borougli 

Bensalem  Townsiiip.-. 

BethelPark 

Bethleliem 

Bristol  Township. 

Cheltenham  Township- 
Chester --- 

Easton - 

Erie - -- 

Falls  Township 

Harrisburg 

Havertord  Township— . 

Hazleton 

Johnstown 

Lancaster -  -  - 

Lebanon 

Lower  Merion  Town- 
ship  

Marple  Township 

McKeesport 

Middletown  Township.. 

Millcreek  Township 

Mount  Lebanon  Town- 
ship.  

New  Castle 

Norristo  wn 

North  Huntingdon 
Township 

Penn  Hills  Township. . 

Philadelphia 

Pittsburgh. 

Pottstown. 

Radnor  Township 

Reading 

Ridley  Township 

Ross  Township. 

Scranton... 

Shaler  Township 

Springfield  Township. . 

State  College 

Upper  Darby 
Township 

Warminster  Township. 

West  Mifflin 

Willies-Barre 

Wilkinsburg 

Williamsport 

Yorli 


RHODE  ISLAND 


Cranston 

East  Providence.. 

Newport 

Pawtucket 

Providence 

Warwick 

Woonsocket 


SOUTH  CAROUNA 


Anderson 

Charleston — 

Columbia 

Florence 

Greenville 

Rock  Hill. . . . 
Spartanburg.. 
Sumter 


Police 
officers 


Civil- 
ians 


23 

38 

33 
136 

69 

62 
112 

53 
238 

40 
171 

73 

42 

89 
121 

40 

137 
33 

82 
37 
35 

49 
61 
72 

15 
61 
8,259 
1,776 
40 
52 
191 
36 
39 
191 
22 
29 
33 

176 
36 
27 
98 
40 
69 

100 


92 
173 
481 
159 
111 


69 
173 
204 

63 
150 

67 
101 

45 


19 
35 
29 

122 
60 
60 
97 
49 

214 
39 

163 
70 
38 


144 
31 
25 
96 
34 
66 
99 


101 
82 
83 
151 
407 
144 
105 


51 

140 

188 

47 

142 

58 

87 

43 


79 

10 

109 

12 

39 

1 

123 

14 

29 

4 

79 

3 

32 

5 

29 

6 

44 

6 

67 

4 

70 

2 

15 

56 

6 

7,439 

820 

1,748 

28 

32 

8 

50 

2 

159 

32 

30 

6 

37 

2 

177 

14 

22 

26 

3 

31 

2 

City  by  State 


Number  ot  police 
department  employees 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Aberdeen 

Rapid  City. 

Sioux  Falls. — 


TENNESSEE 

Chattanooga 

Clarksville 

Jackson... 

Johnson  City 

Klngsport 

Knoxville 

Memphis 

Nashville... 

Oak  Ridge... 


TEXAS 


Abilene 

Amarillo 

Arlington 

Austin 

Baytown 

Beaumont 

Big  Spring 

Brownsville 

Bryan. 

Corpus  Christi. 

Dallas. 

Denison 

Denton 

El  Paso 

Fort  Worth 

Galveston 

Garland 

Grand  Prairie.. 

Greenville 

Harlingen 

Houston 

Irving 

Killeen 

Kingsville 

Laredo 

Longview 

Lubbock 

Marshall 

McAllen 

Mesquite -. 

Midland 

Odessa 

Orange 

Pampa 

Pasadena 

Port  Arthur... 

Richardson 

San  Angelo 

San  Antonio  ... 

Sherman 

Temple 

Texarkana 

Texas  City 

Tyler 

Victoria 

Waco 

Wichita  Falls. . 


Total 


Police 
officers 


UTAH 


Ogden 

Provo... 

Salt  Lake  City., 


280 
60 
77 
62 
75 

328 
1,241 

664 
44 


134 
220 
93 
444 
76 
183 
60 
91 
36 
287 
1,886 
35 
52 
450 
724 
108 
91 
57 
26 
55 
1,913 
97 
50 
38 
81 
69 
236 
40 
31 
56 
123 
111 
34 
23 
106 
90 
66 
110 
992 
46 
50 
49 
38 
67 
68 
161 
135 


112 

50 

314 


Civil- 
ians 


252 
68 
71 
56 
65 

254 
1,068 

556 
41 


113 

180 
87 
327 
61 
166 
43 
74 
34 
244 
1,641 
27 
44 
376 
632 
101 
76 
48 
26 
38 
1,609 
81 
39 
26 
81 
65 
208 
38 
30 
48 
114 
89 
30 
15 
93 
79 
61 
95 
849 
38 
49 
42 
37 
66 
54 
134 
111 


92 

48 

267 


28 
2 
6 
6 

20 
74 

173 

108 
3 


21 
40 

6 

117 

14 

18 

7 
17 

2 
43 
345 

8 

8 
74 
92 

7 
15 


17 
304 
16 
11 
12 


4 

28 

2 

1 

8 

9 

22 

4 

8 

13 

11 

5 

15 

143 

8 

1 

7 

1 

1 

14 
27 
24 


City  by  State 


VERMONT 

Burlington 

VIRGINIA 


Alexandria 

Arlington 

Charlottesville.. 

Chesapeake 

Danville 

Hampton 

Lynchburg 

Newport  News. 

Norfolk 

Portsmouth 

Richmond 

Roanoke... 

Virginia  Beach.. 


Number  of  police 
department  employees 


Total 


WASHINGTON 


Bellevue 

Bellingham.. 
Bremerton... 

Everett 

Longview 

Richland — 

Seattle 

Spokane 

Tacoma 

Vancouver.. 
Walla  Walla. 
Yakima 


WEST  VIRGINIA 

Charleston 

Huntington.. 

Parkersburg 

Weirton 

Wheeling. 

WISCONSIN 


Appleton 

Beloit... 

Eau  Claire.... 
Fond  du  Lac. 
Green  Bay.... 

Janes  ville 

Kenosha 

La  Crosse 

Madison 

Manitowoc 

Milwaukee 

Oshkosh 

Racine. 

Sheboygan... 

Superior 

Waukesha 

Wausau 

Wauwatosa.- 
West  Allis.... 


WYOMING 


Casper 

Cheyenne.. 


Police 
officers 


212 
291 
66 
129 
106 
142 
115 
181 
611 
200 
639 
173 
223 


64 

66 

63 

111 

40 

43 

1,336 

293 

296 

64 

46 

97 


161 
118 
42 
39 


96 
62 
76 
60 

148 
67 

153 
80 

266 

63 

2,203 

81 

237 
99 
65 
79 
55 

102 

152 


176 
246 

66 
121 

94 
124 
105 
171 
522 
182 
487 
162 
203 


CivU- 
ians 


87 
69 
61 
52 

136 
63 

136 
73 

227 

59 

2,042 

79 

176 
90 
61 
72 
M 
91 

132 


36 
46 
1 
8 
12 
18 
10 
10 
89 
18 
52 
11 
20 


62 

2 

45 

11 

66 

7 

98 

13 

40 

40 

3 

,098 

237 

260 

33 

262 

34 

53 

11 

31 

16 

80 

17 

149 

12 

110 

8 

39 

3 

37 

2 

92 

1 

9 
3 

16 
8 

12 
4 

18 
7 

39 

4 

161 

2 

61 
9 
4 
7 
1 

U 

20 


7 
15 


156 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 


City  by  State 


ALABAMA 

AlbcrtvlUe 

Alexander  City 

Athens... 

Boaz 

Chickasaw 

Evergreen 

Fairfield 

Fayette 

Fort  Payne 

GraysvlUe 

Hartselle 

Homewood 

Hueytowu 

Irondale 

Jasper 

Leeds 

Midfleld 

Mountain  Brook 

Northport 

Oneonta 

Oxiord 

Pleasant  Grove 

PrattviUe 

Saraland 

Tallassee 

Troy.. 

Tuscumbla 

Union  Springs 

ALASKA 

Fairbanks 

Ketchikan 

Eodiak 

Petersburg 

Sitka... 

ARIZONA 

Avondale 

Blsbee 

Casa  Grande 

Chandler 

Douglas 

Globe 

Huacbuca  City 

Kingman 

Miami 

Nogales 

Page 

Peoria 

Prescott 

Safford 

Sierra  Vista... 

Tolleson 

Willcox.. 

Williams 

Winslow.. 

ARKANSAS 

Arkadelphia 

Bentonville... 

Booneville 

Brinkley 

Camden. 

Conway 

Harrison. 

Hope 

Mena 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


ARKANSAS— Con. 

Monticello 

Morrilton 

Nashv  ille 

Prescott 

Rogers. 

RusseUville 

Springdale 

Walnut  Ridge 

West  Helena 

West  Memphis 

CALIFORNIA 

Anderson 

Antioch 

Arroyo  Grande 

Arvin. 

Atherton 

Atwater 

Auburn 

Banning 

Barstow 

Beaumont 

Bell 

Belmont 

Belvedere 

Benicia.. 

Bishop. 

Blylhe 

Brea 

Broadmoor 

Calipatria 

Calistoga 

Campbell. 

Carlsbad 

Carmel 

Cai'pinteria 

Ceres... 

Chico 

Chino 

Chowchilla 

Claremont. 

Cloverdale 

Coalinga 

Colfax... 

Colma 

Colton 

Corcoran 

Corning 

Corte  Madera 

Crescent  City 

Cypress 

Davis 

Delano 

Dinuba 

Dixon 

Dorris 

Dos  Palos 

Dunsmuir 

El  Centre 

El  Segundo.. 

Elsinore 

Emeryville 

Escalon 

Etna 

Exeter 

Fairfax.. 

Farmersvilie. 

Ferndale 

Fillmore 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


CAUFORNIA— Con. 

Firebaugh 

Folsom 

Fontana 

Fort  Bragg 

Fortuna 

Gait 

Gilroy 

Gonzales 

Grass  Valley 

Greenfield 

Gridley 

Grover  City 

Half  Moon  Bay 

Hanford 

Hemet. 

Hermosa  Beach 

Hollister 

Holtville 

Huron 

Imperial 

Imperial  Beach 

Indio 

lone. 

Ir^vindale 

Isleton 

Jackson 

Kensington. 

Kerman... 

King  City 

Kingsburg 

Lafayette 

Lakeport 

La  PaUna.. 

Larkspur. 

Lemoore 

Lindsay 

Live  Oak 

Livingston 

Lompoc. 

Los  Alamitos 

Los  Altos.. 

Los  Banos 

Los  Gatos 

Madera 

Manteca 

Maywood 

McFarland 

Mendota 

Merced 

Millbrae 

MillValley. 

Milpitas 

Montclair 

Morro  Bay 

Needles 

Nevada  City 

Newark 

Newman. 

Orange  Cove 

Orland.. 

Oroville 

Pacific  Grove 

Palm  Springs 

Palos  Verdes  Estates 

Parlier.. 

Perris 

Petaluma 

Piedmont 

Pinole 

Pismo  Beach 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


7 
13 

29 
12 

7 

7 
24 

6 
16 

6 
12 
10 

7 
31 
24 
37 
13 
11 

4 
10 
24 
37 

1 
17 

2 

5 

8 

5 
11 
10 
10 

6 
16 
12 
11 
13 

6 

8 
35 
21 
27 
23 
28 
28 
25 
26 

8 

6 
47 
24 
18 
33 
43 
14 
14 

6 
34 

5 

9 

8 
21 
20 
75 
22 

4 
14 
32 
21 
21 
13 


City  by  State 


CAUFORNIA— Con. 

Pittsburg 

Pleasanton 

Port  Hueneme 

Portola 

Red  Bluff 

Redding 

Reedley 

Ridgecrest 

Ripon.. 

Riverbank 

RohnertPark 

Roseville 

Saint  Helena 

San  Anselmo. 

SanClemente 

Sand  City 

San  Fernando 

Sanger 

San  Jacinto 

San  Juan  Bautista 

San  Marino 

San  Pablo 

Santa  Paula 

Seal  Beach 

Seaside 

Sebastopol 

Selma.. 

Shafter 

Sierra  Madre 

Signal  HUl 

Soledad.. 

Sonoma 

Sonora 

South  LakeTahoe 

South  Pasadena. 

Stanton 

SuisunCity. 

Susanville 

SutterCreek.... 

Taft... 

Tehachapi 

Tracy... 

Turlock 

Ukiah 

Union  City 

Vacaville 

Vernon.. 

Vlsalia 

Wasco.. 

Watsonville 

Westmorland 

Wlieatland 

Willits 

Willows 

Winters.. 

Woodlake. 

Woodland 

Yreka  City. 

Yuba  City 

COLORADO 

Alamosa 

Aspen 

Brighton 

Broomfield 

Brush 

Cherry  HUls 

Cortez 

Delta 


I 


157 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


COLOKADO— Con. 

Durango - 

Florence -- 

Fort  Morgan 

Glendale 

Golden 

Grand  Junction 

Gunnison 

La  Junta -. 

Lamar 

Leadville 

Littleton 

Longmont 

Loveland .- 

Manitou  Springs 

Monte  Vista 

Montrose 

Rifle 

Roclcy  Ford. 

Sallda 

Sterling 

Thornton 

Westminster 

CONNECTICUT 

Avon 

Bethel 

Bloomfield 

Cheshire 

Clinton... 

Danlelson 

Darlen 

East  Haven 

Farmington 

Glastonbury 

Granby 

Groton 

Groton  Town 

Monroe 

Naugatuck 

New  Canaan 

North  Haven 

Old  Saybrook 

Orange. 

PlalnviUe. 

Putnam 

Rldgefleld 

Seymour... 

Shelton 

Slmsbury 

Sprague  Town 

Stafford  Springs 

Stonlngton 

Waterford . 

Wilton 

Windsor 

Wolcott 

Woodbrldge 

DELAWARE 

Dover 

Laurel 

MlUord 

Newark 

Seaford 

Smyrna _ 

FLORIDA 

Apopka 

Atlantic  Beach 

Auburndale 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


FLORIDA— Con. 

Bartow 

Biscayne  Park 

Boca  Raton 

Boynton  Beach 

Bradenton 

Clewiston 

Cocoa 

Cocoa  Beach 

Dania 

De  Land 

Dunedin 

Eustis 

Frostproof 

Green  Cove  Springs 

GuUport 

Hallandale... 

Holly  HIU 

Jacksonville  Beach 

Kissimmee 

Lake  City 

Lake  Park 

Lake  Wales 

Lake  Worth... 

Lantana 

Lighthouse  Point 

Maitland.. 

Margate 

Marlanna 

Miami  Springs.. 

Miramar 

Mount  Dora. 

Neptune  Beach 

New  Smyrna  Beach 

North  Palm  Beach 

Oakland  Park 

Ocala 

Ocoee 

Opa  Locka 

Ormond  Beach — 

Palatka 

Palm  Beach... 

Palm  Beach  Gardens... 

Palmetto 

Palm  Springs 

Perry 

Pinellas  Park 

Plantation 

Quincy 

Riviera  Beach 

Safety  Harbor. 

Saint  Augustine 

Saint  Cloud 

Saint  Petersburg  Beach 

Sanford 

South  Miami 

South  Pasadena 

Stuart 

Tarpon  Sprhigs 

Tavares 

Temple  Terrace 

Treasure  Island 

Vero  Beach 

Windermere 

Winter  Haven... 

Zephyrhills... 

GEORGIA 

Adel 

BarnesvUle 

Bremen 


Total 
pohce  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


GEORGIA — Con. 


Brunswick 

Calhoun 

Canton 

Cartersville 

Dublm 

Elberton 

Gainesville 

Garden  City... 

Greensboro 

Griffin 

Hinesville 

Jesup 

Jonesboro 

Lafayette 

Lawrenceville. 

Lyons... 

MlUedgevlUe... 

Monroe 

Montezuma 

Rossville 

Statesboro 

Sylvania 

Thomaston 

VUla  Rica 

Waynesboro... 

West  Point 

Winder.. 


IDAHO 


American  Falls.. 

Blackfoot... 

Buhl 

Caldwell 

Coeur  d'Alene 

Emmett 

Grace 

Grangeville 

Jerome 

Kellogg 

Lewlston 

Montpelier 

Moscow 

Mountain  Home. 

Nampa 

Payette — 

Preston 

Rexburg 

Rupert 

Saint  Anthony... 

Salmon 

Sandpoint 

Shelley 

Soda  Springs 

Twin  Falls 

Weiser 


Total 
pohce  em- 
ployees 


ILLINOIS 


Abingdon... 

Addison 

Algonquin... 

Antioch 

Barrington.. 
Bartonville. . 

Batavia 

Bellwood 

Belvidere 

Benid 

Bcnsenville.. 


City  by  State 


ILLINOIS— Con. 

Berkeley... 

Bethalto 

Bolingbrook 

Bourbonnais 

Bradley 

Bridgeview 

Broadview 

Brookfleld... 

Cahokia 

Calumet  Park 

Canton 

Carbondale.. 

Carmi... 

Carol  Stream 

CarpentersvlHe 

Cartervllle 

Cary 

Casey 

Casey  vllle 

Centralla... 

Chester 

C  hlcago  Ridge 

ChlUicothe 

Clarendon  Hills 

CoalCity.. 

Columbia 

Crest  Hill 

Crete 

Deerfleld 

Dixon.. 

Du  Quoin 

East  Alton 

East  Moline 

East  Peoria 

Effingham.. 

Eldorado. 

Elk  Grove  Village 

Elmwood  Park 

Fairmont  City... 

Flossmoor 

Forest  Park. 

Franklin  Park 

Galena 

Galva 

Geneva 

Genoa 

Georgetown 

Gibson  City.. 

Glencoe 

GlenEllyn 

Glenvlew.. 

Golf 

Grayslake 

Hanover  Park 

Harvard 

Harwood  Heights 

Hazel  Crest 

Highland 

Hlghwood 

Hillsboro 

Hinsdale.. 

Hoflman  Estates 

Homewood 

Hoopeston. 

Huntley 

Itasca 

Jersey  vllle 

Justice 

Kenilworth 

La  Grange 


158 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  37,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


ILLINOIS— Con. 

La  Grange  Park 

Lake  Forest 

Lakemoor_ 

Lake  Zurich 

Lansing 

Lawrenceville 

Lebanon 

Libert  yviUe 

Lincolnwood 

Lisle 

Litchfield 

liOvesPark 

Lyons _ 

Macomb 

Maple  Park 

Markham 

Matteson 

Mattoon -. 

McHenry 

Melrose  Park 

Milan 

Momence 

Morris 

Morton 

Mount  Morris 

Mount  Olive 

Mount  Vernon 

Mundeleln - 

Murphysboro 

Napervllle - 

Nashville.- _.,. 

New  Lenox 

Nokomls 

Normal. 

North  Aurora 

Northbrook 

Northfleld 

Northlake 

North  Riverside 

Oak  Forest 

O'Fallon.... 

Oglesby 

Olney 

Orland  Park 

Paiton 

Plttsfleld.... 

Piano... 

Polo 

Posen 

Riverdale 

River  Forest 

Riverside 

Robinson.. 

Rock  Falls 

Rolling  Meadows 

Roselle 

Round  Lake  Beach 

Round  Lake  Park 

Saint  Charles 

Salem. 

Sandwich 

Sauk  Village... 

Schaumburg 

Schiller  Park 

Shelbyville 

SUvls 

South  Beloit 

South  Elgin 

South  HoUand 

Spring  Valley 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


njJNOIS— Con. 

