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Jnited  States 
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FBI 

Uniform 
Crime 
Reports 


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Wednesday  PM 
October  24,  1979 


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OTHER  UNIFORM  CRIME  REPORTING  PUBLICATIONS: 

Assaults  on  Federal  Officers  ( published  annually) 

Bomb  Summary  ( published  annually ) 

Law  Enforcement  Officers  Killed  Summary  ( published  annually ) 


UNIFORM 

CRIME 

REPORTS 

for  the  United  States 


SUMMARY 


CRIME  INDEX 


PRINTED  ANNUALLY- 1978 


CRIMES  CLEARED 


Advisory:  Committee  on  Uniform  Crime  Records 
International  Association  of  Chiefs  of  Police 
D.  N.  Cassidy,  Director  General 
Police  and  Security 
National  Harbours  Board 
Ottawa,  Ontario,  Canada 


PERSONS  ARRESTED 


LAW  ENFORCEMENT  PERSONNEL 


William  H.  Webster 

Director,  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation 

U.S.  Department  of  Justice,  Washington,  D.C.    20535 

For  sale  by  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  U.S.  Government  Printing  OfTice,  Washington,  D.C.  20402 


APPENDICES 


FOREWORD 

This  year's  publication.  Crime  in  the  United  States— 1978,  is  the  49th  such  annual 
document  issued  by  the  FBI  on  behalf  of  the  law  enforcement  community.  The 
information  contained  in  this  book  is  a  social  statement.  In  many  respects  it  represents 
one  of  the  darker  sides  of  human  behavior  in  this  country  and  should  not  be  taken 
lightly. 

Since  1930,  the  FBI  has  been  collecting  crime-related  statistics  submitted 
voluntarily  by  the  law  enforcement  agencies  of  this  Nation.  The  great  volume  of 
information  thus  received  is  correlated  periodically  and  published  for  the  information 
of  the  American  people  and  to  provide  law  enforcement  and  other  areas  of  the  criminal 
justice  community  with  both  an  insight  to  criminaUty  throughout  the  United  States 
and  a  sound  basis  for  studies  of  criminal  activity. 

In  the  late  1960s,  the  severity  of  the  crime  problem  caught  the  attention  of  the 
American  people,  as  well  as  the  Congress  of  the  United  States.  The  result  was  a 
concerted  effort  on  the  part  of  city,  county,  state,  and  Federal  agencies  to  improve 
their  crime-fighting  capabilities.  Massive  sums  of  money  have  been  infused  into  the 
criminal  justice  system  during  the  past  decade.  Statistically,  it  appears  that  these 
remarkable  efforts  have  not  had  the  impact  on  the  incidence  of  crime  envisioned 
earlier  in  this  decade.  It  is  a  matter  of  record,  however,  that  the  various  elements  of  the 
criminal  justice  community  have  made  great  strides  by  improving  their  efficiency  and 
professionalism.  Studies  exist  which  indicate  that  the  educational  levels  and  the 
requisite  training  of  police  officers  have  dramatically  improved  over  the  years,  better 
preparing  those  empowered  to  enforce  the  law.  Other  studies  document  the  changes 
and  improvement  for  progress  within  other  elements  of  the  criminal  justice 
community. 

But  delegation  of  this  problem  to  law  enforcement  agencies,  however  professional, 
has  not  been  enough.  Unless  we  as  citizens  collectively  and  individually  join  the 
crusade  against  crime,  the  vast  resources  of  our  respective  governments  will  apparently 
have  little  or  no  effect  on  this  Nation's  crime  situation.  A  mere  perusal  of  the  statistics 
in  this  publication  conceivably  attests  to  that  fact.  There  are  many  programs  initiated 
at  the  community  level  by  law  enforcement  agencies  which  actively  solicit  the  support 
of  the  citizenry.  It  is  now  up  to  us  to  respond  to  this  solicitation  and  work  hand-in- 
hand  with  law  enforcement  if  we  are  to  make  any  inroads  in  this  Nation's  crime 
problem. 


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WiUiam  H.  Webster 
Director 


Crime  Factors 

The  presence  of  crime  in  our  Nation's  communities  is  a  serious  concern  not  only  of 
the  law  enforcement  profession,  but  of  society  at  large.  Historically,  the  causes  and 
origins  of  crime  have  been  the  subjects  of  investigation  by  many  disciplines.  However, 
no  definitive  conclusions  have  yet  been  reached.  Instead,  a  number  of  factors  affecting 
the  volume  and  type  of  crime  that  occurs  from  place  to  place  have  been  delineated. 
Some  of  these  are  as  follows: 

Density  and  size  of  community  population  and  its  surrounding  area. 

Variations  in  composition  of  the  population,  particularly  age  structure. 

Stability  of  population  with  respect  to  transient  factors. 

Economic  conditions,  including  job  availability. 

Cultural    conditions,    such    as    educational,    recreational,    and    religious 
characteristics. 

Climate. 

Effective  strength  of  law  enforcement  agencies. 

Administrative  and  investigative  emphases  of  law  enforcement. 

Policies    of    other    components    of    the    criminal    justice    system    (i.e., 
prosecutorial,  judicial,  correctional,  and  probational). 

Attitudes  of  citizenry  toward  crime. 

Crime  reporting  practices  of  citizenry. 
The  Uniform  Crime  Reports  give  a  nationwide  view  of  crime  based  on  police 
statistics  contributed  by  state  and  local  law  enforcement  agencies.  Population  size  is 
the  only  correlate  of  crime  utilized  in  this  publication.  While  the  other  factors  hsted 
above  are  of  equal  concern,  no  attempt  is  made  to  relate  them  to  the  data  presented. 
The  reader  is,  therefore,  cautioned  against  comparing  statistical  data  of  individual 
communities  solely  on  the  basis  of  their  population  size. 


Contents 


Page 

Section  I— Summary  of  the  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Program    1-5 

Section  II— Crime  Index  Offenses  Reported   6-174 

Narrative  comments: 

Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter    7-13 

Forcible  rape    14-15 

Robbery    16-19 

Aggravated  assault    20-22 

Burglar)'    23-26 

Larceny-theft   27-31 

Motor  vehicle  theft    32-34 

Crime  Index  total    35-37 

Charts: 

Crime  clock,   1978   6 

Murder,  monthly  variation  from  annual  average    8 

Murder,   1974-1978   8 

Murder,  type  of  weapon  used,  1978  12 

Forcible  rape,  monthly  variation  from  annual  average    15 

Forcible  rape,  1974-1978    15 

Robbery,  monthly  variation  from  annual  average  17 

Robbery,  1974-1978    17 

Robbery  analysis,  1974-1978    18 

Aggravated  assault,  monthly  variation  from  aimual  average    21 

Aggravated  assault,  1974-1978    21 

Burglary,  monthly  variation  from  annual  average  24 

Burglary,  1974-1978    24 

Burglary  analysis,  1974-1978    25 

Larceny-theft,  monthly  variation  from  annual  average    28 

Larceny-theft,  1974-1978    28 

Larceny  analysis,  1974-1978   29 

Larceny  analysis,  1978    30 

Motor  vehicle  theft,  monthly  variation  from  aimual  average    33 

Motor  vehicle  theft,  1974-1978    33 

Crime  Index  total,   1974-1978    35 

Tables: 

Murder: 

Circumstance  by  relationship,  1978    9 

Age,  sex,  and  race  of  victims,  1978    9 

Victim/Offender  relationship,  sex  and  race,  1978: 

Single  victim/single  offender  10 

Single  victim/multiple  offender  11 

Victims— weapons  used,  1978  12 

Type  of  weapon  used,  1978    13 

Type  of  weapon  used,  1974-1978    13 

Circumstances/motives,  1976-1978    13 


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Tables — Continued 
Robbery: 

Percent  distribution,  region,  1978  17 

Type  of  weapon  used,   1978    19 

Percent  distribution,  population  group,  1978    19 

Aggravated  assault,  type  of  weapon  used,  1978    21 

Larceny  analysis,  region,  1978    31 

Motor  vehicle  theft,   1978    33 

National  crime,  rate,  and  percent  change  35 

Regional  offense  and  population  distribution,  1978  36 

Crime  rate,   1978: 

Region  36 

Area    36 

Index  of  Crime: 

United  States,  1978    38 

United  States,  1969-1978    39 

Region,  geographic  division,  and  state,  1977-1978   40-45 

State,  1978    46-57 

Standard  MetropoHtan  Statistical  Area,  1978  58-84 

Number  of  offenses  known  to  the  police,  1978: 

Cities  and  towns  10,000  and  over  in  population   85-134 

Universities  and  colleges  135-139 

Suburban  counties  140-152 

Rural  counties  25,000  and  over  in  population    153-160 

Crime  trends,  offenses  known  to  the  police,  1977-1978: 

Population  group    161-162 

Suburban  and  nonsuburban  cities,  population  group  163-164 

Suburban  and  nonsuburban  counties,  population  group   165 

Offense  breakdown,  population  group  166-167 

Crime  rates,  offenses  known  to  the  police,  1978: 

Population  group    168-169 

Suburban  and  nonsuburban  cities,  population  group  170 

Suburban  and  nonsuburban  counties,  population  group   171 

Offense  breakdown,  population  group  172-173 

Offense  analysis,  1978,  and  percent  change  from   1977   174 

Type  and  value  of  property  stolen  and  recovered,  1978    174 

Section  III— Crime  Index  Offenses  Cleared  175-183 

Narrative  comments    175 

Chart: 

Crimes  cleared  by  arrest,  1978  176 

Tables: 

Offenses  known  and  percent  cleared  by  arrest,   1978: 

Population  group    177-178 

Geographic  division   179 

Offense  breakdown,  population  group  180-181 

Offenses  cleared  by  arrest  of  persons  under  18  years  of  age,  1978   ...  182-183 

Section  IV— Persons  Arrested    184-228 

Narrative  comments   184-1 85 

Chart: 

Distribution  by  age,  persons  arrested  and  total  population,  1978  185 


Page 

Tables: 

Arrests  for  drug  abuse  violations,   1978  184 

Arrests,  region,  1978  185 

Total  estimated  arrests,  United  States,   1978  186 

Arrests,  number  and  rate,  population  group,  1978  186-187 

Total  arrest  trends: 

1969-1978    188 

Sex,  1969-1978    189 

1974-1978    190 

Sex,  1974-1978    191 

1977-1978    192 

Sex,  1977-1978   193 

Total  arrests,  1978: 

Distribution  by  age    194-195 

Of  persons  under  15,  18,  21,  and  25  years  of  age    196 

Distribution  by  sex  197 

Distribution  by  race    198-200 

City  arrest  trends,  1977-1978  201 

City  arrests,  1978: 

Distribution  by  age    202-203 

Of  persons  under  15,  18,  21,  and  25  years  of  age    204 

Distribution  by  sex  205 

City  arrest  trends,  sex,  1977-1978  206 

City  arrests,  distribution  by  race,  1978    207-209 

Suburban  arrest  trends,  1977-1978   210 

Suburban  arrests,  1978: 

Distribution  by  age    211-212 

Of  persons  under  15,  18,  21,  and  25  years  of  age    213 

Distribution  by  sex  214 

Suburban  arrest  trends,  sex,  1977-1978   215 

Suburban  arrests,  distribution  by  race,  1978    216-218 

Rural  arrest  trends,  1977-1978  219 

Rural  arrests,  1978: 

Distribution  by  age    220-22 1 

Of  persons  under  15,  18,  21,  and  25  years  of  age    222 

Distribution  by  sex  223 

Rural  arrest  trends,  sex,  1977-1978  224 

Rural  arrests,  distribution  by  race,  1978    225-227 

Police  disposition  of  juvenile  offenders  taken  into  custody,  1978   228 

Section  V— Law  Enforcement  Personnel    229-313 

Narrative  comments: 

Law  enforcement  employees   230 

Assaults  on  law  enforcement  officers  300-301 

Law  enforcement  officers  killed    307-311 

Charts: 

Law  Enforcement  Code  of  Ethics  229 

Police  employee  data,  population  group,  1978   231 

Law  enforcement  officers  killed: 

1969-1978    306 

Situations,  1969-1978   308 


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Charts— Continued 

Law  enforcement  officers  killed— Continued 

Hour  of  day,  1969-1978   312 

Criminal  history  of  persons  identified  in  the  killing  of  law  313 

enforcement  officers,   1969-1978    

Tables: 

Full-time  law  enforcement  employees,  October  31,  1978: 

Employees,  number  and  rate  per  1,000  inhabitants,  geographic  232 

division  and  population  group    

Officers,  number  and  rate  per  1,000  inhabitants,  geographic  division  233 

and  population  group    

Employees,  percent  male  and  female  234 

Civilian  employees,  percent  of  total,  population  group    234 

State  police  and  highway  patrol   235 

Number  in  cities  25,000  and  over  in  population  236-244 

Number  in  cities  with  populations  under  25,000   245-281 

Number  in  universities  and  colleges   282-284 

Number  in  suburban  counties  285-288 

Number  in  rural  counties    289-300 

Law  enforcement  officers  assaulted,  1978: 

Geographic  division  and  population  group  300 

Weapon  used   301 

Police  activity  and  type  of  weapon  302 

Type  of  weapon  and  police  activity   302 

Time  of  day,  population  group    303 

Percent  distribution  of  officer  activity  304 

Percent  distribution  of  officer  assignment   304 

Percent  cleared,  type  of  activity,  population  group   305 

Law  enforcement  officers  killed: 

Officers  feloniously  killed,  1978  307 

Circumstances  and  type  of  assignment,  1969-1978  309 

Type  of  weapon,  1969-1978    310 

Profile  of  victim  officers  310 

Persons  identified  in  the  killing  of  law  enforcement  officers: 

Profile,  1969-1978    310 

Disposition,  1967-1976  311 

Section  VI— Appendices  314-323 

Appendix  I— Table  Methodology    314-318 

Appendix  II— Offenses  in  Uniform  Crime  Reporting   319-320 

Appendix  III— Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Area  Definitions    321-323 


SECTION  I 

SUMMARY  OF  THE  UNIFORM  CRIME  REPORTING 

PROGRAM 


Based  on  a  cooperative  effort  by  over  15,000  law 
enforcement  agencies  across  the  Nation,  the  Uniform 
Crime  Reporting  (UCR)  Program  provides  periodic 
assessments  of  crime  in  the  United  States  as  mea- 
sured by  offenses  coming  to  the  attention  of  the  law 
enforcement  community.  The  Program's  foremost 
objective  is  to  produce  a  reliable  set  of  criminal 
statistics  for  use  in  law  enforcement  administration, 
operation,  and  management.  However,  data  emanat- 
ing from  the  Program  are  widely  utilized  by  other 
criminal  justice  professionals,  legislators,  and  schol- 
ars who  have  an  interest  in  the  crime  problem. 
Additionally,  the  statistics  have  historically  provided 
the  general  public  an  indication  of  fluctuations  in  the 
level  of  crime  in  our  society. 

Historical  Bacligroiuid 

The  Committee  on  Uniform  Crime  Records  of  the 
International  Association  of  Chiefs  of  Police  (lACP) 
initiated  this  voluntary  national  data  collection  effort 
in  1930.  During  that  same  year,  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States  authorized  the  Federal  Bureau  of 
Investigation  (FBI)  to  serve  as  the  national  clearing- 
house for  statistical  information  on  crime.  Since  that 
time,  data  have  been  obtained  from  law  enforcement 
agencies  throughout  the  Nation  based  on  uniform 
classifications  and  procedures  of  reporting. 

In  an  effort  to  provide  as  complete  a  picture  of 
crime  in  the  United  States  as  possible,  the  Committee 
on  Uniform  Crime  Records  of  the  lACP  chose  to 
obtain  data  on  offenses  that  come  to  the  attention  of 
law  enforcement  agencies,  since  these  data  were 
more  readily  available  than  any  other  reportable 
crime  information.  Seven  offenses,  because  of  their 
seriousness,  frequency  of  occurrence,  and  likelihood 
of  being  reported  to  police,  were  selected  to  serve  as 
an  Index  for  evaluating  fluctuations  in  the  volume  of 
crime.  These  crimes,  known  as  the  Crime  Index 
offenses,  are  murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter, 
forcible  rape,  robbery,  aggravated  assault,  burglary, 
larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


To  provide  nationwide  uniformity  in  the  reporting 
of  data,  standardized  definitions  were  adopted  for  all 
offenses.  Such  standardization  was  necessary  to 
overcome  the  variations  in  definitions  of  criminal 
offenses  in  different  sections  of  the  country.  Without 
regard  for  local  statutes,  reporting  agencies  are 
required  to  submit  their  data  in  accordance  with  the 
UCR  definitions  of  offenses  as  set  forth  in  Appendix 
II  of  this  publication.  Because  of  variances  in 
punishment  for  the  same  offenses  in  different  state 
codes,  there  is  no  possibility  in  a  program  such  as 
this  to  distinguish  between  felony  and  misdemeanor 
crimes. 

The  Committee  on  Uniform  Crime  Records, 
lACP,  continues  to  serve  in  an  advisory  capacity  to 
the  FBI  concerning  the  operation  of  the  UCR 
Program.  In  this  connection,  the  lACP,  through 
surveys  of  poUce  records  and  crime  reporting  sys- 
tems, plays  an  active  and  effective  part.  The  National 
Sheriffs'  Association  (NSA)  in  June,  1966,  establish- 
ed a  Committee  on  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  to 
serve  in  an  advisory  role  to  the  NSA  membership 
and  the  national  UCR  Program.  This  Committee 
actively  encourages  sheriffs  throughout  the  country 
to  fully  participate  in  the  Program. 

Committees  on  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  within 
state  law  enforcement  associations  are  also  active  in 
promoting  interest  in  the  UCR  Program,  fostering 
widespread  and  more  intelligent  use  of  uniform 
crime  statistics  and  lending  assistance  to  contributors 
when  the  need  exists. 

Methods  of  Data  Collection 

Agencies  contributing  to  the  UCR  Program  are 
responsible  for  compiling  and  submitting  their  crime 
data  in  one  of  two  means,  either  directly  to  the  FBI 
or  through  their  state  UCR  Programs.  Those  which 
submit  directly  to  the  FBI  are  provided,  on  an 
individual  basis,  continuing  guidance  and  support 
from  the  national  Program. 


Presently,  there  are  45  operational  state-level  UCR 
Programs  and  others  are  in  various  stages  of  develop- 
ment. These  Programs  are  very  effective  in  producing 
increased  coverage  of  law  enforcement  agencies  due 
to  state  mandatory  reporting  requirements;  provid- 
ing more  direct  and  frequent  service  to  law  enforce- 
ment agencies  in  assuring  completeness  and  quality 
of  information  provided  by  them;  and  through 
coordination  efforts,  making  information  more  readi- 
ly available  for  use  at  the  state  level.  In  addition, 
these  state-level  agencies  have  resulted  in  vastly  more 
efficient  operations  at  the  national  level. 

With  the  development  of  a  state  UCR  Program, 
the  FBI  ceases  collection  of  data  directly  from 
individual  law  enforcement  agencies  within  the  state. 
Instead,  completed  information  from  these  agencies 
is  forwarded  to  the  national  Program  through  the 
state  data  collection  agency. 

The  conditions  under  which  these  systems  are 
developed  ensure  consistency  and  comparability  in 
the  data  submitted  to  the  national  Program,  as  well 
as  provide  for  regular  and  timely  reporting  of 
national  crime  data.  These  conditions  are:  (1)  The 
state  Program  must  conform  to  the  national  Uniform 
Crime  Reports'  standards,  definitions,  and  informa- 
tion required.  These  requirements,  of  course,  do  not 
prohibit  the  state  from  collecting  other  statistical 
data  beyond  the  national  collection.  (2)  The  state 
criminal  justice  agency  must  have  a  proven,  effective, 
mandatory,  statewide  Program  and  have  instituted 
acceptable  quality  control  procedures.  (3)  Coverage 
within  the  state  by  a  state  agency  must  be,  at  least, 
equal  to  that  attained  by  national  Uniform  Crime 
Reports.  (4)  The  state  agency  must  have  adequate 
field  staff  assigned  to  conduct  audits  and  to  assist 
contributing  agencies  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, 
computer  printouts,  and/or  magnetic  tapes.  (6)  The 
state  must  have  the  proven  capability  (tested  over  a 
period  of  time)  to  supply  all  the  statistical  data 
required  in  time  to  meet  national  Uniform  Crime 
Reports'  publication  deadlines. 

To  fulfill  its  responsibilities  in  coimection  with  the 
UCR  Program  efforts,  the  FBI  continues  its  internal 
procedures  of  editing  and  reviewing  individual  agen- 
cy reports  for  both  completeness  and  quality;  has 
direct  contact  with  individual  contributors  within  the 
state  when  necessary  in  connection  with  crime 
reporting  matters,  coordinating  such  contact  with  the 
state  agency;  and  upon  request,  conducts  training 
programs  within  the  state  on  law  enforcement  rec- 


ords and  crime  reporting  procedures.  These  training 
sessions  are,  of  course,  coordinated  with  the  state 
agency.  Should  circumstances  develop  whereby  the 
state  agency  does  not  comply  with  the  aforemen- 
tioned requirements,  the  national  Program  may 
reinstitute  a  direct  collection  of  Uniform  Crime 
Reports  from  law  enforcement  agencies  within  the 
state. 

Reporting  Procedures 

On  a  monthly  basis,  law  enforcement  agencies 
report  the  number  of  Crime  Index  offenses  (murder 
and  nonneghgent  manslaughter,  forcible  rape,  rob- 
bery, aggravated  assault,  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and 
motor  vehicle  theft)  that  become  known  to  them.  A 
count  of  these  crimes,  which  are  also  known  as  Part  I 
offenses,  is  taken  from  records  of  all  complaints  of 
crime  received  by  law  enforcement  agencies  from 
victims,  officers  who  discovered  the  infractions,  or 
other  sources. 

Whenever  complaints  of  crime  are  determined 
through  investigation  to  be  unfounded  or  false,  they 
are  eliminated  from  the  actual  count.  The  number  of 
"actual  offenses  known"  in  Part  I  is  reported  to  the 
FBI  whether  anyone  is  arrested  for  the  crime,  the 
stolen  property  is  recovered,  or  prosecution  is  under- 
taken. Additionally,  each  month  law  enforcement 
agencies  report  the  total  number  of  these  crimes 
cleared.  Crimes  are  "cleared"  in  one  of  two  ways:  (1) 
at  least  one  person  is  arrested,  charged,  and  turned 
over  to  the  court  for  prosecution;  or  (2)  by  exception- 
al means  when  some  element  beyond  police  control 
precludes  the  physical  arrest  of  an  offender.  The 
number  of  clearances  which  involved  only  the  arrest 
of  offenders  under  the  age  of  18;  the  value  of 
property  stolen  and  recovered  in  connection  with 
Part  I  offenses;  and  detailed  information  pertaining 
to  criminal  homicide  are  also  reported. 

Arrest  data,  which  include  the  age,  sex,  and  race  of 
persons  arrested,  are  reported  monthly  for  both  Part 
I  and  Part  II  offenses,  by  crime  category.  Part  II 
offenses,  while  excluding  traffic  violations,  include 
all  other  crimes  except  those  classified  as  Part  I. 

Various  data  on  law  enforcement  officers  assaulted 
or  killed  are  collected  on  a  monthly  basis.  Other  law 
enforcement  employee  data,  specifically  the  number 
of  full-time  sworn  officers  and  other  personnel,  are 
reported  as  of  October  31  of  each  calendar  year. 

Editing  Procedures 

Data  reliability  is  a  matter  of  high  priority  to  the 
UCR  Program.  Each  incoming  report  is  examined 
not  only  for  arithmetical  accuracy  but  for  deviations 
from  the  experiences  of  similar  agencies  or  unusual 


variations  in  crime  levels  as  established  by  the 
reporting  agency's  previous  submissions  which  may 
indicate  errors. 

Variations  in  reported  crime  levels  and  ratios  may 
indicate  possible  incompleteness  in  reporting  or 
changes  in  reporting  procedures.  Necessary  arithmet- 
ical adjustments  or  noted  deviations  are  brought  to 
the  attention  of  the  submitting  agency  through 
correspondence.  Not  only  are  individual  reports 
studied,  but  also,  periodic  trends  for  individual 
reporting  units  are  prepared  and  evaluated.  As  a 
standard  procedure,  crime  levels  for  each  reporting 
agency  are  analyzed  five  times  a  year  by  the  FBI. 
Any  significant  increase  or  decrease  is  made  the 
subject  of  a  special  inquiry  to  the  contributing 
agency,  either  directly  or  through  its  state  Program. 
The  communications  containing  these  inquiries  spe- 
cifically direct  attention  to  possible  changes  in 
records  or  reporting  procedures.  When  it  is  found 
that  crime  reporting  procedures  are  in  part  responsi- 
ble for  the  difference  in  the  level  of  crime,  the  figures 
for  specific  crime  categories,  or  if  necessary,  totals 
are  excluded  from  the  trend  tabulations. 

Variations  from  reporting  standards  which  cannot 
be  resolved  may  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the 
Committee  on  Uniform  Crime  Records  of  the  lACP. 
In  turn,  the  Committee  may  designate  a  representa- 
tive to  make  a  personal  visit  and  cooperatively  assist 
the  agency  in  authenticating  records  and  reporting 
methods. 

Regardless  of  the  extent  of  the  statistical  editing 
processes  used  by  the  FBI,  the  accuracy  of  the  data 
assembled  under  this  Program  depends  primarily  on 
the  adherence  of  each  contributor  to  the  established 
standards  of  reporting.  For  this  reason,  the  FBI  is 
not  in  a  position  to  vouch  for  the  validity  of 
individual  agency  reports. 

Although  the  final  responsibihty  for  data  submis- 
sions rests  with  individual  law  enforcement  agencies, 
the  UCR  Program  endeavors  to  maintain  data 
validity  not  only  through  its  editing  practices,  but 
also,  by  providing  training  seminars  and  instruction- 
al materials  in  UCR  procedures.  All  contributing 
agencies  are  supplied  with  the  Uniform  Crime  Report- 
ing Handbook  which  outlines,  in  detail,  procedures 
for  classifying  and  scoring  offenses.  The  Handbook 
illustrates  and  discusses  the  reporting  forms,  as  well 
as  the  tally  forms  which  facihtate  the  periodic 
tabulation  of  statistics. 

In  addition,  the  FBI  conducts  UCR  seminars  and 
workshops  throughout  the  country  for  law  enforce- 
ment personnel.  National  and  state  UCR  Program 
personnel  are  utilized  to  enlist  the  cooperation  of 


new  contributors  and  to  explain  the  purpose  of  the 
Program  and  methods  of  assembling  information  for 
reporting.  When  reporting  problems  exist  in  the 
individual  agencies  and  remedial  efforts  are  unsuc- 
cessful, FBI  Headquarters'  personnel  may  visit  the 
contributor  to  aid  in  resolving  the  problem. 

Since  a  good  records  system  is  essential  for 
accurate  crime  reporting,  the  FBI  makes  available 
the  Manual  of  Police  Records,  which  can  serve  as  a 
guide  in  the  establishment  of  a  sound  law  enforce- 
ment records  system.  The  Manual  is  currently 
undergoing  extensive  revision  and  updated  copies 
should  soon  be  available  to  law  enforcement  agen- 
cies. 

To  enhance  communication  among  Program  par- 
ticipants, the  UCR  "Newsletter"  and  State  UCR 
Program  Bulletins  are  utilized  to  explain  revisions  in 
the  Program,  as  well  as  present  information  and 
instructional  material.  Newsletters  are  produced 
periodically  as  needs  arise. 

Reporting  Area 

The  presentation  of  crime  data  by  reporting  areas 
is  one  method  of  analyzing  the  statistics  submitted  to 
the  UCR  Program.  Nationwide,  the  United  States  is 
divisible  by  regions  and  geographic  divisions.  Fur- 
ther breakdowns  by  city  size  rely  on  population 
figures  and  proximity  to  metropolitan  areas.  The 
Program  follows  as  closely  as  practical  the  defini- 
tions for  geographical  entities  used  by  the  Office  of 
Federal  Statistical  Policy  and  Standards,  United 
States  Department  of  Commerce. 

A  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area  (SMSA), 
generally,  is  made  up  of  a  core  city  or  cities  with  a 
combined  population  of  50,000  or  more  and  the 
surrounding  county  or  counties  which  share  certain 
metropolitan  characteristics.  "Other  cities"  are  those 
outside  SMSAs,  most  of  which  are  incorporated.  For 
crime  reporting  purposes,  rural  areas  are  made  up  of 
the  unincorporated  portions  of  counties  outside 
urban  places  and  SMSAs.  As  a  general  rule,  sheriffs, 
county  police,  and  many  state  police  report  on 
crimes  committed  within  the  limits  of  the  counties 
but  outside  cities,  while  local  police  report  on  crimes 
committed  within  the  city  limits  (urban  places). 

Certain  tables  within  this  pubUcat->in  present 
statistics  relative  to  "suburban"  areas.  A  suburban 
area  consists  of  cities  with  populations  less  than 
50,000  together  with  counties  which  are  within  an 
SMSA.  In  this  context,  the  major  core  city  's,  of 
course,  excluded.  The  concept  of  suburban  area  is 
especially  important  in  a  study  of  this  nature  because 


of  the  particular  crime  conditions  which  exist  in  these 
communities  surrounding  the  Nation's  largest  cities. 

During  1978,  the  law  enforcement  agencies  active 
in  the  UCR  Program  represented  99  percent  of  the 
United  States  population  living  in  the  SMSAs,  96 
percent  of  the  population  in  other  cities,  and  94 
percent  of  the  rural  population.  When  considering 
the  national  population,  as  estimated  by  the  Bureau 
of  the  Census,  the  combined  coverage  accounted  for 
98  percent  of  the  total. 

More  detailed  information  concerning  the  geo- 
graphical entities  used  in  this  publication  can  be 
found  in  Appendix  III. 

The  Crime  Totals 

Communities  which  do  not  submit  crime  reports  to 
the  UCR  Program  represent  a  relatively  small  per- 
cent of  the  total  population.  In  each  of  the  tabular 
presentations  in  this  publication,  the  extent  of  popu- 
lation coverage  represented  by  the  data  included  is 
shown.  The  FBI  conducts  an  ongoing  effort  to 
further  increase  the  reporting  areas. 

Population  Data 

In  computing  crime  rates  by  state,  SMSA,  geo- 
graphic division  and  region,  and  the  Nation,  popula- 
tion estimates  released  by  the  Bureau  of  the  Census 
on  July  1,  1978,  were  used.  Population  estimates  for 
individual  cities  and  counties  were  prepared  using 
special  census  reports,  state  sources  and  estimates, 
commercial  sources,  and  interpolation  where  no 
other  estimate  was  available.  The  estimated  United 
States  population  increase  in  1978  was  1  percent  over 
1977. 

Offense  Estimation 

It  is  possible  that  a  law  enforcement  agency  would 
submit  fewer  than  the  solicited  12  months  of  offense 
reports.  Tables  1  through  5  of  this  publication 
represent  total  crime  in  the  United  States;  therefore, 
offense  counts  here  are  estimated  for  agencies  which 
fail  to  submit  complete  reports  for  the  year.  Offense 
estimation  occurs  within  each  of  three  areas:  Stand- 
ard Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  other  cities,  and 
rural  areas.  It  is  assumed  that  unreported  portions  of 
these  areas  have  the  same  proportionate  crime 
experience  as  that  for  which  reports  were  received. 
Estimates  for  unreported  areas  are  based  on  the 
reported  crime  experience  of  similar  areas  within  a 
state. 

Crime  Trends 

A  further  means  of  studying  crime  throughout  the 
Nation  is  to  examine  trends.  Percent  change  tabula- 
tions presented  in  this  publication  are  homogeneous 


to  the  extent  that  only  figures  for  reporting  units 
which  have  provided  comparable  data  for  the  periods 
under  consideration  are  included.  National,  geo- 
graphic, and  area  trends  are  computed  for  2  consecu- 
tive years.  Exclusions  from  trend  computations  are 
made  when  figures  from  a  reporting  unit  are  obvious- 
ly inaccurate  for  any  period  or  when  it  is  ascertained 
that  unusual  fluctuations  are  due  to  such  variables  as 
improved  records  procedures. 

The  current  year's  reporting  is  the  most  complete 
in  terms  of  volume.  Valid  2-year  trends  in  Uniform 
Crime  Reports  may  be  used  to  reasonably  establish 
long-term  trends.  In  addition,  these  year-to-year 
trends  can  be  applied  as  the  basis  for  reestimating  the 
volume  of  crime  and  in  reconstructing  crime  trends 
for  prior  years. 

The  most  reliable  reports  available  for  the  current 
year  are  found  in  the  crime  rate  tables  by  state  and 
Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area.  Care  should 
be  exercised  in  any  direct  data  comparisons  with 
statistics  in  prior  issues  of  Crime  in  the  United  States. 
Changes  in  the  crime  level  may  have  been  due  in  part 
to  improved  reporting  or  records  procedures,  redefin- 
ition of  reporting  areas,  or  other  variables. 

Recent  Developments 

In  October,  1978,  the  United  States  Congress 
passed  legislation  mandating  that  arson  be  classified 
as  a  Part  I,  Crime  Index  offense  in  the  UCR 
Program.  To  fulfill  the  mandate,  the  staff  of  the 
Program  established  liaison  with  members  of  the  law 
enforcement,  fire  service,  and  insurance  communities 
in  order  to  design  a  collection  form  which  would 
provide  meaningful  information  to  all  concerned. 
UCR  contributors  have  since  commenced  submitting 
data  on  all  arson  offenses  coming  to  their  attention. 

In  accordance  with  standard  classifications  estab- 
lished by  the  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  for 
all  Federal  administrative  reporting  and  statistical 
activities,  the  UCR  Program  will  modify  its  collec- 
tion of  data  concerning  the  age,  sex,  and  race  of 
persons  arrested  effective  January  1,  1980.  The 
material  solicited  concerning  race  will  be  condensed 
from  the  current  categories  to  encompass  only 
White,  Black,  American  Indian  or  Alaskan  Native, 
and  Asian  or  Pacific  Islander.  In  addition,  a  collec- 
tion of  ethnic  origin,  i.e.,  Hispanic  or  not  Hispanic, 
will  be  instituted.  Information  collected  on  arrests  of 
persons  under  the  age  of  18  will  also  change  slightly. 
New  age  breakdowns  will  be  used  to  show  the  total 
number  of  arrests  of  persons  under  the  age  of  10  and 
those  of  persons  aged  10  to  12. 


Compliance  with  the  new  Federal  standards  re- 
garding the  collection  of  race  and  ethnicity  data  will 
also  require  modifications  to  the  Supplementary 
Homicide  Report  (SHR).  The  same  revised  catego- 
ries used  on  the  Age,  Sex,  and  Race  of  Persons 
Arrested  form  will  be  employed  on  the  SHR  to 
gather  statistics  on  murder  victims  and  offenders. 

In  the  recent  past,  a  number  of  the  state  UCR 
Programs  have  found  it  advantageous  to  modify  their 
existing  system  of  Uniform  Crime  Reports  to  a 
transactional  or  incident-based  mode.  Such  a  system, 
in  many  cases,  enables  the  state  agency  to  better 
meet  the  information  needs  of  individual  law  en- 
forcement agencies  by  collecting  data  using  state 
statute  terminology  and  then  converting  the  informa- 
tion at  the  state  level  to  national  UCR  format.  In 
many  states,  this  approach  substantially  lessens  the 
reporting  burden  on  individual  agencies,  and  at  the 
same  time,  provides  locally  oriented  data  for  com- 
parison within  the  state  and  externally  with  the 
Nation.  Additionally,  a  much  higher  level  of  detail  is 
captured  from  which  state  agencies  are  able  to 
perform  specific  analyses  upon  request.  While  inci- 
dent-based crime  reporting  may  not  be  practical  for 
all  states,  for  many  it  could  be  a  very  desirable  goal. 
Extreme  caution  is  needed  in  the  development  of  an 
incident-based  crime  reporting  system  to  ensure  the 
state  agency  undertaking  such  a  project  is  thoroughly 
cognizant  of  standard  UCR  procedures  and  has 
demonstrated  a  proficiency  in  handling  UCR  data.  It 
is  necessary  to  coordinate  the  transition  from  the 


traditional  or  summary  system  of  crime  reporting  to 
incident-based  reporting  with  the  national  Program 
in  order  to  ensure  that  both  state  and  national 
information  needs  are  addressed. 

The  fourth  national  State  Uniform  Crime  Report- 
ing Conference  was  held  on  June  25  —  June  28, 
1979,  at  the  FBI  Academy,  Quantico,  Virginia. 
Attendees  included  representatives  from  state  UCR 
Programs  and  from  law  enforcement  agencies  devel- 
oping Programs  within  their  states;  members  of  the 
Committee  on  Uniform  Crime  Records  of  the  lACP 
and  the  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Committee  of  the 
NSA;  representatives  from  the  Law  Enforcement 
Assistance  Administration  and  lACP  Headquarters; 
and  members  of  the  fire  service  community.  Major 
topics  of  discussion  were  the  collection  of  arson  data 
and  the  revised  categories  for  the  gathering  of 
statistics  on  race  and  ethnicity. 

These  conferences  provide  a  forum  atmosphere  for 
the  resolution  of  data  collection  problems  which  are 
national  in  scope.  Further,  the  bringing  together  of 
those  responsible  for  crime  statistics  collection  within 
the  states  allows  for  an  exchange  of  ideas. 

The  1979  conference  was  exceptionally  important 
since  the  UCR  Program,  for  the  first  time  in  49  years, 
is  faced  with  a  change  in  the  basic  structure  of  the 
Crime  Index.  The  contributions  made  by  various 
state  UCR  Program  representatives  were  of  inestima- 
ble value  in  giving  the  national  Program  direction  in 
arson  data  collection  strategies. 


CRIME  CLOCK 

1978 


one 
VIOLENT  CRIME    < 
every  30  seconds 


one 
CRIME  INDEX  OFFENSE   < 
every  3  seconds 


one 
PROPERTY  CRIME  < 
^    every  3  seconds 


one 

MURDER 

every  27  minutes 

one 
FORCIBLE  RAPE 
every  8  minutes 

one 

ROBBERY 

every  76  seconds 

one 

AGGRAVATED  ASSAULT 

every  57  seconds 

one 

BURGLARY 

every  10  seconds 

one 
LARCENY-THEFT 
every  5  seconds 

one 

MOTOR  VEHICLE  THEFT 

every  32  seconds 


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SECTION  II 
CRIME  INDEX  OFFENSES  REPORTED 


MURDER  AND  NONNEGLIGENT  MANSLAUGHTER 


DEFINITION. 


Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter,  as  defined  in  the  Uniform  Crime 
Reporting  Program,  is  the  willful  (nonnegligent)  killing  of  one  human  being 
by  another. 

The  classification  of  this  offense,  as  in  all  other  Crime  Index  offenses,  is 
based  solely  on  police  investigation  as  opposed  to  the  determination  of  a 
court,  medical  examiner,  coroner,  jury,  or  other  judicial  body.  Not  included 
in  the  count  for  this  offense  classification  are  deaths  caused  by  negligence, 
suicide,  or  accident;  justifiable  homicides,  which  are  the  killings  of  felons  by 
law  enforcement  officers  in  the  line  of  duty  or  by  private  citizens;  and 
attempts  to  murder  or  assaults  to  murder,  which  are  scored  as  aggravated 
assaults. 


I 


TRFNn 

Rate  per  100,000 

Year 

Number  of  offenses 

inhabitants 

1977  

19,121 

8.8 

J978  

19,555 

9.0 

Percent  change    .... 

+  2.3 

+  2.3 

Volume 

In  the  United  States  during  1978,  there  were  an 
estimated  19,555  murders  which  represented  approxi- 
mately 2  percent  of  the  total  violent  crimes. 

A  geographic  breakdown  of  murder  by  region 
revealed  that  42  percent  of  the  murders  occurred  in 
the  Southern  States,  which  account  for  the  largest 
regional  population;  21  percent  in  the  North  Central 
States;  20  percent  in  the  Western  States;  and  17 
percent  in  the  Northeastern  States. 

In  1978,  December  had  a  higher  frequency  of 
murder  offenses  than  any  other  month  of  the  year. 






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Trend 

Nationally,  the  number  of  murders  increased  2 
percent  from  1977  to  1978. 

Regionally,  the  number  of  murder  offenses  in  1978 
rose  5  percent  in  the  Western  States  and  4  percent  in 
the  Southern  States.  The  North  Central  States 
reported  a  1 -percent  decrease,  while  the  Northeast- 
ern States  showed  virtually  no  change. 

Large  core  cities  of  250,000  or  more  inhabitants 
and  suburban  areas  experienced  increases  in  the 
number  of  murders  in  1978,  2  and  4  percent, 
respectively.  In  the  rural  areas  the  volume  of  murders 
was  down  3  percent. 

The  following  chart  reveals  a  decline  of  6  percent 
from  1974  to  1978  in  the  murder  counts. 


Rate 

In  1978,  there  was  an  average  of  9  murder  victims 
for  every  100,000  inhabitants  in  the  Nation. 

The  number  of  murder  victims  in  relation  to 
population  was  highest  in  the  Southern  States  with  12 


murders  per  100,000  inhabitants,  a  3-percent  ra 
increase  over  the  previous  year.  The  Western  State 
rate  was  10  per  100,000,  a  2-percent  rise  over  tl 
1977  rate.  Both  the  North  Central  and  Northeastei 
States  experienced  rates  of  7  per  100,000  populatioi 
however,  the  North  Central  Region's  rate  represen 
ed  a  1 -percent  decrease,  while  the  Northeast's  rai 
showed  no  change  from  the  previous  year. 

Collectively,  the  SMSAs  reported  a  murder  rate  c 
10  victims  per  100,000  inhabitants;  the  rural  areas, 
rate  of  8  per  100,000  inhabitants;  and  cities  outsid 
metropolitan  areas  (Other  Cities)  reported  a  murde 
rate  of  5  per  100,000  inhabitants. 

Nature 

To  allow  for  a  more  detailed  analysis  of  murdei 
the  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Program  collect 
supplemental  information  on  this  offense.  Data  an 
collected  monthly  on  the  age,  sex,  and  race  o 
murder  victims  and  offenders;  the  types  of  weapon; 
used  in  murders;  the  circumstances  surrounding  th( 
offenses;  and  the  relationships  between  victims  anc 
offenders. 

As  has  consistently  been  the  experience  in  recen 
years,  murder  victims  were  male  in  approximately  : 
of  every  4  instances  in  1978.  On  the  average,  54  ol 
each  100  victims  were  white,  44  were  Negro,  and  2 
were  other  races. 

During  1978,  15,856  offenders  were  identified  in 
connection  with  the  murders  of  14,279  victims.  Most 
of  the  victims  (13,329)  were  slain  in  single  victim 
situations.  Of  these,  11,916  were  killed  by  single 
offenders  and  1,413  were  murdered  by  multiple 
offenders.  Concerning  homicides  involving  multiple 
victims,  749  persons  were  killed  by  322  offenders  in 
incidents  involving  one  assailant  and  multiple  vic- 
tims and  201  victims  were  slain  by  215  offenders  in 
multiple  victim/multiple  offender  situations. 

In  1978,  firearms  again  predominated  as  the 
weapons  most  often  used  in  the  commission  of 
murders  throughout  the  Nation.  The  accompanying 
chart  illustrates  a  breakdown  by  type  of  weapon  used 
in  murder  offenses  in  the  United  States.  In  the 
Southern  States,  firearms  were  used  in  70  percent  of 
the  murders;  in  the  North  Central  States,  67  percent; 
in  the  Western  States,  57  percent;  and  in  the 
Northeastern  States.  52  percent.  Nationwide,  64 
percent  of  the  murders  were  committed  through  the 
use  of  firearms.  Handguns  were  the  weapons  used  in 
49  percent  of  the  total  murders. 

Cutting  or  stabbing  instruments  were  used  in  19 
percent  of  the  murders.  The  Northeastern  States, 
where  1  of  every  4  murders  was  committed  with  a 


by  Relationship,  1978 


ercent  distribution) 

Total 

Felony 
type 

Suspected 
felony  type 

Romantic 
tnangle 

Argument 
over  money 
or  property 

Other 
arguments 

Miscellaneous 

non-felony 

type 

Unable  to 
determine 

Total'  

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

4.3 
5.6 
.6 
1.0 
1.0 
1.6 
.9 
.2 
3.4 
26.3 
3.7 
1.3 
1.7 
1.7 
2.9 
13.5 
30.1 

.2 

.3 
1.2 
.2 
.4 

4.2 
3.4 

2.7 
4.7 

.5 

9.4 
9.1 

.7 
1.7 

.3 
1.1 
1.6 

.3 
5.5 
33.8 
5.0 
2.8 
3.2 
2.4 
2.4 
8.8 
11.9 

3.2 
8.3 
1.2 
1.4 
3.4 
4.8 
1.0 

.2 
4.5 
30.7 
4.1 

.9 
1.5 
1.6 
6.2 
13.3 
13.6 

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4.6 

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4.5 
85.6 

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2.0 

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3.9 
50.3 
12.0 

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3.8 
3.5 
7.3 
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18.5 
1.5 

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1.6 
1.4 
35.0 
39.6 

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52.9 
7.5 
2.5 
4.6 
2.3 
6.3 
8.0 
6.3 

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■Because  of  rounding,  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 


Lge,  Sex,  and  Race  of  Murder  Victims, 

1978 

Number 

Percent 

Sex 

Race 

Age 

Male 

Female 

White 

Negro 

Indian 

Chinese 

Japanese 

All  Others 

Total 

18,714 

14,263 
76.2 

4,451 
23.8 

10,111 
54.0 

8.201 
43.8 

118 
.6 

59 

.3 

21 

.1 

204 

Percent   

100.0' 

1.1 

207 

339 

158 

247 

1,619 

3,093 

3,025 

2.188 

1,707 

1,378 

1,091 

1,000 

761 

555 

412 

272 

411 

251 

1.1 

.8 
1.3 
8.7 
16.5 
16.2 
11.7 
9.1 
7.4 
5.8 
5.3 
4.1 
3.0 
2.2 
1.5 
2.2 
1.3 

195 

87 

125 

1,181 

2,385 

2,411 

1,741 

1,371 

1,079 

876 

796 

611 

424 

302 

177 

194 

194 

93 
144 

71 
122 
438 
708 
614 
447 
336 
299 
215 
204 
150 
131 
110 

95 
217 

57 

119 

178 
92 
158 
928 
1,555 
1,479 
1,058 
880 
739 
639 
587 
451 
359 
267 
189 
300 
133 

85 

152 

62 

83 

659 

1,475 

1,486 

1.079 

790 

615 

436 

401 

304 

186 

141 

80 

98 

69 

2 

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15 

23 
17 
20 
12 
10 
2 
4 
2 
4 

5 
2 
1 

2 

' 

5  to  29 

10  to  44 

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SO  to  64 

3 
2 

75  and  over    

Unknown    

1 

43 

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White  male  

White  female  

Negro  male    

Negro  female 
Indian  male 
Indian  female 
Chinese  male 
Chinese  female 
Japanese  male 
Japanese  female 
Other  mal« 
Other  female 
Unknown 

Total  OPTenders    

MURDER 

TYPE  OF  WEAPON  USED 

1978 


HANDGUN 

RIFLE 

SHOTGUN 


CUTTING  OR  STABBING 
OTHER  WEAPON 

(CLUB,  POISON,  etc) 

PERSONAL  WEAPON 

(HANDS,  FISTS,  FEET,etc  ) 




i6% 

8% 

1 

19% 

112% 

6% 

Because  of  rounding,  percentages  will  not  add  to  100%. 


Murder  Victims- 

Weapons 

Used,  1978 

Number 

Weapons 

Age 

Gun 

CutUng  or 
stabbing 

Blunt  ob- 
ject (club, 
hammer, 
etc.) 

Personal 
weapons 
(hands, 
fists,  feet, 
etc.) 

Poison 

Explosives 

Arson 

Narcotics 

Strangu- 
lation 

Asphyxia- 
tion 

Other 
weapon  oi 

weapon 
not  stated 

18,714 

11,910 

3.526 

896 

1,070 

10 

6 

255 

18 

352 

92 

57S 

Infant  (under  1)  ... 

207 
339 
158 
247 
1,619 
3.093 
3,025 
2,188 
1,707 
1,378 
1,091 
1,000 
761 
555 
412 
272 
411 
251 

8 

30 

57 

112 

1,047 

2,098 

2.161 

1,552 

1,223 

945 

718 

605 

438 

313 

217 

117 

120 

149 

6 
19 
18 
43 
345 
659 
575 
390 
297 
239 
210 
208 
151 
102 
84 
67 
78 
35 

6 
30 
14 
19 
49 
84 
93 
73 
65 
67 
58 
66 
67 
54 
47 
23 
66 
15 

105 
159 

27 
23 
52 

76 
71 
59 
60 
57 
56 
48 
45 
32 
31 
81 
7 

3 
33 
11 

24 
28 
19 
18 
16 
24 

4 
13 

7 
10 

8 

6 
15 

5 

4 
9 
11 
21 
45 
59 

29 
13 
13 
14 
24 
14 

9 

8 

8 
23 

4 

f 

5  to  9   

13 

15  to  19    

1 

5 
4 

2 
2 

20  to  24 

I 

25  to  29    

69 

30  to  34    

2 

2 

46 

2 

27 

1 

1 

50  to  54    

23 

55  to  59    

1 

1 

60  to  64    

21 

1 

70  to  74    

17 
15 
36 

Unknown    

1                    2 

2 

knife  or  cutting  instrument,  reported  the  most  wide- 
spread use  of  such  weapons.  In  1  of  every  5  murders 
in  the  Western  States  these  types  of  weapons  were 
employed,  while  the  North  Central  and  Southern 
States  had  the  least  incidence  of  use  of  such  weapons, 
1  of  every  6  murders.  Nationwide,  other  weapons 
such  as  blunt  objects,  poisons,  explosives,  etc.,  were 
used  in  12  percent  of  the  murders.  In  the  remaining  6 
percent,  personal  weapons  such  as  hands,  fists,  and 
feet  were  used. 

Murder,  Type  of  Weapon  Used,  1978 

[Percent  distribution] 


Region 

Total 

all 

weapons 

used' 

Fire- 

Knife 
or  other 
cutung 
instru- 

Other 

weapon; 

club, 

poison, 

etc. 

Personal 
weapons 

Northeastern  States   ... 
North  Central  States    . 

Southern  States  

Western  States    

100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 

51.7 
67.2 
69.5 

57.2 

25.2 
16.0 

15.7 
22.2 

13.7 
11.3 
10.3 
14.5 

9.4 
5.5 
4.5 
6.1 

Total  

100.0 

63.6 

18.8 

11.8 

5.7 

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

A  comparative  study  for  the  past  5  years  showed  a 
decrease  from  68  percent  of  all  murders  through  use 
of  firearms  in  1974  to  64  percent  of  all  murders  in 
1978.  An  analysis  of  weapons  used  to  commit  murder 
for  1974  through  1978  is  shown  in  tabular  form. 

Murder,  Type  of  Weapon  Used,  1974-1978 

[Percent  distribution] 


Total 

Fire- 

Knife  or 
other 
cutting 
instru- 

Other 

weapon: 

club, 

poison. 

Year 

Number 

Percent- 

Personal 
weapons 

1974    

1975    

1976    

1977    

1978    

20,710 
20,510 
18,780 
19,120 
18,710 

100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
1 00.0 
100.0 

67.9 
65.8 
63.8 
62.5 
63.6 

17.6 
17.7 
17.8 
19.1 
18.8 

6.8 
7.5 
12.2 
12.9 
11.8 

7.7 
9.0 
6J 
5.5 
5.7 

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

The  activities  resulting  in  murder  varied  from 
arguments  to  felonies.  That  murder  is  largely  a 
societal  problem  beyond  the  control  of  law  enforce- 
ment is  emphasized  by  the  relationship  of  the  murder 
victim  to  the  offender. 

Fifty-six  percent  of  the  murder  victims  in  1978 
were  acquainted  with  their  assailants  and  1  of  every  5 
victims  was  related  to  the  offender.  Nearly  half  of  the 
murders  resulted  from  arguments,  while  17  percent 


occurred  as  a  result  of  felonious  activity  and  6 
percent  were  suspected  to  be  the  result  of  some 
felonious  act. 

The  accompanying  table  shows  murder  circum- 
stances/motives for  the  past  3  years. 


FEIX)NY  TOTAL    

Robbery  

Narcotics*  

Sex  OfTenses   

Other  Felony    

SUSPECTED  FELONY   

ARGUMENT  TOTAL    

Romantic  Triangle   

Influence  of  Alcohol  or  Narcotics* 

Property  or  Money    

Other  Arguments  

OTHER  MOTIVES  OR 
CIRCUMSTANCES   

UNKNOWN  MOTIVES    


■Because  of  rounding,  details  may  not  add  to  totals. 

'Murders  committed  during  argiunents  while  under  influence  of  narcotics 
not  counted  in  felony  murders. 


Clearances 

The  clearance  rate  for  murder  in  1978  was  higher 
than  for  any  other  Crime  Index  offense.  Law 
enforcement  agencies  were  successful  in  clearing  76 
percent  of  the  murders  during  the  year,  as  compared 
to  75  percent  in  1977.  Only  persons  under  18  years  of 
age  accounted  for  5  percent  of  the  willful  killings 
cleared  by  police  in  1978. 

Nationally,  the  clearance  rate  for  murder  between 
the  years  1974  and  1978  decUned  from  80  percent  to 
76  percent. 

Persons  Arrested 

In  1978,  43  percent  of  all  persons  arrested  for 
murder  were  under  age  25  and  9  percent  were  under 
18.  Arrests  of  youthful  offenders  under  18  years  of 
age  for  murder  decreased  18  percent  during  the 
period  1974-1978,  and  adult  arrests  for  that  offense 
fell  13  percent  in  the  same  period.  The  18-  to  22-year 
age  group,  accounting  for  25  percent  of  the  total 
arrests  for  murder,  showed  the  heaviest  involvement 
in  this  offense.  Negroes  made  up  49  percent  of  the 
total  arrests  for  murder  in  1978,  whites  comprised  47 
percent,  and  the  remaining  4  percent  were  of  other 
races. 


FORCIBLE  RAPE 
—  DEFINITION 


Forcible  rape,  as  defined  in  the  Program,  is  the  carnal  knowledge  of  a 
female  forcibly  and  against  her  will.  Assaults  or  attempts  to  commit  forcible 
rape  by  force  or  threat  of  force  are  also  included;  however,  statutory  rape 
(without  force)  and  other  sex  offenses  are  not  included  in  this  category. 


.TREND. 


Year  Number  of  offenses 

1977  63,022 

1978  67,131 

Percent  change    +6.5 


Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants 

29.1 

30.8 

+  5.8 


^olume 

During  1978,  there  was  an  estimated  total  of 
7,131  forcible  rapes.  Forcible  rape  continued,  as  in 
irior  years,  to  comprise  less  than  1  percent  of  the 
'rime  Index  total  and  accounted  for  6  percent  of  the 
olume  of  violent  crimes.  When  viewed  geographi- 
ally,  the  Southern  States,  the  region  with  the  highest 
lopulation,  recorded  34  percent  of  the  total  volume; 
he  Western  States  reported  27  percent;  the  North 
Central  States,  22  percent;  and  the  Northeastern 
tates,  17  percent. 

The  accompanying  chart  indicates  that  more  rapes 
ccur  in  the  summer  months  of  the  year. 


APR.      MAY      lUNE      JULY 


The  number  of  forcible  rape  offenses  in  1978  was 
ip  nearly  7  percent  over  1977  and  21  percent  over 
974.  During  1978,  40  percent  of  the  forcible  rapes 
iccurred  in  cities  with  250,000  or  more  inhabitants;  a 
i-percent  increase  in  volume  over  the  previous  year 
/as  seen  in  this  group.  In  the  suburban  areas  forcible 
ape  offenses  rose  5  percent,  and  the  rural  areas 
egistered  a  2-percent  increase  over  1977.  Geographi- 
;ally,  all  regions  indicated  upswings  in  the  volume  of 
brcible  rape  offenses.  In  the  South  they  increased  10 
)ercent;  in  the  West,  8  percent;  in  the  North  Central, 
\  percent;  and  in  the  Northeast,  1  percent. 


FORCIBLE  RAPE 

NUMBER  OF  OFFENSES  UP  21% 

RATE  PER  100,000  INHABITANTS  UP  18% 

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rr::^^^^"" 

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Rate 

For  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  purposes  the  vic- 
tims of  forcible  rape  are  always  female.  In  1978,  an 
estimated  60  out  of  every  100,000  females  in  this 
country  were  reported  rape  victims,  a  5-percent  rate 
increase  over  1977.  Since  1974,  the  forcible  rape  rate 
has  risen  18  percent. 

The  SMSAs  experienced  a  rate  of  72  victims  per 
100,000  females.  Cities  outside  metropolitan  areas 
(Other  Cities)  experienced  a  rate  of  31  per  100,000 
females,  and  the  rural  areas  followed  closely  with  27 
per  100,000  females.  Geographically,  the  Western 
States  reported  females  were  rape  victims  at  the  rate 
of  89  per  100,000.  In  the  South  this  rate  was  63  per 
100,000;  in  the  North  Central  States,  50  per  100,000; 
and  in  the  Northeast,  45  per  100,000. 

Nature 

Of  all  reported  offenses  in  this  category  during 
1978,  75  percent  were  rapes  by  force.  Attempts  or 
assaults  to  commit  forcible  rape  comprised  the 
remainder.  Forcible  rape,  a  violent  crime  against  the 
person,  has  been  recognized  by  law  enforcement  as 
one  of  the  most  underreported  of  all  Index  crimes, 
primarily  because  of  victims'  fear  of  their  assailants 
and  their  embarrassment  over  the  incident. 

Clearances 

Fifty  percent  of  the  total  forcible  rapes  reported  to 
law  enforcement  in  1978  were  cleared  by  arrest  or 
exceptional  means.  The  rural  areas  indicated  a  64- 
percent  clearance  rate,  while  large  cities  with  popula- 
tions of  250,000  or  more  and  the  suburban  areas 
reported  clearances  in  50  and  49  percent  of  the 
forcible  rapes,  respectively.  Of  the  total  clearances 
for  forcible  rape,  9  percent  involved  solely  persons 
under  the  age  of  18. 

Persons  Arrested 

Total  1978  arrests  for  forcible  rape  increased  2 
percent  from  1977  figures  and  8  percent  from  those 
for  1974.  Arrests  of  persons  under  18  years  of  age  for 
this  offense  decreased  10  percent  from  1974.  During 
the  year,  54  percent  of  the  forcible  rape  arrests  were 
of  males  under  the  age  of  25,  and  28  percent  of  the 
arrestees  were  in  the  18-  to  22-year  age  group.  Forty- 
eight  percent  of  the  persons  arrested  for  forcible  rape 
in  1978  were  white,  48  percent  Negro,  and  all  other 
races  comprised  the  remainder. 


15 


ROBBERY 
•  DEFINITION. 


Robbery  is  the  taking  or  attempting  to  take  anything  of  value  from  the 
care,  custody,  or  control  of  a  person  or  persons  by  force  or  threat  of  force  or 
violence  and/or  by  putting  the  victim  in  fear. 


TRFNfr* 

Year 

1977  

1978  

Percent  change   

Number  of  offenses 
404,847 
417,038 
+  3.0 

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants 

187.1 

191.3 

+  2.2 

«^oluine 

In  1978,  the  estimated  robbery  total  was  417,038 
or  the  United  States,  amounting  to  4  percent  of  the 
otal  Crime  Index  and  39  percent  of  the  crimes  of 
iolence.  During  the  year,  robberies  occurred  most 
requently  during  the  month  of  December. 

The  Northeastern  States  experienced  the  highest 
iroportion  of  robberies,  31  percent  of  the  total.  The 
louthern  States  followed  with  25  percent;  the  North 
:^entral  States  reported  21  percent;  and  the  Western 
itates  accounted  for  the  remainder. 


>end 

The  1978  robbery  volume  increased  3  percent  from 
he  previous  year  and  decreased  6  percent  from  the 
974  experience. 

Suburban  areas  reported  a  5-percent  rise  in  rob- 
lery  offenses  in  1978  when  compared  with  the  1977 
olume.  Increases  were  also  recorded  by  the  rural 
reas  and  cities  with  250,000  or  more  inhabitants,  2 
nd  1  percent,  respectively. 

Geographically,  the  Western  and  Southern  States 
ach  experienced  a  9-percent  upswing  in  robbery 
rom  1977  to  1978.  The  Northeastern  States  had  a  1- 
lercent  rise,  while  in  the  North  Central  States  a  6- 
lercent  decrease  was  recorded. 

The  accompanying  chart  depicts  the  trend  in  the 
olume  of  robbery,  as  well  as  the  robbery  rate  for  the 
ears  1974^1978. 


ROBBERY 

NUMBER  OF  OFFENSES  DOWN  6% 

RATE  PER  ItW.OOO  INHABITANTS  DOWN  9% 

30 

t40 

+  30 

110 

*"                          ,      - 

I                 """"^l 

late 

The  1978  rate  of  191  robberies  per  100,000 
nhabitants  was  2  percent  above  the  1977  rate, 
lobbery  is  primarily  a  large-city  crime  with  7  out  of 


10  occurring  in  those  cities  with  populations  of 
100,000  or  more.  The  robbery  rate  for  these  cities  was 
498  per  100,000  people  in  1978. 

There  were  249  robberies  per  100,000  inhabitants 
in  the  SMSAs  during  1978.  The  cities  outside 
metropolitan  areas  (Other  Cities)  experienced  a  rate 
of  50  robbery  offenses  per  100,000  population,  and  in 
the  rural  areas,  the  robbery  rate  was  21  per  100,000 
inhabitants. 

Regionally,  robbery  occurred  most  frequently  in 
the  Northeastern  States  where  the  rate  was  265  per 
100,000  inhabitants.  The  rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 
for  the  Western  States  was  228;  for  the  North  Central 
States,  152;  and  for  the  Southern  States,  151. 

Nature 

During  1978,  the  average  value  loss  per  robbery 
was  $434,  for  a  total  reported  loss  of  $181  million. 
The  impact  of  this  violent  crime  on  the  victim  cannot 
be  measured  in  terms  of  monetary  loss  alone.  While 
the  object  of  a  robbery  is  money  or  property,  many 
victims  of  tliis  crime  suffer  serious  personal  injury. 

Nationally,  nearly  half  of  the  reported  robberies 
committed  in  1978  were  perpetrated  on  the  streets  or 
highways.  During  the  year,  4,676  bank  robberies 
were  reported,  with  an  average  loss  of  $2,866. 

From  1974  to  1978,  bank  robberies  increased  43 
percent;  gas  or  service  station  holdups  rose  52 
percent;  convenience  store  robberies  fell  5  percent; 
and  holdups  of  other  coimnercial  or  business  estab- 
lishments were  down  20  percent.  For  the  5-year 
period,  residential  robberies  were  down  3  percent, 
while  street  robberies  declined  4  percent. 

In  1978,  41  percent  of  all  reported  robberies  were 
committed  through  use  of  firearms;  37  percent  by 
strong-arm  tactics  (hands,  fists,  feet,  etc.);  13  percent 
by  use  of  knives  or  cutting  instruments;  and  9 
percent  through  the  use  of  other  weapons. 

Robbery,  Percent  Distribution,  1978 

[By  region) 


Total 

North- 
eastern 
States 

North 
Central 
States 

Southern 
States 

Western 
States 

Total'  

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

Highway    

Commercial  house    .... 
Gas  or  service  station 

Convenience  store  

Residence    

Bank    

Miscellaneous  

47.1 

14.4 
5.6 
7.0 

11.3 
1.2 

13.4 

58.4 
12.6 
3.4 
2.1 
13.8 
1.0 
8.7 

42.7 

11.3 
7.2 
5.3 

10.9 
.6 

21.9 

43.7 

14.8 
6.1 

12.9 
9.4 
1.1 

12.1 

38.8 
19.8 
6.9 

8.5 
10.3 

2.2 
13.5 

^Because  of  rounding,  percentages  may  not  add  to  totals. 


STREET  ROBBERY 

1974-1978 

DOWN  4% 


200%  I 

ROBBERY  OF 
+  150%    COMMERCIAL  HOUSE 

1974-1978 

DOWN  20% 
+  100%   """"  *•"'" 

+  50%, 

I 

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—  9RO/  ' ^ — ■-  i 

a      ^3  /o.oii  <aic  ..-.,  rrn 


ROBBERY  OF 
GAS  STATION 

1974-1978 

UP  52% 


+  200% 

+  150% 

+  100% 

+  50% 

0 

,-25%, 


ROBBERY  OF 
CONVENIENCE  STORE 

1974-1978 

DOWN  5% 


ROBBERY  OF  RESIDENCE 

1974-1978 

DOWN  3% 


+  200% 

+  150% 

+  100% 

+  50% 

0 

,-  25%, 


BANK  ROBBERY 

1974  1978 

UP  43% 


Robbery,  Type  of  Weapon  Used,  1978 

Percent  distnbulionj 


Total 

all 

weapons' 

Armed 

Region 

Fire- 

Kmfe  or 
other 
cutting 

ment 

Other 
weapon 

Strong- 
armed 

^lortheaslem  States    . 
Morlh  Central  Stales 

outhern  States  

Vestern  Stales      

100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 

29.9 
46.5 
47.7 
43.1 

17.7 
8.3 
9.9 

12.9 

12.1 
9.4 
6.6 

7.1 

40.3 
35.9 
35.8 
36.9 

Total  

100.0 

40.8 

12.7 

9.0 

37.5 

■Because  of  rounding,  percentages  may  not  add  to  totals. 

Clearances 

In  1978,  law  enforcement  agencies  were  successful 
n  clearing  26  percent  of  the  robbery  offenses 
■eported.  Eighty-four  percent  of  the  total  robberies 
;leared  involved  adults.  Only  persons  under  18  years 
)f  age  were  involved  in  24  percent  of  strong-arm 
■obberies  cleared;  15  percent  of  robberies  cleared  in 


which  knives  or  other  cutting  instruments  were  used; 
10  percent  in  which  firearms  were  employed;  and  14 
percent  of  those  involving  other  dangerous  weapons. 

Persons  Arrested 

Nationally,  arrests  for  robbery  rose  1  percent  in 
1978  when  compared  to  1977.  Arrests  in  cities 
increased  2  percent,  while  they  decreased  5  percent 
in  the  rural  areas  and  1  percent  in  the  suburban 
areas. 

Data  on  arrests  disclosed  that  75  percent  of  the 
persons  arrested  for  robbery  were  under  25  years  of 
age  and  56  percent  were  under  21.  Of  all  persons 
arrested  for  robbery  in  1978,  34  percent  were  under 
the  age  of  18,  a  1-percent  decrease  from  1977. 

An  average  of  7  out  of  every  100  persons  arrested 
for  robbery  during  1978  were  female.  Arrests  of 
women  for  this  offense  declined  4  percent  when 
compared  to  1977. 

From  the  standpoint  of  race,  59  percent  of  those 
arrested  were  Negro,  38  percent  were  white,  and  3 
percent  were  other  races. 


ilobbery.  Percent  Distribution,  1978 


By  population  group] 


Group  1  (56 
cities  250,000 
and  over; 
population 
41,533,000) 

Group  II  (113 
cities  100.000  to 
249,999;  popula- 
tion  16,168,000) 

Group  III  (275 
cities  50.000  to 
99,999;  popula- 
tion  18,810,000) 

Group  IV  (633 
ciUes  25,000  to 
49,999;  popula- 
tion 21,481,000) 

Group  V  (1,519 
aues  10,000  to 
24,999;  popula- 
tion 23,479,000) 

Group  VI  (5,843 

cities  under 
10.000;  popula- 
tion 20,978,000) 

Other  areas 

(3,371  agencies; 

population 

59,027,000) 

52.9 

12.9 
3.4 
4.2 

12.0 
.9 

13.6 

46.6 
15.9 
6.8 
9.6 
10.4 
1.2 
9.5 

43.9 
16.9 
7.6 
9.6 
9.4 
1.3 
11.3 

38.2 
16.3 

11.9 

1.6 
I3.I 

31.2 
16.5 
11.8 
13.7 
9.6 
1.7 
15.6 

26.3 
15.9 
12.6 
13.7 
10.9 
1.9 
18.8 

31.1 

I^mmercial  house 

17.6 

3as  or  service  station   

9.8 
12.0 

J      H 

11.3 

Jank 

2.0 

Miscellaneous 

16.3 

AGGRAVATED  ASSAULT 
DEFINITION 


Aggravated  assault  is  an  unlawful  attack  by  one  person  upon  another  for 
the  purpose  of  inflicting  severe  or  aggravated  bodily  injury.  This  type  of 
assault  is  usually  accompanied  by  the  use  of  a  weapon  or  by  means  likely  to 
produce  death  or  great  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 
were  successfully  completed. 


TRFMn 

Rate  per  100,000 

Year 

Number  of  offenses 

inhabitants 

1977  

522,509 

241.5 

1978  

558,102 

255.9 

Percent  change    

+  6.8 

+  6.0 

20 


During  calendar  year  1978,  there  were  an  estimat- 
d  558,102  aggravated  assaults  in  the  Nation.  This 
rime  against  the  person  made  up  5  percent  of  the 
jtal  Crime  Index  in  1978  and  comprised  53  percent 
f  the  crimes  of  violence.  Regionally,  the  Southern 
tates,  accounting  for  the  largest  proportion  of  the 
Jnited  States  population,  reported  36  percent  of  the 
)tal  count  of  these  crimes.  The  Western  States 
jUowed  with  23  percent;  the  Northeastern  States 
rith  21  percent;  and  the  North  Central  States  with 
0  percent.  As  has  been  the  experience  in  previous 
ears,  the  highest  frequency  of  aggravated  assaults 
uring  1978  occurred  in  the  summer  months. 


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Since  1974,  the  volume  of  aggravated  assaults 
icreased  22  percent,  and  a  7-percent  rise  occurred 
rem  1977  to  1978.  Rural  areas  and  cities  with 
50,000  or  more  population  each  were  up  5  percent 
ver  the  previous  year,  and  suburban  areas  reported 
6-percent  increase  during  the  same  period. 

A  rise  was  also  seen  in  the  volume  of  aggravated 
ssaults  in  each  geographic  region.  The  North 
-cntral  States  had  an  upswing  of  9  percent;  the 
Vestem  States  rose  7  percent;  and  the  Southern  and 
Northeastern  States  each  showed  increases  of  6 
ercent. 


AGGRAVATED  ASSAULT 

—  NUMBER  OF  OFFENSES  UP  22% 

RATE  PER  100,000  INHABITANTS  UP  19% 

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tate 

During  1978,  there  were  256  victims  of  aggravated 
.ssault  per  100,000  United  States'  inhabitants.  In 
IMSAs  the  aggravated  assault  rate  was  288  per 
00,000  inhabitants;  in  cities  outside  metropolitan 


areas  (Other  Cities)  it  was  214  per  100,000  inhabi- 
tants; and  in  rural  areas  it  was  132  per  100,000 
inhabitants.  Nationwide,  the  rate  for  aggravated 
assault  increased  6  percent  over  1977  and  19  percent 
over  1974. 

Of  the  four  geographic  regions,  the  Western  States 
had  the  highest  rate,  325  per  100,000,  followed  by  the 
Southern  States  with  284;  the  Northeastern  States 
with  233;  and  the  North  Central  States  with  193. 

Nature 

In  1978,  22  percent  of  the  serious  assaults  were 
committed  with  the  use  of  firearms;  knives  or  other 
cutting  instruments  were  used  in  23  percent;  28 
percent  were  committed  with  blunt  objects  or  other 
dangerous  weapons;  and  the  remaining  27  percent 
were  committed  with  personal  weapons  such  as 
hands,  fists,  and  feet.  A  comparison  of  aggravated 
assault  from  1974  to  1978  revealed  that  the  use  of 
firearms  as  weapons  increased  7  percent;  assaults 
with  knives  or  other  cutting  instruments  rose  16 
percent;  assaults  where  blunt  objects  or  other  dan- 
gerous weapons  were  used  increased  48  percent;  and 
those  aggravated  assaults  committed  through  the  use 
of  personal  weapons  climbed  19  percent.  The  accom- 
panying table  exhibits  the  regional  experience  of 
aggravated  assault  in  1978  by  type  of  weapon  used. 

Aggravated  Assault,  Type  of  Weapon  Used,  1978 

[Percent  distribution] 


Region 

Total" 

aU 

weapons 

Fire- 

Knife  or 
other 
cutting 
instru- 
ments 

Other 

weapons; 

club, 

poison. 

Personal 
weapons 

Northeastern  States   ... 
North  Central  States    . 

Southern  States  

Western  States    

100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 

2i.i 
26.9 
21.8 

24.8 
23.6 
24.3 
18.8 

29.8 
30.3 

25.8 
28.7 

31.3 
22.8 
23.0 
30.6 

Total  

100.0 

22.4 

22.6 

28.3 

26.6 

"Because  of  rounding,  percentages  may  not  add  to  totals. 

Clearances 

Collectively,  law  enforcement  agencies  cleared  an 
average  of  62  per  100  cases  of  aggravated  assault  in 
1978.  This  relatively  high  clearance  rate  was  consis- 
tent with  high  rates  for  other  crimes  against  the 
person.  Persons  under  18  years  of  age,  exclusively, 
were  identified  in  10  percent  of  the  aggravated 
assault  clearances. 
Persons  Arrested 

Arrests  for  aggravated  assault,  during  the  period 
1974-1978,  were  up  8  percent.  Since  1974,  arrests  of 
persons   18  years  of  age  and  over  for  aggravated 


21 


assault  have  risen  9  percent,  and  arrests  of  persons  ed  for  31  percent.  Arrests  of  males  for  this  offe; 

under  1 8  years  of  age  for  this  offense  have  increased  outnumbered  females  by  a  7  to  1  ratio. 

2  percent.  Whites  made  up  58  percent  of  the  arrests 

As  a  group,  persons  21   years  of  age  and  over  aggravated  assault,  Negroes  39  percent,  and  all  ot 

accounted  for  69  percent  of  the   1978  arrests  for  ^^^^^  accounted  for  the  remainder, 
aggravated  assault,  and  those  under  age  21  account- 


BURGLARY 
DEFINITION. 


The  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Program  defines  burglary  as  the  unlawful 
entry  of  a  structure  to  commit  a  felony  or  theft.  The  use  of  force  to  gain  entry 
is  not  required  to  classify  an  offense  as  burglary.  Burglary  in  this  Program  is 
categorized  into  three  subclassifications:  forcible  entry,  unlawful  entry  where 
no  force  is  used,  and  attempted  forcible  entry. 


TREND 

Rale  per  100,000 

Year 

Number  of  offenses 

inhabitants 

1977   

3,052,189 

1,410.9 

7975   

3,104,496 

1,423.7 

Percent  change    

+  1.7 

+  .9 

23 


Volume 

An  estimated  total  of  3,104,496  burglaries  oc- 
curred in  the  United  States  during  1978.  For  the 
year,  large  cities  with  250,000  or  more  inhabitants 
accounted  for  29  percent  of  the  total  burglary  figure. 

Burglary  made  up  28  percent  of  the  total  Crime 
Index  offenses  and  was  found  to  comprise  31  percent 
of  the  property  crimes.  Geographically,  the  Southern 
States,  the  most  populous  region,  experienced  31 
percent  of  all  reported  burglaries;  the  Western  States, 
25  percent;  and  the  Northeastern  and  North  Central 
States,  22  percent  each. 

Viewed  monthly,  the  highest  volume  of  burglaries 
was  recorded  in  August  of  1978. 


Trend 

The  5-year  trend,  1974-1978,  indicated  burglary 
offenses  rose  2  percent.  Nationally  in  1978,  the 
burglary  volume  increased  2  percent  over  1977.  For 
the  year,  cities  250,000  and  over  in  population  and 
the  rural  areas  each  reported  decreases  of  I  percent 
while  the  suburban  areas  recorded  a  2-percent  rise 
Regionally,  the  Southern  States  registered  a  4-per 
cent  upswing,  the  Western  States  a  3-percent  in 
crease,  and  the  North  Central  States  a  1 -percent  rise 
Only  the  Northeastern  States  recorded  a  decrease,  2 
percent. 


BURGLARY 

NUMBER  OF  OFFENSES  UP  2% 

RATE  PER  100.000  INHABITANTS  DOWN  1% 

1..^ 

~ 

Rate 

In  1978,  the  burglary  rate  increased  1  percent  over 
1977  to  1,424  burglaries  per  100,000  inhabitants. 
During  the  period  1974-1978,  the  rate  fell  1  percent. 
For  1978,  the  SMSAs  reported  a  rate  of  1,627 
burglaries  per  100,000  people.  Cities  outside  metro- 


politan areas  (Other  Cities)  had  a  rate  of  1,032  fc 
every  100,000  in  population,  and  the  rural  arej 
recorded  a  lower  rate  of  746  per  100,000  inhabitant 

The  Western  States  recorded  the  highest  19'7 
burglary  rate  with  1,958  offenses  per  100,000  inhab 
tants.  Following  were  the  Northeastern  States  with 
rate  of  1,381;  the  Southern  States  with  1,370;  and  tfc 
North  Central  States  with  1,157. 
Nature 

Seventy-three  percent  of  the  burglaries  in  197 
involved  forcible  entry,  19  percent  were  unlawfi 
entries  (without  force),  and  8  percent  were  forcib); 
entry  attempts. 

Residential  offenses  accounted  for  65  percent  < 
the  total  burglaries  in  1978;  nonresidential  burglari<( 
made  up  the  remaining  35  percent.  Daytime  occu:j 
rences  increased  5  percent  for  both  the  residentiij 
and  nonresidential  categories  in  1978  from  197' 
Nonresidential  nighttime  burglaries  also  rose  ( 
percent),  while  residential  nighttime  burglarid 
showed  the  only  decrease,  3  percent. 

During  the  period  1974-1978,  daytime  burglarid 
rose  in  volume,  while  nighttime  incidents  decline* 
Residential  burglaries  were  up  10  percent  during  th 
day,  but  decreased  1  percent  for  the  nighttim« 
Nonresidential  daytime  occurrences  increased  1 
percent,  while  nighttime  occurrences  fell  15  percen' 

Burglary  represents  a  substantial  financial  loss.  I 
1978,  burglary  victims  suffered  losses  totaling  $1. 
billion.  The  average  dollar  loss  per  burglary  w£ 
$526. 

Clearances 

In  1978,  16  percent  of  the  total  burglary  offens* 
were  cleared.  Adults  were  involved  in  66  percent  c 
all  cases  cleared;  and  in  34  percent  of  the  tot* 
burglary  clearances  only  young  persons  under  1 
years  of  age  were  the  offenders. 

Law  enforcement  agencies  in  rural  areas  cleared  1. 
percent  of  the  burglaries  reported  within  their  jurisi 
dictions  in  1978,  while  those  in  the  suburban  area 
recorded  a  clearance  rate  of  16  percent.  Agencies  ii 
cities  with  250,000  or  more  inhabitants  obtaine* 
clearances  in  14  percent  of  these  crimes. 
Persons  Arrested 

In  the  UCR  Program,  the  arrest  of  one  person  ma; 
account  for  the  clearance  of  numerous  crimes 
Likewise,  the  arrest  of  several  may  clear  but  om 
offense.  In  the  case  of  burglary,  law  enforccmen 
agencies  frequently  clear  several  reported  offenses  b}j 
the  arrest  of  one  individual.  When  the  1978  and  197/ 
burglary  figures  were  compared,  increases  of  les! 
than  1  percent  were  seen  for  total  burglary  arrests. 


RESIDENCE 
BURGLARY 

NIGHTTIME 

1974-1978 

DOWN  1% 


noo% 


■75% 


+50% 


+  25% 


■25% 


RESIDENCE 
BURGLARY 

DA  YTIME 

1974-1978 
UP  10% 


1975  1976  1977  1978 


100% 


+75% 


-50% 


+25% 


■25% 

1976  1977  1971  1974  1975  1976 

BURGLARIES  OF  UNKNOWN  TIME  OF  OCCURRENCE  ARE  NOT  INCLUDED. 


NONRESIDENCE 
BURGLARY 

NIGHTTIME 

1974-1978 

DOWN  15% 

^ 

WmiyMi 

NONRESIDENCE 
BURGLARY 

DA  YTIME 

1974-1978 
UP  18% 

mmm 

W!::MM 

iiiil-ii 

for  arrests  of  persons  under  the  age  of  18,  and  for  Nationally,  in  1978,  persons  under  25  years  ol 

arrests  of  persons  aged    18  and  over.  Arrests  for  accounted  for  84  percent  of  all  arrests  for  burg 

burglary  were  up  1  percent  in  both  the  suburban  and  and  52  percent  of  all  arrested  for  this  crime 

rural  areas,  while  they  decreased  less  than  1  percent  under  the  age  of  18.  An  average  of  6  of  each 

in  the  Nation's  cities.  p^^^^^j  ^^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^-^  ^^^^  ^^       ,9^3 

In  analyzing  the   1974-1978  period,  a  5-percent  ^^^^j^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^^j                 ^           ^^^^^^  ^^^ 

decline   in   burglary   arrests   was   seen.    Arrests   of  ,  r     ^c                ,>t            '^     -.^ 

individuals  under  the  age  of  18  dropped  7  percent,  l!;!',!!.^!^'!!!!^;^^''  ^°'  ^^  P"'"""''  '"'^ ' 
and  arrests  of  adult  burglary  offenders  fell  4  percent. 


races  for  the  remainder. 


26 


LARCENY-THEFT 


DEFINITION. 


Larceny-theft  is  the  unlawful  taking,  carrying,  leading,  or  riding  away  of 
property  from  the  possession  or  constructive  possession  of  another.  It 
includes  crimes  such  as  shoplifting,  pocket-picking,  purse-snatching,  thefts 
from  motor  vehicles,  thefts  of  motor  vehicle  parts  and  accessories,  bicycle 
thefts,  etc.,  in  which  no  use  of  force,  violence,  or  fraud  occurs.  In  the 
Uniform  Crime  Reporting  Program,  this  crime  category  does  not  include 
embezzlement,  "con"  games,  forgery,  and  worthless  checks.  Motor  vehicle 
theft  is  also  excluded  from  this  category  for  crime  reporting  purposes 
inasmuch  as  it  is  a  separate  Crime  Index  offense. 


TUFlVn 

Year 

1977   

1978  

Percent  change    

Number  of  offenses 
5.905.731 
5,983.401 
+  1.3 

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants 

2,729.9 

2,743.9 

+  .5 

Volume 

In  1978,  there  were  an  estimated  5,983,401  offenses 
of  larceny-theft.  This  high-volume  ofiense  made  up 
54  percent  of  the  Crime  Index  total.  As  in  1977,  the 
volume  of  larceny-theft  was  highest  during  August  of 
1978. 

Geographically,  the  Southern  States,  which  are  the 
most  populous,  reported  the  highest  number  of 
larceny-thefts,  accounting  for  3 1  percent  of  the  total. 
The  North  Central  States  followed  with  26  percent, 
while  the  Western  States  recorded  24  percent  and  the 
Northeastern  States  19  percent. 


'  [lAKBNY-THCn  BY  MONTH 


Trend 

Larceny-theft  rose  1  percent  in  volume  from  1977 
to  1978.  The  large  cities  with  250,000  or  more 
inhabitants  reported  a  decrease  of  1  percent.  The 
rural  and  suburban  areas  increased,  2  and  I  percent, 
respectively. 

When  viewed  regionally,  larceny-theft  showed 
varying  trends.  The  Southern  and  Western  States 
experienced  upswings  of  4  and  3  percent,  respective- 
ly, while  the  Northeastern  States  reported  a  3-percent 
decline.  In  the  North  Central  States,  the  volume  of 
larceny-theft  showed  virtually  no  change  from  the 
year  before. 

Nationwide,  larceny-thefts  climbed  14  percent 
since  1974. 


LARCENY-THEFT 

NUMBER  OF  OFFENSES  UP  14% 

RATE  PER  100.000  INHABITANTS  UP  10% 

^^^^^ 

=— ■ 

Rate 

During  1978,  there  were  2,744  larceny-thefts  per 
100,000  United  States'  inhabitants,  an  increase  of  less 
than  1  percent  from  the  1977  rate.  The  rate  increased 
10  percent  since    1974.   In  the  SMSAs,  the   1978 


larceny-theft  rate  was  3,101  per  100,000  inhabitants 
2,812  per  100,000  inhabitants  in  cities  outside  metro 
politan  areas  (Other  Cities);  and  953  in  the  rura 
areas. 

The  Western  States  reported  the  highest  1971 
larceny-theft  rate  with  3,555  offenses  per  100,00< 
inhabitants,  a  1 -percent  increase  over  1977.  Thi 
North  Central  States  had  a  rate  of  2,687,  down 
percent;  the  Southern  States  2,597,  up  3  percent;  am 
the  Northeastern  States,  with  a  rate  of  2,360,  report 
ed  a  decrease  of  2  percent. 


For  each  reported  larceny-theft  in  1978  the  aver 
age  value  of  property  stolen  was  $219,  up  from  $19: 
in  1977.  When  the  average  value  was  applied  to  the 
estimated  number  of  larceny-thefts,  the  loss  t< 
victims  nationally  was  $1.3  billion.  While  a  portio: 
of  the  goods  stolen  is  recovered,  the  relatively  lov 
clearance  percentage  for  larceny-thefts  (20  percent 
and  the  frequent  absence  of  owner  identification  oi 
recovered  property  indicate  the  overall  loss  due  t( 
this  criminal  activity  is  not  reduced.  In  addition 
other  studies  have  indicated  many  offenses  in  thi 
category,  particularly  if  the  value  of  the  stolen  good 
is  small,  never  come  to  police  attention. 