Statmton 

Stone  Park 

Streator 

Sycamore 

Tuscola.- 

Vandalia.. 

Venice 

Washington 

Washington  Park 

Watseka 

Wauconda 

Westchester.. 

West  Dundee 

Western  Springs 

Westmont. 

Westville 

Wheeling 

White  HaU 

Wilmington 

Winfleld. 

Wiimetka 

Wood  Dale 

Woodstock 

Worth 

Zion 

INDIANA 

Angola 

Attica 

Auburn 

Batesvllle 

Bedford 

Beech  Grove 

Berne 

Bicknell 

Bluffton 

Brookville 

Brownsburg... 

CBarlestown 

Chesterfield 

Chesterton 

Clinton 

Connersville. 

Corydon 

Crawfordsville 

Crown  Point 

Decatur. 

Dunkirk 

East  Gary 

Fainnount 

Frankfort 

Garrett 

Gas  City 

Goshen 

Greencastle 

Greenfield 

Greenwood 

Griffith 

Hartford  City 

Highland 

Hobart 

Huntingburg 

Jasper 

Jefferson  ville 

Knox 

La  Porte.. 

Lawrence 

Lawrenceburg 

Lebanon 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


INDIANA— Con. 


Logansport. 

Madison 

Mooresville 

Mount  Vernon 

Munster 

New  Castle. 

New  Haven 

New  Whiteland 

North  Manchester. 

North  Vernon 

Plainfield 

Portage 

Portland. 

Princeton 

Rensselaer 

Rochester 

Rushville. 

Sellersburg. 

Seymour 

Shelbyville 

Speedway.. 

Tipton. 

Valparaiso 

Wabash 

Warsaw.. 

West  Lafayette 

West  Terre  Haute.. 
Whiting. 


IOWA 


Algona.. 

Anamosa 

Ankeny 

Atlantic 

Audubon -.. 

Belle  Plaine 

Belmond 

Bloomfield 

Boone 

Centerville 

Chariton 

Clarion... 

Clear  Lake. 

Coralville 

Decorah 

Eldora 

Estherville. 

Evansdale 

Fort  Madison 

Grlnnell.-- 

Hampton 

Harlan 

Humboldt 

Independence... 

Indianola 

Jefferson.. 

Keokuk 

Knoxville 

Le  Mars. 

Manchester 

Maquoketa 

Marion 

Marshalltown 

Missouri  Valley. . 

Montlcello 

Mount  Pleasant.. 
Moimt  Vernon.. . 

Muscatine 

Newton 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


9 

4 

8 

9 

7 

4 

3 

S 

15 

U 

9 

6 

14 

6 

15 

3 

12 

7 

24 

9 

11 

9 

10 

11 

13 

7 

26 

11 

11 

7 

13 

17 

34 

3 

8 

12 

2 

27 

22 


City  by  State 


IOWA— Con. 

Oelwein 

Osceola 

Oskaloosa 

PeUa 

Perry.. 

Red  Oak 

Sheldon 

Shenandoah. 

Sibley 

Spencer 

Spirit  Lake.. 

Storm  Lake 

Tama 

Urbandale 

Washington 

Waverly 

Webster  City 

West  Burlington 

West  Des  Moines 

West  Union 

Windsor  Heights 

Winterset. 

KANSAS 

Abilene 

Anthony. 

Arkansas  City 

Atchison 

Augusta 

Belleville 

Caney 

Chanute 

Cberryvale 

Coffeyville 

Colby 

Columbus 

Concordia 

Council  Grove 

Derby. 

Dodge  City 

Ellinwood 

Ellis 

Emporia 

Eureka 

Fairway 

Fort  Scott 

Fredonia 

Garden  City 

Gardner 

Gamett 

Qoodland 

Great  Bend 

Haysville 

Herlngton 

Hiawatha 

Hillsboro 

Holsington 

Helton 

HortoQ 

Hugoton 

Humboldt 

Independence 

lola 

Junction  City 

Larned 

Leawood 

Leneia 

Liberal 

Lyons 


159 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


KANSAS— Con. 


Manhattan 

Marysvllle 

McPhcrson 

Merrlam.- 

Neodesha 

Norton 

Oakley,- 

Olathe 

Osage  City 

Osawatomie 

Ottawa --- 

Paola 

Parsons 

PhllUpsburg--- 

Pittsburg 

Pratt 

Roeland  Parlc. 

Russell 

Rcott  City 

Shawnee 

Ulysses 

Valley  Center.. 

WaKeeney 

Wellington 

Westwood 

Winfleld 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


KENTUCKY 


Barbourvllle 

Bardstown 

Benton 

Berea .-. 

CampbellsvUle... 

Catlettsburg 

Cynthlana 

Danville -__ 

Dawson  Springs. 

Erlanger 

Falmouth 

Flatwoods 

Florence 

Fort  Thomas 

Frankfort. 

Georgetown 

Glasgow 

Greenville 

Henderson 

Hopkinsville 

Lancaster 

Ludlow 

MadlsonviUe 

Maysville 

MIddlesboro 

Monticello 

Morganfield 

Mount  Sterling. . 

Murray 

Paris 

Russellville 

Saint  Matthews.. 

Somerset 

Winchester 


LOUISIANA 


Berwick.. 
Bogalusa. 
Delhi 


40 
6 
16 
10 

a 

4 

7 
19 
4 

6 
13 
10 
19 

4 
34 
12 

8 
11 

8 
16 

9 

3 

8 
13 

5 
16 


City  by  State 


LOUISIANA— Con. 


De  Bidder 

Donaldsonville. 

Franklin 

Hammond 

Haynesville 

Jonesboro 

Kaplan 

Mamou 

Marksville 

Minden 

New  Roads 

Plaquemine 

Rayne 

Ruston 

Sulphur 

Thibodaux 

Vivian 

Welsh... 

West  Monroe... 


MAINE 


Bath. 

Brewer... 

Calais. 

Camden 

Caribou 

Dexter.. 

Ellsworth 

Falmouth 

Farmington 

Gardiner 

Hallowell 

Hampden 

Houlton.. 

Kittery 

Limestone 

Lincoln 

Madawaska 

Madison 

Millinocket 

Old  Town 

Orono 

Pittsfield 

Presque  Isle 

Rockland 

Rumford 

Saco 

Sanford 

Scarborough 

Skowhegan 

South  Portland. 

Topsham 

WaterviUe 

WeUs. 

Westbrook 

Winthrop 

Yarmouth 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


MARYLAND 


Aberdeen. 

Bel  Air 

Bladensburg 

Brunswick 

Cambridge. 

Chestertown 

Crisfleld 

District  Heights.. 
Easton 


City  by  State 


MARYLAND— Con. 


Elkton 

Frederick 

Frostburg 

Grecnbelt 

Havre  de  Grace.. 

Hyattsville 

Laurel 

Mount  Rainier... 

Salisbury 

Sparrows  Point.. 
Takoma  Park.... 
Westminster 


MASSACHUSETTS 

Acton.. 

Acushnet 

Adams 

Agawam 

Amesbury 

Amherst 

Andover. 

Ashbumham. 

Athol 

Auburn — 

Avon 

Ayer 

Barnstable 

Bedford 

Berlin 

Blackstone 

Bourne 

Boylston 

Bridgewater 

Burlington.. 

Chatham 

Chelmsford — 

Clinton 

Cohasset 

Concord 

Dalton 

Dartmouth 

Dover 

Dracut.. 

Dudley 

Duxbury 

East  Bridgewater , 

East  Brookficld... 

Easthampton 

East  Longmeadow 

Easton 

Fairhaven 

Falmouth 

Foxboro 

Franklin 

Gardner 

Grafton 

Greenfield 

Groveland 

Harwich.. 

Hingham 

Holden 

HolUston 

Hopkinton 

Hudson 

Hull 

Ipswich 

Lincoln 

Littleton 

Ludlow 

Lynnfield 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


7 
53 
12 
22 
17 
21 
22 
14 
41 
208 
27 
14 


14 

8 
18 
3S 
16 
15 
36 
2 
17 
18 

6 
11 
48 
22 

1 

10 
20 

4 
20 
32 
14 
33 
24 
14 
25 

8 
29 

7 
21 
10 
11 
19 

8 
18 
19 
17 
16 
34 
17 
20 
39 
11 
30 

6 
16 
45 
10 
17 

9 
21 
26 
15 

8 

6 
21 
17 


City  by  State 


MASSACHUSETTS— 
Con. 

Mansfield 

Marblehead 

Marion 

Marlboro 

Marsbfield 

Mash  pee 

Mattapolsett 

Maynard 

Medfield... 

Medway 

Merrimac. 

Middleboro. 

Miltord 

Millbury 

Montague 

Nahant 

Newbury  port 

North  Adams 

North  Andover 

North  Attleboro 

Northboro 

Northbridge 

Norwell. 

Orange 

Oxford.. 

Palmer 

Pepperell 

Provincetown 

Reading 

Rehoboth 

Rockport 

Salisbury 

Saugus 

Scituat  e 

Seekonk 

Sharon 

Shrewsbury 

Southboro. 

Southbridge. 

South  Hadley 

Southwick 

Sterling 

Stoneham... 

Stoughton 

Stow 

Sudbury 

Sutton 

Swampscott 

Swansea. 

Templeton 

Topsfleld 

Tyngsborough 

Uxbridge 

Walpole 

Ware.. 

Wareliam 

Wayland 

Webster. 

West  Boylston 

Weston 

Westport 

Westwood 

Wilbraham - 

Williamstown 

Wilmington 

Winchendon 

Winchester — 

Winthrop 

Wrentham 

Yarmouth 


160 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


MICHIGAN 


Adrian 

Algonac 

Alma 

Alpena 

Augusta 

Battle  Creek  Township  . 

Bedford  Township _. 

Belding 

Benton  Harbor 

Benton  Township 

Berkley -.. 

Bessemer 

Beverly  Hills 

Big  Kaplds.. 

Blissfleld 

Bloomfleld  Hills _. 

Buchanan, 

Cadillac -... 

Center  Line 

Charlevoix 

Charlotte 

Chelsea... — 

Chesanlng 

Clawson 

Clay  Township 

Clinton  Township 

Coldwater 

Davison 

Dowaglac 

Durand 

East  Grand  Rapids 

Ecorse 

Escanaba 

Fenton 

Flat  Rock 

Fraser 

Fremont- 

Gibraltar 

Grand  Ledge 

Grandville 

Green  Oak 

Greenville 

Grosse  Pointe 

Grosse  Pointe  Park 

Grosse  Pointe  Woods 

Hancock 

Harper  Woods 

Hastings 

Hillsdale 

Houghton 

Howell 

Hudson 

Huntington  Woods 

Ionia 

Iron  River 

Ironw  ood  _ 

Ishpemlng 

Lake  Linden 

Lake  Orion 

L'Anse.. 

Lapeer .._ _. 

Lathrup  Village 

Laurium 

Lowell 

Mackinaclsland 

Manistique 

Marquette 

Marshall 

Marysville-.- 


Total 
pohce  em- 
ployees 


32 

6 

14 

20 

1 

16 

4 

8 

57 

23 

24 

4 

26 

15 

2 

19 

14 

14 

21 

S 

11 

G 

4 

26 

3 

39 

16 

6 

17 

g 

20 

60 

24 

14 

12 

28 

6 

11 

10 

12 

1 

13 

19 

36 

51 

7 

37 

12 

15 

8 

7 

3 

16 

8 

6 

18 

16 

2 

8 

3 

16 

7 

4 

4 

2 

6 

34 

13 

9 


City  by  State 


MICHIGAN— Con. 


Melvindale 

Menominee 

Middleville 

MUford-- 

Mount  Clemens 

Mount  Pleasant 

Munising.. 

Muskegon  Heights.. 

Nashville... _, 

Negaunee 

New  Baltimore 

Niles 

North  Muskegon. .  _ 

Northville 

Norway 

Otsego 

Owosso. 

Oxford 

Petoskey 

Pleasant  Ridge 

Plymouth 

River  Rouge 

Riverview 

Rochester 

Rogers  City 

Romeo 

Roosevelt  Park 

Saint  Clair 

Saint  Johns. 

Saint  Joseph 

Saint  Louis 

Sault  Ste.  Marie 

Scottville 

South  Haven 

South  Range 

Sparta 

Springfield 

Stambaugh 

Sturgis 

Swartz  Creek 

Tecumseh 

Three  Rivers 

Traverse  City 

Trenton 

Troy 

Utlca 

Vassar 

Wakefield... 

Walled  Lake 

Woodhaven 

Wixom 

Ypsllantl 

Zeeland.. 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


MINNESOTA 


Albert  Lea 

Alexandria 

Anoka 

Arden  Hills 

Aurora 

Babbitt. 

Bayport. 

Bemldjl 

Benson 

Blue  Earth 

Brainerd 

Breckenridge 

Brooklyn  Park. 
Bumsvllle 


23 
15 

3 
11 
46 
17 

6 
39 

2 
12 

6 
27 

4 
14 

4 

5 
29 

9 
13 

9 

19 
45 
23 
13 

6 

9 

4 

6 

9 
24 

5 
38 

3 
16 

1 

8 
11 

3 
13 

8 
14 
17 
23 
51 
58 
11 

4 

4 
11 
14 

6 
46 

6 


City  by  State 


MINNESOTA— Con. 


Cloquet 

Columbia  Heights 

Cottage  Grove 

Crookston 

Crosby 

Deephaven 

Detroit  Lakes_ 

Eagan  Township 

Ely 

Evelcth.. 

Fairmont 

Faribault 

Forest  Lake... 

Fridley 

Glenwood 

Golden  Valley 

Grand  Rapids 

Hastings 

Hibbing 

Hopkins 

Hoyt  Lakes 

Hutchinson 

International  Falls 

Inver  Grove  Heights. 

Jackson 

La  Crescent 

Lake  City 

Lauderdale 

Little  Falls 

Luveme 

Maplewood 

Marshall 

Mendota  Heights 

Montevideo 

Morris 

Mound 

Mounds  View 

New  Brighton 

New  Hope 

Newport 

New  Prague... 

New  Ulm_. 

Northfleld 

North  Mankato. 

North  Saint  Paul 

Orono.. 

OrtonviUe 

Owatonna 

Park  Rapids 

Pipestone 

Plymouth 

Redwing 

Redwood  Falls 

Robbinsdale 

Saint  Anthony 

Saint  James 

Saint  Paul  Park 

Saint  Peter 

Sauk  Rapids 

Silver  Bay 

Sleepy  Eye 

South  Saint  Paul 

Springfield 

Spring  Lake  Park 

Spring  Valley 

Staples 

Stillwater 

Tracy 

Two  Harbors 

Virginia 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


MINNESOTA— Con. 

Wabasha 

Wayzata 

West  Saint  Paul 

White  Bear  Lake 

Willmar 

Worthington 

MISSISSIPPI 

Aberdeen 

Batesville 

Belzoni 

Brookhaven 

Charleston 

Cleveland 

Clinton 

Durant... 

EUisville... 

Indianola 

McComb 

New  Albany 

Newton 

Ocean  Springs 

Port  Gibson 

Senatobia -. 

Tupelo 

Waynesboro 

MISSOURI 

Ballwin 

Bellefontaine  Neighbors. 

Berkeley 

Bonne  Terre 

Boonville 

Breckenridge  Hills 

Brentwood. 

Bridgelon 

Brookfield. 

Cameron 

CarroUton 

Carthage 

Charlack 

Clayton — 

Clinton 

Crestwood 

Dellwood 

DeSoto 

Eldon. 

Excelsior  Springs 

Farmington — 

Fenton 

Frontenac... 

Gladstone. 

Glendale 

Hanley  Hills 

Haimibal 

Harrisonville 

Hazelwood 

Higginsville 

Hillsdale 

Jackson. 

Jennings .- 

Ladue 

Lamar. 

Liberty.. 

Maplewood 

Marceline 

Marshall 

Maiyville. 


Total 
poUce  em- 
ployees 


161 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


MISSOURI— Con. 


Mexico 

Moberly- 

Moline  Acres 

Monett 

Neosho - 

Nevada - 

Normandy --- 

North  Kansas  City- 
Olivette 

Pagedale 

Poplar  Blufl- - 

Potosi 

Eaytown 

Richmond  Heights . 

Riverview 

RoclsHiU -- 

Rolla 

Saint  Ann 

Sainte  Genevieve.-- 

Saint  George.. 

Saint  John  Village. . 

Shrewsbury 

Slater. 

Valley  Park.. 

Vinita  Park 

Warrensburg 

Warson  Woods 

Washington 

Webb  City 

Wellston.. 

West  Plains 


MONTANA 


Anaconda. . . 

Baker 

Bozeman — 

Choteau 

Conrad 

Cut  Bank.. 

Dillon 

Glasgow — 
Glendive... 

Helena 

Kalispell 

Laurel 

X«wistown. 

Libby 

Livingston. - 
Miles  City.. 
Red  Lodge. 

Shelby 

Sidney 

Wolf  Point.. 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


NEBRASKA 


Alliance 

Aurora 

Beatrice. . . 
Bellevue... 
Chadron — 
Columbus. 
Crawford.. 

Crete 

FaUsCity., 
Fremont... 

Qering 

Hastings... 
Holdrege. . . 


City  by  State 


NEBRASKA— Con. 


Kearney 

Kimball 

McCook 

Nebraska  City. 
North  Platte... 

Plattsmouth 

Ralston 

Scottsblufl 

Sidney 

Superior 

Valentine 

Wayne 

York 


NEVADA 


Boulder  City. 
Carson  City.. 

Elko 

Fallon 

Henderson 

Sparks 

Winnemucca.. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


Berlin 

Claremont 

Conway 

Durham 

Exeter 

Gilford 

Goffstown 

Hooksett 

Keene 

Laconia 

Lebanon. 

Littleton 

Millord 

Newmarket . . . 

Newport 

Peterborough. 
Somersworth . 


NEW  JERSEY 


Absecon.. 

Allendale 

Allenhurst 

AUentown 

Alpha 

Alpine 

Asbury  Park 

Atlantic  Highlands 

Audubon. — 

Audubon  Park 

Avalon. 

Avon-by-the-Sea 

Harrington 

Bay  Head 

Beach  Haven. 

Beach  wood 

Bedminster  Township. 

Bellmawr - 

Belmar 

Belvidere. 

Berkeley  Heights 

Berkeley  Township 

Berlin - .. 

Bernards  Township 


City  by  State 


NEW  JERSEY— Con. 


Bernardsville 

Beverly 

Bloomingdale 

Bogota 

Boonton 

Boonton  Township 

Bordentown 

Bound  Brook 

Bradley  Beach 

Bridgeton 

Brielle 

Brigantine 

Brooklawn 

Burlington 

Burlington  Township 

Butler 

Caldwell 

Cape  May 

Carlstadt 

Carteret 

Cedar  Grove  Township. 

Chatham. 

Chatham  Township 

Chester - . . 

Chester  Township 

Cinnaminson  Township. 

Clark 

Clayton 

Clementon 

Cliflside  Park 

Clinton - 

Clinton  Township 

Closter 

CoUingswood. 

Cranbury  Township 

Cresskill.. 

Deal 

Delanco  Township 

Deh-an  Township. 

Demarest 

Denville  Township 

Deptford  Township 

Dover 

Dumont 

Dunellen 

East  freenwich 

Township 

East  Hanover  Township . 