In  1978,  the  average  value  of  goods  and  propert; 
reported  stolen  as  a  result  of  pocket-picking  wa 
$152;  by  purse-snatching,  $114;  and  by  shoplifting 
$49.  Additionally,  miscellaneous  thefts  from  build 
ings  and  thefts  from  motor  vehicles  averaged  $33' 
and  $254,  respectively. 

As  in  prior  years,  a  large  portion  of  these  offenses 
36  percent,  was  comprised  of  thefts  of  motor  vehicli 
parts,  accessories,  and  contents.  Other  major  types  o 
thefts  which  contributed  to  the  large  number  of  thes( 
crimes  were  those  from  buildings,  17  percent,  am 
stolen  bicycles  and  shoplifting,  1 1  percent  each.  Th< 
remainder  was  distributed  among  pocket-picking 
purse-snatching,  thefts  from  coin-operated  machines 
and  miscellaneous  types  of  larceny-thefts.  The  ac 
companying  table  presents  the  distribution  of  larce 
ny-theft  by  type  and  geographic  region.  i 

Oearances 

In  1978,  20  percent  of  all  larceny-thefts  brought  t< 
the  attention  of  law  enforcement  were  cleared.  On< 
of  every  3  of  these  crimes  cleared  in  the  Nation'! 
cities  and  suburban  areas  involved  persons  under  1{ 
years  of  age  exclusively.  In  the  rural  areas,  larceny^ 
theft  clearances  for  this  age  group  represented  21 
percent  of  the  total. 


28 


PURSE-SNATCHING 
1974-1978 

DOWN  11% 


SHOPLIFTING 
1974-1978 

UP  19% 

..^X  .     'T  ■■ 

: 'i':^ 

74                 1975                  1976 

1977                  191 

+  100% 

+  75% 

+  50% 

+  25% 

0 

-25% 


THEFT  FROM 
MOTOR  VEHICLES 
1974-1978 

UP  6% 


^r:::! 


X. 


THEFT  OF  MOTOR   VEHICLE 
ACCESSORIES 
1974-1978 

UP  36% 


THEFT  OF  BICYCLES 
1974-1978 

DOWN  27% 


THEFT  FROM  BUILDINGS 
1974-1978 

UP  9% 


->--^R-----:v;v;:-^--vv;::v:v:-:- 


+  100%    ( 

^,5y        THEFT  FROM 

COIN   MACHINES 
+  50%        1974-1978 

DOWN  19% 

+  25% 

-25%    ..L — — — 


LARCENY  ANALYSIS 
1978 

/ 

^:^—- PURSE-SNATCHING   1% 
^^\^^  PQCKFT-PICKING   1% 

^^^^^  COIN  MACHINES  1% 
SHOPLIFTING  11% 

III 

^^^^^  BICYCLES    11% 

^^"^  FROM  MOTOR  VEHICLES  17% 

jji'i'x:::::::: 

^^""^^  FROM  BUILDINGS  17% 

1 

:•■■::§:!■:•:• 

illl 

P 

^^"^  MOTOR  VEHICLE  ACCESSORIES  19% 

^^^  ALL  OTHERS   21% 

PERCEI 

fTAGE 

S  DO  NOT  ADD  TO  100%  DUE  TO  ROUNDING. 

Larceny  Analysis  by  Region,  1978 

Percent  dislnbution) 


Total  > 

North- 
States 

North 
Central 
States 

Southern 
States 

Western 
States 

Total'  

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

ocket-ptckmg   

•urse-snatching   

hopl'f'ing    

rom  motor  vehicles 
;excepl  accessories)    . . 
lotor  vehicle 

1.1 
1.5 
11.4 

17.0 

19.1 
10.7 
16.7 

1.0 
21.4 

3.4 

9.3 

17.9 

19.3 
12.4 
18.8 

.8 
15.6 

10.1 

13.3 

19.4 
11.8 
18.9 

.7 
24.0 

.6 
1.3 
10.9 

17.1 

21.1 
8.9 

14.5 

1.5 
24.1 

.6 
1.0 
15.4 

20.2 

16  1 

icycles    

rom  buildings  

rom  coin-operated 

10.5 
15.4 

9 

'Because  of  rounding,  percentages  may  not  add  to  totals. 

'ersons  Arrested 

The  larceny-theft  category  not  only  comprised  the 
argest  portion  of  the  total  Crime  Index  offenses 


reported,  it  also  accounted  for  50  percent  of  the  total 
arrests  for  Index  crimes  in  1978.  Arrests  for  this 
offense  increased  2  percent,  1978  over  1977.  Forty- 
two  percent  of  these  arrests  were  of  persons  under  18 
years  of  age,  and  59  percent  of  the  arrestees  were 
under  2 1 .  More  females,  accounting  for  32  percent  of 
all  arrests  for  larceny-theft,  were  arrested  for  this 
offense  than  any  other  in  1978.  Arrests  of  both  males 
and  females  for  larceny-theft  violations  increased  in 
1978,  2  and  3  percent,  respectively.  Arrests  of  whites 
outnumbered  Negroes  by  more  than  2  to  1,  with  all 
other  races  comprising  approximately  3  percent  of 
total  larceny-theft  arrests. 

During  the  period  1974-1978,  the  total  volume  of 
larceny-theft  arrests  rose  5  percent.  Adult  arrests 
were  up  16  percent  for  this  5-year  period,  while  those 
of  persons  under  1 8  years  of  age  decreased  6  percent. 


MOTOR  VEHICLE  THEFT 
DEFINITION 


In  Uniform  Crime  Reporting,  motor  vehicle  theft  is  defined  as  the  theft  or 
attempted  theft  of  a  motor  vehicle.  This  definition  excludes  the  taking  of  a 
motor  vehicle  for  temporary  use  by  those  persons  having  lawful  access. 


TnFMn 

Year 

1977  

1978  

Percent  change   

Number  of  offenses 
968,358 
991,611 
+  2.4 

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants 

447.6 

454.7 

+  1.6 

32 


Volume 

In  1978,  an  estimated  total  of  991,611  thefts  of 
motor  vehicles  occurred.  These  offenses  comprised  9 
percent  of  all  Index  crimes.  Geographically,  the 
volume  of  motor  vehicle  thefts  in  1978  was  highest  in 
the  Northeastern  States,  which  reported  30  percent  of 
the  total.  The  Southern  States  accounted  for  24 
percent,  and  the  North  Central  and  the  Western 
States  each  reported  23  percent.  The  volume  of 
motor  vehicle  thefts  was  highest  during  the  month  of 
August. 


MOTOR  VCHICLE  WEFT  BY  MONTH 


JAN.      FEB.      MAR.     APR.      MAY      JUNE      lULV      AUG.    SEPT.    OCT.      NOV.     DEC. 


Trend 

The  number  of  motor  vehicle  thefts  rose  2  percent 
from  1977  to  1978. 

During  the  1977-1978  period,  thefts  of  motor 
i-ehicles  decreased  3  percent  in  large  cities  with 
Z50,000  or  more  inhabitants,  while  the  suburban  and 
rural  areas  recorded  increases  of  4  and  7  percent, 
respectively. 

Geographically,  motor  vehicle  thefts  were  up  10 
percent  in  the  Southern  States  and  7  percent  in  the 
Western  States.  The  Northeastern  States  reported  a 
3-percent  decrease,  and  the  North  Central  States,  a 
1 -percent  decline  from  the  prior  year.  The  accompa- 
nying chart  shows  that  the  number  of  motor  vehicle 
thefts  has  increased  1  percent  since  1 974. 


MOTOR  VEHICLE  THEFT 

NUMBER  OF  OFFENSES  UP  I  % 

RATE  PER  100.000  INHABITANTS  UP  DOWN  2% 

^ 

— -^ 



Rate 

The  1978  motor  vehicle  theft  rate  of  455  offenses 
3er  100,000  inhabitants  rose  2  percent  from  1977, 
while  showing  a  2-percent  decrease  from  the  1974 
experience.  In  1978,  1,114  thefts  per  100,000  inhabi- 


tants occurred  in  cities  with  populations  over  one 
million. 

Nationally,  the  motor  vehicle  theft  rate  in  the 
SMSAs  was  559  per  100,000  inhabitants.  Cities 
outside  metropolitan  areas  (Other  Cities)  had  a 
motor  vehicle  theft  rate  of  234,  and  the  rural  areas 
recorded  the  lowest  rate,  124. 

Regionally,  the  Northeastern  States  had  the  high- 
est motor  vehicle  theft  rate,  607  per  100,000  inhabi- 
tants, a  decline  of  3  percent  from  1977.  The  Western 
States  followed  with  570,  up  4  percent;  and  the 
North  Central  States  experienced  a  1 -percent  de- 
crease from  the  prior  year,  or  396  thefts  per  100,000 
inhabitants.  The  Southern  States'  rate  of  332  per 
100,000  population  represented  a  9-percent  increase. 

Nationwide  in  1978,  an  estimated  average  of  1  of 
every  145  registered  motor  vehicles  was  stolen. 
Regionally,  this  rate  was  greatest  in  the  Northeastern 
States  where  11  of  every  1,000  registered  motor 
vehicles  were  stolen.  In  the  other  three  regions  the 
figures  were  8  per  1,000  in  the  Western  States,  6  in 
the  North  Central  States,  and  5  in  the  Southern 
States. 

Nature 

The  average  value  of  motor  vehicles  stolen  during 
1978  was  $2,325  at  the  time  of  theft.  Of  all  motor 
vehicle  thefts  reported  during  the  year,  78  percent 
were  automobiles,  11  percent  were  trucks  or  buses, 
and  1 1  percent  were  other  types  of  motor  vehicles. 
The  continuing  high  motor  vehicle  theft  rates  in  the 
most  heavily  populated  municipalities  of  the  Nation 
clearly  indicate  this  crime  is  primarily  a  large-city 
problem. 

Motor  Vehicle  Theft,  1978 

(Percent  distribution] 


Region 

Total" 

Autos 

Trucks 
and 
buses 

Other 
vehicles 

Northeastern  States    .. 
North  Central  States 

Southern  States  

Western  States    

100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 

89.6 
77.5 
69.2 
71.4 

5.3 
11.4 
16.3 
13.7 

5.1 

14.5 
14.9 

Total  

100.0 

77.8 

11.3 

11.0 

'Because  of  rounding,  percentages  may  r 

Clearances 

Fifteen  percent  of  the  motor  vehicle  thefts  in  1978 
were  cleared  by  arrest  of  the  oflfender(s)  or  by 
exceptional  means.  Geographically,  motor  vehicle 
theft  clearance  percentages  ranged  from  24  percent 
in  the  South  Atlantic  States  to  9  percent  in  the  New 
England  States. 


33 


In  all  geographic  divisions  and  population  groups, 
a  high  proportion  of  the  clearances  involved  only 
persons  under  18  years  of  age.  In  the  Nation's  cities 
and  suburbs,  persons  in  this  age  group  accounted  for 
29  percent  of  the  motor  vehicle  thefts  cleared,  while 
they  accounted  for  27  percent  in  the  rural  areas. 

Persons  Arrested 

As  in  prior  years,  motor  vehicle  theft  arrests 
primarily  involved  the  younger  segment  of  the 
Nation's  population.  Seventy  percent  of  all  persons 
arrested  for  motor  vehicle  theft  during  1978  were 


under  2 1  years  of  age,  and  those  under  1 8  accounted 
for  5 1  percent  of  the  total. 

When  the  total  volume  of  arrests  for  this  offense 
during  1978  was  compared  with  that  of  the  previous 
year,  an  increase  of  5  percent  was  evident.  Adult 
arrests  rose  10  percent  over  1977,  while  arrests  of 
persons  under  18  were  up  less  than  1  percent. 
However,  during  the  period  1974-1978,  motor  vehi- 
cle theft  arrests  decreased  3  percent. 

Whites  made  up  69  percent  of  the  arrests  for  motor 
vehicle  theft,  Negroes  27  percent,  and  all  other  races 
accounted  for  the  remainder. 


34 


CRIME  INDEX  TOTAL 


+  40 
+  30 
+  20 
+  10 


CRIME  INDEX  OFFENSES  UP  9% 

RATE  PER  lOOMO  INHABITANTS  UP  5% 

POPULATION  UP  3% 


0 

1974 


1 

1 



1975 


1976 


1977 


1978 


rrime  Index  Total 

In  1978,  an  estimated  11,141,334  Crime  Index 
•ffenses,  2  percent  more  than  during  1977,  were 
eported  to  law  enforcement  agencies.  The  violent 
ind  property  crime  categories  each  showed  increases. 
Collectively,  violent  crimes,  which  comprised  10 
•ercent  of  the  total  Crime  Index,  were  up  5  percent 
nd  property  crimes  2  percent. 

All  offenses  within  the  Index  increased  in  volume 
luring  the  year.  Among  the  violent  crimes,  murder 
/as   up  2  percent;   forcible  rape  and   aggravated 

iatiooal  Crime,  Rate,  and  Percent  Change 


assault,  7  percent  each;  and  robbery,  3  percent.  In 
the  property  crime  category,  larceny-theft  rose  1 
percent,  while  burglary  and  motor  vehicle  theft  each 
increased  2  percent. 

Since  1974,  the  total  volume  of  Crime  Index 
offenses  increased  9  percent.  Likewise,  rises  of  9 
percent  were  seen  in  both  the  violent  and  property 
crime  categories  for  this  5-year  period. 

The  estimated  1978  crime  figures  are  set  forth  in 
the  table  entitled  "National  Crime,  Rate,  and  Per- 
cent Change." 


Estimated 

crime  1978 

Percent  change  over  1974 

Percent  change  over  1969 

Crime  Index  OfTenses 

Number 

100,000 
inhabitants 

Number 

Rate  per 

100,000 

inhabitants 

Number 

Rate  per 

100,000 
inhabitants 

Number 

Rate  per 

100,000 

inhabitants 

Total'  

11,141,300 

5,109.3 

+  1.9 

+  1.1 

+  8.7 

+  5.3 

+  50.3 

+  38.8 

Violent 
Property 

1,061,830 
10,079,500 

486.9 
4,622.4 

+  5.2 
+  1.5 

+  4.4 
+  .7 

+  8.9 
+  8.6 

+  5.6 
+  5.3 

+  60.4 
+  49.3 

+  48.1 
+  37.9 

lurder 
orcible  rape 

19,560 

67,130 

417,040 

558,100 

3,104,500 

5,983,400 

991,600 

9.0 

30.8 

191.3 

255.9 

1,423.7 

2.743.9 

454.7 

+  2.3 
+  6.5 
+  3.0 
+  6.8 
+  1.7 
+  1.3 
+  2.4 

+  2.3 
+  5.8 
+  2.2 
+  6.0 
+  .9 
+  .5 
+  1.6 

-5.6 

+  21.2 
-5.7 
+  22.3 

+  2.1 
+  13.7 

+  1.5 

-8.2 
+  17.6 

-8.6 
+  18.6 

-1.0 
+  10.2 

—  1.6 

+  32.5 
+  80.6 
+  39.5 
+  79.4 
+  56.6 
+  53.9 
+  12.9 

+  23.3 
+  665 

obbery 

+  28.9 

urglary 
arceny-  theft 

+  44.7 
+  42.1 

'Due  to  rounding,  offenses  may  i 


t  add  to  Crime  Index  totals. 


Regional  OfTense  and  Population  Distribution,  1978 


Region 

Population 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Murder 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

United  States  total- 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100 

22.5 
25.7 
32.4 
18.4 

21.5 
24.1 
30.3 
24.1 

17.3 
21.1 
42.0 
19.6 

16.8 
22.1 
33.8 
27.2 

31.2 
21.3 
25.5 
22.0 

20.5 
20.2 
36.0 
23.3 

21.8 
21.7 
31.2 
25.3 

19.4 
26.2 
30.7 
23.8 

30 

North  Central  States 

23 

'Because  of  rounding,  percentages  may  not  add  to  totals. 


Provided  in  the  table,  "Regional  OfTense  and 
Population  Distribution,  1978,"  are  data  showing  the 
estimated  geographical  distribution  of  Index  crimes 
and  population.  When  utilizing  figures  presented  on 
a  regional  basis  in  this  publication,  the  reader  is 
cautioned  to  consider  each  region's  proportion  of  the 
total  United  States  population.  For  example,  while 
the  Southern  States  accounted  for  the  largest  volume 
of  Crime  Index  offenses  in  1978,  they  also  represent- 
ed the  greatest  regional  population. 

Based  on  the  Crime  Index  offenses,  crime  rates 
relate  the  incidence  of  reported  crime  to  population. 
However,  many  factors,  some  of  which  are  shown  on 
page  V  of  this  publication,  influence  the  nature  and 
extent  of  crime  in  a  particular  community.  A  crime 
rate  takes  into  consideration  only  the  numerical 
factor  of  population  and  does  not  incorporate  any  of 
the  other  elements  which  contribute  to  the  amount  of 
crime  in  a  given  area. 

The  table,  "Crime  Rate,  Region,  1978,"  lists  the 
crime  rates  for  the  four  geographic  regions  of  the 
United  States. 

Crime  Rate,  Region,  1978 

(Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants] 


This  table  illustrates  the  higher  crime  rates  in  th 
metropolitan  areas. 


Crime  Index  offenses 

North- 
eastern 

states 

North 
Central 
States 

Southern 
States 

Western 
States 

Total  

4.877.1 

4,617.8 

4,778.0 

6,691.2 

Violent  

Pfop'f'y  

528.6 
4,348.5 

378.3 
4,239.5 

478.7 
4,299.3 

608.3 
6,082.9 

Murder   

6.9 
23.0 
265.4 
233.3 
1,381.2 
2.360.3 
607.0 

7.1 
25.5 
152.5 
193.2 
1,156.6 
2,686.6 
396.3 

11.6 

32.2 

150.5 

284.3 

1,370.5 

2,597.2 

331.7 

9.5 

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault   

Burglary  

Larceny-theft   

Motor  Vehicle  theft    .... 

228.4 
324.8 
1,957.5 
3,555.4 
569.9 

Crime  Rate,  Area,  1978 


(Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants] 


Cnme  Index  offenses 

Total 
United 
States 

Metropolitan 
area 

Rural 

Other 
cities 

Total  

5,109.3 

5,870.2 

1,997.9 

4,363 

Violent  

486.9 
4,622.4 

583.9 
5,286.3 

174.8 
1,823.1 

285 
4,078 

Murder  

Forcible  rape    

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault   

Burglary  

Larceny-theft   

Motor  vehicle  theft    

9.0 

30.8 

191.3 

255.9 

1,423.7 

2,743.9 

454.7 

9.9 

36.7 
249.2 
288.1 
1,626.7 
3,101.1 
558.6 

7.5 
14.0 
20.9 
132.3 
746.3 
953.3 
123.5 

5 
15 
50 
214 
1,031 
2,812 
234 

The  table,  "Crime  Rate,  Area,  1978,"  presents  the 
crime  experience  in  SMSAs,  rural  areas,  and  cities 
and  towns  outside  metropolitan  areas  (Other  Cities). 


Crime  Index  Tabulations 

In  the  accompanying  tables,  data  on  crime  in  th 
United  States  as  a  whole;  geographic  divisions 
individual  states;  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistica 
Areas;  and  cities,  towns,  and  counties  are  presented 
The  measure  used  is  a  Crime  Index  consisting  o 
seven  offenses:  murder  and  nonnegligent  man 
slaughter,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  aggravated  assault 
burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 

Although  the  total  number  of  criminal  acts  occur 
ring  is  unknown,  offenses  reported  to  law  enforce 
ment  agencies  represent  an  indicator  of  crimina 
activity.  Considering  that  not  all  crimes  come  to  thi 
attention  of  law  enforcement;  not  all  crimes  are  o 
sufficient  importance  to  be  significant  in  an  index 
and  not  all  important  crimes  occur  in  sufTicien 
volume  and  frequency  to  be  meaningful  in  an  index 
the  above-mentioned  crimes  were  selected  as  a  grouj 
to  furnish  an  abbreviated  and  convenient  measure  o 
the  crime  problem. 

In  reviewing  the  tables  in  this  report  it  must  b< 
remembered  that  many  factors  can  cause  the  volum< 
and   type  of  crime   to  vary  from  place   to  place 


36 


'opulation,  one  of  these  factors,  is  used  in  computing 
rime  rates;  however,  all  communities  are  affected  to 
ome  degree  by  seasonal  or  transient  populations, 
ince  estimates  of  current  permanent  population  are 
sed  to  construct  crime  rates,  short  term  population 
ariabihty  is  not  accounted  for  in  these  rates. 
In  addition  to  the  presentations  outlined  above, 
ational  averages  for  the  value  of  property  stolen  in 
annection  with  each  offense  are  presented  in  the 
ibles.  Further  breakdowns  by  type  for  the  robbery, 
urglary,  and  larceny-theft  classifications  are  listed. 


Also,  data  on  the  type  and  value  of  property  stolen 
and  recovered  are  provided. 

National  averages  can  serve  as  a  valuable  guide  for 
the  law  enforcement  administrator  in  analyzing  the 
local  crime  count,  as  well  as  the  performance  of  his 
force  in  combating  crime.  The  analysis,  however, 
should  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  law  enforcement  operation  is 
possible. 


37 


TaWe  l.-Index  of  Crime,  United  SUtes,  1978 

Area 

Population' 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

Vkolenl 
crime2 

Property 
crime' 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 

Forci- 
ble 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

United  Stales  Total 

218.059,000 

11.141334 
5.1093 

1.061.826 
486.9 

10,079,508 
4,622.4 

19.555 
9.0 

67.131 
30.8 

417,038 
1913 

558,102 
255.9 

3,104.496 
1,423.7 

5,983.401 
2,743.9 

991,611 

454.7 

Rate  per  100.000 

inhabitants    

SUndard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area        

159388,199 

99.0% 
100.0% 

9,282,753 
9,356,438 

5,870.2 

1,085.750 
1,129,850 

4,363.9 

627,488 
655,046 

1,997.9 

925.984 
930.629 

583.9 

71,060 
73,882 

285.4 

54,255 
57315 

174.8 

8,356,769 
8,425,809 

5.286.3 

1.014,690 
1.055,%8 

4,078.6 

573,233 
597,731 

1,823.1 

15,683 
15,740 

9.9 

1,299 
1,347 

5.2 

2.302 
2.468 

7.5 

58,168 
58,468 

36.7 

3,901 
4.059 

15.7 

4.332 
4.604 

14.0 

395,892 
397,219 

249.2 

12.490 
12,963 

50.1 

6.394 
6,856 

20.9 

456,241 
459,202 

288.1 

53,370 
55,513 

214.4 

41,227 
43,387 

132.3 

2,573.406 
2,592,698 

1,626.7 

256.604 
267,110 

1,031.7 

233,778 
244,688 

746.3 

4,900,044 
4,942,712 

3,101.1 

699,591 

728,152 

2,812.4 

300.828 
312,537 

953.3 

Area  actually  reporting^ 

Estimated  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

883,319 
890,399 

558  6 

25,890.583 

96-3% 
100.0% 

32,786,218 

93.8% 
100.0% 

Area  actually  reportings 

Estimated  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants    

Rural    

58,495 
60,706 

234.5 

Area  actually  reporting^ 

Estimated  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

38,627 
40,506 

123  5 

'Populations  are  Bureau  of  the  Census  provisional  estimates  a; 

'Violent  cnmes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery 

^The  percentage  representing  area  actually  reporting  will  not  cc 

the  calculations  for  individual  slates  which  have  varying  populations, 


of  July  1.  1978. 

and  aggravated  assault.  Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft 
omcide  with  the  ratio  between  reported  and  estimated  crime  totals,  since  these  data  represent  the  sum  ol 
portions  reporting,  and  crime  rates. 


38 


fable  2.-Index  of  Crime,  United  SUtes,  1969-1978 

Murder 

Population' 

Cnme2 
Index 
total 

Violent^ 

Property^ 
crime 

and  non- 
negligent 

sla"gh".er 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

umber  of  ofTenses: 

1969-201,385.000    

7,410,900 

661,870 

6,749,000 

14,760 

37,170 

298,850 

311,090 

1,981,900 

3,888,600 

878,500 

1970-203.235.298    

8,098,000 

738.820 

7,359,200 

16,000 

37,990 

349,860 

334,970 

2,205,000 

4,225,800 

928,400 

1971-206,212.000    

8,588,200 

816,500 

7,771.700 

17.780 

42,260 

387.700 

368,700 

2,399,300 

4,424,200 

948,200 

1972-208,230,000   

8,248.800 

834,900 

7.413.900 

18,670 

46,850 

376.290 

393,090 

2,375,500 

4,151,200 

887,200 

1973-209,851,000   

8,718,100 

875.910 

7.842,200 

19,640 

51,400 

384.220 

420,650 

2,565,500 

4,347,900 

928,800 

1974-211,392,000    

10,253.400 

974.720 

9.278.700 

20,710 

55,400 

442,400 

456,210 

3,039,200 

5,262,500 

977,100 

1975-213,124,000    

11.256.600 

1.026.280 

10.230.300 

20.510 

56.090 

464,970 

484,710 

3,252,100 

5,977,700 

1,000,500 

1976-214,659.000    

11. .304.800 

986.580 

10.318.200 

18,780 

56,730 

420,210 

490,850 

3,089,800 

6,270,800 

957,600 

1977-216,332.000    

10,935.800 

1.009,500 

9,926.300 

19.120 

63,020 

404,850 

522,510 

3,052,200 

5,905,700 

968,400 

1978-218,059,000    

11.141.300 

1.061.830 

10,079.500 

19.560 

67,130 

417,040 

558,100 

3,104,500 

5,983,400 

991,600 

ate  per  100,000  inhabitants:" 

1969    

3.680.0 

328.7 

3.351.3 

7.3 

18.5 

148.4 

154.5 

984.1 

1,930.9 

436.2 

1970    

3,984.5 

363.5 

3.621.0 

7.9 

18.7 

172.1 

164.8 

1,084.9 

2,079.3 

456.8 

1971 

4.164.7 

396.0 

3.768.8 

8.6 

20.5 

188.0 

178.8 

1,163.5 

2,145.5 
1,993.6 

459.8 
426.1 

1972    

3^96 1.4 

401.0 

3!560.4 

9.0 

22^5 

180.7 

188.8 

U40.8 

1973    

4,154.4 

417.4 

3,737.0 

9.4 

24.5 

183.1 

200.5 

1,222.5 

2,071.9 

442.6 

1974    

4.850.4 

461.1 

4,389.3 

9.8 

26.2 

209.3 

215.8 

1,437.7 

2,489.5 

462.2 

1975    

5.281.7 

481.5 

4,800.2 

9.6 

26.3 

218.2 

227.4 

1,525.9 

2,804.8 

469.4 

1976    

5.266.4 

459.6 

4.806.8 

8.8 

26.4 

195.8 

228.7 

1,439.4 

2.921.3 

446.1 

1977    

5,055.1 

466.6 

4,588.4 

8.8 

29.1 

187.1 

241.5 

1,410.9 

2,729.9 

447.6 

1978    

5,109.3 

486.9 

4.622.4 

9.0 

30.8 

191.3 

255.9 

1,423.7 

2.743.9 

454.7 

^Populations  are  Bureau  of  Census  provisional  estimates  as  of  July  1,  except  Apnl  I.  1970,  censiis. 
2Due  to  rounding,  the  offenses  may  not  add  to  Crime  Index  totals. 

^Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault.  Property  crimes  s 
*Crime  rales  calculated  prior  to  rounding  number  of  offenses. 


:  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  r 


39 


Table  3.-Index  of  Crime:  Region,  Geographic  Division,  and  Sute;  1977-1978 

(Number  and  rate  per  100,000  inhabitants;  percent  change  over  1977] 


Year 

Population. 

Crime  Index  total 

Violent  crimed 

Property  crime^ 

Murder  and  non- 
negligent  manslaughter 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

1977 
1978 

216332,000 
218,059,000 

104*35,777 

11,141334 

+  1.9 

5,055.1 

5,1093 

+  1.1 

1,009,499 
1,061,826 

+  5.2 

466.6 
486.9 

+4.4 

9,926,278 

10,079308 

+  13 

4388.4 
4,622.4 

+  .7 

19,121 
19355 

+  23 

9.0 

+  23 

Northeast 

1977 
1978 

"l'977 
1978 

'1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 

49,280,000 
49,081,000 

'V2,242!000 
12,256,000 

"3, 108^000 

3,099,000 

1,085,000 

1,091,000 

5,782,000 

5,774,000 

849,000 

871,000 

935,000 

935,000 

483,000 

487,000 

2,442,878 
2393,743 

-2.0 
609,542 
610,017 

150,493 
152,765 
44.218 
45,151 
312,751 
308,933 
32,195 
35,428 
50,739 
49,202 
19,146 
18,538 

44>57.1 

4377.1 
—  1.6 
4,979.1 
4,977.3 

251,454 
259,466 

+  3.2 

40,307 

43,801 

+  8.7 

8,774 

9,762 

2,438 

2,266 

24,593 

26,673 

960 

1,035 

2,820 

3,255 

722 

810 

5103 
528.6 

+  3.6 
329.3 
357.4 
+  8.5 
282.3 
315.0 
224.7 
207.7 
425.3 
462.0 
113.1 
118.8 
301.6 
348.1 
149.5 
166.3 

2,191,424 

2,134,277 
-2.6 
569,235 
566,216 
-.5 
141,719 
143,003 
41,780 
42,885 
288,158 
282,260 
31,235 
34,393 
47,919 
45,947 
18,424 
17,728 

4,446.9 
43483 

-2.2 
4,649.9 
4,619.9 
-.6 
4,559.8 
4,614.5 
3,850.7 
3,930.8 
4,983.7 
4,888.5 
3,679.0 
3,948.7 
5,125.0 
4,914.1 
3,814.5 
3,640.2 

3386 
3383 

404 
440 
+  8.9 
132 
129 
26 
30 
178 
216 
27 
12 
34 
37 
7 
16 

6S 

Percent  change    

New  England    

Percent  change    

Connecticut           

&9 

33 
3.6 

4,842.1 
4,929.5 
4,075.4 
4,138.5 
5,409.0 
5,350.4 
3,792.1 
4,067.5 
5,426.6 
5,262.2 
3,964.0 
3,806.6 

42 

Maine    

Massachusetts    

4.2 
2.4 
2.7 
3.1 
3.7 

1.4 

Vermont    

4.0 

1.4 
3.3 

Middle  Atlantic 

1977 
1978 

1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 

37,038,000 
36,825,000 

7,329,000 
7,327,000 
17,924,000 
17,748,000 
11,785,000 
11.750,000 

1,833,336 
1,783,726 
-2.7 
374,795 
381,528 
1,091,144 
1,027,993 
367,397 
374,205 

4,949.9 
4,843.8 
-2.1 
5,113.9 
5,207.2 
6,087.6 
5,792.2 
3,117.5 
3,184.7 

211,147 
215,665 
+  2.1 
28,732 
31,027 
149,087 
149,257 
33,328 
35,381 

570.1 
585.6 
+  2.7 
392.0 
423.5 
831.8 
841.0 
282.8 
301.1 

1,622,189 
1.568,061 
-3.3 
346.063 
350,501 
942,057 
878,736 
334,069 
338,824 

4,379.8 
4,258.1 
-2.8 
4,721.8 
4,783.7 
5,255.8 
4,951.2 
2,834.7 
2,883.6 

2,982 
2,943 
—  1.3 
408 
398 
1,919 
1,820 
655 
725 

8  1 

8.0 
1  2 

New  Jersey   

5.6 

5.4 

Pennsylvania  

10.3 
5.6 
6.2 

North  Central 

1977 
1978 

1977 
1978 

1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 

57,940.000 
58,251,000 

41,056,000 
41,233,000 

11,245,000 
11,243,000 
5,330,000 
5,374,000 
9,129,000 
9,189,000 
10,701.000 
10,749,000 
4,651.000 
4,679,000 

2,685,888 
2,689,904 

1,991,097 
1,993,723 

550.341 
564,196 
227.743 
233,153 
530,577 
514,042 
505,074 
500,776 
177,362 
181,556 

4,635.6 
4,617.8 

—  .4 
4,849.7 
4,835.3 

—  .3 
4,894.1 
5,018.2 
4,272.9 
4338.5 
5,812.0 
5,594.1 
4,719.9 
4,658.8 
3,813.4 
3,880.2 

216,416 
220358 

+  1.8 

170,401 

173,327 

+  1.7 

50,829 

52,363 

16,553 

17.383 

53,381 

53,040 

43,521 

44,357 

6,117 

6,184 

3733 
3783 

+  1.3 
415.0 
420.4 
+  1.3 
452.0 
465.7 
310.6 
323.5 
584.7 
577.2 
406.7 
412.7 
131.5 
132.2 

2,469,472 
2,469346 

4,262.1 
4,2393 

-.5 
4,434.7 
4,414.9 

—  .4 
4,442.1 
4,552.5 
3,962.3 
4,015.1 
5,227.3 
5,016.9 
4313.2 
4,246.2 
3.681.9 
3,748.1 

4,189 
4.134 

—  1.3 
3320 
3,273 

—  1.4 
1,109 
1,108 

395 
334 
853 
972 
833 
741 
130 
118 

12 

Percent  change    

East  North  Central  

Percent  change    

7.1 
1  4 

1,820,6% 
1,820,396 

8.1 

11 

499,512 
511,833 
211,190 
215,770 
477,196 
461,002 
461,553 
456,419 
171,245 
175,372 

Indiana 

9.9 

7.4 
62 
9.3 
10.6 

7.8 
6.9 

2.8 
2.5 

Michigan  

Ohio  

Wisconsin  

Sec  footnoles  at  end  of  tabic. 


Forcible 

rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated 
assault 

Burgar, 

Larceny-theft 

Motor  vehicle  theft 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 

100,000 

«S3,022 

29.1 

404,847 

187.1 

522,509 

2413 

3,052,189 

1,410.9 

5.905,731 

2.729.9 

968358 

447.6 

67,131 

30.8 

417,038 

191J 

558,102 

255.9 

3.104,496 

1.423.7 

5.983,401 

2.743.9 

991.611 

454.7 

+  6.5 

+  5.8 

+  3.0 

+  2J 

+  6.8 

+  6.0 

+  1.7 

+  S 

+  13 

+  3 

+  2.4 

+  1.6 

11.182 

22.7 

128,705 

26U 

108,181 

2193 

691,678 

1,403.6 

1,191.115 

2,417.0 

.308,631 

6263 

11307 

23.0 

130,282 

265.4 

114,494 

2333 

677,888 

1381.2 

1.158,444 

23603 

297X5 

607.0 

+  1.1 

+  1.3 

+  1.2 

+  1.6 

+  5.8 

+  63 

-2.0 

-1.6 

-2.7 

-23 

-33 

-3.1 

2,137 

17.5 

15,423 

126.0 

22,343 

182.5 

173,306 

1,415.7 

297,720 

2.432.0 

98,209 

802.2 

2,217 

18.1 

16.321 

133.2 

24,823 

202.5 

172.495 

1.407.4 

296,150 

2,416.4 

97371 

796.1 

+  3.7 

+  3.4 

+  5.8 

+  5.7 

+  11.1 

+  11.0 

-.5 

-.6 

-3 

-.6 

-.6 

-.8 

521 

16.8 

4,026 

129.5 

4.095 

131.8 

41,833 

1.346.0 

81,450 

2,620.7 

18,436 

593.2 

533 

17.2 

4,798 

154.8 

4,302 

138.8 

42.207 

1.362.0 

80,500 

2,597.6 

20,296 

654.9 

147 

13.5 

420 

38.7 

1,845 

170.0 

13.596 

1,253.1 

25,505 

2.350.7 

2,679 

246.9 

121 

11.1 

359 

32.9 

1.756 

161.0 

13.542 

1,241.2 

26.579 

2.436.2 

2,764 

253.3 

1,203 

20.8 

9,822 

169.9 

13,390 

231.6 

88,594 

1,532.2 

133,642 

23113 

65,922 

1,140.1 

1,307 

22.6 

9,947 

172.3 

15.203 

263.3 

87,482 

1315.1 

131319 

2.277.8 

63.259 

1.095.6 

91 

10.7 

197 

23.2 

645 

76.0 

8.844 

1,041.7 

19,900 

2.343.9 

2.491 

293.4 

82 

9.4 

229 

26.3 

712 

81.7 

10,101 

1,159.7 

21,630 

2,483.4 

2.662 

305.6 

98 

10.5 

809 

86.5 

1,879 

201.0 

13,927 

1,489.5 

26,592 

2.844.1 

7.400 

791.4 

103 

11.0 

918 

98.2 

2,197 

235.0 

13,021 

1,392.6 

25,379 

2,7143 

7,547 

807.2 

77 

15.9 

149 

30.8 

489 

101.2 

6312 

1,348,2 

10,631 

2,201.0 

1.281 

265.2 

71 

14.6 

70 

14.4 

653 

134.1 

6,142 

1,261.2 

10,543 

2.164.9 

1.043 

214.2 

9,045 

24.4 

113,282 

305.9 

85,838 

231.8 

518.372 

1,399.6 

893,395 

2.412.1 

210,422 

568.1 

9,090 

24.7 

113,961 

309.5 

89,671 

243.5 

505,393 

1372.4 

862,294 

2,341.6 

200,374 

544.1 

+  .5 

+  1.2 

+  .6 

+  1.2 

+  4.5 

+  5.0 

-2.5 

-1.9 

-33 

-2.9 

-4.8 

—  4.2 

1,537 

21.0 

13,223 

180.4 

13.564 

185.1 

105,229 

1.435.8 

203,345 

2,774.5 

37.489 

5113 

1,727 

23.6 

14,112 

192.6 

14,790 

201.9 

106,700 

1,456.3 

202,726 

2,766.8 

41,075 

560.6 

5,272 

29.4 

84,703 

472.6 

57,193 

319.1 

309,735 

1,728.0 

498,653 

2,782.0 

133,669 

745.8 

5,168 

29.1 

83,78S 

472.1 

58,484 

329.5 

292,956 

1,650.6 

466316 

2,628.6 

119,264 

672.0 

2,236 

19.0 

15,356 

130.3 

15,081 

128.0 

103,408 

877.5 

191,397 

1,624.1 

39,264 

333.2 

2,195 

18.7 

16,064 

136.7 

16,397 

139.5 

105.737 

899.9 

193,052 

1,643.0 

40,035 

340.7 

14326 

24.7 

94,287 

162.7 

103,614 

178.8 

668.457 

1,153.7 

1368,866 

2,707.7 

232.149 

400.7 

14,849 

253 

88,826 

1523 

112349 

193.2 

673.723 

1.156.6 

1364.957 

2,686.6 

230.866 

3963 

+  3.7 

+  3.2 

-5.8 

-63 

+  8.6 

+  8.1 

+  .8 

+  3 

-.2 

-.8 

-.6 

—  1.1 

10,942 

26.7 

77.048 

187.7 

79,091 

192.6 

488,415 

1,189.6 

1,149,797 

2,800.6 

182,484 

444.5 

11,387 

27.6 

71,687 

173.9 

86,980 

210.9 

490,499 

1.189.6 

1,148,056 

2.784.3 

181,841 

441.0 

+  3.4 

—  7.0 

—  7.4 

+  10.0 

+  9.5 

+  .4 

—  .2 

—  .6 

—  .4 

—  .8 

2,454 

21.8 

23,766 

2113 

23.500 

209.0 

122,004 

'    l,085.o' 

318,062 

2,828.5 

59,446 

528.6 

2,676 

23.8 

23,045 

205.0 

25.534 

227.1 

128,080 

1.139.2 

326.276 

2,902.0 

57,477 

511.2 

1,412 

26.5 

6,565 

123.2 

8,181 

153.5 

57,894 

1.086.2 

133,179 

2,498.7 

20,117 

377,4 

1,451 

27.0 

6,526 

121.4 

9,072 

168.8 

59,561 

1,1083 

134,119 

2,495.7 

22,090 

411.1 

3,555 

38.9 

23,905 

261.9 

25,068 

274.6 

139,006 

1,522.7 

288,387 

3,159.0 

49,803 

545.5 

3.636 

39.6 

20,153 

2193 

28,279 

307.7 

132,716 

1,444.3 

279,958 

3.046.7 

48,328 

525.9 

2,921 

27.3 

20,386 

190.5 

19381 

181.1 

130,121 

U16.0 

288,581 

2.696.8 

42,851 

400.4 

2.947 

27.4 

19,627 

182,6 

21,042 

195.8 

130,543 

1,214.5 

282,666 

2,629.7 

43,210 

402.0 

600 

12.9 

2,426 

52.2 

2,%1 

63.7 

39,390 

846.9 

121,588 

2,614.2 

10.267 

220.7 

677 

14.5 

2,336 

49.9 

3,053 

65.2 

39,599 

846.3 

125,037 

2,672.3 

10,736 

229.5 

Table  3.— Index  of  Crime:  Region,  Geographic  Division,  and  SUte;  1977-1978— Continued 

[Number  and  rate  per  100,000  inhabitants;  percent  change  over  1977] 


Year 

Population' 

Crime  Index  total 

Violent  crime^ 

Property  crime^ 

Murder  and  non- 
negligent  manslaughter 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

West  North  Central 

1977 
1978 

"l'977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 

16,884,000 
17,018,000 

"'2,879;000 

2,896,000 

2,326,000 

2,348,000 

3,975,000 

4,008,000 

4,801,000 

4,860.000 

1,561,000 

1,565,000 

653,000 

652,000 

689,000 

690,000 

694,791 
696,181 
+  .2 
111,172 
115,263 
106,154 
106,696 
168,176 
166,096 
219,946 
220,031 
55,019 
53,856 
16,331 
15,683 
17,993 
18,556 

4,115.1 
4.090.9 
-.6 
3.861.5 
3,980.1 
4,563.8 
4,544.1 
4,230.8 
4,144.1 
4,581.3 
4,527.4 
3,524.6 
3,441.3 
2,500.9 
2,405.4 
2,611.5 
2,689.3 

46,015 

47,031 

+  2.2 

4,145 

4,674 

7,206 

7,471 

7,705 

7,601 

22,105 

22,738 

3,113 

2,982 

438 

437 

1,303 

1,128 

272.5 
276.4 
+  1.4 
144.0 
161.4 
309.8 
318.2 
193.8 
189.6 
460.4 
467.9 
199.4 
190.5 
67.1 
67.0 
189.1 
163.5 

648,776 
649,150 

107,027 
1 10,589 
98,948 
99,225 
160,471 
158,495 
197,841 
197,293 
51,906 
50,874 
15,893 
15,246 
16,690 
17,428 

3,842.5 
3,814.5 
-.7 
3,717.5 
3,818.7 
4,254.0 
4,225.9 
4,037.0 
3,954.5 
4,120.8 
4,059.5 
3,325.2 
3,250.7 
2.433.8 
2,338.3 
2,422.4 
2,525.8 

869 
861 
—  .9 
67 
74 
153 
133 
106 
81 
462 
505 
61 
47 
6 
8 
14 
13 

5. 

5. 

.                          ^ 

Kansas 

2. 
6 

Minnesou    

2. 

Nebraska 

10. 
3 

North  Dakota                .  . 

3. 

1. 

1. 

1977 
1978 

1977 
1978 

1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 

69,848.000 
70.626,000 

"34,306!000 
34,579,000 

582,000 
583,000 
8,452,000 
8,594,000 
5,048,000 
5,084,000 
4,139,000 
4,143,000 
5,525,000 
5,577,000 
2,876,000 
2,918,000 
5,135,000 
5,148,000 
1,859,000 
1,860,000 

3.225.661 

3374.523 
+  4.6 

1,704,484 
1.791,339 
+  5.1 
36,143 
37,043 
569,546 
607,552 
214,998 
242,573 
235,922 
240,858 
209,460 
216,506 
139,120 
142,863 
206.636 
209,677 
41,915 
42,224 

4.618.1 

4.778.0 
+  3,5 

4,968.5 
5,180.4 
+  4.3 
6,210.1 
6,353.9 
6,738.6 
7,069.5 
4,259.1 
4,771.3 
5,700.0 
5,813.6 
3,791.1 
3,882.1 
4,837.3 
4,895.9 
4,024.1 
4,073.0 
2,254.7 
2,270.1 

315,559 
338,069 

+  7.1 
179,841 
192,654 
+  7.1 
2,224 
2,569 
58,052 
65,792 
22,203 
24,545 
28,716 
30,328 
22,492 
23.054 
18,297 
18,604 
14,893 
14,743 
2,832 
3,120 

451,8 

478,7 
+6,0 
524.: 
557.1 
+6.3 
382.1 
440.7 
686.8 
765.6 
439.f 
482.! 
693.t 
732.0 
407.1 
413.4 
636.: 
637.6 
290.0 
286.4 
152.3 
167.7 

2,910,102 
3,036,454 

+  4J 

1,524,643 
1,598,685 
+  4.9 
33,919 
34,474 
511,494 
541,760 
192,795 
218,028 
207,206 
210.530 
186,968 
193,452 
120,823 
124,259 
191,743 
194,934 
39,083 
39,104 

4,166J 

4.299J 

+  3.2 

4,444.2 
4,623.3 
+  4.0 
5,828.0 
5,913.2 
6,051.8 
6,303.9 
3,819.2 
4,288.5 
5,006.2 
5,081.6 
3,384.0 
3,468.7 
4,201.1 
4,258.4 
3,734.0 
3,786.6 
2.102.4 
2,102,4 

7.905 
8.210 
+  3.9 

3.513 
3,761 
+  7.1 
35 
39 
859 
949 
593 
731 
333 
338 
586 
600 
343 
336 
460 
452 
112 
127 

11. 

+  2. 

South  Atlantic^    

Percent  change    

Delaware  

Florida 

10. 
10. 
+  6. 
6. 
6. 
10. 

11. 

Maryland    

14. 

8. 
8. 
10. 

10. 

11. 
9. 

WestV,rgima    

8. 
6. 
6. 

1977 
1978 

1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 
1977 
1978 

13,836,000 
14,001,000 

3,690.000 
3,742,000 
3,458,000 
3,498,000 
2,389,000 
2,404,000 
4,299,000 
4,357,000 

463,805 
475,346 
+  2.5 
136.995 
147,389 
104,201 
105,746 
61,841 
61,419 
160,768 
160,792 

3,352.2 
3,395.1 
+  1.3 
3,712.6 
3,938.8 
3,013.3 
3,023.0 
2,588.6 
2,554.9 
3,739.7 
3,690.4 

47,009 
47,881 
+  1.9 
15,293 
15,682 
8,077 
7,807 
6,896 
7,721 
16,743 
16,671 

339.S 
342.0 

414.4 
419.1 
233.6 
223.; 
288.- 
321.: 
389..' 
382.-, 

416,796 
427.465 
+  2.6 
121,702 
131,707 
96,124 
97,939 
54,945 
53,698 
144,025 
144,121 

3,012.4 

3,053.1 

+  1.4 

3.298.2 
3,519.7 
2,779.8 
2,799.9 
2,299.9 
2,233.7 
3,350.2 
3,307.8 

1.649 
1,528 
—  7.3 
524 
499 
349 
316 
342 
302 
434 
411 

11. 

Percent  change    

Alabama 

10. 
14. 

13. 

MississioDi 

9.( 

14. 

12,< 
10. 

9A 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated 

Burglary 

Larceny-theft 

Motor  vehicle  theft 

Number 

100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

3,384 

20.0 

17,239 

102.1 

24,523 

145.2 

180.042 

1,066.3 

419,069 

2,482.0 

49,665 

294.2 

3,462 

20.3 

17,139 

100.7 

25,569 

150.2 

183.224 

1.076.6 

416,901 

2,449.8 

49,025 

288.1 

+  2.3 

+  1.5 

-.6 

—  1.4 

+  4.3 

+  3.4 

+  1.8 

+  1.0 

-.5 

-1.3 

—  1.3 

-2.1 

306 

10.6 

1,187 

41.2 

2.585 

89.8 

23,392 

812.5 

77.304 

2,685.1 

6,331 

219.9 

300 

10.4 

1,357 

46.9 

2,943 

101.6 

25,214 

870.6 

78,567 

2,712.9 

6,808 

235.1 

511 

22.0 

2,343 

100.7 

4,199 

180.5 

29,549 

1,270.4 

63,716 

2,739.3 

5,683 

244.3 

586 

25.0 

2,201 

93.7 

4,551 

193.8 

30,215 

1,286.8 

63,194 

2,691.4 

5,816 

247.7 

774 

19.5 

3,413 

85.9 

3,412 

85.8 

45,103 

1,134.7 

101,731 

2,559.3 

13,637 

343.1 

797 

19.9 

3,411 

85.1 

3,312 

82.6 

43,837 

1,093.7 

101,646 

2,536.1 

13,012 

324.7 

1,359 

28.3 

9,076 

189.0 

11,208 

233.5 

63,290 

1,318.3 

116,386 

2,424.2 

18,165 

378.4 

1,360 

28.0 

8.943 

184.0 

11,930 

245.5 

65,375 

1,345.2 

113.992 

2,345.5 

17,926 

368.8 

282 

18.1 

1,010 

64.7 

1,760 

112.7 

11,864 

760.0 

36.154 

2,316.1 

3.888 

249.1 

286 

18.3 

1,015 

64.9 

1,634 

104.4 

11.687 

746.8 

35.794 

2,287.2 

3,393 

216.8 

59 

9.0 

87 

13.3 

286 

43.8 

2,913 

446.1 

12.035 

1,843.0 

945 

144.7 

58 

8.9 

102 

15.6 

269 

41.3 

2.758 

423.0 

11.522 

1,767.2 

966 

148.2 

93 

13.5 

123 

17.9 

1,073 

155.7 

3.931 

570.5 

11.743 

1,704.4 

1,016 

147.5 

75 

10.9 

110 

15.9 

930 

134.8 

4,138 

599.7 

12,186 

1.766.1 

1,104 

160.0 

20^54 

29.4 

97365 

140J 

189,135 

270.8 

933,221 

U36.1 

1,763,430 

2,524.7 

213,451 

305.6 

22.711 

32.2 

106323 

150.5 

200,825 

284J 

967,919 

U70.5 

1,834,2*3 

2397.2 

234,252 

331.7 

+  \0S 

+  9.5 

+  8.5 

+  73 

+  6.2 

+  5.0 

+  3.7 

+  2.6 

+  4.0 

+  2.9 

+  9.7 

+  83 

10,258 

29.9 

54,739 

159.6 

111,331 

324.5 

476,695 

1,389.5 

947,668 

2.762.4 

100.280 

292.3 

11,468 

33.2 

58,871 

170.3 

118,554 

342.8 

498.825 

1,442.6 

990,285 

2.863.8 

109.575 

316,9 

+  11.8 

+  11.0 

+  7.5 

+  6.7 

+  6.5 

+  5.6 

+  4.6 

+  3.8 

+  4.5 

+  3.7 

+  9.3 

+  8.4 

145 

24.9 

914 

157.0 

1.130 

194.2 

9,793 

1,682.6 

21,408 

3,678.4 

2.718 

467.0 

119 

20.4 

848 

145.5 

1.563 

268.1 

9.466 

1,623.7 

22,111 

3,792.6 

2.897 

496.9 

3,348 

39.6 

15,885 

187.9 

37,960 

449.1 

157,195 

1,859.9 

324,601 

3,840.5 

29,698 

351.4 

3,960 

46.1 

17,701 

206.0 

43,182 

502.5 

170,061 

1,978.8 

338,299 

3,936.5 

33.400 

388.6 

1,570 

31.1 

7,094 

140.5 

12,946 

256.5 

68,205 

1,351.1 

109,554 

2,170.2 

15,036 

297.9 

1,928 

37.9 

8.454 

166.3 

13,432 

264.2 

75.022 

1.475.6 

124,880 

2,456.3 

18,126 

356.5 

1,439 

34.8 

12,088 

292.1 

14,856 

358.9 

57,946 

1,400.0 

131,526 

3.177.7 

17,734 

428.5 

1,476 

35.6 

12,828 

309.6 

15.686 

378.6 

58,907 

1,421.8 

134,024 

3,235.0 

17,599 

424.8 

937 

17.0 

3,385 

61.3 

17.584 

318.3 

63,765 

1,154.1 

112,591 

2,037.8 

10,612 

192.1 

1.024 

18.4 

3,673 

65.9 

17.757 

318.4 

66,031 

1,184.0 

116,193 

2,083.4 

11,228 

201.3 

950 

33.0 

3.046 

105.9 

13.958 

485.3 

46,407 

1,613.6 

67,368 

2,342.4 

7,048 

245.1 

1.032 

35.4 

2.955 

101.3 

14.281 

489.4 

43,729 

1,498.6 

72,472 

2,483.6 

8,058 

276.1 

1,199 

23.3 

4.727 

92.1 

8.507 

165.7 

50.640 

986.2 

129,464 

2,521.2 

11.639 

226.7 

1,168 

22.7 

5.000 

97.1 

8.123 

157.8 

51,006 

990.8 

132,140 

2,566.8 

11,788 

229.0 

246 

13.2 

784 

42.2 

1.690 

90.9 

11.106 

597.4 

24,942 

1,341.7 

3,035 

163.3 

273 

14.7 

862 

46.3 

1,858 

99.9 

12,059 

648.3 

23,776 

1,278.3 

3,269 

175.8 

3,332 

24.1 

14,213 

102.7 

27,815 

201.0 

148,090 

1,070.3 

232,912 

1,683.4 

35,794 

258.7 

3,539 

25.3 

14,880 

106.3 

27,934 

199.5 

150,164 

1,072.5 

239,269 

1,708.9 

38,032 

271.6 

+  6.2 

+  5.0 

+  4.7 

+  3.5 

+  .4 

—  .7 

+  1.4 

+  .2 

+  2.7 

+  1.5 

+  6.3 

+  5.0 

929 

25.2 

3,572 

96.8 

10,268 

278,3 

41,901 

1,135.5 

69,442 

1.881.9 

10,359 

280.7 

954 

25.5 

3,708 

99.1 

10,521 

281.2 

46,001 

1,229.3 

74,387 

1,987.9 

11,319 

302.5 

659 

19.1 

2,806 

81.1 

4,263 

123.3 

30,162 

872.2 

57,477 

1,662.1 

8,485 

245.4 

725 

20.7 

2,845 

81.3 

3,921 

112.1 

30,942 

884.6 

58,231 

1,664.7 

8,766 

250.6 

468 

19.6 

1,569 

65.7 

4,517 

189.1 

21,873 

915.6 

29,622 

1,239.9 

3,450 

144.4 

525 

21.8 

1,688 

70.2 

5,206 

216.6 

20,345 

846.3 

29,703 

1,235.6 

3,650 

151.8 

1,276 

29.7 

6,266 

145.8 

8,767 

203.9 

54,154 

1,259.7 

76,371 

1.776.5 

13,500 

314.0 

1,335 

30.6 

6,639 

152.4 

8,286 

190.2 

52,876 

1.213.6 

76,948 

1,766.1 

14,297 

328.1 

Table  3.— Index  of  Crime:  Regioit,  Geographic  Division,  and  State;  1977-1978— Continued 

(Number  and  rate  per  100,000  inhabitanls;  percent  change  over  1977) 


Crime  Index  total 


West  South  Central 

Percent  change 
Arkansas   

Louisiana    

Oklahoma  

West  

Percent  change 

Mountain  

Percent  change 
Arizona    

Colorado   

Idaho  

Montana    

Nevada  

New  Mexico  

Utah  

Wyoming    

Pacific    

Percent  change 

California    

Hawaii    

Oregon    

Washington  


2,186,000 
3,921,000 
3,966,000 
2,811,000 
2,880,000 
12,830,000 
13,014,000 


1,057,372 
1,107,838 
+  4.8 
71,633 
75,673 
176,362 
190,062 
116,927 
118,939 
692,450 
723,164 


4,871.3 

5,025.1 

+  3.2 

3,341.1 


1,497.9 


4,129.8 
5,397.1 
5,556.8 


97,534 
+  9.9 
6,924 
7,522 
20,577 
23,197 
8,899 
10,165 
52,309 
56,650 


155,785 
166,865 
108,028 


353.0 
407.7 
435.3 


+  2.7 
3,018.1 
3,117.6 
3,973.1 
4,207.4 
3,843.0 
3,776.9 
4,989.4 
5,121.5 


1,212,000 
1,268,000 
1,307,000 


2^U50 

2,683,164 

+  3.9 

612,359 
629,019 
+  2.7 
177,875 
178,994 
178,812 
182,426 
35,350 
35,250 
31,241 
30,739 
50,437 
54,693 
61,733 
62,786 
60,238 
65,074 
16,673 
19,057 


7,747.2 
7,603.8 
6,827.5 
6,832.4 
4,124.9 
4,014.8 
4,105.3 
3,915.8 
7,967.9 
8,286.8 
5,187.6 
5,180.4 
4,750.6 
4,978.9 
4,106.7 
4,494.6 


+  7.9 

43,128 
46,529 
+  7.9 
1 1,347 
12,996 
13,407 
13,296 
2,030 
2,076 
1,659 


5,153 
5,961 
6,402 
3,043 
3,552 
978 


430.0 
452.2 
+  5.2 
494.2 
552.1 
511.9 


218.0 
237.6 
743.0 
780.8 
500.9 
528.2 


2355,280 
2,439,231 


+  2.3 
166,528 
165,998 
165,405 
169,130 
33,320 
33,174 
29,582 
28,874 
45,734 
49,540 
55,772 
56,384 
57,195 


,522 


7,253.0 
7,051.7 
6,315.6 
6,334.5 
3,888.0 
3,778.4 
3,887.3 
3,678.2 
7,225.0 
7,506.1 
4,686.7 
4,652.1 
4,510.6 
4,707.1 
3,865.8 
4,214.2 


407,000 

403,000 

21,896,000 

22.294,000 

895,000 

897,000 

2,376,000 


1,968,991 

2,054,145 

+  4.3 

24,005 

24,366 

1,534,621 

1,586,483 

58,588 

64,011 

142,256 

148,483 


6,735.7 
6,890.6 
+  2.3 
5,898.0 
6,046.2 
7,008.7 
7,116.2 
6,546.1 
7,136.1 
5,987.2 
6,075.4 
5,727.7 
6,115.6 


182,942 

197,404 

+  7.9 

1,804 

1,781 

154,582 

165,626 

2,012 

2,423 

10,830 

12,278 

13,714 

15,296 


625.8 
662.2 
+  5.8 
443.2 
441.9 
706.0 
742.9 
224.8 
270.1 
455.8 
502.4 
374.9 
405.3 


22,201 
22,585 
1,380,039 
1,420,857 
56,576 
61,588 
131,426 
136,205 
195,807 
215,506 


6,228.4 
+  1.9 
5,454.8 
5,604.2 
6,302.7 
6,373.3 
6,321.3 
6,866.0 
5,531.4 
5,573.0 
5,352.8 
5,710.3 


'Population  for  each  state  for  1977  and  1978  are  Bureau  of  Census  provisional 
^Violent  cnmes  are  otTenscs  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  as 
^OfTense  totals  based  on  all  reporting  agencies  and  estimates  for  unreported  areas. 


Forcible 

rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny-theft 

Motor  vehicle  theft 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

Number 

Rate  per 
100,000 

6,964 

32.1 

29,013 

133.7 

49,989 

2303 

308,436 

1,421.0 

582,850 

2,685.2 

77,377 

356.5 

7,704 

34.9 

32,572 

147.7 

54,337 

246.5 

318,930 

1.446.7 

604,729 

2,743.0 

86,645 

393.0 

+  10.6 

+  8.7 

+  12.3 

+  10.5 

+  8.7 

+  7.0 

+  3.4 

+  1.8 

+  3.8 

+  2.2 

+  12.0 

+  10.2 

592 

27.6 

1,784 

83.2 

4,360 

203.4 

20.852 

972.6 

39,924 

1,862.1 

3,933 

183.4 

505 

23.1 

1,748 

80.0 

5,070 

231.9 

21,140 

967.1 

42,647 

1,9509 

4.364 

199.6 

1,213 

30.9 

5,602 

142.9 

13,153 

335.5 

45,701 

1,165.5 

96,843 

2,469.9 

13.241 

337.7 

1,379 

34.8 

6,887 

173.7 

14,306 

360.7 

50,587 

1,275.5 

101,937 

2,5703 

14,341 

361.6 

821 

29.2 

2.075 

73.8 

5,762 

205.0 

36.211 

1,288.2 

62,632 

2,228.1 

9,185 

326.8 

893 

31.0 

2,542 

88.3 

6,486 

225.2 

37,433 

1.299,8 

61,222 

2,125.8 

10,119 

351.4 

4,338 

33.8 

19,552 

152.4 

26,714 

208.2 

205,672 

1.603.1 

383.451 

2.988.7 

51,018 

397.6 

4,927 

37.9 

21,395 

164.4 

28,475 

218.8 

209.770 

1.611.9 

398,923 

3,065.3 

57,821 

444.3 

16^ 

43.2 

83,890 

213.7 

121,579 

309.7 

758,833 

1,932.7 

1382320 

3.520.8 

214,127 

545.4 

18,264 

45.5 

91.607 

228.4 

130,234 

324.8 

784,966 

1,957.5 

1,425,717 

3,555.4 

228.548 

569.9 

+  7.7 

+  5J 

+  9.2 

+  6.9 

+  7.1 

+  4.9 

+  3.4 

+  1-3 

+  3.1 

+  1.0 

+  6.7 

+  4.5 

3,302 

32.9 

12,664 

126.3 

26,420 

263.4 

170,241 

1,697.3 

360,000 

3,589.2 

38,990 

388.7 

3,928 

38.2 

13,524 

131.4 

28,270 

274.8 

167,027 

1,623.4 

373,361 

3,628.7 

42,102 

409.2 

+  19.0 

+  16.1 

+  6.8 

+  4.0 

+  7.0 

+  4.3 

—  1.9 

-4.4 

+  3.7 

+  1.1 

+  8.0 

+  5.3 

786 

34.2 

3,173 

138.2 

7,171 

312.3 

53.866 

2,346.1 

102.571 

4.467.4 

10,091 

439.5 

1.040 

44.2 

3,835 

162.9 

7,900 

335.6 

49,023 

2,082.5 

106,042 

4,504.8 

10.933 

464.4 

1,100 

42.0 

4,471 

170.7 

7,670 

292.9 

50,684 

1,935.2 

102,225 

3,903.2 

12,496 

477.1 

1,323 

49.6 

4,251 

159.2 

7,526 

281.9 

49,917 

1,869.6 

106,185 

3,977.0 

13,028 

487.9 

166 

19.4 

339 

39.6 

1,478 

172.5 

9,005 

1,0508 

22,279 

2,599.6 

2,036 

237.6 

169 

19.2 

351 

40.0 

1,509 

171.9 

9,117 

1,038.4 

21,917 

2,496.2 

2,140 

243.7 

127 

16.7 

298 

39.2 

1,193 

156.8 

6,125 

804.9 

21,104 

2,773.2 

2,353 

309.2 

124 

15.8 

289 

36.8 

1.414 

1801 

6,170 

786.0 

20,293 

2,585.1 

2,411 

307.1 

311 

49.1 

2,045 

323.1 

2,247 

355.0 

15,528 

2,453.1 

26,666 

4,212.6 

3,540 

559.2 

356 

53.9 

2,373 

359.5 

2,322 

351.8 

17,551 

2,659.2 

28,018 

4,245.2 

3,971 

601.7 

465 

39.1 

1.304 

109.6 

4,087 

343.4 

16,882 

1,418.7 

35,802 

3,008.6 

3.088 

259.5 

517 

42.7 

1,352 

111.6 

4,409 

363.8 

16,188 

1,335.6 

36,393 

3.002.7 

3.803 

313.8 

258 

203 

873 

68.8 

1,868 

147.3 

14,856 

1,171.6 

38,098 

3.004.6 

4,241 

3345 

299 

22.9 

869 

66.5 

2,335 

178.7 

15,516 

1,187.1 

41,642 

3.186.1 

4,364 

333.9 

89 

21.9 

161 

39.7 

706 

173.9 

3,295 

811.6 

11,255 

2,772.2 

1.145 

282.0 

100 

23.6 

204 

48.1 

855 

201.7 

3,545 

836.1 

12,871 

3,035.6 

1.452 

342.5 

13.658 

46.7 

71.226 

243.7 

95,159 

325.5 

588,592 

2,013.5 

1.022,320 

3.497.3 

175.137 

599.1 

14,336 

48.1 

78,083 

261.9 

101,964 

342.0 

617,939 

2,072.9 

1,052,356 

3,530.1 

186,446 

625.4 

+  5.0 

+  3.0 

+  9.6 

+  7.5 

+  7.2 

+  5.1 

+  5.0 

+  3.0 

+  2.9 

+  .9 

+  6.5 

+  4.4 

210 

51.6 

394 

96.8 

1,156 

284.0 

5,420 

1,331.7 

13,715 

3,369.8 

3,066 

753.3 

224 

55.6 

368 

91.3 

1.137 

282.1 

5,397 

1,339.2 

14,522 

3,603.5 

2.666 

661.5 

10,825 

49.4 

62,852 

287.0 

78,390 

358.0 

468,452 

2,139.4 

766,317 

3.499.8 

145.270 

663.5 

11.316 

50.8 

68,235 

306.1 

83,464 

374.4 

488,966 

2,193.3 

777,783 

3.488.8 

154,108 

691.3 

228 

25.5 

1,146 

128.0 

574 

64.1 

17,108 

1,911.5 

35,088 

3,920.4 

4,380 

489.4 

232 

25.9 

1,557 

173.6 

574 

64.0 

17,381 

1,937.7 

39,087 

4,357.5 

5,120 

570.8 

948 

39.9 

2,948 

124.1 

6,817 

286.9 

38,880 

1,636.4 

83.306 

3,506.1 

9.240 

388.9 

1,008 

41.2 

3,204 

131.1 

7,943 

325.0 

39,523 

1,617.1 

87,033 

3,561.1 

9,649 

394.8 

1,447 

39.6 

3,886 

106.2 

8,222 

224.8 

58,732 

1,605.6 

123,894 

3.386.9 

13,181 

360.3 

1,556 

41.2 

4,719 

125.0 

8,846 

234.4 

66,672 

1,766.6 

133,931 

3,548.8 

14,903 

394.9 

45 


Table  4.-Index  of  Crime,  State,  1978 


Population 


Index 

total 


man- 
slaughte 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
assaull 


ALABAMA 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Rural   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Sute  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

ALASKA 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Other  cities    

Area  actirally  reporting 

Rural    

Area  actually  reporting 

Sute  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants   

ARIZONA 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Rural    

Area  actually  reporting 
Sute  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

ARKANSAS 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Rural   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Suie  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

CALIFORNIA 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  totals    

Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 

Rural    

Area  actually  reporting 

Sute  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants   

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 

747,300 

96.5% 

100.0% 

3,742,000 


None 
265,617 

100.0% 
137,383 

100.0% 
403,000 


1,749,689 
100.0% 
296,008 
100.0% 
308,303 
100.0% 
2J54,000 


100.0% 

544,535 

96.4% 

100.0% 

799,864 

92.0% 

100.0% 

2,186,000 


20,620,424 
99.7% 
100.0% 
674,145 
100.0% 
999,431 
100.0% 
22,294,000 


7,295 

7,558 

147389 


150,806 
17,999 


45,211 
19,486 


9,424 
10,243 
75,673 


1,525 
1,580 
15,682 


5,770 

5,978 

131,707 


8,506 
9,245 
68,151 


61 
1.040 


11316 

50.8 


3,455 
245 


135 
3,S35 


66,798 
66,935 


5,800 
1,063 


2,898 
ffi,464 


able  4.— Index  of  Crime,  State,  1978— Continued 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 


Robbery 


vated 
assault 


COLORADO 

andard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

ther  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ural   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ale  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants   

CONNECnCUT 

andard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  totals    

Iher  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
ural    

Area  actually  reporting 
ale  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants   

DELAWARE 

andard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Iher  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 

Area  actually  reporting 

ate  lolal    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants   

FLORIDA 

andard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
ther  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
aral   

Area  actually  reporting 
ate  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants   

GEORGIA 

andard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ther  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

aral   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ate  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants  

See  footnotes  at  end  o(  table. 


2,154,753 

100.0% 

261,021 

97.1% 

100.0% 

254,226 

92.3% 

100.0% 

2.670.000 


2,729,021 
95.4% 
100.0% 
199,674 
100.0% 
170,305 


lOO.O 


398,689 
100.0% 
66,247 
100.0% 

118,064 
100.0% 

583,000 


7,383,129 
100.0% 
382,035 
100.0% 
828,836 
100.0% 
8,594,000 


909,849 
93.9% 
100.0% 
1,268,321 
93.8% 
100.0% 
5,084,000 


7,600 

8,238 

182,426 


152,765 

4,929.5 


552,009 
25,051 


23,280 
24,827 
242,573 


432 

469 

13,296 

498.0 


9,762 

315.0 


507 
2,569 

440.7 


60,322 
2,607 


2,496 
2,661 
24345 


7,168 

7,769 

169,130 


34,474 

5,913.2 


491,687 
22,444 


20,784 
22,166 
218,028 


3,636 
113 


213 

227 

1,928 


4,251 

159.2 


848 

145.5 


16,817 

463 

421 
17,701 

206.0 


333 

355 

8,454 


341 

370 

7326 


97 
4302 


1363 

268.1 


13,432 

264.2 


2,073 
2,247 
49,917 


6,935 

922 

1,609 
9,466 

1,623.7 


9,108 
9,714 
75,022 


47 


Table  4.-Index  of  Crime,  State,  1978— Continued 


Area 

Population 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Violent 
crime' 

Property 

Murder 
and  non- 
neghgent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 

assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

HAWAII 

Standard  Metropolitan 

725,259 
100.0% 
33,678 
100.0% 

138,063 
100.0% 

897,000 

145,006 
100.0% 

372,332 
100.0% 

360,662 
100.0% 

878,000 

9.140,740 

99.7% 

100.0% 

1,052,595 

95.6% 

100.0% 

1,049,665 

100.0% 

11,243,000 

51,892 

2,175 

9,944 
64,011 

7,136.1 

9,079 

18,504 

7,667 
35,250 

4,014.8 

497,858 
506.598 

40,128 
43,250 

14,348 
564,196 

5,018.2 

167,890 
184,101 

25,307 
29,890 

13,476 
19,162 
233.153 

4,338.5 

66,448 

34,162 
34,416 

14.399 
115,263 

3,980.1 

2,044 

63 

316 
2,423 

270.1 

536 

1,018 

522 
2,076 

236.4 

48,322 
48,808 

2,514 
2.710 

845 
52363 

465.7 

13,142 
14,151 

1.444 
1,705 

1,073 
1.527 
17383 

323.5 

3,465 

910 
916 

293 
4,674 

161.4 

49,848 

2,112 

9,628 
61,588 

6,866.0 

8,543 

17,486 

7,145 
33,174 

3,778.4 

449.536 
457,790 

37,614 
40,540 

13,503 
511,»3 

4,552.5 

154,748 
169,950 

23.863 
28.185 

12.403 
17.635 
215,770 

4,015.1 

62,983 

33,252 
33,500 

14,106 
110,589 

3.818.7 

38 

1 

21 
60 

6.7 

3 

17 

27 
47 

5.4 

1,058 
1.062 

20 

22 

24 
1,108 

9.9 

247 
260 

18 
21 

37 
53 
334 

6.2 

49 

9 
9 

16 
74 

2.6 

187 

9 

36 
232 

25.9 

57 

62 

50 
169 

19.2 

2,490 
2,516 

99 

107 

53 
2,676 

23.8 

1,109 
1,183 

99 

117 

106 

151 

1,451 

27.0 

223 

47 
47 

30 
300 

10.4 

1.473 

63 
1,557 

173.6 

120 

188 

43 
351 

40.0 

22,245 
22,419 

473 
510 

116 
23,045 

205.0 

5,644 
5,920 

325 
384 

156 

222 

6,526 

121.4 

1.159 

158 
159 

39 
1357 

46.9 

346 

32 

196 

574 

64.0 

356 

751 

402 
1,509 

171.9 

22,529 
22.811 

1,922 
2,071 

652 
25334 

227.1 

6,142 
6,788 

1.002 
1,183 

774 
1,101 
9,072 

168.8 

2,034 

696 

701 

208 
2,943 

101.6 

13,878 

648 

2,855 
17381 

1,937.7 

2,671 

3.879 

2,567 
9,117 

1,038.4 

111,945 
113.981 

8,808 
9,495 

4,604 
128,080 

1,139.2 

41,759 
45,982 

5,284 
6,241 

5,161 
7,338 
59361 

1,108.3 

13,910 

6,382 
6,430 

4.874 
25^14 

870.6 

31.567 

1,361 

6,159 
39,087 

4,357.5 

5,314 

12,558 

4,045 
21,917 

2.4%.2 

283,605 
289.069 

26,889 
28.980 

8,227 
326,276 

2.902.0 

95,815 
105,122 

17,208 
20,325 

6,099 

8,672 

134,119 

2,495.7 

45,086 

24,831 
25,016 

8,465 
78367 

2.712.9 

Area  actually  reporting   ... 
Other  cities 

4,403 

Area  actually  reporting  ... 

103 

Area  actually  reporting   ... 
Stale  total    .    . 

614 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

IDAHO 

Standard  Metropolitan 

570.8 

Area  actually  reporting   ... 
Other  cities    

558 

Area  actually  reporting   ... 
Rural 

1,049 

Area  actually  reporting   ... 
State  total    

533 
2,140 

243.7 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

ILLINOIS 

Standard  MetropoUtan 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

53,986 
54,740 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1.917 
2,065 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
Stale  total    

672 
57,477 

511.2 

Rate  per  100,000 

INDIANA 

Standard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area 

3,629,997 

88.0% 

100.0% 

694,812 

84.7% 

100.0% 

1,049,191 

70.3% 

100.0% 

5374,000 

1,087,200 

100.0% 

783,068 

99.3% 

100.0% 

1.025,732 

100.0% 

2,8<>6,000 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

17,174 
18,846 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,371 
1,619 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,143 
1,625 
22,090 

411.1 

State  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

IOWA 

Standard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

3.987 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
Estimated  totals 

2,039 
2.054 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
State  total    

767 
6,808 

235.1 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


48 


•Me  4.— Index  of  Crime,  Stote,  1978— Continued 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
vated 


Burglary 


KANSAS 

andard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ural   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

tale  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

KENTUCKY 

andard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Area  actually  reporting 

Area  actually  reporting 

late  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants  

LOUISIANA 

andard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ther  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Area  actually  reporting 

late  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

MAINE 

andard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
ther  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
ural   

Area  actually  reporting 
tate  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

MARYLAND 

Andard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
ther  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
ural    

Area  actually  reporting 
late  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants  

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


1,093,900 

100.0% 

671,260 

95.1% 


1,607,016 
100.0% 
654,280 


2,504,448 
99.9% 
100.0% 
512,932 
98.7% 
100.0% 
948,620 


303,545 
100.0% 

483,374 
100.0% 

304,081 

100.0% 

1.091,000 


3,513,872 
100.0% 
205,140 
100.0% 
423,988 
100.0% 
4,143,000 


8,051 

8,751 

106,696 


72,568 
16,425 


17,890 
19,969 


7,292 
45,151 


218,677 
11,938 


5,129 
830 


30328 

732.0 


7,632 
8,295 
99,225 


67,439 
15,595 


12,745 
166,865 


16,681 
19,293 


190,302 
10,921 


193 
U79 


77 
1,476 


62 
2,201 


2,328 

243 

274 
2,845 

81.3 


220 
6,887 


130 
12,828 


335 
4,551 


2,1% 
491 


2,261 
14306 


1,756 

161.0 


708 
15,686 

378.6 


3,382 
30,215 


20.144 

4,217 

6,581 
30,942 

884.6 


4,719 
50,587 


3,423 
58,907 


Table  4.-Index  of  Crioie,  SUte,  1978— Continued 


Area 

Population 

Crime 
Index 

Violent 
crimei 

Property 
crimed 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Urceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Standard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area 

5,562,302 
96.7% 
100.0% 
199,299 
100.0% 
12,399 
100.0%, 

5,774,000 

7,455,153 

99.9%, 

100.0%, 

776,771 

99.8%, 

100.0%, 

957,076 

100.0% 

9,189,000 

2.607,142 

99.8% 

100.0%, 

505,075 

99.4% 

100.0%, 

895,783 

98.8% 

100.0%. 

4.008.000 

638,059 
97.3% 
100.0% 
641,771 
88.5% 
100.0%, 
1,124,170 

47.4%: 

100.0% 
2,404,000 

285,518 
293,107 

15,566 

260 
308.933 

5,350.4 

442.328 
442.415 

36,081 
36,160 

35,467 
514,042 

5,594.1 

128,978 
129,187 

20,171 
20,293 

16,416 
16,616 
166,096 

4.144.1 

27,295 
27,847 

20,802 
23,506 

4.770 
10.066 
61,419 

2,554.9 

25,489 
25,951 

700 

22 
26,673 

462.0 

48.999 
49,005 

2,041 
2,045 

1,990 
53,040 

577.2 

6,861 
6,865 

345 

347 

384 

389 

7,601 

189.6 

2,686 

2,751 

2,279 
2,575 

1,135 
2,395 
7,721 

321.2 

260,029 
267,156 

14,866 

238 
282,260 

4,888.5 

393,329 
393,410 

34,040 
34.115 

33,477 
461,002 

5,016.9 

122,117 
122,322 

19,826 
19,946 

16.032 
16,227 
158,495 

3,954.5 

24,609 
25,096 

18,523 
20.931 

3,635 
7.671 
53,698 

2,233.7 

200 
204 

II 

1 
216 

3.7 

887 
887 

26 
26 

59 
972 

10.6 

69 
69 

2 
2 

10 
10 
81 

2.0 

70 
72 

84 
95 

64 
135 
302 

12.6 

1,236 
1,257 

50 

9,739 
9,846 

98 

3 
9,947 

172.3 

19,527 
19.529 

358 
359 

265 
20,153 

219.3 

3,263 
3,265 

98 
99 

46 

47 

3,411 

85.1 

839 
853 

347 
392 

210 
443 

70.2 

14,314 
14,644 

541 

18 
15,203 

263.3 

25,392 
25,396 

1,470 
1,473 

1,410 
28,279 

307.7 

2,825 
2,827 

198 
199 

283 

286 

3312 

82.6 

1,603 
1,649 

1,723 
1,947 

763 
1,610 
5.206 

216.6 

79,400 
81,617 

5,758 

107 
87,482 

1,515.1 

1 10,279 
1 10,297 

7,931 
7,948 

14,471 
132,716 

1,444.3 

34,515 
34,558 

3,464 
3.485 

5,724 
5,794 
43437 

1,093.7 

9,626 
9,849 

6,017 
5,799 

1,752 
3,697 
20345 

846.3 

1 19,767 
123,329 

8,109 

81 
131.519 

2,277.8 

237,851 
237,906 

24,503 

24,557 

17.495 
279,958 

3,046.7 

77,097 
77,244 

15,044 
15,135 

9,156 

9,267 

101,646 

2,536.1 

13,179 
13,407 

11,528 
13,027 

1,549 
3,269 
29,703 

1,235.6 

Area  actually  reporting  .... 

60,862 
62,210 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

999 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
Stale  total               

1J07 

22.6 

3,193 
3,193 

187 
187 

256 
3,636 

39.6 

704 
704 

47 
47 

45 
46 
797 

19.9 

174 

177 

125 
141 

98 
207 
525 

21.8 

63,2SS 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

MICHIGAN 

Standard  Metropolitan 

1,095.< 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

45,19! 
45.20- 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

l,60e 
1,61( 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,51 
4832« 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

MINNESOTA 

Standard  Metropolitan 

525. 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

10.50 
10,52 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,31 
1,32< 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1.15 
1,16( 

Stale  total                      

13.01 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants   

MISSISSIPPI 

Standard  Metropolitan 

324. 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,80- 
1,84( 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

97 
1.10 

Rural 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
Estimated  totals 

33- 
70 

3.6S 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants   

151. 

50 


-Index  of  Crime,  State,  1978— Continued 


MISSOURI 

ndard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ler  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ral   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  touls    

ite  total    

Rate  per  100.000 
inhabitants   

MONTANA 

ndard  Metropolitan 

itatistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

ler  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ral   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

te  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
mhabitants  

NEBRASKA 

ndard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area 

Area  actually  reporting 

ler  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ral    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

te  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants   

NEVADA 

ndard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Area  actually  reporting 

ral   

Area  actually  reporting 

te  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants   

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


3,079.616 

97.7% 

100.0% 

542,578 

89.1% 

100.0% 

1,237,806 

63.4% 

100.0% 

4,860,000 


188,174 
100.0% 

265,262 
98.6% 
100.0% 

331,564 


1.5% 


689,767 

100.0% 

448,176 

97.9% 

100.0% 

427,057 

93.2% 

100.0% 

1^5,000 


533.153 
100.0% 
32,611 
100.0% 
94,236 
100.0% 

660,000 


Crime 

total 


8,540 
13,479 
220.031 


6,673 
6,705 
30,739 


4,510 
4,841 
53,856 


697 

631 
639 

527 

529 

1,865 

237.6 

2,377 

400 
409 

183 

196 

2,982 

190.5 


5,153 

780.8 


7,847 
12,386 
197,293 


6.146 
6.176 
28,874 


50,874 

3,250.7 


Forcible 
rape 


1,015 

64.9 


2J73 
359.5 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


4,103 
6,476 
6S37S 


2.461 
1.972 


1,709 
6,170 


11,687 

746.8 


17,551 
2,659.2 


Table  4.— Index  of  Crime,  State,  1978— Continued 


Area 

Population 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

Violent 
crime' 

Property 
crirae2 

Murder 
and  non- 
negUgent 

sla^u^^'ter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Mou 
vehic 
thef 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Standard  MetropoUtan 

261,640 
99.6% 
100.0% 
475,815 
97.3% 
100.0% 
133,545 
100.0% 
871,000 

6,747,723 
100.0% 
524,786 
100.0% 
54,491 
100.0% 

7327,000 

402,451 

95.3% 

100.0% 

538,272 

87.6% 

100.0% 

271,277 

98.6% 

100.0% 

1,212,000 

15,707,692 

99.8% 

100.0% 

1.141,955 

99.2% 

100.0% 

898,353 

100.0% 

17,748,000 

10,890 
10,924 

21,828 
22,431 

2,073 
35,428 

4,067.5 

350,694 

29,390 

1,444 
381,528 

5,207.2 

26,702 
27,492 

25.699 
29,355 

5,857 
5,939 
62,786 

5.180.4 

954.179 
955.455 

41,937 
42,261 

30,277 
1,0274*93 

5,792.2 

284 
285 

617 
633 

117 
1,035 

118.8 

29.877 

1,066 

84 
31,027 

423.5 

2,823 
2.905 

2,238 
2.557 

927 

940 

6,402 

528.2 

144,944 
144,998 

2.307 
2,325 

1.934 
149,257 

841.0 

10,606 
10,639 

21,211 
21,798 

1,956 
34393 

3,948.7 

320,817 

28.324 

1,360 
350,501 

4,783.7 

23,879 
24,587 

23,461 
26,798 

4,930 
4,999 
56384 

4,652.1 

809,235 
810,457 

39,630 
39,936 

28,343 
878,736 

4,951.2 

1 
1 

9 
9 

2 
12 

1.4 

378 

18 

2 
398 

5.4 

46 
48 

33 
38 

37 
38 
124 

10.2 

1,762 
1,763 

20 
20 

37 
1,820 

10.3 

28 
28 

47 
48 

6 
82 

9.4 

1.618 

100 

9 
1,727 

23.6 

232 
242 

149 
170 

104 
105 
517 

42.7 

4,981 
4,984 

84 
85 

99 
5,168 

29.1 

89 
89 

117 
120 

20 
229 

26.3 

13,788 

306 

18 
14,112 

192.6 

788 
808 

378 
432 

110 

112 

U52 

111.6 

83,133 
83.152 

427 
430 

203 
83.785 

472.1 

166 
167 

444 
456 

89 
712 

81.7 

14.093 

642 

55 
14,790 

201.9 

1.757 
1.807 

1.678 
1,917 

676 

685 

4,409 

363.8 

55,068 
55.099 

1,776 
1,790 

1,595 
58,484 

329.5 

3.150 
3,161 

5,677 
5,834 

1,106 
10,101 

1.159.7 

97,649 

8,279 

772 
106.700 

1,456.3 

7.457 
7,719 

5.751 
6,569 

1,874 
1,900 
16.188 

1,335.6 

270,028 
270.391 

9,846 
9,922 

12.643 
292,956 

1.650.6 

6.562 
6,582 

13.897 
14.282 

766 
21,630 

2,483.4 

183,649 

18,581 

4% 
202,726 

2,766.8 

14,884 
15,288 

16,257 
18,569 

2,501 
2,536 
36393 

3,002.7 

423,685 
424.434 

27,638 
27,851 

14,231 
466,516 

2.628.6 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

( 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
Estimated  totals 

I.« 

Rural 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

NEW  JERSEY 

Standard  MetropoUtan 

30 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
Other  cities 

39.5 

Area  actuaUy  reporting   .... 
Rural   

1,4 

Area  actuaUy  reporting  .... 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

NEW  MEXICO 

Standard  Metropolitan 

561' 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,5 

Other  cities 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
Estimated  totals     .    . 

1,4 
l.« 

Rural   .... 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

5. 

State  total    

3,» 

313 

Rate  per  100.000 
inhabitants  

NEW  YORK 

Sundard  MetropoliUn 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

115,52 
115,63 

Area  actuaUy  reporting   .... 

2,14 
2.16 

Rural   

Area  actually  reporting   .... 
State  total    

1,46 
I19J4 

672 

Rate  per  100,000 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 

52 


ible  4.— Index  of  Crime,  SUte,  1978-Continued 


NORTH  CAROLINA 

indard  Metropolitan 

Jtatistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

her  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ral   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

lie  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

NORTH  DAKOTA 

ndard  Metropolitan 

iutistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  totals    

ral   

Area  actually  reporting 
lie  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

OHIO 

ndard  Metropolitan 

ilatistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ler  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ral   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ite  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

OKLAHOMA 

ndard  Metropolitan 

ilatistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ler  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ral   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

ite  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants  

See  footnotes  at  end  of  uble. 


100.0% 

1,065,845 

97.1% 

100.0% 

1,990,545 

98.0% 

100.0% 

5^77,000 


146,227 
100.0% 
187,830 


8,581,432 

96.1% 

100.0% 

953,132 

93.1% 

100.0% 

1,214,436 

97.9% 

100.0% 

10,749,000 


1,588,073 
99.5% 
100.0% 
754,055 
97.8% 
100.0% 
537,872 
95.2% 
100.0% 


Index 

total 


36,199 
36,935 
216,506 


8,690 

9,125 

118,939 


437 
67.0 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


31,422 
32,061 
193,452 


19,312 
19,731 
456,419 


7,988 

8,387 

108,774 


Forcible 
rape 


171 

174 

1,024 


135 
2>»7 


243 
I9,«27 


99 

104 

2,542 


4,408 
4,540 

4,015 
4,097 
17,757 

318.4 


269 

41.3 


17,813 
18,340 


1,103 
21,042 


822 
2,758 


7,315 

7,474 

130,543 


6,673 
6,824 

3,496 
3,671 
37,433 


Table  4.— Index  of  Crime,  State,  1978— Continued 


Crime 
total 


Property 


Forcible 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


OREGON 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Other  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Rural   

Area  actually  reporting 

State  tolal    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

PENNSYLVANIA 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Rural    

Area  actually  reporting 

State  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

PUERTO  RICO 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Other  agencies  

Area  actually  reporting 

Total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants   

RHODE  ISLAND 

Standard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  totals    

Other  cities   

Area  actually  reporting 

Rural   

State  tolal    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  totals    

Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  totals    

Rural   

Area  actually  reporting 

Stale  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants  

See  footnotes  at  end  of  Ubie. 


1.460,854 

99.5% 

100.0% 

510,191 

99.3% 

100.0% 

472,955 

100.0% 

2,444,000 


9,554,298 

99.3% 

100.0% 

1,164,961 

99.1% 

100.0% 

1.030,741 

100.0% 

11,750,000 


852,356 
98.3% 
100.0% 
82,644 
100.0% 


935,000 


1.410,400 

99.2% 

100.0% 

543,132 

98.6% 

100.0% 

964,468 

100.0% 

2,918,000 


49,202 

5,262.2 


15,149 

451.2 


126 
2,195 


245 
16,064 


5,785 

172.3 


7,943 

325.0 


>le  4.-lndex  of  Crime,  SUte,  1978-Continued 

Area 

Population 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

Violent 
crime' 

Property 

Murder 
and  non- 
negl.gent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
Ihefl 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

idard  Metropolitan 

190,816 
100.0% 
187,073 
95.4% 
100.0% 
312,111 
80.6% 
100.0% 
690.000 

2,745,813 

99.6% 

100.0% 

567,481 

98.5% 

100.0% 

1,043,706 

93.0% 

100.0% 

4357,000 

10,248,543 

99.4% 

100.0% 

1,421,245 

98.4% 

100.0% 

1,344,212 

95.7% 

100.0% 

13,014,000 

9,227 

6,227 
6,525 

2,260 
2,804 
18,556 

2,689.3 

127,483 
127,763 

19,503 
19,801 

12,306 
13,228 
160,792 

3,690.4 

653,631 
656,075 

44,733 
45,468 

20,687 
21,621 
723,164 

5.556.8 

57,916 

4,643 
4,669 

2,457 
2,489 
65,074 

4,978.9 

659 

278 
292 

143 

177 

1,128 

163.5 

13,656 
13,676 

1,637 
1,662 

1,241 
1,333 
16,671 

382.6 

50,643 
50,821 

3.872 
3,936 

1,811 
1,893 
56,650 

435.3 

3,161 

218 
219 

170 

172 

3,552 

271.8 

8,568 

5,949 
6,233 

2,117 
2,627 
17,428 

2,525.8 

113,827 
1 14,087 

17,866 
18,139 

11,065 
11,895 
144,121 

3,307.8 

602,988 
605,254 

40,861 
41,532 

18.876 
19,728 
666314 

5,121.5 

54,755 

4,425 
4,450 

2,287 
2,317 
61322 

4,707.1 

5 

2 
2 

5 
6 
13 

1.9 

295 
295 

37 
38 

73 
78 
411 

9.4 

1,613 
1.620 

92 
94 

133 

139 

1.853 

14.2 

36 

2 

11 
49 

3.7 

41 

11 
12 

18 

22 
75 

10.9 

1,181 
1,182 

63 
64 

83 

89 

1335 

30.6 

4,562 
4,581 

188 
191 

148 

155 

4,927 

37.9 

265 

19 
19 

15 
15 
299 

22.9 

81 

19 
20 

7 

9 

110 

15.9 

6,147 
6,152 

293 
297 

177 

190 

6,639 

152.4 

20,664 
20,706 

436 

443 

235 

246 

21395 

164.4 

835 

18 
18 

16 
16 
869 

66.5 

532 

246 

258 

113 
140 
930 

134.8 

6,033 
6,047 

1,244 
1,263 

908 

976 

8,286 

190.2 

23,804 
23,914 

3.156 
3.208 

1.295 
1.353 
28,475 

218.8 

2.025 

179 
180 

128 

130 

2335 

178.7 

2,200 

940 

985 

768 

953 

4.138 

599.7 

41,751 
41.848 

5,371 
5,453 

5,186 
5,575 
52,876 

1,213.6 

187,438 
188,259 

12,3% 
12.600 

8,526 

8.911 

209,770 

1,611.9 

14,001 

812 
817 

689 

698 

15316 

1,187.1 

5,802 

4,693 
4,917 

1,182 
1,467 
12,186 

1,766.1 

60,106 
60,245 

11,272 
11,444 

4,892 
5.259 
76>« 

1.766.1 

361.431 
362,672 

26.310 
26.742 

9.098 

9.509 

398,923 

3.065.3 

36,858 

3.321 
3.339 

1,426 
1,445 
41,642 

3,186.1 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

331 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

207 

1,104 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

TENNESSEE 

ndard  Metropolitan 

160.0 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

11,994 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,242 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,061 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

TEXAS 

ndard  Metropolitan 

328.1 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

54.323 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

2.190 

ral                                      

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

1,308 

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants 

444.3 

UTAH 

ndard  Metropolitan 

1,024,629 
100.0% 
139,249 
99.4% 
100.0% 
143,122 
98.7% 
100.0% 
1307,000 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

294 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

174 

1 

Rate  per  100,000 

333.5 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  Uble. 


55 


Table  4.— Index  of  Crime,  SUte,  1978— Continued 


Population 


Property 


negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


VERMONT 

Standard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area    

Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Rural    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

SUte  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

VIRGINIA 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Rural    

Area  actually  reporting 
Stale  total    

Rate  per  100,000 

WASHINGTON 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

Rural    

Area  actually  reporting 
Estimated  totals    

State  total    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Standard  Metropolitan 
Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 
Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  totals    

Rural    

Area  actually  reporting 
Stale  lolal    

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

WISCONSIN 

Standard  Metropolitan 

Statistical  Area    

Area  actually  reporting 

Other  cities    

Area  actually  reporting 

Rural   

Area  actually  reporting 

Stale  lolal    

Rate  per  100,000 

inhabitants  

Sec  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


34.] 
100.0% 
248,962 
83.2% 
100.0% 
487,000 


3,366,058 
100.0% 
487,560 
100.0% 

1,294,382 
100.0% 

5,148,000 


2,689,391 

98.2% 

100.0% 

449,607 

88.6% 

lOO.C 

635,002 

92.6% 

100.0% 

3,774,000 


675,197 
100.0% 
384,774 
99.1% 
100.0% 
800,029 
100.0% 
1.860,000 


2,938,731 
100.0% 
636,509 
100.0% 

1,103,760 
100.0% 

4,679,000 


5,277 
6,341 
18,538 


171,240 
19,831 


20,411 
22,047 
230,802 


136,058 
25,347 


14,743 

286.4 


6,184 

132.2 


5,098 
6,125 
17,728 


159,346 

18,706 

16,882 
194,934 

3,786.6 


19,145 
20,679 
215,506 


4,719 

125.0 


8,123 

157.8 


1,858 

99.9 


2.203 

2,345 

85 

324 

48 
2336 

384 
3,053 

49.9 

65.2 

able  4.— Index  of  Crime,  SUte,  1978— Continued 


Area 

Population 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Violent 

Property 
crime^ 

Murder 
and  non- 

"m'af" 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

WYOMING 

andard  Metropolitan 

None 
281,364 
92.9% 
100.0% 
142,636 
94.1% 
100.0% 
424,000 

13,449 
14,469 

4,317 
4,588 
19,057 

4.494.6 

713 
767 

397 
422 
1,189 

280.4 

12,736 
13,702 

3,920 
4,166 
17,868 

4,214.2 

9 
10 

19 
20 
30 

69 

74 

24 
26 

too 

23.6 

155 
167 

35 
37 
204 

48.1 

480 
516 

319 
339 
855 

201.7 

2.365 
2,544 

942 
1,001 
3,545 

836.1 

9,474 
10,193 

2,520 
2,678 
12,871 

3,035.6 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

Estimated  totals    

iiral 

897 
965 

Area  actually  reporting   .... 

458 
487 
1,452 

342.5 

ate  total                        

Rate  per  100,000 
inhabitants  

'Violent  crimes  arc  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Aieas,  1978 


Standard  Melropolitan  Statistical 


loul 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Tex. 


(Includes  Callahan,  Jones  and  Taylo 
Counties.) 

City  of  Abilene  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . 
Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Akron,  Ohio    

(Includes  Portage  and  Summit 
Counties.) 

City  of  Akron    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Albany,  Ga 

(Includes  Dougherty  and  Lee 
Counties.) 

City  of  Albany    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 

Estimated  Toul    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Albany— Schenectady— Troy,  N.Y 

(Includes  Albany,  Montgomery, 
Rensselaer,  Saratoga  and 
Schenectady  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Albany   

Schenectady    

Troy  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . 
Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Albuquerque,  N.  Mex 

(Includes  Bernahllo  and  Sandoval 
Counties.) 

City  of  Albuquerque   

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Alexandria,  La 

(Includes  Grant  and  Rapides 
Parishes.) 

City  of  Alexandria    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 
Allentown— Bethlehem— Easton,  Pa.— 

NJ 

(Includes  Carbon,  Lehigh  and 
Northampton  Counties,  Pa., 
and  Warren  County,  N.J.) 
City  of: 

Allentown  

Bethlehem    

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Alloona,  Pa 

(Includes  Blair  County.) 

City  of  Altoona    

Total  area  actiially  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 


Tex. 


(Includes  Potter  and  Randall 

Counties.) 

City  of  Amarillo    

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
659,259 


4,584 

5,239 

3,887.6 


15,606 
30,885 
32,278 
4,896.: 


4,822 

5,564 

5,595 

5,346.4 


3,253 

3,436 

30,379 

3,839.7 


22,866 
26,702 
27,492 


1,702 
18,754 
18,897 
3,116.5 


8,874 

9,466 

5,963.9 


2,561 
2,650 
402.0 


2,434 
2,823 
2,905 
721.8 


4,337 

4,922 

3.652.' 


14,309 
28,324 
29,628 


4.239 
3,051 

2,972 
28,343 
3,582.' 


20,432 
23,879 
24,587 
6.109.3 


3,668 
5,244 

3,744.1 


2,271 
1,591 
17,879 
18,012 
2,970.5 


8,178 

8,718 

5,492.7 


5.-Index  of  Crime,  Standard  MetropolMa"  Stotistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


ndard  Melropolitan  Statistical  Area 


telm— Sania  Ana— Gaiden  Grove, 


ncludes  Oranpc  County  1 


Anaheim   

Santa  Ana    

Garden  Grove  

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Arbor,  Mich 

ncludes  Washtenaw  County.) 

City  of  Ann  Arbor    

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per 


inhabitants 


ncludes  Calhoun  County.) 

City  of  Anniston    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    . 

lelon— Oshkosh,  Wis 

ncludes  Calumet,  Outagamie  and 
Winnebago  Counties.) 

City  of: 

Appleton   

Oshkosh   

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 

Rate  per  100,000  inliabitants    . 

eville,  N.C 

ncludes  Buncombe  and  Madison 
Counties.) 

City  of  Asheville    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 

Estimated  Total    


inhabitants 


Ga. 


Includes  Butts.  Cherokee.  Clayton, 
Cobb.  De  Kalb,  Douglas, 
Fayette,  Forsythe,  Fulton. 
Gwinnett.  Henry,  Newton. 
Paulding,  Rockdale,  and  Walton 
Counties.) 

City  of  Atlanta   

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .. 

intlc  City.  NJ 

Includes  Atlantic  County.) 

City  of  Atlantic  City    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

pista,  Ga.— S.C 

Includes  Columbia  and  Richmond 
Counties.  Ga.  and  Aiken 
County,  S.C.) 

City  of  Augusta    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    . 

stin,  Tex 

Includes  Hays,  Travis  and 
Williamson  Counties.) 

City  of  Austin   

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 
Rate  per  100,000  inliabitants    . 

kersHeld,  CaUf.    

[Includes  Kem  County.) 

City  of  Bakersfield    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabiunts    . 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


Crime 
Index 
total 


15,417 
16,250 
8,866 
117.699 
6.423.7 


3,101 
2,750 
12.002 
»,095.8 


53,870 
127,594 
128,789 
6.917.3 


5.531 
13,560 
7,165.6 


3.524 
15,225 
15,505 
5,332.6 


24.719 
31,388 
6,632.6 


10,997 

29,352 
7.962.0 


1,126 
1,180 
690 

7,586 
414.0 


8,845 
13,327 
13,408 


Murder 
and  non- 
legligent 
man- 
laughter 


14.291 
15,070 
8,176 
110,113 
6,009.7 


7,060 
14,368 
5,569.6 


2.545 

3.655 

3.225.3 


Forcible 
ipe 


45.025 
114.267 
115,381 
6.197.1 


3.202 
13,646 
13.899 
4.780.2 


23,306 
29.628 
6,260.7 


10,205 
26,709 
7,245.1 


Aggra- 
assault 


4,119 

5,765 
5,793 
311.1 


234 

704 

272.9 


3,990 
6,232 
6,276 


5,630 
5,515 
3,384 
40,900 
2,232.2 


1,683 
3,504 
1,358.3 


15,185 

25.874 

38,350 

65,231 

38,690 

65,906 

2,078.1 

3,539.8 

1,742 

2,545 

4,290 

7.070 

2,267.0 

3,736.1 

1,241 

1,767 

5,241 

7,481 

5,318 

7,638 

1,829.0 

2,626.9 

6,886 

15,079 

9.147 

18,872 

1.932.9 

3,987.9 

3,298 

6,012 

8,754 

15,790 

2.374.6 

4,283.2 

59 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  StaDdard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Crime 
Index 

total 


Murder 
ind  non- 
negligent 


ForcibU 
rape 


Baltln 


Md. 


(Includes  Baltimore  City  and  Anne 
Arundel.  Baltimore.  Carroll, 
Harford  and  Howard  Counties.) 

City  of  Baltimore    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Baton  Rouge,  La 

(Includes  Ascension.  East  Baton 
Rouge.  Livingston  and  West 
Baton  Rouge  Parishes.) 

City  of  Baton  Rouge    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .. 

Bailie  Creek,  Mich.  

dude*:  Barry  and  ' 


Com 


Cily  of  Battle  Creek    

Tola!  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per   100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Bay  City,  Mich 

(Includes  Bay  County.) 

City  of  Bay  City    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 
Beaumont— Port  Arthur— Orange,  Tex. 
(Includes  Hardin,  Jefferson  and 
Orange  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Beaumont  

Port  Arthur  

Orange   

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 


(Includes  Yellowstone  County.) 

City  of  Billings    

Total  area  actually  reporting  , 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

niloxl— Gulfport,  Miss 

(Includes  Hancock,  Harrison  and 
Stone  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Biloxi  

Gulfport    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

BInghamtoD.  N.Y.— Pa 

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

City  of  Binghamton  

Total  area  actually  reporting  , 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


(Includes  Jefferson,  St.  Clair,  Shelby 
and  Walker  Counties.) 

City  of  Birmingham  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . . 

Estimated  Total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 


(Includes  Monroe  County.) 

City  of  Bloomington   

Total  area  actually  reporting  , 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabiUnts 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
183,809 


100.0% 
123,000 


100.0% 
363,691 


69,463 
140.486 
6,568.8 


21,969 
32,689 
7,352.0 


3,058 

5,845 

4,752.0 


9,068 
2,883 
1,728 
18,613 
19,508 
5,363.9 


2,576 
1,931 
8,032 
8,265 
4,696.0 


2,828 

9,802 

3,255.2 


26,659 
44,953 
45,032 
5,491.1 


2,024 

4,655 

5,055.3 


14,659 

21,858 
1,022.0 


1,948 
3.174 
713.9 


1,885 
1,956 

537.8 


1,089 
1,122 

637.5 


54,804 
118,628 

5,546.8 


2,902 
8,221 
J,472.6 


2,676 
5,302 
1,310.6 


16,728 
17.552 
4,826.1 


3,822 
4,934 
1,819.6 


2,359 
1,650 
6,943 
7,143 
1,058.5 


2,716 

9.472 

3,145.6 


23,690 
39,996 
40,068 
4,885.8 


38 
207 
213 
121.0 


1,351 
1,353 
165.0 


301 

408 

331.7 


288 

655 

127 

133 

77 

156 

548 

1,183 

565 

1,226 

55.4 

337.1 

61 

126 

69 

215 

67.4 

210.0 

232 
812 

837 
475.6 


3,192 
3,197 
389.8 


127 

154 

167.2 


TaUe  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


ForcibU 
rape 


(Includes  Ada  County.) 

City  of  Boise    

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


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

City  of  Boston  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Bradenlon,  Fl*.   

(Includes  Manatee  County.) 

City  of  Bradenton  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Bridgeport,  Conn 

(Includes  Fairfield  County.) 

City  of  Bridgeport    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 


(Includes  Plymouth  County.) 

City  of  Brockton  

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Tex 

(Includes  Cameron  County) 
City  of: 

Brownsville    

Harlingen    

San  Benito    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Bryan— College  Sutlon,  Tex 

(Includes  Brazos  County.) 
City  of: 

Bryan    ., , 

College  Station   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

(Includes  Erie  and  Niagara  Counties.) 

City  of  Buffalo    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitanU    .... 

Burlington,  N.C 

(Includes  Alamance  County.) 

City  of  Burlington    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

CuloB,  Ohio   

(Includes  Carroll  and  Stark  Counties.) 

City  of  Canton    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa   

(Includes  Linn  County.) 

City  of  Cedar  Rapids  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants  .... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
3329 JM 


100.0% 
798,272 


100.0% 
384034 


100.0% 
77,429 


100.0% 
I,299,4<>7 


100.0% 
419,441 


1664W0 

100.0% 


6,555 
9,079 


65,366 
183,484 
186,958 
5,615.4 


7,063 
19,499 
21,046 

5,477.4 


592 

9,043 

4,978.0 


1,355 
4,306 
5,561.2 


6,103 
14,897 
16,090 
3,836.1 


8,909 
10,697 
6,409.2 


10,035 
18,603 
18,815 


1,039 
2,367 
296.5 


III 

303 

391.3 


3,181 
5,396 
5,399 
415.5 


55,331 
164,881 
168,143 
5,050.3 


11,428 
37,499 
4,697.5 


6,522 
18,149 
19,602 
5,101.6 


2,013 

504 

8,383 

1,614.7 


24,132 
56,345 
56,415 


1,427 

2,735 

2,757.0 


5,494 
13,622 
14.733 
3,512.5 


8,582 
10,298 
6,170.2 


5,635 
7,997 
8,046 
241.7 


1,721 
2,268 
2,269 
174.6 


3,853 
9,590 
9,741 


1,195 
2,757 
2,759 
212.3 


214 
272 
163.0 


15,064 
48,014 
49,029 


2,847 
10,826 
1,356.2 


1,936 
6,201 
6,653 

;,731.5 


17,374 
17,392 
1,338.4 


3,962 
4,267 
1,017.3 


1,981 
2,368 
1,418.8 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


-North 

(Includes  Berkeley.  Charleston,  and 
Dorchester  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Charleston   

North  Charleston    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Charleston,  W.  Va 

(Includes  Kanawha  and  Putnam 
Counties.) 

City  of  Charleston    

Tola!  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Charlotte— Gaslonia,  N.C 

(Includes  Gaston,  Mecklenburg  and 
Union  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Charlotte  

Gaslonia   

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Chattanooga,  Tenn.— Ga 

(Includes  Hamilton,  Marion,  and 
Sequatchie  Counties,  Tenn.  and 
Catoosa.  Dade  and  Walker 
Counties,  Ga.) 

City  of  Chattanooga   

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Chicago,  III 

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

City  of  Chicago    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Cincinnati,  Ohio— Ky.— Ind 

(Includes  Clemiont,  Hamilton  and 
Warren  Counties,  Ohio  and 
Boone,  Campbell  and  Kenton 
Counties,  Ky.  and  Dearborn 
County.  Ind.) 

City  of  Cincinnati   

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitant    ... 
Clark-svllle- Hopklnsvllle,  Tenn.— Ky.    .. 
(Includes  Christian  County,  Ky.  and 
Montgomery  County.  Tenn.) 
City  of: 

Clarksville    

Hopkinsville    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 

Cleveland,  Ohio    

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

City  of  Cleveland    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


Populati< 


Index 
total 


25.961 
25,987 
6,776.1 


6,486 
10.340 
3.968.9 


12.109 
17.365 
17.693 
4,348.6 


190,815 
386.831 
390,224 
5.555.7 


30.296 
68.103 
68.845 
4.999.2 


50.952 
94.170 
96.330 
4.952.6 


3.303 
5.644 
5.687 
413.0 


9.697 
12.592 
12.729 

654.4 


Properly 


22.556 
22,579 
5.887.5 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


20.684 

3,990 

32.193 

5.343.3 


10.849 
15.790 
16.093 
3.955.4 


163.129 

348.270 
351,475 
5,004.0 


26,993 
62,459 
63,158 
4,586.2 


2,409 

1,478 

5,376 

3,710.0 


41,255 
81,578 
83,601 
4.298.1 


Forcibis 


15.233 
19.211 
19.280 
274.5 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


423 
2,353 
2,355 
614.1 


10,325 
16,528 
16,635 
236.8 


3,161 
3,189 
231.6 


2,623 
4.288 
4.378 


7.670 

7,677 

2,001.8 


34,165 
80.835 
81.598 
1.161.7 


8.551 
17.540 
I7.< 


486 
1.963 

1.354.7 


14,234  14,364 

23.443  39.969 

23.881  41,387 

1,227.8  I  2.127.8 


62 


rable  5.— Index  of  Crime,  SUndard  Metropolitan  StatisHcal  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical 


Crime 
Index 
total 


legligent 

man- 
slaughter 


ForcibU 
rape 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


Colorado  Springs,  Colo 

(Includes  El  Paso  and  Teller 
Counties.) 

City  of  Colorado  Springs  — 
Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


(Includes  Boone  County.) 

City  of  Columbia    

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


S.C. 


and  Richland 


(Includes  Lexingti 
Counties.) 

City  of  Columbia    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Toul    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

(Includes  Chattahoochee  County 
and  Columbus  Consolidated 
Government.  Ga.  and 
Russell  County,  Ala.) 

City  of  Columbus    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

(Includes  Delaware,  Fairfield, 
Franklin,  Madison  and  Pickaway 
Counties.) 

City  of  Columbus    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 

:oipiis  Christi,  Tex 

(Includes  Nueces  and  San  Patricio 
Counties.) 

City  of  Corpus  Christi  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 

l«ll«s-For1  Worth,  Tex 

(Includes  CoUin,  Dallas,  Denton, 
Ellis,  Hood.  Johnson.  Kaufman, 
Parker.  Rockwall.  Tarrant  and 
Wise  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Dallas    

Fort  Worth  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 

Iiyton,  Ohio   

(Includes  Greene.  Miami, 

Montgomery  and  i'reble  Counties.) 

City  of  Dayton   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estunated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 

laytona  Beach,  Fla.    

(Includes  Volusia  County.) 

City  of  Daytona  Beach  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
S«e  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


13,259 
17.661 
5,972.8 


3.802 

5.485 

6,319.1 


27.204 
27.395 
7.256.2 


17,326 
20.320 
6,555.9 


831 

860 

374.2 


9.884 
2.670 
16.424 
16.446 
606.0 


2.976 
4.648 
4.708 
557.5 


12.303 
16,304 
5,513.9 


3,534 

5.170 

5.956.2 


9,555 
23.904 
24,075 
6,376.8 


6,299 

8.164 

8.602 

3.743.0 


41.486 
59.640 
61.012 
5.520.6 


15,902 
18,606 
).002.9 


76,685 
33,338 
179.186 
179,537 
6,615.5 


20.836 
47,120 
47.994 
5,683.3 


8,834 
18.935 
8,616.7 


1,923 
2.281 
2,308 
208.8 


2.353 
2.368 
627.2 


1.054 
1,541 
1.602 
145.0 


1.101 
8.619 
8,633 
318.1 


3.849 
5.269 
1.781.9 


3.555 

8.629 

8.681 

2.299.4 


2,440 
3.073 
3,225 
.403.3 


13.869 
18,158 
18.455 
1,669.9 


54,754 
54.851 
2.021.1 


7.364 
14.627 
14.816 

1.754.5 


2.600 

6.107 

2.779.1 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Decatur,  HI 

(Includes  Macon  County.) 

City  of  Decatur    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Denver— Boulder,  Colo 

(Includes  Adams,  Arapahoe,  Boulder, 
Denver,  Douglas,  Gilpin,  and 
Jefferson  Counties.) 
City  of; 

Denver   

Boulder    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Des  Moines,  Iowa  

(Includes  Polk  and  Warren  Counties.) 

City  of  Des  Moines  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Detroit,  Mich 

(Includes  Lapeer,  Livingston, 

Macomb,  Oakland,  St.  Clair  and 
Wayne  Counties.) 

City  of  Detroit    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Dubuque,  Iowa    

(Includes  Dubuque  County.) 

City  of  Dubuque   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Duluth— Superior,  Minn.— Wis 

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

Duluth    

Superior  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Eau  Claire,  Wis 

(Includes  Chippewa  County  and  Eau 
Claire  County.) 

City  of  Eau  Claire   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Elmlm,  N.Y 

(Includes  Chemung  County.) 

City  of  Elmira   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

El  Paso,  Tex 

(Includes  El  Paso  County.) 

City  of  El  Paso    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Erie,  Pa 

(Includes  Erie  County.) 

City  of  Erie 

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Eugene— Springfleld,  Oicg 

(Includes  Lane  County.) 
City  of: 

Eugene   

Springfleld    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  uble. 


100.0% 
4,407,179 


100.0% 
98,061 


100.0% 
431,826 

100.0% 
266,675 


5,136 
5,848 
6,102 

4,833.3 


50,993 

5,277 

119,140 

7,954.1 


16,827 
22,761 
6,670.0 


110,511 
277,945 
6,306.6 


5,828 

2,099 

11,789 

4,529.1 


23,609 
24,736 
5,728.2 


8,864 
2,743 
16.821 


341 

355 

281.2 


1,490 
1,558 
360.8 


4,851 

5,507 

5,747 

4,552.2 


46,116 

4.993 

1 10,239 

7.359.8 


15.708 
21.314 
6,246.0 


88,909 
243,549 
5,526.2 


3.146 
3.998 

1,373.5 


5,613 

3 

11,438 
4,394.2 

4 
1.5 

971 

2,942 

2.340.9 

2 
2.4 

2.809 

4.414 

4.501.3 

2 
2.0 

22,119 
23,178 
5,367.4 

21 
24 
5.6 

5.168 

9.660 

3.622.4 

6 
9 

3.4 

8,377 

2.652 

15,994 

6.167.5 

6 

II 
4.2 

1,288 
2,127 
48.3 


2,362 

50 

3,508 

234,2 


12.283 
16.251 
368.7 


221 
4,366 
291.5 


7,533 
15.347 
348.2 


36 

53 

58.0 


rable  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statisticai  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Mclropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Popula 


Cnme 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcibly  , 


vated 
assault 


Lvansvllle,  Ind.— Ky 

(Includes  Gibson.  Posey. 
Vanderburgh  and  Warrick 
Counties,  Ind.  and 
Henderson  County,  Ky.) 

City  of  Evansville    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

•'all  River,  Mass 

(Includes  Bristol  County.) 

City  of  Fall  River  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

"■argo— Moorhead,  N.  Dak.— Minn 

(Includes  Cass  County,  N.  Dak.,  and 
Clay  County,  Minn.) 
City  of: 

Fargo    

Moorhead  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

?ayetteville,  N.C 

(Includes  Cumberland  County.) 

City  of  Fayetteville    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

fayetteville— Springdale,  Ark.   

(Includes  Benton  and  Washington 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Fayetteville    

Springdale    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Flint,  Mich 

(Includes  Genesee  and  Shawassee 
Counties.) 

City  of  Flint   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Florence,  Ala 

(Includes  Colbert  and  Lauderdale 
Counties.) 

City  of  Florence  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Fort  Collins,  Colo 

(Includes  Larimer  County.) 

City  of  Fort  Collins    

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitante    ... 

Fort  Uuderdale-Hollywood,  Fla.   

(Includes  Broward  County.) 
City  of: 

Fon  Lauderdale    

Hollywood  

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Fort  Myers— Cape  Coral,  Fla.   

(Includes  Lee  County.) 
City  of: 

Fort  Myers   

Cape  Coral   

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
233,468 


100.0% 
158,018 


100.0% 
173,6«« 


8,923 
12,309 
13,625 
4,659.7 


2,761 

1,093 

4,583 

3,567.5 


7,209 
14,849 
6,360.2 


19,167 
33,854 
6.655.3 


3,429 

3,484 

2,756.6 


3,030 

7,182 

5,591.8 


16,726 
10,719 
70,564 
7,920.6 


956 
1,834 
785.5 


3,063 
4,067 
799.5 


687 
5,479 
615.0 


8,044 
11,200 
12,431 
4,251.4 


5,637 
19,977 
21,224 
4,592.^ 


6.253 
13,015 
5,574.6 


16,104 
29,787 
5,855.7 


1,256 

3,235 

3,285 

2,599.1 


2,8i 

6,839 

5,324.7 


15,805 
10,032 
65,085 
7,305.6 


663 

717 
245.2 


2,298 
3,080 
3,434 
1,174.4 


2,041 

5,290 

2,265.8 


4,765 
8,313 
1,634.2 


65 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Stati 


Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forciblt 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Fort  Smith,  Ark.— Okia 

(Includes  Crawford  and  Sebastian 
Counties,  Ark.  and  Le  Flore  and 
Sequoyah  Courses,  Okla.) 

City  of  Fori  Smith  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    . 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind 

(Includes  Adams,  Allen,  De  Kalb  and 
Wells  Counties.) 

City  of  Fort  Wayne    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ,.. 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .. 

Fresno,  Calif.    

(Includes  Fresno  County.) 

City  of  Fresno  

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .. 

Gadsden,  Ala 

(Includes  Etowah  County.) 

City  of  Gadsden    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Gainesville,  Fla 

(Includes  Alachua  County.) 

City  of  Gainesville    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Galveston— Texas  City,  Tex 

(Includes  Galveston  County.) 
City  of: 

Galveston    

Texas  City  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
Gary— Hammond— East  Chicago,  Ind.  ., 
(Includes  Lake  and  Porter  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Gary    

Hammond    

East  Chicago    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Grand  Forks,  N.D.— Minn 

(Includes  Grand  Forks  County.  N.D. 
and  Polk  County,  Minn.) 

City  of  Grand  Forks    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich 

(Includes  Kent  and  Ottawa  Counties. 

City  of  Grand  Rapids    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 

Great  Falls,  Mont 

(Includes  Cascade  County.) 

City  of  Great  Falls    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Greeley,  Colo 

(Includes  Weld  County.) 

City  of  Greeley  

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
130303 


100.0% 
192,599 


100.0% 
654,271 


100.0% 
577,198 

100.0% 
85,801 

100.0% 
109,442 


22,997 
40,206 
40,474 
8,473.8 


5,968 
10,725 
8,230.8 


2,598 
11,451 
5,945.5 


10,009 
6,947 
2,553 


12,544 
25,570 
4,430.0 


5,416 

5,778 
6,734.2 


3,511 

6,040 

5,518.9 


3,708 
3,732 
781.3 


3,707 
3,726 
569.5 


1.274 
1,852 
320.9 


4.2Ui 

5,354 

5.915 

3,167.6 


12,272 
16,014 
16.161 
4,347.0 


21.000 
36.498 
36,742 
7,692.5 


3,141 

3,892 

3.979.8 


5.390 

9,697 

7,441.9 


4,862 

2,437 

10,235 

5,314.2 


8,361 
6,272 
2,385 
29.241 
29.642 
4,530.5 


2.124 

3,253 

3,252.7 


3,340 

5,592 

5,109.6 


1,102 
1,528 
1,537 
321.8 

91 


739 
1,883 
1,896 
397.0 


1,209 
1,338 
716.5 


2,361 
3,546 

3.577 


7,397 
13,646 
13,725 
2,873.5 


440 
7.621 
7.705 
,177.6 


2% 

437 

437.0 


66 


Fable  5.— Index  of  Crime,  StaDdard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Index 
total 


3reen  Bay,  Wis 

(Includes  Brown  County.) 

City  of  Green  Bay   

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    . 
3reensboro— Winston-Salem— High 

»olnl.  N.C 

(Includes  Davidson,  Forsyth, 
Guilford,  Randolph,  Stokes  and 
Yadkin  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Greensboro    

Winston-Salem    

High  Point    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Jreenville— Spartanburg,  S.C 

(Includes  Greenville.  Pickens  and 
Spartanburg  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Greenville  

Spartanburg    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

iamllton— Mlddletown,  Ohio    

(Includes  Butler  County.) 
City  of; 

Hamilton  

Middletown  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Pa, 


(Includes  Cumberland,  Dauphin  and 
Perry  Counties.) 

City  of  Harrisburg    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

riartford,  Conn 

(Includes  Hartford  and  Tolland 
Counties.) 

City  of  Hartford    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitanU    .... 

flonolulu,  Hawaii   

(Includes  Honolulu  County.) 

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Houston,  Tex 

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

City  of  Houston  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
fluntlngton— Ashland,  W.  Va.— Ky.— 

Ohio  

(Includes  Cabell  and  Wayne 
Counties,  W.  Va.,  Boyd  and 
Greenup  Counties,  Ky.  and 
Lawrence  County,  Ohio.) 
City  of: 

Huntington    

Ashland   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


9,742 
10,971 

5,078 
36,017 


28,972 
29,229 
5,291.5 


6,139 

2,901 

13,849 

5,565.1 


6,026 
16,765 
3,956.1 


18,594 
51,804 
5,574.0 


132,000 
177,699 
178,793 
7,212.6 


2,946 
2,973 
538.2 


10,852 
14,059 
14,140 


3,752 

6,040 

3,458.4 


8,749 
9,472 
4,821 
32,536 
32,574 
4,163.5 


5,127 
4,055 
26,026 
26,256 

4,753.3 


5,756 

2,777 

13,047 

5,242.8 


5,159 
15,334 
3,618.4 


16,005 

47,824 
5.145.8 


121,148 
163,640 
164,653 
6,642.2 


7,352 
8,324 
8,343 
336.6 


747 

2,303 

,143 

2,621 

140 

1,528 

2,554 

10,262 

2,558 

10,273 

327.0 

1,313.0 

1,918 
3,732 
3,782 
152.6 


1,129 
7,924 
7,994 
,447.2 


70 
243 
97.6 

42 
482 
193.7 

884 
3,799 
1,526.6 

439 
581 
137.1 

367 
726 
171.3 

2,096 
4,723 
1,114.5 

1,560 
2,010 
216.3 

876 
1,714 
184.4 

4,231 
12,928 
1,391.0 

1,473 
203.1 

346 

47.7 

13,878 
1,913.5 

1,033 
1,040 
351.6 


37,894 
50,988 
51,363 
2,072.0 


2,946 
2,%9 
1,003.9 


67 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Population 


Index 
total 


Property 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
assault 


(Includes  Limestone.  Madison  and 
Marshall  Counties.) 

City  of  Huntsville   

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 


iDd. 


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

City  of  Indianapolis    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 

Jackson,  Mich 

(Includes  Jackson  County.) 

City  of  Jackson 

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 

Jackson,  Miss 

(Includes  Hinds  and  Rankin 
Counties.) 

City  of  Jackson    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Jacksonville,  Fla.    

(Includes  Baker.  Clay,  Duval,  Nassau, 
and  St.  Johns  Counties.) 

City  of  Jacksonville   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Janesville— Beloit,  Wis 

(Includes  Rock  County.) 
City  of: 

Janesville  

Beloit  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Jersey  City,  NJ 

(Includes  Hudson  County.) 

City  of  Jersey  City  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
Johnson  City— Klngsport— Bristol, 

Tenn.— Va 

(Includes  Carter,  Hawkins,  Sullivan, 
Unicoi,  and  Washington  Counties, 
Tenn.,  Bristol  City,  and  Scott  and 
Washington  Counties,  Va.) 
City  of: 

Johnson  City    

Kingsport    

Bristol   

Total  area  actually  reporting  , 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Johnstown,  Pa.    

(Includes  Cambria  and  Somerset 

City  of  Johnstown    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitanU 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
138,965 


10,770 
14,372 
4,845.9 


34,837 
57,820 
64,010 
5,588.1 


12,366 
13,752 
14,071 

4.756.7 


36,274 
44,837 
6,519.3 


2,853 
2,333 
6,462 


15,863 
31,452 
5,592.2 


1,291 
4,245 
1.692.4 


10,138 
13,324 
4,492.5 


31,906 
39,674 
5,768.6 


2,823 
2,250 
6,291 
1,527.0 


13,903 
28,380 
5,046.0 


1,100 
3,829 
1,526.6 


l,%3 
2,446 

2,555 
223.1 


1,353 
1,919 
2,176 
190.0 


8,738 
14,380 
16,057 
1,401.8 


4.599 

4,724 
1,597.0 


10,385 
12,852 
1,868.7 


68 


TaUe  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Kalanuuoo— Portage,  Mich 

(Includes  Kalamazoo  and  Van  Buren 

Counties.) 
City  of: 

Kalamazoo    

Portage  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Kansas  City,  Mo.— Kans 

(Includes  Cass,  Clay,  Jackson.  Platte 
and  Ray  Counties,  Mo.  and 
Johnson  and  Wyandotte 
Counties,  Kans.) 
City  of: 

Kansas  City,  Kansas    

Kansas  City,  Mo.  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Kenosha,  Wis 

(Includes  Kenosha  County.) 

City  of  Kenosha    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

KUIeen-Temple,  Tex 

(Includes  Bell  and  Coryell  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Killeen    

Temple   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

KnoxvIIIe,  Tenn 

(Includes  Anderson,  Blount,  Knox 
and  Union  Counties.) 

City  of  Knoxville    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

La  Crosse,  Wis 

(Includes  La  Crosse  County.) 

City  of  La  Crosse  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitanU    .... 

Lafayette,  La 

(Includes  Lafayette  Pansh.) 

City  of  Lafayette    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Lafayette— West  Lafayette,  Ind 

(Includes  Tippecanoe  County.) 
City  of; 

Lafayette  

West  Lafayette   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Lake  Charles,  La 

(Includes  Calcasieu  Parish.) 

City  of  Lake  Charles    — 

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Lakeland-WlDler  Haven,  Fla.  

(Includes  Polk  County.) 
City  of: 

Ukeland   

Winter  Haven    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Lancaster,  Pa.    

(Includes  Lancaster  County.) 

City  of  Lancaster 

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabiunts    .... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
IJI3,299 


98.4% 
100.0% 

126,518 


100.( 


100.0% 
454,015 


100.0% 
134,160 


100.0% 
157,723 


100.0% 
272,552 


100.0% 
332,816 


15,459 
37,729 
80,857 


11,031 
18,627 
18,652 


5,161 
6,564 

1,892.7 


5,029 
8,970 
9,032 
687.7 


72,786 
5,542.2 


5.433 

7,962 

6,293.2 


3,516 

2,219 

8.452 

3,995.7 


9,816 
16,948 
16,972 
3,738.2 


3,258 
4,216 
1,768.9 


3,756 
7,166 

1,543.4 


764 

1.215 

5.009 

1,864 

2,708 

11,478 

2,940 

5,275 

23,981 

2,%1 

5,311 

24,225 

225.5 

404.4 

1,844.6 

142 

49 

1.258 

168 

87 

1,870 

132.8 

68.8 

1,478.1 

3,794 
6,100 
6,106 
1,344.9 


421 

620 

701.3 


835 
2,349 
705.8 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Stati 


.ansing— East  Lansing.  Mich.    ... 

(Includes  Clinton.  Eaton,  Ingha 
Ionia  Counties.) 
Cily  ot: 


East  Lansing    

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Laredo,  Tex 

(Includes  Webb  County.) 

City  of  Laredo    

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Las  Vegas,  Nev 

(Includes  Clark  County.) 

City  of  Las  Vegas    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


(Includes  Douglas  County.) 

City  of  Lawrence  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Lawton,  Okia 

(Includes  Comanche  County.) 

City  of  Lawton   

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Lewiston— Auburn,  Maine    

(Includes  Androscoggin  County.) 
City  of: 

Lewiston    

Auburn    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    , 

-Fayette,  Ky 

(Includes  Bourbon,  Clark,  Fayette, 
Jessamine.  Scott,  and  Woodford 
Counties.) 

City  of  Lexington    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    . 

Lima,  Ohio    

(Includes  Allen,  Auglaize,  Putnam 
and  Van  Wert  Counties.) 

City  of  Lima    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    . 

Lincoln,  Nebr 

(Includes  Lancaster  County.) 

City  of  Lincoln  


Total 


ctually 


reporting 


Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 
LKfle  Rock— North  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

(Includes  Pulaski  and  Saline 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Little  Rock    

North  Little  Rock    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 

Long  Branch— Asbury  Park,  NJ 

(Includes  Monmouth  County.) 
City  of: 

Long  Branch    

Asbury  Park  

Total  area  actually  reporting  ,, 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    . 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
3674>05 


100.0% 
65,277 


100.0% 
12L497 


Crime 
Index 
toul 


20.399 
20.456 
4.528.5 


3,029 

3.226 

3,803.6 


29,371 
34,647 
9,417.4 


3,121 

4,197 

6,429.5 


2,869 
1,162 

100.0%  4,874 


3.892 
8.206 
8,814 


8,062 

9,225 

5,055.7 


16,071 

4.302 

27.049 

7.145.8 


19.125 
19.178 
4,245.6 


26,485 
31,049 
8,439.4 


2,897 

3,940 

6,035.8 


1,129 

4,404 
4,612.5 

I.O 

12,679 
14,690 
5.000.3 

II 
17 

5.8 

3,662 

7,831 

8,401 

3,985.2 

5 

5 

2.4 

7,791 

8,918 

4,887.4 

3 
3 
1.6 

13,969 

3,902 

24,016 

6,344.5 

25 

10 

48 

12.7 

2,316 

1,700 
23.475 
4,789.4 

13 

2.7 

192 

1.548 

249 

1.731 

67.7 

470.5 

27 

70 

29 

75 

44.4 

114.9 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


10.308 
12,017 
3,266.3 


3,416 
4,064 
1,383.3 


2,200 
2.323 
I.102.C 


1. 155 

7.805 

2.061.9 


533 
6.783 
1,383.9 


fable  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


ligen 

lan- 

slaughte 


Forcible 
rape 


ongview— Marshall,  Tex 

(Includes  Gregg  and  Harrison 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Longview    

Marshall    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

oraln— Elyila,  Ohio  

(Includes  Lorain  County.) 
City  of: 

Lorain  

Elyria    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 

OS  Angeles— Long  Beach,  Calif.   

(Includes  Los  Angeles  County.) 
City  of: 

Los  Angeles    

Long  Beach    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

oulsvllle,  Ky.-Ind 

(Includes  Bullitt,  Jefferson  and 
Oldham  Counties,  Ky.  and  Clark 
and  Floyd  Counties,  Ind.) 

City  of  Louisville  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

ubbock.  Tex 

(Includes  Lubbock  County.) 

City  of  Lubbock    

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

ynchburg,  Va 

(Includes  Lynchburg  City  and 
Amherst,  Appomattox  and 
Campbell  Counties.) 

City  of  Lynchburg    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

lacon,  Ga.   

(Includes  Bibb,  Houston,  Jones  and 
Twiggs  Counties.) 

City  of  Macon    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

ladlson,  Wis 

(Includes  Dane  County.) 

City  of  Madison     

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 

lanchester,  N.H 

(Includes  Hillsborough  County.) 

City  of  Manchester    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rale  per  100,000  inhabitante    ... 

lansneld,  Ohio    

(Includes  Richland  County.) 

City  of  Mansfield    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
261,640 


2,969 
2,479 
8,652 
8,928 
3.448.3 


233,344 
27,776 
520,480 
521,797 
7,341.7 


19,253 

43,737 
45,000 
4,843.2 


14,259 
16,166 

7,843.1 


4,029 

5,660 

3,817.0 


12,294 
18,815 
5,865.8 


5,214 
10,890 
10,924 


6,207 
6,444 
1,953.3 


76,838 
76,956 
1,082.8 


284 
285 
108.9 


2,608 
2,331 
7,777 
8,035 
3,103.4 


196,547 
24,088 
443,642 
444,841 
6,258.9 


3,705 

5,141 

3,467.0 


7,163 
10,840 
11,225 
4,515.6 


12,064 
18,409 
5,739.2 


5,093 
10,606 
10,639 


4,750 
4.758 
66.9 


17,105 
2,130 
33,155 
33,201 


37,697 
37,760 
531.3 


166 
167 
63.8 


2.758 
2,814 
1,086.9 


69,876 
9,894 
165,493 
165,881 
2,333.9 


1,437 
3,150 
3,161 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical 


Popula 


Property 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Aggra- 
assault 


McAllen— PhaiT— Edlnburg,  Tex 

(Includes  Hidalgo  County.) 
City  of: 

McAllen    

Pharr   

Edinburg  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Melbourne— TitusvlUe— Cocoa,  Fla 

(Includes  Brevard  County.) 
City  of: 

Melbourne  

Titusville   

Cocoa    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Memphis,  Tenn.— Ark.— Miss.    

(Includes  Shelby  and  Tipton 

Counties,  Tenn.,  Cnttenden  County, 
Ark.  and  De  Soto  County,  Miss.) 

City  of  Memphis    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 


100.0% 
897,332 


Fla. 


(Includes  Dade  County.) 

City  of  Miami    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Midland,  Tex 

(Includes  Midland  County.) 

City  of  Midland   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Milwaukee,  Wis 

(Includes  Milwaukee,  Ozaukee, 
Washington  and  Waukesha 
Counties.) 

City  of  Milwaukee    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Mtnneapolls-St.  Paul.  Minn.— Wis 

(Includes  Anoka,  Carver,  Chisago, 
Dakota,  Hennepin,  Ramsey.  Scott, 
Washington  and  Wright  Counties. 
Minn,  and  St.  Croix  County,  Wis.) 
City  of: 

Minneapolis    

Saint  Paul    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 


(Includes  Baldwin  and  Mobile 
Counties.) 

City  of  Mobile    

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Modesto,  Calif.   

(Includes  Stanislaus  County.) 

City  of  Modesto  

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
1,432,086 

100.0% 
73349 

100.0% 
1,407,180 


2.936 
2.163 
1. 119 
15.989 
6.311.6 


43.542 
50.209 
5.595.4 


34.860 
120,388 
8.406.5 


2,014 

2.584 

3,522.9 


33,822 
63,524 
4.514.3 


30,542 
20.162 
111.229 
111.337 
5,293.6 


15,210 
24,301 
5,665.0 


9,152 
17,915 
18,087 
7.311.8 


5.412 
6.324 
704.8 


2,438 
3.194 
227.0 


3,098 
1,752 
6.327 
6,329 
300.9 


1,938 
3,015 
702.8 


38,130 
43.885 
4,890.6 


28,588 
102,135 
7,131.9 


31,384 
60,330 
4,287.3 


27.4 
18.410 
104.902 


13,272 
21,286 
4,962.1 


8,559 
16.622 
16.779 
6.783.0 


2,897 
3,062 
341.2 


1.212 
1,448 
102.9 


1,688 
790 
3.085 
3.086 
146.7 


1.738 
2.425 
270.2 


3,137 
10,983 
766.9 


2.562 
2.563 
121.9 


1.107 
1.806 
421.0 


able  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  MetropoUtaD  Statisticai  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Murder 
negligent 
slaughter 


Forciblf 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


(Includes  Ouachita  Parish.) 

City  of  Monroe    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 

Estimated  Total    

Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

loolgomery,  Ala 

(Includes  Autauga,  Elmore  and 
Montgomery  Counties.) 

City  of  Montgomery   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
luskegon— Norton  Shores— Muskegon 

liigbts,  Mkh 

(Includes  Muskegon  and  Oceana 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Muskegon  

Norton  Shores    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

ishvlile— Davidson,  Tenn 

(Includes  Cheatham,  Davidson, 
Dickson.  Robertson,  Rutherford, 
Sumner,  Williamson  and  Wilson 
Counties.) 

City  of  Nashville   

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

issau-Suffolk,  N.Y 

(Includes  Nassau  and  Suffolk 
Counties.) 

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Rale  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 


NJ. 


100.0% 
I4>63,457 


(Includes  Essex,  Morris,  Somerset 
Union  Counties.) 

City  of  Newark  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


NJ. 


(Includes  Middlesex  County.) 
City  of: 

New  Brunswick 

Perth  Amboy   

Sayreville    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants 
ew  Haven— West  Haven,  Conn.    .., 
(Includes  New  Haven  County.) 
City  of: 

New  Haven    

West  Haven   

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


(Includes  Jefferson,  Orleans, 
St.  Bernard  and  St.  Tammany 
Parishes.) 

City  of  New  Orleans    

Total  area  actually  reporting  , 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


11,988 
13,973 
5,413.8 


10,533 
10,563 
5,923.0 


26,444 
35,056 
35,163 
4,488.8 


32,057 
109,116 

5,557.3 


17,524 
2,565 
40,021 
44,974 
5,930.8 


45,823 
78,284 
6,861.0 


3,153 
3,907 
3,913 
499.5 


2,243 
2,428 
320.2 


7,635 
10,715 
939.1 


3,829 
5,618 

5,674 
1,341.3 


9,542 

9,570 

5,366.2 


23,291 
31,149 
31,250 
3,989.3 


25,214 
96,216 
4,900.3 


16,330 
2,386 
37,778 
42,546 
5,610.6 


38,188 
67,569 
5,921.9 


731 

736 

563.1 


2,737 
5,681 
289.3 


3,731 
4,435 

1,718.3 


1,150 
145 
2,534 
2,540 
1,424.3 


8,860 
28,788 
1,466.2 


12,174 
13,477 
1,777.2 


10,514 
19,845 

1,739.3 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Populatii 


Property 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 


Robbery 


Newpon  News— Hampton,  Va 

(Includes  Hampton,  Newport  News, 
Poquoson,  and  Williamsburg 
Cities  and  Gloucester,  James  City, 
and  York  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Newport  News    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

New  York,  N.Y.-NJ 

(Includes  Bronx,  Kings,  New  York, 
Putnam,  Queens,  Richmond, 
Rockland  and  Westchester 
Counties,  N.Y.  and  Bergen 
County,  N.J.) 

City  of  New  York    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
Norfolk— Virginia  Beach— Portsmouth, 

Va.-N.C 

(Includes  Chesapeake,  Norfolk, 
Portsmouth,  Suffolk,  and  Virginia 
Beach  Cities,  Va..  and  Currituck 
County,  N.C.) 
City  of: 

Norfolk    

Virginia  Beach    

Portsmouth    

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

North  East,  Pa 

(Includes  Lackawanna,  Luzerne  and 
Monroe  Counties.) 

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Odessa,  Tex 

(Includes  Ector  County.) 

City  of  Odessa 

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Oklahoma  City,  Okia 

(Includes  Canadian,  Cleveland, 
McClain,  Oklahoma  and 
Pottawatomie  Counties) 

City  of  Oklahoma  City  

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Omaha,  Nebr.— Iowa  

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

City  of  Omaha    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Orlando,  Fla 

(Includes  Orange,  Osceola  and 
Seminole  Counties.) 

City  of  Orlando    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
9300.743 


100.0% 
592,822 


19,472 
12,812 
5,869 


16,227 
16,265 
2,683.9 


5,401 

6,318 

5,493.9 


12.992 
50,007 
8.435.4 


447,669 
530,782 
531,934 
5,719.3 


17,306 
12,347 
5,169 


15,477 
15.512 
2.559.6 


5,121 

5,982 

5,201.7 


24,031 
39,993 
40.078 
5,089.4 


19.603 
28.923 
4,988.3 


74,029 
76,154 
76,172 


43,271 
45,640 
45.669 


2,902 
2,907 
369.2 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligenl 


ForcibU 


Ky. 


(Includes  Daviess  County.) 

City  of  Owensboro  

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 
Oxnard— Siml  Valley— Ventura,  Calif. 
(Includes  Ventura  County.) 
City  of: 

Oxnard   

Simi  Valley    

Ventura    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Panama  City,  Fla 

(Includes  Bay  County.) 

City  of  Panama  City    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Parkersburg- Marietta,  W.  Va.— Ohio 

(Includes  Wirt  and  Wood  Counties, 

W.  Va.  and  Washington  County, 

Ohio.) 

City  of: 

Parkersburg  

Marietta  


Pascagoula— Moss  Point,  Miss 

(Includes  Jackson  County.) 
City  of. 

Pascagoula   

Moss  Point 

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Pllerson—Clirton— Passaic,  NJ 

(Includes  Passaic  County.) 
City  of: 

Paterson    

Clifton    

Passaic    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Pensacoia,  Fla.    

(Includes  Escambia  and  Santa  Rosa 
Counties.) 

City  of  Pensacoia    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 


(Includes  Peoria,  Tazewell  and 
Woodford  Counties.) 

City  of  Peoria    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
Petersburg— Colonial  Heights— Hopewell, 


(Includes  Colonial  Heights,  Hopewell 
and  Petersburg  Cities  and 
Dinwiddie  and  Prince  George 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Petersburg    

Colonial  Heights    

Hopewell  

actually  reporting  


Total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
482,035 


100.0% 
92,508 

100.0%. 
153,890 


100.0% 
114,700 


100.0% 
460,230 


100.0% 
359,048 


3,331 

3,848 

25,697 

5,330.9 


808 

5,689 

3,696.8 


2,176 

675 

4.991 

1,351.4 


9,985 
3,105 
3,624 


10,929 
17,169 
17,374 
4,838.9 


2,492 

3,007 

3,712.3 


8,323 
3,190 
3,529 
23,616 
4,899.2 


8,504 
2,968 
3,206 
22.811 
4,956.4 


4.552 
18,042 
6,689.6 


9,113 
15,002 
15,196 

1,232.3 


1,249 
5,214 
1,175.6 


360 
1,269 

470.5 


1,379 
1,633 
1,639 

456.5 


1,010 
8,560 

1,775.8 


1,386 

5,606 

2,078.6 


321 

1,323 

1,059.5 


75 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  SUindard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolilan  Statistical  Area 


Index 

total 


ForcibU 
rape 


Aggra- 
assault 


P«.-NJ 

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

City  of  Philadelphia  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Phoenix,  Ariz 

(Includes  Mancopa  County.) 

City  of  Phoenix    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Pine  Bluff,  Art 

(Includes  Jefferson  County.) 

City  of  Pine  Bluff  

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitanU    .. 


100.0% 
86.554 


100.0% 
2344,441 


(Includes  Allegheny,  Beaver, 
Washington  and  Westmoreland 
Counties.) 

City  of  Pittsburgh   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Plttsfleld,  Mass 

(Includes  Berkshire  County.) 

City  of  Pittsfield    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Portland,  Maine   

(Includes  Cumberland  County.) 

City  of  Portland  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Porlland,  Oreg.— Wash 

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

City  of  Portland  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Poughkeepsie,  N.Y 

(Includes  Dutchess  County.) 

City  of  Poughkeepsie    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
Providence— Warwick— Pawlucket,  R.I.  .. 
(Includes  Bnstol,  Kent,  Providence 
and  Washington  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Providence   

Warwick    

Pawlucket  

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Prove— Orem,  Utah 

(Includes  Utah  County.) 
City  of: 

Orem   

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
1,142,646 


100.0% 
852356 


71,575 
112,793 
8,716.3 


3,001 

6,018 

6,296 

4,270.8 


6,331 
13,016 
6,255.7 


2,254 

8,372 

3,646.3 


12,403 
5,432 
2,943 
43,772 
44,227 
5,188.8 


12.368 
22,184 
22.276 
453.2 


5,401 
8,037 
621.1 


8,010 
8,034 
342.7 


2.909 
2.935 
344.3 


179,116 
180,435 
3,671.2 


66,174 
104,756 
8,095.2 


3,158 
3,732 
1,311.8 


2,813 
5,677 
5,938 
1,027.9 


31,597 
71,057 
71,607 
6,266.f 


2,083 

7,702 

3,354.5 


11,422 
5,062 
2,781 
40,863 
41,292 


2.049 
1.715 
6,370 
3,451 


1,338 
1,343 

27.3 


10,452 
10,480 
213.2 


2,450 
2,457 
215.0 


4.224 
9,915 
9,973 
202.9 


162 

197 

227.6 


3,832 
3,861 
337.9 


1,922 
1,943 
228.0 


19,154 
55,024 
55,383 
1,126.8 


20.340 
30,721 
2,374.0 


1,141 

2,282 
2,363 


9,734 
22,193 
22,337 
1,954.8 


696 
2,598 
1,131.5 


able  5.— Index  of  Crime,  StandanI  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Crime 
total 


Property 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


»ieblo,  Colo 

(Includes  Pueblo  County.) 

City  of  Pueblo  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 

aclne.  Wis 

(Includes  Racine  County.) 

City  of  Racine  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

alelgh— Durham,  N.C 

(Includes  Durham,  Orange  and  Wake 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Raleigh  

Durham   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

■pid  City,  S.D 

(Includes  Meade  and  Pennington 
Counties.) 

City  of  Rapid  City  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

per  100,000  inhabitants    


Pa. 


(Includes  Berks  County.) 

City  of  Reading   

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

eno,  Nev 

(Includes  Washoe  County.) 

City  of  Reno    

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 
Jchland—Keiuiewick— Pasco,  Wash. 
(Includes  Benton  and  Franklin 

City  of: 

Richland   

Kennewick  

Pasco  

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabiunts 


Va. 


(Includes  Richmond  City  and  Charles 
City,  Chesterfield,  Goochland, 
Hanover,  Henrico,  New  Kent 
and  Powhatan  Counties.) 

City  of  Richmond  

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


100.0% 
17M38 


100.0% 
491,372 


100.0% 
298,458 


100.0% 
120,991 


(Includes  Riverside  and  San 
Bernardino  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Riverside  

San  Bernardino    

Ontario  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabiunts 
Sec  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


6,439 

7.7 1 1 

6,252.0 


6,612 
10,004 
5,609.6 


8,448 
8,178 
24,266 
24,543 
4,994.8 


4,820 

8,975 

9,029 

3,025.2 


8,882 
14,232 
8,612.5 


16,943 
32,746 
5,504.4 


13,394 
13,668 
6,340 
100,626 
7,299.1 


5,639 
6,708 
5,438.8 


7,538 
22,533 
22,778 
4,635.6 


3,196 

4,479 

5,010.7 


4,337 
8,315 
8,366 


15,107 
30,359 
5,103.1 


12,043 
12,242 

5,325 


272 
2,905 
210.7 


832 
1,252 
1,400.6 


1,779 
3,120 
3,134 
1,050.1 


2,449 

3,975 

2,405.5 


303 
294 
1,433 


4,447 
8,462 
1,422.4 


3,872 

2,057 

33,621 

2,438.8 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Stall 


Index 
total 


Murder 

negligeni 

man- 
slaughtci 


ForcibU 


Va. 


(Includes  Roanoke  and  Salem  Cities 
and  Botetourt,  Craig  and  Roanoke 
Counties.) 

City  of  Roanoke    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  I(X),000  inhabitants    . . . . 

Rochester,  Minn 

(Includes  Olmsted  County.) 

City  of  Rochester    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  IOO,(X)0  inhabitants    .... 

Rochester,  N.V 

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

City  of  Rochester 

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  IOO,(X)0  inhabitants    .... 

Rockford,  III 

(Includes  Boone  and  Winnebago 
Counties.) 

City  of  Rockford   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  lOO.OCX)  inhabitants    .... 

Sacramento,  Calif.  

(Includes  Placer,  Sacramento  and 
Yolo  Counties.) 

City  of  Sacramento    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  IOO,0(X)  inhabitants    .... 

Saginaw,  Mich 

(Includes  Saginaw  County.) 

City  of  Saginaw    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

St.  Cloud,  Minn 

(Includes  Benton,  Sherburne  and 
Stearns  Counties.) 

City  of  Saint  Cloud  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

St  Joseph,  Mo 

(Includes  Andrew  and  Buchanan 
Counties.) 

City  of  Saint  Joseph   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

St.  Uuls,  MO.-III 

(Includes  St.  Louis  City  and 

Franklin,  Jefferson,  St.  Charles  and 
St.  Louis  Counties,  Mo.  and 
Clinton,  Madison,  Monroe  and 
St.  Clair  Counties,  111.) 

City  of  Saint  Louis    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ..... 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Salem,  Greg 

(Includes  Marion  and  Polk  Counties.) 

City  of  Salem  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


lOO.O^o 
269,723 


100.0% 
951,073 


100.0% 
225,925 


100.0% 
2,402,259 


8,656 
12,042 
5,404.7 


2,974 
3,730 
»,063.2 


25,285 
52,964 
5,487.5 


9,684 
14,512 
14,823 
5,495.6 


29,188 
79,039 
8,310.5 


3,475 

3,576 

2,310.3 


5,415 

5,775 

5,736.5 


54,485 
134,621 
139,170 
5,793.3 


6,710 
13,225 
13.255 
5,796.5 


2,334 
3,326 
344.6 


10,095 
16,506 
16,766 
697.9 


2,877 

3,605 

3,927.0 


22,951 
49,638 
5,142.9 


7,042 
12,908 

5,713.4 


2,440 

3,406 

3,505 

2,264.5 


6,528 
12,406 
12,434 
5,437.5 


1,582 
2,948 
310.0 


1,337 
3,402 

357.7 


2,210 
3,062 

1,374.3 


636 

873 

951.0 


9,460 
22,918 
2,409.7 


5,025 

4,363 

16,688 

7,306 

7,891 

38,803 

7,400 

8,040 

39,854 

308.0 

334.7 

1,659.0 

100 

40 

1,625 

162 

550 

3,423 

162 

552 

3,430 

70.8 

241.4 

1,500.0 

78 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Index 
total 


Forcible 
rape 


Sallnas-Seaslde-Monterey,  Calif.  

(Includes  Monterey  County.) 
City  of: 

Salinas    

Seaside   

Monterey    

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 

Salt  Lake  City-Ogden,  Utah    

(Includes  Davis,  Salt  Lake.  Tooele 
and  Weber  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Salt  Lake  City    

Ogden   

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

San  Angelo,  Tex 

(Includes  Tom  Green  County.) 

City  of  San  Angelo    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 

San  Antonio,  Tex 

(Includes  Bexar,  Comal  and 
Guadalupe  Counties.) 

City  of  San  Antonio  

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

San  Diego,  Calif.  

(Includes  San  Diego  County.) 

City  of  San  Diego    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  ToUl    

Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    ... 

San  Francisco — Oaldand,  Calif.   

(Includes  Alameda,  Contra  Costa, 
Marin,  San  Francisco  and  San 
Mateo  Counties.) 
City  of: 

San  Francisco   

Oakland  

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

San  Jose,  Calif.   

(Includes  Santa  Clara  County.) 

City  of  San  Jose    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
Santa  Barbara— Santa  Maria— Lompoc, 

Calif.    

(Includes  Santa  Barbara  County.) 
City  of; 

Santa  Barbara  

Santa  Maria  

Lompoc    

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Santa  Cruz,  Calif.  

(Includes  Santa  Cruz  County.) 

City  of  Santa  Cruz    

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Santa  Rosa,  Calif,  

(Includes  Sonoma  County.) 

City  of  Santa  Rosa    

Total  area  actually  reporting  — 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
79327 


100.0% 
1,737,766 


100.0% 
1,227335 


1,559 

2.507 
14,512 
5,277.8 


16,103 

5,643 

51.312 

6,108.2 


4,510 

4,840 

6,101.3 


52,526 
60,776 
5,947.1 


66,838 
115,277 
117,450 
6,758.7 


70,385 
38,854 
256,015 
8,046.8 


41,831 
79,304 
6,461.5 


5,535 
3,428 
2,291 
19,145 
6,546.2 


7,175 
17,218 
6,340.3 


3,446 
3,983 
389.7 


10.509 
5,374 

26,080 
819.7 


2,755 
4,967 
404.7 


1,429 

2,365 
13,406 
1,875.6 


15,041 

5.377 

48,385 

5,759.8 


62,31 
106,736 
108.715 
6.256.0 


59,876 
33,480 
229.935 
7,227.1 


39,076 

74,337 
6.056.8 


5,285 
3,204 
2,103 
18,002 
6,155.4 


4,039 
10,857 
6,244.1 


6,881 
16,271 
5,991.6 


2,530 
3,815 
3,891 
223.9 


6,509 

2,774 
13,183 


3,986 
4,089 
235.3 


3,299 
2,152 
10,856 
341.2 


1,131 
12,914 

1,537.3 


16,795 
19,362 
1,894.6 


20,158 
35,455 
36,095 
2,077.1 


18,054 
12,501 
71,555 
2,249.0 


13,749 
24,040 
1,958.7 


955 
3,231 

1,858.2 


Table  S.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Sutistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Index 
total 


Murder 
negligent 
slaughter 


ForcibU 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglar)' 


FU. 


(Includes  Sarasota  County.) 

City  of  Sarasota   

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Savannah,  Ga 

(Includes  Bryan,  Chatham  and 
EfTingham  Counties.) 

City  of  Savannah    

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Seattle— Everett.  Wash.  

(Includes  King  and  Snohomish 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Seattle  

Everett    

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Shennan— Denison,  Tex 

(Includes  Grayson  County.) 
City  of: 


100.0% 
215,586 


100.0% 
356,175 


(Includes  Bossier,  Caddo  and  Webster 
Parishes.) 

City  of  Shreveport    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

SkHix  City,  Iowa— Nebr 

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

City  of  Sioux  City    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Sioux  Falls,  S.  Dak 

(Includes  Minnehaha  County.) 

City  of  Sioux  Falls    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 


100.0% 
121349 


100.0% 
101,427 


100.0% 
277,247 


(Includes  Marshall  and  St.  Joseph 
Counties.) 

City  of  South  Bend   

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 

Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants 

Spokane,  Wash 

(Includes  Spokane  County.) 

City  of  Spokane   

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


100.0% 
320,275 


100.0% 
I84*M 


(Includes  Menard  and  Sangamon 
Counties.) 

City  of  Springfield    

Total  area  actually  reporting 

Estimated  Total 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


3,848 
10,021 
5,813.9 


9,473 
15,462 
15,520 
7,199.0 


4,389 
99,437 
101,658 
6,873.2 


1,259 

3,204 

3,640.9 


14,030 
20,064 
5,633.2 


5,405 

6,277 

5,164.2 


3,775 

4,243 

4,183.3 


8,468 
13,703 
1,942.5 


12,582 
18,295 
5,712.3 


1,547 
2,024 
2,027 


7,758 
7,863 
531.6 


3,623 
9,257 
5,370.7 


7,926 
13,438 
13,493 
6,258.8 


91,679 
93,795 
6,341.6 


12,933 
18,277 
5,131.5 


5,216 
6,070 
1,993.9 


2,257 

53 

2,894 


1,392 
1,394 
646.6 


4,212 
4,229 
1,961.6 


1,260 
29.061 
29,611 


3,937 
5,784 
1,623.9 


4,312 

5,442 

5,540 

3,002.0 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Cnme 
total 


Murder 
negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Springfield,  Mo 

(Includes  Christian  and  Greene 
Counties.) 

City  of  Springfield    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Springneld,  Ohio   

(Includes  Champaign  and  Clark 
Counties.) 

City  of  Springfield    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  ToUl    

Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
SleubenviUe— Welnon,  Ohio— W.  Va.  ... 
(Includes  JefTerson  County.  Ohio,  and 
Brooke  and  Hancock  Counties, 
W.  Va.) 
City  of: 

Steubenville  

Weirton    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Stockton,  Calif.  

(Includes  San  Joaquin  County.) 

City  of  Stockton    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 


N.Y. 


(Includes  Madison,  Onondaga  and 
Oswego  Counties.) 

City  of  Syracuse  

Total  area  actually  reporting  , 

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 

facoma.  Wash 

(Includes  Pierce  County.) 

City  of  Tacoma    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants 


Fla. 


(Includes  Leon  and  Wakulla 
Counties.) 

City  of  Tallahassee  

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    . 

rampa— St.  Petersburg,  Fla.    

(Includes  Hillsborough,  Pasco  and 
Pinellas  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Saint  Petersburg    

Total  area  actually  reporting  . . 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    . 

ferre  Haute,  Ind 

(Includes  Clay.  SuUivan,  Vermilhon 
and  Vigo  Counties.) 

City  of  Terre  Haute    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    . 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


12,123 
12,807 
6,777.5 


4,598 

7,192 

7,258 

3,986.3 


540 

3,413 

3,625 

2,173.4 


15,174 
32,581 
5,075.8 


13,463 
26,829 
27,285 
6,164.8 


6,771 
10,638 

7,755.5 


27,002 
16,272 
95,990 
6,794.7 


3,922 

6,331 

7.493 

4,303.7 


1,214 
2,095 
667.9 


3,510 
2,070 
9,941 
703.7 


6,761 
6,823 

3,747.^ 


506 
2.954 
3,152 

1,889.8 


14,208 
31,164 
4,855.0 


12,501 
24,912 
25.347 
5,727.0 


23.492 
14,202 
86,049 
6,091.0 


3,816 
6,150 
7,236 
t,156.l 


242 
243 
133.5 


2,136 
1,301 
6,584 


1,214 
1,257 
753.6 


3,709 

7,173 

2,286.9 


4,293 
9,294 
9.407 

2.125.4 


1,928 

2,934 

2,139.0 


7,532 
4,095 
27.894 
1,974.5 


1.005 

1,806 

2,120 

1,217.6 


Table  S.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


Crime 
Index 

total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


ForcibU 
rape 


Aggra- 
vated 


Texarkana,  Tex.— Texarkana,  Ark 

(Includes  Bowie  County,  Tex.,  and 
Little  River  and  Miller  Counties, 
Ark.) 
City  of: 

Texarkana,  Texas    

Texarkana,  Arkansas    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Toledo,  Ohio-Mich 

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

City  of  Toledo    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Topeka,  Kans 

(Includes  Jefferson,  Osage  and 
Shawnee  Counties.) 

City  of  Topeka   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Trenton,  NJ 

(Includes  Mercer  County.) 

City  of  Trenton    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Tucson,  Ariz 

(Includes  Pima  County.) 

City  of  Tucson    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Tulsa,  Okia 

(Includes  Creek.  Mayes,  Osage, 
Rogers,  Tulsa  and  Wagoner 
Counties.) 

City  of  Tulsa    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Tuscaloosa,  Ala 

(Includes  Tuscaloosa  County.) 

City  of  Tuscaloosa    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Tyler,  Tex 

(Includes  Smith  County.) 

City  of  Tyler    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

UJlca- Rome,  N,Y 

(Includes  Herkimer  and  Oneida 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Utica    

Rome    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Vallejo-Falrileld-Napa,  Calif.  

(Includes  Napa  and  Solano  Counties.) 
City  of: 

Vallejo    

Fairfield  

Napa   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
784,000 


100.0% 
315,960 


100.0% 
612,415 


100.0% 
112,062 


100.0% 
302,259 


44,183 
45,837 
5,846.6 


9,711 
20,202 
6,393.8 


29,111 
38,013 
8,342.9 


24,742 
32,149 
32,196 
5,257.2 


4,898 

6,727 

5,381.3 


6,723 

6,805 

6,072.5 


5,1. "12 
3,327 
3,288 
18.013 
5,959.5 


2,489 
3,554 
3,673 


2.160 
2,594 
2,597 
424.1 


26,922 
40,629 
42,164 
5,378.1 


8,378 
18,502 
5,855.8 


27,457 
35,735 
7,842.9 


22,582 
29,555 
29,599 
4,833.2 


6,393 
6,471 

5,774.5 


3,074 

3,002 

16,466 

5,447.6 


1,514 
1,588 
202.6 


1,313 
1,622 
1,624 
265.2 


236 
1,071 
354.3 


2,374 
2,924 
1,409.5 


7,070 
9,581 
9,595 

1,566.7 


889 
4,783 
1.582.4 


r«ble  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standaid  MetropoUtan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical 


negligent 

man- 
siaughtei 


vated 
assault 


/Ineland— Millville— Bridgeton,  NJ.    .. 

(Includes  Cumberland  County.) 
City  of: 

Vineland    

Millville    

Bridgeton    

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .. 

Vaco,  Tex 

(Includes  McLennan  County.) 

City  of  Waco   

Total  area  actually  reporting  ... 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants    .. 

Vgshlngton,  D.C.-Md.-Va 

(Includes  District  of  Columbia, 
Charles.  Montgomery,  and  Pnnce 
Georges  Counties.  Md..  Alexandria. 
Fairfax.  Falls  Church.  Manassas, 
and  Manassas  Park  Cities,  and 
Arlington.  Fairfax,  Loudoun,  and 
Prince  William  Counties,  Va.) 

City  of  Washington   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 

Valerloo— Cedar  FaUs,  Iowa  

(Includes  Black  Hawk  County.) 
City  of; 

Waterloo   

Cedar  Falls   

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .. 
Vest  Palm  Beach— Boca  Raton,  Fla.    .. 
(Includes  Palm  Beach  County.) 
City  of: 

West  Palm  Beach  

Boca  Raton    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

Vheeyng,  W,  Va,-Olilo   

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

City  of  Wheelmg   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rale  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

VfchiU,  Kaos 

(Includes  Butler  and  Sedgwick 
Counties.) 

City  of  Wichita  

Total  area  actually  reporting  .... 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ... 

VkhiU  Falls,  Tex 

(Includes  Clay  and  Wichita  Counties.) 

City  of  Wichita  Falls   

Total  area  actually  reporting  . 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 


lOO.C 


(Includes  Lycoming  County.) 

City  of  Wilhamsport    

Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100.000  inhabitants 
See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


100.0% 
135,573 


lOO.C 
S12J06 


100.0% 
134,200 

100.0% 
113,456 


50.950 
181,621 
5,982.5 


19,894 
24,241 
6,285.7 


9.515 
18.909 
622.9 


1,466 
6,961 

5.337.7 


41,435 
162,712 

5,3597 


8,739 

3,079 

37,420 

7,304.2 


18,663 
22,663 
5.876.5 


6,333 
10,795 
355.6 


2,546 
6,616 
217.9 


1.882 
2.282 
1,426.7 


83 


Table  5.— Index  of  Crime,  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas,  1978— Continued 


Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area 


ForcibU 


Wllmlngfon,  Del.— NJ.— Md 

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

City  of  Wilmington    

Total  area  actually  reporting  .. 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants  . 
N.C 


(Includes  Brunswick  and  New 
Hanover  Counties.) 

City  of  Wilmington    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabiunts    .... 

Worcester,  Mass 

(Includes  Worcester  County  ) 

City  of  Worcester    

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

Yakima,  Wash 

(Includes  Yakima  County.) 

City  of  Yakima  

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Estimated  Total    

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    ..  . 

York,  Pa 

(Includes  Adams  and  York  Counties.) 

City  of  York   

Total  area  actually  reporting  

Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants    .... 

YoungstowD — Warren,  Ohio 

(Includes  Mahoning  and  Trumbull 
Counties.) 
City  of: 

Youngslown    


Total  area  actually  reporting 
Rate  per  100,000  inhabitanU 


100.0% 
131,622 


100.0% 
539,239 


7,270 
32,073 
6,210.9 


8,222 

8,287 

6,296.1 


12,577 
26,501 
26,945 
4,182.5 


3,076 
21,056 
3,904.8 


6,748 
30,069 
5,822.8 


7,471 

7,529 

5,720.2 


11,770 
24,842 
25,260 
3,921.0 


5,507 

9,697 

10,220 

6,522.5 


2,832 
19,248 
3,569.5 


1,823 
8,382 
,623.2 


2,528 
2,545 
1,933.6 


3,707 
8,277 
8,407 
1,305.C 


4,231 
18,937 
3,667.1 


11,643 
11,852 

1,839.7 


6,258 
6.612 
1,219.9 


'  Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery  and  aggravated  assault. 
'  Property  crimes  arc  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny — theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


84 


Table  6.— Nuinber  of  Offienses  Known  to  the  Police,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978 

Individual  cities  are  listed  in  this  table  alphabetically  by  state.  Population  of  each  city  is  designated  by  group:    1— over  250,( 
249,999;  3-50,000  to  99,999;  4-25,000  to  49,999;  5-10.000  to  24,999 


Popula- 
group 


Cnme 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
slaughter 


Forcible 


Robbery 


vated 
assault 


Albertville  

Alexander  City 
Anniston 
Athens 
Atmore 


291 

612 

6,859 


Dothan 
Enterpnse 


Hueytown 
HuntsviUe 
luper 
Leeds 


North  port 

Opelika 

Oark 


3,731 
45 
157 


Phenix  City 

Prattville 

Prichard 

Saraland 

Scottsboro 

Selma 

ShefTield 

Sylacauga 

ralladega 

Froy 

ruscaloosa 
ruskegee 


ALASKA 


Anchorage   

Fairbanks   

luneau    

ARIZONA 

Zut  Grande    

Chandler   

Douglas   

^agstafT 

jlendale    


Table  6.— Number  of  OfTenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non 
negligenl 

man- 
slaughtei 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Burglary 


Mesa    

Nogales    

Paradise  Valley  

Peoria    

Prescott    

Scottsdale    

Sierra  Vista   

Tempe  

Tucson    

Yuma  

ARKANSAS 


Arkadelphia 

Benton 

BIytheville 

Camden 

Conwav 


El  Dorado 
Fayetteville 
Forrest  City 
Fort  Smith 
Hot  Springs 

Jacksonville 
Jonesboro 
Little  Rock 
Magnolia 
Malvern 

North  Little  Rock 

Paragould 

Pine  Bluff 

RussellviUe 

Searcy 
Springdale 
Stuttgait 
Texarkana 
West  Helena 


West  Memphis    

CALIFORNU 

Alameda    

Albany    

Alhambra   

Anaheim    

Antioch    

Arcadia    

Areata  

Arroyo  Grande  

Atwater    

Azusa    

Bakersfield   

Banning   

Barstow    


990 
3,766 
15,417 
3,666 


-Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  PafNilalion,  1978— Continued 


CALIFORNIA- 


Cnme 
Index 
total 


2,597 
1,567 
1,321 

3,377 
3,884 


1,949 
5,653 
1,413 
1,463 


9,142 
7,662 
2,511 


6,272 
2,111 
648 
4,403 
1,576 

2,039 
3,558 
2,320 
1,650 
4,300 


3,843 
2,612 
3,327 


2,698 
8,486 
22,997 
6,510 


Murder 
and  non- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
assault 


145 

158 

1,536 

56 

46 

507 

18 

87 

432 

42 

71 

441 

63 

126 

426 

828 

905 

3,344 

112 

234 

2,199 

56 

98 

656 

25 

19 

269 

140 

103 

2,401 

66 

120 

677 

252 
1,007 

2,573 
7,397 


Table  6.-Number  of  CMfenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in 

Population.  1978-Contimied 

Murder 

City  by  State 

Popula- 
tion 

Crime 
Index 

and  non- 
negligent 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 

group 

total 

assault 

theft 

sla'll^hier 

CALIFORNIA-CbndDued 

Cardena 

2,922 

10 

22 

287 

135 

843 

1,170 

455 

Garden  Grove 

8.866 

3 

55 

309 

323 

3,384 

4,127 

665 

Gilroy 

1,748 

4 

5 

22 

167 

421 

1,064 

65 

Glcndale 

6,527 

8 

16 

216 

173 

2,052 

3,363 

699 

Glendora 

1,649 

1 

2 

29 

64 

586 

894 

73 

Hanford 

1,823 

1 

7 

30 

62 

538 

1,108 

77 

Hawthorne 

4,830 

7 

44 

460 

219 

1,212 

2,209 

679 

Hayward 

8,053 

2 

41 

239 

272 

2,209 

4,727 

563 

Hemet 

980 

2 

11 

27 

230 

665 

45 

Hermosa  Beach 

1.062 

1 

16 

51 

30 

526 

278 

160 

Huntington  Beach 

9.710 

2 

52 

166 

287 

3,206 

5,199 

798 

Huntington  Park 

2.878 

9 

8 

274 

191 

917 

1,095 

384 

Impenal  Beach 

1,220 

1 

8 

26 

142 

330 

562 

151 

Indio 

2.507 

3 

14 

73 

182 

550 

1,499 

186 

Inglewood 

10.402 

29 

109 

1,275 

420 

3,506 

3,393 

1.670 

Irvine 

2,361 

2 

14 

19 

102 

985 

1,075 

164 

Lafayette 

941 

1 

2 

8 

10 

284 

590 

46 

Laguna  Beach 

1,497 

3 

10 

32 

25 

593 

727 

107 

La  Habra 

2,420 

8 

70 

680 

1,392 

201 

Ukewood 

3,771 

3 

11 

108 

231 

1,056 

2,050 

312 

U  Mesa 

2,644 

16 

50 

71 

904 

1,405 

198 

La  Mirada 

1,766 

5 

68 

128 

681 

759 

125 

U  Palma 

469 

1 

3 

16 

20 

157 

232 

40 

La  Puente 

2,016 

3 

II 

110 

321 

686 

688 

197 

Larkspur 
La  Verne 

555 

1 

6 

50 

119 

341 

38 

875 

9 

21 

65 

315 

416 

49 

Uwndale 

1.533 

3 

13 

78 

127 

632 

512 

168 

* 

2,802 

12 

25 

88 

797 

1,755 

125 

Lodi 

2!609 

1 

9 

47 

136 

446 

l!799 

171 

Lomita 

943 

10 

42 

108 

366 

333 

84 

Lompoc 

2,291 

, 

16 

27 

144 

647 

1,344 

112 

Long  Beach 

27,776 

68 

246 

2,130 

1,244 

9,894 

10,064 

4.130 

Los  Alamitos 

537 

3 

13 

6 

194 

298 

23 

Los  Altos 

854 

10 

14 

349 

444 

36 

Los  Angeles 

233.344 

651 

2.467 

17,105 

16,574 

69,876 

90,240 

36.431 

Los  Gatos 

1.816 

5 

17 

97 

495 

1,079 

123 

Lynwood 

4.027 

9 

62 

317 

524 

1,274 

1.365 

476 

Madera 

842 

1 

9 

48 

70 

213 

434 

67 

Manhattan  Beach 

1.695 

1 

19 

51 

33 

667 

778 

146 

Manteca 

1,198 

3 

15 

14 

306 

765 

95 

Manna 

542 

3 

15 

34 

150 

313 

27 

Martinez 

1.055 

1 

10 

16 

53 

356 

540 

79 

Maywood 

681 

3 

4 

54 

31 

192 

266 

131 

Menlo  Park 

1.780 

3 

9 

49 

49 

503 

1,088 

79 

Merced 

3.568 

2 

20 

93 

117 

876 

2.320 

140 

Millbrae 

992 

17 

10 

240 

640 

85 

Mill  Valley 

851 

1 

3 

8 

6 

219 

536 

78 

Milpitas 

2.130 

1 

9 

46 

50 

675 

1,220 

129 

Modesto 

9.152 

10 

38 

134 

411 

1,%2 

6,038 

559 

Monrovia 

2.102 

2 

20 

98 

91 

673 

1,068 

150 

Montclair 

2.289 

8 

24 

71 

84 

581 

1.285 

236 

Montebello 

3,272 

6 

16 

161 

146 

1,029 

1,509 

405 

Monterey 

2.507 

1 

14 

60 

67 

512 

1,705 

148 

Monterey  Park    

2.626 

1 

9 

104 

86 

908 

1.235 

283 

Moraea  

415 

1 

1 

1 

5 

130 

263 

14 

rable  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Crime 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


3,288 
4,605 
2,006 

5.346 
4,891 
1,927 
38,854 
4,884 

6,340 
5,845 
9,215 
1,517 


10,275 
1,934 
2,507 


757 

13,394 
1,215 
2,429 
1,663 

29,188 

4,450 

620 

13,668 

2,213 
%8 

1,305 

66,838 

974 


28 

51 

36 

204 

3 

23 

51 

2,774 

76 

249 

51 

809 

236 

889 

210 

1.066 

52 

714 

98 

1,670 

527 

1.802 

571 

2,057 

221 

1,775 

101 

3,081 

25 

526 

43 

158 

78 

1,166 

48 

907 

29 

192 

71 

324 

683 

2,163 

54 

225 

815 

4,446 

68 

271 

253 

819 

45 

426 

1,337 

9,460 

136 

1,267 

20 

128 

688 

3,872 

39 

695 

17 

319 

51 

387 

1,606 

20,158 

Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in 

Popuiatio., 

1978— Continued 

City  by  State 

Popula- 
tion 
group 

Crime 
Index 

Murder 
and  non- 

"'i^f"' 
slaTgMer 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
then 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

CALIFORNU-Continued 

San  Gabnel 

Sanger  .. 