East  Newark - 

East  Paterson 

East  Rutherford.. 

East  Windsor  Township. 

Eaton  town 

Edgewater 

Edgewater  Park  Town- 
ship  .- 

Egg  Harbor  City 

Emerson 

Englewood  Clifls. 

Essex  Fells.. .- 

Evesham  Township 

Fairfield 

Fair  Haven... 

Fairview 

Fanwood .- 

Far  Hills 

Flemington 

Florence  Township 

Florham  Park 

Franklin.. 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


13 

7 

9 

17 

21 

5 

9 

19 

17 

40 

16 

H 

3 

26 

15 

9 

23 

17 

21 

43 

21 

18 

17 

2 

4 

23 

34 

10 

5 

31 

1 

2 

15 

26 

5 

15 

17 

4 

12 

10 

26 

19 

27 


City  by  State 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


NEW  JERSEY— Con. 


Franklin  Lakes 

Freehold 

Freehold  Township 

Frenchtown 

Galloway  Township 

Garwood . 

QIassboro 

Glen  Ridge 

Glen  Rock 

Gloucester  City 

Gloucester  Township 

Green  Brook 

Greenwich  Township 

Guttenberg 

Hackettstown 

Haddonfleld 

Haddon  Heights 

Haddon  Township 

Haled  on 

Hamilton  Township 

Hammonton 

Hanover  Township 

Harding  Township 

Hardyston  Township 

Harrington  Park... 

Harrison 

Harvey  Cedars 

Hasbrouck  Heights 

Haworth 

Hawthorne 

Hailet  Township. 

Helmetta 

High  Bridge  Boro 

Highland  Park 

Higtilands 

Hightstown. 

HiUsborough  Township.. 

Hillsdale 

Hillside  Township.. 

Ho-Ho-Kus 

Holland  Township 

Holmdel  Township 

Hopatcong 

Hopewell 

Interlaken 

Island  Heights 

Jackson  Township 

Jamesburg 

Jeflerson  Township 

Keansburg 

Kenil  worth 

Keyport 

Kirmelon 

Lacey  Tow  nship 

Lakehurst 

Lakew  ood 

LambertviUe 

Laurel  Springs 

Lavallette 

Lawnside 

Lawrence  Township 

(Cumberland  County). 
Lawrence  Township 

(Mercer  County) 

Lebanon  Township 


Leonia 

Lincoln  Park. 
Lindenwold . . 
Lin  wood 


162 


Tgble  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Populatioit  uitder  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


NEW  JERSEY— Con. 

Little  Egg  Harbour 
Township 

Little  Falls  Township... 

Little  Ferry 

Little  Silver 

Long  Beach  Township. . 

Longport 

Lower  Township 

Lyndhurst  Township 

Madison 

Magnolia.. 

Mahwah  Township 

Manasquan 

Manchester  Township... 

Mantoloking 

Mantua  Township 

Manville 

Maple  Shade  Township.. 

Maplewood  Township... 

Margate  City. 

Marlboro  Township 

Matawan 

Matawan  Township 

May  wood 

Medford  Lakes 

Medford  Township 

Mendhara 

Mendham  Township 

Merchantville 

Metuchen 

Middlesex. 

Middle  Township 

Midland  Park 

MUford. 

MiUburn  Township. 

Mill  town 

MUlviUe.. 

Mine  Hill  Township 

Monmouth  Beach 

Monroe 

Monroe  Township 

-Montvale 

Montville  Township 

Moonachie - 

Moorestown  Township... 

Morris  Plains 

Morristown 

Morris  Township 

Mountain  Lakes 

Mountainside 

Mount  Arlington 

Mount  Ephraim. 

Mount  Holly... 

Mount  Laurel  Township. 

Mount  Olive  Township.. 

Mullica  Township 

Neptune.. 

Netcong 

New  Milford 

New  Providence.. 

New  Shrewsbury 

Newton... 

North  .\rlington 

North  Brunswick  Town- 
ship...  

North  Caldwell... 

Northfield 

North  Haledon 

North    Hanover    Town- 
ship  


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


3 
19 
14 
U 
21 

9 
18 
37 
30 

4 
24 
12 
12 

5 

5 
18 
20 
55 
23 
11 
18 
31 
26 

5 
14 

5 

4 

12 
32 
25 
15 
11 

1 
50 

9 
31 

5 

S 

7 
18 
12 
21 

5 
28 
14 
42 
33 
10 
19 

5 

8 
26 
17 
10 

1 
12 

3 
32 
23 
13 
12 


City  by  State 


NEW  JERSEY— Con. 


North  Plainfield 

Northvale 

North  Wildwood 

Norwood 

Oakland 

Oaklyn 

Ocean  City 

Ocean  Gate 

Ocean  Orove... 

Oceanport 

Ocean   Township   (Mon- 
mouth Comity) 

Ocean  Township  (Ocean 
County),. 

Ogdensburg 

Old  Tappan 

Oradell. 

Oxford  Towniship.. 

Palisades  Park 

Palmyra 

Park  Ridge 

Passaic  To%vnship- 

Paulsboro 

Peapack  and  Gladstone.. 

Pembertou. 

Pembertou  Township 

Pennington 

Perms  Grove. 

Pennsville 

Pequannock  Township.. 

Phillipsburg 

Pine  Beach. 

PmeHill 

Pitman 

Pleasantville 

Plumsted  Township 

Pohatcong, 

Point  Pleasant 

Point  Pleasant  Beach . . . 

Pompton  Lakes 

Princeton 

Princeton  Township 

Prospect  Park 

Ramsey 

Randolph  Township 

Raritan 

Earitan  Township 

Readington  Township. . . 

Red  Bank - 

Ridgefield 

Ridgefleld  Park 

Ringwood 

Riverdale 

River  Edge. 

Riverside — 

Riverton 

River  Vale 

Eochelle  Park  Township. 

Rockaway 

Eockaway  Township 

Roseland 

Eoselle. — 

Eoselle  Park 

Roxbury  Township 

Eumson 

Eunnemede 

Eutherford 

Saddle  Brook  Township.. 

Saddle  Eiver 

Salem. — 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


5 

2 

6 

19 

1 

25 

13 

16 

18 

15 

3 

1 

24 

1 

14 

19 

20 

25 

2 

7 
18 
36 

1 

4 
23 
19 
22 
28 
27 

5 
21 
18 
13 

1 

3 
38 
28 
27 
12 

6 
20 

9 

4 
18 
16 
10 
26 
13 
45 
29 
16 
14 
16 
46 
23 

8 
19 


City  by  State 


NEW  JERSEY— Con. 


Scotch  Plains... 

Sea  Bright.. 

Sea  Girt 

Sea  Isle  City 

Seaside  Heights 

Seaside  Park 

Secaucus 

Ship  Bottom 

Shrewsbury 

Somerdale 

Somers  Point 

Somerville 

South  Amboy 

South  Bolmar. 

South  Bound  Brook 

South  Brunswick 
Township 

South  Hackensack 

South  Orange. 

South  Plainfleld. 

South  River 

South  Toms  River 

Sparta  Township 

Spotswood 

Springfield 

Spring  Lake 

Spring  Lake  Heights 

Stafford  Township 

Stanhope. 

Stone  Harbor 

Stratford 

Summit 

Surf  City.... 

Sussex 

Swedesboro. 

Tenafly — 

Teterboro 

Teuksbury  Township. . . 

Totowa 

Tuckerton.. 

Union  Beach. 

Upper  Deerfield  Town- 
ship  

Upper  Penns  Neck 

Upper  Saddle  Eiver 

Ventnor  City 

Verona. 

Voorhees  Township 

Waldwick... 

Wallington 

Wall  Township 

Wanaque 

Washington 

Washington  Township 
(Bergen  County) 

Washington  Township 
(Gloucester  County). .- 

Washington  Township 
(Morris  County) 

Watchung 

Weehawken  Township. . . . 

Wenonah. 

West  Caldwell 

West  Cape  May 

West  Deptford  Township. 

West  Long  Branch 

West  Milford  Township. . . 

West  Paterson 

Westville 

West  Wildwood 


Tnl.il 

poll!''  <'ni 
plny..,^ 


32 

7 

9 

12 

16 

13 

36 

8 

10 

6 

18 

30 

21 

6 

8 

22 

14 

48 

37 

28 

2 

20 

12 

40 

15 

10 

7 

4 

13 

8 

44 

7 

2 

4 

32 

3 

1 

17 

2 

10 

1 
13 

17 
27 
28 

8 
15 
17 
34 

9 

7 


City  by  State 


Total 
1  police  em- 
I  ployees 


NEW  JERSEY— Con. 


West  Windsor  Township. 

Westwood 

Wharton. 

Wildwood 

Wildwood  Crest 

Winfleld  Township 

Winslow  Township 

Woodbine. 

Woodbury 

WoodcUfl  Lake 

Woodlynne 

Wood  Ridge 

Woodstown 

Woolwich 

Wrightstown 

WyckoCf. 

NEW  MEXICO 

Artesia 

Aztec. 

Belen 

Bernalillo 

Clayton 

Deming 

Espanola — 

Eunice.. 

Gallup 

Las  Vegas  City 

Las  Vegas  Town 

Los  Alamos 

Milan 

Portales. 

Eaton 

Silver  City 

Socorro 

State  University.. 

Truth  or  Consequences.. 

Tucumcari 

Tularosa 

ZunL 


NEW  YORK 
Alfred 

Amityville... 

Amsterdam 

Angola 

Ardsley. 

Asharoken 

Attica 

Baldwinsville 

Ballston  Spa 

Batavia 

Bath 

Beacon 

Bethlehem... 

Blasdell 

BriarcUfl  Manor 

Bronxville 

Camden 

Canajoharie 

Canandaigua 

Canastota 

Canisteo 

Canton 

Carmel 

Carthage.. 

CatskUL... 

Cayuga  Heights. . . . . 

Cazenovla 

Chittenango 

Clyde 


163 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


NEW  YORK— Con. 


Cobleskill 

Cohoes — 

Cooperstown 

Corinth 

Corning 

Cornwall 

Cortland 

Coxsackie 

Croton-on-Hudson 

DansviUe 

Delhi 

Depew --. 

Dobbs  Ferry 

DolgeviUe... 

Dryden 

Dunkirk 

East  Aurora 

Eastchester 

East  Rochester 

EUenviUe 

Elmlra  Heights 

Elmstord 

Endicott 

Evans 

Falrport 

Fayetteville 

Floral  Park 

Fort  Edward 

Frankfort — 

Fredonia 

Fulton 

Glens  Falls - 

GloversvlUe 

Oouvemeur. 

Gowanda 

Green  Island 

Greenport 

Hamburg 

Hamilton 

Harrison 

Hastings-on-Hudson. 

Haverstraw 

Haverstraw  Town. . . 

Herkimer 

Highland 

Highland  Falls. 

Hoosick  Falls 

Homell 

Horseheads 

Hudson 

Hudson  Falls 

Hion 

Irvlngton-. 

Johnson  City 

Johnstown. 

Kemnore 

Lake  Placid 

Lancaster  Town 

Lancaster  Village 

Larchmont.. 

Le  Roy. 

Liberty 

Liverpool 

Lynbrook 

Lyons — 

Malone 

Malveme 

Mamaroncck .  _ 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


3 
31 

3 

3 
22 

3 
32 

1 

16 
11 

1 
27 
22 

2 

2 
31 
13 
61 

9 
16 

9 
13 
44 
17 

8 

4 
38 

4 

S 
12 
24 
33 


City  by  State 


NEW  YORK— Con. 


Massena 

Medina 

Middletown 

Minoa.. 

Mohawk 

Mount  Kisco 

Newark. 

New  Castle 

North  Castle. 

North  Pelham 

Northport 

North  Syracuse 

North  Tarrytown . . . 

Nunda 

Ogdensburg 

Olean 

Oneida 

Oneonta 

Orchard  Park 

Oswego — 

Owego.. 

Painted  Post 

Palmyra 

Pelham 

Pelham  Manor. 

Penn  Yan 

Plattsburgh 

Pleasantville. 

Port  Jervis 

Poughkeepsie  Town. 

Queensbury 

Rensselaer. 

Riverhead  Town 

Rye 

Sag  Harbor 

Saint  Johnsville 

Salamanca — 

Sands  Point — 

Saranac  Lake 

Saratoga  Springs 

Scarsdale 

Scotia 

Sherrill. 

Skaneateles — 

Sloan 

Sloatsburg .- 

Sodus  Point 

Solvay 

Southampton 

South  Glens  Falls... 

South  Nyack 

Spring  Valley-. 

Sprtagville... 

Suflem.. 

Ticonderoga 

Tonawanda 

Tuckahoe 

Tupper  Lake 

Tuxedo 

Tuxedo  Park.. 

Walton. 

Wappingers  Falls 

Warsaw 

Warwick 

Waterloo 

Waverly 

Westfleld 

Whitehall 

YorkviUe 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


26 
11 
51 

1 

3 
20 
19 
26 
21 
18 
20 

9 
26 

2 

22 
29 
24 
25 
IS 
36 
14 

3 

5 
16 
29 
10 
39 
18 
17 
47 

4 
24 
36 
47 

3 

4 
14 
15 
13 
39 
66 
13 

3 

4 

6 

2 

1 

12 
19 

4 

4 
32 

5 
17 

6 
34 
22 
10 

4 

8 

6 

5 

3 

6 
6 

12 
6 
2 
1 


City  by  State 


NORTH  CAROLINA 


Ahoskie 

Albemarle. 

Asheboro 

Ayden 

Belhaven 

Blowing  Rock.. 

Brevard 

Canton 

Clayton 

Clinton — 

Concord 

Davidson 

Dunn 

Eden 

Edenton 

Elizabeth  City.. 

Elkin 

Enneld 

Forest  City 

Gamer 

Granite  Falls. . . 

Hamlet 

Henderson 

Henderson  ville.. 

Jacksonville 

Kernersville 

Laurinburg 

Lenoir. 

Lexington 

Lincolnton 

Lumberton 

Marion 

Monroe 

Morehead  City.. 

Morganton 

Mount  Aury 

Mount  Holly.  -  - 
Mount  Olive — 

Red  Springs 

Rockingham — 

Roxboro 

Salisbury 

Scotland  Neck.. 

Shelby 

Siler  City 

Smithfield 

Southern  Pines. 

Spencer 

Statesville 

Tarboro. 

Thomasville — 

Valdese 

Wake  Forest — 

Washington 

Waynesville 

Zebulon 


NORTH  DAKOTA 


Bottineau.. 
Devils  Lake- 
Dickinson... 

Grafton 

Jamestown. . 

Mandan 

Rugby 

Valley  City.. 

Wahpeton... 

West  Fargo.. 

I  Williston 


Total 
pohce  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


OHIO 


Amberley 

Arlington  Heights 

Ashland 

Avon  Lake 

Bay  Village 

Beachwood 

Beavercrcek  Township. 

Bedford 

Bedford  Heights 

Bellah-e 

Bellevue.- 

Berea 

Bexley 

Blanchester 

Bowling  Green 

Brecksville 

Broadview  Heights 

Brunswick 

Bryan 

Bucyrus 

Cambridge 

Campbell 

Canfield... 

CarroUton 

Centerville 

Chagrin  Falls. 

Chardon 

Cheviot 

Clyde... 

Coal  Grove 

Coldwater 

Columbiana. 

Conneaut. 

Crestline 

Crooksville 

Darbydale. 

Deer  Park 

Defiance 

Delaware 

Dover 

Eastlake — 

East  Liverpool 

Eaton 

Elmwood  Place 

Fairfax 

Fatfield 

Fairview  Park. 

Fayette 

Forest  Park.. 

Fostorla 

Franklin 

Fremont 

Gahanna.. 

Gallon 

GallipoUs. 

Germantown 

Girard — 

Glendale 

Greenfield 

Greenhills 

Greenville 

Heath 

Highland  Heights 

Hillsboro 

Hubbard 

Huron 

IndianHill.. 

Jackson.. 

Leetonia 


164 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


OHIO— Con. 

Iieipsic 

Lockland 

Logan 

Loudon  ville.- 

Louisville 

Lvndhurst 

Madeira 

Mariemont. 

Marietta 

Marysville 

Maumee 

Medina 

Mentor-on-the-Lake- 

Miamisburg... 

Middleburg  Heights. 

Mlddleport 

Mingo  Junction 

Mogadore 

Montgomery 

Moraine 

Mount  Gilead 

Mount  Healthy 

Mount  Vernon 

Napoleon 

Navarre 

New  Boston 

Newburgh  Heights.. 

Newcomerstown 

New  Lexington 

New  Philadelphia... 

Newton  Falls 

Newtown 

Niles 

North  Baltimore 

North  Canton 

North  Ridgeville 

North  Eoyalton 

Oak  Harbor 

Oakwood 

Oakwood  Village 

Oberlin 

Ontario 

Oregon 

Orrville 

Ottowa  Hills 

Oxford 

Painesville 

Perrysburg 

Piqua 

Port  Chnton 

Ravenna 

Reading 

Reynoldsburg 

Eocky  River 

Rossford 

Russell  Township. .. 

Saint  Bernard 

Salem 

Sebring 

Seven  Hills 

Shadyside 

Sheffield  Lake 

Shelby 

Sidney 

Silver  Lake 

Silverton.. 

Solon 

South  Charleston 

South  Russell 

Sprlngdale 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


OHIO— Con. 

Stow 

Strongsville 

Tallmadge 

Tiffin 

Trenton 

Trotwood 

Troy 

Twinsburg 

Uhrichsville 

Vandalia — 

Van  Wert.. 

Vermilion 

Wadsworth 

Wapakoneta 

Warrensville  Heights 

Washington  Court  House 

Wauseon 

Waverly 

Wellington 

WellsviUe 

West  CarroUton 

Westerville 

Westlake 

WickUfte 

WiUard 

Willoughby 

WiUoughby  Hills 

Willowick 

Wilmington 

Windham — 

Woodlawn 

Wooster 

Worthington 

Wyoming 

OKLAHOMA 

Ada 

Alva 

Ardmore 

Blackwell 

Cherokee 

Chickasha 

Cleveland 

Clinton... 

CoUinsville 

Dewey 

Drumright.. 

Duncan.. 

Edmond 

El  Reno 

Hominy 

Idabel 

Kingfisher 

Madill... 

McAlestcr 

Miami 

Nichols  Hills 

Nowata 

Okmulgee 

Pauls  Valley 

Pawhuska 

Purcell 

SaUisaw 

Sand  Springs 

Sapulpa 

Tahlequah 

Tecumseh 

Tonkawa 

Village 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


OKLAHOMA— Con. 

Wagoner 

Warr  Acres 

Weatherford 

Wewoka 

Woodward 

Yukon 

OREGON 

Albany 

Ashland 

Astoria 

Beaverton 

Bend 

Burns 

Canby 

Cannon  Beach 

Canyonville 

Central  Point 

Coos  Bay 

Coquille 

Cottage  Grove 

Dallas 

Drain 

Florence 

Forest  Grove 

Grants  Pass 

Gresham... 

Hermiston 

Hillsboro 

Hood  River.. 

Joseph... 

Klamath  Falls 

Lake  Oswego 

Lakeview 

Lebanon 

McMinnviUe 

Mill  City 

Milton-Freewater 

Milwaukio 

Monmouth 

Myrtle  Creek.. 

Newberg 

Newport 

North  Bend 

Nyssa 

Ontario 

Pendleton 

Prineville. 

Redmond 

Reedsport 

Roseburg 

St.  Helens 

Seaside 

Silverton 

Springfield 

Sweet  Home 

The  Dalles 

Tigard 

Tillamook.. 

Toledo 

Winston 

Woodburn 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Ambler 

Ambridge 

Annville 

Arnold 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


33 

19 
24 
28 
25 
10 
5 
1 
3 

25 
10 
12 

7 

5 
U 
27 
13 
U 
19 
11 

1 
30 
24 

5 
18 
14 

2 
11 
21 

4 

5 
11 
13 
16 

5 
15 
26 
12 

8 

9 
31 


City  by  State 


PENNSYLVANIA— 
Con. 

Ashland 

Ashley 

Athens 

Avalon.. 

Baldwin  Township 

Bangor 

Barnesboro 

Beaver  Falls 

Bedford 

Bellefonte 

Bellevu'e 

Bentley  ville 

Berwick. 

Birdsboro 

Boycrtown. 

Bradford 

Brentwood 

Bristol 

Butler  Township 

Caernarvon  Township.. 

California 

Cain  Township 

Cambridge  Springs 

Camp  Hill.... 

Canonsburg 

Carlisle 

Center  Township 

Chambersburg 

Churchill 

Clairton 

Clarion 

Clearfield...- _ 

Columbia 

Conewago  Township. . . 

Connells  ville 

Coplay. 

Coraopolis 

Corry 

Coudersport 

Cralton - .-- 

Cressona 

Cumru  Township 

Curwensville 

Dallastown 

Danville 

Donora 

Du  Bois.. 

Duquesne 

East  Lansdowne 

East  Stroudsburg 

East  Whiteland 

Township.. 

Edgewood 

Edgeworth 

EUwood  City... 

Emraaus. 

Emporium. 

Ephrata. 

Etna 

Fairview  Township 

Farrell.. 

Ferndale 

Fleetwood 

Forest  City 

Forty  Fort... 

Franklin  Township 

Freeland. 

Frceport 

Gallitzin 

Gettysburg.- 


165 


Table  57— Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Citiet  with  Population  under  25,000— Con. 


City  by  State 


PENNSYLVANIA— 
Con. 

Glassport 

Qreencastle — 

Green  Tree 

GreeavUle 

Hamburg 

Hanover 

Hatboro 

Heglns  Township 

Heidelberg 

Hellertown 

High  Spire 

Honesdale 

Horsham  Township 

Hummelstown 

Huntingdon — 

Indiana 

Jeannette — 

Jenkintown 

Jim  Thorpe 

Kennedy  Township 

Kennett  Square .., 

Kingston -. 

Kulpmont 

Kutstown 

Lansdale 

Lansford 

Latrobe 

Lawrence  Park 

Township - . 

JLeetsdale 

Lehlgbton - 

Lemoyne 

Lewisburg 

Lewistown 

Ligonier 

Littlestown 

Lock  Haven 

Lower  Allen  Township... 

Lower  Burrell.. , 

Lower  Makeiieid 

Township 

Lower  Paxton  Township. 
Lower  Providence 

Township - 

Lower  Saucon  Township. 
Lower  Southampton 

Township 

Loyaihanna  Township... 

Manheim.. -. 

Mansfield 

Marcus  Hook... 

Masontown 

McAdoo 

McCandless  Township 

McConneilsburg _ . . 

Meadvllle 

Mechanlcsburg 

Millersvllle 

MUton 

Mlnersville 

Monaca 

Monessen 

Montoursvilie 

Morrisviile 

Mount  Oliver 

Mount  Pleasant 

Mount  Union 

Muhlenberg  Township 

Munhall 

Myerstown _ 


Total 
pohce  em- 
ployees 


10 
2 
9 

13 
3 

24 

IS 
1 
3 
8 
1 
7 

21 
3 

10 

20 

21 

14 
S 

11 
8 

20 
2 
5 

22 
4 

21 

4 

4 

7 
S 
6 

21 
4 
2 

17 
8 


City  by  State 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


PENNSYLVANIA— 

Con. 

Narberth 

Nether  Providence 

Township 

New  Brighton -.- 

New  Cumberland 

New  Eagle _ 

New  Holland... 

Northampton  Township. . 

North  Belle  Vernon 

North  Braddock 

North  Catasauqua ..- 

North  East... 

North  Versailles 

Township 

Oakmont 

OUCity..- 

Olyphant 

Palmer  Township 

Palmyra 

Parkesburg... 

Patton 

Penbrook 

Penn  Township 

Pitcahm  Township 

Plains 

Pleasant  Hills 

Plymouth 

Portage 

Port  Allegany 

Port  Carbon. 

Pottsvllle 

Prospect  Park 

Punxsutawney 

Quakertown 

Republic 

Reserve  Township 

Reynoldsvlllc 

Richland  Township 

Rochester 

Rockledge 

Rosslyn  Farms  Boro 

Royersford 

Saint  Marys 

Salisbury  Township 

Schuylkill  Haven 

Scottdale... 

Sellnsgrove 

Sharon _. 

Sharon  HUl 

Sharpsburg.- 

Shenandoah 

Shlppensburg 

Slippery  Rock 

Somerset. -- 

South  Fork 

South  Greensburg 

South  Lebanon  Township. 

Southmont 

South  Wllllamsport 

Speers  Boro. 

Spring  City 

Springdale .-. 

Springettsbury  Township. 

Springfield  Township 

Spring  Garden  Township. 

Steelton 

Stowe  Township. 

Sunbury 

Swissvale... 

Tamaqua 


City  by  State 


PENNSYLVANIA— 
Con. 

Titusville 

Towanda 

Traflord 

Trcdyffln  Township 

Tyrone.. — 

Union  City 

Unlontown 

Upper  Gwynedd 

Township 

Upper  Merlon 

Township - 

Upper  Moreland 

Township - 

Upper  Saucon  Township. 
Upper  Southampton 

Township 

Upper  Yoder  Township.. 

Vandergrilt 

Verona 

Washington 

Waynesburg 

Wellsboro.- — 

West  Chester 

West  Goshen  Township.. 

West  Homestead 

West  Lampeter 

Township. .- 

Westmont... -- 

West  Newton 

West  Norrlton 

Township — 

West  Reading. 

West  View 

Whitehall 

Whitehall  Township 

Whltemarsh  Township... 

Whltpain  Township 

WUklns  Township 

Williamstown 

Willlstown  Township 

Wilson 

Windber... 

Winton 

Wyomisslng 

Yeadon 

Youngwood 

Zelicnople 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


RHODE  ISLAND 


Barrington 

Bristol 

Burrillvllle 

East  Greenwich... 

Jamestown 

Johnston. — 

Lincoln 

Narragansett 

North  Kingstown. 

Portsmouth  - 

Smithfleld  -- 

South  Kingstown.. 

Tiverton 

West  Warwick 


SOUTH  CAROLINA 


Bamberg.. 
Barnwell . . 
Batesburg. 


City  by  State 


Total 
pohce  em- 
ployees 


SOUTH  CAROLINA- 
Con. 

BennettsvUle 

Camden 

Chester 

Clemson 

Conway 

Darlington 

Duncan 

QaSney 

Great  Falls 

Greenwood 

Greer 

Lake  City - 

Laurens 

Liberty — 

Marion -. 

Newberry. 

North  Augusta 

Orangeburg .- 

Seneca 

Union 

Winnsboro 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Belle  Fourche 

Brookings. 

Deadwood 

Flandreau. 

Hot  Springs 

Huron 

Lead — 

Madison 

Mitchell 

Pierre 

Vermillion 

Webster. 

Yankton 


TENNESSEE 


Alcoa 

Bristol... 

Columbia 

Cross  ville 

Dickson 

Gallatin 

Greeneville 

Humboldt 

Lawrenceburg... 

Lebanon 

Lenoir  City 

Lexington 

Loudon 

Mary  ville 

McKenzie 

McMirm  ville 

MiUington 

Morris  town 

Paris — 

Red  Bank 

Ripley. -•• 

Savannah 

Sevierville.. 

Signal  Mountain. 

South  Fulton 

Springfield 


166 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  Detember  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


TEXAS 

Alamo  Heigbts... 

AUce 

Andrews 

AngletoD 

Aransas  Pass 

Atlanta 

Azle 

Ballinger 

Bellmead 

BellviUe 

Bel  ton 

Benbrook,.. 

Borger 

Brady -.. 

Brownfleld 

Brownwood 

Burkbumett 

Cameron 

CarroUton. 

Castle  Hills 

Cisco - 

Cleburne 

Clute 

Cockrell  Hill 

College  Station... 

Comancbe 

Crane - 

Crockett — 

Cuero -.- 

Deer  Park 

DlboU 

Dtaunitt 

Donna 

Dumas - . 

Ouncanville 

Eagle  Pass 

Eastland 

Edlnburg 

Elgin.. 

Euless 

Fanners  Branch.. 

Georgetown 

Ollmer... 

Qrataam 

Grapevine 

Hamlin 

Henderson 

Hereford. 

Highland  Park... 

Hlllsboro. 

Huntsville 

Hurst.. 

Ingleslde 

Iowa  Park 

JaclntoClty 

Kenedy 

Kennedale 

Kennit 

Lake  Jackson 

Lake  Worth 

La  Marque 

Lamesa. 

Lancaster 

La  Porte.... 

League  City 

Lewisvllle 

Llttlefield 

LnQdn 


Total 
police  em- 


City  by  State 


TEXAS— Con. 

Mathls 

McGregor 

Mercedes 

Mexia 

Mineola.. 

Mission 

Mount  Pleasant 

Muleshoe 

Nacogdoches 

New  Braunfels 

North  Richland  Hills 

Olmos  Park 

Olney... 

Palestine 

Paris 

Pear  land 

Pecos 

Plain  view. 

Piano 

Port  Isabel 

Portland 

Port  Lavaca.. 

Raymond  ville 

Richland  Hills 

Richmond.. 

Robstown.. 

Rosenberg 

Rusk 

San  Benito 

Seguin — 

Seminole 

Sin  ton 

Slaton 

Snyder.. — 

Stamford. 

Stephen  vllle 

SwBetwater 

Taft. 

Taylor 

TerreU  Hills 

Tulia 

Uvalde — 

Waxahachie 

Weat  herlord 

Winters 

Yoakum 


UTAH 

American  Fork 

Bountiful 

Helper — 

Layton 

Mldvale 

Pleasant  Grove 

Richfield 

Roy 

Saint  George 

Sandy 

South  Ogden 

South  Salt  Lake 

Spanish  Fork 

Sunset 

Tooele 

Vernal 

Washington  Terrace 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


VERMONT 

Brattleboro 

Colchester 

Essex  Junction 

Hartford 

Manchester  Center 

Manchester  Village. . . 

Montpeller 

Newport 

Poultney 

Proctor 

Randolph 

Saint  Albans 

Saint  Johnsbury 

Windsor 

Wlnooskl 

Woodstock 

VIBGINIA 

Abingdon 

Bedford 

Big  Stone  Gap. 

Bluefleld 

Bristol 

Buena  Vista 

Cape  Charles 

Chase  City 

Christiansburg 

Clifton  Forge 

Covington 

Culpeper 

Dublin.. 

Emporia. 

Falls  Church 

Franklin 

Fredericksburg 

Front  Royal 

Harrisonburg 

Hopewell 

Lexington 

Luray 

Manassas 

Manassas  Park 

Marion 

Martinsville 

Norton 

Pulaski 

Radford 

Saltville 

South  Boston 

Staunton 

Suffolk... 

Vienna 

Vinton 

Warrenton 

Waynesboro 

Williamsburg 

Winchester 

WASHINGTON 

Aberdeen 

Anacortes 

Auburn 

Blaine 

Bothcll.. 

Buckley 

Burlington... 


Total 
poUce  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


WASHINTGON— Con. 

Camas 

Centralla 

Chehalls 

Clarkston 

Cle  Elum 

Clyde  HUl  Town 

Colfax 

Coriege  Place 

Colvllle 

Des  Moines _ 

Edmonds 

Eilensburg 

Enumclaw 

Ephrata 

Goldendale 

Grand  Coulee 

Grandview 

Hoquiam.. 

Issaquah 

Kennewick 

Kent 

Kirkland 

Lacey 

Marysville 

Mercer  Island 

Moses  Lake 

Mountlake  Terrace 

Mount  Vernon 

Oak  Harbor 

Ocean  Shores 

Othello 

Pasco 

Port  Angeles 

Pullman 

Puyallup 

Raymond 

Redmond. 

Renton 

Sedro  WooUey 

Selah 

Shelton — 

Sumner 

Toppenish 

Town  of  Mercer  Island... 

Wapato — 

Washougal 

Wenatchee 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Beckley 

Benwood 

Bluefleld 

Bridgeport 

Buckhannon 

Charles  Town 

Grafton 

Morgantown 

Moundsville 

Mount  Hope 

Philippl 

Point  Pleasant 

Ravenswood 

Ripley 

Spencer 

Summetsville 

Williamstown — 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


167 


Table  57. — Number  of  Full-Time  Police  Department  Employees,  December  31,  1969,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000 — Con. 


City  by  State 


WISCONSIN 


Algoma 

Antigo 

Ashland -- 

Baraboo 

Bayside 

Beaver  Dam.. 

Berlin 

Black  River  Falls. 

Brown  Deer 

Burlington... 

Cedarburg... 

Chilton.... 

Chippewa  Falls... 

CUntonville 

Columbus 

Cornell 

Cudahy 

De  Forest 

Delavan 

DePere 

Dodgeville.. 

Elkhom 

Elm  Grove 

Evansvllle... 

Fort  Atkinson 

Fox  Fohit. 

Franklhi 

Germantown 

Glendale 

Grafton 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


5 

16 

16 

19 

16 

23 

9 

6 

21 

19 

11 

4 

22 

9 

6 

3 

36 

2 

12 

16 

S 

7 

16 

8 

16 

21 

17 

13 

31 

10 


City  by  State 


WISCONSIN— Con. 

Greendale 

Greenfield.. 

Hales  Comers 

Hartford.. 

Horicon 

Hurley 

Jefferson 

Kaukauna 

Kewaunee 

Kiel 

Klmberly... 

Lake  Geneva 

Lake  Mills 

Lancaster 

Little  Chute 

Marinette 

Marshfield 

Mayville 

Menomonee  Falls 

Menomonie 

Mequon 

Merriil 

Middleton 

Monona. 

Monroe 

Muskego... -.- 

Neenah 

Nekoosa. - 

New  Berlin 

New  Holstein 


Total 
poUce  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


WISCONSIN— Con. 

Oak  Creek 

Oconomowoc 

Oconto 

Onaiaska 

Park  Falls. 

Peshtigo... 

Platte  vlile... 

Plymouth 

Port  Washhigton 

Prairie  du  Chien 

Reedsburg 

Rbinelander _. 

Rice  Lake 

Richland  Center... 

Ripon 

River  Falls 

Rothschild 

Saint  Francis 

Schofleld 

Shawano 

Sheboygan  Falls 

Shorewood 

South  Milwaukee 

Sparta 

Spooner 

Stevens  Point 

Stoughton 

Sturgeon  Bay 

Tomah 

Two  Rivers 


Total 
poUce  em- 
ployees 


City  by  State 


Total 
police  em- 
ployees 


WISCONSIN— Con. 


Viroqua 

Waterford.. 

Watertown _ 

Waupaca 

Waupun 

West  Bend... 

West  Milwaukee. . . 

Whiteflsh  Bay 

Whitewater 

Wisconsin  Rapids. 


WYOMING 


Buffalo 

OiUette 

Lander _. 

Laramie 

Newcastle 

Powell 

Rawlins 

Riverton 

Rock  Springs. 

Sheridan 

Thermopolis.. 

Torrington 

Worland 


3 
26 

9 
10 
29 
26 
31 
16 
40 


7 
23 
12 
30 
10 
12 
13 
16 
18 
19 
10 
12 
14 


168 


Table  58. — Number  of  Offensts  Known  to  the  Polite,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population 


City 


CUiet  over  tlOflOO  in  population 


Airon,  Ohio 

Albuquerque,  N.  Mex- 

Atlants,  Oa 

Austin,  Tex 

Baltimore,  Md 


Blnningham,  Ala- 
Boston,  Mass 

Buffalo,  N.  Y 

Charlotte,  N.C... 
Chicago,  111 


Cincinnati,  Ohlo. 
Cleveland,  Ohio.. 
Columbus,  Ohio.. 

Dallas,  Tex 

Dsyton,  Ohio 


Denver,  Colo 

Detroit,  Mich 

El  Paso,  Tex 

Fort  Worth,  Tex... 
Honolulu,  Hawaii. 


Houston,  Tex 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Jacksonville,  Fla  . 
Jersey  City,  N.J.. 
Kansas  City,  Mo 


Long  Beach,  Calif. 
Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Louisville,  Ky 

Memphis,  Tenn... 
Miami,  Fla 


Milwaukee,  Wis 

Minneapolis,  Minn.. 

Nashville,  Tenn 

Newark,  N.J. 

New  Orleans,  La. . . 


New  York,  N.Y 

Norfolk, Va 

Oakland,  Calif. 

Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 
Omaha,  Nebr 


Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Phoenix,  Ariz 

Pittsburgh,  Pa... 
Portland,  Oreg... 
Rochester,  N.Y. . 


Sacramento,  Calif. 

8t.  Louis,  Mo 

St.  Paul,  Minn 

San  Antonio,  Tex.. 
San  Diego,  Calif... 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


Criminal  homicide 


San  Francisco,  Calif. 

San  Jose,  Calif. 