San  Jose 

San  Juan  Capistrano 

San  Leandro 

5 

1,385 

651 

41,831 

508 

4,679 

2 
2 
44 

6 

58 
15 
1,155 
11 
181 

101 
70 
1,189 
11 
101 

535 

256 

13,749 

174 

1,110 

594 

277 

21,731 

268 

3,007 

367 

5 
11 

3,59 
26 

San  Luis  Obispo 
San  Marino 

1,904 
494 

5,113 
3,269 

3,558 

13 

1 
19 
10 
23 

26 

6 

109 

110 

65 

44 

194 
266 

77 

496 
212 
1,271 
690 
841 

1,210 
258 
3,127 
2,024 
2,266 

, 

San  Mateo 
San  Pablo 
San  Rafael 

4 

39 
16 

28 

Santa  Ana 
Santa  Barbara 
Santa  Clara 

16,250 
5,535 
6,109 
4,346 
1,956 

22 
3 

63 
25 
43 
29 
12 

598 
101 
123 

83 
62 

497 
123 
185 
195 
173 

5,515 
1.392 
1,734 
955 
589 

8,405 
3,524 
3,575 
2.754 
911 

1,15 
36 
44 
33 

Sanu  Fe  Spnngs 

1 

20 

Santa  Mana 
Santa  Monica 
Santa  Paula 
Santa  Rosa 
Saratoga 

Seal  Beach 
Seaside   . 
Sierra  Madre 
Simi  Valley 
South  El  Monte 

3,428 
8,473 
1,180 
7,175 
698 

14 

2 
6 

16 

47 
10 
25 
5 

60 
485 

39 

125 

9 

147 
285 
135 
138 
21 

1,033 
2,459 

281 
1,813 

315 

1.985 
4.066 

649 
4.513 

306 

18 

1,11 

6 

55 

1,117 
1,559 
294 
3,331 
1,394 

2 
2 

3 
3 

12 
18 
3 
13 
II 

37 
52 
2 
47 
58 

28 
58 
12 
78 
187 

364 
573 
126 
1,037 
410 

599 
750 
134 
1.942 
588 

7 
IC 

1 
21 

South  Gate 
South  Lake  Tahoe 

3,018 
2,768 
1,250 
2,664 
1,954 

8 

17 
II 

6 
12 

6 

205 
78 
41 
60 

77 

156 
43 
37 
57 

118 

917 
786 
542 
855 
898 

1,214 
1,705 

533 
1,453 

650 

5C 

14 

South  Pasadena 
South  San  Francisco 
Stanton  . 

2 

9 
22 
20 

Stockton 
Sunnyvale 
Temple  City 
Thousand  Oaks 
Torrance 

12,611 
5,370 
899 
2,731 
6,769 

31 

5 

102 
26 
5 
17 
56 

607 
122 
35 
38 
266 

474 
125 
60 
65 
261 

3,709 
1,144 
293 
983 
1,770 

6.188 
3.466 
464 
1.392 
3.600 

1,50 
48 
4 

'        2 
9 

23 
80 

Tracy  ... 
Tulare   .. 
Turlock  . 
Tustin   .. 

1,187 

897 

1,591 

2,980 

958 

3 
3 
3 

2 
5 
9 
14 

2 

20 
26 
23 
64 

66 

55 
57 
54 
39 

211 
306 
385 
907 
206 

831 
416 
984 
1.725 
648 

5 
8 
13 
21- 

Ukiah    .. 

5 

Union  City 
Upland   . 
Vacaville 

2,107 
2,191 
2,050 
5,152 
3,848 

2 
2 

6 
14 

8 
30 

38 
57 
28 
195 
89 

71 
70 
87 
201 
187 

852 
845 
402 
1,439 
1,010 

1.01 1 
1.053 
1,434 
2,898 
2,225 

12 
151 
9 

Vallejo    . 
Ventura 

5 
2 

38- 
29. 

Visalia  .. 
Walnut   . 

3,642 
483 
2,593 
1,866 
5.351 

2 

5 
4 
6 
9 
29 

39 
17 
25 
67 
153 

158 
43 
41 
108 
162 

686 
191 
561 
353 
1,793 

2,591 
189 
1.800 
1.184 
2.842 

16 

y. 

Walnut  Creek 

16( 

Watsonville 
Westminster 

1 
3 

14' 
36! 

Whittier 

Woodland 

Yorba  Linda 

Yuba  City    

3.972 

2,163 

642 

1.339 

2 
1 
1 

15 

2 
2 
1 

133 
43 
12 
18 

158 
81 
14 
36 

1,257 
677 
273 
299 

2,123 
1,243 
309 
900 

28^ 
IK 
31 
8* 

90 


Table  6.— Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Crime 
total 


and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 


COLORADO 

Arvada    

Boulder  

Brighton  

Broomfield   

Canon  City   

Colorado  Springs  

Commerce  City    

Denver    

Durango    

Englewood   

Fort  Collins    

Golden    

Grand  Junction    

Greeley  

Lakewood  

Littleton  

Longmont  

Loveland    

Northglenn  

Pueblo  

Sterling  

Thornton  

Trinidad  

Westminster  

Wheat  Ridge    

CONNECTICUT 

Ansonia   

Beriin  

Bethel 


Branford 


3.445 
9,548 
5,277 
715 
1,012 

589 
13.259 
1,572 
50,993 

877 


3,030 
1,020 
2,048 


7,935 
1,832 
2,881 


Bristol 
Brookfield 
Cheshire 
Clinton 


Danbury 

Danen 

Derby 

East  Hartford 

Enfield 


2,415 
628 
363 

3,427 


Farmington 
Glastonbury 
Greenwich 
Groion  City 
Groton  Town 

Guilford 
Hartford 
Madison 
Menden 
Middletown 


242 

4,231 

221 

830 


Table  6.— Number  of  OfTenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  aties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


CONNECnCUT- 


Monroe    

Naugatuck 
New  Bntain 
New  Canaan 
New  Haven 


Newtown 
North  Branford 
North  Haven 

Norwalk 

Norwich 

Orange 

Plainville 

Plymouth 

Ridgefield 
Focky  Hill 
Seymour 
Shelton 
Simsbury 


Stamford 
Stoningtor 


SufTield 
Tornngton 


Vernon 
Wallmgford 

Waterbury 
Waterford 
Watertown 
West  Hartford 
West  Haven 

Westport 

Wethersfield 

Willimantic 

Wilton 

Windsor 

Windsor  Locks 

Winsted 

Wolcott    

DELAWARE 

Dover    

Newark  

Wilmington   

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBU 

Washington   


Popula- 


Index 
total 


5,120 

722 

2,577 

233 

907 

946 

1,564 

1,573 

7,335 

471 

411 

3,146 

2,565 

1,755 

870 

729 

297 

1,198 

2,080 
2,424 
7,270 


Murder 
negligent 
slaughter 


10 

251 

97 

1,540 

67 

590 

20 

197 

22 

104 

25 

137 

32 

185 

4 

117 

7 

125 

4 

278 

2,018 
157 
90 


92 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoHce,  Otles  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in 

Population, 

1978-Conttaued 

City  by  State 

Popula- 
group 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

FLORIDA 

Altamonte  Springs    

Bartow 
Belle  Glade 
Boca  Raton 
Boynton  Beach 

Bradenton 
Cape  Coral 
Casselberry 
Clearwater 
Cocoa 

1.840 
960 
1,691 
3,186 
2,166 

9 
2 

14 
6 

10 

24 
18 
80 

35 

51 
106 
160 

63 
168 

343 
215 

728 
753 
637 

1.342 

579 

666 

2,168 

1,220 

71 

2 
5 
3 

38 
38 
158 
90 

1,890 

609 

787 

6,657 

1,119 

1 

9 
2 
3 
35 
6 

28 

33 

45 
409 
30 

658 
182 
192 
1,547 
351 

1,063 
402 
490 

4,350 
663 

98 
15 

10 
99 
10 

47 

3 
3 

214 
56 

Cocoa  Beach 

1.187 
3,664 
1.077 
1.320 
1,013 

II 

7 
3 
11 

3 

23 
70 
13 
54 
22 

73 
116 

33 
101 

37 

172 
651 
281 
319 
299 

818 
2,659 
711 
682 
576 

90 

Coral  Gables 
Coral  Spnngs 
Dania 
Davie 

1 

2 
1 

157 
35 
151 

75 

Daytona  Beach 
Deerrield  Beach 

9,698 
1,496 
1,669 
2,549 
1,449 

7 

64 
10 

2 
17 
6 

312 
28 
42 
89 
13 

481 

83 
70 
127 
57 

2,600 
461 
494 
657 
401 

5,665 
796 
1,010 
1,506 
934 

569 
118 

De  Land 

51 

Delra>   Beach 
Dunedin 

6 

147 
38 

Fort  Lauderdale 
Fort  Myers 
Fort  Pierce 
Fort  Walton  Beach 
Gainesville 

16,726 
4,209 
3,432 
648 
5,968 

26 
9 
II 

8 

79 
13 
12 
3 
42 

491 
75 
93 
17 

182 

325 
544 
394 
33 
346 

4,972 
875 

1.036 
282 

1.764 

9,871 
2,591 
1,706 
256 
3,383 

962 
102 
180 
56 
243 

Gulfport 

Hallandale 

Hialeah 

Hollywood 

Homestead 

583 
3,138 
6,219 
10,719 
2,654 

6 
20 
11 
50 
19 

6 
122 
187 
289 

72 

36 
210 
560 
342 
314 

141 

592 

1,187 

2,680 

589 

383 
1.932 
3.700 
6.630 
1.506 

II 

2 
5 
6 
6 

260 
569 
722 
148 

Jacksonville 
Jacksonville  Beach 
Key  West 
Kissimmee 
Lakeland 

36,274 
2,062 
2,841 
1,584 
4,595 

79 
6 

3 

278 
15 
26 
9 
28 

1,347 
62 
71 
24 
95 

2,664 
112 
140 
168 
333 

10,385 
632 
810 
390 
1,100 

19.707 
1.105 
1.556 
950 
2.837 

1.814 
135 
232 
42 
199 

Lake  Worth 
Largo 
Uuderhill 
Leesburg 
Lighthouse  Point 

2,369 
2,582 
1,894 
1,175 
594 

2 
2 
4 

13 
9 
2 
6 

49 
30 
45 
20 
8 

78 
122 
74 
59 

593 
795 
367 
280 
82 

1.522 
1,538 
1,256 
775 
476 

112 
86 

148 
31 

24 

Margate 
Melbourne 
Miami 

Miami  Beach 
Miami  Spnngs 

1,455 
2,936 
34,860 
6,063 
1,098 

9 
16 

207 
15 

7 

22 
38 
2,832 
258 
39 

72 
234 
3.137 
140 
83 

244 

696 

9,635 

2,016 

251 

1,037 
1,830 
16,473 
3,269 
653 

71 

1 
96 
9 

2 

121 

2.480 

356 

63 

Miramar 

Naples 

New  Smyrna  Beach 

North  Lauderdale 

1,321 
1,367 
1,018 
452 
3,156 

3 
1 

2 
12 

20 
17 
14 

77 
35 
61 
32 
168 

445 
336 
251 
134 
721 

682 
919 
630 
267 
1,889 

83 
51 
60 

5 

17 

North  Miami 

122 

239 

North  Miami  Beach 
North  Palm  Beach 

2,684 
437 
2,650 
3,612 

4 

9 

13 
15 

93 
5 
79 
77 
161 

153 
25 
94 
419 
307 

579 
83 
625 
985 
458 

1,644 

308 

1,635 

2,003 

783 

202 
15 

Oakland  Park 

Ocala 

Opa  Locka    

3 
8 

201 
102 
121 

Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in 

PopuUtion, 

1978-Continued 

Murder 

City  by  State 

Popula- 
tion 

Crime 
Index 

and  non- 
negligent 

Forcible 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 

group 

total 

man- 

rape 

assault 

theft 

slaughter 

Orlando 

12,992 

13 

107 

410 

1,090 

3,372 

7,318 

6 

Ormond  Beach 

1,222 

1 

2 

25 

34 

189 

912 

Palm  Bay 

545 

2 

6 

5 

20 

175 

323 

Palm  Beach  Gardens 

575 

1 

1 

10 

14 

152 

376 

Panama  City 

2,752 

3 

7 

52 

121 

709 

1.703 

I 

Pembroke  Pmes 

1,278 

1 

5 

23 

83 

352 

775 

Pensacola 

5.088 

11 

36 

129 

360 

1.386 

2.942 

2 

Pinellas  Park 

1,933 

2 

7 

16 

43 

455 

1.331 

Planution 

3,262 

1 

22 

52 

% 

747 

2.138 

2 

Plant  City 

1,512 

1 

3 

29 

77 

414 

930 

Pompano  Beach 

4.789 

4 

18 

63 

353 

1,128 

2.969 

2 

Port  Orange 
Riviera  Beach 

681 

17 

222 

394 

2,989 

3 

19 

58 

352 

988 

1.448 

1 

Rockledge 
Saint  Augustme 

898 

39 

167 

664 

1,019 

1 

6 

21 

72 

288 

582 

Saint  Petersburg 

16,272 

22 

136 

611 

1,301 

4,095 

9.656 

Saint  Petersburg  Beach 
Sanford 

555 

3 

22 

171 

325 

1,946 

4 

16 

48 

113 

4% 

1.178 

Sarasota 

3,848 

4 

38 

49 

134 

961 

2.473 

1 

South  Miami 

1,214 

3 

4 

49 

164 

365 

596 

Sunrise  Village 

894 

, 

g 

4 

32 

190 

607 

Tallahassee 

6,771 

4 

60 

140 

471 

1,928 

3.872 

3 

Tamarac 

534 

1 

3 

15 

3 

215 

276 

Tampa 

27,002 

41 

253 

1,080 

2,136 

7,532 

14,653 

1.- 

Tarpon  Spnngs 

818 

' 

5 

8 

64 

246 

472 

Temple  Terrace 
TitusviUe 

653 

1 

4 

23 

167 

439 

2,163 

1 

6 

30 

126 

523 

1.386 

Venice  . 

830 

1 

3 

23 

139 

628 

Vero  Beach 

1,526 

1 

4 

11 

42 

379 

1.020 

West  Palm  Beach 

9,696 

17 

43 

418 

479 

2,865 

5.405 

•* 

Wilton  Manors 

652 

3 

20 

4 

172 

406 

Winter  Haven 

2.021 

14 

35 

61 

555 

1.269 

Winter  Park    

1,967 

3 

41 

72 

395 

1,370 

GEORGU 

Albany 

4,822 

11 

40 

131 

288 

1.579 

2,586 

1 

Americus 

656 

1 

6 

10 

20 

177 

419 

Athens 

3,550 

7 

33 

83 

272 

895 

2.089 

1 

Atlanta 

53,870 

144 

592 

4,119 

3,990 

15.185 

25,874 

3,9 

Augusta 

3,524 

17 

21 

167 

117 

1.241 

1.767 

1 

Bainbridge 

462 

2 

3 

5 

56 

135 

250 

Brunswick 

833 

6 

20 

25 

170 

190 

354 

Carroll  ton 

710 

3 

2 

19 

43 

208 

386 

Cartersville 

696 

2 

3 

10 

63 

203 

361 

Chamblee 

791 

2 

10 

21 

271 

410 

College  Park 

2,141 

4 

23 

55 

73 

596 

1.192 

, 

ColuAbus 

6,989 

39 

28 

313 

310 

2.440 

3.152 

7 

Conyers 
Cordele 

334 

1 

9 

11 

84 

211 

594 

4 

93 

178 

292 

Covington 

498 

6 

3 

7 

38 

155 

270 

Table  6.— Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Cnme 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


GEORGU- 


Dalton  

Decatur    

DoraviUe    

Douglas    

Douglasville  

Dublin    

East  Point    

Forest  Park  

Gainesville    

GrifTin  

Hinesvilte    

La  Grange  

Lawrenceville    

Macon    

Marietta  

Milledgeville    

Moultrie  

Newnan    

Roswell  

Savannah    

Smyrna  

Snellville    

Statesboro  

Thomaston  

Thomasvillc   

Tifton    

Valdosta  

Vidaha    

Warner  Robins  

Waycross  

HAWAB 

Hilo    

Honolulu  


1,292 

397 

7,764 

3,237 


182 

113 

2,436 


IDAHO 


Blackfoot 

Caldwell 
Coeur  d'Alene 
Idaho  Falls 


Lewiston 

Moscow 

Nampa 

Pocatello 

Rexburg 

Twin  Falls  

ILLINOIS 

Addison   

Alton   

Arhngton  Heights  

Aurora    

Batavia   


1,685 

2,204 

401 


1,737 
3,539 
2,452 
5,660 
657 


Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  In  Population, 


Popula 


Crime 
Index 
total 


negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


933 

2,838 
5,136 


566 
3,459 
1,547 

363 
5,243 


409 
2,395 


Known  to  the  PoUce,  aties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Po|iul>ti<M>>  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


ILLINOIS-C 


Popula- 
group 


Index 
total 


817 
2,086 
1.146 


1,895 
1,591 
1,305 


10,929 

565 

2,867 


negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Burglary 


76 

160 

2,648 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Oties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  PopuUtioii,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


negligent 
slaughter 


ILLINOIS- 

Wheeling  

Wilmette    

Wood  Dale   

Woodridge   

Wood  River   

Worth   

Zion    


INDUNA 


Anderson 
Bedford 
Beech  Grove 
Bloomington 
Carmel 


774 


276 

528 

10,009 


34,837 

261 

2,411 


234 
2,605 
1,045 
3,183 

2,325 

6,500 

707 

3,035 


259 

1,303 

117 

25 

127 

127 

497 

68 

Ue  6.-Nuiiiber  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns 

10,000  and  over  in 

Population, 

1978— Continued 

City  by  State 

Popula- 
group 

Cnme 
Index 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

481 
8,468 

545 
3,922 

876 

431 
756 
743 

1,590 
569 

1,127 
559 

1.859 

1,659 
8,909 
2,078 
5,384 
7,185 

16.827 

3,218 

1,995 

605 

323 

2,412 
1,025 
599 
1,183 
2,418 

1,204 
811 
704 
984 

5,405 

588 

773 

5,876 

1,207 

613 
424 
338 
939 
1,305 

504 
1,447 
1,323 
803 
710 

5 
64 

2 
15 

8 
357 
II 
64 
4 

2 
2 
9 

6 
2 
9 

15 

10 
92 
10 
89 
224 

445 
35 
10 

14 
12 

4 
14 

9 

4 

3 
4 
II 

55 

8 

128 
9 

5 
10 

3 
17 

9 

7 
7 
18 

2 

7 
107 

8 
23 
27 

23 
48 
4 

50 
15 
20 

2 
88 

44 
214 

44 
188 
305 

579 
36 
2 
4 

2 

76 

161 

2,637 

53 

1,005 

172 

124 
195 
183 

122 
65 

239 
51 

275 

252 
1,981 

292 
1,535 
2,077 

2,779 
588 
408 
130 
39 

561 
246 
105 
187 
519 

266 
135 
178 
303 
1,006 

93 

137 

1,096 

190 

108 
167 

78 
288 
323 

268 
317 
143 
119 

242 
4,936 

371 
2,455 

628 

251 

473 
523 

1,322 
452 
824 
474 

1.409 

1,271 
6,076 
1,608 
3.148 
4.194 

11,816 

2,350 

1,382 

444 

269 

1,635 
684 
447 
909 

1,684 

822 
613 
455 
562 
3.833 

455 

571 

4,294 

861 

432 
226 
235 
533 
833 

292 
1,070 
880 
592 
509 

58 

12 

1 

355 

2 

29 



' 

1 

23 

IOWA 

4 

1 

86 

keny 
tendorf 

34 

31 

1 

3C 

Ungton 

dar  Falls 
dar  Rapids 

4 

18 

5 
21 
40 

67 
1 

68 

81 

3 

525 
119 

uncil  BlufTs 
venport 

s  Moines 
buque 
rt  Dodge 
rt  Madison 
ianola 

va  City 

5 
6 

28 

398 
339 

1,113 
208 

193 
25 
12 

2 

10 

2 

3 

1 

2 

25 

16 

2 

114 
83 

10 
17 
67 

11 
7 
10 
11 
107 

7 
28 
89 
60 

41 
4 
13 
48 
40 

39 
32 
39 
29 
42 

32 

irshalltown 
ison  City 

wton 
kaloosa 

ux  City 

bandale 
aterloo 
est  Des  Moines 

KANSAS 

1 

53 
135 

99 
53 
5' 

2 

91 

371 

3. 

2 

25 

8< 

; 

2 

ffeyville 
[xJge  City 

Dorado 
npona 
arden  City 
real  Bend 

' 

2 
12 

5 

3 
3 
3 

5 
8 

2 

2 

6 
6( 

> 

3 

99 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Popula- 
group 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Hutchinson 
Independence 
Junction  City 
Kansas  City 
Lawrence 

Leavenworth 
Leawood 

Liberal 
Manhattan 

McPherson 

Merriam 

Newton 

Olathe 

Ottawa 

Overland  Park 
Parsons 
Pittsburg 
Prairie  Village 
Salina 

Shawnee 
Topeka 
WichiU 
Winfield  


Ashland 
Bowling  Green 
Corbin 
Covington 
Danville 

Elizabethtown 
El  langer 
Flalwoods 
Florence 
Fort  Thomas 

Fi  ankfort 

Georgetown 

Glasgow 

Henderson 

Hopkinsville 

Jcffersontown 

Lexington 

Louisville 

MadisonviUe 

Mayfield 

Middlesboro 

Murray 

Newport 

Nicholasville 

Owensboro 

Paducah 
RadchfT 
Richmond 
Russellville 
Saint  Matthews 


2,702 
388 
2,268 
15,459 
3,121 

1,692 
326 
815 


1,758 
437 

3,%9 


875 

143 

2,631 


472 

2,374 

5,421 

51 


5 

82 

•1 

179 

20 

486 

9 

202 

26 

3,416 

56 

5,588 

7 

162 

3 

92 

5 

63 

5 

68 

« 

374 

2 

38 

100 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  tbe  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population, 


Popula- 
group 


Index 

total 


negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
assault 


KENTUCKY- 

Shively    

Somerset    

Winchester  

LOUISIANA 

Abbeville  

Alexandria    

Baker  

Bastrop  

Baton  Rouge    

Bogalusa    

Bossier  City    

Crowley    

De  Ridder   

Eunice  

Frankhn  

Hammond    

Harahan  

Houma   

Jennings  

Kenner   

Lafayette   

Lake  Charles    

Minden  : 

Monroe    

Morgan  City  

Natchitoches   

New  Iberia    

New  Orleans    

Opelousas    

Pineville   

Ruston    

Shreveport    

Slidell    

Sulphur  

Thibodaux    

West  Monroe  

Westwego   

MAINE 

Auburn  

Augusta 

Biddeford 
Brunswick 

Caribou 
Gorham 
Kittery 
Lewiston 
Old  Town 

Portland 

Presque  Isle 

Saco 

Sanford 

Scarborough    


79 

373 

1.157 

88 

369 

1,786 

70 

174 

1,021 

2 

27 

87 

40 

617 

794 

14 

80 

206 

4 

25 

185 

21 

22 

221 

4,164 

2,849 

10,514 

S64 

3,937 

40 

328 

31 

110 

79 

128 

51 

62 

27 

110 

101 


T»ble  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000 


MAINE-( 

South  Portland   

WaterviUe   

Westbrook    

MARYLAND 

Aberdeen  

Annapolis   

Baltimore    

Bel  Air  ]', 

Cambridge   

Cumberland  

Frederick  

Greenbelt    

Hagerstown   

Havre  de  Grace  

HyattsvUle    

Laurel   

Mount  Rainier   

Salisbury   

Takoma  Park  (Montgomery  County)   . 

Takoma  Park  (Prince  Georges  County) 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Acton    

Agawam  

Amesbury  

Amherst  

Andover  

Arlington  

Athol   

Auburn  

Barnstable    

Bedford    

Bellingham  

Belmont   

Beverly   

Boston  

Bourne    

Braintree   

Bridgewater   

Brockton   

Brookline    [[[ 

Burlington    

Cambridge   

Canton    ]]][ 

Chelmsford    

Chelsea  Z .[..'.'.'.'.'. 

Chicopee   

Clinton   

Concord  

Danvers   

Dedham  


Popula- 
group 


and  over  in  PopuUtion,  1^78— Continued 


69,463 
621 
711 


1,953 
65,366 


1,852 

7,268 

208 


520 
1,222 
1,270 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
assault 


Burglary 


55 

266 

80 

280 

5,811 

15,793 

22 

140 

105 

150 

II 

218 

157 

454 

11 

85 

178 

457 

23 

177 

29 

213 

16 

151 

23 

95 

11 

389 

77 

170 

21 

67 

58 

167 

11 

85 

12 

163 

15 
29 

163 
198 

102 


-Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population, 


Popula- 
tion 


Cnme 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 


vated 


Burglary 


IS 

159 

85 

1,074 

74 

894 

44 

350 

39 

418 

33 

207 

103 


Table  6.-Nuniber  of  Offenses  Kaowp  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978-CoDtinued 


MASSACHUSETTS- 


T*Jorthboro 
Northbndge 
North  Readin 
Norton 
Norwood 

Oxford 

Pembroke 

Pittsneld 

Plymouth 

Quincy 

Reading 

Revere 

Salem 

Saugus 

Scituate 

Seekonk 
Sharon 
Shrewsbury 


Southbridge 
South  Hadley 
Spencer 
Spnngrield 
Stoneham 

Stoughton 

Sudbury 

Swampscott 

Swansea 

Taunton 

Wakefield 

Waltham 

Wareham 

Webster 

Wellesley 

Westboro 

Westfield 

Westford 

Weston 

Westport 

West  Springfield 

Westwood 

Weymouth 

Wilbraham 

Wilmington 

Winchester 

Winthrop 

Wobum 

Worcester 

Yarmouth 


Adrian 
Albion 
Allen  Park 
Alpena 
Ann  Arbor 


Popula- 
group 


Crime 
total 


3,001 
1,900 
4,085 


766 
4,353 

251 
351 
183 
12,511 
698 

579 
519 
364 
946 

2,584 

848 


607 

1,958 

578 

2,061 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


12 

11 

44 

83 

6 

39 

3 

2 

'» 

6 

1 

20 

10 

25 

3 

25 

2 

3 

3 

50 

24 

69 

2 

24 

25 

61 

1 

10 

14 

30 

4 

6 

15 

51 

380 

384 

8 

60 

15 

89 

24 

55 

44 

38 

3 

9 

Burglary 


Me  6.-Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  In  Population,  1978-Contlnued 


City  by  State 


ttle  Creek 

ttle  Creek  Township 

y  cii) 

dford  Township 
nton  Harbor 

nton  Township 
rkley 

verly  Hills 
J  Rapids 
rmingham 

ickman  Township 
oomfield  Township 
idgeport  Township 
lena  Vista  Charter  Township 


inton  Township 

lesterfield  Township 

awson 

inton   Township 


avison  Township 
earbom 
earborn  Heights 


ast  Detroit 

ast  Grand  Rapids 

ast  lansing 


scanaba 
armington 
armington  Hills 
emdale 


'lint  Township 
'orsyth  Township 

jardtn  City 

jrand  Blanc  Township 

jrand  Haven 

jrand  Rapids 

jrandville 

jreen  Oak  Township 

jrosse  Pointe  Farms 

jrosse  Pointe  Park 
jfosse  Pointe  Woods 
rtamlramck 
Harper  Woods 
Hazel  Park 

Highland  Park 

Holland 

Independence  Township 

Inkster  

Jackson    


Popula- 


Crime 
Index 

total 


3,262 

362 

7,449 

3,824 

110,511 

298 


Aggra- 
assault 


193 

636 

,533 

32,575 

20 

90 

95 

378 

3 

65 

32 

151 

195 

301 

664 

504 

4.765 


602 

7,049 

261 


105 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and 


City  by  State 


MICHIGAN- 


Kalamazoo  

Kalamazoo  Township  , 

Kentwood  

Lansing    

Lansing  Township    


Leoni  Township 
Lincoln  Park    ... 

Livonia   

Madison  Heights 
Marquette  


Melvindale   

Menominee    

Midland  

Monroe    

Mount  Clemens 


Mount  Morris  Township 

Mount  Pleasant    

Muskegon  

Muskegon  Heights   

Muskegon  Township  


NUes  

Niles  Township    

Northville  Township 

Norton  Shores  

Novi  


Oak  Park    

Oscoda-Ausable  Township 

Owosso  

Pittsfield  Township    

Plymouth  


Pontiac    

Pontiac  Township  . 

Portage  

Port  Huron   

Redford  Township 


River  Rouge  

Riverview    

Romulus  Township 

Roseville    

Royal  Oak  


sagmaw   

Saginaw  Township   ... 
Saint  Clair  Shores    ... 

Saint  Joseph   

Saint  Joseph  Townshij 

Sault  Sainte  Marie  ... 

Shelby  Township  

Southfield   

Southgate    

Steriing  Heights   

Summit  Township  .... 
Sumpter  Township   ... 

Taylor   

Thomas  Township    

Traverse  City  


Cnme 
Index 
total 


1,649 

2,574 
3.384 


795  I 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 


13 

22 

11 
40 

78 

5 

27 

2 

6 

19 

38 

9 

29 

17 

54 

76 

287 

1 

21 

7 

35 

2 

3 

2 

3 

3 

10 

15 

137 

5 

44 

9 

35 

2 

2 

4 

4 

19 

103 

Burglary 


1.004 
472 
140 


106 


lUe  6.— Number  of  OfTenses  Known  to  the 


City  by  State 


atJes  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population.  1978— Continued 


Crime 
Index 
total 


negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Motor 
vehicle 
theft 


ayne 


Bloomfield  Township 

'estland   

Tiite  Lake  Township  

'oodhaven   


3,147 

555 

9.575 


1,764 
1,241 
4,646 
1,031 


2,198 

377 

5,873 

2,925 


'yandotle 
'yoming  . 
psUanti    . 


Jbert  Lea  ..- 

noka  

.pple  VaUey 


emidji 


ilaine    

iloomington   

Irainerd  

Irooklyn  Center 
IrookJyn  Park  .. 


lumsville    

;ioquet  

:olumbia  Heights  

:oon  Rapids    

:ottage  Grove  Village 

;rystal    

3ululh    

=agan  Township    

Edina  

Fairmont  


1,413 

3,142 

533 

1,329 


Faribault   

Fergus  Falls    

Fridley    

Golden  Valley  

Hastings  

Hibbing   

Inver  Grove  Height! 

UkeviUe    

Mankato    

Maple  Grove   

Maplewood    

MarshaU    

Minneapolis  

Minnelonka  

Moorhead  


14,072 
995 
805 


Mounds  View 
New  Brighton 
New  Hope  ... 

New  Ulm   

Northfield  .... 


Table  6.-Nuinber  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoMce,  atles  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978-Continued 


City  by  State 

Popula 
group 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Murder 
and  non 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

MINNESOTA-ContfDued 

North  Saint  Paul    

465 
466 
635 
1,076 
605 

1,358 
741 
2.974 
2,015 
2,486 

1,932 
20,162 
571 
625 
820 

505 
441 
1,174 
883 
464 

1,524 
320 

2,576 
100 
943 
528 
383 

1,611 

273 

3,529 

2,006 

368 

1,931 
1,725 
12,366 
1,276 
1,809 

675 
360 
2,176 
369 
120 

984 
762 
720 

745 
318 
352 
530 
1,374 

1 
1 

7 

5 

19 
6 
11 

7 
139 

3 
1 

2 

3 

6 
5 

7 
6 
2 

26 
11 

38 
24 
10 

36 
790 

5 
12 

2 
5 
11 
15 
4 

27 
6 

40 
6 

25 

15 
808 

5 
7 
7 

7 
2 
15 
10 

5 

5 
89 

n 

35 
16 

25 

52 

1 

305 

448 

37 

232 

82 

359 

6 

57 

37 
28 
119 
17 
18 

52 
38 
81 

64 

5 
14 
27 
58 

69 
123 
86 

287 
151 

237 
187 
636 
255 
349 

479 
7,145 
68 
230 
169 

107 
86 
140 
201 
42 

303 

74 

707 
5 
457 
148 
124 

363 
75 
1,264 
476 
131 

563 
520 
4,106 
294 
524 

232 
85 
1,010 
98 
31 

161 
196 
211 

149 
66 
49 

145 
523  1 

360 
311 
503 
681 
413 

933 

500 

2,063 

1,536 

1,937 

1,252 
9,449 
447 
339 
581 

363 
321 
935 
614 
370 

1,133 
223 

1,415 
78 
380 
352 
208 

1,078 
167 

1,736 
923 
186 

904 

%7 
6,646 

903 
1,064 

359 

227 
774 
223 
45 

701 
477 
386 

437 
216 
258 
325 
629 

i 

r 

18 
15 

14 

1.81 

4 

3 
5 

Oakdale   

Owatonna  

1 

Plymouth  

Richfield    

Robbinsdale    

Rochester   

Roseville    

Saint  Cloud  

Saint  Louis  Park  

15 

Shakopee  

Shoreview   

South  Saint  Paul  

' 

Sullwater  

Virginia    

1 

1 
22 
6 

2 

6 

3 

89 

21 

2 
5 

44 
6 
65 

35 

5 

38 
26 
449 
19 
36 

21 
2 
69 

3 
3 

5 
13 
12 

14 
3 
8 

5 
44 

West  Saint  Paul  

White  Bear  Lake    

Willmar    

Winona    

1 

35 

1 
9 
2 

13 

'* 

Worthington   

MISSISSIPPI 

Biloxi 
Brookhaven 

23- 

Clarksdale 
Cleveland 
Clinton 

Columbus 
Connth 

6 
4 

3.' 
21 

57 

Greenville 
Greenwood 
Grenada 

Gulfport 

Hattiesburg 

Jackson 

Laurel 

Meridian 

Moss  Point 

Oxford 

Fascagoula 

Pearl 

Picayune 

Tupelo 
Vicksburg 
Yazoo  cfty 

MISSOURI 

Arnold    

8 
6 

2 
3 
32 

5 
7 

2 
2 
4 

1 

2 
4 

19 
20 

9 
16 
68 

4 

7 

11 

5 
11 

3 
2 

3 
2 

2 

6 

1 

I 

132 
98 

7 

183 

706 
45 
114 

13 
11 
189 
24 
20 

61 

34 
24 

Ballwm   

Bellefontaine  Neighbors   

I 
1 

23 

Berkeley  | 

25 

110 

108 


Known  to  the  Police,  Odes  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population, 


City  by  State 


Crime 
Index 
total 


1,027 
5,787 
1,160 
2,106 


1,271 
1,437 
5,181 
54,485 
1,242 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


,231 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


108 

128 

4,363 


188 

300 

405 

975 

359 

1,227 

151 

360 

359 

1,037 

862 

2,496 

45 

169 

98 

260 

73 

232 

70 

195 

293 

788 

253 

615 

Helena 
Kalispell 
Miles  City 
Missoula 


1,802 
873 
340 

3,501 


583 

196 

2,634 


Table  6.— Number  of  OfTenses  Known 


City  by  State 


to  the  PoUce,  Qties  and  Towns 


Beatrice    

Bellevue   

Fremont  

Grand  Island 
Hastings  


Kearney  

Lincoln  

Norfolk  

North  Platte 
Omaha    


ScottsblufT 


NEVADA 


Henderson    

Las  Vegas  Metropolitan  Police  Department 

Jurisdiction    

North  Las  Vegas  

Reno    

Sparks 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


Berlm 

Claremont 

Concord 

Derry 

Dover 

Exeter 

Goffstown 

Hudson 

Keene 

Laconia 

Lebanon 

Londonderry 

Manchester 

Merrimack 

Nashua 

Portsmouth 
Rochester 
Salem 
Somersworth 


NEW  JERSEY 


Aberdeen  Township 
Asbury  Park 
Atlantic  City 
Bayonne 
Belleville 

Bellmawr 
Bergenfield 
Berkeley  Heights 
Berkeley  Township 
Bernards  Township 

Bloomfield 
Brick  Township 
Bridgeton 

Bridgewdter  Township 
Burlington 


Popula- 
tion 
group 


Crime 
Index 
total 


10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


2,015 
5.531 
2,178 
1,553 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


261 
142 

1,177 
548 

154 
1,640 

135 

228 

5,048 

718 

5,749 

594 

1,012 

12,811 

90 

729 

284 

603 

10,308 

1,378 

2,449 

720 

13,818 
1,850 
5,129 
1,762 

62 

131 

320 

1,244 

249 

515 

339 

1,006 

150 

358 

99 

201 

189 

297 

290 

1.102 

3,168 
322 
1,588 


516 

998 

2,545 


941 

I  'ill 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Crime 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


NEW  JERSEY— Continued 

Burlington  Township    

Camden    

C:edar  Grove  Township    

Cherry  Hill   

Cinnaminson  Township    

:iark    

:;iifTside  Park  

Clifton  

CoUingswood    

Cranford  Township    

Delran  Township  

DcnviUe  Township   

Deptford  Township    

Dover    

Dover  Township    

Dumont    

East  Brunswick  Township  

East  Orange    

East  Windsor  Township  

Eatontown   

Edison  

Egg  Harbor  Township  

Elizabeth   

Elmwood  Park    

Englewood   

Evesham  Township    

Ewing  Township   

Fair  Lawn    

Fairview  

Fort  Lee    

Franklin  Township  (Gloucester  County) 
Franklin  Township  (Somerset  County) 

Freehold    

Freehold  Township    

Galloway  Township  

Garfield   

Glassboro   

Glen  Rock  

Gloucester  City    

Gloucester  Township    

Hackensack   

Hackettstown   

Haddonfield    

Haddon  Township   

Hamilton  

Hammonton    

Hanover  Township  

Harrison    

Hasbrouck  Heights    

Hawthorne   

Hazlet  Township    

Highland  Park  

Hillsborough  Township  

Hillsdale    


Table  6.-Number  of  Offenses  Kaown  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and 


over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


NEW  JERSEY - 


Hillside  Township  .... 
Hoboken 
Hopatcong 
Hopewell  Township 
Howell  Township 

Irvington 

Jackson  Township 
Jefferson  Township 
Jersey  City 
Kearny 

Lacey  Township 
Lakewood 

Lawrente  Township 
Linden 
Lindenwold 

Little  Falls  Township 
Livingslon 
Lodi    .. 
Long  Branch 
Lower  Township 

Lyndhursl  Township 

Madison 

Mahwah  Township 

Manalapan  Township 

Manchester   Fownship 


Maple  Shade  Township 
Maplewood  Township 
Margate  City 

Marlboro 
Maywood 
Medford  Township 
Metuchen 
Middlesex 

Middle  Township 

Middletown  Township 

Millburn  Township 

Miliville 

Monroe  Township  (Gloucester  County) 


Montville  Township 
Moorestown  Township 
Morristown    

Morris  Township 
Mount  Holly    .... 
Mount  Laurel  Township 
Mount  Olive  Township 
Neptune  Township 

Newark  

New  Brunswick  . 
New  Milford  .... 
New  Providence  . 
North  Arlington  . 


TaWe  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to 


NEW  JERSEY-Contlnued 

North  Bergen  Township 

North  Brunswick  Township 

North  Plainfield 

Nutley 

Oakland 

Ocean  City 
Ocean   Township 
Old  Bridge 

Palisades  Park 

Paramus 

Parsippany-Troy  Hills 

Passaic 

Paterson 

Pembeiton  Township 

Pennsauken 
PennsviUe  Township 
Pequannock  Township 
Perth  Amboy 
Phillipsburg 

Piscalaway  Township 
Plainfield 
Pleasantville 
Point  Pleasant 
Pompton  Lakes 

Princelon 

Princelon  Township 

Rahway 

Ramsey 

Randolph  Township 

Red  Bank 
Ridgefield 
Ridgefield  Park 
Ridgewood 
Ringwood 

River  Edge 
Rockaway  Township 
Roselle 
Roselle  Park 
Roxbury  Township 

Rutherford 

Saddle  Brook  Township 

Sayreville 
Scotch  Plains 
Secaucus 

Somen,  ille 

South  Brunswick  Township 

South  Orange 

South  Plainfield 

South  River 


die  PoUce,  atles  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Sparta  Township 
Springfield 


Teaneck  Township 
Tenafly  


Index 
total 


3,579 
2,092 
3,624 
9,985 


and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Aggra- 
assault 


22 

146 

12 

167 

18 

295 

9 

250 

29 

137 

9 

175 

9 

96 

12 

95 

35 

580 

122 

Table  6.— Number  of  OfTenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  In  Population, 


Popula- 
group 


Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


NEW  JERSEV- 

Toiowa 

Trenton    

Union  City    

Union  Township   

Ventnor  City    

Vernon  Township   

Verona    

Vineland    

Voorhees  Township   

Waldwick    

Wallington    

Wall  Township  

Warren  7  ownship  

Washington  Township  (Bergen  County)   ... 
Washington  Township  (Gloucester  County) 

Wayne  Township 
Weehawken  Township 
West  Caldwell 
West  Deptford  Township 

Wcstfidd 


West  Orange 
West  Paterson 
Westwood 

Willingboro   Township 
Winslow  Township 
Woodbndge  Township 
Woodbury 
Wyckon 


NEW  MEXICO 


Albuquerque 

Carlsbad 

Deming 

Farmington 
Gallup 

Hobbs 

Las  Vegas  City 

Los  Alamos 
Lovingfon 
Portales 
Roswell 
Santa  Fe 


Albany 

Amherst 

Amsterdam 

Auburn 

Aurora— East  Aurora 


1,516 

6.191 

II 

73 

52 

393 

90 

274 

114 


Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligenl 


Forcible 
rape 


vated 


3.747 

109 

2,354 

1,026 

769 

2,518 
419 
780 


2,489 
1,849 
2,228 


2,188 

72 

1,390 


735 

972 

148 

629 

221 

610 

390 

1,193 

67 

254 

134 

492 

242 

497 

198 

385 

no 

278 

230 

593 

617 

2.058 

Table  6.— Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  die  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 


Johnson  City    

Johnstown 
Kenmore 
Kent 
Kingston 

Lackawanna 
Lancaster  Village 
Lockport 
Long  Beach 
Lynbrook 

Mamaroneck  Town 
Mamaroneck  Village 
Massena 
Middletown 
Mount  Pleasant 


Mount  Vernon 
Newark 
Newburgh 
Newburgh  Town 
New  Castle 

New  Hartford  Town 
New  Rochelle 
New  Windsor 
New  York 
Niagara  Falls 

Niskayuna 
North  Castle 
North  Greenbush 
North  Tonawanda 
Ogden 

Ogdensburg 

Olean 

Oneida 

Oneonta 

Orangetown 

Orchard  Park 

Ossining 

Oswego 

Peekskill 

Plattsburgh 

Port  Chester 
Port  Wabhington 


Poughkeepsie  Town 

Queensbury 
Ramapo  Town 
Riverhead 
Rochester 
Rockville  Centre 


Rome 

Rotterdam 

Rye 

Saratoga  Springs 

Saugcrtics  Town 


able  6.-Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in 

1978-ConHnued 

Murder 

City  by  Slate 

Popula- 
Uon 

Cnme 
Index 

and  non- 
negl.gent 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 

group 

total 

man- 

assault 

theft 

slaughter 

NEW  YORK-Conttaued 

:^rsdale 

499 

3 

15 

127 

328 

26 

.henectady 

3,253 

2 

12 

136 

52 

980 

1.797 

274 

Duthampton 
outhold 

1,362 

1 

18 

20 

517 

721 

85 

467 

11 

136 

318 

1 

outhport 

87 

' 

15 

70 

pring  Valley 

1,724 

10 

56 

118 

418 

1.007 

115 

ony  Point 
yracube 

485 

30 

193 

243 

17 

15.174 

6 

41 

624 

295 

4,841 

8.412 

955 

arryto»n 
onawanda 

371 

3 

6 

4 

107 

228 

23 

724 

1 

5 

52 

178 

430 

57 

onawanda  Town 

2,351 

3 

5 

35 

93 

533 

1.490 

192 

roy 

3,436 

1 

14 

44 

405 

1,285 

1.474 

213 

Ister 

458 

1 

30 

129 

285 

13 

tica 

2,517 

5 

5 

124 

28 

1.001 

1.128 

226 

480 

1 

2 

4 

126 

319 

28 

/arwick  Town 

207 

1 

9 

97 

81 

19 

/atertown 

1,153 

2 

4 

10 

16 

277 

798 

46 

/atervhet 

348 

1 

8 

24 

103 

197 

15 

/ebster 
/est  Seneca 

1,141 

1 

8 

31 

283 

765 

53 

1,834 

1 

2 

16 

61 

355 

1.135 

264 

/hite  Plains 

3,221 

1 

10 

80 

46 

535 

2.257 

292 

onkers 

10,344 

10 

19 

603 

231 

2.483 

5,293 

1,705 

orktown 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

1.118 

3 

7 

18 

282 

753 

55 

Jbemarle  

sheboro 

609 

4 

49 

180 

357 

18 

421 

2 

2 

4 

24 

106 

250 

33 

sheville 

2.525 

6 

12 

65 

146 

766 

1,240 

290 

elmont 

202 

1 

2 

3 

12 

51 

121 

12 

oone 
urlington 

254 

7 

71 

160 

15 

1,568 

1 

, 

15 

124 

311 

1,037 

79 

arv 

475 

1 

1 

2 

9 

88 

354 

20 

hapel  Hill 
harlotte 

1,608 

15 

10 

74 

452 

1,005 

52 

23.119 

51 

114 

709 

1,561 

7.009 

12.429 

1.246 

uncord 

832 

2 

' 

14 

22 

183 

569 

41 

>urham 

8.178 

16 

57 

184 

383 

2,084 

5.063 

391 

4en 

604 

1 

1 

10 

56 

162 

328 

46 

lizabeth  City 

657 

2 

2 

4 

55 

55 

522 

17 

ayetteville 

7,209 

18 

47 

260 

631 

2,041 

3,728 

484 

jastonia 

4,534 

5 

8 

50 

481 

1,054 

2,722 

214 

joldsboro 

1,640 

7 

10 

22 

61 

434 

992 

114 

jreensboro 

9.742 

14 

42 

190 

747 

2.303 

6.055 

391 

jreenville 

2.266 

5 

23 

22 

69 

537 

1.521 

89 

lenderson 

669 

2 

6 

60 

166 

419 

16 

iickory 

1,526 

5 

5 

19 

162 

346 

912 

77 

ligh  Point 

5,078 

15 

15 

87 

140 

1,528 

3.014 

279 

acksonviUe 

1,732 

1 

12 

41 

169 

323 

1.111 

75 

vannapolis 

1.194 

2 

3 

11 

59 

275 

791 

53 

vinston 

1,512 

9 

2 

20 

149 

376 

910 

46 

aunnburg 

766 

' 

7 

3 

74 

173 

471 

37 

^noir 

983 

1 

3 

6 

76 

265 

573 

59 

^xington 

771 

2 

3 

34 

60 

281 

357 

34 

-umberton 

1,628 

1 

1 

9 

154 

348 

1,049 

66 

637 
560 

3 

6 
3 

112 

27 

154 
106 

331 
394 

31 

i«organton  

1 

29 

Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Popula- 
group 


Cnme 
total 


and  non- 
negligent 
man- 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


NORTH  CAROLINA- 

New  Bern  

North  Kannapolis  

Raleigh   

Reidsville    

Roanoke  Rapids    

Rocky  Mount    

Salisbury   

Sanford  

Shelby  

Statesville    

Tarboro    

Thomasville  

Wilmington    

Wilson    

Winston-Salem    

NORTH  DAKOTA 

Bismarck 
Dickinson 
Fargo 

Grand  Forks 
Jamestown 

Mandan 

Minot 

WiUiston 

OHIO 

Akron    

Alliance   

Ashland   

Ashtabula   

Athens    

Avon  Lake    

Barberton    

Bay  Village   

Beavercreek  Township  

Bedford    

Bedford  Heights  

Bellefontaine  

Berea   

Bexley   

Blue  Ash  

Boardman  Township  

Bowling  Green    

Broadview  Heights  

Brookfield  Township  

Brooklyn   

Brook  Park   

Brunswick  

Bucyrus    

Cambridge   

Canton   

Centerville    

Cheviot  

Chillicothe    

Cincinnati  

CircleviUe    


145 

130 

75 

223 

35 

110 

60 

308 

271 

1.262 

fable  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  tbe  Police,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and 


in  Population,  1978-Continued 


ladeira 

ladison  Township  (Montgomery  County) 

ladison  Township  (Lake  County) 

lansfield 

laple  Heights 


Popula- 
tion 
group 


Crime 

total 


2,479 

527 

2,057 

1,497 


3,892 
2,%9 

371 


1,903 

574 

4,662 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


6,354 
69 

1,923 


36 

64 

4,234 

14,364 

355 

1,290 

110 

513 

3,869 

23.946 

137 

357 

130 

402 

244 

1,030 

7,364 

12,260 

168 

565 

145 

680 

116 

380 

52 

135 

643 

841 

86 

326 

680 

3,871 

144 

295 

144 

529 

200 

883 

227 

656 

141 

2,417 

774 

1,407 

105 

228 

41 

146 

553 

1,170 

144 

364 

138 

2,429 

205 

295 

119 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Popiilation,  1978— Continued 


Mentor 
Miamisburg 
Miami  Township 

Middlrburg  Heights 

Middlftown 

MounI  Vernon 

Newark 

New  Philadelphia 

Niles 

North  Canton 

North  Olmsted 

North  Ridgeville 

North  Royalton 

Norton 

Norwalk 

Norwood 

Oregon 

Oxford 

Painesville 
Parma 

Parma  Heights 
Perkins  Township 
Perrysburg 

Perry  Township 
Piqua 

Portsmouth 
Randolph  Township 


Reading 
Reynoldsburg 
Richmond  Heights 
Salem 
Sandusky 

Seven  Hills 
Shakei   Heights 
Sharonville 
Shawnee  Township 
Sidney 

Solon 

South  Euchd 
Springfield  Township 
Springfield 
Steubc  nville 

Stow 

Streets  boro 

Strongsville 

Sylvania 

Sylvania  Township 

Tiffin 

Toledo 

Troy 

Union  Township  (Butler  County) 

Union  Township  (Clermont  County) 


Crime 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Burglary 


394 
1,070 


16 

90 

103 

200 

43 

123 

732 

7,588 

69 

238 

16 

176 

Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  aties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  PopulatioD,  1978— Continued 


Popula- 
group 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Forcible 


Aggra- 
vated 


OHIO- 

University  Heights    

Upper  Arlington    

Urbana  

Vandaha    

Vermilion    

Wadsworth  

Warren    

Warrensville  Heights  

Washington  Court  House    ... 
Wayne  Township    

West  Carrollton    

Westerville    

Westlake    

Whitehall  

Wickliffe    

Willoughby    

Willowick    

Wilmington    

Wooster    

Worthington    

Xenia  

Youngstown    

Zanesville   

OKLAHOMA 

Ada  

Altus    

Ardmore    

Bartlesville    

Bethany    

Broken  Arrow   

Chickasha  

Claremore  

Del  City    

Duncan    

Edmond   

Elk  City  

El  Reno  

Enid   

Guthrie  

Lawton   

McAlester  

Miami   

Midwest  City   

Muskogee   

Norman   

Oklahoma  City  

Okmulgee   

Ponca  City  

Sand  Springs    

Sapulpa    

Seminole    

Shawnee  


1,488 
9,124 
1,617 


528 

5,467 

860 


3,216 
3,195 
27,638 


121 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Popula 


Crime 
total 


negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


OKLAHOMA- 


Stillwater 
Tahlequah 


Albany 
Ashla  nd 
Astoria 
Bakei 
Beavrrton 

Bend 
Coos  Bay 
Corvallis 
Eugene 
Forest  Grove 

Grants  Pass 
Gresham 
Hillsboro 
Klamath  Falls 
La  Grande 

Lake  Oswego 
McMinnville 
Medford 
Milwaukie 
North  Bend 

Oregon  City 

Pendleton 

Portland 

Roseburg 

Salem 

Springfield 
The  Dalles 
Tigard 
West  Linn 
Woodburn 


PENNSYLVANU 


Abington  Township 

Aliquippa 

Allentown 

Altoona 

Ambridge 

Aston  Township 
Baldwin  Borough 
Beaver  Falls 
Bellevue 
Bensalem  Township 

Berwick 
Bethel  Park 
Bethlehem 
Bloomsburg  Town 
Bradford 


35,614 
1,096 
6,710 


109 

1.388 

85 

707 

' 

83 

36 

107 

5 

78 

23 

145 

70 

77 

150 

666 

Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and 


in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Popula- 
tion 
group 


total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


rape 


PENNSYLVANIA- 


Brentwood 

Bristol 

Bristol  Township 

Bumham— Derry  Township 

Butler 

Butler  Township 
Canonsburg 
Carbondale 
Carlisle 

Castle  Shannon 
Center  Township 
Chambersburg 
Cheltenham  Township 
Chester 

Clairton 

Coal  Township 

Coatesville 


Conemaugh  Town 

Connellsville 

Darby 

Darby  Township 

Derry  Township 

Dormont 


East  Hemprield  Township 
East  Nomton  ^ 
Easton 


East  Pennsboro  Township 
Elizabeth  Township 
EUwood  City 
Emmaus 


Ephrata 

Ene 

Exeter  Township 

Fairview  Township 

Falls  Township 

Folcioft 
Greensburg 
Greenville 

Hampden  Township 
Hampton  Township 

Hanover 

Hanover  Township 
Hamsburg 
Hamson  Township 
Hatfield  Township 

Haverford  Township 
Hazleton 

HempHeld  Township 
Hermitage 
Hopewell  Township 


672 

325 

6,026 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and 


in  Population,  1978— Continued 


PENNSVLVANIA- 


Horsham  Township 


Jeannettr 
Johnstown 
Kingston 


Lebanon 

Lewistown 

Lock  Haven 

Logan  Township 

Lower  Allen  Township 


Lower  Buirell    

Lower  Makefield  Township 
Lower  Menon  Township 
Lower  Moreland  Township 
Lower  Paxton  Township 

Lower  Providente  Township 
Lower  Southampton  Township 
Manheim  Township 
Manor  Township 
Marpte  Township 

McCandless  Township 
McKeesport 
MeadviUe 

Middletown  Township 
Millcreek  Township 

Monessen 
Monroeville 
Moon  Township 
Momsville 
Mountaintop  Regional 

Mount  Lebanon  Township 
Muhlenberg  Township 


Nether  Providence  Township 
New  Castle 
New  Kensington 
Newtown  Township 
Nomstown 

Northampton 

Northern  York  Regional 

North  Huntingdon  Township 

North  Versailles  Township 

Oakmont 

Oil  City 

Palmer  Township 
Penn  Hills  Township 
Penn  Township 
Peters  Township 


Popula- 
group 


Crime 
total 


negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


7 

III 

5 

118 

95 

478 

8 

116 

19 

459 

54 

281 

riMe  6.— Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  aties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Popula- 
group 


Crime 
total 


slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


PENNSYLVANU— Continued 

'hiladelphia  

'hocnixville  

Ittsburgh   

lains  Township  

leasanl  Hills  

'lura    

lymouth  Borough   

'lymouth  Township    

•ottstown    

otlsville    

Ladnor  Township  

Leading   

Jchland  Township   

jdley  Township  

:obinson  Township    

;oss  Township   

.ostravcr    

alisbury  Township   

cott  Township  

haler  Township    

hamokin    

outh  Park  Township    

outh  Whitehall  Township   

pringettsbury  Township    

pringfield  Township  (Delaware  County) 
pringfield  Township 

(Montgomery  County)    

pring  Garden  Township    

pring  Township   

tate  College    

unbury   

usquehanna  Township  

watara  Township    

wissvale    

redyfTrin  Township  

Iniontown  

Ipper  Allen  Township   

Ipper  Chichester  Township    

Ipper  Darby  Township  

'pper  Dublin  Township    

Ipper  Merion  Township  

Ipper  Moreland  Township   

Ipper  Providence  Township  

Ipper  Saint  Clair  Township  

Ipper  Saucon  Township   

Ipper  Southampton  Township   

barren   

/ashington   

/est  Chester   

/est  Deer  Township   

/est  Goshen  Township  

/est  Manchester  Township    

/est  Mifflin   


72,948 

524 

26,776 


4,224 

32 

1,475 


19,154 

161 

7,808 


1 

40 

107 

13 

181 

513 

80 

324 

763 

40 

157 

315 

22 

178 

680 

222 

1,779 

2,180 

26 

76 

154 

29 

302 

712 

8 

73 

183 

21 

376 

448 

16 

67 

195 

Table  6.— Number  of  OfTenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Index 
total 


Forcible 
rape 


vated 
assault 


Burglary 


PENNSYLVANU- 

West  Norriton  Township  

Whitehall  

Whitehall  Township    

Whitemarsh  Township  

Wilkes  Barre    

Wilkinsburg  

Williamsport   

Yeadon  

York  

York  Township  

RHODE  ISLAND 

Barrington    

Bristol 

Central  Falls 
Coventry 
Cranston 

Cumberland 
East  Greenwich 
East  Providence 
Johnston 
Lincoln 

Middletown 
Newport 

North  Kingstown 
North  Providence 
North  Smithfield 

Pawtucket 
Portsmouth 
Providence 
Smithfield 
South  Kingstown 

Tiverton 
Warren 
Warwick 
Westerly 
West  Warwick 

Woonsocket  

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Aiken  

Anderson  

Cayce    

Charleston    

Columbia    

Easley   

Florence  

GafTney    

Georgetown  

Greenville  

Greenwood    

Greer   

Hanahan   

Lancaster    

Laurens    


674 
3,167 
1,010 
1,314 

333 

2,943 

318 

12,403 


27 

312 

79 

489 

17 

124 

31 

1,203 

9 

145 

87 

291 

■)9 

430 

2 

88 

83 

804 

2 

91 

»38 

3,531 

18 

70 

67 
688 
1,008 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Qties  and  Towns  10,000  and 


City  by  Stale 


Popula- 
group 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


in  Population,  1978— Continued 


SOUTH  CAROLINA- 


Mount  Pleasant    

Myrtle  Beach   

North  Augusta    

North  Charleston    

Orangeburg    

Rock  Hill   

Spartanburg  

Sumter    

West  Columbia  

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Aberdeen  

Brookings    

Huron    

Mitchell    

Pierre   

Rapid  City  

Sioux  Falls    

Vermillion  

Watertown    

TENNESSEE 

Athens    

Bristol    

Chattanooga 

Clarksville 

Cleveland 

Columbia 
Cookeville 
Dyersburg 
East  Ridge 
Eliiabethton 


Humboldt 
Jackson 
Johnson  City 
Kingsport 
Knoxville 


433 
3,091 
1,895 
1,675 


Lawrenceburg 

Lebanon 

Maryville 

McMinnville 

Memphis 


Momstown 
Murfreesboro 
Nashville 
Dai    Ridge 

Pans 

Shelbyville 
Soddy  —  Daisy 
Spnngfield 
Tullahoma 

Union  City    .. 


1,365 
26,444 
1,346 


2,897 
30 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Populatioii,  1978— Continued 


City  by  Sute 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Aggra- 
assaull 


Abilene 

Alice 

Alvin 


Angleton 
Arlington 


Balch  Spnngs 

Bay  City 

Baytown 

Beaumont 

Bedford 

Beeville 

Bellaire 
Belton 
Benbrook 
Big  Spnng 
Borger 

Brenham 

Brownfield 

Brownsville 

Brownwood 

Bryan 

Burkbumett 
Burleson 
Carroll  ton 
Cleburne 
Clute 

College  Station 
Conroe 

Copperas  Cove 
Corpus  Chnsu 
Corsicana 

Dallas 
Deer  Park 
Del  Rio 
Denison 
Denton 

Desoto 
Dumas 
DuncanviUe 
Eagle  Pass 
Edinburg 

El  Paso 
Ennis 

Farmers  Branch 
Forest  Hill 

Fort  Stockton 
Fort  Worth 
Freeport 
Fnendswood 
Gainesville 


1,159 

599 

8,874 


988 

3,554 

9,068 

642 

476 


36.008 
1,080 
385 


2 

110 

7 

82 

14 

460 

25 

115 

21 

88 

99 

465 

26 

211 

17 

254 

il3 

5,368 

128 


Known  to  the  PoUce,  Oties  and  Towns  10,000  and 


in  Population,  1978— Continued 


Popula- 
group 


Crime 
lota] 


5,671 
5,815 
5,038 


3,788 
1,264 
594 
412 


14,259 
1,379 
659 


1,041 

373 

3,590 

2,014 


930 
1,271 
5,401 
1,728 

709 


negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


7,352 
5 
27 


1,558 
1,697 
1,430 


129 


Table  6.— Number  of  OHenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  aties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population,  197S— Continued 


Popula- 
group 


Cnme 
total 


negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


TEXAS-CoDdnued 

Pharr    

Plainview  

Piano   

Port  Arthur  

Portland  

Port  Lavaca    

Port  Neches    

Raymondville  

Richardson  

Robstown    

Rosenberg  

Round  Rock  

San  Angelo   

San  Antonio  

San  Benito  

San  Marcos  

Segum    

Sherman  

Snyder  

South  Houston   

Stephenville   

Sulphur  Springs    

Sweetwater  

Taylor   

Temple   

Terrell   

Texas  City  

Tyler    

Universal  City  

University  Park    

Uvalde    

Vernon   

Victoria    

Vidor   

Village  

Waco  

Waxahachie  

Weatherford    

Weslaco   

West  University  Place   

White  Settlement  

Wichita  Falls   

UTAH 

American  Fork   

Bountiful   

Brigham  City   

Cedar  City  

Clearfield    

Lay  ton    

Logan    

Midvale    


1,049 
2,498 
2,883 


534 

745 

271 

4,510 

52,526 

592 

1,342 


43 

142 

49 

325 

02 

692 

49 

1,612 

4 

78 

10 

99 

18 

79 

130 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  tbe  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and 


Popula- 
group 


neghgen 
staughie 


Forcible 


Aggra- 
assaull 


UTAH-CoDtinued 

Orem    

Provo   

Roy  

Sainl  George    

Salt  Lake  City    

South  Ogdcn    

Springville  

VERMONT 

Brattleboro  

Colchester  

South  Burlington   

VIRGINIA 

Alexandria  . . 
Alexandria  State  Police 

Arlington  

Arlington  State  Police 
Blacksburg   .. 

Bristol    

Bristol  Sute  Police 
Charlottesville 
Charlottesville  State  Police 
Chesapeake    . 

Chesapeake  State  Police 
Colonial  Heights 

Danville    

Danville  State  Police 
Fairfax  City 

Fairfax  City  State  Police 
Fredericksburg 
Fredencksburg  State  Police 
Front  Royal 
Hampton   .... 

Hampton  Stale  Police 
Harrisonburg 

Hopewell   

Lynchburg  .. 
Lynchburg  State  Police 

Manassas  .... 
Manassas  Park 
Martinsville  . 
Martinsville  State  Police 

Newport  News 

Newport  News  State  Police 

Norfolk  

Norfolk  Sute  Police 
Petersburg  ... 
Petersburg  State  Police 

Portsmouth  . 
Portsmouth  State  Police 

Pulaski    

Radford   

Radford  Sute  Police 


5 

1,234 

8 

5 

2 

7,350 

9 

21 

1 

19,472 

9 

28 

4 

3,252 

9 

15 

Table  6.— Number  of  OfTenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  in  Population, 


City  by  State 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 
rape 


VIRGINIA- 

Richmond  

Richmond  Slate  Police   

Roanoke    

Roanoke  State  Police  

Salem  

Salem  State  Police   

Staunton    

Staunton  State  Police  

Suffolk    

Suffolk  State  Police  

Vienna    

Virginia  Beach    

Virginia  Beach  State  Police  .. 

Waynesboro    

Waynesboro  State  Police  

Williamsburg    

Williamsburg  State  Police  

Winchester  

Winchester  State  Police    

WASHINGTON 

Aberdeen  

Auburn  

Bellevue    

BeMingham  

Bremerton  

Edmonds  

Ellensburg  

Everett    

Hoquiam   

Kelso   

Kennewick  

Kent  

Kirkland    

Lacey  

Longview  

Lynnwood    

Mountlake  Terrace  

Mount  Vernon    

Oak  Harbor    

Pasco  

Port  Angeles  

Pullman   

Puyallup  

Redmond    

Renton   

Richland   

Seattle  

Spokane  

Tacoma    

Vancouver    

Walla  Walla  

Wenatchee   


1,405 

1,815 

4,715 

3,865 

2,689 

1,386 

801 

4,389 

500 

1,191 
1,238 
3,772 


4 
1 
2 

2 

1,137 
44,084 
12,582 
13,463 

2,605 

5 

5 
3 

2,344 
1,480 
5,991 

2,257 
288 
385 


2,229 
503 
457 


500 

357 
11.476 
3,015 
4,293 


Fable  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Cities  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  In  Population,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


lion 


Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
a^sault 


WEST  VIRGINU 


Jeckley 
Sluefield 
Charleston 
:;Urksburg 


ilartinsburg 
^organtown 
■loundsviUe 
'arkersburg 


Veirton 
Vheeling 


WISCONSIN 


Moil 
Irookfield 
Irown  Deer 

^ledonia 
>darburg 
Chippewa  Falls 
Cudahy 
)e  Pere 

^u  Claire 
Michburg 
'ond  du  Lac 
'ranklin 
jlendale 

}reen  Bay' 

jreendale 

jteenfield 

anesville 

Caukauna 

Unosha 
A  Ciosse 
r4adi&on 
ilanitowoc 


rlarshneld 
ilenasha 
ifenasha  Town 
ilenomonee  Falls 
>1enomonie 

-lequon 

p4iddlelon 

rlilwaukee 

i4ount  Pleasant  Town 

ifuskego 

Jeenah 
Jew  Berhn 
)ik  Creek 
>conomowoc 
>shkosh 

See  footnote  at  end  of  table. 


5,661 
3,280 
12.294 
1,706 


47 

28 

13 

8 

3 

18 

12 

3 

j2 

16 

133 


Table  6.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Oties  and  Towns  10,000  and  over  In  Population,  1978— Continued 


Popula- 
group 


Crime 
Index 
lotal 


man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Burglary 


6,612 
519 

2,391 
544 
991 


1,161 

2,500 

3,928 

971 


vehicle 
theft 


Racine 

Saint  Fiancis 
Sheboygan 
Shorewood 
South  Milwaukee 

Stevens  Point  5  1,559     3  3  28  266  1,221 

Sun  Prairie  5  466     3  4  68  379 

Superior  4  2,099     6  19  22  482  1,433 

Two  Rivers 
Watertown 

Waukesha 

Wausau 

Wauwatosa 

West  Allis 

West  B«nd 

Whitefish  Bay 
Whitewater 
Wisconsin  Rapids 

WYOMING 

Casper  4  2,695 

Cheyenne    4  3,030 

Gillette    5  640 

Laramie    

Riverton  

Rock  Springs   

'1978  figures  not  comparable  with  prior  years,  and  are  not  used  in  trend  tabulations.  Trends  in  this  report  are  based  on  the  volume  of  crimes  reported  by  comparable 
units.  Agency  reports  which  are  determined  to  be  influenced  by  a  change  in  reporting  practices  for  all  or  specific  offenses  or  annexation  are  removed  from  trend  tables. 


TaUe  7.— Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Universities  and  Coiieges,  1978 


University/College 


Violent 
cnme 
total 


Violent  Crime 


Murder 
neghgen 
slaughtei 


Forcible 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


Property 
total 


Property  Crime 


Burglary 


Auburn  University.  Alabama   

University  of  Alabama,  Tuscaloosa   ... 

Arizona  State  University    

Central  Arizona  College  

Eastern  Arizona  College    

Northern  Arizona  University    

Pima  Community  College,  Arizona    ... 

University  of  Arizona    

University  of  Arkansas   

California  State  College: 

Bakersfield   

Dominguez  Hills    

San  Bernardino    

Stanislaus    

California  State  Polytechnic  University 

Pomona   

San  Luis  Obispo  

California  State  University: 

Chico  

FuUerton   

Hayward   

Sacramento    

San  Diego    

San  Francisco   

San  Jose    

Humboldt  State  University.  California 
University  of  California: 

Berkeley  

Davis  

Irvine  

L.awrence  Livermore  Laboratory    . 

Riverside  

Sacramento  Medical  Center    

San  Diego    

San  Francisco  Medical  Center   ... 

Santa  Barbara   

Santa  Cruz    

Colorado  State  University    

University  of  Colorado: 

Boulder    

Colorado  Springs    

University  of  Southern  Colorado  

Central  Connecticut  State  College    .... 

University  of  Connecticut  

Flonda  A  &  M  University    

Flonda  Atlantic  University    

Flonda  International  University  

Flonda  State  Univeristy  

University  of  Central  Florida    

University  of  Florida    

University  of  North  Florida   

University  of  South  Florida    

University  of  West  Florida    

Georgia  State  University    

University  of  Georgia    

Valdosta  State  College,  Georgia  

West  Georgia  College    

Governors  State  University,  Illinois  ... 

Illinois  State  University    

Northern  Illinois  University    

Sangamon  State  University,  Illinois  ... 
Southern  Illinois  University: 

Carbondale    

Edwardsville    


16,578 
14,850 
21,350 
2,623 
2,033 
9,684 
10,692 
24,052 
12,529 

1,950 
4,699 

2,776 
2,093 


15,079 
22,230 
15,933 


27,537 
16,146 
8,873 


14.076 
5.364 
16.935 


135 


Table  7.— Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Unlvefslties  and  Colleges,  1978— Continued 


Universiiy/CoUege 


Violent 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


vated 
assault 


Property 
total 


Burglary 


University  of  Illinois,  Chicago  

Indiana  University: 

Bloomington   

Indianapolis    

New  Albany  

South  Bend  

Iowa  State  University    

Iowa  University    

Fort  Hays  State  University   

Kansas  State  University,  Manhattan 
Pittsburg  State  University,  Kansas 

University  of  Kansas   

University  of  Kansas,  Medical  Center 
Wichita  State  University,  Kansas 
Eastern  Kentucky  University 
Jefferson  Community  College,  Kentucky 
Morehead  State  University,  Kentucky 
Northern  Kentucky  State  University 
University  of  Kentucky    .. 
University  of  Louisville,  Kentucky 
Western  Kentucky  University 
Louisiana  State  University 

Southeastern  Louisiana  Umversily    

University  of  Maine: 

Portland-Gorham  

Bowie  State  College,  Maryland  

Frostburg  State  College,  Maryland    

Morgan  State  University,  Maryland    

Saint  Mary's  College  of  Maryland  

Salisbury  State  College,  Maryland    

Towson  State  University,  Maryland    

University  of  Baltimore,  Maryland    

University  of  Maryland: 

Baltimore  City    

Baltimore  County   

College  Park  

Eastern  Shore    

Bentley  College,  Massachusetts   

Boston  College,  Massachusetts    

Boston  University,  Massachusetts    

Brandeis  University,  Massachusetts    

Clark  University,  Massachusetts  

Filchburg  Stale  College,  Massachusetts  

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology    

North  Adams  Stale  College,  Massachusetts 
Northeastern  University,  Massachusetts    .... 

Springfield  College,  Massachusetts    

Tufts  University,  Massachusetts    

University  of  Massachusetts 

Amherst 

Boston    

Westfield  State  College,  Massachusetts   

Central  Michigan  University  

Eastern  Michigan  University    

Michigan  State  University    

Northern  Michigan  University  

Oakland  University,  Michigan  

Western  Michigan  University  

University  of  Minnesota    

Mississippi  State  University  

University  of  Mississippi    

University  of  Missouri: 

Columbia    

Saint  Louis    

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


27,905 

(n 
3.047 

21.296 

20.006 
4,242 

15,021 
4.220 

19.420 
1.726 
9.841 

11,148 

5.598 
4.853 
19,051 
13,022 
10,341 
21.763 
6.128 

9,609 

1,810 
3,190 
4,316 
1,164 
3,366 
1 1,349 
3,114 


30,453 

953 

4,373 


4,286 
8.580 
2.313 
25.655 
2.489 
6.262 

22.012 
6,881 
3,303 
15,190 
11,666 
39,606 
7,508 
7,965 
17,406 
45,759 
10,686 
8,980 


71 

13 

383 

341 

17 

1,624 

12 

316 

220 

16 

1,009 

1,378 

223 

136 


fable  7.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Universities  and  CoUeges,  1978— Continued 


University/College 


Violent 
crime 
total 


Violent  Crime 


and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 
rape 


Property 
crime 
total 


Jniversity  of  Nebraska,  Lincoln    

Jniversity  of  Nevada,  Reno  

Jniversity  of  New  Hampshire  

Irookdale  Community  College,  New  Jersey   . 

lurlington  County  College,  New  Jersey  

ilassboro  Slate  College,  New  Jersey   

lean  College,  New  Jersey   

liddlesex  County  College,  New  Jersey   

donmouth  College,  New  Jersey    

lontclair  State  College,  New  Jersey   

Lutgers  University,  New  Jersey   

tockion  State  College,  New  Jersey    

'renton  State  College,  New  Jersey    

k'illiam  Paterson  College,  New  Jersey    

Jew  Mexico  Highlands  University    

Jew  Mexico  Slate  University    

Jniversity  of  New  Mexico    

k'estern  New  Mexico  University  

tate  University  of  New  York: 

Amherst  

Binghamton  

Buffalo   

Stony  Brook  

tate  University  of  New  York  A  &  T  Colleg( 

Alfred    

Canton   

CobleskiU    

Delhi   

Morrisville    

tate  University  of  New  York  College: 

Brockport    

Buffalo    

Cortland    

Fredonia    

Genesee  

New  Paltz    

Old  Westbury   

Oneonta  

Pittsburgh  

Potsdam  

Purchase    

Utica-Rome  

tate  University  of  New  York: 

Environmental  Science  and  Forestry    .... 

Downstate  Medical  Center    

Maritime  College    

tate  University  of  New  York,  Upstate 

Medical  Center 

last  Carolina  University.  North  Carolina  .... 

'leveland  State  University,  Ohio    

kcnt  State  University,  Ohio  

diami  University,  Ohio   

)hio  State  University    

Vright  State  University,  Ohio  

Central  State  University,  Oklahoma    

Jortheastem  Oklahoma  Stale  University  

)klahoma  Stale  University    

■utnam  City  Campus,  Oklahoma    

Jniversity  of  Oklahoma 

Jniversity  of  Oklahoma,  Health  Sciences 

Center    

)regon  State  University  

Iloomsburg  State  College,  Pennsylvania    

^lifomia  Slate  College,  Pennsylvania  

Seyney  Stale  College,  Pennsylvania   

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


19,214 
5,993 

10,347 
5,056 
3.097 
8,057 
8,785 
6,573 
2,678 

10,646 

27,082 


8,654 
17,551 
12,010 

3,999 
2,355 
2,587 
2,512 
2,773 


8,877 
8,241 
4,443 
20,258 


2,769 
15,575 
5,382 
3,639 
2,121 


33 

7 

217 

33 

146 

21 

53 

3 

180 

36 

265 

23 

,134 

124 

171 

18 

197 

12 

222 

12 

Table  7.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Universities  and  Colleges,  1978— Continued 


Violent 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 
rape 


Property 
toul 


Clarion  State  College,  Pennsylvania    

East  Stroudsburg  State  College,  Pennsylvania 

Edinboro  Sute  College,  Pennsylvania    

Elizabethtown  College.  Pennsylvania  

Indiana  University  of  Pennsylvania  

Lincoln  University,  Pennsylvania  

Lock  Haven  State  College,  Pennsylvania  

Pennsylvania  State  University: 

Altoona  Campus    

Behrend  College    

Capitol  Campus   

McKeesport  Campus    

University  Park    

Shippensburg  State  College,  Pennsylvania  .... 
Slippery  Rock  State  College,  Pennsylvania  ... 
West  Chester  State  College.  Pennsylvania  .... 

Clemson  University,  South  Carohna   

University  of  South  Carolina   

Austin  Peay  State  University.  Tennessee   

East  Tennessee  State  University  

Middle  Tennessee  State  University    

Tennessee  Technological  University  

University  of  Tennessee: 

Knoxville    

Martin    

Memphis   

Baylor  University,  Texas   

Eastfield  College,  Texas   

East  Texas  State  University    

Lamar  University,  Texas   

Midv»estem  State  University,  Texas    

Moody  College,  Texas  

North  Texas  State  University    

Pan  Amencan  University.  Texas   

Southern  Methodist  University,  Texas   

Southwest  Texas  State  University    

Stephen  F.  Austin  State  University,  Texas    ., 

Sul  Ross  State  University.  Texas    

Texas  A  &  M  University   

Texas  Christian  University   

Texas  State  Technical  Institute  

Texas  Technological  University    

University  of  Houston,  Texas    

University  of  Texas: 

Arhngton  

Austin   

Dallas   

El  Paso    

Houston  

Permian  Basin  

San  Antonio  

University  of  Texas  Health  Science  Center, 

San  Antonio    

University  of  Texas  Medical  Branch, 

Galveston  

University  of  Texas  Southwest  Medical 

School,  Dallas    

University  of  Utah    

College  of  William  and  Mary,  Virginia    

James  Madison  University,  Virginia    

Longwood  College,  Virginia    

Mary  Washington  College,  Virginia  

Radford  College,  Virginia   

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


4,701 
3,480 
4,902 
1,561 
10,854 
1,024 
2,160 


8,921 
4,005 
6,514 
9,322 
3,236 


18,132 

13,946 
39,455 

2,957 
12,075 

2,188 
761 

6,723 


17,547 
5,682 
7,503 
2,303 
2,092 
4,954 


raMe  7.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Universities  and  CoUeges,  1978— Continued 


University/College 


Violen 
crime 
total 


Violent  Crime 


Murder 
negligen 
slaughtei 


Forcible 


Aggra- 
assault 


Property 
total 


Burglary 


Motor 
theft 


Jiiiversity  of  Richmond,  Virginia  

Jniversity  of  Virginia    

Virginia  Commonwealth  University   .... 
('irginia  Polytechnic  Institute  and  State 

University    

Central  Washington  State  College    

Vashington  State  University  

»larshall  University,  West  Virginia    ,... 

Vest  Virginia  University    

Jniversity  of  Wisconsin: 

Eau  Claire   

Madison    

Milwaukee    

Oshkosh  

Parkside  

River  Falls    

Whitewater    

Jniversity  of  Wyoming    


3,472 
18,161 
13,191 

19,667 
5,890 

15,690 
8,023 

17,978 

9,525 
34,839 
17,293 
7,850 
3,417 
4,518 
7,766 
8,070 


'  The! 


ident  enrollment  figures  a 
omputation. 

2  Student  enrollment  not  available. 


:  adjusted  by  converting  part-time  students  into  full-time  equivalents  (FTEs).  See  Appendix  I  for  a  detailed  cxpla 


139 


Table  8.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Suburban  Counties,  1978 


ALABAMA 


CALIFORNIA 


negligent 
slaughter 


Burglary 


Autauga   

Baldwin    

Calhoun   

Colbert    

Elmore    

Etowah   

Jefferson    

Lauderdale  

Limestone   

Madison  

Marshall    

Mobile    

Montgomery    

Russell    

Saint  Clair   

Shelby   

Tuscaloosa   

Walker    

ARIZONA 

Maricopa  

Pima  

ARKANSAS 

Benton    

Crawford 
Crittenden 
Little  River 
Pulaski 


Alamedd  Highway  Patrol 

Alameda  State  Police 

Contra  Costa 

Contra  CosU  Highway  Patrol 

Contra  Costa  Stale  Police 

Fresno 

Fresno  Highway  Patrol 

Fresno  State  Police 

Kern  . 

Kern  Highway  Patrol 

Kern  State  Police 

Los  Angeles 

Los  Angeles  Highway  Patrol 

Los  Angeles  State  Police 

Mann 

Marin  Highway  Patrol 

Monterey 

Monterey  Highway  Patrol 

Napa  Highway  Patrol 

Orange 

Orange  Highway  Patrol 

Orange  State  Police 

Placer 

Placer  Highway  Patrol 

Riverside 

Riverside  Highway  Patrol 

Riverside  State  Police 


3,723 

191 

17,693 


2,929 

12 
48 


140 


Table  8.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Suburban  Counties,  1978— Continued 


total 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Burglary 


CALIFORNIA- 

Sacramenlo    . 

Sacramento  Highway  Patrol 

Sacramento  State  Police 

San  Bernardino 

San  Bemadino  Highway  Patrol 

San  Bemadino  State  Police 

San  Diego    .. 

San  Diego  Highwav   Patrol 

San  Diego  State  Police 

San  Francisco  Highway  Patrol 

San  Francisco  State  Police 

San  Joaquin 

San  Joaqvin  Highway  Patrol 

San  Joaquin  State  Police 

San  Mateo  . . 

San  Mateo  Highway  Patrol 

San  Mateo  Sute  Police 

Santa  Barbara 

Santa  Barbara  Highway  Patrol 

Santa  Clara  . 

Santa  Clara  Highway  Patrol 

Santa  Clara  State  Police 

Santa  Cruz    . 

Santa  Cruz  Highway  Patrol 

Solano  

Solano  Highway  Patrol 

Sonoma    

Sonoma  Highway  Patrol 

Stanislaus    ... 

Stanislaus  Highway  Patrol 

Ventura    

Ventura  Highway  Patrol 

Yolo   

Yolo  Highway  Patrol 
Yolo  State  Police 


Arapahoe 
Boulder  .. 
Douglas  . 
El  Paso  . 
Gilpin  ... 
Jefferson 

Pueblo  ... 
Teller  .... 
Weld    .... 


Alachua 

Baker 

Bay 

Brevard 

Broward 

Clay 

Dade 

Escambia 

Hillsborough 

Lee 


21 

7 

6.158 


3,014 

119 

759 

5,965 

13,973 

956 

53,712 

13,240 

19,859 

3,072 


36 

22 

226 

53 

271 

1,505 

519 

914 

3,909 

8 

23 

261 

2,431 

5,576 

14,496 

315 

789 

3,742 

386 

1,195 

7.075 

83 

135 

1,142 

141 


Table  8.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Suburtmn  Counties,  1978— Continued 


Manatee 

Nassau 

Orange 

Osceola 

Palm  Beach 

Pasco 

Pinellas 

Polk 

Saint  Johns 

Santa  Rosa 

Sarasota 

Seminole 

Volusia 

WakuUa    .... 


Bibb    

Butts 

Catoosa 

Chatham 

Cherokee 

Clayton 

Cobb 

Cobb  Police  Department 

Columbia 

Dade 

De  Kalb 

De  Kalb  Police  Department 

Dougherty 

Dougherty  Police  Department 

Douglas 

Effingham 

Fulton  Polite  Department 

Gwinnett 

Henry  Police  Department 


Lee 

Newton 

Paulding 

Richmond 

Rockdale 

Walker 

Walton 

IDAHO 

Ada  


ILLINOIS 


Champaign 

Du  Page 

Kane 

Kankakee 

McHenry 

McLean 

Madison 

Saint  Clair 


Index 

total 


11,165 
4,624 
8,278 

11,195 
1,843 
947 
5,305 
3,802 
3,731 


610 
5,903 
4,618 


1.182 
3,749 

1,572 


1,270 
2,439 
3,042 
2,702 
189 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


435 

1,744 

6,405 

9 

U 

723 

156 

1,038 

3,277 

55 

427 

1,671 

98 

492 

2,564 

200 

1,638 

2,888 

18 

164 

489 

13 

88 

298 

33 

445 

1.456 

Burglary 


25 

234 

314 

2,327 

43 

287 

1 

367 

88 

142 


TaUe  8.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Suburban  Counties, 


County  by  Stau 


Cnme 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
slaughter 


rape 


Robbery 


vated 
assault 


Burglary 


INDIANA 

Adams    

Adams  Sute  Police   

Allen    

Allen  State  Police  

Boone  State  Police  

Clark  State  Police    

Clay  Slate  Police    

Dearborn  

Dearborn  State  Police   

De  Kalb    

De  Kalb  State  Police  

Delaware  State  Police   

Floyd  State  Police    

3ibson  State  Police  

Hamilton  State  Police    

Hancock    

Hancock  State  Police  

Hendricks  State  Police    

Howard    

Howard  State  Police  

lohnson  State  Police    

Lake  State  Police   

Vladison  Sute  Police  

\4anon    

Vlanon  State  Police    

Vdarshall    

Vlarshall  State  Police  

Slonroe    

Vlonroe  State  Police  

Morgan  State  Police  

Porter    

Porter  State  Police  

Posey  State  Police    

Saint  Joseph   

Saint  Joseph  State  PoUce    

Shelby  

Shelby  State  Police    

Sullivan  State  Police  

rippecanoe  State  Police  

riplon  State  Police    

l/anderburgh   

i'anderburgh  State  Police    

k^ermillion  State  Police   

«go    

^igo  State  Police    

iVarrick  State  Police  

iVells  State  Pohce    

IOWA 

Black  Hawk    

Dubuque    

Linn    

Polk    

Pottawattamie    

Warren    

iVoodbury    

KANSAS 

Butler    

Douglas   

lefTerson    

lohnson    

Dsage  

Sedgwick   

Shawnee  


45 

227 

10 

74 

11 

97 

61 

290 

143 


Table  8.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Suburban  Counties,  1978— Continued 


KENTUCKY 


Boone  Police  Department 

Boone  State  Police 

Bourbon 

Bourbon  Slate  Police 

Boyd    . 

Boyd  State  Police 

Bullitt 

Bullitt  Police  Department 

Bullitt  State  Police 

Campbell  Police  Department 

Campbell  State  Police 

Christian 

Christian  Police  Department 

Christian  State  Police 

Clark   . 