Seattle,  Wash 

Tampa,  Fla 

Toledo,  Ohio 


12,750 
13, 248 
21,254 
6,523 
61,365 

11,»43 
35,  397 
16,783 
11,266 
128,426 

13,164 
49,623 
21,865 
42,446 
12,368 

30,694 

109,638 

8,429 

13,949 

14,428 

67,887 
21,266 
20,782 
6,318 
31,946 

14, 787 
169, 742 
19,869 
18,656 
20,723 

19,219 
A  179 
16, 619 
30,491 
28,383 

478,367 
12, 418 
30,900 
10,640 
11,096 

37,060 
26,980 
32, 113 
20, 260 
9,850 

11, 195 
47,164 
16,718 
26,989 
19,498 

63,781 
12,697 
35,186 
12,297 
10, 178 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 
by 


23 
11 

176 
27 

236 

92 
91 
44 
56 
716 


266 

62 
232 

58 

68 
439 
15 
87 
17 

281 
65 
71 
33 

105 

■  29 

377 

76 

88 

72 

43 
30 
73 
101 
76 

1,043 
36 
74 
44 
28 

271 
46 
46 
30 
35 

21 
254 
16 
95 
36 

127 
13 
68 
29 
19 


22 
320 

32 
48 
34 
108 
25 

66 
43 
39 
10 
10 

72 
50 


Forcible 
rape 


4 
206 
66 
44 
35 

28 

9 

63 

43 

48 

73 
19 
28 
60 
15 


Robbery 


Aggravated 
assault 


91 
98 

173 
44 

676 

87 

253 

140 

67 

1,334 

179 
303 
270 
431 
83 

330 

913 

41 

92 

66 

405 
165 
214 
41 
375 

189 

2,115 

96 

108 


78 
174 
132 
234 
323 

2,120 
82 
197 
95 
61 

506 
166 
249 
118 


47 
604 

88 
215 
165 


161 

248 

64 

76 


747 
402 

1,107 
233 

8,864 

306 

2,984 

1,057 

422 

21, 476 


6,638 
1,384 
2,531 
1,017 

1,702 

17,414 

223 

965 

230 

6,395 
1,651 
1,145 

679 
2,679 

903 

11,909 

1,443 

1,176 

2,749 

643 
1,646 

837 
3,888 
2,539 

69, 152 

917 

2,572 

634 


4,869 
1,167 
2,841 
1,292 
360 


4,957 
984 
895 
763 

6,502 
369 

2,659 
760 
819 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


433 

3,943 

849 

6,427 

1,192 

8,740 

744 

3,091 

9,023 

19,367 

1,500 

3,724 

1,629 

9,002 

780 

5,622 

2,083 

4,392 

2,767 

36,466 

700 

5,068 

2,073 

11,867 

769 

8,124 

3,666 

19,848 

784 

5,068 

1,622 

11,415 

4,934 

41,264 

397 

4,064 

611 

6,571 

118 

6,194 

2,763 
859 

1,948 
231 

1,995 

616 

14,798 

694 

688 

2,548 


682 
1,305 
2,213 
2,283 

29,717 

1,043 

1,118 

783 


3,617 

1,969 

1,739 

793 

508 

385 
3,493 

690 

2,057 

789 

2,960 

547 

1,096 


422 


Larceny— theft 


$60  and 
over 


24,684 
8,926 
9,059 
1,465 

12,269 

6,834 
64,616 
6,166 
8,507 
7,094 

4,381 
9,382 
6,296 
10,884 
8,459 

171, 393 

4,206 

14, 182 

5,666 

3,398 

14,063 
11,669 
10,125 
7,762 
3,391 

4,245 
19,073 

6,015 
11,533 

5,002 

18,637 
6,274 

14,820 
5,608 
3,743 


Under  $60 


Auto  theft 


4,286 
4,710 
6,859 
1,373 
12,829 

4,230 
6,348 
5,310 
3,148 
19,641 

4,449 
7,197 
6,928 
8,037 
3,077 

8,993 
22,236 
2,006 
2,194 
4,646 

11,796 

4,666 

6,709 

282 

7,597 

4,433 
43,879 
6,692 
6,494 
5,092 

8,350 
5,766 
4,590 
6,826 
8,181 

129,136 
4,224 
6,488 
1,339 
2,860 

3,377 
6,798 
7,867 
7,221 
4,309 

3,607 
4,349 
3,978 
7,058 
9,286 

7,418 
2,263 
10, 614 
3,632 
3,633 


4,646 
6,639 

10,841 
7,073 

17,291 

3,800 
4,385 
5,393 
3,416 
70,859 

7,654 
11,065 

8,187 
29,550 

6,919 

9,595 
25, 970 

7,727 
12,266 

7,064 

16,530 

11,069 

7,673 

651 

10,238 

6,109 
47, 014 
4,404 
6,639 
6,366 

8,640 
8,455 
3,775 
6,749 
7,426 

61,404 
4,139 

13,702 
7,032 
6,423 

17,376 
16,846 
4,689 
8,546 
7,321 

7,047 
29,387 

4,992 
16,060 
13,069 

26.565 

16,549 

13,392 

6,441 

7,889 


3,227 
1,751 
4,008 
1,011 
10,361 

1,905 
15, 190 
3,830 
1,088 
36,028 

1,832 
22,279 
4,338 
7,701 
2,281 

6,564 
22,438 
1,693 
3,429 
3,167 

12,  573 
4,933 
2,636 
3,697 
6,926 

2,863 
32, 149 
5,802 
2,496 
3,079 

6,036 
6,699 
3,387 
7,346 
6,622 

85,796 
1,910 
6,269 
2,180 
3,138 

10,368 
4,176 
9,246 
3,064 
1,188 

2,301 
14,434 
4,047 
6,136 
3,467 

17,633 
3,070 
5,891 
1,318 
1,467 


169 


Table  59.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  tht  Polite,  1969,  Cities  and  Townt  25,000  and  over  in  Population— Continued 


City 


Cities  over  UOflOO  in 
population — Con. 

Tulsa,  Okla... 

Washington,  D.C 

Wichita,  Kans 

CUtes  100,000  to  160,000 
in  population 

Abilene,  Tex 

Albany,  N.Y 

Alexandria,  Va 

Allentown,  Pa 

Amarillo,  Tex 

Anaheim,  Calif 

Arlington,  Va.. 

Baton  Rouge,  La._ 

Beaumont,  Tex 

Berkeley,  Calif. 

Bridgeport,  Conn 

Camden,  N.J 

Canton,  Ohio 

Cedar  Hapids,  Iowa 

Chattanooga,  Tenn 

Colorado  Springs,  Colo 

Columbia,  S.C 

Columbus,  Ga. 

Corpus  Christl,  Tex 

Dearborn,  Mich 

Des  Moines,  Iowa 

Duluth,  Minn 

Elizabeth,  N.J 

Erie,  Pa 

EvansTllle,  Ind 

Flint,  Mich 

Fort  Lauderdale,  Fla. 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind 

Fresno,  Calif 

Garden  Grove,  Calif 

Gary,  Ind 

Glendale,  Calif 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich 

Greensboro,  N.C 

Hammond,  Ind 

Hampton,  Va 

Hartford,  Conn 

Huntington  Beach,  Calif... 

Huntsville,  Ala 

Independence,  Mo 

Jackson,  Miss 

Kansas  City,  Kans 

Knoxville,  Tenn 

Lansing,  Mich 

Las  Vegas,  Nev 

Lincoln,  Nebr 

Little  Rock,  Ark 

Livonia,  Mich 

Lubbock,  Tex 

Macon,  Ga 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


11,431 

62,229 

8,  ess 


1,416 
3,163 
3,680 
2,031 
3,327 

6,151 
4,442 
7,976 
3,194 
6, 62,') 

8,246 
6,116 
3,182 
1,696 
4,957 

3,832 
6,616 
2,218 
8,045 
3,428 

6,917 
2,267 
4,624 
1,926 
4,708 

10,936 
6,387 
4,886 
9,012 
4,464 

10,301 
3,838 
6,415 
4,678 
3,696 

2,166 
9,163 
3,666 
4,095 
1,848 

2,642 

7,268 
4,673 
6,442 
3,966 

2,316 
7,269 
2,591 
6,030 
4,673 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


18 

287 

12 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


8 

3 

6 

1 

8 

5 

2 

8 

2 

11 

4 

9 

6 

8 

23 

7 

13 

7 

10 

2 

12 

9 

23 

4 

6 

8 

2 

10 

34 

11 

9 

13 

23 

2 

19 

7 

13 

7 

8 

14 

1 

3 

7 

9 

3 

I 

14 

9 

30 

16 

27 

13 

14 

6 

12 

5 

5 

1 

49 

18 

3 

5 

14 

10 

28 

29 

6 

11 

9 

4 

15 

2 

6 

1 

4 

20 

11 

24 

13 

23 

21 

5 

21 

8 

3 

8 

21 

16 

I 

11 

12 

10 

26 

9 

Forcible 
rape 


79 

336 

46 


3 

4 

45 

12 

15 

33 
32 
76 
12 
111 

8 
36 
23 

7 
18 

32 

28 

8 

37 

10 

36 
10 
38 
16 
43 

69 
48 
40 
36 
20 

126 
27 
49 
22 
27 

19 
32 
29 
10 
19 

14 
104 
11 
27 
28 

16 
69 
8 
34 
30 


Robbery 


362 

12,366 

285 


28 
134 
273 
60 
56 

181 
129 
241 
128 
466 

394 
345 
188 


187 
238 
103 
186 
138 

245 

48 
192 
129 
206 

846 
233 
162 
303 
133 

779 
106 
270 
129 
201 

68 
419 
80 
68 
31 

68 
440 
110 
156 
309 

48 
314 
46 
64 
189 


Aggravated 
assault 


522 

3,609 

371 


348 
119 
207 

143 

84 
616 
666 
193 

192 
203 
130 
47 
169 

144 
343 

80 
761 

68 

100 
14 
299 
102 
384 

1,408 
260 
78 
185 
111 

479 
76 
434 
963 
112 

70 
649 
148 
297 
146 

97 
404 
286 
256 
133 

151 
663 
121 
301 
151 


Burglary — 

breaking 

or  entering 


3,817 

22,933 

3,310 


679 
1,276 
1,111 

622 
1,418 

2,783 
1,277 
3,880 
1,688 
3,780 

2,661 

2,101 

809 

490 

2,474 

1,448 

2,318 

828 

3,136 

847 

1,901 
923 

1,882 
753 

1,614 

3,689 
2,434 
1,593 
3,322 
1,766 

3,026 
1,653 
3,327 
1,498 
926 

739 
3,168 
1,338 
1,686 

742 

1,149 
3,470 
2,018 
2,230 
1,733 

729 
2,821 
1,193 
2,264 
2,182 


Larceny — theft 


$60  and 
over 


4,707 
11,608 
3,266 


641 
448 

1,248 
982 

1,269 

2,332 

2,134 

2,034 

432 

793 

3,290 
682 

1,533 
634 
366 

1,631 
1,323 
664 
2,949 
1,414 

2,588 
783 
782 
660 

1,792 

3,842 
2,168 
2,315 
3,336 
2,014 

2,346 
1,373 
1,496 
1,463 
1,402 

1,022 
2,479 
1,713 
1,564 
665 

926 

935 
1,099 
1,964 
1,005 

1,034 
2,927 
890 
2,020 
1,433 


Under  $60 


4,470 

20,402 

8,887 


1,430 
466 
2,551 
1,203 
2,004 

4,063 
2,294 
4,011 
3,461 
5,600 

2,254 
1,635 
1,674 
2,285 
1,428 

2,165 
2,702 
961 
3,819 
2,833 

3,633 
1,546 
1,666 
2,118 
1,636 

6,266 
3,613 

4,707 
6,780 
2,182 

2,176 
1,812 
2,536 
2,512 
1,629 

1,626 
4,721 
2,276 
2,132 
1,066 

2,214 
6,128 
1,801 
3,648 
1,699 

2,916 
3,666 
866 
2,489 
1,327 


170 


Table  58. — Number  of  Offentes  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 


City 


CiUei  100,000  to  tlOflOO  in 
population — Con. 

Madison,  Wis 

MobUe,  Ala 

Montgomery,  Ala 

New  Bedford,  Mass 

New  Haven,  Conn 

Newport  News,  Va 

Orlando,  Fla. 

Pasadena,  Calif 

Paterson,  N.J 

Peoria,  111. 

Portsmouth,  Va_ 

Providence,  R.I 

Pueblo,  Colo 

Raleigh,  N.C 

Richmond,  Va 

Riverside,  Calif 

Roanoke,  Va, 

Rockford,  111 

Saginaw,  Mich 

St.  Petersburg,  Fla. 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

San  Bernardino,  Calif. 

Santa  Ana,  Calif 

Savaimab,  Ga 

Scranton,  Pa 

Shreveport,  La 

South  Bend,  Ind 

Spokane,  Wash 

Springfield,  Mass 

Springfield,  Mo. 

Stamford,  Conn 

Syracuse,  N.Y 

Tacoma,  Wash 

Topeka,  Kans 

Torrance,  Calif. 

Trenton,  N.J 

Tucson,  AHz.. 

mica,N.Y 

Virginia  Beach,  Va. 

Waco,  Teias... 

Warren,  Mich 

Waterbury,  Conn... 

Wichita  FaUs,  Tex 

Winston-Salem,  N.C 

Worcester,  Mass 

Yonk6rs,N.Y 

Yonngstown,  Ohio.. 

Citia  60,000  to  100,000  in 
population 


Abington  Township,  Pa. 

Alameda,  Calif 

Albany,  Ga 

Alhambra,  Calif 

Altoona,  Pa 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


3,288 
8,104 
3,766 
4,620 
7,760 

3,830 
4,629 
6,856 
4,868 
4,830 

3,633 
11,322 
2,238 
3.202 
10,947 

7,490 
3,144 
4,293 
3,676 
7,362 

9,234 
6,146 
4,639 
6,778 
1,680 

4,123 
4,097 
4,801 
7,367 
2,283 

2,895 
6,621 
6,007 
4,382 
4,968 

6,628 
7,173 
998 
3,670 
3,446 

4,680 
3,386 
1,429 
4,401 
9,932 

5,936 
4,693 


1,086 
1,164 

713 
1,929 

499 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


66 
300 
140 
126 
180 

174 
171 
420 
456 

408 

239 
604 
42 
110 
763 

216 
163 

264 
390 
610 

346 
267 
184 
366 
20 

161 

363 

164 

66 

27 

116 
376 
362 
199 
162 

724 
263 
40 
61 
96 

132 
111 
46 
121 
346 

237 
416 


Aggravated 
assault 


20 
661 

90 
136 
339 


379 
355 
213 
439 

193 
377 
181 
438 
623 

347 
211 

158 
299 
736 

272 
192 
209 
363 
87 

654 
114 
116 
171 
30 

101 
301 
339 
371 
109 

199 
364 
23 
191 
286 

243 

63 

133 

1,001 

124 

187 
268 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


992 
4,605 
1,712 
1,625 
3,276 

1,628 
2,052 
2,999 
2,079 
1,904 

1,602 

3,809 

698 

816 

4,234 

3,748 
1,262 
1,581 
1,671 
3,626 

3,648 
2,240 
2,623 
2,366 
557 

1,709 
1,414 
2,113 
2,392 

1,072 

1,700 
2,270 
2,448 
1,684 
1,766 

2,357 
3,264 
581 
1,149 
1,681 

1,536 
1,286 
642 
1,489 
3,981 

1,844 
1,738 


466 
531 
425 
717 
266 


Larceny— theft 


$50  and 
over 


1,770 
1,541 
1,412 
1,084 
1,760 

1,329 
1,467 
1,994 
498 
1,401 

1,088 

1,975 

972 

1,546 

2,788 

2,246 
857 

1,601 
622 

1,903 

3,439 
2,647 

883 
1,950 

502 

894 
1,470 
1,737 
1,866 

967 

375 
2,025 
1,840 
1,872 
2,208 

1,247 
1,791 
204 
1,972 
1,007 

1,990 

903 

421 

1,282 

1,601 

2,212 
692 


Under  $60 


3,602 
1,651 
2,117 
1,198 
3,925 

2,336 
2,043 
3,676 
1,051 
2,473 

1,638 
5,096 
1,842 
1,390 
4,904 

3,884 
2,411 
3,175 
3,884 
4,956 

5,855 
2,686 
4,263 
2,122 
633 

4,018 
2,972 
4,716 
2,608 
2,346 

374 
3,901 
2,370 
2,699 
1,938 

1,434 

7,694 

945 

2,478 

2,163 

1,968 
653 
2,298 
1,984 
2,180 

2,582 
3,626 


391 

313 

226 

1,818 

103 

34 

779 

762 

107 

106 

Auto  theft 


171 


397-633  O  -  70  -  12 


Toble  58.— Number  of  Ofkntet  Known  to  tht  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 


City 


Citiea  60,000  to  100,000  in 
population— Con. 

Amheret,  N.Y 

Anderson,  Ind 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich 

AppIetOD,  Wis 

Arlington,  Mass 

Arlington,  Tei 

Arlington  Heights,  ni 

AshevlUe.N.C 

Atlantic  City,  N.J 

Augusta,  Oa 

Aurora,  Colo 

Aurora,  111 

Bakersfield,  Calif 

Bay  City,  Mich 

Bayonne,  N.J 

Bensalem  Township,  Pa 

Berwyn,  HI.. 

Bethlehem,  Pa 

Billings,  Mont 

Blloxl,  Miss 

Blnghamton,  N.Y 

Bloomfleld,  N.J 

Bloomlngton,  Minn 

Boise,  Idaho 

Boulder,  Colo 

Bristol,  Conn. 

Bristol  Township,  Pa 

Brockton,  Mass 

Brookline,  Mass 

Brownsville,  Tex-. 

Buena  Park,  Calif 

Burbank,  Calif 

Cambridge,  Mass 

Champaign,  111 

Charleston,  S.C 

Charleston,  W.  Va 

Cheektowaga,  N.Y 

Cherry  Hill,  N.J 

Chesapeake,  Va 

Chester,  Pa 

Chicopee,  Mass 

Chula  Vista,  Calif 

Cicero,  HI 

Clarkstown,  N.Y.... 

Clearwater,  Fla 

Cleveland  Heights,  Ohio.... 

ClUton,  N.J 

Colonic  Town,  N.Y 

Columbia,  Mo 

Compton,  Calif.. 

Concord,  Calif. 

Costa  Mesa,  Calif. 

Council  Bluffs,  Iowa 

Covington,  Ky 

Cranston,  R.I 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


1,163 

1,137 

4,107 

594 

S14 

2,616 
669 

1,677 
6,094 
1,087 

1,975 
1,618 
3,291 
1,298 
993 

825 
807 
988 
1,905 
503 

1,022 
1,015 
1,631 
1,930 


758 
1,727 
2,686 
2,680 
1,376 

1,421 
2,655 
6,175 
1,625 
3,237 

2,463 
907 
2,095 
1,600 
3,142 

703 
1,712 

868 
1,667 

1,389 

1,107 

876 

744 


2,793 
2,900 
1,890 
1,809 
1,368 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


15 

31 

138 

3 

7 

37 
4 
87 
165 
85 

34 

127 

110 

104 

37 

12 
31 
13 
40 

8 


69 
97 

160 
87 

183 


8 

25 

65 

363 


Aggravated 
assault 


33 

39 

147 

6 

27 

55 
10 
84 

101 
236 

86 

217 

139 

47 

19 

12 
9 
86 
56 
69 

24 

4 

12 

102 

Incomplete 

24 
29 
154 
9 
62 


77 
199 
205 
191 

165 
12 
19 
98 

457 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


4  22 

42  67 

Incomplete 

10  8 

67  79 


70 

18 

3 

25 

Incomplete 

62 
64 
65 
66 
37 


478 
545 
1,488 
332 
233 

644 
222 
440 
1,790 
344 

687 
387 
1,115 
438 
376 

281 
331 
341 

707 
277 

601 
373 
311 
719 


433 

730 
1,102 
1,307 

654 

607 
1,107 
2,018 

6% 
1,344 

927 
339 
825 
849 
917 

192 
749 

329 
619 

395 
392 
320 
245 


1,166 

1,259 

622 

701 

509 


Larceny— theft 


$60  and 
over 


467 
331 
1,734 
187 
101 

1,696 
273 
705 

1,864 
96 


602 

1,419 

639 

286 

276 
270 
376 
871 
100 

348 
436 
961 
902 


212 
580 
588 
641 
373 

613 
817 

1,248 
460 

1,065 

973 
345 

746 
418 
292 

197 

667 

430 

712 

349 
299 
461 
350 


1,211 

1,271 
847 
658 
514 


Under  $60 


623 

216 

2,628 

1,044 

63 

1,626 
866 
681 
936 
87 

1,319 

824 
3,382 
1,312 

230 

191 
195 
683 
1,622 
194 


358 
1,603 
1,883 


273 
904 
737 
945 
1,197 


1,464 

907 

1,105 

1,906 

1,047 
855 
369 

1,051 
504 

118 
1,647 

373 
1,167 

748 

774 

410 

1,016 


2,235 

1,901 

1,191 

764 

779 


Auto  theft 


172 


Table  58. — Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  fhe  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 


City 


Cities  SOfiOO  to  100,000  in 
population — Con. 