Clark  Sute  Pobce 

Daviess 

Daviess  State  Police 

Greenup 

Greenup  Sute  Police 

Henderson 

Henderson  State  Police 

Jefferson  Police  Department 

Jefferson  State  Police 

Jessamine 

Jessamine  State  Police 

Kenton  Police  Department 

Kenton  State  Police 

Oldham 

Oldham  Police  Department 

Oldham  State  Police 

Scott  .. 

Scott  State  Police 

Woodford 

Woodford  Police  Department 

Woodford  State  Police 


Caddo 

Calcasieu 

East  Baton  Rouge 

Grant  . 

Jefferson 

Lafayetie 

Livingston 

Ouachita 

Rapides 

Saint  Bernard 

Saint  Tammany 

Webstei 

West  Baton  Rouge    

MAINE 

Androscoggin   

Androscoggin  State  Police    

Cumberland  

Cumberland  State  Pohce  


Crime 
Index 
total 


1,515 
3,040 
6,115 


Robbery 


Burglary 


57 

206 

in 

523 

343 

960 

503 

1,822 

36 

44 

.070 

5,622 

103 

695 

75 

188 

63 

272 

88 

291 

TaUe  8.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  (o  the  Police,  Suburitan  Counties,  1978— Continued 


County  by  State 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 
rape 


MARYLAND 

Anne  Arundel  Police  Department    ... 

Anne  Arundel  Stale  Police    

Baltimore  Police  Department   

Baltimore  State  Police  

Carroll  State  Police  

Cecil  

Cecil  State  Police   

Charles    

Charles  State  Police    

Harford    

Harford  State  Police  

Howard  Police  Department  

Howard  Slate  Police  

Montgomery  Police  Department    

Montgomery  State  Police    

Prince  Georges  Police  Department  ... 
Prince  Georges  State  Police    

MASSACHUSETTS 

Berkshire  State  Police    

Bristol  Sute  Pohce    

Essex  State  Police    

Hampden  State  Police  

Hampshire  Sute  Police    

Middlesex  State  Police    

Norfolk  State  Police   

Plymouth  State  Pohce   

Suffolk  State  Pohce  

Worcester  State  Police    

MICHIGAN 

Barry    

Bay  

Calhoun   

Clinton    

Eaton  

Ionia    

Jackson    

Kalamazoo  

Kent  

Lapeer  

Livingston  

Macomb    

Monroe    

Muskegon  

Oakland  

Oceana    

Ottawa    

Saginaw    

Saint  Clair  

Shiawassee   

Van  Buren  

Washtenaw    

Wayne  

MINNESOTA 

Anoka  

Benton    

Carver  

Chisago    

Clay    

Dakota    

Hennepin    


1.812 

5,028 

631 

24,570 


384 
2,031 
3,456 
2,738 


51 

193 

640 

48 

127 

850 

12 

155 

506 

71 

201 

1,721 

3 

16 

160 

16 

46 

506 

II 

72 

434 

24 

58 

708 

9 

35 

332 

145 


Table  8.— Number  of  OfTenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Subuiban  Counties,  1978— Continaed 


County  by  State 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

sla""u^;er 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
then 

MINNESOTA— Continued 

630 
215 
232 

1.319 
340 
183 
372 

1,104 
716 

8 

4 

13 
31 

11 

22 

219 
69 
79 
685 
83 
81 
118 
317 
188 

338 
119 
115 
499 
227 
88 
235 
694 
436 

2 

Ramsey 
Sa.nt  Lou.s 

3 

7 

31 

1 

9 
1 
1 

2 
7 

87 

Sherburne 

9 

4 

2 

Washington 
Wnght 

MISSISSIPPI 

2 
4 

71 
66 

Harrison 

Hinds 

Jackson 

Rankin 

Stone 

2,886 
477 

1,530 
136 
71 

9 

6 

5 

7 
7 
10 
4 

61 

14 
31 
24 

2 

444 
53 
51 
26 

7 

1,114 
212 
771 
51 
43 

1,095 
161 
532 
15 
15 

156 
26 

129 
11 
4 

MISSOURI 

Andrew 

Boone 

Cass 

Clay 

Fiankhn 

234 
660 
354 
283 

1,060 

1,091 
911 

1.537 
338 
157 

1,315 
15,973 

1 
1 

70 

2 
6 
2 
2 
10 
12 
8 
26 
5 

189 

2 
19 
13 
27 
49 
45 
134 
13 
13 
2 
146 
511 

71 
299 
155 
129 
497 
433 
206 
729 
164 

60 

506 

4,553 

148 
303 
155 
106 
364 
553 
513 
504 
122 
81 
490 
8,799 

11 
31 

23 

2 

129 

JefTerson 

Platte 

Ray 

Saint  Charles 

Saint  Louis  Police  Department 

6 

1 
2 

10 

254 
31 
10 
158 
1,841 

MONTANA 

Yellowstone   

990 

3 

3 

6 

83 

191 

634 

70 

NEBRASKA 

Dakota 

129 
1,699 
427 
709 

1 
8 
10 

2 

19 

2 

50 
396 
117 
119 

63 
1,027 
253 
510 

14 

Douglas    

1 

100 
18 
12 

148 

Sarpy 

. 

64 

NEVADA 

Washoe 

2,327 

8 

14 

49 

102 

714 

1,303 

137 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

113 

4 

2 

9 

76 

14 

NEW  JERSEY 

AtlanUc  State  Police 
Bergen  State  Police 
Burlington  State  Police 
Camden  State  Police 
Cumberland  State  Police 

692 
426 
892 
67 
1,114 
35 
18 
12 
275 
96 
358 
22 

4 

5 

3 

2 

4 
II 

1 

9 

9 
21 

3 
16 

6 

34 
16 
43 

7 
59 

7 

5 

275 
73 
387 
20 
640 
5 
5 

72 
31 
168 

7 

321 
254 
333 
27 
335 

7 
4 

156 
31 

135 
8 

46 
71 
89 

5 
52 

5 

Hudson  State  Police 

6 

Mercer  Stale  Police 

7 

1 
3 

1 

28 
6 
21 

2 

12 

15 
8 

1 

Monmouth  State  Police 

23 

Morris  State  Police 

1 

2 

able  8.-Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  tbe  Poike,  Suburban  Counties, 


NEW  JERSEY- 

assaic  State  Police  

ilem  State  Police   

DHierset  Slate  Police  

'nion  State  Police  

(■arren  Slate  Police    

NEW  MEXICO 

.eraalillo  


NEW  YORK 


Jbanv 

Jbany  Stale  Police 

roome 

roome  Stale  Police 

iemung 

hemung  Stale  Police 

)ulchess 

)utchess  Suie  Police 

ne  Slate  Police 

lerkimer  Slate  Police 

ivingslon 

ivingslon  Slate  Police 

ladison 

ladison  Slate  Police 

Monroe 

donroe  State  Police 

4onlgoraei7 

Montgomery  Stale  Police 

■Jassau 

'Niagara  Stale  Police 

)neida 

Jneida  Slate  Police 

)nondaga 

)nondaga  Stale  Police 

)nlano 

Jntano  State  Police 

Means 

Jrleans  State  Police 

Jswego 

Dswego  Stale  Police 

Putnam 

Putnam  Slate  Police 

Rensselaer 

Rensselaer  Sute  Police 

Rockland 

Rockland  Sute  Police 

Saratoga 

Saraloga  Sute  Police 

Schenectady 

Schenectady  Sute  Police 

Suffolk 

Suffolk  Police  Department 

Suffolk  Stale  Police 

Tioga 

Tioga  State  Police 

Wayne 

Wayne  Slate  Police 

Wesi  Chester  State  Police 


NORTH  CAROUNA 


Alamance 

Brunswick 

Buncombe 

Cumberland 

Cumtuck 


Crime 
total 


796 
2,032 
1,057 


36,330 
730 
2,146 
911 
1,438 
3,639 
1,770 
1,099 


Murder 
negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


vated 
assault 


Burglary 


14 

199 

225 

1,176 

37 

80 

41 

398 

3 

398 

10 

395 

55 

228 

22 

157 

62 

280 

232 

850 

36 

483 

25 

334 

34 

221 

9 

141 

6 

52 

17 

263 

54 

1,366 

54 

241 

9 

5 

5 

66 

293 

8,489 

38 

311 

115 

720 

1 

391 

25 

782 

35 

1.217 

28 

659 

53 

286 

24 

133 

36 

148 

15 

94 

21 

233 

30 

426 

15 

241 

40 

149 

79 

272 

13 

485 

5 

4 

4 

28 

6 

473 

72 

474 

4 

10 

126 

1,255 

18,259 

44 

128 

40 

137 

6 

117 

102 

288 

42 

394 

59 

450 

37 

389 

144 

277 

155 

515 

611 

2,991 

39 

89 

657 
22 
140 
22,251 
346 
1,096 
457 


319 
1,095 

2,755 


147 


Table  8.— Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Suburban  Counties,  1978— Continued 


Murder 

County  by  Sute 

Crime 
Index 
total 

and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

"IT. 

assault 

Burglary 

Urceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

NORTH  CAROUNA-Contlnued 

Davidson  

1,280 

6 

6 

6 

545 
357 
655 
1,091 

Durham 

L003 

5 

661 
530 
1,095 
1,154 

Forsyth 

2,074 

2 

20 

161 

337 

Gaston 

2,801 

9 

10 

20 

1 
1 

Guilford 

2,495 

6 

15 

45 

72 

990 

1,257 

Mecklenburg 

2,741 

6 

18 

41 

195 

1,005 

1.301 

1 

New  Hanover 

2,040 

3 

9 

18 

98 

698 

1,093 

1 

Orange 

730 

3 

II 

2 

10 

360 

307 

Randolph 

1,112 

4 

7 

14 

29 

550 

449 

Stokes 

328 

2 

1 

2 

23 

137 

145 

Union 

804 

4 

9 

4 

107 

330 

293 

Wake 

2,386 

13 

14 

34 

93 

1,025 

1,025 

I 

Yadkin 

312 

25 

92 

169 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

Cass 

264 

2 

42 

54 
8 

140 
135 

Grand  Forks    

168 

7 

8 

OHIO 

Allen 

2,361 

1 

8 

25 

49 

467 

1,741 

Auglaize 

354 

1 

7 

5 

6 

130 

190 

Belmont 

575 

2 

7 

10 

29 

199 

299 

' 

Butler 

880 
445 

2 

9 
1 

2 

441 
196 

377 
216 

Champaign 

13 

1 

Clark 

1,404 

1 

2 

30 

2 

506 

806 

Clermont 

869 

1 

8 

3 

45 

280 

416 

1 

Cuyahoga 

12 
687 

17 

Delaware 

2 

11 

11" 

233 

377 

Franklin 

3,627 

9 

26 

126 

64 

979 

2,078 

M 

Fulton 

300 

125 
263 

158 
388 

Geauga 

792 

2 

6 

6 

60 

t 

Gretne 

615 

g 

35 

247 
1,807 

292 
4,339 

Hamilton 

6,973 

4 

26 

138 

203 

45 

Jefferson 

385 

5 

1 

84 

52 

126 

84 

3 

Lake 

629 

1 

3 

12 

5 

149 

418 

4 

Lawrence 

1,139 

5 

3 

20 

113 

322 

612 

6 

Lorain 

1,401 

5 

8 

51 

186 

677 

327 

14 

Lucas 

1,436 

2 

24 

27 

66 

454 

758 

10 

Madison 

292 
469 

3 

47 

129 
144 

159 
246 

Mahoning 

3 

""6 

2 

Montgomery 

5,071 

g 

39 

195 

161 

1,888 

2,479 

30 

Ottawa 

867 

2 

46 

77 

334 
289 

453 
451 

2 
J, 

Pickaway 

861 

2 

8 

Portage 

2,238 

3 

21 

26 

319 

721 

999 

14 

Preble 

705 

1 

6 

14 

31 

242 

362 

4 

Putnam 

135 
889 

62 
240 
982 

71 
495 
1,335 

Richland 

3 

15 

70 

21 

Stark 

2,649 

1 

22 

53 

37 

Summit 

2,634 

1 

9 

36 

163 

585 

1,636 

2* 

Trumbull 

1,600 
223 

1,832 
648 

5 

29 

2 
20 

68 

99 
4 

488 
101 
448 

287 

861 

114 

1,152 

314 

Van  Wert                                         

7 

Warren 

7 

9! 

3 

Washington                                      [.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 

OKLAHOMA 

Canadian  

237 
249 

2 

3 
2 
14 
4 

15 
7 

39 
9 

99 
129 
209 
132 

99 
96 

173 
158 

IS 
11 

27 
57 
19 

3 

Cleveland    

■  ■ 

Comanche    

472 
361 

5 

5' 

] 

Creek  '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'."" 

U  Flore    

208 
117 

3 

3 

4 

1 

19 

81 
67 

82 
42 

McClain  '..Z 

148 


Table  8.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Suburban  Counties, 


negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


OKLAHOMA- 

Mayes   

Osage  

Pottawatomie   

Rogers  

Tulsa    

OREGON 

Clackamas    ... 
Clackamas  State  Police 

Lane  

Lane  State  Police 

Marion    

Marion  Slate  Police 
Multnomah    . . 
Multnomah  State  Police 

Polk    

Polk  State  Police 


Washington  Slate  Police 

PENNSYLVANU 

Adams  Slate  Police  

Allegheny    

Allegheny  Police  Depanment 
Allegheny  Stale  Police 

Beaver  State  Police 
Berks  State  Police 
Blair  Sute  Police 
Bucks  State  Police 
Cambna  State  Police 
Carhon  Stale  Police 
Chester  Deled  ive 
Chester  State  Police 
Cumberland  State  Pohce 
Dauphin  State  Police 
Delaware  State  Police 
Ene  State  Police 
Lackawanna  Stale  Police 
Lancaster  Slate  Police 
Lehigh  State  Police 
Luzerne  State  Police 
Lycoming  State  Police 
Monroe  Slate  Police 
Montgomery  Detective 
Montgomery  State  Police 
Northampton  State  Police 
Perry  State  Police 
Philadelphia  State  Police 
Somerset  State  Police 
Susquehanna  Stale  Police 
Washington  Sute  Police 
Westmoreland  Detective 
Westmoreland  State  Pohce 
York  Deleclive 
York  State  Police 

RHODE  ISLAND 

Kent  Stale  Police 
Providence  Stale  Police 
Washington  Sute  Pohce 


34 

4,746 

222 


798 
1,108 
1,580 

338 
1,223 


27 

36 

7 

29 

39 

9 

8 

78 

282 

3 

5 

149 


Table  8.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Suburban  Counties,  1978— ( 


SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Aiken  

Berkeley  

Charleston  Police  DeparlmenI  

Dorchester   

Greenville  

Lexington   

Pickens  

Richland    

Spartanburg  

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Meade  

Minnehaha  

Pennington  


Anderson 

Blount 

Carter 

Cheatham 

Dickson 

Hamilton 

Hawkins 

Knox 

Marion 

Montgomery 

Robertson 

Rutherford 

Shelby 

Sullivan 

Sumner 

Tipton 

Unicoi 

Washington 


8,123 
1,374 
8,695 
4,284 
884 
8,274 
5,682 


negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Burglary 


2,680 
522 

2,514 

1,463 
283 

2,776 


Bexar 

Bowie 

Brazona 

Brazos 

Callahan 

Cameron 

Clay 

Collin 

Comal 

Coryell 

Dallas 

Denton 

Ector 


El  Paso 

Fort  Bend 

Galveston 

Grayson 

Gregg 

Guadalupe 

Harris 

Harrison 

Hays 

Hidalgo 

Hood 


150 


8.-Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Suburtmn  Counfles,  1978— Continued 


TEXAS-Condnued 


les 

bbock 

diand 
jntgomery 


indall 

n  Patricio 
uth 


ppomatlox  State  Police 

Dtetourt 

otetourl  State  Police 

ampbell 

ampbell  State  Police 

harles  City 

harles  City  State  Police 

hesterfield  Police  Department 

hesterfield  State  Police 

raig 

raig  State  Polite 

linwiddie 

linwiddie  State  Police 

airfax  Police  Department 

airfax  State  Police 

rloucester 

rloucester  State  Police 

ioochland 

ioochland  State  Police 

lanover 

lanovcr  State  Police 

lenrico  Police  Department 

lennco  Suie  Polite 

ames  City 

ames  City  Slate  Police 

x>udoun 

xjudoun  State  Police 


Crime 
Index 
total 


264 

330 

2,468 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Robbery 


Aggra- 
assault 


151 


Table  8.-Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Suburban  Counties,  1978- 

Continued 

County  by  Slate 

Crime 
Index 

total 

Murder 
and  non- 
neghgent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motoi 
vehicli 
theft 

VIRGINIA-Continued 

Powhatan 

47 

18 

349 

6 

5,652 

104 

1,499 

36 

74 

15 

505 

15 

678 

18 

966 
5,922 
399 
22,641 
10,760 
6,028 
5,543 
2,923 

2 
807 
218 
507 
1,181 
110 

84 
125 
115 
221 
205 

32 
599 

65 

1.741 
131 
521 

1,677 
480 
416 

2.256 
704 
478 
950 
241 

1,449 
680 
474 

1,059 

1.606 

3 

8 
8 

24 
122 

19 

4 

192 

5 

3,493 

74 

1,102 

19 

10 

6 

269 

9 

366 

10 

475 
3.590 

244 
11,620 
4,904 
2.426 
3.277 
1.413 

76 

Powhatan  State  Pohte 

Prince  George 

" 

7 

Prince  George  State  Pohce 

Prince  Wilham  Pohce  Department 
Prince  Wilham  State  Police 

7 

19 

70 
5 
25 

97 
5 

25 
3 
9 

2 
1 
87 
1 

65 
138 

23 
561 
365 
488 

89 
133 

105 
3 
23 
15 

1.599 
10 
276 
8 
49 
3 
189 

180 

3 

Roanoke 

Roanoke  State  Pohce 

5 

7 

Scott 

Scott  State  Police 

2 
1 

2 

Washington 

' 

7 
15 

Washington  State  Police 

York 

York  State  Police 

2 

12 

WASHINGTON 

Benton 

Clark 

Frankhn 

2 

11 

27 
2 
171 
144 
47 
44 
23 

11 
65 
3 
325 
258 
49 
71 
33 

325 
1,758 
99 
8,337 
4,332 
2,620 
1,716 
1.131 

29 

3 

King 

Pierce 

Snohomish 

Spokane 

Yakima  

17 
10 
6 
6 

5 

1.6 

WEST  VIRGINU 

Brooke 

Brooke  Stale  Pohce 

3 
12 

4 

Cabell 

Cabell  State  Police 

2 

10 
11 
9 

15 

3 
3 
6 
7 

175 
51 
140 
436 
33 
22 
36 
36 
102 
103 
10 
159 
29 

378 
37 
168 
557 
204 
132 
547 
156 
16 
192 
51 
245 
185 
148 
337 
281 
310 

478 

223 
572 
66 
32 
59 
50 
96 
72 
12 
367 
18 

1.243 
85 
309 
947 
244 
257 

1.394 
485 
378 
681 
177 
971 
426 
292 
644 

1.193 
489 

Kanawha 

Kanawha  Sute  Pohce 

Ohio 

5 

5 

i: 

Ohio  State  Pohce 

3 

1 
1 
4 
7 
5 
42 
2 

30 

3 

Putnam 

1 
2 

Putnam  Slate  Police 
Wayne 

Wayne  State  Pohce 
Wirt  State  Pohce 

6 

1 
3 
2 

Wood 

3 

2 

3 
3 

Wood  State  Police 

WISCONSIN 

Brown   

1 

8 

Calumet   

1 

4 

8 
2 

2 

Dane    

13 

2 
25 
2 
5 
4 

69 
6 

33 
25 
47 
9 
3 
103 
31 
2 
17 
11 
18 

Douglas    

Eau  Claire   

1 
12 

2 

' 

La  Crosse  

y 

Milwaukee    

' 

Outagamie    

6 
1 

Ozaukee   

Racine  

2 

6 

3 

1 
3 

2 

19 

Rock    

3 

Saint  Crou    

2 

4 

Washington    

5 

Winnebago  

4 

152 


Table  9.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Rural  Counties  25,000  and  over  bi  PopuUtion,  1978 


Crime 
lotal 


Murder 
negligent 
slaughter 


Forcible 
Rape 


ALABAMA 

Chambers    

ballas    

be  Kalb    

fVlorgan    

Talladega    

ARIZONA 

Apache  

Coconino  

Mohave    

Navajo    

Pinal  

Yavapa,    

Yuma  

ARKANSAS 

Craighead   

Mississippi    

CAUFORNU 

El  Dorado   

El  Dorado  Highway  Patrol   

Humboldt  

Humboldt  Highway  Patrol  

Imperial  Highway  Patrol   

Imperial  State  Police    

Kings   

Kings  Highway  Patrol  

Uke   

Lake  Highway  Patrol  

Madera   

Madera  Highway  Patrol  

Mendocino  

Mendocino  Highway  Patrol  

Merced    

Merced  Highway  Patrol   

Merced  State  Police    

Nevada   

Nevada  Highway  Patrol  

San  Luis  Obispo    

San  Luis  Obispo  Highway  Patrol   , 

Shasta   

Shasta  Highway  Patrol    

Shasta  State  Pohce    

Sutter  

Sutter  Highway  Police  

Tulare  Highway  Police   

Tuolumne   

Tuolumne  Highway  Patrol   

Yuba    

Yuba  Highway  Patrol    

COLORADO 

Mesa    

DELAWARE 

Kent  Stale  Police   

Sussex  State  Police    


2,063 

175 

2,065 


T«ble  9.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Rural  Counties  25,000  and  over  in  Populatioa,  1978— Continued 


Murder 

County  by  State 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
Rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

FLORIDA 

Charlotte 

927 

3 

7 

13 

68 

407 

372 

5 

Citrus 

1,188 

3 

6 

g 

35 

456 

628 

Collier 

3,684 

13 

21 

74 

173 

991 

2,184 

22 

Hernando 

828 

1 

4 

10 

2 

316 

439 

Highlands 

716 

4 

23 

49 

272 

330 
849 

Indian  River 

1,537 

3 

14 

18 

124 

426 

IC 

Jackson 

377 

2 

2 

7 

60 

127 

161 

1 

Lake 

2,018 

6 

26 

29 

221 

830 

790 

11 

Manon 

2,798 

6 

12 

33 

301 

1,033 

1,290 

12 

Martin 

2,318 

1 

15 

21 

137 

689 

1,359 

9 

Monroe 

2,294 

3 

11 

28 

102 

774 

1,260 

11 

Okaloosa 

1,552 

3 

9 

32 

36 

425 

925 

12 

Putnam 

1,061 

4 

12 

18 

63 

353 

576 

3 

Saint  Lucie 

2,652 

7 

18 

27 

114 

1,032 

1,331 

12 

GEORGU 

Carroll 

688 

4 

6 

g 

78 

346 

215 

3 

Clarke 

1,365 

4 

5 

15 

56 

420 

772 

9 

Floyd 

990 

4 

1 

18 

40 

387 

426 

11 

Glynn 

1,791 

6 

15 

29 

52 

699 

937 

5 

Hall 

2,013 

4 

15 

22 

85 

744 

970 

17 

Lowndes 

966 

4 

12 

22 

308 

519 

6 

HAWAII 

Hawaii    

2,341 

19 
17 

44 
82 
70 

690 
707 
1,458 

10 

10 
4C 

Kauai    

2,406 

5 

9 

L480 
3,213 

Maui    

5,197 

19 

IDAHO 

Canyon  

708 

6 

53 

334 

249 

ILLINOIS 

5 

La  Salle  

142 

5 

3 

g 

25 
127 

35 
317 

58 
441 

Vermilion 

971 

9 

12 

6 

INDIANA 

Bartholomew 

554 

1 

, 

4 

1 

185 

358 

Bartholomew  State  Poliie 

67 
1,037 

2 
3 

2 
107 

20 
346 

26 

485 

I 

Elkhart 

1 

ij 

Elkhart  State  Police 

73 

1 

1 

6 

16 

34 

1 

Henry 

500 

1 

3 

2 

16 

116 

333 

2' 

Henry  State  Police 

51 

I 

1 

1 

5 

19 

15 

Kosciusko 

553 

1 

2 

2 

3 

261 

255 

2' 

Kosciusko  State  Police 

55 

1 

3 

23 

18 

La  Porte 

1,034 

2 

11 

4 

84 

321 

542 

7( 

La  Porte  Sute  Police 

128 

2 

2 

5 

15 

39 

46 

KENTUCKY 

Floyd 

16 
290 

8 
26 

5 
112 

75 

6( 

Floyd  State  Police 

10 

j' 

6' 

Hardin 

111 

257 

4 
14 

30 
120 

77 
76 

Hardin  State  Police 

6 

6 

35 

i 

Harlan 

100 

2 

1 

28 

11 

50 

Harlan  Sute  Police 

683 

11 

14 

101 

246 

190 

12c 

Laurel 

96 

1 

37 

50 

7 

Laurel  State  Police 

533 

3' 

12 

29 

228 

125 

136 

Pike 

108 

5 

40 

5 

6 
2 

Pike  Police  Department 

30 

10 

18 

Pike  State  Police 

599 

13' 

3' 

12 

56 

237 

178 

100 

Pulaski 

329 

2 

4 

3 

21 

143 

139 

17 

Pulaski  State  Police 

102 

2 

2 

2 

3 

63 

14 

16 

154 


Me  9.-N»mber  of  Offenses  Known  to  fl.e  Police,  Rural  Counties  25.000  and  over  h.  Population,  iy78-Cootlnued 


Dunklin 
Jasper 


Table  9.— Number  of  Oflenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Rural  Counties  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


County  by  State 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 
Rape 


Robbery 


vated 
assault 


Burglary 


MONTANA 

Flathead    

Missoula    

NEVADA 

Carson  City    

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Rockingham    

Rockmgham  Slate  Police  

NEW  MEXICO 

Don?  Ana   

McKinley   

San  Juan 

NEW  YORK 

Allegany  State  Police 
Cattaraugus 
Ca'laraugus  Sta'e  Police 

Cayuga  State  Police 

Chautauqua  Slate  Police 

<_henangv, 

Chenango  State  Police 

Clinton 

Clinton  State  Police 

Columbia 

Columbia  State  Pohce 

Delaware 

Delaware  State  Police 

Genesee 

Genesee  State  Police 

JeTerson 

Jefferson  State  Pohce 

Ora  jT 

Orange  S'ate  Police 

Saint  Lawrence 

Saint  I  awrence  State  Police 

Steuben 

Steubei  State  Police 

Sullivan 

Sullivan  Slate  Police 

Tompkii.s 

Tompkin.  Stale  Police 

Ulster 

Ulster  State  Police 

Washington 

Washington  Slate  Pohce 


NORTH  CAROLINA 


Beaufort 

Burke 

Cabarrus 

Caldwell 

Catawba 

Cleveland 

Columbus  Pohce  Department 

Craven 

Duphn 

Halifax 

Harnett 

Haywood 

Henderson    


2.221 
454 
761 


73 

382 

285 

517 

276 

296 

61 

372 

30 

241 

05 

214 

04 

117 

67 

436 

156 


lUe  9.— Number  of  Offenses  Known  to 


County  by  State 


the  PoUce,  Rural  Counties  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


NORTH  CAROLINA— CondDued 


ash 

itt 

ichmond 

obewn 

ockingham 

owan 

utherford 

unpson 

lanly 

urry 

/ayne 

/ilkes 


NORTH  DAKOTA 


)arke 
lolmes 

Cnox 
kicking 

ilanon 

fiercer 

hluskmgum 

loss 

Sandusky 

icioto 

ruscarawas 

iVayne 


Benton 

Benton  Stale  Police 

Deschutes 

Deschutes  State  Pohce 

Douglas 

Douglas  State  Police 

Jackson 

Jackson  State  Police 

Josephine 

Josephine  State  Police 

Klamath 

Klamath  Slate  Pohce 

Linn 

Linn  State  Pohce 


Crime 
Index 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

roan- 
slaughter 


802 

1,698 

119 


Forcible 
Rape 


23 

382 

26 

259 

191 

279 

26 

109 

16 

241 

46 

272 

157 


Table  9.-Nuinber  of  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Rural  Counties  25,000 


and  over  in  Population,  1978— Continued 


County  by  Stale 


PENNSYLVANU 


Armstrong  Stale  Police  . 
Bedford  State  Police  .... 
Bradford  State  Police  ... 

Butler  State  Police   

Centre  State  Police    

Clanon  State  Police  .... 
Clearfield  State  Police  .. 
Crawford  State  Police    .. 

Fayetle  Stale  Police    

Franklin  State  Police  .... 
Huntingdon  Stale  Police 

Indiana  State  Police    

Lawrence  State  Police   ... 

Mercer  Stale  Police  

Schuylkill  State  Police  ... 

Tioga  Stale  Police    

Venango  Slate  Police  .... 


SOUTH  CAROLINA 


Anderson  

Beaufort  

Clarendon  

Darlington    

Florence  

Greenwood    

Horry  Police  Department 

Kershaw  

Lancaster    

Laurens    

Oconee   

Orangeburg   

Sumter    


Accomack 

Accomack  State  Police 

Albemarle 

Albemarle  State  Police 

Augusta 

Augusta  State  Police 

Bedford 

Bedford  Stale  Polite 

Buchanan 

Buchanan  Slate  Police 

Fauquiei 

Fauquiei  State  Police 

Franklin 

Franklin  Stale  Police 

Frederick 

Frederick  Slate  Police 

Halifax 

Halifax  Slate  Police 

Henry    . 

Henry  Slate  Police 

Lee    .... 

Lee  State  Police 

Montgomery 

Montgomery  State  Police 


Index 
total 


Forcible 
Rape 


390 

385 

269 

301 

390 

351 

218 

135 

432 

326 

.113 

1,329 

680 

985 

262 

201 

316 

381 

545 

903 

289 

484 

694 

768 

315 

333 

178 

306 

275 

222 

383 

375 

534 

655 

742 

858 

51 

54 

688 

840 

195 

280 

164 

189 

99 

191 

14 

38 

341 

603 

6 

22 

246 

417 

6 

22 

212 

162 

4 

9 

54 

13 

28 

34 

165 

143 

14 

38 

145 

175 

81 

315 

4 

24 

168 

215 

4 

5 

453 

620 

4 

19 

60 

19 

5 

11 

89 

164 

2 

8 

158 


j,,e  a     Ni-"-'  "^  "ff-n«s  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Rural  Counties  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  1978-Continued 

County  by  State 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
Rape 

Robbery 

assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

VIRGINIA-Cootlnued 

isylvania 

700 

30 
380 

48 
625 

54 
835 

24 
208 

66 
223 

46 

460 

2,742 
1,542 

644 

868 
3,325 
1,391 

426 

237 

358 

172 

7 

78 

83 

608 

25 

175 

2 

196 

68 

193 

209 

186 

11 

60 

185 
417 
678 
380 
542 
411 
408 
315 
526 
569 
445 
376 
548 
342 
1,168 
538 
420 

6 

1 

14 

2 

63 
4 
16 

2 
14 

13 

1 
10 

2 
66 

6 

1 
44 

134 
56 
36 

202 
70 

7 
74 

2 

273 

2 

130 

327 
7 

221 
20 

339 
34 

479 
16 
93 
33 
76 
20 

262 
1,332 
993 
284 
439 
1,509 
669 

275 
102 
117 
77 
2 
27 
40 
270 
14 
46 

77 

13 

63 
76 

13 
14 

Hjlingham 

3 

5 
26 

jckingham  State  Pobce 
otsylvania 

6 

2 

13 

217 
9 
261 
2 
85 
13 
63 
7 

167 
1,203 

311 

225 

351 
1,397 

548 

133 
99 
116 
55 
4 
32 
9 
216 
9 
55 

85 
23 
61 
102 
70 
10 
29 

70 
131 
233 
152 
172 
121 
101 
110 

59 
182 
187 
138 
117 

72 
251 
249 

34 
10 

iolsyl\dnia  Sutc  Police 

6 

2 
1 

12 

2 
3 

3 
2 

23 
10 

5 
4 
7 
8 

64 

anord  Sute  Police 
izewell 

1 

15 
14 

is< 

6 

11 

WASHINGTON 

2 

27 

and 
lUap 

23 
14 

7 

45 
12 

1 
3 
18 

2 

124 
76 

ewis 

66 

kanogan 

Z'on 
Whatcom 

WEST  VIKGINM 

1 

3 

2 

146 

80 

8 

erkeley  State  Police 

ayette 

ayetle  State  Police 

2 
2 
9 

4 

2i 
1? 

reenbner 

5 
22 
18 

1 
16 

K 

reenbner  State  Police 

1 

^gan 

*gan  State  Police 

1 

6 

9( 

dcDowell 

dcDowell  State  Police 

12 

2 

2 
3 
5 

3 

2 
3 

/lercer 

4ercer  State  Police 

3 
26 

18 
10 

1 
1 

2 

4mgo 

f* 

rfingo  Sute  Police 

Uleigh 

laleigh  State  Police 

6 

4 
10 

1 

Vyoming 

1 

21 

245 
394 
170 
297 
249 
247 
191 
399 
310 
221 
215 
398 
232 
850 
249 
1             207 

Wyoming  Sute  Police 

WISCONSIN 

:iarlc    

2 

1 
2 

3 

2 
2 
8 
3 

3 

11 

27 
31 

7 
23 

2 
10 

5 

6 

w^lumbia    

Dodgs   

Jefferson    

1 

Manitowoc  

' 

11 
6 

2 

2 
2 

3 

Marathon    

Shawano    

Sheboygan    

1 

2 
3 

2 
7 
4 

1 

Trempealeau  



1 

1 ' 

159 


Table  9.-Namber  of  Offeiues  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Rural  Counties  25,000  and  over  In  PopiiUtloa,  1978-Coatinued 

County  by  State 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

Murder 
and  non- 
neghgent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forcible 
Rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

STATE  AGENCIES 

6,438 

42 

5,036 

627 
2,052 

22 

77 

72 

424 
22 
106 

180 
41 

2,023 
2,365 

198 
390 

3.065 

15 

2,092 

188 
1,347 

Vermont  State  Police                       

12 

3 

2 

39 

28 
16 

19 

11 
171 

40 

fable  10.— Crime  Trends,  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Population  Group,  1977-1978 

1978  estimated  popula 


Population  group 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

Violent 
crime' 

Property 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligeni 

man- 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Urceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

rOTAL  ALL  AGENCIES:  12,023 
sgencies.  tot.l  populadon 
207.768,000: 

10,579,458 

10,719,993 

+  1J 

979.452 

1,029.645 

+  5.1 

9,600,006 

9,690348 

+  .9 

18,530 
18,745 
+  1.2 

61,187 
65.084 
+  6.4 

1 
1 

397,925 

410,224 

+  3.1 

501.810 

535392 

+  6.7 

1 
1 

2,947,664 

2,982398 

+  1J 

5,708,758 
5,748,209 

+  .7 

943,584 



TOTAL  CrriFS:  8.465  cities;  total 
population  144,413,000: 

8,559,513 

8,660,232 

+  1.2 

812.423 
854,495 

+  5.2 

7.747,090 

7.805.737 

+  .8 

14.062 
14,252 
+  1.4 

47,496 
50,984 

+  7J 

361,768 

372,194 

+  2.9 

389,097 
417,065 

+  7.2 

2,268,762 

2,297,954 

+  13 

4,677,864 
4,698,189 

+  .4 

800,464 

809394 

. 

ercen    c      ge 



Group  I 

57  cuies,  250,000  and  over; 
population  41,342,000: 

3.278.585 

3,258,118 

—  .6 

1.344.616 

1.309,973 

-2.6 

959,893 

971.971 

+  1.3 

974,076 
976.174 

1.190.643 

1.210.859 

+  17 

1,118,150 
1.145.897 

+  2.5 

1.160.047 

1.182.703 

+  2.0 

449.895 

463.341 

+  3.0 

229.886 
231.991 

+  .9 

112.662 

119,501 

+  6.1 

107.347 
111.849 

97.642 

105.712 

+  8.3 

83.402 

90.918 

+  9.0 

75.01 1 
80.610 

+  7.5 

2.828.690 

2.794.777 

-1.2 

1.114,730 

1.077.982 

-3.3 

847.231 

852,470 

+  .6 

866.729 

864.325 
—  .3 

1.093.001 

1.105,147 

+  1.1 

1.034.748 

1.054.979 

+  2.0 

1.085.036 

1.102.093 

+  1.6 

8.198 

8,384 
+  2.3 

4.134 

4,275 
+  3.4 

2.158 
2.204 
+  2.1 

1,906 
1,905 

1,841 
1,736 

-.5.7 

1.204 
1.294 

f7.5 

1,088 
1.088 

25.089 
26.709 
+  6.5 

10,478 
10.800 

+  3.1 

7.037 
7.808 
+  11-0 

7,574 
8.101 
+  7.0 

6.776 
7.388 
+  9.0 

5.374 
5.714 
+  6.3 

4.544 
4.947 
+  8.9 

245.276 

248.567 

+  1.3 

135,146 

133,071 

-  1.5 

60.763 
63.921 
+  5.2 

49.367 
51,575 
+  4.5 

38.660 
41.195 
+  6.6 

30.286 
32,799 
+  8.3 

24.137 
24.720 

171.332 

179.681 

+  4.9 

80,128 
83.845 
+  4.6 

42.704 
45.568 
+  67 

48.500 
50.268 

+  3.6 

50.365 
55.393 
+  10.0 

46,538 
51,111 
+  9.8 

45,242 
49.855 
+  10.2 

921,135 

915,678 

-.6 

368,677 

358.111 

-2.9 

263.471 

268.042 

+  1.7 

288.987 
289.525 

+  .2 

324.182 

330.678 

+  2.0 

2%.726 
307.002 

+  3.5 

289,824 

298.574 

+  3.0 

1.501.155 

1,483,889 

-1.2 

538,782 
521.750 

-3.2 

473,163 

476,288 

+  7 

489,210 
485,851 

—  .7 

669.000 
669.281 

406.400 

!<J78    

-2.8 

6  cities.   I.OUO.OOO  and  over; 
population  17,783.000; 

1977                           

207.271 

|97g                                          

18  cuies.  500.000  to  999,999; 
population  11,846,000: 
1977 

110.597 

33  cities.  250.000  to  499,999; 
population  11.712,000: 

88.532 

Group  11 

1 17  Cities.   inO.OCO  to  249,999; 
population  16,863,000: 

99,819 

1978                                

"e.-'ent  change   

Group  HI 

276  .  ities.  50.000  to  99.999: 
population  18,889,000: 

1977                                 

644,718 
649,384 

+  7 

706.247 

712,214 

1             +.8 

93.304 

1978 

Percent  change   

Group  IV 

649  cities.  25.000  to  49.999; 
population  22.203.000: 

1977                                

88.965 

1978 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  uble. 

161 


Cnme 
Index 
total 


Table  10.— Crime  Trends,  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Population  Group, 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 


Group  V 

1,550  cities,  10  000  to  24,999; 
population  24,101,000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   

Group  VI 

5,816  cities  under  10,000:  populi 
21,016,000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   


-1978— Continued 


Suburban  Area^ 

5,072  agencies;  population 
75,913,000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   

Rural  Area* 


2,651  agencies 
28,648,000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change 


popula 


1,033,818 

1,057,560 

+  2.3 


778,270 

805,095 

+  3.4 


3,266,216 

3,329,009 

+  1.9 


),732 


60,840 
65,159 

+  7.1 


h4.0 


972,978 

992,401 

+  2.0 


3,726 
3,875 
+  4.0 


Forcible 
rape 


16,024 
16,824 
+  5.0 


3,917 
4,013 

+  2.5 


15,444 
16,424 
+  6.3 


7,965 
8,489 
+  6.6 


Aggra- 
vated 


143,996 

153,009 

+  6.3 


36,303 
38,111 
+  5.0 


Burglary 


250,294 

257,459 

+  2.9 


910,791 

926,838 

+  1.8 


503,326 

521,465 

+  3.6 


1,878,853 

1,902,837 

+  1.3 


Motoi 
theft 


•Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  ass 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
^Includes  suburban  city  and  county  law  enforcement  agencies  withm  metropolil 
^Includes  state  police  agencies  with  no  county  breakdown. 


1  areas.  Excludes  < 


.  Suburban  cit 


also  included  in  other  city  grouf 


'able  11.— Crime  Trends,  OfTenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Subiiri>an  and  Nonsuburban  atles^.  Population  Group,  1977-1978 

978  estimated  population] 


Population  group 

Cnme 
Index 
total 

Violent 
cnrne^ 

Property 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

Suburban  Cities 
OTAL  SUBURBAN  CITIES: 

,206,000: 

1977    

1978   

Percent  change   

1,819,126 
1,849,980 

+  1.7 

107,681 
114,448 

+  6J 

1.711,445 

1,735,532 

+  1.4 

U99 
1,459 

+  4J 

6J50 

6,737 
+  7.8 

32.446 
33,659 

+  3.7 

67,586 

72393 
+  7.4 

449,051 

457320 

+  1.8 

1,122338 

1,133,093 

+  .9 

139,856 
145.119 

+  3.8 

Group  IV 

21  cities,  25,000  to  49,999; 
population  14,195,000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   

Group  V 

025  cties,  10,000  to  24,999; 
population  16,113,000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   

Group  VI 

719  cities  under  10,000;  population 
10,898,000: 

1977    

1978    

698,525 

707,057 

+  1.2 

677,516 
686,584 

+  1.3 

443,085 

456,339 

+  3.0 

1,153,009 
1,195378 

+  3.7 

45,478 
47,866 
+  5.3 

38,615 
41,292 
+  6.9 

23,588 
25,290 
+  7.2 

73,803 
80,076 
+  8S 

653,047 

659,191 

+  .9 

638.901 

645,292 

+  1.0 

419,497 

431,049 

+  2.8 

1,079,206 
1,115J02 

+  3  J 

581 

564 

-2.9 

521 
569 
+  9.2 

297 
326 
+  9.8 

1,420 
1379 
-23 

2.725 
2,907 
+  67 

2,169 
2,378 
+  9.6 

1,356 
1,452 
+  7.1 

4,007 
4,436 
+  10.7 

16,095 
16,416 
+  2.0 

11,114 
11,765 
+  5.9 

5,237 
5.478 
+  4.6 

15,100 
15.974 
+  5.8 

26,077 
27,979 
+  7.3 

24,811 
26,580 
+  7.1 

16,698 
18,034 
+  8.0 

53,276 
58,287 
+  9.4 

178,407 

181,922 

+  2.0 

166,547 

169,727 

+  1.9 

104,097 

105.671 

+  1.5 

277,668 

287,276 

+  33 

412,435 
413,654 

+  .3 

421,088 

422,432 

+  3 

289,015 

297,007 

+  2.8 

740,453 

762342 

+  3.0 

62,205 
63,615 

+  23 

51,266 

53,133 
+  3.6 

26,385 
28371 

Nonsuburtan  Cities 

OTAL  NONSUBURBAN  CITIES: 

26,114.000: 

1977                

61,085 

1978   

65,484 

+  7  J 

-Crime  Trends,  Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Sulxirban  and  Nonsuburtran  Otiesi,  Population  Gitxip,  1977- 


Group  IV 

228  cities,  25,000  to  49,999; 
population  8,008.000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   

Group  V 

525  cities,  10,000  to  24,999; 
population  7,988,000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   

Group  VI 

3,097  cities  under  10,000;  population 
10,119,000: 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   


Index 
total 


431,989 

442,902 

+  2.5 


313,140 

325,291 

+  3.9 


negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


1,819 
2,040 
+  12.1 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


'Suburban  places  are  within  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas  and  inc 
Excludes  core  cities.  Nonsuburban  places  are  outside  SMSAs. 
'Violent  crimes  are  olTenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  a: 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-thefi,  and  motor  vehicle  theft 


232,330 

239,524 

+  3.1 


Motoi 
vehicle 
theft 


lude  suburban  city  and  county  law  enforcement  agencies  within  the  metropolitan  e 


aUe  12.-Criine  Trends, 

978  estimated  population) 


Offenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Suburban  and  Nonsuburban  Counties,  Population  Group,  1977-1978 


100,000  and  o 
population 


1977 

1978    

Percent  change 


25.000  to  99,999 

pulation  12,660,C 


1977    

1978    

Percent  change   

Under  25,000 

>2  counties;  population  3,409,C 

1977    

1978    

Percent  change   


Nonsuburban  Counties^ 

25,000  and  over 

population   10,800,000: 


1977 
1978 
Percent  change 


10,000  to  24,999 


1978    

Percent  change 


1978    

Percent  change 


Cnme 

total 


366,305 

377,963 

+  3.2 


20,153 
21,525 
+  6.8 


5,916 
6,229 

+  5.3 


22,480 
23,885 
+  6.3 


5,378 
5,695 

+  5.9 


2,607 
2,658 
+  2.( 


2,454 
2,597 
+  5.8 


Aggra- 
vated 
assault 


47,382 
51,461 
+  8.6 


8.482 
8,337 
—  1.7 


8.400 
8.581 
+  2.2 


284,676 

292,587 

+  2.8 


126.289 

128.826 

+  2.0 


54.721 
52,797 
-3.5 


498.125 
506,250 


113.1% 

118,631 

+  4.8 


Motor 
vehicle 
thefl 


72,825 
74,906 
+  2.9 


22,816 
24,945 
+  9.3 


14,418 
14,759 


9,616 
10.438 
+  8.5 


10,5% 
11,466 
+  8.2 


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3Crime  offenses  include  sheriffs'  and  county  law  enforcement  agencies.  State  poUc 


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Table  14.-Crime  Rates,  Offenses  Known  to  the  PoUce,  Population  Group,  1978 

(1978  estimated  population.  Rate:  Number  of  criir 

es  per  100,000  inhabitants) 

Murder 

Population  group 

Crime 
Index 

total 

Violent 
crime' 

Property 

and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Urceny- 
theft 

Molo 
vehicl 
then 

TOTAL  ALL  AGENCIES:  11.627 

total  population  201.441,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

10,635,130 

1,022,803 

9,612J27 

18,686 

64,753 

408358 

531,006 

2,964,050 

5.693,872 

954,4 

Rate   

5,279^ 

507.7 

4,771.8 

93 

32.1 

202.7 

263.6 

1,471.4 

2,826.6 

47 



TOTAL  CITIES:  7,980  cities;  total 
Number  of  offenses  known   

8,600.246 

849314 

7,750402 

14,174 

50,782 

370,673 

413,685 

2J86,603 

4,659,058 

805,2 

Rate   

6,099.8 

602.4 

5,497.4 

IO.I 

36.0 

262.9 

293.4 

1,621.8 

3304.5 

57 

Group  I 

57  cities,  250,000  and  over; 

population  41,342,000: 

Number  of  ofTenses  known  

3,258,118 

463,341 

2.794.777 

8.384 

26.709 

248.567 

179.681 

915.678 

1.483.889 

395.2 

Rate   

7,881.0 

1.120.8 

6,760.2 

20.3 

64.6 

601.3 

434.6 

2.214.9 

3,589.3 

95 

6  cities,  1,000,000  and  over; 

population  17,783,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

1,309,973 

231.991 

1.077,982 

4.275 

10.800 

133,071 

83.845 

358.111 

521.750 

198. 

Rate   

7,366.2 

1.304.5 

6,061.7 

24.0 

60.7 

748.3 

471.5 

2,013.7 

2.933.9 

I.U 

18  cities,  500,000  to  999,999; 

population  11,846,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known   

971,971 

119.501 

852,470 

2.204 

7,808 

63.921 

45.568 

268,042 

476.288 

108. 

Rate   

8,204.7 

1.008.7 

7,196.0 

18.6 

65.9 

539.6 

384.7 

2,262.6 

4.020.5 

91 

33  cities,  250,000  to  499,999; 

population   11,712,000: 

Number  of  ofrenses  known  

976,174 

111.849 

864,325 

1.905 

8.101 

51.575 

50.268 

289.525 

485.851 

88, 

Rate   

8,335.1 

955.0 

7.380,0 

16.3 

69.2 

440.4 

429.2 

2.472.1 

4.148.4 

75 

Group  II 

117  cities,  100,000  to  249,999, 

population  16,863,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

1,210,859 

105.712 

1.105.147 

1.7.36 

7.388 

41,195 

55.393 

330.678 

669,281 

105, 

Rate   

7,180.7 

626.9 

6,553.8 

10.3 

43.8 

244.3 

328.5 

1.961.0 

3.969.0 

62 

Group  III 

271  cities,  50,000  to  99,999; 

population  18,636,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

1,148.300 

90.593 

1.057.707 

1.279 

5.674 

32.806 

50.834 

308.597 

649.951 

99. 

Rate   

6,161.8 

486.1 

5.675.6 

6.9 

30.4 

176.0 

272.8 

1.655.9 

3.487.6 

53 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  uble. 


■Me  14.— Crime  Rates,  Oflenses  Known  to  the  Police,  Population  Group,  1978— Continued 


Index 
total 


Property 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 


Forcible 


Aggra- 
assault 


Motor 
theft 


Group  IV 

14  cities.  25,000  to  49.999; 

population  21.324.000: 

Number  of  offenses  known 
Rate   


494  cities.  10,000  to  24.999; 
population  23,284,000: 


417  cities  under  10,000;  population 
19.543.000: 
Number  of  offenses  known  . 
Rate    

Suburban  Area^ 

801  agencies;  population 
72,704.000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  . 


?I4  agencies;  population 

26.923.000: 

Number  of  offenses  known 
Rate    


'Violent  cnmes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 

^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 

^Includes  suburban  city  and  county  law  enforcement  agencies  within  metropoliun  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  a 

^Includes  state  police  agencies  with  no  county  breakdown. 

Population  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  All  rates  were  calculated  on  the  population  before  rounding. 


Table  15.— Crime  Rates,  OfTenses  Kdowd  to  the  Police,  Suburban  and  Nonsuburi>an  Qties,  Population  Group,  1978 


[1978  estimated  population.  Rate:  Number  of  crin 

les  per  100.000  inhabitan 

Population  group 

Crime 
Index 

Irime"' 

Property 

Murder 
and  non- 

"laf"' 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Moto 
vehicl 
theft 

Suburban  Cities 

TOTAL  SUBURBAN  CITIES: 
3,868  cities;  total  population 
39,179,000: 

Number  of  otTenses  luiown   

Rate     

1,810,158 
4,620.2 

110,894 
283.0 

1,699,264 

4337.2 

1,404 
3.6 

6392 
16.8 

32,462 
82.9 

70,436 
179.8 

448,920 
1,145.8 

1,109325 
2331.4 

141,0 

3Si 

Group  IV 

402  cities,  25.000  lo  49,999; 
population  13,561.000: 

Number  of  offenses  Icnown  

Rate   

Group  V 

991  cities,  10,000  to  24.999; 
population  15,598,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

Group  VI 

2.475  cities  under  10.000; 
population  10,019.000: 

Number  of  offenses  Icnown  

Rate   

Nonsuburban  Cities 

TOTAL  NONSUBURBAN  CITIES: 
3,667  cities;  total  population 
24,973,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

686,855 
5.064.8 

678.756 
4,351.5 

444,547 
4,436.8 

1,172,811 
4,696J 

45.817 
337.9 

40.624 
260.4 

24,453 
244.1 

78,774 
315.4 

641,038 
4,727.0 

638,132 
4,091,1 

420,094 
4,192.8 

1.094,037 
4380.9 

531 

3.9 

567 
3.6 

306 
3.1 

1371 
55 

2,821 
20.8 

2.355 
15.1 

1.416 
14.1 

4,419 

17.7 

15.683 
115.6 

11,559 
74.1 

5,220 
52.1 

15,643 
62.6 

26.782 
197.5 

26.143 
167.6 

17,511 
174.8 

57341 
229.6 

176.909 
1,304.5 

168,207 
1,078.4 

103,804 
1,036.0 

282,730 
1,132.1 

402,820 
2,970.4 

417,471 
2,676.4 

289,034 
2,884.7 

746,612 
2,989.7 

613 
452 

52.4 
33< 

27,2 
272 

64,6' 

259 

Group  IV 

222  cities,  25.000  to  49,999; 
population  7.763.000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate    

Group  V 

503  cities,  10,000  to  24,999; 
population  7.686,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

Group  VI 

2,942  cities  under  10,000; 
population  9,524.000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

465,253 
5,993.3 

364,475 
4.742.0 

343.083 
3.602.3 

31.852 
410.3 

23.522 
306.0 

23.400 

245.7 

433,401 

5,583.0 

340.953 
4.436.0 

319.683 
3.356.6 

517 
6.7 

444 

5.8 

410 
4.3 

2,015 
26.0 

1.283 
16.7 

1.121 
11.8 

8.073 
104.0 

4.589 
59.7 

2.981 
313 

21,247 
273.7 

17,206 
223.9 

18,888 
198.3 

113,802 
1,466.0 

86,484 
1,125.2 

82.444 
865.6 

292,269 
3,765.0 

234,812 
3,055.0 

219,531 
2,305.0 

27,3 
352 

19,6 

255 

17,7 
185 

'Violent  crimes  are  ofTenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
Population  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  All  rates  were  calculated  on  the  popula 


170 


Table  16.— Crime  Rates,  OfTeiises  Known  to  the  Police,  Suburban  and  Nonsuburban  Counties,  Population  Group,  1978 

[1978  estimated  population.  Rate:  Number  of  crimes  per  100,000  inhabitants] 


Population  group 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Violent 
crime' 

Property 

Murder 
and  non- 

"mT"' 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

Suburbw  Counties' 

100,000  and  over 

71  counties;  popuIaUon  18,362,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

949,159 
5,169.1 

82,197 
447.6 

866.962 

4.721.4 

1.259 
6.9 

6.187 
33.7 

23,809 
129.7 

50,942 
227.4 

290,008 
1,579.4 

502.787 
2.738.1 

74,167 
403.9 

25,000  to  99,999 

226  counties;  population  11,944,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

365,087 
3,056.6 

28,859 
241.6 

336,228 
2,814.9 

771 
6.5 

2,641 

22.1 

5,555 
46.5 

19,892 
166.5 

125,040 
1,046.8 

187.129 
1.566.7 

24,059 
201.4 

Under  25,000 

536  counties;  population  3,218,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

145,701 
4,527.1 

12,524 
389.1 

133,177 
4,137.9 

365 
11.3 

1.124 
34.9 

2,556 
79.4 

8,479 
263.5 

48,126 
1,495.3 

69.949 

2.173.4 

15,102 
469.2 

25,000  and  over 

153  counties;  population  10,527,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

236,399 
2,245.6 

21,533 
204.6 

214.866 
2.041.1 

685 
6.5 

1.683 
16.0 

2,629 
25.0 

16,536 
157.1 

84,960 
807.1 

117.260 
1.113.9 

12,646 
120.1 

10,000  to  24,999 

700  counties;  population  11,172,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate   

185,038 
1,656.3 

15,607 
139.7 

169,431 
1.516.6 

685 
6.1 

1,236 
11. 1 

1.596 
14.3 

12,090 
108.2 

71,350 
638.7 

87,834 
786.2 

10,247 
91.7 

Under  10,000 

,756  counties;  population  5,087,000: 

Number  of  offenses  known  

Rate    

140,408 
2,759.9 

11,573 
227.5 

128.835 
2.532.4 

701 
13.8 

951 
18.7 

1,413 
27.8 

8,508 
167.2 

53,152 
1.044.8 

64,168 
1,261.3 

11,515 
226.3 

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^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 

^Offenses  include  sheriffs'  and  county  law  enforcement  agencies.  State  police  offenses  are  not  included. 

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Table  18.— OfTense  Analysis,  1978,  and  Percent  Change  from  1977 

[11,490  agencies;    1978  estimated  population  201,476,000] 


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

Table  19.— Type  and  Value  of  Property  Stolen  and  Recovered,  1978 

[11,490  agencies;    1978  estimated  population  201,476,000) 


Number  of 

Percent 

Percent 

Average 
value 

Classification 

offenses 

change  over 

distribu- 

1978 

1977 

tion' 

Murder                                                                                                                     

18,340 
62  525 

+  2.8 
+  7  7 

$46 

30 

Robbery 

393,814 

+5.0 

100.0 

Highway 

185,313 
56,772 
22,209 

+  8.6 
+  3.7 
+  3.8 

47.1 
14.4 
5.6 

31 

23 

27,575 

+  3.2 

7.0 

46 

44,458 
4,676 
52,811 

+  2.7 
+  20.2 
-2.8 

11.3 
1.2 
13.4 

Miscellaneous                            

277 

Burglary 

2,929,403 

+  2.1 

100.0 

Residence  (dweUing): 

644,708 
769,768 
479,005 

-2.5 
+  5.4 
+  1.6 

22.0 
26.3 
16.4 

Day                                                                                                                            

566 

Nonresidence  (store,  ofTice,  etc.): 

Night                                                                                                      

594,070 
159,914 
281,938 

+  .5 
+  5.1 

+  7.7 

20.3 
5.5 
9.6 

Day 

444 

Larceny-Theit  (ExCEn^  Motor  Vehicle  Theft) 

TOTAL  

5,676J49 

+  1.1 

100.0 

219 

Pocket-picking 

63,166 

+  9.5 

152 

Purse-snatching 

85,059 

+  3.0 

1.5 

IM 

Shoplifting 

649,551 

+4.3 

11.4 

49 

From  motor  vehicles  (except  accessories) 

966,176 

254 

Motor  vehicle  accessories 

1,086,908 

-5.4 

Bicycles 

606,971 

-4.0 

10.7 

9i 

From  buildings 

945,414 

+  3.1 

16.7 

337 

All  others 

1,215,520 

+  5.9 

21.4 

341 

By  value: 

Over  $200 

1,262,968 

+  10.4 

22.3 

77: 

$50  to  $200 

1,988,576 

—  2  1 

35.0 

112 

Under  $50 

2,424,705 

-.5 

42.7 

18 

942,232 

+  4.6 

Value  of  property 

Percent 

Type  of  property 

Stolen 

Recovered 

recovered 

$5,147,25A000 

$1,658,965,000 

406,207,000 

36,737,000 

9.0 

Jewelry  and  precious  metals 

465,050,000 

35,191,000 

7.6 

Clothing  and  furs 

131,941.000 

17,885,000 

2,216,557,000 

1,343,410,000 

60.6 

63,496,000 

8,877,000 

14( 

Televisions,  radios,  stereos,  etc 

459,532,000 

31,860,000 

6.9 

Firearms 

67,639,000 

8,533,000 

Household  goods 

107,451,000 

9,914,000 

Consumable  goods 

47,865,000 

6,389,000 

13.3 

Livestock 

12,784,000 

Miscellaneous 

1,168,729,000 

157,982,000 

■All  totals  and  percentages  calculated  before  rounding. 


SECTION  III 
CRIME  INDEX  OFFENSES  CLEARED 


Law  enforcement  agencies  clear  a  crime  when  they 
have  identified  the  offender,  have  sufficient  evidence 
to  charge  him,  and  actually  take  him  into  custody,  or 
in  exceptional  instances,  when  some  element  beyond 
police  control  precludes  taking  the  offender  into 
custody.  Examples  of  circumstances  resulting  in 
exceptional  clearances  would  be  the  refusal  of  a 
victim  to  prosecute  after  an  offender  is  identified  or 
because  a  subject  is  being  prosecuted  elsewhere  for  a 
crime  committed  in  another  jurisdiction  and  extradi- 
tion is  not  imminent.  It  should  be  noted  that  the 
arrest  of  one  person  can  clear  several  crimes  or 
several  persons  may  be  arrested  in  the  process  of 
clearing  one  crime. 

In  1978,  law  enforcement  agencies  reported  that, 
nationally,  21  percent  of  the  Index  crimes  were 
cleared.  With  respect  to  violent  crimes,  76  percent  of 
murder  offenses,  50  percent  of  forcible  rapes,  62 
percent  of  aggravated  assaults,  and  26  percent  of 
robberies  were  cleared  by  law  enforcement  agencies. 
In  connection  with  property  crimes,  police  cleared  20 
percent   of  the   larceny-thefts,    16   percent   of  the 


burglaries,  and  1 5  percent  of  the  motor  vehicle  thefts. 
Clearances  for  crimes  against  persons  are  generally 
higher  not  only  because  more  intense  investigative 
efforts  are  often  afforded  these  offenses,  but  because 
witnesses  who  can  identify  the  perpetrators  are 
frequently  available. 

Regionally,  the  highest  overall  Crime  Index  clear- 
ance rate  was  recorded  by  the  Southern  States  with 
23  percent,  followed  by  the  Western  and  North 
Central  States,  each  with  2 1  percent,  and  the  North- 
eastern States  with  1 8  percent. 

Clearances  Involving  Only  Persons  Under  18 
Years  of  Age 

In  1978,  28  percent  of  all  Crime  Index  offenses 
cleared  were  those  in  which  only  persons  under  18 
years  of  age  were  the  offenders.  Clearances  for  the 
violent  and  property  crimes  involving  only  youths  in 
the  aforementioned  age  group  were  12  and  33 
percent,  respectively.  During  the  same  year,  persons 
10  to  17  years  of  age  accounted  for  approximately  14 
percent  of  the  total  United  States  population. 


175 


CRIMES   CLEARED   BY   ARREST 
1977 


CRIMES  OF  VIOLENCE 

NOT  CLEARED  CLEARED 


MURDER 


76% 


AGGRAVATED  n«o/ 
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FORCIBLE 
RAPE  3U7o 


26% 


CRIMES  AGAINST  PROPERTY 

NOT  CLEARED  CLEARED 


SUK^Ut^Y 


16% 


URCENY-THm 


20% 


tmXOk  "^iHKri^  THEFT 


15% 


176 


Fable  M.-Offenses 

1978  estimated  population 


rOTAL  CITIES:  7^3  cities;  total 
138.729,000: 

Perceot  cleared  by  arrest 

Groltp  I 

SS  cities,  250,000  and  over;  total 
population  40,4$0,000: 

Offenses  known   

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

5  cities,  1,000,000  and  over;  totol 
population  17,783,000: 

Offenses  known   

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

18  cities,  500,000  to  999,999;  total 
population  11,846,000: 

Offenses  known   

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

Jl  ciUes,  250,000  to  499,999;  total 
population  10,850,000: 

Offenses  known   

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

Group  II 

113  cities,  100,000  to  249,999;  total 
population  16,218,000: 

Offenses  known    

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

Croup  III 

!69  cities,  50,000  to  99,999;  total 
population  18,472,000: 

Offenses  known    

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


Known  and  Percent  Oeared  by  Arrest',  Population  Group, 


Crime 
Index 
total 


man- 
slaughter 


Forcible 
rape 


Motor 
theft 


177 


Table  ZO.-Offenses  Known  and  Percent  Qeared  by  Airest',  Population  Group,  1978-Continued 

Population  group 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Violent 
crime^ 

Property 
crimes 

Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

Group  IV 

619  cities,  25,000  to  49,999:  total 
population  21,161,000: 

1,144,171 
20.9 

77,033 
49.9 

1,067,138 
18.8 

1,031 
79.1 

4,784 
47.3 

23,603 
28.8 

47,615 
60.0 

288,219 
16.4 

690,714 
19.8 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

18. 

Group  V 

1,479  cities,  10,000  to  24,999;  total 
population  23,041,000: 

1,032,207 
21.1 

63,565 
53.5 

968,642 
19.0 

999 
79.2 

3,581 
51.4 

16,016 
29.1 

42,969 
62.2 

252,033 
16.0 

645,341 
19.6 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

23. 

Group  VI 

5,368  cities  under  10,000;  total 
population  19,358,000: 

779,535 
21.5 

47,213 
62.5 

732,322 
18.8 

700 
81.9 

2,502 
52.6 

8.054 
31.6 

35,957 
69.7 

184.177 
17.5 

503,777 
18.4 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

29. 

Suburban  Area< 

4,613  agencies;  total  population 
72,102,000: 

3,247,852 
19.4 

233,800 
49.9 

3,014,052 
17.0 

3,735 
73.2 

16,385 
48.8 

63,878 
28.3 

149,802 
58.6 

903,281 
16.2 

1,856,453 
17.1 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

19. 

Rural  Area 

2,135  agencies;  total  populauon 
26,352,000: 

Offenses  known    

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

568,128 

22.7 

49,180 
67.9 

518,948 
18.4 

2,062 
84.0 

3,947 
64.4 

5,678 
42.9 

37,493 
71.2 

211,531 
18.3 

272,136 
16.5 

35,28 
34. 

Uncludes  offenses  cleared  by  exceptional  means. 

^Violent  cnmes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  ass; 
^Properly  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
^Includes  suburban  city  and  county  law  enforcement  agencies  within  metropoht 


Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  arc  also  included  in  other  city  group* 


rable  21.— OfTenses  Known  and  Percent  Cleared  by  Arrest^,  Geographic  Division,  1978 

1978  estimated  population] 


Geographic  division 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Violent 

Property 

Murder 
and  non- 

"mT"' 
sla^hter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

TOTAL  ALL  DIVISIONS 

,903  cities:  total  population 
138,729.000: 
OfTenses  known 

8,431,644 
20.8 

830,565 

45.5 

7,601,079 
18.1 

13,862 

76.2 

49,462 
49.8 

363,216 
25.9 

404,025 
61.6 

2,241,410 
15.6 

4,566,092 
19.8 

793,577 
15J 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest  

New  England  States 

02  cities;  total  population 
0,093,000: 

539.307 
17.4 

39.001 
50.8 

500,306 
14.8 

371 
74.9 

1,905 
58.4 

15,160 
26.7 

21.565 
66.6 

149,136 
15.8 

261,878 
16.0 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

9.5 

MiDDi^  Atlantic  States 

854  cities;  total  population 
29.634,000: 

1,536,679 

18.2 

203,205 
36.6 

1,333,474 

2,688 
71.7 

8,184 
48.0 

1 10,484 
19.7 

81,849 
57.2 

423,706 
13.3 

729,037 
17.9 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

10.0 

East  North  Central  States 

085  cities;  total  population 
24,639,000: 

1,417,292 
21.3 

131,822 
45.7 

1,285,470 
18.8 

2.564 

75.8 

8,210 
51.9 

61,280 
29.6 

59,768 
60.0 

325.990 
16.5 

817,644 
20.6 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

14.0 

West  North  Central  States 

88  cities:  total  population  9,796,000: 

557,230 
20.7 

40,076 
48.5 

517,154 
18.5 

632 
79.9 

2.867 
54.1 

15,992 

27.7 

20,585 
62.9 

137,807 
15.0 

340,226 
19.7 

39,121 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

20.8 

South  Atlantic  States 

246  cities;  total  population 
15,228.000: 

1,019,289 
23.6 

112,396 
51.9 

906,893 
20.1 

1,902 
82.9 

5,868 
55.2 

39,262 
28.4 

65,364 
64.8 

260,374 
19.4 

589,029 
20.1 

57,490 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

23.9 

East  South  Central  States 

61  cities:  total  population  6,972,000: 

347,256 
19.0 

33,246 
51.3 

314,010 
15.5 

797 
86.1 

2,417 
51.3 

12,063 

28.5 

17.969 
65.1 

101.522 
13.2 

184,849 
16.5 

27,639 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

17.5 

West  South  Central  States 

64  cities;  total  population 
15,300,000: 

936,839 

23.2 

80,896 

54.7 

855,943 
20.2 

2,185 
80.0 

6,234 
53.0 

29.638 
34.5 

42,839 
67.7 

258,572 
17.4 

523,332 
21.5 

74,039 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

20.7 

Mountain  States 

44  cities;  total  population  6,711,000: 

491,635 
21.8 

35,481 
52.3 

465,154 
19.5 

530 
68.5 

2,977 
41.7 

11,847 
28.1 

20,127 
67.6 

127.821 
13.1 

295,369 
21.9 

32,964 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

22.3 

Pacific  States 

59  cities:  total  population 
20,357,000: 

1,586,117 
21.0 

154,442 
42.8 

1,431,675 
18.6 

2,193 
70.3 

10.800 
44.0 

67,490 
25.8 

73,959 

57.2 

456,482 
15.1 

824,728 
20.9 

150,465 

Percent  cleared  by  arrest    

16.9 

Mnctudes  offenses  cleared  by  exceptional  means. 

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TaWe  23.— Offenses  Cleared  by  Arrest'  of  Persons  Under  18  Years  of  Age,  1978 

[Percent  of  lotal  cleared;   1978  estimated  population] 


Crime 
total 


Murder 
and  non- 
negligent 

man- 
slaughter 


TOTAL  OTIES:  7,876  cities;  lotal 
population  134,485,000: 

Total  clearances   

Percent  under  18  

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53  cities.  250.000  and  over;  total 
population  36,908,000: 

Total  clearances  

Percent  under  18    

5  cities.   1,000,000  and  over;  total 
population  14,697,000: 

Total  clearances  

Percent  under  18    

18  cities,  500,000  to  999,999;  total 
population   11,846,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18    

30  cities,  250,000  to  499,999;  total 
population   10.365,000: 

Total  clearances  

Percent  under  18    

Group  II 

1 10  cities,  100.000  to  249.999;  total 
population   15,802,000: 

Total  clearances  

Percent  under  18    

Group  III 

269  cities,  50,000  to  99,999;  total 
population  18,472,000: 

Total  clearances 

Percent  under  18    

Group  IV 

616  cities,  25,000  to  49,999;  total 
population  21.061.000: 

Total  clearances  

Percent  under  18    

Group  V 

1.471  cities.  10.000  to  24,999;  total 
population  22,921.000: 

Total  clearances  

Percent  under  18    

Group  VI 

5.357  cities  under  10.000;  lotal 
population   19.321.000: 

Total  clearances  

Percent  under   18    

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


182 


Table  23.-Ofleiises  Cleared  by  Arrest'  of  Persons  Under  18  Years  of  Age, 

1978-CootUiued 

Population  group 

Crime 
Index 
total 

Violent 

Property 
cnme^ 

Murder 
and  non- 
negltgent 

sla"gh"ter 

Forcible 
rape 

Robbery 

Aggra- 
vated 
assault 

Burglary 

Larceny- 
theft 

Motor 
vehicle 
theft 

Suburban  Area'' 

4,595  agencies;  total  population 
71,282.000: 

191,299 
30.8 

26,640 
20.8 

16,078 
14.0 

2,175 
6.6 

175,221 
34.6 

24,465 
25.8 

202 

7.4 

99 

5.7 

833 
10.6 

210 
8.4 

3,675 
20.5 

333 
13.8 

11,368 

13.2 

1,533 
5.8 

54,910 

38.2 

11,673 
30.4 

106,307 
33.8 

9,559 
21.4 

14,004 

Percent  under  18 

28.8 

Rural  Area 

2,122  agencies;  total  population 
26,141,000: 

Percent  under  18    

27.1 

'Includes  offenses  cleared  by  exceptional  means. 

^Violent  crimes  are  ofTenscs  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny- theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
^Includes  suburban  city  and  county  law  enforcement  agencies  within  metropolitan  ai 


.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cities  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups. 


183 


SECTION  IV 
PERSONS  ARRESTED 


Primarily  an  indication  of  law  enforcement  activi- 
ty, the  number  of  arrests  provides  a  limited  profile  of 
the  perpetrators  of  crime.  This  is  especially  true  for 
those  crimes  which  have  a  high  clearance  rate.  Arrest 
practices,  policies,  and  enforcement  emphases  which 
often  differ  within  and  among  agencies  influence  the 
volume  of  arrests  for  various  offenses,  particularly 
those  against  public  order  such  as  drunkenness, 
vagrancy,  disorderly  conduct,  and  related  violations. 
Arrests  for  serious  crimes,  e.g.,  robbery  or  burglary, 
are  more  likely  to  be  consistent  and  uniform 
throughout  all  jurisdictions.  Annual  arrest  statistics 
do  not  measure  the  number  of  persons  taken  into 
custody,  but  rather  the  number  of  arrests  made  in  the 
year.  Because  a  single  person  may  be  arrested  more 
than  once  during  the  year,  this  person  will  be 
counted  for  each  arrest.  Procedures  employed  in  this 
Program  require  that  an  arrest  be  counted  on  each 
separate  occasion  an  individual  is  taken  into  custody, 
notified,  or  cited. 

Law  enforcement  agencies  in  the  United  States 
effected  an  estimated  10.3  million  arrests  in  1978  for 
all  criminal  infractions  other  than  traffic  violations. 
Nationally,  the  arrest  rate  per  1,000  inhabitants  was 
47;  for  cities  with  populations  over  250,000,  the  rate 
was  67;  for  suburban  counties,  45;  and  in  rural 
counties,  32. 

Arrest  Trends 

Arrests  by  law  enforcement  for  all  crimes  other 
than  traffic  violations  increased  2  percent  in  1978 
from  1977.  In  this  same  period,  arrests  of  persons  18 
years  of  age  and  over  were  up  3  percent,  while  arrests 
of  persons  under  18  years  of  age  decreased  2  percent. 
When  only  arrests  for  Crime  Irxdex  offenses  were 
used  to  compute  a  trend  for  all  ages,  a  2-percent 
increase  was  evident  for  1978  as  compared  to  1977. 

During  the  5  years  from  1974  to  1978,  arrests  for 
all  offenses  except  traffic  decreased  2  percent,  with 
arrests  of  persons  under  18  years  of  age  down  10 
percent.  However,  arrests  of  persons  18  years  of  age 
and  over  increased  1  percent.  When  restricted  to 
Crime  Index  offenses,  a  rise  of  1  percent  in  total 


arrests  and  an  increase  of  8  percent  in  adult  arrests 
occurred  during  the  5-year  period.  In  this  same  time, 
arrests  of  persons  under  1 8  years  of  age  dropped  7 
percent.  Violent  and  property  crime  arrests  for 
persons  under  1 8  years  of  age  both  declined,  8  and  7 
percent,  respectively. 

Arrests  for  drug  abuse  violations  in  1978  decreased 
1  percent  nationwide  from  1977.  In  the  period  1974 
to  1978,  arrests  for  these  violations  were  down  17 
percent.  The  types  of  drugs  involved  in  violations 
resulting  in  arrests  during  1978  are  shown  by 
geographic  region  in  the  accompanying  table. 

Arrests  for  Drug  Abuse  Violations 

[Percent  distnbution] 


Total 

Heroin 

Mari- 
juana 

Syn- 
thelic 

Other 

Northeastern  States    . . . 

Sale/manufacture   ... 

Possession    

North  Central  States    . 

Sale/manufacture    ... 

Possession    

Southern  States  

Sale/manufacture    ... 

Possession    

Western  States    

Sale/manufacture   . . . 

Possession    

100.0 
20.1 
79.9 

100.0 
18.5 
81.5 

100.0 
18.7 
81.3 

100.0 
15.0 
85.0 

19.1 
5.9 

13.2 
8.8 
3.2 
5.6 
5.8 
1.9 
3.8 

21.7 
4.6 

17.1 

71.2 
11.5 
59.8 
74.0 

9.1 
65.0 
80.6 
11.0 
69.6 
55.5 

6.8 
48.7 

3.4 
1.0 
2.3 
2.6 
.8 
1.8 
4.0 
1.5 
2.5 
.7 
.2 
.5 

6.3 
1.7 
4.6 

14.6 
5.4 
9.2 
9.6 
4.3 
5.3 

22.1 
3.4 

18.7 

Total    

Sale/manufacture    . . . 

100.0 
18.0 
82.0 

13.2 
3.7 
9.5 

70.9 
9.6 
61.3 

2.7 
.9 
1.8 

13.1 
3.8 
9.4 

Age 

In  the  Nation,  7  percent  of  all  persons  arrested  I 
were  under  the  age  of  1 5,  23  percent  were  under  1 8, 
40  percent  were  under  21,  and  57  percent  were  under 
25.  In  the  suburban  areas  the  volume  of  arrests  of 
persons  in  the  young-age  groups  was  greater  than  the 
national  figures,  with  the  under  15  age  group 
representing  9  percent;  under  18,  28  percent;  under 
21,  46  percent;  and  under  25,  62  percent.  The 
distributions  of  arrests  in  the  rural  areas  were  lower 
for  the  younger  age  groups,  with  the  under  15  group 
being  involved  in  only  3  percent;   under   18,    14 


184 


PERSONS  ARRESTED 

DISTRIBUTION  BY  AGE,  1978' 


TOTAL  POPULATION 

DISTRIBUTION  BY  AGE,  1978' 


/ 

^ 

65  AND  OVER 

i 

60-64 

L 

55 
50 
45 
40 
35 
30 
25 
22 
19 
16 
13 

59 
54 
49 
44 
39 
34 
29 
24 
21 
18 

1  c 

1 

_J 

t 

F^'^ 

1 

^ 

r^ 

5 

jm. 

12  AND  UNDER 

' ^ 1 

15            10 

(PERCENT) 

c 

) 

0 

5 

10           15 

(PERCENT) 

20 

'PERSONS  ARRESTED  IS  BASED  ON  REPORTS 
RECEIVED  REPRESENTING  POPULATION. 


■THE  TOTAL  POPULATION  IS  218,059,000  FOR 
THE  U,S..  BASED  ON  BUREAU  OF  CENSUS 
PROVISIONAL  ESTIMATES,  JULY  1,  1978. 


>ercent;  under  21,  31  percent;  and  those  under  25  in 
19  percent. 

Considering  only  the  Crime  Index  offenses,  the 
)ercent  of  all  arrestees  in  the  Nation  during  1978 
vho  were  under  the  age  of  15  was  15  percent;  under 
he  age  of  18,  41  percent;  under  21,  58  percent;  and 
inder  25,  72  percent. 


Male  arrests  increased  1  percent  in  1978  over  1977, 
ind  even  though  female  arrests  rose  2  percent,  arrests 
)f  males  outnumbered  those  of  females  by  5  to  1, 
lationally.  Males  also  accounted  for  80  percent  of 
he  arrests  for  Index  crimes  and  90  percent  of  the 
irrests  for  crimes  of  violence. 

Female  arrests  for  Index  crimes  were  up  3  percent 
)ver  1977.  As  in  previous  years,  their  criminal 
nvolvement  was  mainly  for  larceny,  which  account- 
ed for  80  percent  of  all  female  arrests  for  Index 
)ffenses. 

Arrests  of  males  and  females  under  1 8  years  of  age 
iecreased  10  percent  for  both  sexes  from  1974  to 
1978.  Arrests  for  Crime  Index  offenses  during  this  5- 


year  period  declined  4  percent  for  females  under  age 
18  and  7  percent  for  males  in  the  same  age  group. 

Arrest  Rates 

Arrest  rates  are  a  measure  of  law  enforcement 
activity  in  response  to  crime.  The  accompanying 
table  presents  the  arrest  rates  per  100,0(X)  inhabitants   ^m 
in  the  United  States,  by  geographic  region,  for  Crime   ^M 
Index  offenses.  ^" 

Arrests,  Region,  1«»78 


[Rate  per  100,000  inhabitants) 

Offense 

United 
States 
total 

North- 
States 

North 
Central 
States 

Southern 
States 

Western 
States 

Murder  

Forcible  rape    

Aggravated  assault  .. 

Burglary  

Larceny-theft   

Motor  vehicle  theft   . 

9.1 
13.6 
68.3 
124.4 
234.6 
523.6 
74.0 

7.4 
15.1 
110.7 
149.2 
259.6 
475.7 
77.9 

7.3 
10.9 
46.7 
57.9 
166.7 
485.9 
55.4 

11.5 
14.2 
52.5 
144.7 
231.5 
515.9 
57.5 

9.2 
14.8 
75.3 
152.1 
304.5 
646.2 
124.0 

Crime  Index  total 

1,047.6 

1.095.4 

830.6 

1,027.9 

1,326.1 

185 


Table  24.— Total  Estimated  AirestsS  United  SUtes,  1978 


TOTAL2 

Murder  ai 


Forcible  rape    

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault   . 

Burglary  

Larceny-theft    

Motor  vehicle  theft 


nonnegligent  manslaughte 


Violent  crime* 
Property  crime 


Crime  Index  total 


Other  assaults    

Arson  

Forgery  and  counterfeiting  

Embezzlement    

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing 

Vandalism 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice   


29,660 
148,930 
271,270 
511,600 


468,600 
19,000 
77,200 
262,500 
8,100 
118,200 
235,300 
157,900 
94,200 


Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Drug  abuse  violations  

Opium  or  cocaine  and  their  denvatives 

Marijuana    

Synthetic  or  manufactured  narcotics 
Other-dangerous  nonnarcotic  drugs 


Bookmaking   . . . 
Numbers  and  lottery 
All  other  gambhng 


Offenses  against  famil) 
Driving  under  the  induence 

Liquor  laws  

Drunkenness  

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy  

All  other  ofTenses  (except  trallic) 
Suspicion  (not  included  in  total) 
Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 
Runaways  


for  unreported  areas. 


Table  25.— Arrest,  Number  and  Rate,  Population 

Group,  19- 

78 

Total 

(11,872 

agencies; 

total 

207^060,000) 

Total  city 

arrests 

(8,705 

cities 

population 

144,062,000) 

Cities 

Counties 

Offense  charged 

Group  I 
(55  cfties 
250,000 
and  over; 
population 
40,619,000) 

Group  II 

(115  cities 
100,000  to 
249,999; 

i6,483^oS5) 

Group  III 
(275  cities 
50,000  to 
99,999; 
population 
[8,847,000) 

Group  IV 
(647  cities 
25,000  to 
49,999; 

Group  V 
(1,559 

10,000  to 

24,999; 

population 

i4,246,000) 

Group  VI 
(6,(f54 

under 
10,000 

5l,723,000) 

Suburban 

counties' 

(819 

population 
k  100,000) 

Rural 
counties 

(2,348 
agencies; 

S',?98^cS5 

TOTAL    

9,753,437 
4,710.4 

730439 
5,0703 

2,701.720 
6,651.4 

839.770 
5,094.9 

848,132 
4300.2 

943,437 
4,2603 

984.811 
4,061.7 

986.519 
4,541.4 

1.518325 
4.452.5 

930,72 

Rate  per  100.000 
inhabitants 

3,220. 

Murder  and  nonnegligent 

18,755 

9.1 

28,257 

13.6 

141,481 

68.3 

257,629 

124.4 

485,782 

234.6 

1,084,088 

523.6 

153,270 

74.0 

12,755 

8.9 

20,093 

13.9 

108.666 

75.4 

180.349 

125.2 

345,808 

240.0 

891,623 

618.9 

110,960 

77.0 

7,338 

18.1 

10,718 

26.4 

66,042 

162.6 

74,037 

182.3 

124,988 

307.7 

285,014 

701.7 

48,549 

119.5 

1,617 

9.8 

2,439 

148 

11,658 

70.7 

23,213 

140.8 

43,554 

264.2 

120,418 

730.6 

12,050 

73.1 

1,254 

6.7 

2,105 

11.2 

11,142 

59.1 

21,508 

1141 

48,289 

256.2 

128,590 

682.3 

14,001 

74.3 

989 

4.5 

2,011 

9.1 

9,553 

43.1 

21,102 

95.3 

49,240 

222.4 

140,471 

634.3 

13.438 

60.7 

906 

3,7 

1,564 

6.5 

6,535 

27.0 

20,736 

85.5 

43,692 

180.2 

128,101 

528.3 

12,063 

49.8 

651 

3.0 

1,256 

5.8 

3,736 

17.2 

19,753 

90.9 

36,045 

165.9 

89,029 

409.8 

10,859 

50.0 

3.695 

10.8 

5,476 

16.1 

28,121 

82.5 

50,740 

148.8 

93,766 

275.0 

140,530 

412.1 

29,634 

86.9 

2,30: 

Rate  per  100,000    

Forcible  rape    

Rate  per  100,000   

Robbery  

Rate  per  100,000    

Aggravated  assault   

Rale  per  100,000    

8.1 
2,681 

9.: 

4,69- 

16.: 

26,54< 

91.f 

46,20! 

Rate  per  100,000    

Larceny  theft 

159.' 
51,93.' 

Rate  per  100,000   

179.' 
12,67e 

Rate  per  100.000   

43.S 

Violent  crime* 

446,122 

215.5 

1,723,140 

832.2 

321,863 

223.4 

1,348,391 

936.0 

158,135 

389.3 

458,551 

1,128.9 

38,927 

236.2 

176,022 

1,067.9 

36,009 

191.1 

190,880 

1,012.8 

33,655 

152.0 

203,149 

917.4 

29,741 

122.7 

183,856 

758.3 

25,3% 

116.9 

135,933 

625.8 

88,032 

258.2 

263,930 

774.0 

36,227 

Rate  per  100,000    

Property  crime^    

Rate  per  100,000   

125.4 

110,819 

383.5 

Crime  Index  total  

Rate  per  100,000   

2,169,262 
1,047.6 

1,670,254 
1,159.4 

616,686 
1,518.2 

214,949 
1,304.1 

226,889 
1,203.9 

236,804 
1,069.3 

213,597 
881.0 

161,329 

742.7 

351,%2 
1,032.1 

147,(M6 
508.8 

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


Table  25.— Arrest,  Number  and  Rate,  Population  Group,  1978— Continued 


Total 
(11,872 
agencies; 

total 
population 
207,060,000; 


Total  city 
(8,705 


population 
144,062,000) 


(115  cities 
100,000  to 
249,999; 

16.483.000) 


Group  III 

(275  cit.es 
50,000  to 
99,999; 
population 
18,847,000) 


Group  IV 
(647  cities 
25,000  to 
49,999; 
population 
22,145,000) 


10,000  to 

24,999; 

population 

24,246,000) 


10,000 
population 


(819 
agencies; 
[x>pulation 
34,100,000) 


(2,348 
agencies; 
population 
28,898,000) 


3ther  assaults    

Rate  per  100,000    .... 
\rson  

Rate  per  100,000   .,.. 
Forgery  and  counterfeiting  . 