Cuyahoga  Falls,  Ohio 

Daly  City,  Calil 

Davenport,  Iowa 

Dearborn  Heiglits,  Mich 

Decatur,  111 


Des  Plaines,  111 

Downey,  Calif 

Dubuque,  Iowa 

Durham,  N.C 

East  Chicago,  Ind. 


East  Detroit,  Mich 

East  Hartford,  Conn. 

East  Orange,  N.J 

East  St.  Louis,  111 

Edison,  N.J 


Elgin,  111 

El  Monte,  Calif- 

Elyria,  Ohio 

EucUd,  Ohio 

Eugene,  Oreg 


Evanston,  111 

Everett,  Wash 

Fairfield,  Conn... 
Fall  River,  Mass.. 
Fargo,  N.  Dak... 


Fayetteville,  N.C... 

Florissant,  Mo 

Fort  Smith,  Ark.... 
Framingham,  Mass. 
Fremont,  Calif 


Fullerton,  Calif.. 

Qadsden,  Ala 

Gainesville,  Fla. 
Galveston,  Tex._ 
Garland,  Tei 


Gastonla,  N.C 

Grand  Prairie,  Tex. 
Great  Falls,  Mont.. 

Qreece,  N.Y 

Green  Bay,  Wis 


Greenville,  Miss 

Greenville,  S  C 

Greenwich, Conn 

Hamilton  Township,  N.J. 
Hamilton,  Ohio 


Harrlsburg,  Pa. 

Haverford  Township,  Pa.. 

Hawthorne,  Calif 

Hayward,  Calif 

Hialeah,  Fla 


High  Point,  N.C. -- 

Hollywood,  Fla 

Holyoke,  Mass 

Huntington,  W.  Va. 
Inglewood,  CalU. 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


639 
2,376 
1,984 
1,774 
2,237 

1,078 
3,114 
985 
2.764 
2,222 

1,111 
1,023 
3,300 
4,389 
1,394 

1,135 

2,103 

722 

704 

2,961 

1,620 
2,348 
1,366 
3,324 
723 

2,649 
680 

1,299 
944 

2,463 

2,478 
1,167 
2,629 
3,436 
1,662 

1,687 

1,620 

1,296 

662 

985 

634 
2,9n 

664 
1,674 
1,880 

2,833 
632 
2,263 
4,816 
3,331 

1,469 
4,060 
1,930 
2,094 
4,926 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


17 
1 
8 
1 
1 

3 
7 
9 
13 
1 

11 
4 
2 
1 


Man- 
slaughter 

.by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


4 

7 
18 
12 
13 

1 
11 

1 
22 
27 

6 

5 

25 

49 

3 

7 
20 
2 
3 
16 

13 

11 

1 

2 

3 

18 
2 
8 
2 

13 

10 
2 
6 
26 
IS 

7 

10 

3 

6 


Robbery 


Aggravated 
assault 


10 
97 
64 
80 
98 

14 
67 
7 
118 
130 

51 

11 

266 

600 

37 

51 
95 
38 
21 
39 

115 
58 
16 
44 
13 

161 

8 

32 

9 

37 


19 
84 
296 
24 

13 

45 

30 

6 

7 

10 

196 

10 


148 
6 
102 
151 
160 

27 
160 
64 
68 
408 


27 
63 
48 
94 
211 

52 
104 

421 
191 

30 

12 

166 

263 

19 

95 

123 

43 

3 

34 

119 

90 

1 

69 
18 

400 
21 
79 
32 
56 

46 
77 
193 
329 
93 

148 

110 

31 

12 

10 

16 

198 

13 


169 
5 
64 
162 
185 

47 
183 

62 
219 
121 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


166 
767 
903 
739 
935 

342 
1,061 

301 
1,174 

379 

303 

369 

1,276 

1,576 

456 

246 
850 
340 
172 
960 

694 
748 
487 
1,488 
201 

833 
224 
463 
264 
1,139 

688 

461 

1,199 

1,137 

628 

692 
681 
498 
119 
490 

339 
1,156 
274 
682 
647 

1,106 

155 

732 

1,691 

1,096 

652 

1,486 

731 

791 

1,494 


Larceny— theft 


$50  and 
over 


319 
734 
533 
632 
649 

M6 
1,447 
467 
761 
429 

661 
491 
934 
607 
622 

623 

472 

162 

79 

1,637 

393 
1,161 
646 
544 
390 

972 
329 
611 
434 
950 

1,495 
438 
906 

1,365 
723 

619 
673 
406 
384 
333 

228 
1,003 
276 
657 
829 

684 

268 

923 

2,181 

1,351 

649 

1,346 

448 

744 

1,844 


Under  $60 


532 

978 

2,574 

1,230 

1,738 

689 
1,247 
1,004 
1,348 

438 

761 
407 
1,117 
462 
638 


705 

341 

896 

2,466 

2, 461 

1,699 

540 

410 

817 

1,072 
769 
795 
676 

2,799 

2,095 
401 
1,707 
1,117 
1,123 

1,099 
782 

1,236 
525 
649 

660 
799 
273 
677 
1,380 

895 

261 

692 

2,684 

1,268 

764 
2,869 

491 
1,476 
1,346 


Auto  theft 


173 


Table  58. — Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Polite,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  oyer  in  Population— Continued 


City 


Cities  60,000  to  100,000  in 
popu  JoHon— Con. 


Irondequolt,  N.Y. 

Irving,  Tex-- 

Irvlngton,  N.J 

Jackson,  Mich 

JoUet,  111 


Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

Kenosha,  Wis 

Kettering,  Ohio.. 
Key  West,  Fla.... 
Kokomo,  Ind 


La  Crosse,  Wis 

Lafayette,  La 

Lake  Charles,  La. 

Lakeland,  Fla 

Lakewood,  Ohio.. 


Lancaster,  Pa 

Laredo,  Tei 

Las  Cruces,  N.  Mex. 

Lawrence,  Mass 

Lawton,  Okla 


Lexington ,  Ky 

Lima,  Ohio 

Lincoln  Park,  Mich. 

Longvlew,  Tex 

Lorain,  Ohio 


Lowell,  Mass 

Lower  Merlon  Township,  Pa. 

Lynchburg,  Va 

Lynn,  Mass 

Maiden,  Mass 


Manchester,  N.H. 
Mansfield,  Ohio... 

Medford,  Mass 

Merlden,  Conn... 
Merldlan,  Miss 


Mesa,  Ariz 

Mesqulte,  Tex 

Miami  Beach,  Fla.. 

Middletown,  Ohio 

Middletown  Township,  N.J. 


Midland,  Tex 

Modesto,  Calif 

Monroe,  La 

Mountain  View,  Calif.. 
Mount  Vernon,  N.Y... 


Muncle,  Ind 

Muskegon,  Mich 

Nashua,  N.H 

National  City,  Calif. 
New  Britain,  Conn.. 


New  Rochelle,  N.Y 

Newton,  Mass 

Niagara  Falls,  N.Y 

Norman,  Okla 

North  Little  Rock,  Ark. 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


676 
2,260 
1,664 
1,462 
2,272 

3,214 

1,636 

1,066 

642 

836 

644 
1,021 
1,311 
1,211 

482 

718 
1,074 
1,246 
1,646 
2,436 

4,429 
1,616 
1,707 
796 
2,733 

2,166 
1,365 

917 
3,867 

863 

1,269 
1,706 

812 
1,133 

403 

1,739 
1,077 
2,694 
1,428 
494 

973 
2,674 

882 
1,320 
1,960 

1,893 
2,187 
416 
1,342 
2,339 

2,012 
1,986 
3,008 
919 
2,370 


Criminal  homicide 


Miirder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


.Aggravated 
assault 


100 
68 
199 

101 
62 
28 
30 
20 

4 

63 
62 
47 
16 

45 
16 
26 
23 
100 

116 

84 
66 
33 
166 

67 


120 
22 

22 
69 
11 
9 
7 

12 

23 

130 

36 

6 

26 
(6 
23 

29 
87 

91 
129 
8 
90 
47 


216 

7 

100 


14 
160 

45 
126 
180 

456 

27 

68 

53 

9 

2 
206 
90 
19 
14 

48 
66 
13 
15 
297 

197 
29 
67 
68 

129 

58 
22 
46 
143 
16 


300 


36 
40 

29 
40 
45 
30 
12 

66 
88 
179 
30 
41 

91 

183 

9 

27 

78 

49 
61 

198 
39 

246 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


131 

767 
665 
612 
843 

1,088 
547 
443 
279 
249 

231 
797 
674 
464 

197 

284 
466 
473 
636 
863 

1,388 
678 
364 
339 
946 

714 
493 
424 
1,707 
228 


622 
234 
428 
206 

636 
335 
1,298 
649 
246 

661 

805 
294 
337 
639 

717 
878 
129 
366 
1,172 

796 
888 

1,006 
377 

1,030 


Larceny— theft 


$60  and 
over 


367 
1,003 
420 
586 
745 

1,227 
480 
393 
212 
427 

313 
629 
426 
544 
27 

229 
415 
682 
237 
873 

2,068 
674 
908 
296 
663 

601 
446 
301 
724 
226 

369 
619 
313 
493 
76 

964 
617 
776 
508 
187 

234 
1,360 
226 
666 
776 

663 
816 
126 
638 
597 

786 
639 
1,209 
435 
769 


Under  $50 


Auto  theft 


802 

1,356 

837 

949 

1,028 

2,824 

1,485 

1,243 

323 

647 

1,103 
807 
847 
942 
600 


422 

797 

160 

1,748 

1,765 

1,180 

1,206 

146 

537 

673 
615 
886 
1,376 
140 

764 
890 
145 
429 
637 

1,615 
968 

1,804 
947 
203 

602 
2,416 
2,007 
1,260 

679 

485 

1,468 

186 

994 


598 
613 
1,460 
494 
936 


174 


Table  58.— Number  of  Offentet  Known  to  tht  Police,  1969,  C/fies  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 


City 


Cities  60,000  to  100,000  in 
population — Con. 

Norwalk,  Conn 

Oak  Lawn,  111 

Oak  Park,  111 

Odessa,  Tex 

Ogden,  Utah 


Ontario,  Calif 

Orange,  Callt 

Oshkosh,  Wis 

Overland  Park,  Eans.. 
Owensboro,  Ky 


Oxnard,  Calif 

Palo  Alto,  Calif 

Parma,  Ohio 

Parsippany-Troy  Hills,  N.J. 
Pasadena,  Tex 


Passaic,  N.J 

Pawtucket,  R.I 

Penn  Hills  Township,  Pa.. 

Pensacola,  Fla 

Pine  Bluff,  Ark 


Pittsfleld,  Mass... 

Pomona,  Calif 

Pontlac,  Mich 

Port  Arthur,  Tex. 
Portland,  Maine. . 


Prlchard,  Ala. 

Qulncy,  Mass 

Bacine,  Wis 

Reading,  Pa 

Redford  Township,  Mich. 


Redondo  Beach,  Calif. 
Redwood  City,  Calif.. 

Reno,  Nev 

Richmond,  Calif 

Rochester,  Minn 


Rock  Island,  III 

Rome,  N.Y 

RoseviUe,  Mich 

Royal  Oak,  Mich 

St.  Clair  Shores,  Mich. 


St.  Joseph,  Mo 

St.  Louis  Park,  Minn., 

Salem,  Oreg 

Salinas,  Calif 

San  Angelo,  Tex 


San  Leandro,  Calif... 

San  Mateo,  Calif 

Santa  Barbara,  Calif.. 

Santa  Clara,  Calif 

Santa  Monica,  Calif... 


Schenectady,  N.Y... 

Scottsdale,  Ariz 

Sioux  City,  Iowa 

Sioux  Falls,  S.  Dak.. 
Skokie,  111 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


2,196 

859 

6S3 

1,262 

2,084 

2,387 
1,946 

667 
1,163 

868 

2,810 
2,161 
1,337 
722 
1,167 

2,743 
1,643 
854 
2,094 
1,829 

817 
3,552 
6,418 
1,620 
1,360 


2,868 
2,741 
1,868 
1,519 

2,879 
1,739 
2,746 
6,068 
810 

1,425 
459 
1,431 
2,055 
1,748 

1,301 
1,053 
1,868 
2,160 
1,248 

2,912 
2,927 
2,175 
2,672 
4,926 

1,152 
2,028 
2,079 
1,192 
1,690 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggravated 
assault 


S3 
34 
2 
11 
12 

87 
76 
19 
8 
16 

144 
29 
41 


8 

182 

352 

80 

35 


114 
60 
25 
64 
80 

106 
47 


Incomplete 


9 

61 

17 

145 

26 

113 

1 

37 

14 

124 

6 

42 

9 

131 

62 

373 

2 

12 

10 

89 

1 

9 

30 

9 

63 

6 

43 

1 

6 

2 

17 

12 

55 

8 

56 

6 

7 

12 

110 

16 

136 

8 

41 

21 

54 

64 

229 

2 

58 

4 

24 

4 

IS 

10 

22 

1 

20 

31 

68 

180 

38 

45 

4 


179 
15 
16 

127 
83 

11 

2S6 

805 

79 

21 


38 
300 
101 

63 

96 

27 

82 

475 

3 

93 

4 

33 

212 

61 

63 

3 

138 

65 

47 

57 
116 
67 
74 
277 

43 

49 
80 
32 

72 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


316 

263 
803 
822 

930 
1,004 
172 
303 
324 

1,202 
730 
423 
299 
499 

826 
550 
416 
840 
876 

381 

1,413 

2,063 

741 

553 


954 


1,061 

617 

1,045 

2,586 

250 

462 
143 
461 
797 
708 

529 
310 
885 
634 

789 

1,298 

1,218 

915 

902 

1,736 

612 
711 
640 
346 

477 


Larceny— theft 


$50  and 
over 


842 
353 

189 
226 
716 

982 
710 
305 
704 
404 

904 
1,046 
587 
306 
376 

719 
391 
200 
813 
681 

295 

1,167 

1,425 

543 

432 


876 
818 
486 

752 

1,100 

676 

1,061 

1,586 

376 

693 
168 
606 
743 

767 


603 

589 

1,019 

274 

1,114 

962 

856 

1,249 

1,971 


Under  $50 


905 

851 

575 

2,854 

2,608 

1,170 

1,912 

1,276 

801 

644 

1,050 

1,672 

839 

230 

946 

619 
1,042 

143 
1,291 

636 

324 
1,650 
2,383 

692 
1,080 


1,125 

2,427 

738 

1,174 

1,324 
631 
2,041 
2,073 
1,172 

705 

267 

1,434 

1,463 

1,188 

1,497 
727 

1,889 
921 

1,311 

1,238 
2,452 
2,137 
1,971 
1,812 


Anto  theft 


282 

935 

,052 

1,147 

716 

1,794 

591 

1,206 

879 

904 

1/75 


Table  58.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population— Continued 


City 


Ciliea  50,000  to  100,000  in 
population — Con. 

Somervllle,  Mass 

Southfleld,  Mich 

South  Gate,  Calif 

Spartanburg,  S.C 

Springfield,  111 

Springfield,  Ohio 

Sterling  Heights,  Mich 

Stockton,  Calif 

Sunnyvale,  Calif 

Tallahassee,  Fla 

Tempe,  Ariz, 

Terre  Haute,  Tnd,_ 

Tonawanda  Town,  N.Y 

Troy,  N.Y 

Tuscaloosa,  Ala.. 

Tyler,  Texas 

Union  City,  N.J 

Union  Township,  N.J 

University  City,  Mo 

Upper  Darby  Township,  Pa 

VaUejo,  Calif 

Victoria,  Texas 

Waltham,  Mass... 

Warren,  Ohio 

Warwick,  R.I 

Waterford  Township,  Mich.. 

Waterloo,  Iowa 

Waukegan,  111 

Wauwatosa,  Wis 

West  Allis,  Wis 

West  Covina,  Calif 

West  Hartford,  Conn 

West  Haven,  Conn 

Westland,  Mich 

Westminster,  Calif 

West  Palm  Beach,  Fla 

Weymouth,  Mass 

White  Plains,  N.Y. 

Whittier,  Calif 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa 

Wilmington,  Del 

Woodbrldge  Township,  N.J. 

Wyoming,  Mich 

York,  Pa 

Citiei  25,000  to  50,000  in 
population 

Aberdeen,  S.  Dak 

Alamogordo,  N.  Mex 

Alexandria,  La 

Allquippa,  Pa. 

Allen  Park,  Mich 

Alliance,  Ohio 

Alton,  111 

Ames,  Iowa 

Anchorage,  Alaska 

Anderson,  S.C 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


2,223 
2,083 
2,335 
1,454 
2,364 

1,727 
1,435 
6,129 
1,565 
1,441 

1,786 
1,794 
979 
1,379 
1,687 

1,391 
1,633 
1,314 
1,292 
1,201 

3,383 

453 

1,223 

1,869 
1,942 

1,724 
1,246 
2,079 
1,006 
991 

2,237 
861 
1,281 
1,675 
1,839 

2,054 

266 

1,805 

2,280 

643 

4,878 
1,551 
1,102 
1,453 


222 

424 

1,561 

938 

680 
927 
588 
2,303 
670 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


2 

5 

2 

6 

2 

1 

1 

7 
0 

3 

Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


67 
34 
132 
43 
82 

154 
23 

364 
35 
46 

12 

86 
28 
32 
60 

22 
33 

40 
79 
26 

168 
7 
7 

126 
10 

28 
48 
115 
11 
10 


9 
33 

56 

65 
7 

78 
36 
15 

448 
27 
10 

120 


Aggravated 
assault 


48 

16 

33 

117 

77 

61 
57 

193 
60 

134 

102 
35 
16 
82 

170 

147 
31 
6 
22 
34 

69 
63 
8 
108 
72 

84 
116 
150 

12 


67 
13 
7 
127 
60 

137 
7 

160 
71 
24 

92 
17 
59 
76 


4 

10 

6 

11 

78 

126 

Incomplete 

19 

49 

68 

29 

47 

23 

2 

34 

100 

116 

12 

60 

Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


781 
666 
900 
551 
1,191 

826 
601 
2,127 
664 
681 

483 
612 
373 
666 


672 
749 
411 
673 
620 

1,493 
205 
611 
676 
669 

699 
373 
580 
353 
309 

827 
420 
444 
629 


872 
123 
443 
1,011 
133 

1,663 
668 
367 
660 


100 
169 
763 


182 
484 
81 
707 
180 


Larceny— theft 


$50  and 
over 


531 

1,066 
770 
628 
665 

424 
669 
1,307 
642 
450 

985 
763 
378 


631 
244 

684 
260 
189 

1,146 
143 
261 
744 
977 

847 
604 
878 
614 
490 

1,017 
249 
542 
683 
640 

736 
80 
909 
908 
243 

1,148 
610 
663 
313 


83 
196 
342 


Under  $50 


465 


665 

1,368 

825 

807 

1,189 

1,798 
611 
3,695 
3,046 
1,034 

1,104 

1,677 

643 

466 

422 

937 
183 

606 

860 

1,491 

2,299 
442 
283 
481 
842 

980 

1,364 

964 

696 

1,410 

1,026 

203 

398 

1,182 

1,010 

1,963 

37 

746 

1,233 

227 

1,933 
638 

1,091 
785 


435 
538 

782 


Auto  theft 


294 

637 

230 

677 

425 

459 

827 

1,610 

346 

368 

176 


Toble  58.— Number  of  Offensts  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 


City 


Cities  15,000  to  60,000  in 
population—Con. 