Rate  per  100,000    .... 
Fraud    

Rate  per  100,000    .... 
Embezzlement    

Rate  per  100,000    .... 
Stolen  property;  buying, 
receiving,  possessing  

Rate  per  100,000   ..,. 
i/andalism    

Rate  per  100,000    .... 
iVeapons;  carrying, 
jossessing, 
etc 

Rate  per  100,000    .... 

Prostitution  and  commercial- 

-ized  vice   

Rate  per  100,000    .... 

iex  offenses  (except  forcible 

rape  and  prostitution)  .... 

Rate  per   100,000    .... 
3rug  abuse  violations    

Rate  per  100,000   .... 
3ambling    

Rate  per  100,000   .... 

Dffenses  against  family  and 

children   

Rate  per  100,000    .... 
Driving  under  the  influence 

Rate  per  100,000   .... 
Liquor  laws  

Rate  per  100.000    .... 
Orjnkenness   

Rate  per  100,000    .... 
Disorderly  conduct    

Rate  per  100,000    .... 

Rale  per  100,000    . ... 
Ml  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    .... 


249,207 
120.4 
7,670 


112,317 

54.2 

223,391 

107.9 


596,940 
288.3 
53,066 

25.6 


,204,733 

581.8 

357.450 


338.187 

234.8 

12,450 

8.6 

50,238 

34.9 

122,794 

85.2 

5,022 

3.5 


56.8 

175,979 

122.2 


50,483 

35.0 

440,235 

305.6 

46,839 

32.5 

22,092 

15.3 

752,822 

522.6 
286,604 

198.9 
911,992 

633.1 
601,536 

417.6 


1,794 


4,030 

9.9 

15,009 

37.0 

33,924 

83.5 

1,587 

3.9 


22,865 

56.3 

161,392 

397.3 

34,347 

84.6 


14.7 

195,082 

480.3 

42,107 

103.7 

292,348 

719.7 

238,197 


83.5 


28,744 
70.8 

31,219 
76.9 


1.574 

9.5 

6,749 

40.9 

24,502 

148.7 

708 


9,526 

57.8 

19,190 


79.920 
484.9 
18.465 


3,697 

22.4 

19,179 

116.4 


3.9 

1 1,672 

61.9 

23,876 

126.7 


6,194 
32.9 
57.110 
303.0 
2.605 
13.8 

2.437 

12.9 

89,300 

473.8 
30,657 

162.7 
1 10,229 

584.9 
59,455 

315.5 

3,976 


21.1 


I6.i 


8,889 

47.2 

20,375 

108.1 


3.8 

12,141 

54.8 

29,870 

134,9 


6,445 
29.1 
55,327 
249.8 
2,715 
12.3 

3,282 

14.8 

107,996 

487.7 

50,702 

229.0 

101,233 

457.1 

75,825 

342.4 

2,221 


46,560 

192.0 

1,845 

7.6 

7,373 

30.4 

20,212 

83.4 

631 

2.6 


46.8 
31.148 
128.5 


3.992 

16.5 

127,743 

526.9 

59,645 

246.0 

124,974 

515.4 

83,259 


11,049 

45.6 

20,508 


37.658 
173,4 
1.558 

7.2 
6,685 
30.8 
12.425 
57.2 
523 


8.400 

38.7 

29.590 

136.2 


3,914 

18.0 

57,301 

263.8 


152,781 
703.3 
85,028 


99.0 


10,199 
47.0 

14,309 
65.9 


67,390 
197.6 
3,656 
10.7 

13,961 


21,953 
64.4 

32,242 


11,703 
34.3 
99,127 
290.7 
4,706 
13.8 


3,861 

11.3 

29,355 


Uncludes  only  suburban  county  law  enforcement  agencies  and  is  not  comparable  to  suburban 

'Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 

^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 

Population  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  All  rates  were  calculated  on  the  population  before  rounding. 


totals  found  in  other  arrest  tables. 


Table  26.-Total  Arrest  Trends,  1969-1978 

[3,608  agencies;    1978  eslimaled  population  114,764.000) 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Total  all  ages 


Percent 
change 


Under  18  years  of  age 


18  years  of  age  and 


Percent 


TOTAL    

Murder  and  nonnegligent 

manslaughter   

Forcible  rape   

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault  

Burglary  

Larceny-theft   

Motor  vehicle  theft    

Violent  crime'  

Property  crime^    

Crime  Index  total  

Other  assaults    

Arson  

Forgery  and  counterfeiting  

Embezzlement    

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

possessing    

Vandalism    

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc.   , 

Prostitution  and  commercialized 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  an 

prostitution)    

Drug  abuse  violations    

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  


9,230 
11.705 
59,361 
90,839 
207,497 
427,333 
102,566 


29,953 

53,525 
4,903 

32,363 
87,445 
73,738 


35,315 

41,976 
174,926 
54,376 
45,753 
297,268 

176,820 
1,267,672 

488,604 
75,123 

555,720 
85,499 
86,980 


10,570 
16,018 
79,774 
135,667 
278,610 
684,111 
86,269 


930 
2,355 
18,981 
14,393 
112,837 
222,961 
59,858 


1,057 
2,691 
25,480 
23,541 
148,498 
293,787 
45,648 


76.446 
94.660 
204,372 
42,708 


9,513 
13,327 
54,294 
112,126 
130,112 
390,324 
40.621 


136,-; 


62,572 
134,202 
92,177 


60,394 

38,651 
349,405 
36,221 
23,790 
549,469 

184,550 
678,154 
456,972 
20,725 
767,964 
11,752 
56,854 
110,719 


-46.5 
-6.5 
-72.4 
+  38.2 
-86.3 
-34.6 
-19.0 


3,523 

2,305 

188 


9,210 
45,257 
1,353 
712 
3,250 

59,311 

37,332 
100,835 
7,378 
169,026 
18,379 
86,980 
136,761 


55,198 
5,319 
5,833 
3,799 
579 

22,580 
78,669 
15,467 


7,202 
87,168 
1,365 
1,841 
12,671 

70,337 
25,065 
86,356 
3,306 
177,649 
3,785 
56,854 
110,719 


+  42.6 
+  20.3 
+  65.6 
+  64.8 
+  208.0 

+  99.2 
+  23.4 
+  18.6 


181,385 
2,465 
26,430 
51,220 
4,715 


32,766 
129,669 

53,023 
45.041 


117,509 

1,230,340 

387,769 

67,745 


34,895 

105,518 

3,583 


31,449 
262,237 
34,856 
21,949 
536.798 

114,213 
653,089 
370,616 
17,419 
590,315 
7,967 


'Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  s 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-thcfl,  and  motor  vehicle  t 


abk  27.— Total  Arrest  Trends,  Sex,  1969-1978 

1,608  agencies;   1978  estimated  population   114.764,000] 


Males 

Females 

OfTense  charged 

Total 

Under  18 

Total 

Under  18 

1969 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1969 

1978 

Percent 

change 

1969 

1978 

Percent 

change 

1969 

1978 

Percent 
change 

TOTAL 

4,195,086 

4,424,628 

+  5.5 

975356 

1,074,142 

+  10.1 

659,638 

917,618 

+  39.1 

252,2% 

297,099 

+  17.8 

urder  and  nonnegligent 

7,777 
11.705 
55.827 
79.565 
198.496 
312.139 
97.101 

8,988 
15,877 
74.035 
117.849 
261.321 
459,261 
78,724 

+  15.6 
+  35.6 
+  32.6 
+  48.1 
+  31.7 
+  47.1 
-18.9 

845 
2,355 
17,833 
12,718 
108,128 
169,722 
56,705 

960 
2,643 
23,773 
20,082 
139,524 
209,342 
41,202 

+  13.6 
+  12.2 
+  33.3 
+  57.9 
+  29.0 
+  23.3 
-27.3 

1,453 

3,534 
11.274 
9,001 
115,194 
5,465 

1,582 
141 
5,739 
17,818 
17,289 
224,850 
7,545 

+  8.9 

"+'62.4 
+  58.0 
+  92.1 
+  95.2 
+  38.1 

85 

"i,'l48 
1,675 
4,709 
53,239 
3,153 

97 
48 
1,707 
3,459 
8,974 
84,445 
4,446 

+  14.1 

+  48.7 

ggravated  assault   

+  106.5 
+  90.6 

+  58.6 

lotor  vehicle  then 

+  41.0 

154,874 
607,736 

216,749 
799.306 

+  40.0 
+  31.5 

33,751 
334,555 

47,458 
390,068 

+  40.6 
+  16.6 

16,261 
129,660 

25,280 
249,684 

+  55.5 
+  92.6 

2,908 
61.101 

5,311 
97,865 

+  82.6 

Property  crime^    

+  60.2 

762,610 

1,016,055 

+  33.2 

368,306 

437,526 

+  18.8 

145.921 

274,964 

+  88.4 

64,009 

103,176 

+  61.2 

193,664 
6,280 
22.895 
39.467 
3,839 

29.562 
81,028 
68,936 

7,816 

36.044 
145.864 
50.010 

41,521 
277.972 

153.995 
1.178,850 

422,959 
67,818 

468,358 
72,802 
69,788 
65.810 

226,830 
8,881 
27,621 
64,514 
3,050 

55,350 
122,801 
84,753 

19,588 

35,154 
298,220 
32,928 

20,638 
500,299 

155,295 
626,369 
380,070 
16,633 
637.951 
10,070 
45,499 
46,129 

+  17.1 
+  41.4 
+  20.6 
+  63.5 
-20.6 

+  87.2 
+  51.6 

+  22.9 

+  150.6 

—  2.5 
+  104.5 
-34.2 

—  50.3 
+  80.0 

+  .8 
-46.9 
-10.1 
-75.5 
+  36.2 
-86.2 
-34.8 
-29.9 

31,438 
4,076 
2,721 
1,850 
131 

10,514 
59,703 
12,441 

236 

7,020 
35,182 
1,309 

531 
3,112 

49,182 
32,652 
84,138 
6.279 
129,137 
15,805 
69,788 
65,810 

43,942 
4,800 
4,058 
2,669 
434 

20,545 
72.645 
14,546 

814 

6,515 

72,412 
1,297 

1,109 
11,370 

54,268 
21,399 
71,301 

2,733 
138,131 

3,232 
45,499 
46,129 

+  39.8 
+  17.8 
+  49.1 
+  44.3 
+  231.3 

+  95.4 
+  21.7 
+  16.9 

+  244.9 

-7.2 

+  105.8 

—  .9 

+  108.9 
+  265.4 

+  10.3 
-34.5 
-15.3 
-56.5 
+  7.0 
-79.6 
-34.8 
-29.9 

26,422 
606 

7,058 
14,058 

1,064 

2,801 
6,417 
4,802 

27,499 

5,932 
29,062 
4,366 

4,232 
19,296 

22,825 
88,822 
65,645 
7,305 
87,362 
12,697 
17,192 
70,951 

37,226 
1,264 
13,107 
44,803 
1.112 

7.222 
11.401 
7.424 

40,806 

3,497 
51,185 
3,293 

3,152 
49,170 

29,255 
51,785 
76,902 
4,092 
130,013 
1,682 
11,355 
64,590 

+  40.9 
+  108.6 

+  85.7 

+  218.7 

+  4.5 

+  157.8 
+  77.7 
+  54.6 

+  48.4 

-41.0 
+  76.1 

—  24,6 

-25.5 
+ 154.8 

+  28.2 

—  41.7 
+  17.1 

—  44.0 
+  48.8 
-86.8 
-34.0 

-9.0 

7,263 
345 
802 

455 
57 

819 

4.068 

596 

617 

2,190 

10,075 

44 

181 
138 

10,129 
4,680 

16,697 
1,099 

39,889 
2,574 

17,192 

70,951 

11,256 
519 

1,775 

1,130 

145 

2,035 

6,024 

921 

1,748 

687 

14,756 

68 

732 
1,301 

16,069 
3,666 
15,055 

573 
39,518 

553 
11,355 
64,590 

+  55.0 

+  50.4 

orgery  and  counterfeiting  

+  121.3 
+  148.4 

mbeulement 

+  154.4 

tolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

+ 148.5 

+  48.1 

/eapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 
rostitution  and  commerciaUzed 

+  54.5 
+ 183.3 

ex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape 
rug  abuse  violations    

-68.6 
+  46.5 

+  54.5 

ffenses  against  fanuly  and 

+  304.4 

riving  under  the  influence    

+  842.8 
+  58.6 

-21.7 

-9.8 

-47.9 

dl  other  offenses  (except  traffic)    .. 
uspicion  (not  included  in  totals)  .. 
urfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

—  .9 
-78.5 
-34.0 
-9.0 

Table  28.-Total  Airest  Trends,  1974-1978 

[7,056  agencies;    1978  estimated  population   153,356,000] 


Number  of  persons  arrested 

Offense  charged 

Total  all  ages 

Under  18  years  of  age 

18  years  of  age  and  over 

1974 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1974 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1974 

1978 

Percent 
change 

TOTAL                

69f»»n 

6,838,286 

-2.2 

1,905,102 

1,711,079 

-10  J 

5,084345 

5,127,207 

Murder  and  nonnegligent 

manslaughter 
Forcible  lape 
Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 
Burglary 
Larceny-theft 
Motor  vehicle  theft 

14.818 
18,467 
103,147 
161.486 
372,778 
796,010 
112,825 

12,780 
19,873 
91,228 
173,877 
352,447 
836.639 
109,641 

-13.8 
+  7.6 

-11.6 
+  7.7 
—  5.5 
+  5.1 
-2.8 

1,459 
3,615 
33,571 
28,486 
201,377 
384,928 
64,458 

1,190 
3,240 
28,631 
29,006 
187,957 
360,644 
57,891 

-18.4 
-10.4 
—  14.7 
+  1.8 
-6.7 
—  6.3 
-10.2 

13.359 
14,852 
69,576 
133,000 
171,401 
411,082 
48,367 

11,590 
16,633 
62,597 
144,871 
164,490 
475,995 
51,750 

-13 
+  12 
-10 
+  8 
—  4 
+  15 
+  7 

297,918 
1,281,613 

297,758 
1,298,727 

+  L3 

67,131 
650,763 

62,067 
606,492 

-7.5 
-6.8 

230,787 
630,850 

235,691 
692,235 

Property  critne^    

+  9 

Crime  Index  total 

1,579,531 

1,5%,485 

+  1.1 

717,894 

668,559 

-6.9 

861,637 

927,926 

+  7 

Other  assaults 

294,959 
11,710 
44,722 

111,923 
4,756 

79,379 
154,893 
124,926 

51,883 

46,366 

525,975 
54,203 
48,713 

785,996 

218,963 
1,103,463 
522,528 

40,214 
890,162 

36,130 
115,076 
179,606 

328,385 
12,901 
51,361 

140,185 
5,259 

77,764 
174,400 
110,230 

69,022 

47,795 
434,541 
41,183 
36,050 
878,384 

269.008 
809.825 
540.358 
25.579 
984.467 
14.515 
66.474 
138.630 

+  11.3 
+  10.2 
+  14.8 
+  25.3 
+  10.6 

-2.0 
+  12.6 
-11.8 

+  33.0 

+  3.1 
-17.4 

—  24.0 
-26.0 
+  11.8 

+  22.9 

-26.6 

+  3.4 

-36.4 

+  10.6 

—  59.8 
-42.2 
-22.8 

60,101 
6,872 
6,060 
5.116 

473 

28,351 
106,072 
20,439 

2,327 

10,777 

140,268 

2,285 

3,934 

12,214 

90,612 
35,463 

114,135 
5,681 

241,346 
10,588 

115,076 

179,606 

66,306 
6.607 
7,462 
4,725 
712 

27,587 
101,887 
18,256 

2.942 

8,995 
109,077 
1,566 
2,140 
19.726 

100,529 
31,327 
100,731 
3,956 
222,885 
4.195 
66,474 
138  630 

+  10.3 
-3.9 

+  23.1 
-7.6 

+  50.5 

-2.7 
-3.9 
-10.7 

+  26.4 

-16.5 
-22.2 
-31.5 
-45.6 
+  61.5 

+  10.9 
-11.7 
-11.7 
—  30.4 
-7.6 
-60.4 
-42.2 
22  8 

234,858 
4,838 
38,662 

106,807 
4,283 

51,028 
48,821 
104,487 

49,556 

35,589 

385,707 
51,918 
44,779 

773,782 

128.351 
1,068,000 
408,393 

34,533 
648,816 

25,542 

262,079 
6,294 
43.899 

135.460 
4,547 

50,177 
72,513 
91,974 

66.080 

38,800 
325,464 
39,617 
33,910 
858,658 

168,479 
778.498 
439,627 

21,623 
761,582 

10,320 

+  11 

Arson  

Forgery  and  counterfeiting  

Fraud    

Embezzlement    

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving. 

+  30 
+  13 
+  26 
+  6 

-1 

vi:^Sr,.:;:::::;::;:::::::;:::::::::::::: 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice  

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 
prostitution)    

+  48 
-12 

+  33 

+  9 
—  15 

Gambling   

Offenses  against  family  and  children    

-23 
-24 
+  11 

+  31 

Drunkenness 

—  27 

Disorderly  conduct    

Vagrancy   

+  7 
-37 
+  17 

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals)  

Curfew  and  loitenng  law  violations    

Runaways  

-59 

190 


Fable  29.-Total  Arrest  Trends,  Sex,  1974-1978 

7,056  agencies;   1978  estimated  population   153,356,000) 


Males 

Females 

Offense  charged 

Total 

Under  18 

Total 

Under  18 

1974 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1974 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1974 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1974 

1978 

Percent 
change 

S4»13,437 

5,695,159 

-3.7 

1,497,831 

1342,821 

—  10  J 

1.076310 

1,143,127 

+  6,2 

407,271 

368,258 

12,616 
18,301 
96,278 
140,488 
352,395 
548,371 
105,403 

10,876 
19,692 
84.599 
151,650 
330,360 
564,818 
99,945 

-13.8 
+  7.6 

-12.1 
+  7.9 
-6.3 
+  3.0 
—  5.2 

1,342 
3,554 
31,283 
24,015 
190,715 
275,053 
60,077 

1,073 
3,175 
26,677 
24,681 
176,408 
258,012 
52,118 

—  20.0 
-10.7 
-147 

+  2.8 
-7.5 
-6.2 

—  13.2 

2,202 
166 
6.869 
20,998 
20,383 
247,639 
7,422 

1,904 

181 

6,629 

22,227 

22.087 

271.821 

9,696 

-13.5 
+  9.0 

—  3.5 
+  5.9 
+  8.4 
+  9.8 
+  30.6 

117 
61 
2.288 
4,471 
10,662 
109,875 
4,381 

117 
65 
1,954 
4,325 
11,549 
102,632 
5,773 

"orcible  rape 

lobbery  

Aggravated  assault 

"rg'a^  

greeny-theft 
^otor  vehicle  theft 

+  6.6 
—  14.6 
-3.3 
+  8.3 
—  6.6 
+  31.8 

Violent  crime' 

Property  cnme^ 

267,683 
1,006,169 

266,817 
995.123 

-.3 
—  1.1 

60,194 

525.845 

55,606 
486,538 

-7.6 

-7.5 

30,235 
275,444 

30,941 
303,604 

+  2.3 
+  10.2 

6,937 
124,918 

6,461 
119,954 

-6.9 
-4.0 

Crime  Index  total  

1,273,852 

1,261,940 

—  .9 

586,039 

542,144 

—  7.5 

305,679 

334,545 

+  9.4 

131,855 

126,415 

-4.1 

254,361 
10,495 
31,913 
74.487 
3,830 

71,085 
142,621 
115,033 

12,926 

42,521 
451,248 
49,419 

43,289 
724,510 

186,267 
1,024,287 

448,679 
34,740 

745,642 
31,293 
92,447 
79,785 

282,623 
11,333 
35,008 
84,312 
3,889 

68,836 
159,838 
101,502 

22,376 

43,669 

372,147 
37,500 

32,017 
800,264 

227,777 
749,179 
452,591 
18,908 
818.847 
12.465 
52,449 
58,154 

+  11.1 
+  8.0 
+  9.7 

+  13.2 
+  1.5 

-3.2 
+  12.1 
-11.8 

+  73.1 

+  2.7 
-17.5 
-24.1 

-26.0 
+  10.5 

+  22.3 
-26.9 
+  .9 
-45.6 
+  9.8 
—  60.2 
-43.3 
-27.1 

47,613 
6,228 
4.253 
3,974 
375 

25,943 
98,273 
19.282 

754 

9,356 

116,201 

2,195 

2,534 
11,321 

72,495 
30,810 
94,564 

4,759 
188,630 

8,970 
92,447 
79,785 

52,894 
5,967 
5.175 
3,325 
536 

25,135 
94,121 
17,177 

945 

8,154 
90,474 
1,493 

1,358 
17,691 

78,084 
26,784 
83,536 

3,263 
173,962 

3,557 
52,449 
58.154 

+  11.1 
-4.2 
+  21.7 
-16.3 
+  42.9 

-3.1 
-4.2 
-10.9 

+  25.3 

-12.8 
-22.1 
-32.0 

-46.4 
+  56.3 

+  7.7 
-13.1 
—  11.7 
-31.4 

-7.8 
-60.3 
-43.3 
-27.1 

40,598 
1,215 
12,809 
37,436 
926 

8,294 
12,272 
9,893 

38,957 

3.845 
74,727 
4,784 

5.424 
61,486 

32,696 
79,176 
73.849 

5,474 
144,520 

4,837 
22.629 
99,821 

45,762 
1,568 
16,353 
55,873 
1,370 

8,928 
14,562 
8,728 

46.646 

4.126 
62,394 
3,683 

4,033 
78,120 

41,231 
60.646 
87,767 

6,671 
165,620 

2,050 
14,025 
80,476 

+  12.7 
+  29.1 
+  27.7 
+  49.2 
+  47.9 

+  7.6 
+  18.7 
-11.8 

+  19.7 

+  7.3 
-16.5 
-23.0 

-25.6 

+  27.1 

+  26.1 
-23.4 
+  18.8 
+  21.9 
+  14.6 
-57.6 
-38.0 
-19.4 

12,488 

644 

1.807 

1.142 

98 

2,408 
7,799 
1,157 

1,573 

1,421 

24,067 

90 

1.400 
893 

18,117 
4,653 

19,571 
922 

52,716 
1,618 

22,629 

99,821 

13,412 

640 

2,287 

1,400 

176 

2.452 
7.766 
1,079 

1,997 

841 
18,603 

73 

782 
2,035 

22,445 
4,543 
17,195 

693 
48,923 

638 
14,025 
80,476 

+  74 

Arson  

-.6 

raud    

+  22.6 

tolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 
possessing    

+  1.8 

Veapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 
rostitution  and  commercialized 

-6.7 

ex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape 

408 

rambling    

)nfenses  against  family  and 

-18.9 

Jriving  under  the  influence    

iquor  laws  

+  127.9 
+  23.9 

12.1 

^gf^"'=y 

\1\  other  offenses  (except  Irafiic)   .. 
uspicion  (not  included  in  totals)  .. 
urfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

—  248 
-7.2 
-60.6 
-38.0 

191 


Table  30.-Total  Airest  Trends,  1977-1978 

110,319  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  179,569,000] 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Percent 
change 


Percent 
change 


Under  18  years  of  age 


Percent 
change 


18  years  of  age  and 


Murder  and  nonnegligeni 

manslaughter  

Forcible  rape   

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault  

Burglary  

Larceny-theft  

Motor  vehicle  theft    


Violent  crime'  . 
Property  crime* 


Crime  Index  total 


Other  assaults    

Forgery  and  counterfeiting  

Embezzlement   

Stolen  property;  buying, 

receiving,  possessing  

Vandalism    

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing, 


Prostitution  and 


Sex  offenses  (except  forcible 

rape  and  prostitution)  

Drug  abuse  violations   

Gambling   

Offenses  against  family  and 

children    

Driving  under  the  influence 


Liquor  laws 


Disorderly  conduct    

Vagrancy  

All  other  offenses  (except  trafiic) 
Suspicion  (not  included  in 

totals)  

Curfew  and  loitering  law 

violations   

Runaways  


14,798 
22,318 
95,307 
185,352 
400,698 
917,707 
112,915 


14,970 
22,794 
95,839 
197,882 
401,959 
935,921 
118,120 


925 
7,099 
8,477 
79,048 
175,431 
16,421 


867 
7,041 
8,503 
79.301 
170.229 
16,433 


1,456 
3,702 
29,438 
30,219 
211,524 
401,319 
62,219 


212,175 
398,210 
62,452 


155,133 
189,174 
516,388 
50,696 


369,721 
14,868 
60,566 

182,837 
6,063 


52,703 
499,995 
43,402 


584,256 

26,274 

,184,407 

22,173 

81,919 
175,562 


385,347 
15,186 
61,308 

205,126 


194,623 
125,905 


51,941 
4%,029 
41,348 


319,895 
994,097 
618,321 
25,046 
,221,938 

18,075 


32,466 
1,291 
92,010 


467 

8,850 
3,797 

31,959 
1,261 

85,224 

1,560 


70,684 
7,548 
7,627 
5,513 
735 


2,882 
10,248 


23,101 

115,793 
46,042 
111,835 
5,239 
268,568 


70,966 
7,585 
8,254 
5,622 
781 


115,383 
39,330 
113,034 
4,657 
256,772 

5,083 


299,037 
7,320 
52,939 

177,324 
5.328 


42.455 
378.909 
41.547 


190.796 

,042,614 

472,421 

21.035 


915.i 


Table  31.— Total  Airest  Trends,  Sex,  1977-1978 

[10,319  agencies;   1978  estimated  population   179,569,000] 


Percent 
change 


Percent 


Percent 
change 


Murder  and  nonnegligent 

manslaughter   

Forcible  rape    

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault   

Burglary  

Larceny-theft  

Motor  vehicle  theft   


Violent  crime'  . 
Property  crime^ 


Crime  Index  total 


Other  assaults    

Forgery  and  counterfeiting 


Fraud 

Embezzlement    

Stolen  property;  buying, 

receiving,  possessing  

Vandalism    

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing. 


Prostitution  and  commercialized 
vice    

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible 
rape  and  prostitution)  

Drug  abuse  violations    

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  


88,123 
161,795 
376,233 
626,194 
103,413 


318,511 
13,231 
42,753 

113,120 


261,068 

,008,105 

485,983 

20,125 

987.070 

19,012 


172,849 
376,982 
636,550 
107,690 


1,321 
3,618 
27,294 
25,669 
198,758 
287,981 
56,423 


1,197 
3,526 
27,272 
26,452 
199,105 
285,416 
56,121 


2,240 
231 
7,184 
23,557 
24,465 
291,513 
9,502 


2.234 
186 
6,911 
25,033 
24,977 
299,371 
10,430 


4,550 
12,766 
13,338 

5,796 


332,081 
13,400 
42,682 

122,039 


56,144 
6,853 
5,435 
3,962 
576 


47,825 
426,682 
37,566 


919,200 
518,816 
17,954 

,023,489 

15,717 


90,724 
39,706 
90,655 


56,607 
6,866 
5,734 
3,941 
574 


8,953 

101,855 

1,547 


89,991 
33,949 
93,452 
3.849 

201,172 

4,327 

57,048 


51,210 
1,637 
17,813 
69,717 
1,365 


4,664 
69,410 
3,976 


45,521 
80,551 
98,273 
6,149 


53,266 
1,786 
18,626 
83,087 
1,693 


4,116 
69,347 
3,782 

5,169 
92,076 

47,291 
74,897 
99,505 
7,092 


2,192 

1,551 

159 


25,069 
6,336 
21,180 


),515 


'Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  asj 
^Property  crimes  arc  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


193 


Table  32.— Total  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Age,  1978 

(11,872  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  207,060,000) 


Grand 

total 

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 

21 

TOTAL  

Peroal  distribution"   

9,775,087 
100.0 

728,198 

7.4 

2479365 
233 

7,495,722 

76.7 

79,007 
.8 

152317 
1.6 

496,874 
5,1 

432.078 
4.4 

542,459 

576,630 
5J> 

589,767 
6.0 

540,790 

499,585 
5.1 

471,078 
4i 

Murder  and  nonnegligenl 

18,755 
28,257 
141.481 
257,629 
485,782 
1,084,088 
153,270 

244 
1,102 
13,086 
11,508 
93,652 
194,680 
20,146 

1,735 
4,517 
48.088 
41.253 
250,649 
454,994 
77,534 

17,020 
23,740 
93,393 
216376 
235,133 
629,094 
75,736 

26 

75 

534 

1,014 

9,806 

23,850 

507 

20 
185 
2,428 
2,433 
20,012 
49,098 
2,409 

198 

842 
10,124 
8,061 
63,834 
121,732 
17,230 

281 
820 
9,835 
7,454 
51.785 
83,888 
19,178 

540 
1,156 
12,171 
10,135 
54,487 
90,121 
20,660 

670 
1.439 
12.9% 
12.156 
50,725 
86305 
17,550 

931 

1,598 
12,511 
12,974 
41,262 
74,182 
12.681 

924 
1,558 
10,474 
12,564 
30,285 
58,465 
9,524 

929 

1,593 
8,860 
12.577 
23,926 
49,108 
7,231 

93 

l,63( 

Robbery  

8,19 

n.5% 

Burglary   

Urceny-thefl    

Motor  vehicle  theft 

19,76 
42,58-: 
6,25 

Violent  crime' 

446,122 

100.0 

1,723,140 

100.0 

25,940 

5.8 

308,478 

17.9 

95.593 

21.4 

783.177 

45.5 

350,529 
78.6 

939,%3 
54.5 

1,649 

34,163 
2.0 

5,066 
1.1 

71,519 
4.2 

19,225 

4.3 

202,796 

11,8 

18,390 

4.1 

1H851 

9.0 

24,002 

5.4 

165,268 

9,6 

27,261 

6.1 

154,580 

9.0 

28,014 

6.3 

128,125 

7.4 

25,520 

5.7 

98.274 

5.7 

23,959 
5.4 

80,265 
4.7 

23,35- 

Property  crime^  

Percent  distribution'  

5. 
68.59 

4. 

Cnme  Index  total    

Percent  distnbution-  

2,169.262 
100.0 

334,418 
15.4 

878,770 
40.5 

1,290,492 
59.5 

35,812 
1.7 

76,585 
3.5 

222,021 
102 

173,241 
8.0 

189,270 
8.7 

181,841 
8.4 

156.139 

7.2 

123,794 
5.7 

104,224 
4.8 

91,95 

445,020 
18,114 
73,269 

249,207 
7,670 

112J17 
223391 

149,957 

89365 

65,666 
596>»0 
53,066 

54,014 
1J04,733 

357,450 

1,117349 

679,112 

46,896 

1,788,794 
21,650 

78,972 
172,873 

28,496 
5,129 
1,680 
7,084 
185 

10,997 
66,586 

5,504 

659 

4,427 

20,771 

300 

1,230 
513 

9,761 
4,195 
34,978 
1,960 

96,735 
1,987 

20,723 
69,880 

82,425 
8,760 
9,991 

18,874 
909 

37,490 
127,973 

23,689 

4,212 

11,842 

141,186 

2,137 

2,871 
27,494 

127,069 

43,210 

124,307 

6,578 

341,579 
6,154 

78,972 
172,873 

362,595 
9,354 
63,278 

230,333 
6,761 

74.827 
95.418 

126,268 

85,153 

53,824 
455,754 
50,929 

51,143 
1,177,239 

230,381 

1,074,139 

554,805 

40,318 

1,447,215 
15,496 

3,181 
1,502 

74 
293 

17 

664 
14,018 

323 

33 

426 
430 

23 

671 
142 

281 

301 

3,695 

198 

11,595 
256 

1,028 
4,044 

6,622 
1313 
243 
1,216 

37 

2,029 
17,635 

922 

78 

892 

1,714 

42 

161 
50 

656 

332 
7.543 
401 

19,172 
398 

3,462 
10,714 

18,693 
2314 

1,363 

5,575 

131 

8,304 
34,933 

4.259 

548 

3,109 

18,627 

235 

398 
321 

8,824 
3,562 
23,640 
1,361 

65,%8 
1,333 

16,233 

55,122 

14,505 
1,412 

1,741 

5,445 

109 

7,686 
21,038 

4,286 

735 

2,248 

26312 

360 

476 
1,062 

18,149 
6,136 

21.844 
1353 

57.833 
1,110 

17,446 
47,551 

18,303 
1,148 
2,692 
2,228 
226 

9,047 
21.037 

6,059 

851 

2,444 

41,602 

606 

530 
7,002 

39,840 
11,995 
29,040 
1,499 

93,590 
1,388 

22.950 
39,112 

21,121 
1,071 
3,878 
4,117 
389 

9,760 
19,312 

7,840 

1,%7 

2,723 

52,501 

871 

635 
18.917 

59,319 
20,884 
38,445 
1.766 

93,421 
1,669 

17,853 
16,330 

21,743 

820 

4,170 

7,268 

411 

9,273 
14,006 

9,084 

5.390 

2.829 
57,933 
1.253 

2,442 
42,789 

54,695 
40,430 
47,321 
2,578 

107,562 
1,631 

22,070 

804 

4,367 

9,190 

385 

7,642 
10,529 

8,498 

7,837 

2,774 
53.621 
1.331 

2,265 
50,673 

41,337 
40,113 
45,361 
3,071 

103,590 
1.538 

21,894 

629 

4,240 

10,980 
383 

6.544 
8,439 

7,843 

8.128 

2,846 
48,395 
1,346 

2,241 
53,636 

30,406 

40,527 
42,757 
2,840 

100,009 
1,278 

22,36! 

Arson  

Forgery  and  counterfeiting    ... 

Fraud  

Embezzlement  

Stolen  properly;  buying, 
receiving,  possessmg    

53 

4,36) 

12,55 

44 

5,65 
7,44( 

Weapons,  carrying, 

7,95( 

Prostitution  and 

commerciahzed  vice  

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible 

rape  and  prostitution)    

8,94 

2,85 
42,89 

Gambling  

Offenses  against  family  and 

children    

Driving  under  the  influence    .. 

Liquor  laws   

Drunkenness    

Disorderly  conduct    

Vagrancy   

All  other  offenses  (except 
traffic)  

1,45 

2,42 
57.93 

12,89 
45,80 
40,57 
3,17 

97,64 
1,19 

Curfew  and  loitering  law 

violations    

Runaways   

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


194 


>le  32.-Total  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Age, 

1978— Continued 

Age 

Offense  charged 

22 

23 

24 

25-29 

30-34 

35-39 

40-44 

45^9 

50-54 

55-59 

60-64 

i5  and 

Not 
known 

20321   . 
4J 

82,602   3 

52354 
3.6 

IJ83.448 
13.1 

827>48 
8,5 

>86,293 
6.0 

50,570 
4.6 

166,798 
3.8 

I02,r6   1 
3.1 

99,119 
2.0 

U,311 
\2 

99.564 
1.0 

8,898 

.1 

der  and  nonnegligent 

925 
1,558 
6,963 
12,142 
16,228 
36,992 
5,079 

892 
1,452 
6,176 
11,553 
13,784 
32,644 
4,358 

867 
1.325 
5.429 
10,823 
11,864 
29,059 
3,793 

3,445 
5,308 
18,139 
43,173 
38,562 
108,186 
12.430 

2,237 
3,207 
8,384 
28,934 
17,595 
61,392 
6,138 

1,575 
1,916 
3,909 

19,545 
8,937 

38,235 
3,326 

1,095 
1,055 
1,919 

13,565 
5,210 

26,613 
1,958 

786 
676 
1.127 
9.498 
3,324 
21,015 
1,309 

602 

398 

646 

7,090 

2,057 

17,747 

808 

360 
224 
304 

4,255 
1,054 

12,637 
415 

224 
104 
107 

2,470 
433 

8,357 
160 

285 
126 
212 

2,457 
572 

11,279 
194 

10 

12 

41 

157 

', 

278 

21,588 
4.8 

58,299 
3.4 

20,073 
4.5 

50,786 
2.9 

18,444 
4.1 

44,716 
2.6 

70,065 

15.7 

159,178 

9.2 

42,762 
9.6 

85,125 
4.9 

26,945 
6.0 

50,498 
2.9 

17,634 
4.0 

33,781 
2.0 

12,087 
2.7 

25,648 
1.5 

8,736 

2.0 

20,612 

1.2 

5,143 

1.2 

14,106 

.8 

2,905 

.7 

8,950 

.5 

3,080 

.7 

12,045 

.7 

220 

(*) 

958 

79,887 
3.7 

70,859 
3.3 

63,160 
2.9 

229,243 
10.6 

127,887 
5.9 

77,443 
3.6 

51,415 
2.4 

37,735 
1.7 

29,348 

19,249 
.9 

11,855 

.5 

15,125 

.7 

1,178 

.1 



21,073 

569 

4,292 

12,722 

366 

4,850 
5,994 

7,339 

8,408 

2,814 
36,433 
1,470 

2.489 
H819 

9,898 
40,748 
H821 

2,879 

87,922 
1,028 

20,156 

506 

3,861 

12,997 

337 

4,383 
5,267 

6,754 

7,392 

2,543 
30,739 
1,407 

2,948 
51,059 

7.578 
37,558 
30,550 

2,749 

82,027 
932 

18,924 

443 

3,868 

13,078 

355 

3.700 
4,681 

6,241 

5,990 

2,398 
27,151 
1,246 

2,628 
48,655 

6,303 
35,397 
27,542 

2,109 

78,144 
841 

73,738 
1,600 
14,746 
53,775 
1,294 

13,346 

15,577 

23,864 

16,612 

9,826 
85,515 
6,592 

11,231 
197,230 

19,589 
142,636 
%,624 

7,185 

260,351 

2,874 

48,372 
1,051 
8,320 

37,426 
936 

7,480 
8,903 

15,568 

7,001 

7,573 
37,318 
6,247 

8,395 
148,257 

11,614 

116,635 

57,494 

3,972 

166,006 
1,493 

31,873 

804 

4,468 

23,845 
648 

4,417 
5,199 

10,598 

3,471 

5,356 
16.613 
5,616 

5,830 
118,872 

8.752 
105.446 
38,628 

2,774 

114,754 
886 

22,004 
566 
2,773 

15,193 
496 

2,886 
3,304 

7,383 

2,115 

3,698 
8.369 
5,270 

3,562 

98,527 

7.356 

100,501 

28,614 

1,970 

83,992 
576 

15,023 

410 

1,748 

9,410 

324 

1,957 
2,319 

5,414 

1,402 

2,819 
5,013 
5,208 

2,178 
84,862 

6,184 
97,544 
22,682 

1,658 

62,473 
435 

10,588 

264 

1,101 

6,061 

185 

1,275 
1,584 

4,150 

1.018 

2,186 
2,827 
4,442 

1,357 
71,342 

5,057 
93,747 
17,509 

1,419 

46,486 
330 

6,063 
163 
503 

3,106 
111 

729 
940 

2,581 

662 

1,485 
1,355 
3,243 

631 
48,436 

3,732 

66,096 

11,092 

936 

27,844 
162 

3,240 
92 
168 

1,480 
47 

353 
454 

1,414 

353 

874 

5% 

2,221 

257 
27,047 

2,248 

39,696 

6,085 

462 

14,250 
119 

3,106 

85 

167 

1,216 

18 

294 
511 

1,512 

390 

920 
648 

2,572 

205 
20,034 

2,084 

31,106 

6,624 

521 

12,302 
124 

360 

.         „rf,i,i„„ 

her/lement 

43 

apons;  carrying, 

75 

stitution  and  commercialized 

39 

30 

h               Its 

'^hr  "^ 

64 

653 

.    1     conduct 

K)    e  y 

olher  offenses  (except 

1,855 

.  . 

rfew  and  loitering  law                   ( 

iolations    ' 

inaways    

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

^Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
'Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
<Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 


Table  33.— Total  Arrests  of  Persons  under  15,  18,  21,  and  25  Years  of  Age,  1978 

(11,872  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  207,060,000] 


OfTense  charged 

Grand  total 
aU  ages 

Number  of  persons  arrested 

Percent  of  total  all  ages 

Under  15 

Under  18 

Under  21 

Under  25 

Under 
15 

Under 
18 

Under 
21 

Und 

25 

TOTAL    

9,775,087 

728,198 

2J79365 

3,909,507 

5436362 

7.4 

233 

40.0 

Forcible  rape    

18,755 
28,257 
141.481 
257,629 
485,782 
1,084.088 
153,270 

244 
1,102 
13,086 
11,508 
93,652 
194,680 
20,146 

1,735 
4,517 
48.088 
41,253 
250,649 
454,994 
77,534 

4.519 
9,266 
79,933 
79,368 
346,122 
636.749 
106.970 

8.136 
15.231 
106,693 
126.485 
407,760 
778,028 
126.451 

1.3 
3.9 
9.2 
4.5 
193 
18.0 
13.1 

93 
16.0 
34.0 
16.0 
51.6 
42.0 
50.6 

24.1 
32.8 
56.5 
30.8 
713 
58.7 
69.8 

4 

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault 

Larceny-theft   

8 

Motor  vehicle  theft   

Violent  crime"  

446,122 
1,723,140 

25,940 
308,478 

95,593 
783.177 

173.086 
1.089.841 

256.545 
1312.239 

5.8 
17.9 

21.4 
45.5 

38.8 
63.2 

2,169.262 

334,418 

878,770 

1,262.927 

1.568.784 

15.4 

40.5 

58.2 

Other  assaults    

445,020 
18,114 
73,269 
249,207 
7,670 
112317 
223391 
1494W7 

89365 

65,666 
5964*40 
53,066 
54,014 
1,204,733 

357,450 
1,117349 
679,112 
46,896 
1,788,794 
21.650 
78,972 
172,873 

28,496 
5,129 
1,680 
7,084 
185 
10,997 
66,586 
5.504 

659 

4,427 

20,771 

300 

1,230 

513 

9,761 

4,195 
34,978 

1,960 
96,735 

1,987 
20.723 
69,880 

82,425 
8,760 
9.991 
18,874 
909 
37,490 
127,973 
23,689 

4,212 

11,842 
141,186 
2,137 
2,871 
27,494 

127,069 
43,210 
124,307 
6,578 
341.579 
6,154 
78,972 
172,873 

148,132 
11,013 
22.768 
46,312 
2,088 
60.949 
160,947 
49,114 

25,567 

20,291 

301,135 

6.067 

9,819 

174,592 

253,507 
164.280 
259.746 
15,067 
652.740 
10,601 
78.972 
172.873 

230,653 
13,068 
39.157 
97,666 
3,591 
79,537 

184,329 
77.398 

56.302 

30,899 
438,353 
11,648 
20,304 
387,061 

290,181 
323.791 
393,232 
25,983 
998.481 
14,599 
78,972 
172.873 

6.4 
28.3 
2.3 
2.8 
2.4 
9.8 
29.8 
3.7 

.7 

6.7 
3.5 
.6 
2.3 
(') 

2.7 
.4 
5.2 
4.2 
5.4 
9.2 
26.2 
40.4 

18.5 
48.4 

13.6 
7.6 

11.9 
33.4 
573 
15.8 

4.7 

18.0 
23.7 
4.0 
5.3 
23 

35.5 
3.9 
183 
14.0 
19.1 
28.4 
100.0 
100.0 

33.3 
60.8 
31.1 
18.6 

27.2 
54.3 
72.0 
32.8 

28.6 

30.9 
50.4 
11.4 
18.2 
14.5 

70.9 
14.7 
38.2 
32.1 
36.5 
49.0 
100.0 
100.0 

Arson  

Embezzlement    

7 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing   etc 

8 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

Gambling    

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Liquor  laws  

Drunkenness   

Vagrancy  

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations    ..  . 

Runaways  

'Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  as; 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
^Less  than  one-tenth  of  I  percent. 


196 


ible  34.— Total  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Sex,  1978 

,872  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  207,060,000| 


Offense  charged 

Number  of  persons  arrested 

Percent 
male 

Percent 
female 

Percent  distribution' 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

9,775,087 

8,227^28 

1347,859 

84,2 

15,8 

100.0 

100.0 

rder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter 

rc.blf  rape 

gravaied  assault 
tor  vehicle  then 

18,755 
28,257 
141,481 
257,629 
485,782 
1,084,088 
153,270 

16,103 
28,013 
131,563 
225.018 
455.933 
740.335 
140,488 

2.652 
244 
9.918 
32.611 
29.849 
343.753 
12.782 

85.9 
99.1 
93.0 
87.3 
93.9 
683 
91.7 

14.1 
.9 

7.0 
12.7 

6.1 
31.7 

83 

3 
1.4 
2.6 
5.0 
II. 1 
1.6 

3 
1.6 

2.7 
5.5 
9.0 
1.7 

.2 

.6 
2.1 
1.9 
22.2 
.8 

446,122 
1,723,140 

400.697 
1,336,756 

45.425 
386.384 

89.8 

77.6 

10.2 

22.4 

4.6 
17.6 

4.9 
16.2 

P 

2,169,262 

1,737,453 

431,809 

80.1 

19.9 

22.2 

21.1 

lier  assaulu 

rger^  and  counteifeiung 

ud 

bezzlemenl 

len  property    buying    receiving,  possessing 

ndalism 

^pons    carrying,  possessing  etc 

445,020 
18,114 
73,269 
249,207 
7,670 
112317 
22331 
1494>57 

89J65 
65,666 
596>t0 
53,066 
54,014 
1,204,733 

357,450 
1,117349 
679,112 
46,896 
1,788,757 
21,650 
78,986 
172,8% 

384,182 
15,900 
51,502 

157,580 
5.742 
99.946 

204.664 

138.482 

28,900 
60,493 
515,230 
48.452 
48.502 
1.103.386 

304.875 
1.034.412 
570,020 
33.099 
1.530,098 
18,748 
61,890 
73,672 

60,838 
2,214 
21,767 
91,627 
1,928 
12,371 
18,727 
11.475 

60.465 
5.173 

81,710 

4,614 

5,512 

101,347 

52,575 
82,937 

109,092 
13,797 

258,659 
2,902 
17,096 
99,224 

86.3 
87.8 
70.3 
63.2 
74.9 
89.0 
91.6 
92.3 

32.3 
92.1 
86.3 
913 
89.8 
91.6 

85.3 
92.6 
83.9 
70.6 
85.5 
86.6 
78.4 
42.6 

13.7 
12.2 
29.7 
36.8 
25.1 
II.O 
8.4 
7.7 

67.7 
7.9 

13.7 
8.7 

10.2 
8.4 

14.7 
7.4 
16.1 
29.4 
14.5 
13.4 
21.6 
57.4 

4.6 
.2 

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2.5 

I.I 

2.3 
1.5 

.9 

.7 
6.1 
.5 
.6 
123 

3.7 
11.4 
6.9 
.5 
183 
.2 
.8 
1.8 

47 
.2 
.6 

1.9 

1.2 
2.5 
1.7 

.4 
.7 
6.3 
.6 
.6 
13.4 

3.7 
12.6 
6.9 

18^6 
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.8 
.9 

3.9 

.1 

5^9 
.1 
.8 

1.2 

.7 

39 

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.3 
5.3 

-bling    

tenses  against  family  and  children   

.3 
.4 

unkenness   

5.4 
7.0 

.9 

167 

6.4 

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1978  estimated  population   123,347,000] 


Number  of  persons 

arrested 

OfTense  charged 

Total  all  ages                J 

Under 

18  years  of  age            | 

18  years  of  age  and  over 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

6,045,874 

6,095,981 

+  ,8 

1,597,251 

1,5(3,556 

—  2.1 

4,448,623 

4,532,425 

+  1.9 

rder  and  nonnegligenl  manslaughter   .. 

10,507 
15,816 
78,790 
131,258 
292,991 
768,566 
83,713 

10,415 
16,542 
80,077 
141,567 
292,566 
782,747 
86,911 

-.9 
+  4.6 
+  1.6 
+  7.9 

+  1.8 
+  3.8 

1,101 
2,835 
25,359 
23,425 
159,966 
346,794 
47,596 

995 
2,798 
25,599 
24,101 
159,089 
343,567 
47,312 

-9.6 
-1.3 
+  .9 
+  2.9 
-.5 
—  .9 
-.6 

9,406 
12,981 
53,431 
107,833 
133,025 
421,772 
36,117 

9,420 
13,744 
54,478 
117,466 
133,477 
439,180 
39,599 

+  .1 
+  5.9 

bbery                          

+  2.0 

+  .3 

tor  vehicle  theft                    

+  9.6 

236,371 
1,145,270 

248,601 
1,162,224 

+  5.2 
+  1.5 

52,720 
554,356 

53,493 
549,968 

+  1.5 
-.8 

183,651 
590,914 

195,108 
612,256 

+  6.2 

+  3.6 

Property  cnme 

1,381,641 

1,410,825 

+  2.1 

607,076 

603,461 

—  .6 

774,565 

807,364 

+  4.2 

289,645 
10,581 
40,893 
98,174 
4,065 

68,882 
146,380 
100,518 

62,429 

40,614 
366,384 
38,378 
21,638 
635,971 

246,069 
896,836 
518,654 
23,062 
848,301 
18,714 
77,394 
129,365 

297,580 
10,695 
42,153 

104,978 
4,351 

67,283 
156,371 
102,928 

65,251 

40,566 
368,290 
36,461 
20,171 
660,863 

256,902 
812,991 
553,179 
22,180 
876,951 
15,870 
68,296 
116,716 

+  2.7 
+  1.1 
+  3.1 
+  6.9 
+  7.0 

-2.3 
+  6.8 
+  2.4 

+  4.5 

-.1 

+  .5 

-5.0 

-6.8 

+  3.9 

+  4.4 
—  9.3 
+  6.7 
-3.8 
+  3.4 
-15.2 
-11.8 
-9.8 

59,900 
5,865 
5,665 
4,300 
623 

25,263 
90,308 
16,791 

2,771 

8,225 
93,781 
1,692 
2,254 
15,606 

92,809 
36,684 
101,104 
4,396 
215,379 
4,831 
77,394 
129,365 

60,032 
5,726 
6,178 
4,256 
666 

24,966 
92,150 
16,849 

2,761 

7,929 
96,480 
1,500 
1,998 
16,756 

93,479 
30,911 
103,157 
3,876 
205,413 
4,470 
68,2% 
116,716 

+  .2 
-2.4 

+  9.1 
-1.0 

+  6.9 

-1.2 
+  2.0 

+  .3 

—  .4 

-3.6 

+  2.9 

-11.3 

+  1.4 

+  .7 
-15.7 

+  2.0 
—  11.8 

-4.6 

-7.5 
-11.8 

—  9.8 

229,745 
4,716 
35,228 
93,874 
3,442 

43,619 
56,072 
83,727 

59,658 

32,389 
272,603 
36,686 
19,384 
620,365 

153,260 
860,152 
417,550 

18,666 
632,922 

13,883 

237,548 
4,969 
35,975 

100,722 
3,685 

42,317 
64,221 
86,079 

62,490 

32,637 
271,810 
34,961 
18,173 
644,107 

163,423 
782,080 
450,022 

18,304 
671,538 

11,400 

+  3.4 

.          nterfeitinfi 

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+  7.3 

,       .          . 

len  property;  buymg,  receiving. 

-3.0 

capons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Dstitution  and  commercialized 

+  4.7 

n  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

+  .8 

h            olation^ 

Tenses  against  family  and  children   

+  3.8 

+  6.6 

nkenness 

H     1          nducl 

^ 

1  other  offenses  (except  traffic)   

ispicion  (not  included  m  totals)  

jrfew  and  loitering  law  violations    

-17^9 

'Violent  crimes  arc  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
'Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


201 


Table  37.-Clty  Arrests  DlstrlbuHon  by  Age,  1978 

(8,705  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  144,062,000) 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL 
Percent 

Murder  and  nonneglige 

manslaughter    . . . . 

Forcible  rape    

Robbery   

Aggravated  assault    .... 

Burglary   

Larceny-theft    

Motor  vehicle  theft  .... 


Violent  crime'    

Percent  distribution' 
Property  crime^  .... 
Percent  distribution' 


Crime  Index  total    . 
Percent  distribution' 


12,755 
20.093 
108,«66 
180349 
345,808 
891,623 
110,960 


321,863 

100.0 

1348J91 

100.0 


nterfeiting 


Other  assaults 

Forgery  and  co 

Embezzlement  

Stolen  property:  buying,  receiving, 

possessing  

Vandalism  

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 

Prostitution  and  commercialized 


Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape 
and  prostitution)    

Drug  abuse  violations  

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  73,472 

Runaways   


338,187 
12.450 
50,238 

122,794 
5,022 

81,871 
175,979 
118,815 


50,483 
440,235 
46,839 


286,604 
911,992 
601,536 

39,794 
131.861 

18,532 


167 
868 
9,890 
8,667 
71,151 
169.419 
15,546 


1,238 
3,416 
36,707 
30,623 
183,897 
385,327 
58,080 


Ages 
18  and 
over 


71,984 

22.4 

627,304 


350 

8,123 

3,386 
32,238 

1,695 
80,91 1 

1,817 


67,548 
6,438 
7.579 
6,805 


29,559 
102,391 
19,515 


9,307 

110,371 

1,871 


102,648 
33,720 
112,147 
5,397 
260,209 
5.499 
73,472 
127,485 


11,517 
16,677 
71,959 
149,726 
161,911 
506,296 
52,880 


249,879 

77.6 

721,087 


3.866 

1.2 

60.655 


343381  423,455 
5.8 


195 
612 
7.488 
5.605 
38.051 
70.871 
14.363 


3.900 

4.3 

123.285 


See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


42.659 

1 15.989 

4.254 

57 
101 
14 

52.312 
73.588 
99.300 

558 

11.744 

267 

79.853 

30 

41.176 
329.864 
44,%8 

339 
276 
22 

19.920 

734.352 

583 
99 

183.956 
878.272 
489,389 

34,397 
,031,652 

13.033 

235 
190 

3.426 

183 

10.082 

238 

997 

3.195 

403 
872 
9.275 
7.517 
39.140 
74.636 
15.361 


473 
1,064 
10,054 
8,834 
35,555 
70,401 
12,810 


20,425 

6.3 

118,766 


45,869 


21,700 

1,153 
54,38: 

1,205 
15,158      16,184  I  20,935 
8,328     41,369     34,682     28,528 


14,831      16,683  I  16,660      17,019 

704  530 

2,801       2,812       2,977 

2,548       4,021       4.776 

324 

7.452 


4.809 

32.155 
9.492 

25.831 
1.165 

68.220 


2.103 

19.687 

766 


47.379 
15.880 
34.096 

1.395 
65.209 

1.450 
16.880 


28.507 

43.803 
30.475 
41.705 

2.218 
75.006 

1.394 


)le  37.-City  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Age,  1978-Contlnued 

Age 

Offense  charged 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25-29 

30-34 

35-39 

40^ 

45-49 

50-54 

55-59 

6(W4  %:^ 

Not 
known 

148,213 
4.8 

11385 
43 

,g2,665 
3.9 

2*0,118 
3.6 

(37,433   < 
12,8 

96,317  4 
8.1 

20,(»I    326.057 

5.7          4,5 

r71,099   227,990 
3.7           3.1 

51,407 
2,1 

86,780 
U 

77,148 

4,476 

der  and  nonnegligeni 

666 
1,165 
6,361 

8,854 
13,529 
34,153 

4,457 

644 
1,100 
5.416 

8.579 
11,263 
29.697 

3,587 

644 
1,049 

4,818 
8,076 
9,566 
26,260 
3,077 

605 
935 
4.160 
7.613 
8.317 
23.404 
2,735 

2,335 
3,761 
14.166 

30,244 
27.522 
87.199 
8.756 

1,518 
2,219 
6,466 
19,695 

12,286 
48,902 
4,133 

1.021 
1.307 
2.931 

13,120 
6.013 

30,181 
2.153 

674 
696 
1.418 

8,987 
3,413 
20,952 
1,184 

503 

465 

784 

6,337 

2.141 

16,842 

793 

387 
266 
446 

4.787 

1,291 

14.622 

467 

240 
140 
217 
2,815 
711 
10,660 
250 

150 
71 
78 
1,695 
305 
7,232 
114 

179 
77 

141 
1.660 

377 
9.971 

121 

6 

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or  vehicle  theft                     

17,046 
5.3 

52,139 
3.9 

15,739 
4.9 

44,547 
3.3 

14,587 
4.5 

38.903 
2.9 

13,313 
4.1 

34,456 
2.6 

50.506 

15.7 

23.477 

9.2 

29,898 
9.3 

65,321 
4.8 

18.379 
5.7 

38.347 
2.8 

11,775 
3.7 

25,549 
1.9 

8,089 

2.5 

19,776 

1.5 

5,886 

1.8 

16,380 

1.2 

3,412 

11,621 
.9 

1,994 
.6 

7,651 
.6 

2.057 

.6 

10,469 

.8 

170 

Percent  distribution'  

Property  crime^  

Percent  distribution"  

704 

69,185 
4.1 

60,286 
3.6 

53.490 
3.2 

47,769 
2.9 

173.983 
10.4 

95,219 

5.7 

56,726 
3.4 

37,324 
2.2 

27,865 
1.7 

22,266 
1.3 

15,033 
.9 

9,645 
.6 

12,526 

.7 

874 

er  assaults                   

17.241 

336 

2,991 

6,516 

282 

4,025 
5,804 
6,322 

8,467 

2,190 
30,598 
1,320 

1,077 
37,287 

10,566 
36.411 
36.190 

2,874 
67,506 

1,025 

16,169 

363 

2,894 

6,624 

258 

3,411 
4,706 
5,82! 

7,943 

2.108 
26,059 
1.325 

976 
34.938 

8.109 
32.200 
31.108 

2.588 

62.816 

883 

15.336 

324 

2,693 

6,675 

214 

3.133 
4,119 
5.315 

6,979 

1,970 
22,052 
1,258 

1,301 
32.360 

6.128 
29.670 
27,306 

2.483 

59,086 

773 

14,470 

294 

2,669 

6,728 

237 

2,644 
3,637 
4,921 

5.633 

1.842 
19,587 
1,116 

974 
30,631 

5,061 
28,114 
24,527 

1.884 

56,660 

720 

55.580 
1.066 
10.220 
27.793 
831 

9,579 
12,300 
18.927 

15.655 

7,632 
62,688 
5,831 

4,166 

123,237 

15,568 
115.247 
85.822 
6,133 
182,684 
2,491 

35,604 

6% 

5,655 

18,307 

551 

4,993 
6,809 
12,154 

6.446 

5,845 
27,399 
5,465 

2,861 
91,176 

9,156 
94,921 
50.473 

3.192 
118.130 

1,265 

22,870 

503 

2,849 

11,376 

377 

2,849 
3,966 
8,155 

3,149 

4,006 
12,273 
4,912 

1,989 
72,260 

6,794 
86,119 
33,487 

2,137 

82,584 

710 

15,522 

357 

1,689 

7,118 

247 

1,810 
2,527 
5,719 

1,929 

2,774 
6,076 
4,595 

1,210 
60.221 

5.670 
82,944 
24.650 

1.558 

61.676 

441 

10,587 

262 

1,013 

4,540 

180 

1,240 
1,787 
4,216 

1,267 

2,174 
3,548 
4,612 

792 
52,205 

4,843 
82,095 
19.661 

1,336 

46.573 

303 

7,567 
161 
666 

3,029 
99 

799 
1,198 

3,223 

926 

1,728 
1,931 
3,914 

495 
44,383 

3,913 
80,122 
15,183 

1.160 

34,985 

242 

4,356 
110 
303 

1,553 

55 

507 
726 
2,026 

619 

1,198 
922 
2,859 

243 
29,998 

2,854 
56,823 
9.492 
785 
20.821 
124 

2,269 

55 
116 

709 
24 

243 
351 
1,0% 

328 

687 
428 
1,970 

111 
16,580 

1,677 
34,472 
5,210 
379 
10325 
105 

2,261 
50 
105 

657 
10 

184 
387 
1.181 

358 

710 
415 

2.276 

101 
12.299 

1.554 

26.941 

5.850 

416 

8.783 
84 

292 
8 

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gery  an    c                  g 

11 

.       . 

en  property;  buying,  receiving, 

29 
226 
58 

29 

apons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc.   ... 
stilution  and  commercialized 

offenses  (except  forcible  rape 

21 
248 

7 

ug  abuse  violations  

enses  against  family  and 

33 

324 

455 
42 

456 

14 

1.210 

48 

. 

sorderly  conduct    

other  offenses  (except  traffic)   

spicion   

rfew  and  loitering  law  violations  ... 

M*»ys  

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

^Violent  cnmes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 

^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


203 


Table  38.— City  Airests  of  Persons  uoder  IS,  18,  21,  and  25  Years  of  Age, 

[8,705  agencies;   1978  estimated  population   144,062,0001 


Offense  charged 


Murder  and  i 
Forcible  rape 

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary  

Larceny-theft    

Motor  vehicle  theft 


:gligent  manslaughter 


Violent  crime'   . 
Property  crime^ 


Crime  Index  total 


Other  assaults    

Forgery  and  counterfeiting  

Embezzlement    

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing 

Vandahsm    

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 


Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 
Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

prostitution)    

Drug  abuse  violations    

Gambling    

Offenses  against  family  and  children   .. 
Driving  under  the  influence    


338,187 
12,450 
50,238 

122,794 
5,022 
81,871 

175,979 

118,815 

83,564 

50,483 
440,235 
46,839 
22,092 
752,822 


Liquor  laws  

Drunkenness   91lj>92 

Disorderly  conduct    601,536 

^agfan'^y   39,794 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic)   1,291,861 

Suspicion  18,532 

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations    73  472 

'^"la^ays  127!485 


12,755 
20,093 
108,666 
180349 
345,808 
891,623 
110,960 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


868 
9,890 
8,667 


1,238 
3,416 
36,707 
30,623 
183,897 
385,327 
58,080 


8.123 
3,386 
32,238 


offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  i 
.•_«■  <-v.__i-_    ,  ..    .        .  vehiclethef 


3,183 
6,835 
61,230 

57,764 
248,887 
531,082 

79,082 


29,559 
102,391 
19,515 

3,711 

9,307 
110,371 
1,871 
2,172 
18,470 


112,147 
5,397 

260,209 
5,499 
73,472 

127,485 


'Violent , „,,,„„  ,„^,  ,„„„^,j,,  ^„ , 

'Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor 
^Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 


118,063 
7,865 
16,306 


46,425 
127,436 
39,681 

23,836 

15,598 

226,011 

5,379 

5,763 

1 14,923 

204,256 
125,871 
232,121 

12,855 

478,022 

9,318 

73,472 
127,485 


5,742 
11,084 
81,985 
90,886 
291,562 
644,596 
92,938 


Percent  of  total  all  ages 


181,279 
9,182 

27,553 

47,690 
2,637 

59,638 
145,702 

62,060 

52,858 

23,708 
324,307 
10,398 
10,091 
250,139 

234,120 
252,266 
351,252 
22,684 
724,090 
12,719 
73,472 
127,485 


13.6 
20.1 
29.7 
100.0 
100.0 


20.0 

34.9 

51.7 

63.2 

15.1 

32.5 

5.5 

17.2 

15.3 

36.1 

56.7 

58.2 

72.4 

71.3 
13.8 

81 
27 

38.6 

58 

32.3 

57 

37.0 

56 

50.3 

68 

100.0 

100 

100  0 

100 

204 


ble  39.-aty  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Sex,  1978 

roS  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  144.062.0001 
OfTense  charged 


urder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter 

ircible  lape 

jbbery 

^avat(d  assault 

irglary 

irceny-iheft 

otor  vehicle  theft 


Number  of  persons  ; 


Percent  distribuuon' 


Violent  crime' 
Property  crime* 


Crime  Index  total 


Ither  assaults    

irson  • 

orgery  and  counterfeiting  

Taud    

imbezzlement    

Itolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessmg 

Vandalism    

Veapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 


12,755 
20,093 
108,666 
180349 
345,808 
891.623 
110,960 


321,863 
134^391 


>rosiitution  and  commercialized  vice   

iex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostituuon) 


Drug  abuse  violations    

jamblmg    

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  


338,187 
12,450 
50038 

122,794 
5,022 
81371 

1754>79 

118,815 

83,564 
50,483 

440,235 
46,839 
22,092 

752,822 

286,604 
911,992 
601,536 
39,794 
1,291,861 
18432 
73,472 
127,485 


10.9 

19.908 
100,872 
156,1 
324,175 
5%.637 
101,369 


1.849 
185 
7,794 
23,901 
21.633 
294.986 
9.591 


92.8 
86.7 
93.7 
66.9 
91.' 


290.539 
10,880 
34,589 
76,697 
3.651 
72,392 
160,850 
109,312 


42,865 
18,377 
685,824 

244.361 
843.793 
502.534 
26.551 
1.100,264 
15.996 
57,881 
53,124 


■Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  i 
^Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 


iOi  ol  i  pcrccni.  , 

'Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  agpf*"'"  f 
Violent  crimes       ^  ^^^^  ^^  bm^^,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  thef 


15,( 
46.097 
1,371 


56.8 
4.233 

61.207 
3.974 
3.715 

66.998 

42.243 
68.199 
99.002 
13,243 
191,597 
2.536 
15,591 
74,361 


85.9 
87.^ 
68.9 
62.5 
72.7 
88.4 


85.3 
92.5 
83.5 
66.7 
85.2 
86.3 


•Property  crimes  i 


205 


Table  40.-Clty  Airest  Trends,  Sex,  1977-1978 

[7,615  agencies;    1978  estimated  population   123,347,000) 


Offense  charged 


TOTAL    

Murder  and  nonnegligent 

manslaughter   

Forcible  rape   

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault  

Burglary  

Larceny-theft   

Motor  vehicle  theft    

Violent  crime'  

Property  crime'    


Crime  Index  total 


Other  assaults    

Forgery  and  counterfeiting  

Fraud    

Embezzlement    

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving, 

possessing    

Vandalism    

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 

Prostitution  and  commercialized 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape 

and  prostitution)  

Drug  abuse  violations    

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  


8,917 
15,649 
72,852 
113,616 
275,224 
514,950 
76,655 


8,811 
16,395 
74,295 
122,714 
274,316 
522,813 
79,102 


077,863    1,098,446 


248,240 
9,375 
28,389 
60,503 
3,081 

61,055 


37.427 
314,843 
34,931 


209,847 
830,368 
429,146 
17,371 
699,290 
16,092 
60,932 
53.408 


Percent 
chang< 


255,313 
9,376 
28,773 
62,226 
3,130 

59,224 
143,033 
94,460 


37,048 
316,397 
33,204 


218,927 
751,423 
462,277 
15,520 
727,715 
13,783 
53,872 


999 
2,774 
23,568 
19,809 
150,658 
246,296 
43,225 


47,449 
5,312 
3,942 
3,123 
485 

23.034 


7,371 
78,373 
1,615 


2,751 
23,891 
20,477 


Percent 
change 


1,590 
167 
5,938 
17,642 
17,767 
253,616 
7,058 


47,714 
5,183 
4,186 
3,003 
481 

22,649 
85,093 
15,826 


7,175 
80.266 
1,432 


73,012 
26,625 
85,423 

3.227 
161,289 

3,827 
53,872 
48,708 


'Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  asj 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft 
'Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 


147 

5,782 

18,853 

18,250 

259,934 


7.827 
12.613 
8.532 


42.267 
1.319 
13,380 
42,752 
1,221 

8,059 
13,338 
8.468 


Percent 
change 


102 
61 
1.791 
3,616 
9,308 
100,498 
1,371 


3,187 

3,518 

51,541 

51.893 

3.447 

3.257 

3.598 

3.471 

55,673 

59.345 

36,222 

37.975 

66,468 

61.568 

89,508 

90,902 

5,691 

6,660 

49,011 

149,236 

2,622 

2,087 

16,462 

14,424 

75.957 

68,008 

5,570 
14,177 


104 

47 
1,708 
3,624 
9,641 
99,952 
4,754 


+  2.1 

12,451 

12.318 

+  9,4 

553 

543 

+  7.0 

1,723 

1,992 

1-13.5 

1,177 

1.253 

H24.1 

138 

185 

+  3.0 

2,229 

2.317 

+  5.7 

6.950 

7,057 

19.810 
5.145 
19.118 


1.023 

—  4.9 

1,950 

+  2.0 

754 

-11.7 

16,214 

+  5.2 

68 

-11.7 

763 

-I5.I 

1,670 

+  12.5 

20,467 

+3.3 

4,286 

-16.7 

17,734 

-7,2 

649 

-21.6 

44,124 

-7.6 

643 

—  6.7 

14,424 

-12.4 

68,008 

-10.5 

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209 


Table  42.— Suburban  Arrest  Trends,  1977-1978 

[4,466  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  68,483,000) 


Number  of  persons  arrested 

Offense  charged 

Total  all  ages 

Under  18  years  of  age 

18  years  of  age  and  over 

1977 

1978 

Percent 

change 

1977 

1978 

Percent 

change 

1977 

1978 

Perce 
chani 

2,513,675 

2,555,850 

+  1.7 

717,104 

709,040 

-l.I 

1,796,571 

1,846310 

+ 

Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter 

3.338 
6,414 
23,886 
59,542 
136.330 
289,853 
37.331 

3,588 
6,376 
23,547 
63,189 
137,472 
295,259 
39,082 

+  7.5 
-.6 

+  6^1 
+  .8 
+  1.9 

+  4.7 

315 
1,034 
6,991 
11.436 
76,779 
133,145 
21,058 

354 
%1 
6.826 
11,904 
77,486 
132,031 
21.319 

+  12.4 
-7.1 
-2.4 

+  4.1 
+  .9 

-.8 
+  1.2 

3,023 
5,380 
16,895 
48,106 
59,551 
156.708 
16.273 

3,234 
5,415 
16.721 
51,285 
59,986 
163,228 
17,763 



Forcible  rape   .. 

+ 

Robbery  

Aggravated  assault   

— 

Burglary  

+ 

+ 

+ 

Violent  crime'   

93,180 
463,514 

96,700 
471,813 

+  \.S 

19,776 
230.982 

20,045 
230,836 

+  1.4 

73,404 
232,532 

76,655 
240,977 

+ 

+' 

Crime  Index  total  

556,694 

568,513 

+  2.1 

250,758 

250,881 

305,936 

317,632 

109,559 
5,659 
21,342 
58,176 
1,892 
34,065 
71,510 
32,466 

3,923 

16,881 

174.530 

5,401 

21,082 

396,456 

115,837 
238,719 
145,430 
5,698 
410,131 
7,044 
22,724 
65,500 

118,141 
5.693 
21,605 
68,700 
2,369 
34,255 
77,579 
33,350 

4,761 

16,750 
173,099 
5,991 
21,398 
409,644 

120,678 
214,350 
151,864 
6,035 
422.661 
5,474 
21,000 
57,414 

+  7.8 
+  .6 
+  1.2 
+  18.1 
+  25.2 
+  .6 

+  2.7 

+  21.4 

-.8 
-.8 
+  10.9 
+  1.5 
+  3.3 

+  4.2 

-10.2 

+  4.4 

+  5.9 

+  3.1 

-22.3 

-7.6 

—  12.3 

23,412 
3,324 
2,462 
1,582 
226 
12,304 
49,517 
6,883 

313 

3,740 
50,168 
167 
1,140 
9,486 

51,179 
16.833 
40,066 

2.058 
103,262 

2,289 
22,724 
65,500 

24,147 
3,270 
2,802 
1.732 
242 
12,467 
51,602 
6,751 

298 

3,745 
52,008 
199 
1.016 
9,789 

50,536 
13,549 
41,755 
2,173 
101,664 
1,587 
21,000 
57,414 

+  3.1 
-1.6 
+  13.8 
+  9.5 
+  7.1 
+  1.3 
+  4.2 
-1.9 

-4.8 

+  .1 

+  3.7 

+  19.2 

-10.9 

+  3.2 

—  1.3 
-19.5 
+  4.2 
+  5.6 
-1.5 
-30.7 
-7.6 
-12.3 

86,147 
2,335 
18,880 
56,594 
1.666 
21,761 
21,993 
25,583 

3,610 

13,141 

124,362 

5,234 

19,942 
386,970 

64,658 
221,886 
105,364 

3,640 
306,869 

4,755 

93,994 
2,423 
18,803 
66.968 
2,127 
21.788 
25,977 
26.599 

4.463 

13,005 
121,091 
5,792 
20,382 
399,855 

70,142 
200,801 
110,109 

3,862 
320,997 

3,887 

Arson  

+» 

+.« 

Fraud    

— 

Embezzlement    

+  1; 

Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing    .... 

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing   etc 

+  i: 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice   . 

+. 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 
prostitution)    

— 

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— . 

+  1« 

"*■■ 

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—  s 

Vagrancy   

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic)   

Suspicion  (not  included  in  totals)  

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 

+  6 

+  4 

-18 

Runaways  

'Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  aggravated  assault. 
'Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


210 


le  43— Suburban  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Age,  1978 

1978  estimated  population  78,916,0001 


Grand 

total 

all  ages 

Ages 

under 

15 

Ages 

under 

18 

Ages 
18  and 

Age 

Offense  charged 

0  and 
under 

11-12 

13-14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

TOTAL                          

3,226,455 
100.0 

283,513 
8.8 

892,960 

27.7 

2333,495 
72J 

29JM7 

57,960 
1.8 

95,606 
6.1 

73,548 
5.4 

212,601 
6.6 

223,298 
6.9 

216,958 

6.7 

89J71 
5.9 

169,176 

S2 



der  and  nonnegligent 

5,108 
8,659 
42,589 
88,233 
178,086 
367,339 
52,777 

85 
333 
4,155 
4,659 
35,511 
68,199 
6,934 

513 
1,344 
15,288 
16,434 
97,608 
163,209 
27,373 

4,595 
7,315 
27.301 
71.799 
80,478 
204,130 
25,404 

17 
139 

437 
3.531 
8.151 

155 

5 

55 
734 
995 
7,080 
16,660 
813 

76 
261 
3,282 
3,227 
24,900 
43,388 
5,966 

93 
264 
3,115 
2,986 
21,019 
30,706 
6,964 

158 
324 
3,929 
3,983 
21,684 
33,123 
7,373 

177 
423 
4,089 
4,806 
19,394 
31,181 
6,102 

246 
477 
4.006 
4,833 
14,953 
25,726 
4,392 

261 
474 
3.113 
4,5% 
10,666 
19,414 
3,218 

258 

485 

,          "^ 

8,313 

16,120 

or  vehicle  thefl                                

Violent  crime'                    

144389 
100.0 

598,202 
100.0 

9,232 

6.4 

110,644 

18.5 

33,579 

23.2 

288,190 

48.2 

111,010 
76.8 

310,012 
51.9 

597 

.4 

11,837 

2.0 

1.789 

1.2 

24,553 

4.1 

6,846 

4.7 

74,254 

12.4 

6,458 

4.5 

58,689 

9.8 

8,394 

5.8 

62,180 

10.4 

9,495 
6.6 

56,677 
9.5 

9,562 
6.6 

45,071 
7.5 

8,444 

5.8 

33,298 

5.6 

7,908 

742,791 
100.0 

119,876 
16.1 

321,769 
43.3 

421,022 
56.7 

12,434 

1.7 

26,342 

3.5 

81,100 
10.9 

65,147 
8.8 

70,574 
9.5 

66,172 
8.9 

54.633 
7.4 

41,742 
5.6 

34,759 



er  assaults                               

150,471 
7,155 
26,478 
95,022 
2,833 

44,810 
94,432 
44,653 

7,829 

22,070 

211,072 

7,819 

24,059 
453,430 

140,760 
2514*82 
1884»13 
10,910 
600486 
6,804 
24,543 
67,233 

10,897 

2,408 

557 

5,743 

61 

4,609 
31,715 
2,122 

229 

1.676 

9,343 

68 

406 
220 

4,194 
1,484 
15,236 
791 
38,759 
603 
5,954 
26,562 

31,187 
3,%9 
3,424 

12,563 
294 

15,990 
61,188 

8,477 

673 

4,698 
60,030 

357 

1,252 
10,821 

56,323 
15,295 
49,111 

2,881 
139,064 

1.818 
24,543 
67,233 

119,284 
3.186 
23,054 
82,459 
2,539 

28,820 
33,244 
36,176 

7,156 

17,372 

151,042 

7,462 

22,807 
442,609 

84,437 
236,687 
139,802 

8,029 
461,322 

4.986 

1.333 

702 

27 

210 

4 

279 

6,251 

162 

15 

133 

134 

1 

177 
87 

128 

75 

1,703 

57 

4,109 

93 

189 

1,644 

2.538 

602 

77 

1,005 

12 

825 

8,337 

363 

34 

320 

789 

6 

70 
19 

283 
115 

3,358 
152 

7,698 
122 
919 

3,974 

7,026 
1,104 
453 
4,528 
45 

3,505 
17,127 
1,597 

180 

1,223 

8,420 

61 

159 
114 

3,783 
1,294 
10,175 
582 
26,952 
388 
4,846 
20,944 

5,387 
632 
590 

4,313 
31 

3,269 
10,262 
1,498 

177 

906 

11,596 

65 

266 
350 

8,001 
2,258 
8,940 
603 
24,355 
352 
5,763 
18,787 

6,805 
485 
921 
842 
71 

3,928 
10,167 
2,117 

89 

1.002 

17,549 

104 

277 
2,649 

17,619 
4,309 
11,418 
705 
37,385 
383 
7,812 
15,390 

8,098 
444 
1,356 
1,665 
131 

4,184 
9,044 
2,740 

178 

1,114 

21,542 

120 

303 
7,602 

26,509 
7,244 
13,517 
782 
38,565 
480 
5,014 
6,494 

7,909 

312 

1,409 

2,597 

132 

3,819 
5,864 
3,116 

442 

1,108 

21,815 

165 

1,100 
17,244 

24.290 
12,662 
15,480 

683 
41,700 

478 

7,909 

332 

1,447 

3,189 

159 

3,080 
4,061 
2,697 

668 

1,050 

19,374 

169 

923 

19,776 

17,816 
11,966 
13,417 

629 
38,510 

457 

7,524 

"  ■■               ,  rf  , 

3,835 

en  property;  buying,  receiving. 

2,650 

pons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

titution  and  conunerciaUzed 

644 

offenses  (except  forcible  rape 

1,111 

enses  against  family  and 

927 

H      th        fluence 

^ 

12,606 

rfew  and  loitering  law  violations  

Mways   

See  footnotes  at  end  of  table. 


211 


Table  43.— Suburban  Arrests,  DistributioD  by  Age,  1978— Continued 


Offense  charged 


Murder  and  no 
manslaughter 

Forcible  rape    

Robbery   

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary   

Larceny-theft    

Motor  vehicle  theft 


legligent 


6,716 
13.898 
2,021 


3,556 
4,073 
9,146 
1.217 


955 
1,645 
4,994 
13,889 
12,654 
33,585 
3,900 


633 
1,001 
2,304 
9,388 

5,e 

19,778 
2,060 


6,357 
2,922 
12,531 


3.057 
1,130 
6,954 


2,157 

758 

5,725 


1,229 

327 

4,156 


Violent  crime^    

Percent  distribution' 

Property  crirae^   

Percent  distribution' 


7,489 

5.2 

22,635 


6.274 

4.3 

16,325 


13,326 

9.2 

27.524 


5.625 

3.9 

11.187 


3,887 

2.7 

8,587 


Other  assaults  

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)   

Drug  abuse  violations  

Gambling  

Offenses  against  family  and 
children  

Driving  under  the  influence   


Liquor  laws  

Drunkenness   

Disorderly  conduct   

Vagrancy   

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 


Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations 
Runaways   


2,232 
2,607 
2,365 


1,848 
2,063 
2,210 


3,536 
10,815 
9,165 


2,713 
9,778 
7,673 


1,356 
1.474 
1.774 


2.152 
9.220 
6.754 


5.924 
33.605 
22.378 


1,9% 
21.261 
9,045 


2.387 

170 

7.154 


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

^Violent  crimes  are  olTenscs  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 

^Property  crimes  are  ofTenses  of  burglary.  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


^e  44.— Suburban  Arrests  of  Persons  under  15,  18,  21,  and  25  Years  of  Age,  1978 

10  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  78,916,000) 


Grand  total 
all  ages 

Number  of  persons  arrested                 | 

Percent  of  total  all  ages 

Offense  charged 

Under  15 

Under  18 

Under  21 

Under  25 

Under 
15 

Under 
18 

Under 
21 

Under 
25 

3,226,455 

283313 

892,960 

1,468,465 

1,985,943 

8,8 

27.7 

453 

61.6 

5,108 
8,659 
42,589 
8833 
178,086 
367339 
52,777 

85 
333 
4,155 
4,659 
35,511 
68,199 
6,934 

513 
1,344 
15,288 
16,434 
97,608 
163,209 
27,373 

1,278 
2,780 
25,083 
30,352 
131,540 
224,469 
37,401 

2,209 
4,597 
32,798 
46,271 
152,338 
269,482 
43,714 

1.7 
3.8 
9.8 
5.3 
19.9 
18.6 
13.1 

10.0 
15.5 
35.9 
18.6 
54.8 
44.4 
51.9 

25.0 
32.1 
58.9 
34.4 
73.9 
61.1 
70.9 

43.2 

cible  rape 
bery 

^avated  assault 
glary 

ceny-theft 
tor  vehicle  theft 

53.1 
77.0 
52.4 
85.5 
73.4 
82.8 

Violent  crime' 
Property  crime* 

144389 
598,202 

9,232 
110,644 

33,579 
288,190 

59.493 
393.410 

85,875 
465,534 

6.4 
18.5 

23.2 
48.2 

41.1 
65.8 

59.4 

77.8 

742,791 

119,876 

321.769 

452.903 

551,409 

16.1 

43.3 

61.0 

74.2 

150,471 
7,155 
26,478 
95,022 
2,833 
44,810 
94,432 
44,653 

7,829 

22,070 

211,072 

7,819 

24,059 
453,430 

140,760 
251,982 
188,913 
104*10 
600386 
6,804 
24343 
67,233 

10,897 
2,408 
557 
5,743 
61 
4,609 
31,715 
2,122 

229 

1,676 

9,343 

68 

406 

220 

4,194 
1,484 
15,236 
791 
38,759 
603 
5.954 
26,562 

31,187 
3,969 
3,424 

12,563 
294 

15,990 

61,188 
8,477 

673 

4,698 

60,030 

357 

1,252 
10,821 

56,323 
15,295 
49,111 
2.881 
139,064 
1,818 
24,543 
67,233 

54.529 
4,833 
7,657 
22,184 
726 
25,539 
74,365 
16,712 

2,427 

7,967 

118,004 

869 

4,202 

68,495 

111,035 
51,593 
89,844 
4,711 
254,954 
3,140 
24,543 
67,233 

81,153 
5,580 
13,454 
39.917 
1,275 
32,664 
82,286 
25,012 

4,744 

11,574 

162,946 

1.640 

8,907 

150,387 

124,339 
93,236 
124,086 
6,351 
368,829 
4,378 
24,543 
67.233 

7.2 
33.7 
2.1 
6.0 
2.2 
10.3 
33.6 
4.8 

2.9 

7.6 

.9 

1.7 
P) 

3.0 
.6 
8.1 
7.3 
6.5 
8.9 
24.3 
39.5 

20.7 
55.5 
12.9 
13.2 
10.4 
35.7 
64.8 
19.0 

8.6 

21.3 
28.4 
4.6 
5.2 
2.4 

40.0 
6.1 
26.0 
26.4 
232 
26.7 
100.0 
100.0 

36.2 
67.5 
28.9 
23.3 
25.6 
57.0 
78.7 
37.4 

31.0 

36.1 
55.9 
11.1 
17.5 
15.1 

78.9 
20.5 
47.6 
43.2 
42.5 
46.1 
100.0 
100.0 

53.9 

78.0 

.          nterfeitine 

50.8 

42.0 

45.0 

en  property;  buying,  receiving,  possessing    .... 

72.9 
87.1 

.          , 

56.0 

60.6 

offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and 

52.4 

abuse  violations 

77.2 

mbling 

21.0 

37.0 

33.2 

88.3 

37.0 

65.7 

orancv 

58.2 

61.4 

64.3 

100.0 

100.0 

'Violent  crimes  are  oflenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
^Property  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
*Less  than  one-tenth  of  I  percent. 


Table  45.— Suburban  Arrests,Distributioii  by  Sex, 

[5,210  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  78,916,000) 


Offense  charged 

Number  of  persons  arrested 

Percent 

male 

Percent 
female 

Percent  distribution' 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Fem 

TOTAL 

3,226,455 

2,728,663 

497,792 

84.6 

15.4 

100.0 

100.0 

. 

Murder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter 

Forcible  rape 

Robbery 

Aggravated  assault 

Burglary 

Larceny-theft 

Motor  vehicle  theft 

5,108 
8,659 
42389 
88,233 
178,086 
367,339 
52,777 

4,418 
8,603 
39,884 
78,004 
167,179 
252,756 
48,454 

690 
56 
2,705 
10,229 
10.907 
114,583 
4,323 

86.5 
99.4 
93.6 
88.4 
93.9 
68.8 
91.8 

13.5 

.6 

6.4 

11.6 

31.2 

.3 
13 
2.7 
5.5 
11.4 
1.6 

.3 
1.5 
2.9 
6.1 
9.3 
1.8 

144389 
598,202 

130,909 
468,389 

13,680 
129,813 

90.5 
78.3 

9.5 
21.7 

4.5 
18.5 

4.8 
17.2 

Property  crime^    

742,791 

599,298 

143,493 

80.7 

19.3 

23.0 

22.0 

Other  assaults 
Arson 

Fraud 

Stolen  property    buymg,  receivmg   possessmg 

Vandalism 

Weapons    carrving    possessing   etc 

Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice 

Sex  offenses  (except  foicible  rape  and  prostitution) 

Drug  abuse  violations 

Gambling 

Offenses  against  family  and  children 

Driving  under  the  influence 

Liquor  laws 

Drunkenness 

Disorderly  conduct 

Vagrancy 

All  other  offenses  (except  traffic) 

Suspicion 

Curfew  and  loitenng  law  violations 

Runaways 

150,471 
7,155 
26,478 
95,022 
2,833 
44,810 
94,432 
44.653 

7,829 
22,070 
211,072 
7,819 
24,059 
453,430 

140,760 
251,982 
188.913 
104>10 
600386 
6304 
24343 
67,233 

130,354 
6,357 
19,175 
60.963 
2.140 
40,204 
87.249 
41.732 

2,976 
20,442 
182,555 
6,987 
22,017 
412,673 

120.299 
231.614 
163.299 
9.813 
514,240 
6,063 
18,419 
29,794 

20.117 
798 
7.303 
34.059 
693 
4.606 
7.183 
2.921 

4.853 
1.628 

28,517 

832 

2,042 

40,757 

20.461 
20.368 
25.614 

1,097 

86.146 

741 

6.124 
37.439 

86.6 
88.8 
72.4 
64.2 
75.5 
89.7 
92.4 
93.5 

38.0 
92.6 
86.5 
89.4 
91.5 
91.0 

85.5 
91.9 
86.4 
89.9 
85.7 
89.1 
75.0 
44.3 

13.4 
11.2 
27.6 
35.8 
24.5 
10.3 
7.6 
6.5 

62.0 
7.4 
13.5 
10.6 
8.5 
9.0 

14.5 
8.1 
13.6 
10.1 
14.3 
10.9 
25.0 
55.7 

4.7 
.2 
.8 

2.9 

1.4 
2.9 
1.4 

.7 
6.5 
.2 
.7 
14.1 

4.4 
7.8 
5.9 
.3 
18.6 
.2 
.8 
2.1 

4.8 
.2 

.7 
2.2 

1.5 
3.2 
1.5 

.7 
6.7 
.3 
.8 
15.1 

4.4 
8.5 
6.0 
.4 
18.8 
.2 
.7 
1.1 

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

2Lcss  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 

^Violent  crimes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 

■•Property  crimes  are  ofTenses  of  burglary,  larceny- theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


46— Suburban  Arrest  Trends,  Sex,  1977-1978 
agencies;   1978  estimated  population  68,483,000) 


Males 

Females 

Offense  charged 

Total 

Under  18 

Total 

Under  18 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

rOTAL                        

2,119,191 

2,151,529 

+  1,5 

568,358 

565,228 

—  .6 

394,484 

404J21 

+  2.5 

148,746 

143,812 

-33 

er  and  nonnegligenl 

2,855 
6,349 
22,115 
52,848 
127,684 
198,576 
34,201 

3,067 
6,337 
21,961 
56,106 
128,687 
201,476 
35,593 

+  7.4 
-.2 
—  .7 

+  6.2 
+  .8 

+  1.5 

+  4.1 

287 
1,005 
6,413 
9,863 
71,922 
97,290 
19,076 

319 
949 
6.365 
10,309 
72,609 
96,331 
19,084 

+  11.1 
-5.6 

—  .7 
+  4.5 
+  1.0 
-1.0 

483 
65 
1.771 
6.694 
8.646 
91.277 
3,130 

521 
39 
1.586 
7,083 
8,785 
93,783 
3,489 

+  7.9 
-40.0 
—  10.4 
+  5.8 
+  1.6 
+  2.7 
+  11.5 

29 
578 
1.573 
4,857 
35,855 
1,982 

35 

12 

461 

1.595 

4.877 
35,700 
2,235 

+25.0 

-58.6 

-20,2 

+  1.4 

+  .4 

-.4 

r  vehicle  theft 

+  12.8 

84,167 
360,461 

87,471 
365,756 

+  3.9 
+  1.5 

17,568 
188.288 

17.942 
188.024 

+  2.1 

-.1 

9,013 
103,053 

9,229 
106.057 

+  2.4 
+  2.9 

2,208 
42.694 

2,103 
42,812 

-4.8 

l^operty  cnme 

+  .3 

444,628 

453,227 

+  1.9 

205,856 

205.966 

1 12,066 

115,286 

+  2.9 

44,902 

44,915 

94,846 
5,151 
15,264 
35,239 
1,491 

30,560 
66,084 
30,274 

1,495 

15,053 

150,550 

4,860 

19,403 
361,508 

98,858 
219,373 
125.970 
5,018 
347,586 
6,107 
17,169 
28,811 

102,092 
5,102 
15,458 
40,087 
1,792 

30,617 
71,746 
31,156 

1,702 

15,580 

148,985 

5.367 

19,686 
372.536 

102,912 
196,928 
131,561 

5,173 
358,61 1 
4,875 
15,776 
25,435 

+  7.6 

—  1.0 
+  1.3 

+  13.8 
+  20.2 

+  .2 
+  8.6 
+  2.9 

+  13.8 

+  3.5 

—  1.0 
+  10.4 

+  1.5 
+  3.1 

+  4.1 

-10.2 

+  4.4 

+  3.1 

+  3.2 

-20.2 

-8.1 

—  11.7 

18.918 
3,065 
1,772 
1,182 
180 

11,256 
45,948 
6,533 

210 

3,377 

41.677 

153 

739 

8,660 

40.313 
14.454 
33.584 

1,720 
82,781 

1,962 
17,169 
28,811 

19,667 
2,967 
2,004 
1,238 
182 

11.350 
47,862 
6,453 

166 

3,456 

43.123 

188 

683 

8,832 

39.650 
11.686 
34.971 

1.792 
81,781 

1.351 
15.776 
25.435 

+  4.0 
-3.2 
+  13.1 

+  4.7 

+  .8 
+  4.2 
-1.2 

-21.0 

+  2.3 
+  3.5 
+  22.9 
-7.6 
+  2.0 

-1.6 

-19.2 

+  4.1 

+  4.2 

-3L1 
-11.7 

14.713 

508 

6.078 

22,937 

401 

3,505 
5,426 
2,192 

2,428 

1,828 

23,980 

541 

1.679 
34,948 

16,979 
19,346 
19.460 

680 
62,545 

937 
5.555 
36.689 

16,049 

591 

6,147 

28,613 

577 

3.638 
5,833 
2,194 

3,059 

1,170 

24.114 

624 

1,712 
37,108 

17,766 
17,422 
20,303 

862 
64,050 

599 
5,224 
31,979 

+  9.1 
+  16.3 

+  1.1 
+  24.7 
+  43.9 

+  3.8 
+  7.5 

+  26.0 

-36.0 
+  .6 

+  15.3 
+  2.0 
+  6.2 

+  4.6 
-9.9 
+  4.3 

+  26.8 
+  2.4 

—  36.1 
-6.0 

-12.8 

4,494 
259 
690 
400 
46 

1,048 

3,569 

350 

103 

363 
8,491 
14 
401 
826 

10,866 
2,379 
6,482 
338 
20,481 
327 
5.555 
36,689 

4,480 
303 
798 
494 
60 

1,117 

3.740 

298 

132 

289 
8.885 
11 
333 
957 

10.886 
1.863 
6,784 
381 
19,883 
236 
5,224 
31,979 

-.3 

+  17.0 

,                 fe  tinB 

+  15.7 

d                                     

+  23.5 

ezzlemenl 

+  30.4 

n  property;  buying,  receiving. 

+  6.6 

alism 

+  4.8 

3ons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc.    ... 
itution  and  commercialized 

-  14.9 
+  28.2 

offenses  (except  forcible  rape 

-20.4 

+  4.6 

—  21.4 

ises  against  family  and  children    . 

-17.0 
+  15.9 

+  .2 

-21.7 

,             1               ^„_Jy„, 

+  4.7 

' 

nher  offenses  (except  traffic)    

cion  (not  included  in  totals)  

ew  and  loitering  law  violations    .. 

-2.9 
-27.8 

-6.0 
-12.8 

J 

'Violent  cnmes  are  ofTenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
sPropeny  crimes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
'Less  than  one-tenth  of  I  percent. 


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ible  48.-Rural  Arrests  Trends,  1977-1978 

D13  agencies;   1978  eslimated  population  26.233,C 


Number  of  persons  arrested 


Total  all  ages 


Percent 


Under  18  years  of  age 


Percent 
change 


Percent 
change 


irder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughK 

ibbery 

gravated  assault 

rglary 

rceny-lheft 

>tor  vehicle  theft 


Violent  cnine' 
Proprrty  cnme^ 


4,527 
24,082 
42,538 
47,375 
10,943 


Crime  Index  total  

tier  assaults    

son  

rgery  and  counterfeiting  

jud    

ibezzlement    

Jen  property;  buymg,  receiving,  possessing    

ndalism    

^apons ;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

jstitution  and  commercialized  vice   

I  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution) 

ug  abuse  violations    

imbling    

fenses  against  family  and  children   

iving  under  the  influence    

(uor  laws  

unkenness  

sorderly  conduct    

grancy   

I  other  offenses  (except  traffic)  

spicion  (not  included  in  totals)  

rfew  and  loitering  law  violations    

inaways  


33,831 
1,703 
8,507 

45,855 

951 

7,506 

13,346 
7,678 

553 
3,546 
53,443 
1,772 
12,901 
152,354 

29,936 
105,360 
33,065 
1,510 
136,650 
1,367 
1,771 
17,515 


4,294 
24,849 
43,025 
47,709 
11,662 


159 
296 
831 
1,693 
16,970 
13,662 
5,113 


124 
273 
752 
1,725 
17,639 
13,602 
5,439 


1,967 
2,342 
3,696 
22,389 
25,568 
33,713 
5,830 


2,007 
2,247 
3,542 
23,124 
25,386 
34,107 
6,223 


36,947 
1,781 
8,154 

51,368 

985 

7,871 

14,016 
8,636 


33,341 
99,043 

32,533 


2,551 
507 
980 


3,048 

10,332 
3,859 
3,662 
224 
17,052 
392 


10,531 
3,345 
3,263 
191 
17,490 
224 


31,498 
1,265 

7,553 
45,272 


532 
3,100 
44,299 
1,686 
12,659 
149,2 

19,604 
101,501 
29,403 
1,286 
1 19,598 
975 


34,396 
1.274 
7,174 

50,757 
959 
6,203 
7,620 
7,878 

393 
2,826 
43,033 


22,810 
95,698 
29,270 


t  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault, 
j-e  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 


219 


Table  49.— Rural  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Age,  1978 

(2,348  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  28,898,000] 


TOTAL    

Murder  and  nonnegligent 

manslaughter   

Forcible  rape    

Robber^'  

Aggravated  assault   

Burglary  

Larceny-theft   

Motor  vehicle  theft   

Violent  crime^  

Percent  distribution*   

Property  crime^    

Percent  distribution*    

Crime  Index  total  

Percent  distribution'   

Other  assaults    

Forgery  and  counterfeiting  

Embezzlement    

Stolen  property;  buymg,  receiving, 

possessing    

Vandalism    

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 

Prostitution  and  commercialized 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape 

and  prostitution)  

Drug  abuse  violations    

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. 


2J05 
2,688 
4,694 
26340 
46,208 
51,935 
12,676 


9,070 
54,507 


8,493 
15,170 
9,555 


39326 
115,525 
35305 
1,263 
153,167 
1,149 
1,639 
16,038 


135 

2,170 

286 

2,402 

807 

3,887 

1,820 

24,720 

18,621 

27,587 

14,470 

37,465 

116 

254 
3,474 
2,495 
1,443 


1,283 

3.5 

10,927 


3,557 

202 

18,506 


36,756 
1,443 
8,036 

53,839 
1,035 


31,948 

1,061 

134,661 


88 

137 

206 

2,599 

4,400 

6.574 

16 

45 

38 

53 

100 

461 

1,049 

3,004 

6,376 

3,951 

6,073 

5,524 

1,021 

2,289 

4,974 

984 

1,485 

2,399 

52 

64 

72 

4,784 

6,025 

9,012 

66 

90 

99 

530 

359 

Me  49.— RunU  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Age, 

1978- 

Continued 

Age 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25-29 

30-34 

35-39 

40^14 

45^9 

50-54 

55-59 

60-64 

65  and 

Not 
known 

TOTAL 

47,148 
5.1 

42.910 
4.6 

39,117 
4.2 

36,296 
3.9 

132.298 
14.2 

92,714 
9.9 

69,975 

7.5 

54,851 
5.9 

42,937 
4.6 

34,760 

3.7 

23.224 
2.5 

13330 
IS 

11,259 
12 

3444 

Pereenl  distribution' 

urder  and  nonnegligent 
manslaughter   

113 

174 

354 

1,291 

2,427 

2,638 

564 

114 

157 

306 

1,267 

1,952 

2,379 

470 

93 
129 
282 
1,251 
1,628 
1,990 
363 

96 
140 
245 
1,215 
1,223 
1,714 
297 

403 
515 
681 
4,744 
3,698 
5,945 
1,054 

246 
316 
315 
3,464 
1,806 
3,569 
576 

238 
200 
191 

2,530 
974 

2,338 
332 

173 

136 

86 

1,810 

597 
1,668 

219 

120 
59 
49 
1,233 
395 
1,142 
134 

115 
41 

28 
982 
229 
856 

81 

67 
27 
8 
683 
113 
472 
37 

42 
17 
13 
346 

45 
324 
18 

60 
17 
8 
401 
45 
290 
7 

2 

bbery 

3 

9 

Dtor  vehicle  thefl 

13 

1,932 
5.3 

5,629 
5.1 

1.844 
5.1 

4,801 
4.3 

1,755 
4.8 

3,981 
3.6 

1,6% 
4.7 

3,234 
2.9 

6,343 

17.5 

10,697 

9.7 

4,341 

12.0 

5.951 

5.4 

3,159 
8.7 

3,644 
3.3 

2,205 
6.1 

2,484 
2.2 

1,461 
4.0 

1,671 
1.5 

1,166 
3.2 

1,166 
1.1 

785 

2.2 

622 

.6 

418 

1.2 

387 

.3 

486 

1.3 

342 

.3 

17 

(4) 

Property  crime^    

122 

7,561 

6,645 
4.5 

5,736 
3.9 

4,930 
3.4 

17,040 
11.6 

10,292 
7.0 

6,803 
4.6 

4,689 

3.2 

3,132 
2.1 

2.332 
1.6 

1,407 
1.0 

805 

.5 

828 
.6 

.1 

her  assaults 

1,966 
86 

545 

2,830 

52 

472 
675 
521 

41 

148 

5,169 

38 

571 
9,270 

1,380 
4,881 
2.050 

42 
8,786 

64 

1,962 
89 
542 

2,989 
43 

442 
469 
455 

40 

173 

4,301 

28 

627 
8,826 

1,142 
4,399 
1,703 

64 
7,901 

70 

1,932 
78 
498 

3,064 
44 

372 
435 
448 

30 

131 

3,538 
39 

726 
8,135 

894 
4,099 

1,572 
58 

7,225 
63 

1,848 
66 
474 

3,147 
60 

353 
442 
441 

26 

113 
2,881 

713 
7,730 

765 
3,758 
1,480 

37 
6,955 

36 

7,204 

199 

1,558 

11,821 

194 

1,049 
1,184 
1,561 

68 

481 

8,203 

199 

2,957 
31.375 

2,533 
14,756 
5,133 
162 
24,467 
154 

5,143 
155 
947 

8,669 
158 

725 
805 
1,105 

44 

391 

3,030 

185 

2,316 
24.461 

1,676 
12,591 
3,521 
125 
16,289 
86 

3,658 
122 
533 

5,816 
119 

490 

455 
835 

30 

324 

1,129 

166 

1,563 
20,515 

1,349 
11,737 
2,617 
75 
11,603 
36 

2,740 
101 
419 

3,923 
139 

330 

271 
574 

10 

218 
553 
150 

1,004 
17,371 

1,233 
10,743 
2.077 
80 
8,191 
35 

1,913 

71 

278 

2,315 

49 

220 
211 
433 

12 

153 
329 
143 

577 
15,295 

940 
9,310 
1,634 

55 
5,836 

31 

1,293 

189 

1,482 

38 

142 
158 
360 

11 

122 
190 
93 

380 
13,056 

769 
8,484 
1,333 

59 
4,203 

25 

803 
24 
77 

886 
26 

63 
68 
223 

8 

98 
120 
85 

168 
9,160 

624 

5,773 

938 

33 

2,623 

17 

430 
19 
17 

455 
14 

37 
55 
149 

7 

66 

83 
62 

60 
5,586 

411 

3,482 

585 

29 

1,569 

9 

400 
18 

27 
282 

5 

37 
50 
146 

67 
58 
96 

38 
4.335 

377 
2.574 
469 
29 
1,404 
15 

29 

2 

rgery  and  counterfeiting  

13 

nbezzlement 

3 

jlen  property;  buying,  receiving. 

ndalism 

25 

capons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc. 
ostitution  and  commercialized 

9 

2 

X  offenses  (except  forcible  rape 

and  prostitution)  

■ug  abuse  violations    

imbling 

6 

52 

Tenses  against  family  and 

15 

iving  under  the  influence    

quor  laws  

2,620 

95 
95 

42 

1  other  offenses  (except  traffic)    .. 

386 

rfew  and  loitering  law  violations 
iiaways  

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

^Violent  cnraes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
^Property  cnraes  are  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
■*Less  than  one-tenth  of  1  percent. 


Table  SO.— Rural  Arrests  of  Persons  under  15,  18,  21,  and  25  Years  of  Age,  1978 

[2,348  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  28,898,00O| 


Offense  charged 

Grand 

total  all 

ages 

1           Number  of  persons  arrested 

Percent  of  total  all  ages 

Under 
15 

Under 
18 

Under 
21 

Under 
25 

Under 
15 

Under 
18 

Under 
21 

Und 
25 

TOTAL    

931,872 

28,462 

127361 

286,909 

452380 

3.1 

13.7 

30.8 

235 
2,688 
4,694 
26,540 
46,208 
51,935 
12,676 

25 

49 

86 

327 

5,542 

4,052 

1,387 

135 
286 
807 
1,820 
18,621 
14,470 
5.864 

423 
757 
2,125 
5,314 
31,029 
26,548 
8,511 

839 
1,357 
3312 
10,338 
38,259 
35,269 
10,205 

1.1 

1.2 
12.0 

7.8 
10.9 

5.9 
10.6 
17.2 

6.9 
40.3 
27,9 
46.3 

18.4 
28.2 
45.3 
20.0 
67.2 
51.1 
67.1 

Robbery  

Larceny-theft   

Motor  vehicle  theft    

Violent  crimei   

36,227 
110,819 

487 
10,981 

3,048 
38,955 

8,619 
66,088 

15,846 
83,733 

13 
9.9 

8.4 
35.2 

23.8 
59.6 

147,046 

11,468 

42,003 

74,707 

99,579 

7.8 

28.6 

50.8 

Other  assaults    

39,443 
2,008 
9,070 

54,507 
1,066 
8,493 

15,170 
9,555 

450 
3,480 
57,578 
1,521 
13,461 
205,412 

39326 
115,525 
35,505 
1,263 
153,167 
1,149 
1,639 
16,038 

535 
249 
121 
43 
2 
352 
2,620 
163 

122 
1,035 

26 

823 
253 
566 
53 
4,270 
54 
410 
5,205 

2,687 
565 

1,034 
668 
31 

1,767 

6,784 
806 

32 
426 
9,401 
75 
202 
4,285 

12,394 
4,009 
3,557 
202 
18,506 
250 
1,639 
16,038 

8,122 
937 
2,953 
6,827 
122 
3,754 
9,867 
2,295 

117 
989 

27,942 

196 

1,746 

27,677 

25,138 
18,843 
10.351 

414 
45,729 

506 
1,639 
16,038 

15,830 
1.256 
5,012 

18.857 

321 

5,393 

11,888 
4,160 

254 
1,554 
43,831 
342 
4,383 
61,638 

29319 
35,980 
17,156 

615 
76,596 

739 
1,639 
16.038 

1.4 
12.4 
13 

173 
1.7 

.9 

3.5 
1.8 
.3 
.2 
e) 

2.1 

.2 
1.6 
4.2 
2.8 
4.7 
25.0 
32.5 

6.8 
28.1 
11.4 

1.2 

2.9 
20.8 
44.7 

8.4 

7.1 
12.2 
16.3 
4.9 
1.5 
2.1 

31.5 
3.5 
10.0 
16.0 
12.1 
21.8 
1 00.0 
100.0 

20.6 
46.7 
32.6 
12.5 
11.4 
44.2 
65.0 
24.0 

26.0 
28.4 
48.5 
12.9 
13.0 
13.5 

63.9 
16.3 
29.2 
32.8 
29.9 
44.0 
100.0 
100.0 

Forgery  and  counterfeiting  . .    . 

Fraud    

Vandalism    ...'....                                             ^    

Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc 

Sex  offenses  (except  forcible  rape  and  prostitution)    

Drug  abuse  violations    

44 

Gambling    

Driving  under  the  influence    

Disorderly  conduct    

-' 

Vagrancy  

64 

offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery,  and  aggravated  assault. 
;  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  motor  vehicle  theft. 
3  of  I  percent. 


222 


able  51— Rural  Arrests,  Distribution  by  Sex,  1978 

,348  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  28.898,000] 


OfTense  charged 

Number  of  persons  arrested 

Percent 
male 

Percent 
female 

Percent  distribution' 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

TOTAL 

931,872 

818,894 

112,978 

87J» 

12.1 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

urder  and  nonnegligent  manslaughter 

Mcible  rape 

obbery 

ggravated  assault 

.rglary 

irceny-theft 

otor  vehicle  theft 

2,305 
2.688 
4,694 
26340 
4638 
51,935 
12,676 

l,%9 
2,668 
4,365 
23,798 
43,533 
43,343 
11,627 

336 
20 
329 

2.742 
2.675 
8.592 
1.049 

85.4 
99.3 
93.0 
89.7 
94.2 
83.5 
91.7 

14.6 
.7 

7.0 
10.3 

5.8 
16.5 

8.3 

.2 
.3 
.5 
2.8 
5.0 
5.6 
1.4 

.2 
.3 
.5 
2.9 
5.3 
5.3 
1.4 

' 

.3 

2.4 
2.4 
7.6 
.9 

Violent  crime^ 

36,227 
110,819 

32,800 
98,503 

3.427 
12,316 

90.5 
88.9 

9.5 
11.1 

3.9 
11.9 

4.0 
12.0 

3.0 

147,046 

131,303 

15,743 

89.3 

10.7 

15.8 

16.0 

139 

her  assaults 
rson 

argerv  and  counterfeiting 
aud 

mbeizlement 

olen  property,  buying,  receiving   possessing 
andalism 
capons    carrying,  possessing,  etc 

39,443 
2,008 
9,070 

54,507 
1,066 
8,493 

15,170 
9,555 

450 
3,480 
57378 
1321 
13,461 
205,412 

39326 
1 15325 
35,505 
1063 
153,167 
1,149 
1,639 
16,038 

34,883 
1,800 
6,602 

34,032 

838 

7.664 

13.999 
9.063 

189 
3,322 
50,937 
1,407 
12,752 
192,900 

33.917 
108.547 
31.237 
1.097 
132.792 
1.003 
1.120 
7.490 

4,560 
208 

2.468 

20.475 

228 

829 

1,171 
492 

261 
158 
6.641 
114 
709 
12.512 

5,409 

6,978 

4,268 

166 

20,375 

146 

519 

8.548 

88.4 
89.6 
72.8 
62.4 
78.6 
90.2 
92.3 
94.9 

42.0 
95.5 
88.5 
92.5 
94.7 
93.9 

86.2 
94.0 
88.0 
86.9 
86.7 
87.3 
68.3 
46.7 

11.6 
10.4 

27.2 
37.6 
21.4 
9.8 

7.7 
5.1 

58.0 
4.5 

11.5 
7.5 
5.3 
6.1 

13.8 
6.0 
12.0 
13.1 
13.3 
12.7 
31.7 
53.3 

4.2 
.2 
1.0 
5.8 
.1 
.9 
1.6 
1.0 

C) 
.4 

6.2 
.2 

1.4 
22.0 

4.2 
12.4 
3,8 

16.4 

.2 
1.7 

4.3 

.8 
4,2 
.1 
.9 
1.7 
1.1 

(*) 
.4 
6.2 
.2 
1.6 
23.6 

13.3 
3.8 

16.2 

.1 
.9 

4.0 
.2 

2.2 

18.1 

.2 

.7 

1.0 
.4 

1 

5.9 

ambling                                                           

.1 

ffenses  against  family  and  children                                        

.6 

11. 1 

^ 

4.8 

"    , 

6.2 

3.8 

.1 

18.0 

.1 

.5 

7.6 

'' 

'Because  of  rounding,  the  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 
^Violent  cnmes  are  offenses  of  murder,  forcible  rape,  robbery. 
'Property  crimes  arc  offenses  of  burglary,  larceny-theft,  and  m 
*Less  than  one-tenth  of  I  percent. 


223 


Table  52.-Rural  Arrests  Trends,  Sex,  1*77-1978 

[2,013  agencies;    1978  estimated  population  26,233,000| 


Males 

Females 

Offense  charged 

Total 

Under  18 

Total 

Under  18 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1977 

1978 

Percent 
change 

1977 

1978 

Percer 
Chang 

TOTAL    

704,674 

748,752 

+  6J 

94,245 

94,244 

9938 

105,167 

+5.9 

24.618 

23350 

Murder  and  nonnegligeni 
manslaughter 

1,790 
2,614 
4,206 
21,634 
40,079 
39,823 
10,025 

1,832 
2,503 
3,989 
22,245 
40,524 
39,774 
10,681 

+  2.3 
-4.2 
-5.2 

+  2.8 

-.1 
+  6.5 

147 
289 
742 
1,472 
15,869 
11,497 
4,572 

106 
268 
686 
1,495 
16,494 
11,427 
4,856 

-27.9 
-7.3 
-7.5 
+  1.6 
+  3.9 
—  .6 
+  6.2 

336 
24 

321 
2,448 
2,459 
7,552 

918 

299 
17 

305 
2,604 
2,501 
7,935 

981 

-1 1.0 
-29.2 
-5.0 
+  6.4 
+  1.7 
+  5.1 
+  6.9 

12 

7 

89 

221 

I.IOl 

2,165 

541 

18 

5 

66 

230 

1,145 

2,175 

583 

Forcible  rape 

+  ' 

+  ' 

Motor  vehicle  theft    

"•■ 

■^ 

30,244 
89,927 

30,569 
90,979 

+  1.1 
+  1.2 

2,650 
31,938 

2,555 
32,777 

-3.6 
+  2.6 

3,129 
10,929 

3,225 
11,417 

+  3.1 
+  4.5 

329 
3,807 

319 
3,903 

~- 

+  ' 

Crime  Index  total  . 

120,171 

121,548 

+  1.1 

34,588 

35,332 

+  2.2 

14,058 

14,642 

+  4.2 

4,136 

4,222 

■^* 

Other  assaults    

30,050 
1,532 
6,446 

29,583 
764 

6,795 
12,286 
7.267 

181 

3,338 
47,222 
1,596 
12,224 
143,265 

25,549 
98,729 
28,971 
1,292 
17,936 
1,146 
1,236 
8,241 

32,631 
1,609 
5,975 

31,854 
780 

7,095 
12,928 
8,173 

172 

3,070 
45,570 
1,238 
12,102 
181,652 

28,632 

92,847 

28,597 

987 

123,389 

838 

963 

6,940 

+  8.6 
+  5.0 
-7.3 
+  7.7 

+  4.4 
+  5.2 
+  12.5 

—  5.0 

-8.0 
-3.5 

—  22.4 
-1.0 

+  26.8 

+  12.1 
-6.0 
-1.3 

-23.6 
+  4.6 

-26.9 

-22.1 

—  15.8 

1,956 
397 

777 
378 
29 

1,338 
5,755 
658 

6 

402 

7,619 

74 

180 
2,797 

8,048 
3,436 
2,959 
159 
13,212 
279 
1,236 
8,241 

2.118 
461 
749 
406 
22 

1,508 

5,954 

718 

12 

367 

7,134 

67 

160 
3,786 

8,182 

2,989 

2,702 

149 

13,525 

171 

963 

6,940 

+  16.1 

—  3.6 
+  7.4 

-24.1 

+  12.7 
+  3.5 
+  9.1 

+  100.0 

—  8.7 

—  6.4 
-9.5 

+  35.4 

+  1.7 
-13.0 

-8.7 
-6.3 
+  2.4 
-38.7 
-22.1 
-15.8 

3,781 

171 

2,061 

16,272 

187 

711 
1,060 
411 

372 

208 

6,221 

176 

677 

9,089 

4,387 

6,631 

4,094 

218 

18,714 

221 

535 

9,274 

4,316 

172 

2,179 

19,514 

205 

776 
1,088 
463 

248 

151 

6,002 

107 

665 

12,000 

4,709 

6,196 

3,936 

147 

19,162 

115 

465 

8,024 

+  14.1 

+  .6 
+  5.7 
+  19.9 
+  9.6 

+  9.1 

+  2.6 
+  12.7 

-33.3 

-27.4 
-3.5 
-39.2 

—  1.8 
+  32.0 

+  7.3 

—  6.6 
-3.9 

-32.6 
+  2.4 
—  48.0 
-13.1 
-13.5 

377 
41 
177 
205 

5 

157 
446 
41 

15 

44 
1,525 
12 
62 
251 

2,284 
423 
703 
65 

3,840 
113 
535 

9,274 

433 
46 
231 
205 
4 

160 

442 
40 

15 

28 

1,405 

4 

37 

316 

2,349 
356 
561 
42 
3,965 
53 
465 
8,024 

+  U 

+  li 

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+  ' 

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-' 

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Offenses  against  family  and  chUdren   

-40 

+  2 

Disorderly  conduct    

Vagrancy   

Suspicion  (not  included  in  touls)  

Curfew  and  loitering  law  violations    

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Table  54.-PoUce  Disposition  of  JuvenUe  Offenders  Taken  into  Custody 

(1978  estimated  population] 

1978 

Population  group 

Total  1 

Handled 

within 

department 

and  released 

Referred  to 
juvenile 

Jurisdiction 

Referred  to 
welfare 
agency 

Referred  to 

other  pohce 

agency 

Referred  tc 
crmunal  or 
adult  court 

total  population  189,895,000: 
Number                                              

1,770,807 
100.0 

648,282 
36.6 

989,209 
55.9 

34,095 
1.9 

31,417 
1.8 

67,80 

3 

TOTAL  CITIES:  8,163  agencies;  total 

1,439,127 
100.0 

541.020 
37.6 

787,685 

54.7 

"•?t 

24,599 
1.7 

56,13 

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Group  I 

50  cities,  250,000  and  over;  population  31,468,000: 

Number                                                                     

355,003 
100.0 

172,217 
100.0 

215,780 
100.0 

250,729 
100.0 

246,027 
100.0 

199,371 
100.0 

772,630 
100.0 

98,937 
100.0 

102,873 
29.0 

67,942 
39.5 

89,111 
41.3 

100,457 
40.1 

102,768 
41.8 

77,869 
39.1 

323,669 
41.9 

27,680 
28.0 

231,653 
65.3 

95,610 

55.5 

109,194 
50.6 

131,462 
52.4 

120,938 
49.2 

98,828 
49.6 

387,0% 
50.1 

61,129 
61.8 

12,871 
3.6 

3,404 
2.0 

4,021 
1.9 

3,623 
1.4 

3,566 
1.4 

2,199 
1.1 

8,550 
1.1 

2,061 
2.1 

4.154 

1,790 
1.0 

5,566 
2.6 

5,086 
2.0 

4,177 
1.7 

3,826 
1.9 

14.431 
1.9 

2,890 
2.9 

3,45 

Percent  

Group  II 

112  cities,  100,000  to  249,999;  population   15,944,000: 

Number   

Percent                                                                           

1 

3,47 

2 

Group  III 
270  cities,  50,000  to  99,999;  population   18,483,000: 

7,88 

Percent                               

3 

Group  IV 

616  cities,  25,000  to  49,999;  population  21,090,000: 

Number                                                                                       

10.  IC 

4 

Group  V 

1,503  cities,  10,000  to  24,999;  population  23,358,000: 

Number   

Percent                                                        

14,51 
5 

Group  VI 
5,612  cities  under  10,000;  population  20,462,000: 

16.64 

8 

Suburban  Area^ 

5,163  agencies;  population  82,899,000: 

Number                                                                   

38.88 

Percent 

5 

Rural  Area 
2,483  agencies;  population  26,379,000: 

5 

'  Includes  all  olTenses  except  IrafTic  and  neglect  cases. 

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

3  Includes  suburban  city  and  county  law  enforcement  agencies  within 

metropolitan  a 

reas.  Excludes  c 

X)re  cities.  Subu 

rban  cities  also 

mcluded  in  ot 

er  city  group 

228 


Ah  a  2jam  Enf orrf ment  (if f irtr,  my  funJameniJ Jui^ ,.  /» 

Jrrfr  mankind;  to  iafe^uarj  fivei  ana  properlu;  lo  protect  tlie  innocent  aaainit 
deception,  the  weak  against  oppreJiion  or  intimidation,  ana  the  peaceful 
against  violence  or  disorder;  and  to  respect  the  (constitutional  rights  of  all 
men   to  liberty,   etfualitg   and  Justice. 

It  Uitll  heep  mg  private  life  unSutlieJ  as  an  example  to  all;  maintain  coura- 
geous calm  in  the  face  of  danger,  scorn,  or  ridicule;  develop  self-restraint;  and 
oe  constantly  mindful  of  the  uielfare  of  others.  ^J4onest  in  thought  and  deed 
in  both  mu  personal  and  of ficial  life,  .Jr  will  be  exemplaru  in  obeuing  the  laws 
of  the  land  and  the  regulations  of  mg  department.  Whatever  .-f  See  or  hear  of 
a  confidential  nature  or  that  is  confided  to  me  in  mg  officialcapacitg  will  oe 
kept  ever  secret  unless  revelation  is  necessarg  in  the  performance  of  mg  dutg. 

11  mtll  never  act  officiousig  or  permit  personal  feelings,  prejudices,  animos- 
ities or  friendships  to  influence  mg  decisions.  lA/ith  no  compromise  for  crime 
and  with  relentless  prosecution  of  criminals,  Jf  will  enforce  the  law  courteouslg 
and  appropriatelg  without  fear  or  favor,  malice  or  ill  will,  never  emploging 
unnecessarg  force  or  violence  and  never  accepting  gratuities. 

I  rPrOgnt2P  tL  LJge  of  mg  office  as  a  sgmU  of  puUic  faith,  and 
.y  accept  it  as  a  public  trust  to  be  held  so  long  as  J/  am  true  to  the  ethics  of 
the  police  service.  J/  will  constantlg  strive  to  achieve  these  objectives  and  ideals, 
dedicating  mgself  before   Cfod  to  mg   chosen  profession   .  .  .  law  enforcement. 


229 


SECTION  V 
LAW  ENFORCEMENT  PERSONNEL 


Law  Enforcement  Employees 

As  of  October  31,  1978,  11,265  agencies,  covering 
more  than  203  million  inhabitants  of  the  United 
States,  reported  a  total  of  431,000  full-time  law 
enforcement  officers  for  a  rate  of  2.1  per  1,000 
inhabitants.  When  full-time  civilians  were  included, 
the  total  count  of  law  enforcement  employees  rose  to 
542,000  for  a  national  rate  of  2.7  per  1,000  inhabi- 
tants. 

Caution  should  be  exercised  in  using  rates  for 
comparative  purposes  since  a  wide  variation  exists  in 
the  responsibilities  of  various  law  enforcement  agen- 
cies throughout  the  country.  Just  as  certain  condi- 
tions cause  the  extent  and  type  of  crime  to  vary  from 
place  to  place,  the  requirements  for  types  of  police 
service  are  based  upon  the  conditions  present  in  a 
given  community.  For  example,  the  need  for  law 
enforcement  service  in  a  community  having  a  highly 
mobile  or  seasonal  population  differs  from  a  locale 
whose  population  is  relatively  stable.  In  addition,  a 
small  community  situated  between  two  large  cities 
may  require  a  greater  number  of  law  enforcement 
personnel  than  a  similarly  sized  community  having 
no  urban  centers  nearby.  The  crime  conditions  of  the 
former  are  for  the  most  part  dictated  by  its  geograph- 
ic location. 

The  figures  set  forth  in  detailed  tabular  presenta- 
tions on  law  enforcement  employees  represent  na- 
tional averages;  they  should  be  used  as  guides  or 
indicators,  not  as  recommended  or  desirable  police 
strengths.  Adequate  manpower  for  a  specific  commu- 
nity can  only  be  determined  by  a  careful  study  and 
analysis  of  the  various  factors  which  contribute  to 
the  requirements  for  law  enforcement  service  in  that 
locality. 

The  functions  of  sheriffs  also  vary  widely  in 
different  sections  of  the  country.  In  certain  areas  the 
sheriffs'  responsibilities  are  limited  almost  exclusively 
to  civil  functions  and/or  the  administration  of  the 


county  jail    facilities.    Likewise,    state    police 
highway  patrol  agencies  may  have  vastly  differi 
responsibilities  from  jurisdiction  to  jurisdiction. 

Many  cities  in  the  United  States  operate  w 
substantially  fewer  law  enforcement  employees  p 
capita  than  the  national  average.  For  example,  t 
average  for  cities  in  the  10,000  to  49,999  populati 
range  was  2.0  law  enforcement  employees  per  1,0 
inhabitants.  This  low  average  rate  for  smaller  cities 
contrasted  by  the  fact  that  the  average  rate  for  lai 
cities,  those  with  populations  of  250,000  or  more,  w 
substantially  above  the  national  average,  3.4  1; 
enforcement  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants. 

Nationally,  suburban  areas  averaged  2.3  full-tii 
law  enforcement  employees  per   1,000  inhabitan 
For    sheriffs'    or    county    police    departments, 
average  rate  was  2.0  full-time  employees. 

Geographically,  the  South  Atlantic  and  Mid< 
Atlantic  Divisions  recorded  the  highest  rates  of  1; 
enforcement  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants, 
and  2.8,  respectively.  The  fewest  employees  per  1,0, 
population  were  reported  by  the  West  North  Centi 
and  West  South  Central  Divisions,  each  with 
average  rate  of  2. 1 . 

Sworn  Personnel 

Rates  based  on  sworn  law  enforcement  personi 
only  (excluding  civilians)  showed  the  average  for 
cities  was  2.1  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants.  T 
average  rate  of  sworn  personnel  ranged  from  1 .6 
cities  with  populations  between  10,000  and  49,999 
2.8  in  cities  with  250,000  or  more  inhabitants.  F 
sheriffs'  or  county  poHce  departments,  the  averaj 
rate  was  1.5  per  1,000  population.  In  city  agencit 
males  represented  97  percent  of  all  sworn  personni 
while  in  suburban  agencies  they  accounted  for 
percent  and  in  county  sheriffs'  and  police  depai 
ments  92  percent. 


230 


POLICE    EMPLOYEE    DATA 

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


BY  POPULATION  GROUPS,  1978 
9.8  9.8 


6.9 


mm 


mm 


4.7 


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iii 


4.4 


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iii 


mm 


5.5        5.5 


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mm 
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iii 


mm  mm 


ALL               CITIES  CITIES  CITIES  CITIES  CITIES  CITIES 

CITIES            250,000  100,000  50,000  25,000  10,000            LESS 

AND  TO  TO                 TO  TO               THAN 

OVER  249,999  99,999  49,999  24,999  10,000 


231 


Table  55.— Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees', 
Groups,  October  31,  1978 

(1978  eslimaled  population) 


Number  and  Rate  per  1.000  Inhabitants,  Geographic  Divisions  and  Populado 


Geographic  division 


Population  Group 


population 
41,342,000) 


Group  II 
(116  cities, 

100,000  to 
249,999; 
population 
16,617,000) 


Group  III 
(269  cities, 
50,000  to 
99,999; 
population 
18,394,000) 


Group  IV 

(626  cities, 
25.000  to 

49,999; 
population 
21,407,000) 


TOTAL:  8,434  cities;  population  143,275.000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 


New  England:  591  cities;  population  10379,000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

Middle  Atlandc:  1,756  cities;  population 
29,123.000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 

Interquartile  range    

East  North  Central:  1^)1  cides;  population 
27.982,000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

West  North  Central:  693  cities;  population 
10313,000: 

Number  of  pc  iice  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per   1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

South  Atlantic:  1364  cities;  population  15,881,000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1.000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

East  South  Central:  725  cities;  population  7,621,000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

West  South  Central:  786  cities;  population 
15354,000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

Mounuta:  373  cities;  population  6,767,000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

Pacific:  615  cities:  population  19,656,000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    


25,021 

2.4 
1.6-23 


68,770 

2.5 
13-2.4 


32,619 

2.1 
1.6-2.6 


8,144 

2.2 
1.5-2.6 


14,776 

4.1 
3.0-5.0 


2.1-2.8 
6.108 


20,407 

2.8 
2.4-2.8 


1.8-2.2 
8,079 


5,753 
2.5 


1.6-2.1 
2314 


5,095 

2.0 
1.8-2.2 


.6-2.0 

1.5-2.0 

1,463 

2,193 

2.0 
.6-2.3 

1.9 

1.5-2.2 

7.136 

5.396 

County 


4387  ageDdes;  population  71,059,000: 

N  umber  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000  inhabitants 
Interquartile  range    


County:  2,782  agencies;  population  59,748.000: 

Number  of  police  employees    

Average  number  of  employees  per  1,000 
Interquartile  range    


'Includes  civilians. 

^OiUy  one  city  this  size  in  geographic  division. 
^Includes  suburban  city  and  county  law  enforcement  ag 
Populauon  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  Ail  rates  \ 


Me  56.— Full-ttme  Law  Enforcement  Officers,  Number 
tober  31.  1978 


and  Rale  per  1,000  Inhabitants,  Geographic  Division  and  Population  Group, 


Geographic  division 


Population  Group 


Group  II 
(116  cilies, 
100,000  to 
249,999; 

16.617,000) 


Group  III 
(269  cities. 
50,000  to 
99,999; 
population 
18,394,000) 


Group  IV 

(626  cilies, 

25,000  to 

49,999; 

21,407,000) 


Group  V 
(1,529  cities, 
10,000  to 
24,999; 
population 
23,651,000) 


TAL:  8,434  cities; 
Number  of  police  onicers 
Average  number  of  offlcers 
Interquartile  range    


«  England:  591  cities;  population  10,579,000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000 
inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

Idle  Adandc:  1,756  cities:  populaUoo  29.123,000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000 
inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

t  North  Central:  1,531  cities;  population 
7,982.000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

St  North  Central:  693  cities;  population 
0313,000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

ith  Atlantic:  1364  cities;  populadon  15,881,000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

«  South  Central:  725  cides:  populadon  7,621.000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

St  Soudi  Cend^:  786  cides;  populadon 
5354.000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000 

inhabitants    

Inlerquarlile  range    

iuntain:  373  cities;  populadon  6,767,000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  I,0(X) 

inhabitants    

Interquartile  range    

:mc:  615  cides;  populadon  19,656.000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1.000 
inhabitants    

Interquartile  range   


lJ-2.1 

71.278 


58347 

2.1 
13-2.0 


13-1.9 
39.026 


14,440 

1.9 
15-2.6 


3.682 

4,350 

4,309 

2.6 
2.4-2.9 

2.0 
1.8-2.2 

1.9 
1.6-2 1 

3,464 

5,711 

7,055 

2.6 
1.8-3.3 

2.0 
1.5-2.3 

1.9 

1.3-2.3 

4,825 

6,118 

6,796 

1.8 
1.6-2.0 

1.5 
I.2-I.8 

1.4 
1.I-I.7 

1,723 

1,529 

2,308 

1.5 
1.3-1.8 

1.4 
1.3-1.5 

1.3 
1.I-I.5 

6,387 

3,259 

4,605 

2.1 
1.9-2.2 

2.2 
1.9-25 

2.0 
1.7-2.3 

2.287 

511 

1,801 

3,839 

1.5 
1.4-1.8 


1.2-1.8 
5318 


1.1-1.7 
4,141 


4,712 

1.8 
.5-2.0 


2,977 
1.5 


Suburban  and  County 


urban:'  4.587  agencies;  populadon  71,059.000: 

Number  oi  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants 
Interquartile  range    


County:  2.782  agencies;  populadon  59.748,000: 

Number  of  police  officers    

Average  number  of  officers  per  1,000  inhabitants 
Interquartile  range    


•Only  one  city  this  size  in  geographic  division. 
^Includes  suburban  city  and  county  law  enforcement 
Population  figures  rounded  to  the  nearest  thousand.  All 


opolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban  cilies  are  also  included  in  other  city  groups, 
the  population  before  roimding. 


233 


Table  57.— Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Percent  Male  and  Female,  October  31, 

(11,216  agencies;    1978  estimated  population  203,023,000] 


Total 

police  employees 

Folic 

officers  (sworn) 

Other 

police  employees 

Population  group 

Total 

Percent 
male 

Percent 
female 

Total 

Percent 
male 

Percent 
female 

Total 

Percent 
male 

Percen 

female 

TOTAL  CITIES  

359313 

85.7 

14J 

294379 

96.8 

32 

64,734 

35.1 

6c 

Group  I 

142,635 
724>15 
38337 

85.8 
87.4 
85.0 

14.2 
12.6 
15.0 

117,079 
61,292 
30,842 

96.1 
96.3 
95.9 

3.9 

3.7 

25,556 
11,623 
7,495 

38.6 
40.6 
40.2 

(500  000  -  999  999) 

5 

Group  II 

J 

Group  III 

(50,000  -  99,999)    

38,016 

85.3 

14.7 

30,768 

97.5 

2.5 

7,248 

33.2 

6. 

Group  IV 

(25  000  -  49  999) 

41,932 

85  8 

14  2 

34  577 

97  7 

2  3 

7  355 

29  9 

7 

Group  V 

(10,000  -  24,999)    

46,675 

86.5 

13.5 

38,815 

97.6 

2.4 

7,860 

31.9 

6 

Group  VI 

(Under  10,000)    

51.731 

86.0 

14.0 

42,298 

96.9 

3.1 

9,433 

37.2 

6 

Suburban  

County    

161,895 
117,248 

83.4 
79.8 

16.6 
20.2 

128,977 
90,237 

95.4 
91.9 

4.6 
8.1 

32,918 
27,011 

36.5 
39.2 

6 
6 

Table  58.-CiviUan  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Percent  of  Total,  Population  Group.  October  31,  1978 

Population  group 

Percent 
civilian 
employees 

Population  group 

Percent 

civilian 
employee 

18.0 

Group  III  (50000  to  99  999) 
Group  IV  (25  000  to  49  999) 
Group  V  (10,000  to  24  999) 
Group  VI  (under   10  000) 

Suburban 
County    .. 

17.9 
15.9 
19.6 
20.5 
19.0 

1 

(500000  to  999  999) 

(250  000  to  499  999) 

2 

Civilian  Employees 

During  1978,  18  percent  of  all  city  law  enforce- 
ment personnel  were  civilian  employees.  In  suburban 
areas  they  represented  20  percent  of  the  total 
strength  and  in  sheriffs'  and  cmnty  police  depart- 


ments 23  percent.  Civilian  employees  in  law  enforc 
ment  agencies  can  be  used  effectively  to  free  swoi 
officers  for  more  imperative  police  duties;  th< 
constitute  an  important  aspect  of  the  total  la 
enforcement  effort. 


234 


le  59.-FiUI-tiiiie  State  PoUce  and  Highway  Patrol  Employees, 

October  31,  1978 

State 

Total 

Police 
officers 

Civilians 

Miles  of 
pnmary 
highway 
per 
police 
officer 

State 

vehicle 
registra- 
tion per 
police 
officer 

State 

Total 

PoUce 
officers 

CivUians 

Miles  of 
pnmary 
highway 
per 
police 
officer 

State 
motor 
vehicle 
registra- 
tion per 
police 
officer 

Total          

6SJ35 

45.908 

19,427 

lOJ 

3,114 

Nebraska    

Nevada    

New  Hampshire    

New  Jersey   

New  Mexico    

New  York   

North  CaroUna  

North  Dakota   

Ohio  

Oklahoma  

Oregon   

525 
211 
263 
2.655 
515 

3.902 
1,388 
126 
1,865 
1,147 

1.130 

4,483 

191 

875 
212 

1.172 

4,318 

453 

381 

1.703 

1,299 
815 
637 
175 

406 
155 
196 

1,78! 
357 

3,343 

1,093 

103 

1.098 

572 

960 

3.678 

156 

748 
177 

781 
2,461 
418 
258 
1,216 

784 
549 
485 
142 

119 
56 
67 
874 
158 

559 
295 

23 
767 
575 

170 
805 

35 
127 
35 

391 
1,857 
35 
123 
487 

515 
266 
152 

33 

24.3 
14.9 
10.4 
1.2 
14.8 

4.5 
12.5 
68.7 
17.5 
21.4 

5.1 

4.7 
5.7 
13.4 
51.0 

12.4 
28.4 
13.3 
9.8 

7.4 

8.8 
10.8 
23.5 
43.5 

1,104 
412 

1,342 

592 

6,722 

772 
1,301 

566 
1,710 
1,358 

200 
2,514 
1,475 
782 
557 

1,490 

1.127 

456 

2,050 

1,425 

3,497 
675 
836 

1.615 
316 

660 
282 
845 
444 
5.044 

551 
908 
433 
1,167 
761 

192 
1,871 
953 
563 

414 

951 
864 
326 
1,523 
1,007 

2,200 
499 
561 
752 
220 

444 
130 
497 
148 
1,678 

221 
393 
133 
543 
597 

8 
643 
522 
219 
143 

539 
263 
130 
527 
418 

1,297 
176 
275 
863 
96 

16.2 
14.4 

7.1 
36.0 

3.0 

14.1 
1.3 
1.1 
10.5 
23.9 

26.0 
9.1 
11.8 
18.0 
25.3 

4.9 

5.7 

12.2 

.7 

2.8 

4.3 
24.1 
18.5 
10.5 
30.4 

4,051 
913 
1,839 
3,205 
2,%6 

3,925 
2,301 
864 
5,223 
4,594 

3,738 
3,667 
3,763 
3,947 
4,572 

2,576 
2,803 
2,204 
1.699 
3,495 

2,721 
5,638 
2.663 
4,059 
3,298 

2.975 

ka 

2.874 

2.475 

fomia 

2.541 

2,312 

3,732 

6.835 

4.015 

° 

1.850 

2.203 

°"  

Rhode  Island  

4.291 

*""  

South  Carohna  

2.483 

Tennessee  

fexas  

3.836 

''*"*    

Utah    

2.173 

°f    ■ ' 

1.242 

2.678 

3.692 

West  Virginia    

2.070 

"          

Wisconsin  

Wyoming    

5.499 

SIS    pp 

*°""  

The  responsibUit.es  of  the  vanous  state  pohce  and  highway  patrol  agencies  range  from  full  law  enforcement  respons.bUilies  to  traffic  patrol  only.  The  miles  of  pnmary 
,way  from  "Highway  Statistics.  1977'  pSbUshed  by  iTe  US  Department  of  TransponaUon  refers  lo  highways  that  have  been  officially  designated  by  states  as  the 
mary  system,"  or  some  similar  term.  The  catena  for  selecung  these  highways  vary  among  the  states 

State  motor  vehicle  registration  data  include  automobiles,  buses,  and  trucks. 

Any  companson  of  these  data  from  state  to  stale  must  take  these  factors  and  the  factors  hsted  on  Page  > 


)  considerauon. 


235 


Table  60.— Number  of  FuU-ttme  Law  Enforcemeiit  Employees,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  October  31,  1978 


Number  of  law  enforcement  employees 


Male     Female     Male      Female 


tiber  of  law  enforcement  employee 


Male     Female     Male      Femal 


Anniston    

Auburn 

Bessemer 

Birmingham 

Decatur 

Dothan 

Florence 

Gadsden 

Huntsville' 

Mobile 

Montgomery 

Phenix  City 

Prichard 

Tuscaloosa   

ALASKA 

Anchorage    

Fairbanks    

ARIZONA 

Flagstaff  

Glendale    

Mesa    

Phoenix    

Scottsdale    

Tucson    

Yuma  

ARKANSAS 

El  Dorado    

Fayetteville    

Fort  Smith  

Hot  Springs  

Jacksonville    

Jonesboro   

Little  Rock    

North  Little  Rock    

Pine  Bluff  

West  Memphis    

CALIFORNIA 

Alameda    

Alhambra 
Anaheim 
Antioch 
Arcadia 

Bakersfield 

Baldwin  Park 

Bell  Gardens 

Belmont 

Berkeley 

Beveily  Hills 

Brea 

Buena  Park 

Burbank 

Burlingame 

Campbell 

Carlsbad 

Chico 

Chula  Vista 
Clare  mont 
Clovis 

See  footnote  at  end  of  table 


g 

2 

2 

3 

12 

4 

2 

6 

2 

1 

4 

CALIFORNIA— Continued 

Compton   

Concord  

Costa  Mesa   

er  City    

Cypress  

Daly  City   

Davis   

Downey    

El  Cajon    

El  Monte    

Escondido  

Fairfield   

Fontana   

Fountain  Valley   

Fremont  

Fresno  

Fullerton   

Gardena  

Garden  Grove  

Glendale    

Glendora   

Hawthorne   

Hayward    

Huntington  Beach    

Huntington  Park    

Inglewood  

Irvine  

La  Habra   

La  Mesa   

Livermore   

Lodi    

Lompoc    

Long  Beach  

Los  Altos    

Los  Angeles    

Los  Gatos    

Manhattan  Beach    

Menio  Park  

Milpitas    

Modesto  

Monrovia    

Montebello  

Monterey  

Monterey  Park    

Mountain  View  

National  City  

Newark  

Newport  Beach  

Novato    

Oakland   

Oceanside    

Ontario  

Oxnard   

Palm  Spnngs    

Palo  Alto    

Pasadena   

Petaluma 

Pittsburg    

Placentia    

Pleasanton    

Pomona    

Redding   

Redlands   

Redondo  Beach    


3' 

II 

1 

3 

1 

8 

6 

2 

16 

15 

3 

9 

9 

288 

195 

65 

54 

209 

157 

76 

52 

80 

53 

64 

47 

73 

46 

62 

48 

42 

30 

795 

566 

32 

25 

649 

6,815 

34 

26 

236 


FuU-tiine  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  Octol>er  31,  1978— Continued 


Number  of  law  enforcement  employees 


Male     Female     Male      Female 


Number  of  law  enforcement  employe' 


Male     Female     Male 


98 

126 

67 

57 

CONNECTICUT- 


Glastonbury  . 
Greenwich  . . . 
Groton  Town 

Hartford    

Manchester    . . 

Meriden   

Middlelown  .. 
Naugatuck  . . . 
New  Britain    . 


Ha 


Newmgton  .... 
New  London    . 

Norwalk  

Norwich  

Shelton   

SouthingtoD   . . . 

Stamford    

Stratford    

Torrington  . . . . 
Trumbull   

Wallingford  ... 
Watcrbury  . . . . 
West  Hartford 
West  Haven    .. 

Westport    

Wethersfield  .. 
Windsor   


Newark  . 
Wilmingtc 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBU 


Washington 


Boca  Raton  

Boynton  Beach 

Bradenton 

Clearwater 

Coral  Gables 

Daytona  Beach 

Deerfield  Beach 

Delray   Beach 

Dunedm 

Fort  Lauderdale 

Fort  Myers 

Fort  Pierce 

Gamesville 

Hallandale 

Hialeah 

Hollywood 

Jacksonville 

Lakeland 

Lake  Worth 

Largo 

LauderhiU 

Margate 

Melbourne 

Miami  Beach 

Miramar 

North  Miami 

North  Miami  Beach 

Ocala 

Orlando 


2 

3 

8 

12 

24 

7 

1 

2 

5 

31 

2 

3 

2 

2 

4 

1 

2 

4 

2 

* 

84 

55 

6 

71 

56 

4 

66 

52 

109 

76 

1,012 

648 

50 

279 

203 

10 

71 

51 

2 

100 

79 

4 

86 

74 

3 

93 

69 

3 

557 

373 

22 

Table  60.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforeement  Employees,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


nber  of  law  enforcement  employees 


Male     Female     Male 


Number  of  law  enforcement  employe 


Male     Feinale     Male      Fems 


FLOIUDA— CoDlinued 


Panama  City    

82 

Pembroke  Pines    

79 

Pensacola    

Pmellas  Park 

42 

Plantation   

% 

Riviera  Beach    

82 

649 

Sunrise  Village    

100 

Tallahassee  

181 

xSiie::::::::::::::::::::::::: 

60 

West  Palm  Beach   

201 

GEORGU 

Albany 

192 

Athens    

138 

1,379 

Augusta 

178 

Columbus    

412 

East  Point    

GnfTin  

56 

La  Grange  

68 

Macon    

287 

107 

Rome  

82 

297 

Valdosta 

85 

Warner  Robins  

74 

HAWAII 

Hilo    

122 

Honolulu   

IDAHO 

Boise 

186 

Idaho  Falls 

80 

Lewiston 

53 

Nampa 

42 

Pocatello 

83 

Twin  Falls 

55 

ILLINOIS 

Addison 

60 

Alton 

71 

Arlington  Heights 

97 

Aurora 

188 

Belleville 

71 

Berw%n 

65 

Bloomington 

75 

Bolingbrook 

55 

Burbank 

34 

Calumet  City 

66 

Carprntersville 

49 

Champaign 

104 

Chicago 

14,324 

Chicago  Heights 

107 

Cicero 

113 

Danville 

89 

Decatur 

141 

De  Kalb 

53 

Des  Plaines 

98 

Dolton 

39 

Downers  Grove 

63 

ILUNOIS- 

East  Saint  Louis    . 

Elgin    

Elk  Grove  Village 

Elmhurst    

Elmwood  Park    ... 

Evanston 

Freeport  

Galesburg   

Glen  Ellyn  

Glenview   

Granite  City   

Hanover  Park    

Highland  Park  

Hoffman  Estates    . 

Joliet    

Kankakee    

Lansing    

Lombard    

Maywood    

Morton  Grove  

Mount  Prospect    . . . 

Naperville  

Niles  

Normal  

Northbrook    

North  Chicago    

Oak  Lawn    

Oak  Park    

Palatine    

Park  Forest   

Park  Ridge    

Pekin   

Rockford   

Rock  Island    

Schaumburg    

Skokie   

South  Holland  

Spnngfield    

Urbana  

Waukegan  

Wheaton    

WUmette    


Anderson  

Bloomington    . 

Columbus    

East  Chicago 

Elkhart   

Evansville    

Fort  Wayne    . 
Gary  


Highland   

Indianapohs  ... 

Kokomo  

Lafayette   

La  Porte    

Lawrence  

Marion    

Merrillville   .... 
Michigan  City 

Mishawaka  

Muncie   

New  Albany  .. 


12 

14 

10 

27 

15 

3 

91 

89 

2 

10 

2 

2 

2 

4 

9 

Me  60.-Nuinber  of  FuU-tln 

^  Law  Enforcement  Employees.  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Popuiati 

»n,  Octol)er  31 

1978- 

-Continued 

Numbe 

r  of  law  enforcement  employees  | 

Number  of  law  enforcement  employees 

Cily  by  Stale 

OfTicers         | 

Civilians         | 

City  by  State 

Total 

OfTicers         | 

Civilians 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Male 

Female 

Male 

Female 

Male 

Female 

INDIANA-ContlDued 

79 
290 
125 

55 

41 

50 

53 
203 

53 
108 
188 
415 

92 

54 

56 

43 

65 

36 
157 
161 

47 
66 

448 
90 
45 
82 
48 

123 
46 
69 
41 

310 

514 

50 
85 
121 
45 

452 
916 

49 
114 

70 

104 
630 
120 
51 
58 
95 
151 
126 
136 
70 
1,898 
473 
46 

72 
250 
108 

45 

30 

34 

42 
150 

45 

89 
132 
336 

79 

47 

44 

47 

31 
115 
138 

33 
52 
302 
72 
34 
55 
42 
94 
34 
57 
31 
219 
382 

47 
68 
95 
37 
38 
326 
681 
41 
85 
63 

86 
491 
93 
48 
46 
80 
111 
110 
103 
54 
1,478 
355 
36 

6 

2 
1 

2 

5 

33 
14 

10 
11 
8 
10 

32 

7 
11 
37 
41 

9 

6 

9 

5 

2 
32 
16 

11 
9 

85 
10 

7 
16 

5 
17 

7 
7 
45 
82 

14 

17 
3 
1 

63 

150 

4 

23 
6 

60 

15 
1 
6 
1 

30 
5 

20 

8 

148 

65 

MAINE 

80 
90 
167 

105 
3,912 

63 

78 

81 
105 

26 
47 
94 

65 

67 

75 

57 

2,934 

85 

214 

156 

319 

51 

130 

70 

124 

264 

86 

117 

65 

90 

121 

159 

63 

60 

208 

195 

138 

51 

135 

62 

61 

63 

65 

56 

299 

224 

67 

63 

93 

104 

79 

248 

56 

124 

96 

156 

395 

50 

98 

50 

147 

64 
75 
131 

88 
3,264 
60 
71 
66 
84 

24 

40 

84 

66 

65 

63 

72 

53 

2,050 

77 

190 

141 

283 

48 

124 

67 

120 

226 

79 

109 

59 

87 

112 

152 

57 

52 

185 

180 

125 

48 

129 

60 

54 

60 

61 

52 

249 

197 

58 

59 

89 

94 

68 

221 

52 

115 

88 

148 

340 

46 

92 

47 

139 

1 
2 

4 
73 

2 

4 

1 

11 
4 
12 

208 

4 
9 

4 

Lewiston    

Portland  

10 

IOWA 

MARYLAND 

Annapolis    

12 
367 

"     ,     , 

Baltimore  City  Sheriff  

rlineton 

1 

5 

5' 

8 
8 

2 

2 

7 

"  "16 
1 
3 

30 

2 

3 

dar  Falls                              •  •■ 

Frederick  

7 
11 

dar  Rapids  

MASSACHUSETTS 

uncil  Bluffs                 

s  Moines  

2 

1 
1 
52 

2 

2 
9 

3' 

3 

2 

1 
369 
4 
7 
4 
11 

1 

2 
14 

2 
3 
2 

rl  Dodge  

Andover  

vaCUy   

Arlington  

2 

»son  City  

2 

35 

67 
10 

54 

7 
3 
9 

5 

3 
3 
57 
4 

9 

11 

6 

3 
2 
41 
35 

6 

3 

46 
50 

2 
3 

5 

12 
2 

2 

7 
8 
7 
10 
3 
218 
44 

2 

ux  City    

?°*'°"  ^ 

KANSAS 

15 

9 

iDona 

r      K  H 

tchinson      

"J  "f^  J 
Lhelms  or 

2 

nsas  City           

3 

Jr  ""P**  

avenworth 

P^      m"" 

2 

20 

5 

'           ? 

5 

airie  Village     

ramingnam 

4 

3 

u  r' b  

2 

2 

1 

3 
3 
2 

9 
15 

2 

1 

3 

2 

8 

1 
2 

1 

1 
3 
12 

3 

3 

2 
19 

7 

1 

2 
3 
7 
14 

5 
3 
1 
19 

1 
1 

6 

Lawrence  

3 

iS^ ;:;:;:::::::::::::::::::;;: 

5 

Lexington   

4 
8 

I  vnn                                        

12 

Sa^en 

( 

jwling  Green   

2 

Medford                 

: 

wing  on 

enderson    

5 

op  ins 

Milton                 

2 

Xing  on 
Duisville  

Natick                               

: 

2 

'"*  ° 

New  Bedford      

22 

5 

"^^     

N     th 

7 

2 

LOUISIANA 

2 

Pittsfield  

( 

4 

Quincy    

IC 

Randolph    

2 

"^""^    

""""^    

SomervUle  

2 

ake  Charles    

Stoughton   

'°°'^°'   : 

Taunton   

Wakefield    

iHi-11                             

239 


Table  60.— Number  of  FuU-dme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Number  of  law  enforcement  employees 


Male     Female     Male      Female 


Number  of  law  enforcement  employees 


Male     Female     Male 


MASSACHUSETTS-Con. 

Watertown    

Wellesley   

Westfield    

West  Springfield    

Weymouth   

Wobum   

Worcester   

MICHIGAN 

Allen  Park   

Ann  Arbor    

Battle  Creek   

Bay  City    

Bloomfield  Township    

Burton  

Canton  Township   

Clinton  Township   

Dearborn  

Dearborn  Heights   

Detroit    

East  Detroit    

East  Lansing    

Farminglon  Hills  

Ferndale    

Flmt   

Flmt  Township  

Garden  City    

Grand  Rapids   

Highland  Park  

Holland    

Inkster  

Jackson    

Kalamazoo  

Kalamazoo  Township  

Kentwood  

Lansing    

Lincoln  Park    

Livonia   

Madison  Heights  

Marquette  

Midland   

Monroe    

Mount  Morris  Township  

Muskegon  

Oak  Park    

Pontiac   

Portage   

Port  Huron   

Redford  Township   

Romulus  Township    

Roseville    

Royal  Oak  

Saginaw    

Saginaw  Township   

Saint  Clair  Shores    

Shelby  Township  

Southfield   

Southgate    

Sterling  Heights   

Taylor   

Trenton    

Warren    

Waterford  Township  

West  Bloomfield  Township    ... 

Westland   

Wyandotte    

Wyoming  

Ypsilanti    


3 

12 

1 

57 

3 

6 

770 

254 

5 

2 

7 

2 

6 

10 

33 

51 

2 

Blaine 

Bloommgton 

Brooklyn  Center 

Brooklyn  Park 

Bumsville 

Coon  Rapids 

Crystal 

Duluth 

Edina 

Fridley 

Mankato 

Maple  wood 

Minneapolis 

Minnetonka 

Moorhead 

Richfield 

Rochester 

Roseville 

Saint  Cloud 

Saint  Louis  Park 

Saint  Paul 

Winona    

Biloiu   . 

Columbiis    

Greenville  

Gulfport  

Hattiesburg    

Jackson    

Mendian   

Pascagoula   

Vicksburg    

MISSOURI 

Cape  Girardeau    

Columbia    

Ferguson    

Florissant    

Gladstone   

Independence   

Jefferson  City    

Joplin    

las  City    

Kirkwood    

Raytown    

Saint  Joseph    

Sedalia    

Springfield    

University  City   

Webster  Groves   

MONTANA 

igs   

Bozeman    

:-Silver  Bow  County 
Great  Falls    

Missoula    

NEBRASKA 

Bellevue   

Fremont  


3 

3 

23 

5 

2 
1 

1 
26 

3 

1 

,■ 

"• 

raMe  M.-Number  of  FuU-tin 

K  Law  Enforeement  Employees,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  Octol>er  31 

1978-Continued 

Number  of  law  enforcement  employees  || 

Number  of  law  enforcement  em 

>loyees 

City  by  State 

Omcers 

Civihans        || 

City  by  Sute 

Total 

omcers         1 

Civihans 

Male     Female 

Male 

Female 

Male 

Female 

Male 

Female 

NEBRASKA-Conttnued 

49 
41 
299 

47 
677 

1,022 
144 
330 
89 

71 
190 
147 

60 

56 

343 
207 
83 
57 
138 
77 
57 
400 
138 
150 
60 
40 
219 
88 
270 
175 
343 
62 
56 
83 
69 
74 
84 

162 
151 
50 
176 
65 
896 
122 
93 
134 
50 
96 
97 
121 
78 
1,722 
150 
110 
70 
116 
118 
116 

42 

33 
217 

27 
533 

553 

98 
244 

61 

54 
166 
126 

48 

44 

269 

189 

78 

51 

112 

59 

45 

362 

112 

141 

50 

33 

110 

71 

257 

145 

314 

57 

49 

78 

59 

46 

61 

102 

134 

144 

41 

151 

54 

883 

115 

83 

127 

46 

73 

86 

101 

64 

1,447 

121 

98 

67 

91 

109 

91 

7 

7 
59 

8 
98 

240 
35 
55 
18 

12 
12 

17 

5 
7 

17 
10 

1 

6 
14 
12 

22 
10 
7 
5 
2 
50 
14 
10 
27 
12 
4 
4 

7 

7 
7 

17 
5 
4 

16 

10 
7 
5 

10 
7 
3 

11 
9 

12 

11 
199 

20 
3 

14 
7 
9 

NEW  JERSEY-Conanued 

Parsippany-Troy  Hills    

Passaic    

101 
215 
484 

49 
113 
115 

92 
140 

79 

52 

78 

90 
425 
167 
151 
117 
121 

64 
109 
101 

67 
179 

57 
653 
43 
84 
112 
94 
84 

441 
154 
40 
70 
156 
48 
1,210 
13 
28 
148 
123 
22 
100 
34 
97 
84 
53 
25 
54 
122 
52 
91 
56 
71 
83 
52 
211 
64 
219 
29,443 
183 
54 

83 
159 
424 

38 

84 
109 

76 
115 

74 

47 

67 

79 
346 
137 
133 

96 
107 

56 
106 

95 

52 

158 

36 
444 
29 
56 
70 
66 
57 

381 
138 
39 
62 
148 
39 
1,077 

27 
136 
102 
15 
80 
32 
93 
80 
43 
21 
50 
104 
51 
88 
46 
63 
76 
50 
171 
54 
172 
23.869 
163 
51 
54 
88 

2 

6 

i 

2 

7 
31 
30 

6 
11 

1 
5 
2 

11 

jrand  Island    

1 
5 
2 
17 

24 
8 
9 
4 

2 
3 

3 
3 

18 
10 
29 

205 

3 
22 
6 

3 
9 

3 
4 

5 

54 
8 
4 

Paterson  

24 

Pemberton  Township    

5 

Pennsauken    

Perth  Amboy 

15 

18 

^  Vegas  Metropolitan  Police 

Rahway    

Ridgewood  

Sayreville  

3 

Department  Jurisdiction    

" 

7 

Teaneck  Township   

Trenton    

11 

1 

27 
13 

7 

3 
3 

Umon  City                       

17 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Union  Township    

11 
10 

11 

^"'^°^''  

Westfield   

West  New  York    

3 

West  Orange    

21 
16 

1 

4 
11 

50 
3 
7 
6 
9 

12 

36 
6 

5 

Wilhngboro  Township   

11 

NEW  JERSEY 

Atlantic  City    

NEW  MEXICO 
Alamogordo    

Albuquerque   

11 

1 

2 

5 

5 

16 
16 

2 
5 
5 
58 
3 

2 
12 

3 

34 

15 

14 

NEW  YORK 

Albany    

Clifton  

Cranford  Township    

23 

10 

, 

East  Brunswick  Township  

Auburn  

16 

8 
5 
46 

1 

Brighton  

bXio                       

Ewing  Township    

Fair  Lawn    

Carmel           

2 

2 

i' 

3 

21 
14 
8 
11 

2 
5 
7 
1 

5 
2 

2 

2 

1 
6 
3 
13 

Clarkstown                     

13 

Depew  

Elmira   

Howell  Township    

Garden  City    

, 

2 

2 
3 
4 

Gates                        

Glen  Cove   

Greenburgh    

Hempstead  

3 

1 

3 

, !°        

6 

11 
2 
8 
3 

70 
9 
9 
2 

2 
16 

Irondequoit    

Long  Branch    

,      .      ^ 

Mount  Vernon    

2 
1 

7 

539 

4 

24 
1 
18 
1,600 
9 
2 

^'"^^   ;■ 

New  RocheUe    

North  Bergen  Township  

3,435 

r^M   n   A 

North  Tonawanda    

Old  Bndge  

Port  Chester  

Paramus  

Poughkeepsie    

2  1           1 

241 


Table  60.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Number  of  law  enforcement  employees 


Female    Male 


City  by  State 


Number  of  law  enforcement 


Male     Female     Male      Femal 


NEW  YORK— Continue 

Poughkeepsie  Town   

Ramapo  Town    

Rochester 

Rockville  Centre    

Rome  

Rotterdam    

Schenectady    

Southampton  Town   

Syracuse  

Tonawanda  Town  

Vestal    

Watertown   

Webster    

West  Seneca   

White  Plains  

Yonkers   

Yorktown    

NORTH  C/VROLINA 

Asheville 

Burlington    

Chapel  Hill    

Charlotte   

Durham    

Fayetteville    

Gastonia    

Goldsboro  

Greensboro    

Greenville   

High  Point  

Kannapolis  

Kinston    

Raleigh   

Rocky  Mount    

Salisbury    

Wilmmgton    

Wilson    

Winston-Salem    

NORTH  DAKOTA 

Bismarck   

Grand  Forks 
Minot 

OHIO 

Akron 

Alliance 

Ashtabula 

Barbel  ton 

Beavei  creek  Township 

Boardman  Township 

Bowling  Green 

Brook  Park 

Cincinnati 

Cleveland 

Cleveland  Heights 

Colerain  Township 

Columbus 

Dayton 

Delhi  Township 

East  Cleveland 

Euclid 

Fairborn    


^ 

18 

66 

1 

9 

9 

12 

22 

18 

4 

3 

4 

10 

11 

36 

3 

OHIO-Coni 

Hamilton  

Kettering  

Lakewood   

Lima    

Uram   

Madison  Township 

Mansfield    

Maple  Heights    .... 

Manon    

Massillon  

Mentor   

Miami  Township   .. 

Newark  

North  Olmsted    

Norwood   

Parma  Heights    

Perry  Township    ... 

Portsmouth    

Randolph  Township 

Sandusky  

South  Euclid    

Springfield    

Steubenville   

Sylvania  Township 

Toledo    

Union  Township    . . , 
Upper  Arlington    ... 

Wayne  Township    . , 
Whitehall  

Voungstown    

Zanesville    


OKLAHOMA 


Altus 

Bartlesville 
Del  City 
Enid 
Lawton 
Midwest  City 

ikogee 
Norman 
Oklahoma  City 
Ponca  City 
Shawnee 
Stillwater 
Tulsa    


Beaverton 

Corvallis 

Eugene 

Gresham 

Hillsboro 

Medford 

Portland 

Salem 

Springfield 


PENNSYLVANIA 


Me  60— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Qties  25,000  and  over  in  Population,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  Slate 


ENNSYLVANU— ContlniKd 

oona    

dwin  Borough    

isalem  Township  

hel  Park    

hlehem  

stol  Township  

:ltenham  Township  

is  Township  

rrisburg    

verford  Township  

wer  Menon  Township   

wer  Paxton  Township    

Lrple  Township    

iKeesport  

ddletown  Township  

llcreek  Township  

mroev.lle   

)unt  Lebanon  Township  

w  Castle    

irth  Huntingdon  Township  . 

an  Hills  Township    

iladelphia  

tsburgh   

im  Borough  

dnor  Township  

ading   

Jley  Township  

iss  Township   

aler  Township    

ringfield  Township    

)per  Darby  Township   

)per  Menon  Township  

arminster  Township    

est  Mimm   

ilkes  Barre    

ilhamsport   

)rk  

RHODE  ISLAND 

jventry    

imberland 
ist  Providence 

orth  Providence 

iwtucket 

evidence 

'est  Warwick 
oonsocket 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

nderson 

harlesion 

olumbia 

lorence 

Teenv.lle 

reenwood 

orth  Charleston    


Number  of  law  enforcement  employees 


SOUTH  CAROLINA— Con. 


Rock  Hill   .. 
Spartanburg 


Aberdeen  ... 
Rapid  City  . 
Sioux  Falls 


Chattanooga    . 
Clarksville  .... 

Jackson    

Johnson  City 
gsport    .... 

Knoxville  

Memphis   

Murfreesboro 

Nashville   

Oak  Ridge  ... 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 


Abilene  

Alice 

Amanllo 

Arlington 

Austin 

Baytown 

Beaumont 

Big  Spnng 

Brownsville 

Bryan 

Carrollton 

College  Station 

Copperas  Cove 

Corpus  Christi 

Dallas 

Del  Rio 


Denton 
El  Paso 

mcrs  Branch 
Fort  Worth 
Galveston 
Garland 
Grand  Praine 
Haltom  City 
Harlingen 


Killeen 

Kingsville 

Laredo 

Longview 

Lubbock 

.Luflan 

Marshall 

McAllen 

Mesquite 

Midland 

Nacogdoche 

Odessa 

Orange 

Pampa 

Pans 


Number  of  law  enforcement  employees 


Male      Female 


178 

3 

50 

1 

90 

3 

W 

1 

41 

3 

34 

1 

19 

5 

298 

II 

1,885 

112 

28 

32 

1 

58 

2 

658 

15 

46 

1 

655 

29 

141 

4 

121 

3 

69 

33 

58 

2,807 

181 

25 

36 

116 

2 

74 

6 

35 

106 

7 

86 

5 

230 

2 

40 

1 

.36 

1 

74 

3 

82 

2 

121 

7 

36 

1 

122 

3 

39 

1 

18 

4 

28 

1 

Table  60.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  25,000  and 


Id  Population,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Number  of  law  enforcement 


Male     Female    Male      Female 


Cily  by  State 


Number  of  law  enforcement 


Female     Male 


TEXAS— Continued 

Pasadena  

Plainview  

Piano   

Port  Arthur  

Richardson  

San  Angelo   

San  Antonio   

San  Marcos  

Temple   

Texarkana  

Texas  City  

Tyler    

Victoria    

Waco  

Wichita  Falls   

UTAH 

Bountiful  

Logan 

Murray 

Ogden 

Orem 

Provo 

Salt  Lalte  City 

Sandy 

VERMONT 

Burlington 

VIRGINU 

Alexandria   

Arlington  

Blacksburg  

Charlottesville    

Chesapeake    

Danville   

Hampton  

Lynchburg   

Newport  News    

Norfolk  

Petersburg  

Portsmouth    

Richmond  

Roanoke    

SufTolk    

Virginia  Beach    

WASHINGTON 

Bellevue   


5 

9 

4 

6 

13 

10 

134 

2 

13 

4 

7 

4 

4 

6 

9 

13 

20 

6 

WASHINGTON- 

Bremerton 
Edmonds 

Kennewick 

Longview 

Olympia 

Renton 

Richland 

Seattle 

Spokane 

Tacoma 

Vancouver 

Yakima 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Charleston    

Fairmont   

Huntington    

Morgantown    

Parkersburg   

Weirton    

Wheeling  

WISCONSIN 

Appleton 

Beloit 

Brooktield 

Eau  Claire 

Fond  du  Lac 

Green  Bay 

Greenfield 

Jdnesville 

Kenosha 

la  Crosse 

Madison 

Manitowoc 

Menomonee  Falls 

Milwaukee 

New  Berlin 

Oshkosh 

Racine 

Shebovgan 

Supenor 

Waukesha 

Wausau 


Cheyenm 


'  Male  and  female  breakdown  not  available  for  civilian  employees. 


244 


ble  61.-Niimber  of  FuU-ti 

iT  25,000.  October  31, 

1978 

Total  police  employees  | 

City  by  State 

Total  police  employees  | 

City  by  State 

Total  police  employees 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

ALABAMA 

beviUe  

amsville   

dison   

baster  

erlville  

xander  City   

ceville    

31 
24 

25 
24 
22 

2 
1 

5 

5 

2 
1 

1 

2 

4 
3 

5 

6 

2 

1 

2 

ALABAMA-Con. 

Elkmont   

32 
29 
11 
15 

31 
10 

29 
11 

12 
26 

20 

27 
24 

26 
16 

10 

28 

5 

5 

5 

2 

1 

l' 

3 

1 

7 

2 

1 



3 

2 

1 
2 

1 
4 
5 

4 

4 

4 
14 

2 
3 
3 

4 

ALABAMA— Con. 

Lineville   

Lipscomb    

LittleviUe  

Livingston  

Lockhart    

LouisviUe  

Loxley  

Luveme    

Madison  

MaplesvUle  

Margaret    

Marion    

McKenzie   

Mentone    

12 
20 

22 
10 
22 

10 
20 

, 

Eufaula  

1 

P 

Excel                      

Fairfield 

Fairhope    

Falkville  

Faunsdale   

Fayette 

4 

.  . 

dmore    

Flomaton    

Florala    

Foley 

1 

«y  

hviUe    

Midfield  

Midland   



Millbrook    

Millry    

4 

Fultondale 

". 

Garden  City    

Monroeville   

4 

^ou  La  Batre  

2 

J. 

Moody    

)untsvil  e    

CeraWine 

Morris  

1 

"^  

Gilbertown   

Moulton 

Moundville 

Mountain  Brook 

Mount  Vernon 

Muscle  Shoals 

Napierfield 

New  Brockton 

New  Hope 

New  Site 

Newton 

NewviUe 

Northport 

Notasulga 

Oakman 

Odenville 

Ohatchee 

Oneonta 

Opelika 

Opp 

Owens  Cross  Roads 

Oxford 

Ozark 

Parrish 

Pelham 

Pell  City 

Phil  Campbell 

Piedmont 

Pinckard 

Pine  Hill 

Pisgah 

Pleasant  Grove 

Powells  Crossroads 

Prattville 

Ragland 

Rainbow  City 

Rainsville 

Ranbume 

Red  Bay 

Red  Level 

Reform 

Riverside 

Roanoke 

Robertsdale 

Rockford 

RogersviHe 

Roosevelt  City 

Russellville 

Samson 

Saraland 

1 

Glencoe    

7 

dgeport    

Gordon  

Gordo    

3 

Grant  

2 

Greenville    

,  . 

Grove  Hill    

un      g 

1 

1 

. 

Gurley  

5 

H  11 

Hackleburg    

1 

"h         H  11 

rbon      1 

Haleyville    

1 

... 

HammondviUe   

ar 

Hance\'ille  

3 

9 

2 

Hartselle    

1 

ero  ee 

Hayneville    

2 

3 

.... 

II 

Helena    

1 

Henagar     

1 

*"k"'  h 

/ 

Hokes  Bluff    

Hollywood    

Homewood    

Hoover    

Hueytown   

}llinsville 

1 

3 

1       h 

2 

■' 

Hurtsboro   

Ider  

Irondale    

Jackson    

Jacksonville    

5 

. 

1 

iiba    

ullman   

adeviUe  

aleville    

aphne 

Kennedy    

Killen    

Kimberly   

Lafayette   

Unett    

Leeds   

2 

ouble  Spnngs  

°""^   

5 

ast  Brewton   

5 

Lincoln           

ba    

Linden    

2 

Table  61.-Number 


of  Full-dme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continuedi 


Total  poli( 


City  by  Slate 


City  by  State 


ALABAMA-Con. 

Sardis  City  


Scoltsboro  .. 

Section    

ShefTield  .... 

Silas   

Silverhill  .... 

S'Psey  

Slocomb  .... 

Snead  

Southside  ... 
Springville  .. 

Steele  

Stevenson  . . 
Sulligent  .... 
Sumiton  .... 
Summerdale 
Sylacauga  . . 
Sylvania  .... 


Tarrant  City  .. 
Thomaston  .... 
Thomasville  ... 

Thorsby   

Town  Creek    .. 

Trinity  

Troy  

Trussville  

Tuscumbia   .... 

Tuslcegee   

Union  Springs 


Valley  Head   . 
Vesta  via  Hills 

Vina   

Vincent  

Wadley  

Warrior    

Weaver  

Wedowee  

West  Blocton 
Weston   


Wilmer   .... 
Wilsonville 

Wilton  

Winfield  ... 
York  


ALASKA 

Bethel   

Cordova  

Homer  

Hoonah    

Juneau    

Kenai  

Ketchikan  

Kodiak    

North  Pole  

North  Slope  Borough 

Palmer    

Petersburg  

Seward    

Sitka  

Skagway  

Soldotna    

Valdez  

Whituer   


ALASKA-Con. 

Wrangell    

ARIZONA 


Bisbee   

Buckeye   

Casa  Grande    . 

Chandler    

Clarkdale  

Clifton  

Coolidge    

Cottonwood  ... 

Douglas    

Duncan    

Eagar  

El  Mirage  

Eloy    

Florence  

Fredonia    

Gila  Bend    

Gilbert    

Globe    

Goodyear    

Hayden  

Holbrook  

Huachuca  City 

Jerome    

Kearny    

Kingman    


Nogales    . . . 
Oro  Valley 


Patagonia 
Peona    ... 


Prescott    

SafTord    

Saint  Johns  . . 
Show  Low  ... 
Sierra  Vista   . . 

Snowflake   

Somerton  

South  Tucson 
Springerville    . 

Superior   

Surprise    

Taylor   

Thatcher    

Tolleson   

Tombstone  ... 
Wickenburg  . . 

Willcon  

Williams  

Winslow  

Youngtown    . . , 


ARKANSAS 


Arkadelphia 
Ashdown  . . 
Bald  Knob 
Batesville  .. 


ARKANSAS— Con. 


Benton    

BentonviUe   

Berryville  

Blytheville  .  ... 

Booneville  

Bradford    

Brinkley   

Bryant  

Bull  Shoals    ... 

Camden   

Clarendon  

Conway    

Coming    

Cotter    

Crossett    

Danville   

De  Queen  

Dermott  

Des  Arc  

De  VaUs  Bluff 
De  Witt  


Earle    

England    

Eudora    

Eureka  Springs 

Fordyce    

Forrest  City    . . . 

Gentry    

Gillett    

Green  Forest    .. 

Greenland  

Gurdon  

Hamburg  

Hampton  

Harrisburg    


Hazen    

Heber  Springs    .. 

Helena    

Hope    

Horseshoe  Bend 

Hoxie  

Johnson   

Judsonia    

Kensett  

Lake  ViUage   .... 

Leachville   

Lincoln   

Magnolia  

Malvern   


Marked  Tree    .... 

Mayflower    

McCrory    

McGehee  

Monticello    

Morrilton    

Mountain  Home 

Nashville   

Newport  

Osceola  

Paragould   

Paris  

Piggott    

Pocahontas  

Prairie  Grove  

Prescott    


246 


61.-Nun.ber  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000.  October  31    1978-Contlnued 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


CALIFORNIA-Con. 


Stanton  

Suisun  City  . 
Susanville  ... 
Sutter  Creek 

Taft  

Tehachapi   ... 