Annapolis,  Md 

Annlston,  Ala 

Arcadia,  Calif 

Arvada,  Colo 

Ashland,  Ky 


Ashtabula,  Ohio.. 

Athens,  Ga 

Athens,  Ohio 

Attleboro,  Mass,. 
Auburn,  Maine... 


Auburn,  N.Y 

Austin,  Minn... 

Azusa,  Calif. 

Baldwin  Borough,  Pa. 
Baldwin  Park,  Calif... 


Bangor,  Maine 

Barberton,  Ohio 

BartlesviUe,  Okla... 
Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
Baytown,  Tex 


Belleville,  III 

BeUeville,  N.J 

Bellevue,  Wash 

Bellingbam,  Wash. 
Belmont,  Mass 


Beloit,  Wis 

Bergenlield,  N.J. 

Bessemer,  Ala 

Bethel  Park,  Pa. 

Beverly,  Mass 


Beverly  HUls,  CaUf 

Big  Spring,  Tex 

Birmingham,  Mich 

Bismarck.  N.  Dak 

Bloomfleld  Township,  Mich. 


Bloomlngton,  111 

Bloomington,  Ind... 

Blytheville,  Ark 

Bossier  City,  La 

Bowling  Green,  Ky.. 


Braintree,  Mass 

Bremerton,  Wash 

Bridgewater  Township,  N.J. 

Brighton,  N.Y 

Brooklyn  Center,  Minn 

Brook  Park 


Bryan,  Texas 

Burlingame,  Calif. 
Burlington,  Iowa.. 
Burlington,  N.C.. 


Burlhigton,  Vt 

Butte,  Mont 

Calumet  City,  111 

Cape  Girardeau,  Mo. 
Carlsbad,  N.Mex 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


1,191 
667 

1,112 
670 
477 


1,664 

606 
329 

230 
343 
927 
200 
1,363 

238 

897 

261 

1,680 

1,142 

666 

686 

1,273 

1,066 

246 

903 
296 
1,048 
379 
767 

1,287 
619 
616 
436 
634 

977 
467 
638 
900 
1,028 

877 
832 
305 
357 
738 


678 
869 
227 
690 

657 
560 
1,391 
720 
623 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggravated 
assault 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


39 
95 
20 
5 
15 

68 
65 

Incomplete 
26 
4 

3 

8 
51 
10 
72 


31 

213 
127 


62 
26 
3 

21 

7 

193 

2 

6 


Larceny — theft 


$50  and 
over 


350 
211 
369 
176 
191 

258 
611 

250 
147 

116 
147 
405 
90 
637 


246 
82 
676 
450 

166 
185 
667 
317 
107 

235 
92 
348 
144 
334 

544 

218 

175 

90 

290 

400 
119 
232 
278 
269 

182 
347 
110 
97 
242 


223 
365 
119 
109 

330 
219 
326 
269 
221 


Under  $50 


573 

640 

203 

172 

574 

688 

344 

614 

221 

257 

210 

438 

828 

401 

206 

298 

138 

306 

87 

67 

126 

681 

331 

436 

64 

126 

351 

457 

62 

517 

267 

696 

123 

230 

473 

1,223 

416 

479 

281 

387 

234 

75 

453 

1,046 

692 

1,074 

81 

91 

621 

1,003 

148 

221 

296 

271 

178 

139 

250 

415 

474 

422 

204 

329 

258 

481 

275 

614 

270 

663 

363 

622 

231 

304 

221 

303 

420 

621 

421 

277 

396 

210 

341 

816 

159 

89 

225 

187 

391 

628 

1S5 

324 

324 

364 

77 

304 

334 

361 

179 

648 

177 

281 

449 

431 

345 

453 

247 

365 

Auto  theft 


177 


Table  59.— Number 

of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police, 

1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 

Total 
Crime 
Index 

Criminal  homicide 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated 
assault 

Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

City 

Murder 
and  non- 
negllgcnt 

man- 
slaughter 

Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 

$50  and 
over 

Under  $50 

Auto  theft 

Cities  15, mo  to  60,000  in 
population— Con. 

Casper,  Wyo 

838 
302 
763 

884 
1,315 

867 

1,362 
205 

636 

648 
538 
616 
368 
244 

473 
1,647 
809 
511 
298 

873 
214 
540 

1,752 
225 

1,086 
346 

1,085 
917 

2,488 

303 
832 
232 

414 

143 
174 
701 

992 

416 
404 

510 

1,121 

725 

630 
841 
1,194 
438 
637 

1,045 
894 
629 

1,123 
579 

6 

3 

12 
1 
8 
36 
22 

15 
76 
4 

9 

9 
2 
9 
2 
3 

4 
49 
13 

1 

364 
66 
193 
304 
350 

386 

343 

91 

271 

200 
260 
278 
208 
104 

146 
377 
314 
176 
81 

407 
83 
209 
S07 
63 

326 

96 

376 

335 

1  1»R 

340 
193 
422 
146 
690 

330 

331 

83 

219 

325 

238 

212 

81 

84 

246 
930 
360 
292 
186 

323 
95 
223 
725 
91 

689 
181 
475 
382 

826 

100 
279 

147 
209 

60 

46 

389 

468 

172 
188 

265 

77 

412 

201 
306 
461 
233 
369 

413 
266 
246 
619 
266 

660 

406 

659 

96 

687 

1,221 
496 
139 

161 

961 
290 
670 
308 
65 

408 
931 
542 
600 
843 

357 
187 
476 
828 
137 

537 
151 
505 
591 

1,869 

40 

249 
206 
427 

117 
222 
432 

238 

66 
399 

277 
810 
323 

608 
236 
932 
642 
599 

474 
611 
273 
604 
626 

114 

Cedar  Falls,  Iowa 

13 
45 
29 
12 

22 

279 

9 

Incomplete 

19 

17 
16 
24 
42 

29 

CharlottesTiUe,  Va  . 

1 
1 

3 

2 

11 
1 

2 

8 
8 

1 
4 

83 
367 
239 

Chelsea,  Mass 

Cheltenham  Township,  Pa 

Cheyenne,  Wyo 

2 
4 

Chicago  Heights,  HI 

1 
1 

311 
18 

Chlllicothe,  Ohio 

Clarksburg,  W.  Va.. 

Clarksville,  Tenn 

3 

114 

Clinton,  Tnwfl 

93 

Clevis,  N.Mex 

22 

Columbus,  Ind 

Columbus,  Miss 

2 
2 

1 

2 

90 
31 

Concord,  N.H 

4 

63 

Coon  Rapids,  Minn 

2 
3 
5 

2 

1 

5 
1 
1 
10 

2 

4 

20 
26 
23 
2 
16 

28 
1 
8 
46 
17 

31 

7 

32 

100 

158 

66 

Coral  Gables,  Fla 

2 

160 

Corona,  Calif 

1 
2 

94 

Coronado,  Calif 

38 

CorvalUs,  Oreg 

16 

Covina,  Calif 

14 
2 
7 
145 
6 

12 
4 

82 
9 

75 

6 
2 
2 
6 

96 

Cranford  Township,  N.J 

32 

Crystal,  Minn 

1 
6 

92 

Culver  City,  Calif.                .  . 

2 

318 

Cnmberland,  Mrt 

46 

2 

1 

122 

Danvers,  Mass 

68 

Danville,  111 

1 
1 
5 

10 

2 

22 

1 
2 

109 

Danville,  Va     

1 

R 

88 

Daytona  Beach,  Fla 

216 

Decatur,  Oa.. 

1 
1 

12 
12 
3 

23 

22 

26 
50 

89 
221 

64 
127 

62 
61 
179 

95 

Dedham,  Mass 

316 

DeKalb,  111 

16 

Del  City,  Okla. 

2 

47 

Delhi  Township,  Ohio 

4 

1 
1 

5 

1 

1 
1 

5 

Denison,  Tex 

1 
10 

3 

1 

10 

9 

15 

7 
7 

4 

90 

4 

14 

17 
21 
3 

6 

18 
53 

9 
S3 

4 

29 

63 

DeWitt,  N.Y 

1 

3 

Dothan,  Ala       

46 

5 
21 

5 
33 

14 

6 

111 

17 

5 
23 

26 
9 
101 
69 
40 

363 

185 
160 

164 
284 
208 

278 
293 
336 
139 
149 

454 
410 
238 
356 
204 

92 

45 

Downers  Grove,  111 

28 

East  Brunswick  Township, 
N.J 

1 
2 

3 

7 
7 

2 
8 

1 
3 

69 

East  Cleveland,  Ohio 

4 

626 

80 

3 

126 

East  Point,  Ga 

106 

East  Providence,  R.I 

6 

368 

Eau  Claire,  Wis              .  . 

65 

Edina,  Minn        

90 

El  Cajon,  Calif 

3 

12 
5 
2 
9 
2 

119 

ElCerrito,  Calif 

152 

El  Dorado,  Ark            

7 
3 
3 

27 

Elkhart,  Ind 

114 

Elmhurst,  111 

6 

60 

178 


Table  58.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  tht  Po/icc,  1969,  Cifies  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 


City 


CilU)  IB, 000  to  60,000  in 
population — Con. 

Elnilra,  N.Y 

Enfleld,  Conn 

Englewood,  Colo 

Englcwood,  N.J 

Enid,  Okla 


Escondido,  Calif 

Eureka,  Calif 

Everett,  Mass 

Evergreen  Park,  111 

Ewing  Township,  N.J_ 


Fairboni,  Ohio 

Fairfield,  Calif. 

Fair  Lawn,  N.J 

Fairmont,  W.  Va 

Falls  Township,  Pa. 


Farmlngton,  N.  Mex.. 

Fayetteville,  Ark 

Ferguson,  Mo.. 

Femdale,  Mich. 

Findlay,  Ohio 


Fltchburg.Mass... 

Flagstaff,  Ariz 

Florence,  Ala 

Florence,  S.C 

Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 

Fort  Collins,  Colo. 
Fort  Dodge,  Iowa. 

Fort  Lee,  N.J 

Fort  Myers,  Fla... 
Fort  Pierce,  Fla. . . 


Fountain  Valley,  Calif.... 
Franklin  Township,  N.J. 

Freeport,  Dl- 

Frceport,  N.Y 

Galesburg,  111.. 


Gardena,  CallX 

Garden  City,  Mich 

Garden  City,  N.Y 

Garfield,  N.J 

Garfield  Heights,  Ohio. 


Glen  Cove,  N.Y.... 

Glendale,  Ariz 

Glendora,  Calif 

Gloucester,  Mass 

Qoldsboro,  N.C 


Grand  Forks,  N.  Dak. 
Grand  Island,  Nebr.  _ . 

Granite  City,  111 

Greeley,  Colo 

GrcenbuTgh,  N.Y 


Greenville,  N.C. 
Greenville,  Tex.  _ 
Greenwood,  Miss. 

Gulfport,  Miss 

Hackensack,  N.J. 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


706 
S46 
1.099 
815 
800 

693 
662 
690 
603 

778 

402 
798 
476 
130 
682 

661 
418 
616 
1,063 
681 

1,349 

434 

626 
178 

802 
829 
867 
871 


621 

344 

1,666 

462 

1,621 
727 
586 
261 
463 

567 
1.276 
809 
294 
952 

884 
727 

1.287 
980 

1,164 

801 
523 
629 
716 
1,106 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
staugtitcr 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggravated 
assault 


17 
17 

29 
19 
42 

21 

21 

4 

3 

13 

9 
39 
5 
7 
1 

135 

7 

10 

92 

14 


21  38 

Incomplete 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


26 
2 

1 

18 
25 
14 
Incomplete 


23 
9 
49 

17 
3 
40 
76 
42 

76 
33 
147 
5 
23 


243 
288 
371 
334 
342 

261 
221 
291 
60 
241 

110 
355 
177 
46 
315 

202 
133 
225 

489 
227 

549 

269 

293 

64 

208 
351 
214 
350 


428 
309 
128 
478 
167 

418 
199 
105 
60 
211 

176 
535 
357 
161 
343 

163 
284 
652 
221 


260 
232 
231 
327 
337 


Larceny— theft 


$50  and 
over 


372 


Under  $50 


370 

762 

162 

280 

489 

946 

365 

183 

332 

708 

198 

307 

346 

733 

140 

92 

394 

670 

373 

396 

205 

645 

308 

1,006 

253 

300 

62 

45 

186 

523 

232 

374 

260 

295 

260 

436 

293 

421 

267 

342 

Auto  theft 


493 


105 

408 

190 

342 

79 

364 

466 

903 

360 

522 

364 

124 

333 

675 

373 

476 

166 

263 

137 

247 

649 

678 

209 

435 

626 

382 

336 

923 

418 

220 

83 

91 

121 

377 

245 

79 

484 

670 

342 

343 

26 

71 

391 

479 

592 

959 

362 

512 

343 

892 

662 

1,061 

651 

308 

361 

442 

208 

276 

141 

163 

276 

601 

436 

323 

17!9 


Table  59.—Numbtr  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population— Continued 


City 


Cities  tSflOO  to  SOfiOO  in 
population— Con. 

Hagerstown,  Md 

Haltom  City,  Tei 

Hamburg  Town,  N.Y 

Hamden,  Conn 

Hamtramck,  Mich 

Harllngen,  Tex 

Harvey,  111 

Hatticsburg,  Miss _ . 

Haverhill,  Mass 

Hazel  Park,  Mich 

Hazleton,  Pa 

Hempstead,  N.Y 

Highland  Park,  111 

Highland  Park,  Mich 

Hilo,  Hawaii 

Hobbs,  N.  Mex 

Hoboken,  N.J 

Holland,  Mich 

Hot  Springs,  Ark 

Houma,  La __. 

Hunthigton  Park,  Callt 

Hutchhison,  Eans 

Idaho  Falls,  Idaho 

Inkster,  Mich... 

Iowa  City,  Iowa 

Ithaca,  N.Y 

Jackson,  Tenn _ 

Jamestown,  N.Y 

Janesville,  Wis 

Jefferson  City,  Mo 

Johnson  City,  Tenn 

Johnstown,  Pa __. 

Jonesboro.  Ark.._ 

Joplin,  Mo 

Kankakee,  III 

Kannapolls,  N.C 

Kearny,  N.J 

Kent,  Ohio 

Killeen,  Tex 

EIngsport,  Tenn 

Kingston,  N.Y 

Kingsville,  Tex 

Kinston,  N.C 

Klrkwood,  Mo 

Lackawanna,  N.Y 

Lofayette,  Ind 

L«  Orange,  Ga 

La  Habra,  Calif 

La  Mesa,  Calif 

Lancaster,  Ohio 

Laurel,  Miss.. 

Lawrence,  Kans 

Leavenworth,  Kans 

Lebanon,  Pa 

Leominster,  Mass , 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


784 

310 
1,064 
1,647 

800 
1,624 

547 
1,051 


194 
1,864 

503 
3,383 

441 

960 
1,582 
438 
716 
661 

2,086 
515 
989 

2,392 
803 

621 
1.070 
364 
561 
700 

506 

386 

192 

1,028 

1,201 

401 
649 
392 
1,369 
343 

448 
485 
529 
451 
785 

955 
230 
1,156 
860 
600 

570 
1,319 
395 
375 
732 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


1 

6 
12 

1 

24 

3 


36 


Aggravated 
assault 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


incomplete 

7 

3 

12 

19 

261 

203 

3 

66 

156 

144 

9 

32 

18 

Incomplete 

5 

75 

35 

3 

8 

399 

226 

6 

11 

16 

26 

52 

122 

5 

38 

34 

33 

26 

67 

202 

69 

10 

23 

12 

25 

116 

270 

9 

10 

IS 

30 

47 

111 

3 

2 

5 

4 

7 

39 

18 

69 

29 

21 

6 

2 

12 

81 

126 

166 

3 

97 

25 

10 

1 

7 

52 

104 

16 

41 

10 

27 

6 

39 

17 

99 

7 

12 

48 

49 

22 

10 

1 

37 

28 

24 

5 

12 

8 

61 

12 

113 

16 

62 

20 

48 

2 

7 

7 

6 

357 

102 
369 
353 

371 
467 
214 
676 


80 
486 
108 
949 
261 

355 
716 
130 
355 
240 

747 
280 
296 
1,076 
218 

254 
402 
159 
168 
278 

151 
174 
102 
336 
392 

144 
202 
160 
427 
136 

144 
160 
182 
197 
279 

311 
57 
442 
314 
248 

221 
310 
82 
179 
283 


Larceny— theft 


$50  and 
over 


226 

166 
525 
420 

291 
484 
232 
236 


84 
820 
344 
1,132 
126 

516 
102 
224 
243 
212 

621 
133 
575 
594 
463 

261 
337 
137 
337 
310 


68 
523 
412 

122 
244 
130 
608 
79 

200 
233 
161 
196 
192 

606 
94 
580 
435 
165 

189 
829 
187 
142 
237 


Under  $50 


269 
446 
670 

507 
572 
293 
179 


75 

364 

266 

1,113 

378 

690 
80 
551 
318 
152 

894 

995 

1,065 

645 

559 

442 
483 
168 
804 
484 

213 
178 
143 

917 
423 

221 
183 
496 
546 
358 

176 
388 
246 
396 
196 

697 
207 
625 
723 
377 

265 
1,098 
208 
287 
401 


106 

ss 

45 

198 


180 


Table  58. — Numbtr  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 


City 


Ci(ie»  16,000  to  60,000  in 
population— Cob. 


Lcwlston,  Maine.. 
Lexington,  Mass.. 

Linden,  N.J 

Livennore,  Cali/.. 
Livingston,  N.J. . 


Lockport,  N.Y 

Lodi,  Calif 

Lodi,  N.J 

Lombard,  111 

Long  Beach,  N.Y_ 


Long  Branch,  N.J 

Longview,  Wash 

Lynwood,  Calif 

Madison  Heights,  Mich.. 
Madison  Township,  N.J. 


Manchester  Township,  Conn. 

Manhattan  Beach,  Calif 

Manitowoc,  Wis 

Mankato,  Minn 

Maple  Heights,  Ohio 


Marietta,  Oa 

Marion,  Ind 

Marion,  Ohio 

Marple  Township,  Pa. 
Marshall,  Tex .-.. 


Mason  City,  Iowa. 

Massillon,  Ohio 

Maywood,  111 

McAUen,  Tex 

McKeesport,  Pa... 


Medford,  Oreg 

Melbourne,  Fla 

Melrose,  Mass 

Menlo  Park,  Calif. 
Mentor,  Ohio 


Methuen,  Mass. 

Michigan  City,  Ind 

Middletown,  Conn 

Middletown  Township,  Pa.. 
Midland,  Mich 


Midwest  City,  Okla 

MiUord  Town,  Conn 

Millcreek  Township,  Pa. 

Milton,  Mass 

Minnetonka,  Minn 


Minot,  N.  Dak.. 
Mishawaka,  Ind. 
Missoula,  Mont.. 

Mohne,  111 

Monroe,  Mich 


Monrovia,  Calif-  _ 

Montclair,  N.J_ 

Montebello,  Calif 

Monterey,  Calif _ 

Monterey  Park,  Calif. 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


626 
438 
1,051 
689 
216 

317 
476 
S46 
298 
1,654 

1,177 
437 

2,211 
806 
651 

864 
1,240 
432 
678 
662 

1,118 

1,083 

791 

337 

343 


677 
867 
264 
662 

957 
412 
364 
1,049 
561 

695 
1,208 
699 
626 
461 

848 
1,403 
367 
314 
419 

276 
661 
634 
1,202 
384 

865 
1,169 
1,462 
1,503 
1,192 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggravated 
assault 


164 
22 
3 

10 
41 

1 
8 
24 

24 

43 

10 

4 

7 

8 
25 
78 

2 
36 

17 
15 

2 
36 

3 

12 
30 
25 
3 
5 

6 
10 
1 
7 
3 

3 
14 

9 
31 
13 

62 
48 
42 
40 
32 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


276 
209 
438 
401 
121 

74 
149 
153 

68 
535 

423 
207 
776 
268 
263 

363 
612 
246 
237 
196 

399 
364 
249 
118 
136 

286 
206 
342 
186 

255 

405 
187 
170 
447 
206 

331 
369 

267 
283 
165 

232 
389 
142 
171 

178 

61 
239 
184 
636 
182 

340 
615 
540 
452 
458 


Larceny— theft 


$60  and 
over 


Under  $60 


201 

664 

174 

267 

264 

469 

209 

1,105 

66 

96 

131 

83 

217 

321 

217 

86 

176 

218 

677 

640 

504 

438 

134 

970 

685 

615 

363 

488 

284 

193 

368 

371 

403 

379 

165 

683 

369 

660 

132 

460 

378 

420 

513 

821 

398 

760 

168 

282 

165 

186 

337 

627 

312 

462 

230 

206 

44 

531 

138 

258 

407 

927 

133 

769 

131 

172 

372 

486 

288 

441 

146 

243 

566 

681 

211 

200 

211 

260 

249 

908 

441 

522 

743 

717 

166 

317 

70 

66 

191 

147 

148 

339 

264 

780 

276 

1,164 

444 

783 

125 

339 

265 

314 

438 

280 

563 

375 

808 

641 

609 

447 

Auto  theft 


181 


Table  58. — Number  of  Offenses  Known  to 

the  Police, 

7969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 

Total 
Crime 
Index 

Criminal  homicide 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated 
assault 

Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 

Larceny— theft 

City 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 

$50  and 
over 

Under  $50 

Auto  theft 

Citiei  16,000  to  60,000  in 
population—Con. 

Moorhead,  Minn 

628 
541 

209 
215 
650 

828 
981 
324 
467 
481 

1,033 
1,144 

2,787 
1,440 

767 
172 

1,107 
697 

1,613 

2,765 
603 

278 
1,228 

619 

296 
1,629 
1,439 
1,215 

316 
304 
1,168 
610 
612 

658 
318 
833 
281 
1,764 

1,387 
677 
561 
350 
670 

1,250 
741 
422 
618 

1,319 

2 
7 

1 
3 

8 

25 

18 

3 

3 

1 

64 
60 

12 
17 

1 

201 
178 

119 
93 
93 

248 
647 
146 
125 
179 

472 
330 

1,026 
446 

311 

72 

434 

350 
556 

1,129 
160 

104 
377 

118 

129 
618 
625 
397 

101 
148 
611 
142 
163 

232 
108 
262 
99 
649- 

426 
327 
171 
123 
263 

745 
216 
156 
223 
194 

372 

290 

52 
107 
331 

350 
286 
81 
232 
230 

323 

498 

673 
430 

230 
66 
433 
177 
744 

1,372 
304 

104 
415 

207 

98 
673 
549 
618 

136 
105 
403 
204 
253 

220 
163 
397 
122 
707 

489 
189 
296 
133 
231 

263 
337 
185 
232 
881 

481 
322 

46 
62 
270 

340 

873 

97 

170 

297 

364 
671 

904 
333 

217 
389 
461 
413 

792 

1,721 
263 

110 
199 

214 

125 
692 
829 
813 

266 
91 
598 
188 
204 

631 
104 
847 
170 
988 

990 
310 
206 
188 
331 

476 
410 
344 
577 
633 

41 

Morton  Grove,  III 

1 

48 

Mount  Lebanon  Township, 
Pa 

1 

36 

Mount  Pleasant,  N.Y 

12 

Mount  Prospect,  111 

3 

7 

39 

60 
43 
21 

2 

1 

47 
R 

79 

Muskogee,  Okia 

6 
8 
3 

11 

138 

Napa,  CalU 

80 

Natchez,  Miss 

4 
1 

66 

Natick,  Mass 

94 

Needham,  Mass 

1 

70 

Neptune  Township,  N.J 

1 
3 

3 

2 

10 
3 

9 
2 

2 
10 

2 

128 

New  Albany,  Ind 

262 

Newark,  Ohio 

3 

New  Brunswick,  N.J 

285 
75 

15 
1 
25 
24 
35 

24 
13 

105 
280 

23 
15 
101 

28 
87 

74 
43 

687 

Newburgh,  N.Y 

22S 

New  Castle,  Pa.. 

4 
1 

188 

New  Iberia,  La 

1 
3 
2 

25 

New  London,  Conn .. 

101 

1 
3 

114 

Newport,  R.I 

192 

Newport  Beach,  Calif 

1 

17 

138 

Nlles,ni _ 

2 

2 
2 

83 

1 

Northampton,  Mass 

6 
21 

22 

9 
81 
89 
40 

4 
4 

19 

6 

33 

9 
3 
34 

1 
83 

102 

26 

1 

5 

9 

8 
8 

6 
12 

42 

6 
73 
49 
52 

1 
5 
19 
16 
6 

39 
2 
31 
24 
73 

64 
90 
37 
11 

7 

32 
43 
62 
105 

2 

58 

North  Bergen  Township,  N.J. . 

403 

North  Chicago,  111 

1 

1 
1 

3 

1 

22 

4 

2 

2 

1 

10 

126 

North  Huntingdon  Township, 
Pa 

52 

North  Las  Vegas,  Nev 

2 

281 

North  Miami,  Fla. 

223 

North  Miami  Beach,  Fla 

1 

208 

North  Oknsted,  Ohio 

72 

North  Tonawanda,  N.Y.. 

41 

Norwich,  Conn 

1 

105 

Norwood,  Mass 

143 

Norwood,  Ohio 

2 

1 

1 

1 

3 

5 
3 
4 
2 
10 

7 

152 

Novato,  Calif 

62 

Nutley,  N.J 

49 

Oak  Park,  Mich 

1 

2 

4 

105 

Oak  Ridge,  Tenn 

2 
5 

2 
1 

1 
1 

31 

Oceanslde,  Calif  

237 

Orange,  N.J 

297 

Orange,  Texas 

46 

Orangetown,  N.Y 

65 

Ottumwa,  Iowa     

2 

6 

6 
1 
4 

77 

84 

Paclfica,  Calif... 

3 

6 

204 

Paducah,  Ky  .. 

2 

130 

Pampa,  Tex 

26 

Panama  City,  Fla 

3 

1 

19 
17 

36 

Paramus,  N.J 

1 

2 

222 

182 


Table  58. — Number  o 

{  Offtnses 

Known  to  the  Police, 

1969,  Citiet  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population— Continued 

Total 
Crime 
Index 

Criminal  homicide 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated 
assault 

Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 

Larceny 

-theft 

City 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 

$50  and 
over 

Under  $50 

Auto  theft 

Citie)  16,000  to  50,000  in 
population— Con. 

142 
684 
434 
564 

929 
439 
1,315 
965 
919 

415 

642 

2,368 

1,043 

962 

1,298 
319 
610 
616 

1,032 

660 
1,051 

396 
1,213 

431 

418 
732 
590 
663 
626 

165 
1,278 
1,243 
1,665 
1,064 

711 
914 
138 
1,196 
209 

695 
859 
688 
688 
819 

638 
641 
818 
209 
386 

804 
579 
632 
684 
627 

1 

In 

3 
10 

6 
11 

5 

9 
21 
27 
65 

6 

13 

127 

11 

18 

44 

2 

2 
67 
50 

8 
43 
17 
72 

2 

1 
34 
11 
41 
11 

3 
21 
19 
24 
16 

10 

21 

1 

48 

1 

12 
8 

19 
4 

16 

13 

8 
9 

complete 

1 

19 

29 

54 

8 
10 
20 
51 
113 

40 
26 
118 
30 

54 

46 
10 
51 
49 
39 

16 
43 
36 
89 
26 

4 
13 
37 
18 

4 

15 
18 
33 
44 
13 

28 
7 

1 
49 

2 

23 
32 
2 
100 
123 

41 
180 
110 
210 

579 
190 
674 
261 
391 

133 

252 

1,102 

412 

266 

697 
144 
201 
214 
440 

220 
431 
122 
636 
138 

64 
269 
147 
309 
217 

65 
601 
517 
640 
660 

268 
319 
58 
421 
142 

208 
403 
136 
241 

282 

116 
271 
313 
94 
138 

236 
320 
174 
342 
276 

68 
311 
247 
234 

88 
175 
394 
339 
224 

166 
277 
607 
471 
511 

414 
102 
223 
72 
376 

220 
390 
167 
422 
245 

270 
336 
272 
146 
266 

66 
680 
537 
335 
283 

321 
390 

69 
614 

65 

214 
266 
383 
244 

296 

402 
188 
398 
88 
171 

424 
182 
287 
118 
255 

523 
436 
238 
138 

63 

427 
318 
230 
889 

236 

220 
961 
858 
751 

492 
212 
627 
490 
994 

169 
461 
287 
642 
236 

995 
121 
218 

250 
87 

363 

822 
759 
194 
544 

889 
314 
130 
726 
36 

632 
696 
172 
383 

276 

536 
204 
417 
163 
156 

1,231 
344 
929 
366 
325 

Park  Forest,  111 ._ 

28 

Park  Ridge,  lU 

2 

1 

62 

Parma  Heights,  Ohio 

41 

Pascagoula,  Miss 

1 

54 

Peabody,  Mass 

1 

248 

Pekin.ni 

2 
2 
3 
6 

8 

63 

8 
1 

2 

12 

1 

6 
2 
14 

6 

298 

Perth  Amboy,  N.J 

282 

106 

Phenix  City,  Ala 

67 

Piscataway  Township,  N.J 

74 

Plamfield,N.J 

2 

7 
6 
6 

11 
2 
6 

406 

Pleasant  Hill,  Calif 

113 

Pocatello,  Idaho 

1 

118 

6 

180 

Ponca  City,  Okla 

69 

Portage,  Mich 

2 

27 

Port  Chester,  N.Y... 

1 
2 

1 
2 
1 
4 

113 

Port  Huron,  Mich 

1 

6 

1 
3 
8 
2 
2 

1 
3 
3 
2 
2 

5 

2 
9 
5 
4 

2 
3 

1 

121 

Portsmouth,  N.H 

96 

Portsmouth,  Ohio 

139 

Pottstown,  Pa 

3 

65 

89 

Prau-ie  Village,  Kans 

18 

78 

1 

76 

120 

Rahway,  N.J    .  ..    

3 

148 

Ramapo  Town,  N.Y 

26 

Rantoul,  111 .-. 

11 

Rapid  City,  S.  Dak 

2 
1 
2 

1 

1 

1 

164 

Eedlands,  Calif 

127 

606 

Rialto,  Calif                       .  ... 

97 

2 

81 

Richfield,  Minn 

174 

Richland,  Wash 

a 

Richmond,  Ind 

2 

162 

Rldgewood,  N.J.. _. 

1 

9 

Ridley  Township,  Pa 

4 

7 
1 
6 
3 

134 

Rock  Hill,  S.C 

10 

2 
1 
3 
1 

133 

RockviUe  Centre,  N.Y 

14S 

Rocky  Mount,  N.C 

6 

7 

68 

Rome,  Ga 

92 

Rosevllle,  Minn 

107 

Ross  Township,  Pa 

2 

28 

29 

1 

1 

2 
32 
U 
11 

6 

144 

Roswell,  N.  Mex 

6 

1 

64 

Rotterdam,  N.Y 

1 

1 

3 

2 
6 
2 

2 

2£ 

St.  Charles,  Mo 

1 

9 

4 
13 

7 
20 

8 

6£ 

St.  Cloud,  Minn 

2 

13; 

Salem,  Mass 

1 

K 

4- 

San  Bruno,  Calif 

3 

7 
1 

18f 

San  Carlos.  CaUf 

8 

183 


Table  59.— Number  of  Offentet  Known  to  the  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population— Confinued 


City 


Cities  15,000  to  60,000  in 
population— Con. 

Sandusky,  Ohio 

San  Gabriel,  Calif 

San  Luis  Obispo,  Calif 

San  Rafael,  Calif.. _ 

Santa  Cruz,  Calif.  _ 

Santa  Fe,  N.  Mex 

Santa  Maria,  Calif 

Santa  Eosa,  Calif 

Sarasota,  Fla. 

SayrevlUe,  N.J.. 

Sedalia,  Mo 

Selma,  Ala 

Shaker  Heights,  Ohio 

Shaler  Township,  Pa 

Shawnee,  Okla 

Sheboygan,  Wis 

Sherman,  Tex 

South  EucUd,  Ohio 

Southgate,  Mich 

Southington  Town,  Conn.. 

South  San  Francisco,  Calif. 
Springfield  Township,  Ohio 
Springfield  Township,  Pa.. 

State  College,  Pa 

Steubenville,  Ohio 

Stillwater,  Okla 

Stratford,  Conn 

Sumter,  S.C 

Superior,  Wis. 

Taunton,  Mass 

Teaneck  Township,  NJ 

Temple,  Tex 

Texarkana,  Tex 

Texas  City,  Tex.. 

Titusvllle,  Fla 

Torrington ,  Conn 

Trumbull,  Conn 

Upland,  Calif. 

Upper  Arlington,  Ohio 

Urbana,  111 

Valdosta,  Ga 

Vancouver,  Wash 

Ventura,  Calif 

Vestal,  N.Y 

Vicksburg,  Miss. 

Villa  Park,  111.. 

Vineland,  N.J 

Wakefield,  Mass 

Walla  Walla,  Wash 

Wallingford,  Conn 

Walnut  Creek,  Calif 

Warminster  Township,  Pa.. 

Warner  Robins,  Ga 

Watertown.  Mass 

Watertown,  N.Y 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


607 

845 

468 

1,630 

1,447 

1,323 
1,335 
1,409 
1,499 
330 

364 
736 

286 
422 

434 

250 
211 
956 
399 

1,469 
322 
379 
439 
687 

344 

1,161 
463 
968 

1,310 

761 
763 
936 
616 
742 

225 
301 
563 
308 
520 

657 

846 

1,918 

261 

450 

201 
960 
348 
518 


967 
689 
224 
756 
517 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggravated 
assault 


18 
30 
9 
23 
33 

12 
18 
30 
65 
6 

13 
14 

Incomplete 
3 
1 


97 

4 

21 

7 
1 
2 
32 
10 

20 
16 
10 
31 
12 

9 
22 

22 
96 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


286 
336 
147 
438 
670 

637 
690 
462 
716 

82 

106 
400 

123 
154 

161 
86 
99 
272 
201 

487 
140 
88 
166 
285 

95 
387 
236 
403 
513 

316 
266 
323 

237 
279 

87 
131 
241 
142 
199 

153 


222 

109 
356 
125 
182 
292 

260 
292 
25 
293 
264 


Larceny— theft 


$50  and 
over 


181 
359 
234 
776 
609 

422 
562 
769 
487 
162 

199 
188 


201 
128 
62 
477 
163 

619 
121 
176 
206 
240 

220 
566 
131 
264 
204 

321 
319 
497 
222 
353 

86 
103 
204 
163 

205 

237 
330 
903 
156 
166 

54 
358 
156 
265 
255 

623 
222 
158 
268 
216 


Under  $50 


727 
328 
116 
856 
1,117 

754 

820 

1,662 

1,033 

144 

292 
377 

166 
312 

974 
153 
212 
669 
175 

588 
312 
268 
362 
437 

261 
381 
393 
832 
511 


449 
219 
669 
412 

162 
313 

609 
717 
354 

367 
446 
947 
134 
130 

149 
378 
164 

718 


"858 
293 
193 
195 


184 


Table  58. — Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  fhe  Police,  1969,  Cities  and  Towns  25,000  and  over  in  Population — Continued 


City 


Cities  SSfiOO  to  60,000  in 
population— Con. 


Waukesha,  Wis  _ 

Wausau,  Wis 

Wayne  Township,  NJ. 

Webster  Groves,  Mo 

Weirton,  W.Va. 


Wellesley,  Mass 

Westfield,  Mass 

Westfield,  N.J. 

West  Mifflin,  Pa 

West  New  York,  NJ. 


West  Orange,  N.J 

Westport,  Conn., 

West  Seneca,  N.Y 

West  Springfield,  Mass.. 
Wethersfleld,  Conn 


Wheaton,  HI 

Wheeling,  W.Va.. 
Whitehall,  Ohio.. 
Wilkinsburg,  Pa.. 
Williamsport,  Pa. 


Willingboro  Township,  N.J.. 

Wilniette,  111 , 

Wilmington,  N.C , 

Wilson,  N.C. 

Winona,  Minn , 


Winter  Park,  Fla. 

Woburn,  Mass 

Woonsocket,  R.I. 
Wyandotte,  Mich. 
Xenia,  Ohio 


I    Yakima,  Wash... 

I    Yuma,  Ariz 

I    Zanesville,  Ohio. 


Other  Areas 
Dade  County,  Fla 


Guam 

Puerto  Rico. 


Total 
Crime 
Index 


322 
262 
1,023 
318 
477 

376 
624 
300 

272 
776 

672 
1,169 
613 
932 
373 

312 
783 
673 
630 
723 

468 
447 
1,961 
702 
323 

737 
569 
703 
793 
488 

2,204 

1,511 

657 


21, 370 


942 
54,067 


Criminal  homicide 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


1 
191 


Man- 
slaughter 

by 
negligence 


14 
422 


Forcible 
rape 


6 
698 


Robbery 


1,3.56 


28 
1,662 


Aggravated 
assault 


44 

54 

8 

20 

3 

12 

2 

6 

92 

263 

16 

152 

4 

2 

20 

37 

3 

15 

2 

20 

16 

11 

25 

77 

155 

55 

97 

18 

7 

1,640 


31 
11,766 


Burglary- 
breaking 
or  entering 


101 

72 

394 

135 

224 

124 
232 
120 
110 
260 

201 
553 
223 
308 
171 

139 
216 
292 
228 
309 

339 
179 
810 
177 
86 

239 
239 
207 
290 
147 

897 
502 
346 


7,019 


435 
20, 657 


Larceny— theft 


$50  and 
over 


294 
11,826 


Under  $60 


173 

441 

119 

650 

523 

491 

133 

328 

129 

148 

185 

125 

207 

208 

134 

219 

83 

75 

227 

112 

270 

227 

490 

394 

279 

337 

319 

171 

141 

133 

109 

402 

410 

404 

267 

516 

169 

171 

343 

629 

49 

17 

220 

682 

592 

906 

238 

646 

158 

231 

358 

628 

189 

97 

172 

126 

290 

760 

245 

694 

892 

2,375 

705 

797 

171 

397 

601 
9,406 


Auto  theft 


185 


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