Tiburon    

Tracy   

Tulelake   

Turlock  

Ukiah    

Vernon    

Wasco   

Waterford  ... 
Watsonvilie    . 

Weed   

Westmorland 
Wheatland    .. 

Williams  

Willits    

Willows    

Winters  

Woodlake  ... 
Yreka  City  .. 
Yuba  City    .. 


Bow  Mar  .... 
Breckenridge  . 
Broomfield   . . . 

Brush   

Buena  Vista  . 
Canon  City   .. 

Center  

Central  City  ., 
Cherry  Hill    ... 

Cortez   

Craig    

Creede  

Dacono  

Delta    

Dillon    

Dolores  

Durango    

Eaton  

Edgewater  

Estes  Park    .... 

Evans  

Federal  Height! 


Fort  Lupton    

Fort  Morgan    

Fountain    

Glendale    

Glenwood  Springs 

Golden    

Grand  Lake    

Greenwood    

Gunnison    

Haxtun    


Total  police  employees 


7 

1 

9 

13 

2 

28 

12 

I 

1 

2 

3 

8 

7 

1 

3 

9 

8 

,■ 

2 

' 

14 

2 

5 

1 

5 

6 

4 

4 

6 

2 

7 

3 

8 

4 

1 

6 

City  by  State 


Springs 


COLORADO— Con. 


Louisvill 
Manassa 
Manitou 
Milliken 
Monte  Vista    

Natunta   

Norwood   

Olathe   

Ordway    

Otis   

Saguache   

Sheridan    

Steamboat  Springs 

Sterling  

Trimdad  

Vail   

Walsenburg    


Total  police  employees 


CONNECnajT 


Ansonia 


Berlm  

Bethel    

Bloomfield 
Brookfield  . 

Cheshire  ... 


Coventry    

Danielson    

Darien  

Derby    

East  Hampton  . 

Windsor  .. 
Farmington    

Groton  City    ... 

Guilford  

Jewelt  City    .... 

Madison  

Middlebury    

Monroe    

New  Milford    .. 

Newtown  

rth  Branford 
North  Haven  .. 
Old  Saybrook    . 

Orange    

Plainville    

Plymouth  

Putnam  


Ridgefield   

Rocky  Hill  

Seymour  

msbury    

South  Windsor    . 
Stafford  Springs 

Stonington    

SuflTield   

Thomaston   

Waterford   

Watertown    

Weston    

Willimantic    

Wilton  


City  by  State 


CONNECnCUT-Con. 


Windsor  Locks 

Winsted    

Wolcott    

Woodbndge  .... 


31 

31 

34 

31 

44 

19 

14 

29 

20 

9 

10 

45 

24 

7 

9 

10 

30 

9 

26 

26 

9 

21 

9 

29 

44 

28 

28 

18 

42 

21 

30 

31 

12 

15 

31 

28 

18 

30 

24 

4 

27 

12 

10 

35 

29 
II 

30 
31 

DELAWARE 


Bethany  Beach    .... 

Bethel    

Blades    

Bowers  Beach    

Bridgeville    

Camden- Wyoming 

Clayton  

Dagsboro    

Delaware  City   

Delmar   

Ellendale   

Felton    

Fenwick  Island   .... 

Frankford   

Frederica  

Georgetown   

Greenwood    

Harnngton   

Laurel    

Little  Creek  

MUford   

Millsboro  

Milton  

New  Castle    

Ocean  View    

Rehoboth  Beach    .. 

Selbyville  

South  Bethany    


FLORIDA 


Alachua    

Altamonte  Springs    . 

Altha   

Anna  Maria    

Apalachicola   

Apopka    

Arcadia    

Atlantic  Beach    

Atlantis  

Aubumdale 

Avon  Park   

Bal  Harbour   

Bay  Harbor  Islands 

Belleair   

Belleair  Beach   

Belleair  Bluffs    

Belle  Glade   

Belleview   

Biscayne  Park    

Blountstown    

Bonifay  

Bowling  Green    

Bradenton  Beach  .... 
Brooksville   


Bushnell 


rable  61.-Number  of  Full-ti 

ne  Law 

Enforcement  Employees,  Citie 

s  with 

PopulatI 

on  undc 

r  25,000,  October  31, 

1978- 

Continu 

ed 

Total  police  employees  | 

Total  police  employees  || 

City  by  State 

Total  poUce  employees 

Total 

Male 

Female 

y   y 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

FLORIDA-Con. 

3 
11 
50 
36 

3 
10 

6 

4 
14 
15 
43 
33 
22 

2 
31 
74 

7 

18 

15 

15 

8 
46 
18 

8 
49 
II 

9 

9 
14 

8 

5 
28 
25 

5 
18 
12 
45 
12 

7 

9 

15 
4 
10 
13 

25 
8 
6 

30 
1 
9 

16 
7 
8 

14 

25 
g 

49 
2 

17 

17 
5 

13 
9 

46 
5 
7 

26 
4 

13 

3 

7 
38 
27 

3 

9 

5 

4 
10 

9 
34 
27 
17 

2 
21 
58 

5 
15 

13 

37 

6 
37 
15 

6 
38 

9 

5 

5 
11 

7 

5 
23 
24 

4 
13 

9 
41 

8 

7 

9 

10 

14 

24 
8 
5 

24 
1 
g 

11 
7 
6 

14 

21 
7 

2 
12 
11 

5 
13 

8 
37 

5 

6 
17 

12 

4 
12 
9 

1 

1 

4 
6 
9 
6 

5 

lo' 

16 

2 
3 
2 
7 
4 
2 
9 
3 
2 
11 
2 

4 

3 
1 

5 
1 
1 
5 
3 

4 

1 
1 

2 

6 

1 

5 

2 

4 

8 

5 

6 

1 
9 

1 
9 

3 

FLORIDA— Con. 

Kenneth  City   

Keystone  Heights    

Key  West    

10 

5 
60 
58 
11 
32 

7 

8 
13 
26 
30 
20 

41 
28 
11 

23 
22 

9 

8 
13 

7 
25 

7 

7 
15 

20 
g 
3 
33 
41 
18 
6 
9 
22 
12 
59 
9 
32 
40 
13 
24 
39 
35 
16 
2 
4 
65 
13 
19 
18 
42 
6 
27 
56 
14 
II 
26 
37 
82 
36 
9 
32 
20 
21 
4 

21 
15 
39 

9 

5 
49 
40 

30 
7 

5 

10 
20 
23 
15 
10 
34 
22 
10 
18 
15 

9 

8 
12 

7 
20 

7 

7 
13 

2 
20 

7 

3 
29 
38 
14 

4 

6 
16 

8 
49 

26 
34 
10 
19 
28 
26 
11 

2 

4 
53 

9 
16 
16 
33 

6 
22 
46 
II 

8 
25 
25 
70 
26 

8 
25 
15 
21 

4 

4 
19 
13 
30 

1 

18 

5 

3 
3 
6 

7 
5 
1 
7 
6 

5 
7 

1 

5 

2 

4 

3 

2 
3 
6 

10 

6 
6 

3 
5 
11 
9 
5 

12 

4 

3 

9 

5 

10 
3 

3 
1 

12 
12 
10 
1 
7 
5 

2 
9 

FLORIDA-Con. 

10 
32 
13 
22 
35 
5 
23 
12 

4 
25 

6 
37 
63 
22 
14 
10 

7 
27 

6 
22 

37 
7 
6 
13 
20 
27 
21 
15 
73 
30 
10 
27 
19 
19 
5 
5 
41 
65 
6 
3 
12 
3 
5 
12 

10 
9 
30 

23 
68 
69 
19 
17 

3 
13 
10 
lg 

3 
11 
18 
35 

5 

4 

25 
12 
16 
34 

5 
20 

9 
33 

3 
19 

4 
29 
47 
15 

9 
10 

5 
25 

4 
13 

33 

7 

6 

8 
16 
23 
18 
14 
52 
23 
10 
21 
16 
17 

5 
29 
50 

5 
3 
10 

3 
5 
9 

6 

5 
27 

4 
15 
47 
63 
13 
13 

3 
11 

8 
14 

3 
II 
16 
27 

5 

4 

Port  Orange    

Port  Saint  Joe  

Punta  Gorda    

Calloway    

Cape  Coral    

1 
6 

1 

Chattahoochee  

Chienand    

Chipley   

Lake  City    

Lake  Clarke  Shores  ... 

Uke  Hamilton   

Uke  Mary    

Uke  Park    

Uke  Wales   

Untana    

Redington  Beach  

Rockledge  

Royal  Palm  Beach   .... 

Saint  Augustine    

Saint  Augustine  Beach 

Samt  Cloud  

Saint  Leo-San  Antonio 
Saint  Petersburg  Beach 
Sanford  

3 
3 
8 

n 

1 

„ 

°            R        h 

Coconut  Creek    

Uuderdale-by-the-Sea 

8 
16 

Co'""^'cit 

Lighthouse  Point    

Live  Oak  

Sambel    

Satellite  Beach  

Sea  Ranch  Lakes    

Sebastian  

Sebring   

7 

r  °T<;      ^ 

r^     P  _^ 

Crescent      i  y 

2 

Crystal  River    

MacClenny    

Madeira  Beach   

South  Bay    

South  Daytona    

South  Flomaton   

South  Miami    

2 

Dania 

Davenport    

Maitland                

4 

Daytona  Beach  Shores 

Manalapan 

South  Palm  Beach    .... 

Mangonia  Park  

Springfield    

5 

De  Land   

sUr 

4 

Dundee  

Medley 

Stuart  

4 

Dunnellon  

Melbourne  Beach    

C  J 

Miami  Shores 

Tamarac    

21 

Edgewood  

Miami  Spnngs  

Tarpon  Spnngs  

7 

°^ 

Fernandina  Beach    .... 

Temple  Terrace    

6 

3 

ci     y  Beach    

Mount  Dora  

Treasure  Island  

Umatilla  

Valparaiso    

Venice  

Vero  Beach 

2 

Fort  Walton  Beach    ... 
Frostproof    

Naples 

Neptune  Beach  

New  Port  Richey    

New  Smyrna  Beach    .. 
NiceviUe 

12 
15 

GracevUle    

Greenacres  City   

Green  Cove  Springs    .. 
Greenville 

Virginia  Gardens  

Waldo   

Wauchula   

Webster    

West  Melbourne    

1 

North  Bay  Village    .... 

North  Lauderdale   

North  Palm  Beach  .... 
North  Port  

2 

Groveland  

3 

Gulfport  

Gulf  Stream 

Oakland   

Oakland  Park    

Ocean  Ridge    

Ocoee    

Okeechobee   

Opa  Locka    

Wildwood   

Williston 

4 

Haines  City  

Wilton  Manors   

Windermere  

3 

Havana  

Winter  Garden    

Winter  Haven 

21 

Highland  Beach   

Winter  Park    

Winter  Spnngs    

ZephyrhiUs 

6 

Orange  Park   

Ormond  Beach    

Oviedo    

Pahokee    

Palatka    

6 

Holly  Hill 

GEORGIA 

Abbeville  

Holmes  Beach   

Howey-in-the-Hills    .... 

Palm  Beach  

Palm  Beach  Gardens    . 
Palm  Beach  Shores    ... 

2 

Indian  Harbour  Beach 
Indian  River  Shores    .. 
Indian  Rocks  Beach   . . 

2 

Adel 

4 

Alamo   

Palm  Spnngs    

Panama  City  Beach    .. 
Parker   

Inverness   

8 

asper    . 

Juno     eac 

Pembroke  Park  

Arlington  

Jupiter  Inlet  Colony    .. 
JuDiter  Island  

Plant  City  

Attapulgus    

Table  61— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31, 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male      Female 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


GEORGIA— Con. 

Fayetteville    

Fitzgerald    

Folkston    

Forest  Park    

Forsyth  

Fort  Gaines    

Fort  Oglethorpe   

Fort  Valley    

Franklin  

Gainesville    

Garden  City    

Georgetown   

Glennville   

Glenwood   

Gordon  

Grantville    

Greensboro    

Greenville   

Grovetown    

Hahira  

Hampton  

Hapeville  

Harlem   

Hartwell  

Hawkinsville    

Hazlehurst    

Helena    

Hinesville    

Hiram    

Hoboken    

Hogansville    

Homerville    

Irwinton  

Jackson    

Jeffersonville   

Jenkmsburg    

Jonesboro    

Kennesaw   

Kingsland    

Lafayette   

Lake  City   

Lakeland    

Lavonia    

Lawrenceville    

Leesburg    

Lilbum    

Lincolnton    

Lithonia   

Locust  Grove   

Loganville   

Louisville  

Lumber  City  

Lumpkin    

Luthersville    

Lyons    

Madison  

Manchester    

Marshallville    

McCaysville  

McDonough    

McRae    

MidviUe    

Milan  

Milledgeville    

Millen    

Montezuma    


GEORGU-CoD. 


Monticello    

Morrow    

Moultrie  

Mountain  View 
Mount  Vernon    , 

Nahunta  

Nashville   

Nelson    

Newnan    

Norcross    

Norman  Park  .. 

Oakwood 

Ocilla   

Odum    

Oxford    

Palmetto    

Patterson   

Peachtree  City  . 

Pelham    

Pembroke    

Perry    

Pine  Mountain    . 


Pooler    

Porterdale   

Powder  Springs  . 

Quitman 

ReidsvUle    

Reynolds   

Richland    

Rincon    

Ringgold    

Riverdale  

Roberta    

Rochelle  

Rockmart    

Rossville    

Roswell  

Royston    

Rutledge    

Saint  Marys    .... 

Sandersville   

Shellman   

Smithville    

Snellville    

Soperton    

Springfield    

Statesboro  

Slatham    

Stone  Mountain 


Swainsboro 
Sylvama  .... 
Sylvester  . . . 
Talbotton  . . 
Tallapoosa    . 

Temple   

Tennille    

Thomaston  . 


Thomson  . . . 
Thunderbolt 

Tifton    

Tignall    

Trenton    .... 


-Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Qtles  with  Population  m.der  25,000.  October  31    1978-Contlnued 


Toul  police  employees 


Total 


Female 


City  by  State 


Total  police  employees 


Female 


City  by  State 


ILLINOIS— Con. 


Carmi    

Carol  Stream    .... 

Carrollton    

Carterville  

Carthage    

Cary   

Casey  

Caseyville   

Central  City    

Centralia    

Centreville    

Cerro  Gordo    ... 

Chadwick    

Channahon    

Charleston    

Chatham    

Cherry  Valley    .. 

Chester   

Chicago  Ridge    . 

Chillicothe    

Chrisman  

Christopher    

Clarendon  Hills 

Chnton   

Coal  City    

Coal  VaUey  

CoUinsville   


Total  police  employet 


Coulterville    

Country  Club  Hills 

Countryside  

Crest  Hill   

Crestwood    

Crete 

Creve  Coeur 
Crystal  Lake 
Cutler 

Dallas  City    

Darien  

Deerfield   

Delavan    

Depue   

Dixon    

Dupo    

Du  Quoin  

Durand  

Dwight   

East  Alton   

East  Chicago  Heights 

East  Dubuque   

East  Dundee    

East  Hazel  Crest  .... 

East  Mohne    

East  Peoria    

Edwardsville   

EfTingham  

Elbum  

Eldorado   

Elizabeth    

Elmwood   

Equahty    

Erie  

Eureka    

Evergreen  Park  

Fairbury  

Fairfield  

Fairmont  City   

Fairview  Heights   ... 

Farina   

Farmer  City    

Farmington    


Female 


4 

6 

5 

2 

7 

I 

33 

9 

33 

II 

20 

5 

18 

8 

45 

8 

1 

8 

1 

2 

251 


Table  6t  .-Number  of  Full-i 


Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  witb  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Male      Female 


City  by  State 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


ILLINOIS-Con. 

Flora    

Flossmoor  

Forest  Park   

Forest  View    

Forreston    

Fox  River  Grove    ... 
Fox  River  Valley 

Gardens    

Frankfort  

Franklin  Park    

Freeburg   

Fulton  

Galena    

Galva  

Geneseo  

Geneva  

Genoa  

Georgetown  

Gibson  City    

Gillespie  

Gilman   

Girard   

Glencoe    

Glendale  Heights  .... 

Glenwood  

Golf   

Grafton    

Granville   

Grayslake   

GrayviUe   

Greenfield  

Green  Rock    

Grrenup  

Greenville  

Gumee   

Hamilton  

Hampshire   

Hanna  City  

Harrisburg   

Hartford    

Harvard   

Harwood  Heights    ... 

Havana  

Hazel  Crest  

Hebron  

Hecker    

Henry    

Herrin  

Herscher    

Hickory  HiUs  

Highland   

Highwood  

Hillsboro  

Hillside  

Hinsdale    

Hodgkins  

Hometown   

Homewood    

Hoopeston   

Hopkins  Park    

Huntley    

Indian  Head  Pork    .. 

Irving  

Island  Lake  

Itasca  

Jacksonville  

Jerome   

Jerseyville   

Johnston  City    

Jonesboro   


3 

22 

6 

26 

6 

16 

4 

3 

10 

4 

,• 

5 

15 

5 

ILLINOIS-CoD. 

Justice  

Kenilworth  

Kewanee    

Kildeer   

Kirkland    

Knoxville  

La  Grange   

La  Grange  Park    

Lake  Bluff  

Lake  Forest    

Lake-in-the-HiUs  

Lake  Villa    

Lakewood   

Lake  Zurich    

Lanark    

La  Salle  

Lawrenceville    

Lebanon    

Leland  Grove    

Lemont  

Lenzburg   

Lexington    

Libertyville  

Lincoln  

Lincolnshire  

Lincolnwood  

Lindenhurst  

Lisle   

Litchfield  

Loami    

Lockport    

Loves  Park    

Lyndon  

Lynwood  

Lyons    

Mackinaw  

Macomb    

Madison  

Manhattan   

Manito    

Manteno    

Maple  Park  

Marengo    

Marion    

Marissa  

Markham    

Marquette  Heights    .. 

Marseilles    

Marshall    

Martinsville    

Maryvillc  

Mascoutah    

Mason  City  

Matteson   

Mattoon  

McCook  

McCullom  Lake  

Mc  Henry    

McLean    

Melrose  Park   

Mendota    

Metamora  

Metropolis    

Midlothian   

Milan  

MUford  

MUledgeville   

MUlstadt    

Mokena    

Momence    


ILLINOIS-Con. 

Monmouth   

Montgomery    

Monticello    

Morris  

Morrison   

Morton   

Mount  Carmel    

Mount  Carroll  

Mount  Moms   

Mount  Olive  

Mount  Sterling    

Mount  Vernon    

Mount  Zion    

Mundelein    

Murphysboro    

National  City  

Neoga   

New  Athens    

New  Baden   

New  Lenox    . .  

Newton    

Nokomis 

Norridge    

North  Aurora    

Northfield  

Northlake    

North  Riverside   

Norwood   

Oak  Brook  

Oakbrook  Terrace  ... 

Oak  Forest    

Oakwood  Hills    

OTallon    

Ogleshy    

Okawville    

Olney  

Olympia  Fields  

Oregon   

Orland  Park    

Oswego  

Ottawa    

Palestine    

Palos  Heights  

Palos  Hills   

Palos  Park    

Pana   

Pans   

Park  City    

Park  Forest  South    .. 

Pawnee  

Paxton  

Pecatonica    

Peotone    

Peoria  Heights  

Peru    

Petersburg  

Phoenix    

Pinckneyville  

Piper  City  

Pittsfield  

Plainfield   

Piano  

Polo    

Pontiac   

Pontoon  Beach   

Port  Byron    

Posen  

Potomac  

Princeton  

Prophetslown    


252 


Law  Enforcement  Employees,  aHes  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31, 


Total  police  employees 


City  by  State 


ILLINOIS— Con. 


Swansea   

Sycamore    — 

Tamaroa    

Tampico    

TaylorviUe    . . 

Thomson   

Thornton   

Tilden   

Tinley  Park   . 

Toluca  

Tower  Lakes 

Tremont  

Trenton    

Troy   

Tuscola  

Vandalia    — 

Venice  

Vernon  Hills 


Villa  Park  

Virden  

Virginia    

Warren    

Warrenville    

Warsaw    

Washington    

Washington  Park  . 

Waterloo    

Watseca    

Wauconda    

Wayne  

Westchester    

West  Chicago    .... 

West  Dundee  

Western  Springs  .. 
West  Frankfort  ... 

Westhaven    

Westmont   

Wesrville    

Wheeling   

White  HaU  

Willowbrook    

Willow  Springs   ... 

Wilimngton    

Winfield  

Winnetka  

Winthrop  Harbor 

Wood  Dale    

WoodhuU    

Woodridge   

Wood  River    

Woodstock   

Worden    

Worth    

Yates  City    

YorkviUe    

Zeigler  

Zion    


INDIANA 

Alexandria   

Angola    

Auburn  

Aurora    

Batesville  

Bedford    

Beech  Grove    .... 

Berne   

Bickiiell    


Total  police  employees 


City  by  State 


INDIANA— Con. 


Blufrton  . 
BoonviUe 
Brazil  .... 
Bremen   . 


Brownsburg   

Cambridge  City 


Charlestown    

Chesterfield    

Chesterton    

Clarksville  

Clinton    

Columbia  City  

Connersville  

Corydon  

Crawfordsville    

Crown  Point  

Decatur    

Delphi   

Dunkirk   

Dyer  

Edinburg   

Elwood   

Fairmount    

Fowler  

Frankfort  

Franklin  

Garrett    

Gas  City   

Goshen  

Greencastle    

Greendale  

Greenfield  

Greensburg    

Greenwood    

Gnffith   

Hartford  City  

Hobart    

Huntingburg    

Huntington    

Jasonville    

Kendallville   

Lake  Station  

renccburg  

Lebanon    

Ligomer    

Linton  

Logansport  

Long  Beach  

Loogootee  

Lowell  

Madison  

Martinsville    

MitcheU    

Monticello    

Moorcsville    

Mount  Vernon    .... 

Munster   

Nappanee   

New  Castle   

New  Haven  

New  Whiteland    .. 

Noblesville    

North  Manchester 
North  Vernon    .... 

Oakland  City   

Peru    

Petersburg  

Plainfield  


n 

,7 

10 

10 

12 

13 

12 

16 

13 

35 

35 

12 

'54 

51 

II 

8 

2.5 

21 

12 

12 

6 

27 

24 

n 

11 

1  ' 

Table  M.-Number  of  Full-Hme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978 

-Continued 

City  by  State 

Total 

police  e 

nployees 

City  by  State 

Total 

police  employees 

City  by  State 

Total 

police  employee 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Fema 

INDIANA-Con. 

Plymouth  

16 
46 
13 

2 

11 

18 
14 
18 
15 
14 
28 
31 
33 
11 
15 
13 
4 
10 
41 
32 
26 
27 
18 
31 

1 
29 
15 

5 

16 

14 
14 

II 
II 

13 
34 
9 

8 
9 
5 
17 
11 
15 
10 

23 
27 
27 
10 
10 
9 

6 
32 
31 
26 
22 
15 
28 

6 

1 
26 
11 

5 

4 

3 
12 

1 

2 

1 
3 
3 
5 
3 
5 
4 
6 
1 
5 

4 

9 

5 
3 
3 
2 

3 

4 

2 
3 
1 
1 

6 

1 
3 
5 
1 

6 

5 
2 

3 
3 
3 

3 
3 

IOWA— Coo. 

Estherville 

22 

24 

29 

12 
18 

35 

13 
10 

22 

32 
12 

10 
5 

2 
3 
5 

6 

5 

4 
1 

3 

5 

5 
6 

2 

3 
1 

8 
1 

4 

5 

1 
3 
5 

2 

2 

6 
4 

1 

7 

2 
3 

1 

3 
5 

KANSAS-Con. 

Arkansas  City    

Atchison    

Augusta    

Baldwin  City    

Bauer  Springs  

Belleville 

41 
30 

20 
50 

28 
36 
30 

5 

3 

6 
22 

4 
18 

16 
10 
6 
24 

22 
16 

Evansdale    

Portland   

Fayette   

Princeton   

Rensselaer 

Fort  Madison    

Gamer 

Rochester    

Rockville   

Rushville    

Salem  

Glenwood    

Gnnnell    

Grundy  Center    

Hampton 

Blue  Rapids    

Bonner  Spnngs   

Schererville    

cane"y'°."..:.:::.:.::::: 

Cawker  City    

Scottsburg  

Sellersburg    

Harlan    

Hawarden   

Hiawatha  

Cherryvale    

Clay  Center  

Coffevville    

Colby 

Shelbyville    

Independence   

Indianola  

Sullivan    

^ 

Tell  City    

Iowa  Falls    

Tipton   

Jefferson    

Keokuk    

Knoxville  

Le  Claire  

Le  Mars    

Trail  Creek    

ncor  la  

Union  City    

6 

Valparaiso    

Vincennes 

Edwardsville 

' 

Wabash    

Manchester    

Maquoketa  

Marion    

7 

Warsaw    

°'^"°    

Washington    

West  Lafayette    

Missouri  Valley    

Monticello    

' 

West  Terre  Haute    .... 

Whitestown    

Mount  Pleasant    

Mount  Vernon    

Muscatine   

Fort  Scott 

2 

Whitmg    

Winchester   

Fronlenac 

Winona  Lake   

Nevada  

New  Hampton    

Newton    

Galena 

IOWA 

Norwalk  

2 

Adel   

Oelwein 

Albia    

Onawa 

■' 

8 
4 

5 
3 

3 

Altoona    

Hays  

Anamosa   

Ankeny  

Atlantic    

Pella 

Audubon   

^  

Belle  Plame  

Pleasant  Hill 

Hillsboro   

Belmond    

4 

Bloomfield 

Rock  Rapids    

Sac  City    

Sheldon    

Holton    

Boone    

3 

Camanche  

Hugoton 

Carlisle   

Humboldt   

Independence   

lola    

Junction  City   

Kingman    

K.nsley   

Carroll 

Sioux  Center    

Spencer 

Carter  Lake  

3 
II 

Centerville    

Chariton 

Spint  Uke  

Storm  Uke   

Cherokee   

Clannda  

Urbandale    

,    °   ^    

Clarion   

Umed    

Leawood    

2 

5 
5 

Clear  Uke  

Clive  

Waukon    

Waverly    

Webster  City    

West  Burlington  

West  Des  Moines   

Colfax 

Coralville 
Cresco 

Lyons    

Marion 

Creston 
Decorah 

Marysville  

McPherson   

Medicine  Lodge   

5 
2 

Denison 
De  Witt 

Windsor  Heights    

Wmterset  

Dyersville 
Eagle  Grove 

KANSAS 

Abilene  

Anthony  

Miltonvale    

Eldora       . 

Mulvane 

3 

Eldridge 
Emmet^burg 

Neodesha    

Newton    

6 

254 


of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  witii  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  polic 


City  by  State 


Total  police  employees 


Total  police  employees 


KENTUCKY-Con. 

Corbm  

Crab  Orchard    

Crescent  Spnngs    

Crofton   

Cumberland  

Cythiana    

Danville   

Dawson  Springs   

Dayton    

Douglas  Hill  

Dry  Ridge    

Earlington  

Edgewood  

Edmonton  

Elizabethtown    

Elkton   

Elsmere    

Eminence    

Erlanger  

Evarts    

Falmouth    

Flatwoods  

Flemingsburg    

Florence  

Fort  Mitchell    

Fort  Thomas    

Fort  Wright    

Frankfort  

Frankhn  

Fulton   

Gamaliel    

Georgetown   

Grayson   

Greensburg    

Greenup  

Greenville   

Guthrie  

Hardinsburg    

Harlan    

Harrodsburg    

Hartford    

Hawesville 

Hazard    

Hickman    

Highland  Heights    .... 

Hindman   

Hodgenville    

Horse  Cave   

Hustonville  

Independence  

Irvine   

Irvington    

Jackson    

Jamestown    

Jeflfersontown    

Jenkins    

Junction  City   

La  Grange   

Lakeside  Park    

Uncaster    

l.awrenceburg  

Lebanon    

Lebanon  Junction   . . . . 

Leitchfield    

Lewisburg   

Lewisport    

Livermore   

Lt>ndon  


KENTUCKY— Con. 

Ludlow   

Madisonville    

Manchester    

Marion    

Martin  

Mayfield    

Maysville  

Middlesboro    

Monticello    

Morehead   

Morganfield  

Morgantown    

Mount  Sterling   

Mount  Vernon    

Mount  Washington    . . 

Muldraugh    

Munfordville   

Murray   

Neon-Fleming    

New  Castle    

New  Haven  

Nicholasville    

Nortonville  

Oak  Grove  

Olive  Hill    

Owenton    

Owingsville  

Paintsville   

Paris  

Park  Hills  

Pembroke   

Pewee  Valley    

Pikeville   

Pineville   

Prestonsburg   

Princeton  

Prospect 

Providence    

Raceland   

Radcliff    

Ravenna    

Richmond  

Russell    

Russell  Springs   

Russellville  

Saint  Matthews  

Salyersville   

Scottsville    

Sebree    

Shelbyville    

Shepherdsville    

Shively    

Somerset    

'Uthgale    

Springfield    

Stanford  

Stanton  

S'urgis   

Taylor  Mill    

Taylorsville 

Tompkinsville  

Vanceburg    

Versailles  

Villa  Hills  

Vine  Grove   

Walton    

Warsaw    


255 


Table  61.— Number  oT  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employe 


LOUISIANA-Con. 

Patterson 

Pineville 

Plaquemine 

Ponchatoula 

Port  Allen 

Rayne 

Rayville 

Richwood 

Ruston 

Saint  Martinville 

Simmesport 

SpringhiU 

Tallulah 

Thibodaux 

Vidaha 

Ville  Platte 

Vinton 

Vivian 

Waterproof 

Welsh 

Westlake 

West  Monroe 

Westwego 

Winnfield 

Wmnsboro       , 

MAINE 

Auburn   

Augusta    

Baileyville   

Bar  Harbor    

Bath    

Belfast  

Berwick    

Biddeford    

Boothbay  Harbor    .... 

Bridglon  

Brunswick   

Bucksport    

Calais    

Camden    

Cape  Elizabeth    

Caribou    

Cumberland  

Damariscolta    

Dexter  

Dixfield    

Dover-Foxcroft   

East  Millinocket  

Eliot    

Ellsworth   

Fairfield  

Falmouth    

Farmington    

Fort  Fairfield  

Fort  Kent  

Gardiner    

Gorham   

HaUowell  

Hampden    

Houlton   

J«y 

Kennebunk    

Kennebunkport  

Kittery    

Lebanon    


MAINE— Con. 


Limestone  

Lincoln   

Livermore  Falls 

Machias   

Madawaska   

Madison  

Mechanic  Falls 

Mexico   

Millinocket  

Mile    

Monmouth   

Newport  

Norridgewock  ... 
North  Berwick    , 

Norway    

Oakland   

Ogunquit   

Old  Orchard  Bea 
Old  Town  

Paris   

Pittsfield  

Presque  Isle  

Richmond  

Rockland  

Rockport   

Rumford    

Sabattus  

Sanford  

Scarborough    . . . . 

Skowhegan  

South  Berwick  .. 
South  Portland  . 
Thomaston  

Van  Buren   

Waldoboro  

Washburn  

Waterville   

Wells    

Westbrook    

Wilton  

Windham    

Winslow  

Winthrop  


Wiscasset 


MARYLAND 


Bel  Air  

Berlin  

Berwyn  Heights   

BladensbiiTg    

Boonsboro    

Brunswick  

Cambndge   

Capitol  Heights    

Centreville    

Chesapeake  Beach    .... 

Chesapeake  Qty    

Cheslertown    

Cheverly    

Colmar  Manor-Cottage 

Citv   

Crisfield   

Delmar  


256 


Table  61.— Number  of  FuU-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  aties  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Male      Female 


Total  polic 


City  by  State 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


MASSACHUSETTS- 


MASSACHUSETTS- 


Becket   

Bedford    

Belchertown  . . . 
Bellingham   .... 

Berlin  

Bemardston  . . . 
Bolton   

Boxboro  

Boxford    

Boylston  

Brewster  

Bridgewater    ... 

Buckland  

Burlington    . . . . 

Carver  

Charlton    

Chatham    

Chilmark   

Clmton   

Cohasset    

Concord  

Cumminglon   . . 

Dalton  

Danvers    

Dartmouth    .... 

Dighton    

Douglas    

Dover    

Dudley    

Dunstable   

Duxbury    

East  Bridgewate 
East  Brookfield 

Eastham  

Easthampton  .. 
East  Longmeadi 
Easton  

Erving   

Falmouth    

Foxboro  

Franklin  

Freetown   

Gardner  

Gay  Head  .... 
Georgetown  ... 
Grafton    

Greenfield  

Groton    

Groveland  

Hadley    

Hamilton  

Hampden    

Hanover  

Hardwick    

Harvard    

Harwich   

Hingham   

Hinsdale    

Holbrook  

Holden    

Holliston    


Hopedale  

Hopkinton    

Hubbardston  

Hudson    

Hull    

Ipswich  

Kingston    

Lakeville    

Lancaster    

Lee    

Lenox    

Lincoln   

Littleton  

Longmeadow    

Ludlow   

Lunenburg    

Lynnfield  

Manchester    

Mansfield    

Marblehead   

Marion    

Marshfield    

Mashpee    

Mattapoisett    

Maynard    

Medfield    

Medway  

Mendon   

Middleboro    

Middleton  

Milford  

Millbury  

Millis    

Monson    

Montague   

Nahant   

Nantucket  

Newbury    

Norfolk  

North  Adams  .... 
North  .Andover  .. 
North  Attleboro  . 

Northboro    

Northbridge  

North  Brookfield 

Northfield  

North  Reading    .. 

Norton    

Norwell    

Oak  Bluffs   

Orleans  

Oxford    

Palmer    

Pembroke   

Pepperell   

Petersham  

Plainville   

Plympton  

Provincetown    . . . . 

Rayiiham    

Reading   

Rehoboth    

Rochester    

Rowley   

Rutland    


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  polu 


Total       Male      Female 


City  by  State 


Total  polu 
Total 


MICHIGAN-Con. 


Alpena    

Argentine  Township 


Auguila    

Bad  Axe    

Bancroft  

Bangor 

Baraga    

Barry  Township   

Bath  Township   

Battle  Creek  Township 
Beaverlon    


Bedford  Township 

Belding   

Bellaire   

Belleville    

Benton  Harbor   .... 
Benton  Township    . 

Berkley  

Berrien  Springs  .... 

Bessemer   

Beverly  Hills    

Big  Rapids  

Birch  Run    

Birmingham  

Blackman  Townshif 

Blissfield    

Bloomfield  Hills  ... 


Boyne  City    

Breckenridge   

Bridgeport  Township 

Bridgman    

Brighton  

Britton    

Bronson    

Brooklyn    

Brown  City    

Buchanan 

Buena  Vista  Charter 

Township   

Burr  Oak    

Byron    

Cadillac    

Caledonia  Township   . 
Calumet   


Camden    

Camp  Dearborn  

Capac    

Carleton  

Caro  

Carrollton  Township  . 

Carsonville   

Caseville    

Caspian    

Cass  City    

Cassopolis  

Cedar  Springs    

Cement  City   

Center  Line  

Charlevoix    

Charlotte   

Cheboygan   

Chelsea  

Chesanmg  

Chesterfield  Township 
aming  Township  . 
Chocolay  Township  . . . 

Clare    

Clawson   

Clay  Township   


2 

1 

5 

2 

7 

1 

3 

2 

7 

, 

19 

5 

4 

4 

2 

12 

3 

1 

1 

' 

v 

4 

3 

1 

2 

1 

3 

1 

2 

1 

, 

2 

3 

1 

MlCHIGAN-Con. 

Clio  

Coldwater  

Coleman    

Coloma  Township    . . . . 

Colon  

Columbia  Township    . . 

Constantine   

Coopersville  

Corunna  

Covert  Township  

Croswell  

Crystal  Falls  

Dalton  Township    

Davison    

Davison  Township    .... 

Decatur    

Deckerville  

De  Witt  

De  Wilt  Township   .... 

Douglas    

Dowagiac    

Durand  

East  Grand  Rapids   . . . 

East  Jordan  

East  Tawas    

Eau  Claire   

Ecorse  

Elk  Rapids    

Elkton   

Elsie    

Emmett  Township    

Ene  Township  

Escanaba  

Essexville  

Evart    

Fairgrove  

Fairhaven  Township    .. 

Farminglon    

Farwell   

Fennville   

Fenton    

Ferrysburg    

Flat  Rock  

Forsyth  Township  

Fowlerville    

Frankenmulh    

Frankfort  

Franklin  

Eraser    

Fremont  

Frost  Township    

Gaastra  

Gaylord    

Gibraltar   

Gladstone   

Gladwin  

Gobies    

Goodrich  

Grand  Beach    

nd  Blanc    

Grand  Blanc  Township 

Grand  Ledge    

Grandville  

Grayling  

Green  Oak  Township 

Greenville   

Gros.se  Isle  Township 
Grosse  Pointe    


258 


Table  61.-Number  of  FuU-tiine  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31, 

1978— 

Continued 

Total     dice  employees  |: 

Total  police  employees  | 

Total  police  employees 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

MICHIGAN-Con. 

Grosse  Pointe  Farms    . 
Grosse  Pointe  Park    . . . 
Grosse  Pointe  Shores   . 
Grosse  Pointe  Woods 
Hampton  Township  ... 

3 

3 
1 

1 
6 

6 
6 

5 

2 

1 
3 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 

2 

3 

6 

1 
1 

1 

MICHIGAN-Con. 

Manne  City    

13 

30 
20 

16 

46 
25 
30 

28 

1 

2 

2 
1 

2 

1 
3 

2 

7 
3 
4 

4 

2 

1 

1 
1 
4 

3 

7 

3 

16 

2 

3 

2 

5 
3 

2 

1 

3 

IvnCHIGAN-Coii. 

Pleasant  Ridge    

Plymouth  

Pontiac  Township  

Portland  

23 
27 

48 
30 

19 
21 

43 
24 

Marlette   

Marquette  Township  .. 

Marshall    

Marysvilk   

4 
6 
2 

Potterville    

Hancock    

Mayville   

Harbor  Beach    

Harbor  Springs  

Harper  Woods    

Hart    

Reed  City  

Reese   

Republic  Township 
Richfield  Township 

(Genessee  County)    . 
Richfield  Township 

(Roscommon 

County)  

Richmond  

Richmond  Township  .. 
River  Rouge  

M        m  nee 

Mesick    

Michiana  

1 

Hazel  Park    

Hespena    

Hillsdale    

Middleville  

Midland  Township  .... 
Milan 

2 

Holly    

Mills  Township  

5 

Honor    

Montague    

2 

Howard  Township    .... 

Rockford  

Montrose  Township  ... 

Rockwood    

3 

Hudson    

Mount  Clemens    

3 

Huntington  Woods    ... 

Roosevelt  Park    

Mount  Pleasant    

Munising      

Ross  Township   

Imlay  City   

Muskegon  Heights    .... 
Muskegon  Township  .. 
Napoleon  Township    . . 

Royal  Oak  Township  . 
Saint  Charles 

5 

Saint  Clair   

Iron  Mountain    

M^* 

Saint  Ignace    

1 

Ironwood    

N 

4 

New  Baltimore    

3 

Saint  Joseph  Township 
Saint  Louis    

Ishpeming  Township  . . 

New  Buffalo 

New  Haven 

Sahne  

1 

Sand  Lake    

Kalkaska   

Niles  Township    

North  Muskegon   

Sandford 

I     I      I       H       ' 

1 

Lake  Odessa  

Sault  Sainle  Mane  .... 
Schoolcraft  

3 

Norlhville  Township   .. 

Norton  Shores  

Norway    

Novi   .' 

Scottville 

<u>hewaini> 

Lapeer  

Lathrup  Village    

Onaway    

Ontonagon    

Ontwa  Township   

Orchard  Lake    

Oscoda-Ausable 

Township   

Otisville    

Otsego  

Ovid    

Somerset  Township    ... 

3 

South  Lyon   

South  Range  

South  Rockwood  

Sparta    

Spaulding  Township    .. 
Spring  Arbor  Township 

Spnngfield    

Spnng  Uke    

1 

' 

Lawton    



Uoni  Township  

Leslie 

Lexington    

v 

Litchfield 

Owosso  

Oxford    

Parchment    

Paw  Paw  

Ludington   

Luna  Pier   

Mackinac  Island    

Mackinaw  City  

Mancelona   

Manchester    

Manistee    

Stambaugh   

Stanton  

Stevensville    

Sturgis  

Summit  Township  

Sumpter  Township   .... 
Swartz  Creek    

Pennfield  Township  ... 
Pentwater    

::::::.: 

p  'Pv 

1 

Pigeon   

Sylvan  Lake    

Tecumseh    

Thomas  Township    .... 

Maple  Grove 
Township   

Pin-^kney    

1 

Pittsfield  Township    ... 
Plainwell    

Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


City  by  State 


MICHIGAN-Con. 

Tilden  Township    

Tittabawassee  

Traverse  City   

Tuscarora  Township    . 

Union  City    

Unionville  

Utica    

Vassar   

Vernon   

Vicksburg    

Wakefield    

Walker    

Walled  Lake  

Watervhet   

Wayland    

Wayne  

Webberville    

West  Branch    

White  Cloud  

Whitehall  

White  Lake  Township 

White  Pigeon   

Williamston   

Woodhaven    

Wixom    

Wolverine  Lake    

Zeeland    

Zilwaukee  Township   . 

MINNESOTA 

Albert  Lea   

Alexandria    

Andover  

Anoka   

Apple  Valley    

Austin   

Babbitt   

Bayport    

Bemidji  

Benson    

Blue  Earth   

Brainerd  

Breckenridge   

Buffalo    

Caledonia    

Cambridge 

Cannon  Falls   

Champlin    

Chisholm   

Circle  Pines-Lexington 

Cloquet  

Cold  Spring  

Columbia  Heights  

Corcoran   

Cottage  Grove  

Crookston  

Crosby    

Dayton    

Deephaven   

Detroit  Lakes  

Dilworth    

Eagan  Township    

East  Grand  Forks    

Eden  Prairie    

Elk  River    

Ely 

Eveleth    

Fairmont   

Faribault    


MINNESOTA-Con. 

Farmington    

Fergus  Falls    

Forest  Lake    

Gilbert    

Glencoe    

Glenwood    

Golden  Valley   

Grand  Rapids    

Granite  Falls    

Hastings  

Hibbing    

Hopkins    

Hoyt  Lakes   

Hugo    

Hutchinson    

Independence  

International  Falls    

Inver  Grove  Heights  . . 

Kenyon    

La  Crescent    

Lake  City   

Lakeville    

Le  Sueur   

Lino  Lakes    

Litchfield  

Little  Falls  

Long  Prairie    

Luveme    

Madison  

Maple  Grove    

Marshall    

Medina  

Mendota  Heights  

Montevideo    

Mora    

Moms   

Mound    

Mounds  View    

New  Brighton    

New  Hope   

Newport  

New  Prague    

New  Ulm    

Northfield   

North  Mankato    

North  Saint  Paul    

Oakdale    

Olivia  

Ortonville    

Owatorma   

Park  Rapids    

Pipestone  

Plainview  

Plymouth  

Princeton  

Prior  Lake    

Ramsey  Township    .... 

Red  Wing    

Redwood  Falls    

Robbinsdale    

Rosemount 

Saint  Anthony  

Saint  James  

Saint  Paul  Park    

Saint  Peter  


MINNESOTA-Con. 

SarleU    

Sauk  Centre    

Sauk  Rapids   

Shakopee  

Silver  Bay  

Sleepy  Eye  

South  International 

Falls    

South  Lake 

Minnetonka 
South  Saint  Paul 
Spnngfield 
Spring  l.ake  Park 
Staples 
Stillwater 
Thief  River  Falls 

Two  Harbors 

Virginia 

Wabasha 

Wadena 

Waite  Park 

Waseca 

Wayzata 

Wells 

West  Saint  Paul 

White  Bear  Uke 

Willmar 

Windom 

Woodbury 

Worthmeton 


Aberdeen  

Baldwyn 
Batesville 
Bay  Saint  Louis 

Brandon 

Brookhaven 

Canton 

Carthage 

Charleston 

Cleveland 

Clinton 

Columbia 

Corinth 

Crystal  Spnngs 

Drew 

Durant 

Edwards 

Ellisville 

Fayette 

Fulton 

Gloster 

Greenwood 

Grenada 

Hazlehurst 

Heidelberg 

Hernando 

Hollandale 

Holly  Spnngs 

Indianola 
Itta  Bena 
Kosciusko 
Laurel    


260 


Table  61.— Number  of  FuU-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


MISSOURI-Con. 

Clayton  

Clinton    

Crestwood    

Creve  Coeur   

Crystal  City    

De  Soto  

Des  Peres   

Edmundson    

Eldon  

Elhsville   

Eureka    

Excelsior  Springs  .... 
Farmington    

Festus    

Flat  River    

Frontenac   

Garden  City    

Glendale    

Grandview    

Hanley  Hills   

Hannibal   

Harrisonville    

Hazelwood   

Hermann  

Hillsdale    

Ironton   

Jackson    

Jennings  

Kirksville  

Lake  Saint  Louis    ... 

Lebanon    

Lees  Summit    

Lexington    

Liberty    

Louisana    

Maiden  

Manchester    

Maplewood    

Marceline    

Marlborough  

Marshall    

Maryville  

Mexico    

Moberly  

Moline  Acres   

Monett    

Mount  Vernon    

Neosho   

Newburg    

Normandy    

North  Kansas  City    . 

Northwoods  

Odessa    

O'Fallon    

Olivette  

Overland    

Pacific   

Pagedale    

ParkviUe  

Peerless  Park    

Pine  Lawn    

Plattsburg   

Pleasant  Hill  

Poplar  Bluff    


Total  police  employees 


City  by  Sute 


MtSSOURl-Coo. 

Potosi    

Rich  Hill  

Richmond  

Richmond  Heights   .... 

Riverside   

Riverview    

Rock  Hill   

RoUa    

Saint  Ann  

Sainte  Genevieve  

Saint  George    

Saint  John   

Salem  

Savannah    

Shrewsbury    

Sikeston    

Slater   

Sugar  Creek    

Sullivan    

Sunset  Hills  

Trenton    

Union    

Uplands  Park    

Valley  Park  

Vandaha    

a  Park    

Warrensburg   

Warson  Woods  

Webb  City  

Wellston  

WentzviUe  

Weston    

West  Plains   

Woodson  Terrace   

MONTANA 

Anaconda-Deer  Lodge 

Baker  

Columbia  Falls   

Cut  Bank    

Deer  Lodge-Powell 

Dillon    

Fort  Benton    

Glasgow  

Glendive    

Havre    

Kalispell  

Laurel    

Lewistown    

Libby  

Livingston  

Miles  City    

Red  Lodge  

Sidney   

Whitefish  

Wolf  Point  

NEBRASKA 

Albion  

AlUance   

Alma   

Ashland    

Atkinson    

Auburn  


261 


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Total  police  employees 


Male     Female 


NEBRASKA-Coa. 

Shelton 

South  Sioux  City 
Spencer 
Stanton 
Superior 

Tecumseh 

Tekamah 

Tilden 

Valenlme 

Valley 

Wahoo 

Wausa 

Wayne 

Weepmg  Water 

West  Point 

WUber 

Wisner 

Wood  River 

York  

NEVADA 

Boulder  City  

Caliente    

Carlin    

Elko    

Ely  

Fallon    

Henderson    

Lovelock    

Wells    

Winnemucca   

Yenngton    

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Allcnstown   

Alton 

Amherst 

Bedford 

Belmont 

Berlin 

Boscawen 

Bow 

Bnstol 

C  harlestown 

C  laremont 

Conway 

Derr> 

Dover 

Dublin 

Durham 

Enheld 

Epping 

Exeter 

Farminglon 

Fitzwiliiam 

Franklin 

Gilford 

OofTstown 

Gorham 

Greenville 

Hampton 

Haverhill 

Henniker 

Hillsborough 

Hinsdale 

Holdemess   


Hollis  

Hooksett 

Hopkinton 

Hudson 

Jackson 

Jaffrey 

Keene 

Kingston 

Laconia 

Lancaster 

Lebanon 

Lee 

LitchHeld 

Littleton 

Londonderry 

Meredith 

Merrimack 

Milford 

New  Castle 

New  Hampton 

Newington 

New  London 

Newmarket 

Newport 

Northfield 

North  Hampton 

Northumberland 

Pelham 

Pembroke 

Peterborough 

Pittsfield 

Plymouth 

Raymond 

Rochester 

Sanborn  ton 

Tilton 

Waterville  Valley 

WhJteficld 

Wilton 

Winchester 

Windham 

Wolfeboro    

Woodstock   


NEW  JERSEY 

Aberdeen  Township 

Absecon  

Allendale  

Allenhurst  

Allentown   

Alpha    

Alpine  

Andover  Township  .. 

Asbury  Park   

Atlantic  Highlands  .. 

Audubon  

Audubon  Park    

Avalon    

Avon-by-the-Sea  

Bamegat  Township    . 

Barrington    

Bay  Head  

Beach  Haven    

Beachwood  

linster  Township 

Bellmawr  

Belmar    


262 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Cit>  by  State 


Total  police  employees 


Total       Male      Female 


Total  police  employees 


City  by  State 


Toul  police  employees 


Total       Male      Female 


astampton  Township 
ast  Greenwich 

Township   

ast  Hanover 

Township   

ast  Newark 

ast  Rutherford   

ast  Windsor  Townsh 


NEW  JERSEY-Con. 

F.dgewater  Park 

Township   

Egg  Harbor  City  

Egg  Harbor 

Township  

Elk  Township    

Elmwood  Park    

Emerson  

Englewood    

Englewood  Cliffs   

Englishtown  Boro   

Essex  Fells  

Evesham  Township    . . . 

Fairfield  

Fair  Haven    

Fairview  

Fanwood  

Far  HiUs   

Flemington  

Florence  Township    ... 

Florham  Park    

Frankhn  

Franklin  Lakes   

Franklin  Township 

(Gloucester  County) 
Franklin  Township 

(Hunterdon  County) 

Freehold    

Freehold  Township    ... 

Frenchtown    

Galloway  Township  . . . 

Garwood   

Glassboro   

Glen  Ridge    

Glen  Rock   

Gloucester  City    

Green  Brook    

Greenwich  Township    . 

Guttenberg  

Hackettstown    

Haddonfield    

Haddon  Heights    

Haddon  Township  — 
Hainesport  Township    . 

Haledon  

Hamburg  

Hamilton  Township  ... 

Hanover  Township  .... 
Harding  Township  — 
Hardyston  Township    . 

Harrington  Park  

Harrison    

Harrison  Township    ... 

Harvey  Cedars    

Hasbrouck  Heights    ... 

Haworth    

Hawthorne   

Hazlet  Township   

Helmetta    

High  Bridge  Boro  

Highland  Park  

Highlands    

Hightstown    

Hillsborough 

Township   

Hillsdale    

Hillside  Township  

Hi  NeUa    

Ho-Ho-Kus    

Holland  Township    . . . . 


NEW  JERSEY-Con. 

Holmdel  Township  .... 

Hopatcong   

Hopewell  

Hopewell  Township  . . . 

Interiaken   

Island  Heights  

Jamesburg  

Jefferson  Township    ... 

Keansburg    

Kenilworth   

Keyport   

Kinnelon   

Knowlton  Township   .. 

Lacey  Township  

Lakehurst    

Lambertville    

Laurel  Springs  

Lavallette    

Lawnside  

Lawrence  Township 

(Cumberland  County) 
Lawrence  Township 

(Mercer  County) 

Lebanon  Boro   

Lebanon  Township    ... 

Leonia  

Lincoln  Park    

Lindenwold    

Linwood    

Little  Egg  Harbor 

Township   

Little  Falls  Township  . 

Little  Ferry   

Little  Silver   

Lodi    

Logan  Township    

Long  Beach  Township 

Longport   

Lopatcong  Township    . 
Lower  Alloways  Creek 

Township   

Lower  Township    

Lumberion  Township  . 
Lyndhurst  Township  .. 

Madison  

Magnolia   

Mahwah  Township    ... 
Manalapan  Township  . 

Manasquan    

Manchester  Township 
Mansfield  Township    . . 

Mantoloking    

Mantua  Township    — 

Manville    

Maple  Shade  Township 
Maplewood  Township 

Margate  City    

Marlboro  

Matawan   

Maywood    

Medford  Lakes  

Medford  Township    ... 

Mendham   

Mendham  Township   .. 

Merchantville   

Metuchen    

Middlesex   

Middle  Township    

Midland  Park    

Milford  

Township    . . . 


263 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


NEW  JERSEY-Con. 

Milltown    

Millville    

Mine  Hill  Township   . . 

Monmouth  Beach   

Monroe  Towrship 

(Gloucester  County) . 
Monroe  Township 

(Middlesex  County).. 
Montgomery 

Township   

Montvale  

Montville  Township    . . 

Moonachie  

Moorestown  Township 

Morris  Plains   

Morristown    

Morris  Township  

Mountain  Lakes  

Mountainside    

Mount  Arlington   

Mount  Ephraim   

Mount  Holly    

Mount  i.aurel 

Township    

Mouri  Olive  Township 

MuUica  Township  

National  Park    

Neptune  

Netcong  

Newfield    

New  Milford    

New  Providence  

Newton    

North  Arlington  

North  Brunswick 

Township   

North  Caldwell  

Northfield  

North  Haledon  

North  Plainfield  

Northvale   

North  Wildwood    

Norwood   

Oakland   

Oaklyn    

Ocean  City    

Ocean  Gate  

Oceanport  

Ocean  Township 

(Monmouth  County) 
Ocean  Township 

(Ocean  County)  

Ogdensburg    

Old  Tappan 

Oradell    

Oxford  Township    

Palisades  Park   

Palmyra    

Park  Ridge    

Passaic  Township    

Paulsboro    

Peapack  and  Gladstone 

Pemberton    

Pennington  

Penns  Grove  

Pennsviile  Township    . . 
Pequannock  Township 

Phillipsburg    

Pine  Beach    

Pine  Hill   

Pitman    

Plaiiisboro  Township    . 

264 


Total  police  employees 


NEW  JERSEY-Con. 

Pleasantville    

Plumsled  Township    . . . 

Pohatcong  

Point  Pleasant 
Point  Pleasant  Beach 
Pompton  Lakes 
Princeton 

Princeton  Township 
Prospect  Park 
Ramsey 
Randolph 

Raritan  Township 

Readington  Township 

Red  Bank 

Ridgefield 

Ridgefield  Park 

Ringwood 

Riverdale 

River  Edge 

Riverside 

Riverton 

River  Vale 

Rochelle  Park 

Township 
Rockaway 

Rockaway  Township 
Roseland 
Roselle    . 
Roselle  Park 
Roxbury  Township 
Rumson 
Runnemede 
Rutherford 
Saddle  Brook 

Township 
Saddle  River 
Salem  ... 
Scotch  Plains 
Sea  Bright 
Sea  Girt 
Sea  Isle  City 
Seaside  Heights 
Seaside  Park 
Secaucus 
Ship  Bottom 
Shrewsbury 
Somerdale 
Somers  Point 
Somerville 
South  Amboy 

South  Belmar  

South  Bound  Brook    .. 
South  Brunswick 

Township   

South  Hackensack    

South  Orange  

South  Plainfield    

South  River  

South  Toms  River    

Sparta  Township    

Spotswood    

Spniigfield    

Spring  Lake    

Spring  Lake  Heights  .. 

Stafford  Township    

Stanhope    

Stillwater  Township   ... 

Stone  Harbor  

Stratford    

Summit  

Surf  City  


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


NEW  JERSEY— Con. 

Swedesboro    

Teterboro    

Tewksbury  Township    . 

Tinton  Falls    

Totowa   

Tuckerton    

Union  Beach    

Upper  Deerfield 

Township   

Upper  Saddle  River    .. 

Ventnor  City    

Vernon  Township    

Verona    

Victory  Gardens    

Voorhees  Township   . . 

Waldwick    

Wallington   

Wall  Township   

Wanaque   

Warren  Township   

Washington    

Washington  Township 

(Bergen  County)   

Washington  Township 

(Gloucester  County) 
Washington  Township 

(Mercer  County)  . . . . 
Washington  Township 

(Moms  County)  .... 
Washington  Township 

(Warren  County)    ... 

Watchung  

Waterford  Township  . . 
Weehawken  Township 

Wenonah  

Westampton    

West  Caldwell   

West  Cape  May    

West  Deptford 

Township   

West  Long  Branch  ... 
West  Milford 

Township   

West  Paterson   

Westville    

West  Wildwood    

West  Windsor 

Township   

Westwood  

Wharton    

Wildwood   

Wildwood  Crest   

Winfield  Township  .... 
Winslow  Township  — 

Woodbine  

Woodbury    

Woodbury  Heights  .... 

Woodchff  Lake  

Woodlynne    

Wood  Ridge  

Woodstown    

Woolwich  Township  . . 
Wyckoff  

NEW  MEXICO 

Artesia    

Aztec    


ble  61.— Number  of  Full-dme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Ibtal  police  employees 


Total  police  employe 


EW  MEXICO-Con. 

yard    

len   

tomfleld   

sque  Farms   

narron  

ba    

ming    

arilla  Apache  Tribal 

>anola    

ancia   

Hup  

ants  

"ley 

rdsburg  

s  Alamos  

vington   

isilla    

)riarty    

ton    

d  River    

idoso  Downs    

1  Juan  Tnbal  

ita  Clara  Tnbal   .... 

ita  Rosa    

«r  City    

:orro  

ringer   

turn   

igon  Mound   .... 

NEW  YORK 

^ms    

idison   

wesasne   

bion  

ien  

sxandria  Bay  

rred    

lamont  

nityville  

igola    

cade    

dsley  

haroken    

hens    

irora-East  Aurora  . . . 

'oca    

on  Village    

inbridge    

Idwinsville  

Uston  Spa 

tavia   

th   

aeon   

dford    

isdell  

ooming  Grove    

ilivar    

ilton  

lonville  

iarcliff  Manor  

ockport   

onxville   

icbanan   


NEW  YORK— Coo. 


Busti  

Caledonia    

Cambridge    

Camden    

Canajoharie   .... 
Canandaigua  . . . 

Canastota   

Canisteo  

Canton    

Carthage    

CatskiU   

Cattaraugus    — 
Cayuga  Heights 

Cazenovia   

Celoron    

Chatham    

Chester   

Chittenango  .... 

Clayton  

Clifton  Springs 


Clu 

Clyde  

Cobleskill    

Colchester  

Cold  Spring  

Cooperstown   

Corinth  

Coming    

Comwall-on-Hudson    . . 

Cortland    

Cove  Neck  

Coxsackie    

Croton-on-Hudson    — 

DansviUe , . 

Deerpark    

Delhi    

DeWitl    

Dobbs  Ferry  

Dolgeville    

Dryden   

Dunkirk   

East  FishkUl    

East  Greenbush    

East  Hampton  Town    . 
East  Hampton  Village 

East  Rochester    

East  Syracuse  

Eden    

Ellenville   

EUicott    

Ellicottville  

Elmira  Heights   

Elmsford    


hairport    

Falconer    

Fallsburg  

Fayetteville  . . 
FishJdU  Town 
Floral  Park    .. 

Florida   

Fort  Edward 
Fort  Plain    ... 

Frankfort  

Frankhnville    . 

Fredonia    

Fulton  

Geddes   


15 

2 

15 

20 

2 

13 

1 

17 

2 

13 

2 

2 

35 

16 

35 

NEW  YORK— Con. 

Geneseo  

Geneva  

Glens  Falls    

Glenville    

Gloversville   

Goshen  

Gouvemeur    

Gowanda  

nd  View-on-Hudson 

Granville   

Great  Neck  Estates   .. 

Greene    

Greenport   

Greenwich    

Greenwood  Lake  

Groton    

Guilderland   

Hamburg  

Hamilton  

Hammondsport   

Hancock    

Hanover  

Harrison    

Hastings-on-Hudson 

Haverstraw  

Haverstraw  Town    — 
Head-of-the-Harbor    . 

Herkimer  

Highland  Falls    

HoUey   

Hoosick  Falls  

Hornell  

Horseheads    

Hudson    

Hudson  Falls   

Huntington  Bay   

Irvington    

Johnson  City    

Johnstown    

Kenmore   

Kensington  

Kent  

Kings  Point  

Kingston    

Kirkland    

Lackawanna    

Lake  Luzerne 

Lake  Placid  

Lake  Success    

Lakewood   

Lancaster    

Lancaster  Village  .... 

Larchmont   

Laurel  Hollow  

Le  Roy  

Lewiston    

Liberty    

Little  FaUs  

Liverpool  

Lloyd  

Lloyd  Harbor    

Lowville  

Lynbrook    

Lyons    

Macedon   

Malone  

Malveme  

Mamaroneck  Town   . 
Mamaroneck  Village 


265 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  witii  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Total  polic 


Male      Female 


Total       Male     Female 


NEW  YORK— Coo. 

Marathon    

Marcellus    

Massena  

Maybrook   

Mechamcville 

Medina   

Menands    

Middleport  

Middletown 

Millbrook    

Mill  Neck  

Minoa 

Mohawk  

Monroe    

Montgomery    

Monticello    

Mount  Kisco    

Mount  Morns    

Mount  Pleasant    

Nassau    

Newark  

Newburgh  Town    

New  Castle    

New  Hartford  Town    . 
New  Hartford  Village 

New  Paltz    

New  Windsor    

New  York  Mills    

Nissequogue    

Norfolk  

North  Castle  

North  Greenbush    

Northport    

North  Syracuse  

North  Tarrytown  

Norwich   

Norwood   

Nunda  

Ogden    .'. 

Ogdensburg    

Old  Brookville  

Old  Westbury    

Olean   

Oneida    

Oneonta  

Orchard  Park   

Oriskany    

Ossining  Town    

Ossining  Village   

Oswego  

Owego  

Oxford    

Oyster  Bay  Cove  

Painted  Post   

Palmyra    

Pawling    

Peekskill  

Pelham  Manor    

Penn  Yan   

Perry    

Piermont    

Platlsburgh  

Pleasantville    

Port  Dickinson    

Port  Jervis    

Port  Washington   

Potsdam   


NEW  YORK— Con. 

Pulaski    

Queensbury    

Randolph    

Red  Hook    

Rensselaer    

Richfield  Springs   

Riverhead    

Rouses  Point    

Rye  

Rye  Town 

Sag  Harbor    

Saint  Johnsville    

Salamanca    

Salem  

Sands  Point  

Saranac  Lake  

Saugerties  Town  

Saugerties  Village    

Scarsdale    

Schodack   

Schuylerville    

Scotia    

Seneca  Falls   

Sharon  Springs   

Shelter  Island  

Silver  Creek    

Skaneateles  

Sloatsburg  

Solvay   

Southampton    

South  Glens  Falls  

South  Nyack    

Southold    

Southport    

Spring  Valley   

Springville  

Stony  Point   

Suffern    

Ticonderoga    

Tonawanda    

Trumansburg    

Tupper  Lake    

Tuxedo  Park     

Ulster    

Vernon    

Walden  

Walton    

Wappingers  Falls    

Warsaw    

Warwick  Town   

Warwick  Village  

Washmgtonville    

Waterford   

Waterloo    

Watervliet   

Watkins  Glen    

Waverly    

Wayland    

Webb  Town   

Wellsville  

Westfield   

Westhampton  Beach    .. 

Wheatland    

Whitehall  

Whitney  Point  

Windham    

Windsor  

Wolcott    


NEW  YORK-Con. 

Woodbury    

Woodhull    

Woodndge   

Woodstock   

Yorkville    

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Aberdeen  

Ahoskie    

Albemarle 

Andrews 

Angler 

Ansonville 

Apex 

Asheboro 

Askewville 

Atlantii.  Beach 

Aulander 

Autreyville 

Bakersville 

Banner  LIk 

Battleboro 

Beaufort 

Belhaven 

Belmont 

Benson 

Bessemer  City 

Bethel 

Beulaville 

Biscoe 

Black  Creek 

Black  Mountain 

Bladen  boro 

Blowing  Rock 

Boiling  Spnng  Lakes 

Boone 

Boonville 

Brevard 

Brookford 

Brunswick 

Bryson  City 

Bunn 

Burgaw 

Bumsville 

Burner 

Candor 

Cape  Carteret 

Carolina  Beach 

Carrboro 

Carthage 

Cary 

Chadboum 

Cherokee 

Cherry  ville 

China  Grove 

Chocowinity 

Claremont 

Clark ton 

Clayton 

Clinton 

Clyde 

Coats 

Concord 
Conover 
Conway    


266 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total 
Total 


Total  poli( 


Male     Female 


Total  police  emplo 


NORTH  CAROLINA- 


NORTH  CAROUNA- 


Kenly  . 
Kemersville 
Kill  Devil  Hills 
Kings  Mountain 
Kittrell 
Knightdale 
La  Grange 
Lake  Lure 
Lake  Watcamaw 
Landis 
Laurinburg 

Lewiston 

Liberty 

Lilesville 

Lillington 

Lincolnton 

Littleton 

Long  Beach 

Longview 

Louisburg 

Lowell 

Lucama 

Lumberton 

Macclesfield 

Madison 

Magnolia 

Maiden 


Ma 


Hill 


Marshville 
Matthews 
Max  ton 
Mayodan 
McAdenville 
Mebane 
Middlesex 
Mocksville 
Monroe 
Montreal 
MooresviUe 
Morehead  Citv 
Morganton 
Morven 
Mount  Airy 
Mount  Gilcad 
Mount  Holly 
Mount  Olive 
Murfreesboro 
Murphy 
Nags  Head 
Nashville 
Bern 
Newport 
Newton 
Newton  Grove 
Norlina 

North  Kannapolis 
North  Wilkesboro 
Norwood 
Oakboro 

Ocean  Isle  Beach 
Oxford 
Parkton 
Pembroke 
PikeviUe   


NORTH  CAROLINA- 


Pilot  Mountain    .. 

PineblufT   

Pinehurst   

Pine  Knoll  Shores 

Pine  Level    

Pinetops   

Pineville   

Pink  Hill  

Pittsboro    

Plymouth  

Polkton  

Princeton  

Princeville  

Raeford    

Ramseur    

Randleman    

Ranlo  

Red  Springs    

Reidsville    

Rhodhiss    

Richlands    

Rich  Square    

Roanoke  Rapids    , 

Robbins   

Robbinsville    

Robersonville    

Rockingham    

Rolesville  

Ronda  

R  oper    

Roseboro  

Rose  Hill    

Rowland    

Roxboro  

Rutherfordton    

Saint  Pauls    

Salemburg  

Saluda  

S.inford  

Saratoga  

Scotland  Neck  .... 
Seaboard   

Shallotte  

Sharpsburg  

Shelby   

Siler  City    

Sims    

Smithfield    

Snow  Hill  

Southern  Pines    ... 
Southport    

s^ncer':;::;::::::: 

Spindale  

Spnng  Hope   

Spring  Lake    

Spruce  Pine  

Stanfield    

Stantonsburg  

Star  

Statesville    

StoneviUe  

Stovall  

Surf  City  

Swansboro    

Sylva    

Tabor  City  

Tarboro   


267 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  witii  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


NORTH  CAROLINA- 


Taylorsvtlle    

Thomasville  

Topsail  Beach   

Troy  

Tryon    

Valdese  

Vanceboro   

Vass   

Wadesboro  

Wagram  

Wake  Forest  

Wallace    

Walnut  Cove    

Warrenton    

Warsaw    

Washington   

Waxhaw  

Waynesville    

Weldon  

Wendell    

West  Jefferson  

Whispering  Pines  .... 

Whitakers   

White  Lake   

Whiteville   

Wilkesboro  

Williamston  

Windsor  

Wingate   

Winterville   

Winton   

Woodfm  

Woodland  

WrightsviUe  Beach   .. 

YadkinviUe  

Yaupon  Beach    

Youngsville    

Zebulon   

NORTH  DAKOTA 

Bowman  

Carrington    

Devils  Lake  

Dickinson   

Grafton    

Hillsboro   

Jamestown    

Langdon    

Mandan   

Mayville  

Rugby  

Valley  City    

Wahpeton  

Watford  City    

West  Fargo   

Williston    

OHIO 

Ada  

Amberley    

Amherst  

Archbold  

Arhngton  Heights   ... 

Ashland   

Aurora    

Avon  Lake    


OHIO-Con. 


Bambndge    

Bay  Village    

2 

Bedford 

Bedford  Heights 

Bell  brook 

2 

Bell  aire 

1 

Bellefontaine 

Bellevue 

Bellville 

1 

Belpre 

1 

Berea 

Bethel 

1 

Bexicv 

1 

Blue  Ash 

BlutTlon 

3 

Bradford 

2 

Brady  lake 

Brecksville 

Bndgeport 

2 

Broadview  Heights 

Brookfield  Township 

Brooklyn 

Brooklyn  Heights 

1 

Brookville 

Bryan 

3 

Bucvrub 

1 

Butler 

5 

Cadiz 

Caldwell 

Cambridge 

Canfield 

Carey 

Carlisle 

Celina 

1 

Cen  terville 

Chagrin  Falls 

Cinlcville 

Clay  Township 

2 

Clear  Creek    Township 

Clyde 

Columbiana 

Conneaut 

1 

Coshocton 

1 

Covington 

2 

Crestline 

g 

Dalton 

1 

Deer  Park 

Defiance 

Delaware 

4 

Delta 

Dennison 

Doylestown 

g 

Dublin 

Eastlake 

Elast  Liverpool 

2 

East  Palestine 

3 

Eaton 

Elmwood  Place 

4 

Englewood 

4 

Evendale 

Fail  fax 

Fail  lawn 

Fairport  Harbor 

4 

Fairview  Park 

1 

Forest 

7 

Forest  Park 

Fort  Shawnee 

Fostoria 

7 

Frankhn 

6 

Fremont 

1 

OHIO-Con. 

Gallipohs  

Gerraantown   

German  Township    .... 

Glendale    

Grandview  Heights    ... 

GranviUe    

Greenhills   

Greenville   

Hamson    

Hartville  

Heath    

Hicksville    

Highland  Heights    

Hillsboro   

Howland  Township   . . . 

Hubbard    

Hudson    

Independence   

Indian  Hill    

Ironton   

Jackson  Township    

Johnston    

Lawrence  Township    . . 

Lebanon    

Leipsic    

Lexington    

Lincoln  Heights   

Lisbon  

Lockland   

Logan    

Loudonville    

Loveland   

Lyndhurst   

Macedonia    

Madeira    

Mariemont   

Manetta  

Marlboro  

Mason  

Maumee 

Mayfield    

Mayfield  Heights  

McComb   

Medina  

Mentor-on-the-Lake  ... 
Middleburg  Heights  ... 

Middleport  

MUford  

Mingo  Junction    

Monroe    

Montgomery   

Montpelier    

Moraine   

Munroe  Falls  Village   . 

Napoleon    

Nelsonville   

New  Boston    

Newburgh  Heights    .... 

New  CarUsle  

Newcomerstown   

New  Lebanon    

New  Philadelhia  

New  Richmond    

Newton    

Northampton  Township 

North  Baltimore    

North  Canton    


7 

26 

5 

3 

2 

10 

10 

2 

4 

Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  wiUi  Population  under  25.000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 

Total  police  employees 


OHIO-Con. 

W.Uowick 

Wilmington 

Woodlawn 

Woodsfield 

Wooster 

Worthington 

Wyoming 

Yellow  Spnngs 

OKLAHOMA 

Ada  

Afton   

Alva    

Anadarko    

Ardmore    

Arkoma    

Atoka    

Bamsdall  

Bethany    

Bixby   

Blackwell  

Blanchard    

Bokoshe   

Boley   

Bristow   

Broken  Arrow   

Broken  Bow    

Bums  Flat   

Carnegie    

Chandler    

Checotah  

Chelsea  

Cherokee  

Chickasha   

Choctaw  

Chouteau  

Qaremore  

Clayton  

Cleveland    

Clinton    

Coalgate  

Colcord    

CoUmsviUe   

Comanche    

Commerce    

Coweta   

Crescent  

Cushing    

Davenport    

Dewar   

Drumright  

Duncan    

Edmond 

Elk  City 

Elmore  City 

El  Reno 

Erick    .. 

Eufaula 

Fairfax 

Fairview 

Forest  Park 

Fort  Gibson 

Frederick 

Geary    


10 

,■ 

4 

33 

1 

29 

4 

16 

9 

3. 

2 

9 

14 

9 

31 

9 

13 

3 

5 

30 

12 

18 

6 

2 

3 

10 

33 

12 

5 

4 

6 

6 

7 

28 

13 

19 

4 

6 

20 

2 

3 

5 

4 

8 

15 

3 
7 

7 
4 

43 

25 

50 

12 

3 

27 

2 

6 

6 

8 

4 

OKLAHOMA- 

Glencoe    

Glenpool    

Goodwell  

Gore  

Gramte   

Grove    

Guthrie  

Guymon  

Haileyville    

Harrah    

Haskell    

Healdton   

Helena    

Hennessey    

Henryetta    

Hobart    

Holdenville    

HoUis  

Hominy    

Hooker   

Hugo    

Hulbert  

Idabel    

Inola    

Jay  

Jenks    

Jones    

Kelchum    

Kingfisher  

Konawa   

Krebs  

Langley    

Lindsay    

Lone  Grove    . . . 

Luther  

Madill   

Mangum    

Mannford   

Marietta  

Marlow  

Maysville  

McAlester   

McLoud  

McCurtain    

Miami   

Morris  

Muldrow    

Mustang  

Newcastle    

Newkirk   

Nichols  Hills    .. 
Nicoma  Park    .. 

Noble    

Nowata  

Okarche    

Okeene    

Okmulgee    

Oologah    

Owasso   

Paoh  

Pauls  Valley    ... 

Pawhuska   

Pawnee  

Perry    

Piedmont  

Pocola  

Porter    

Poteau  


Table  61.— Number  of  FuU-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31, 


Total  police  emplo 


City  by  State 


Total  polic 


City  by  State 


OREGON— Con. 


Cannon  Beach 
Canyonville    . . . 


Carlt< 

Cave  Junction 

Central  Point   . 

Clatskanie  

Coburg   

Condon    

Coos  Bay    

Coquille    

Cornelius  

Cottage  Grove 

Culver  

Dallas    

Drain  

Dundee  

Eagle  Point    ... 

Eastside    

Echo  

Elgin    

Enterprise    

Florence  

Forest  Grove    . 

Garibaldi  

Gaston    

Gearhart    

Gladstone    

Gold  Beach  ... 
Grants  Pass  ... 

Hantmond    

Heppner  


Hood  River  

Hubbard    

Independence  

Jacksonville    

JefTerson    

John  Day   

Joseph  

Klamath  Falls   ... 

Lafayette    

La  Grande  

Lake  Oswego    — 

Lakeside    

Lakeview  

Lebanon    

Lincoln  City   

Madras   

McMinnville    

Merrill  

Milton- Freewater 

Miiwaukie  

Molalla  

Monmouth   

Monroe    

Mount  Angel    

Myrtle  Creek    .... 

Myrtle  Point  

Newberg    

Newport  

North  Bend  

North  Plains  

Nyssa  

Oakland  

Oakridge    

Ontario  

Oregon  City    

Pendleton    

Philomath    

Phoenix    


OREGON-Con. 


Pilot  Rock    .. 

Prairie  City    . 

Prineville   

Rainier    

Redmond  . . . 
Reedsporl  . . . 
Rockaway  ... 
Rogue  River 
Roseburg  .... 
Saint  Helens 

Sandy    

Scappoose  ... 

Shady  Cove  . 
Sheridan    . . . . 

Silverton    

Sisters    

Stanfield    .... 

Slaylon   

SuiherUn  . . . . 
Sweet  Home 

The  Dalles  .. 


Tillamook  . 
Toledo  . . . . 
Troutdale    . 

Umatilla  ... 

Vale    

Vernonia  . . 
Wallowa  ... 
Warrenton 
West  Lirm 
Weston  .... 
Willamina  . 
Winston  . . . 
Woodbum 
Yamhill    ... 


PENNSYLVANU 


Akron    

Albion  

Aldan    

Aliquippa    

Allegheny  Township 
(Blair  County)    .... 

Allegheny  Township 
(Westmoreland 
County)  


Ambridge    

Amity  Township    .. 

Annville   

Apollo  

Archbald   

Armagh  Township 

Arnold    

Ashland   

Ashley  

Ashville    

Aspinwall    

Aston  Township  ... 

Athens  Township    . 

Avalon    

Baden    


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Male      Female 


Total  police  employees 


Male     Female 


City  by  State 


Total  polu 


PENNSYLVANIA- 


Cam bridge  Springs  .... 

Camp  Hill  

Canonsburg  

Canton    

Carbondale    

Carlisle   

Carmichaels  

Carnegie    

Carrolltown    

Carroll  Township 

(Washington  County) 
Carroll  Township 

(York  County)    

Castle  Shannon    

Calasauqua    

Catawissa    

Cecil  Township  

Center  Township  

Centerville    

Central  City    

Chalfont  

Chambersburg    

Charleroi   

Chartiers  Township    ... 

Chester  Hill    

Chester  Township   

Cheswick 

Clairton    

Clarion    

Clarks  Green    

Clarks  Summit    

Claysville  

Clearfield    

Clifton  Heights   

Coaldale  

Coalport  

Coal  Township   

Coatesville    

Colebrookdale 

Township   

Collegeville  

Collier  Township  

CoUmgdale  

Columbia    

Conemaugh  Township 
Conewago  Township 

(Adams  County)  .... 
Conewago  Township 

(York  County)    

Conewango  Township 

Connuence   

Connellsville    

Conshohocken    

Conway    

Conyngham   

Coolbaugh  Township  . 
Coopersburg    

Coraopolis    

Cornwall    

Coudersport  

CZourtdale    

Crafton  

Cranberry  Township  . . 
Crescent  Township  .... 


PENNSYLVANIA- 


Cressona    

Cresson  Township    . . . 

Croyle  Township   

Cumberland  Township 

(Adams  County)   . . . 
Cumberland  Township 

(Greene  County)  ... 
Cumru  Township    .... 

Curwensville   

Dallas    

Dallastown   

Dallas  Township    

Dalton  

Danville    

Darby    

Darby  Township    

Daugherty  Township 
Delaware  Water  Gap 

Boro    

Derry  

Derry  Township  . . 

Dickson  City    

Dillsburg    

Donegal  Township   . . . 

Donora 

Dormont    

Douglass  Township 

(Berks  County)    .... 
Douglass  Township 

(Montgomery 

County)  

Dowmngtown   

Doylestown    

Doylestown  Township 

Dravosburg 

Du  Bois  

Dunbar  

Duncansville   

Dunmore  

Dupont  

Duquesne    

Dushore   

East  Berlin  

East  Brady    

East  Brandywine 

Township   

East  Buffalo 

Township   

East  Cocalico 

Township   

East  Conemaugh   

East  Deer  Township  . 
East  Earl  Township  . 
East  Greenville- 

Peimsburg    

East  Hempfield 

Township   

East  Lampeter 

Township   

East  Lansdowne  ...... 

East  Manchester 

Township   

East  McKeesport  

East  Norriton 

Township   

Easton  


271 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-dnie  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Contioued 


Male      Female 


Male     Female 


City  by  State 


PENNSVXVANIA- 


East  Pennsboro 

Township   

East  Pittsburgh   

East  Rock  Hill 

Township   

East  Stroudsburg 

East  Taylor  Township 
Easttown  Township   ... 

East  Washington    

East  Whiteland 

Township  

Ebensburg    

Economy   

Eddystone  

Edgewood  

Edgeworth    

Edmboro   

Edwardsville    

Elizabeth    

Elizabethtown    

Elizabeth  Township  . . . 

Ehzabelhville    

Elkland  

Ellsworth   

Ellwood  City    

Emmaus  

Emporium    

Emsworth    

Ephrata    

Ephrala  Township    .... 

Etna    

Evans  City  

Everett    

Exeter   

Exeter  Township 

(Berks  County)    

Exeter  Township 

(Luzerne  County)  ... 

Fairchance   

Fairview  

Fairview  Township  .... 
Fallowfield  Township  . 

Falls  Creek    

Farrell   

Fawn  Township   

Fayette  City    

Ferguson  Township  ... 

Ferndale    

Findlay  Township  

Fleetwood 

Folcroft    

Ford  City   

Forest  City    

Forest  Hills  

Forks  Township  

Forty  Fort   

Forward  Township  .... 

Foster  Township    

Fountain  Hill  

Fox  Chapel   

Frackville    

Franconia  Township  .. 
Franklin  (Cambria 

County)  

Franklin  (Venango 

County) 

Frankhn  Park    

Franklin  Township  .... 
Freedom    


PENNSYLVANIA- 


PENNSYLVANIA- 


Freedom-Greenfield 

Township   

Freeland    

Freemansburg    

Galeton    

Galhtzin  

Galhtzin  Township  

Geistown   

German  Township    . . . . 

Gettysburg   

Girard   

Girardville    

Glassport  

Glenolden   

Glen  Rock   

Granville  Township   .. 

Greencastle    

Greenfield  Township 

Greensburg    

Green  Tree    

Greenville   

Grove  City    

Hallam    

Hamburg  

Hampden  Township    . 
Hampton  Township  . . . 

Hanover  

Hanover  Township 

(Luzerne  County)  .. 
Hanover  Township 

(Washington  County 
Harmar  Township  ... 
Harmony  Township  . . . 

Harris  Township    

Harrison  Township    . . . 

Harveys  Lake    

Hastings  

Hatboro   

Hatfield  Township    .... 

Hawley   

Hegms  Township    

Heidelberg    

Heidelberg  Township    , 

Hellam  Township    

Hellertown    

Hemlock  Township    . . , 
Hempfield  Township  . 

Hermitage  

High  Spire   

Hilltown  Township    . . , 

HolUdaysburg  

Homer  City  

Homestead   

Honesdale  

Hooversville    

Hopewell  Township  . . . 
Horsham  Township   ... 

Houston  

Houtzdale   

Hughesville    

Hummelslown    

Huntingdon   

Hyndman    

Independence 

Township   

Indiana  

Indiana  Township  

Ingram    

Irwin    

Jackson  Township    — 
Jamestown    


Jeannette 

JefTerson    

JefTerson  Township 

(Fayette  County)  . . . 
JefTerson  Township 

(Mercer  County)  .... 

Jenkins  Township   

Jenkintown  

Jersey  Shore 

Jim  Thorpe 

Johnsonburg 

Kane    .. 

Kenhorst 

Kennedy  Township 

Kennett  Square 

Kidder  Township 

Kilbuck  Township 

Kingston 

Kingston    Township 

Kittanning 

Kline  Township 

Knox    .. 

Kulpmont 

Kutztown 

Lake  City 

Lake  Township 

Lansdale 

Lansdowne 

Lansford 

Larksville 

Latrobe 

Laureldale  

Lawrence  Park 

Township   

Lawrence  Township    . . 

Leechburg  

Leetsdale   

Lehighton    

Lehigh  Township  

Lehman  Township    — 

l^moyne    

Lewisburg   

Lewis  Run   

Lewistown    

Liberty    

Ligonier   

Ligonier  Township   .... 

LiUy    

Limerick  Township    . . . 

Linesville 

Lititz    

Littlestown   

Lock  Haven    

Locust  Township  

Logan  Township    

Lower  Allen  Township 
Lower  Alsace  Township 

Lower  Burrell    

Lower  Chichester 

Township   

Lower  Fredenck 

Township   

Lower  Gwynedd 

Township   

Lower  Makefield 

Township   


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31, 


Total  police  employees 


Total       Male      Female 


Total  police  employees 


PENNSYLVANU- 


PENNSYLVANIA- 


MiUviUe    

Milton   

Minersville    

Mohnton    

Monaca    

Monessen    

Monongaheia    

Montgomery    

Montgomery  Township 

Montoursville    

Montour  Township    . . . 

Montrose  

Moon  Township    

Moore  Township  

Moosic    

Morrisville    

Morton  

Moscow    

Mountain  Top 

Regional   

Mount  Carme!    

Mount  Carmel 

Township    

Mount  Holly  Springs   . 

Mount  Jewett    

Mount  Joy  

Mount  Joy  Township  . 

Mount  Oliver  

Mount  Penn   

Mount  Pleasant    

Mount  Pocono    

Mount  Union    

Mount  Woif  

Muhlenberg  Township 

Muncy    

MunhaU   

Murrysville  

Myerstown   

Nanticoke   

Nanty  Glo   

Narberth    

Nazareth    

Nescopeck    

Neshannock  Township 

Nesquehoning    

Nether  Providence 

Township    

Neville  Township    

Newberry  Township    . . 

New  Bethlehem    

New  Brighton    

New  Britain    

New  Britain  Township 

New  Cumberland    

New  Eagle   

New  Freedom    

New  Hanover 

Township   

New  Holland   

New  Hope   

New  Kensington    

New  Oxford    

Newport  

Newport  Township  . . . 
New  Sewickley 

Township   

Newton  Township    . . . . 

Newtown  

Newtown  Township  ... 
Newville  


New  Wilmington   

Northampton    

Northampton  Township 
North  Belle  Vernon    .. 

North  Braddock  

North  Catasaqua   

North  Centre 

Township   

North  Charleroi    

North  Codorus 

Township   

North  Cornwall-West 

Lebanon  Township  . 
North  Coventry 

Township   

North  East    

Northern  York 

Regional   

North  Fayette    

North  Franklin 

Township   

North  Lebanon 

Township   

North  Londonderry 

Township   

North  Middleton 

Township   

North  Strabane 

Township   

Northumberland  

North  Versailles 

Township   

North  Wales  

Norwegian  Township    . 

Norwood   

Oakdale    

Oakmont   

O'Hara  Township   

Township  

Oil  City    

Old  Forge    

Old  Lycoming 

Township   

Oley  Township    

Olyphant    

Orwigsburg  

Osceola  Mills   

Oxford    

Palmerton   

Palmer  Township    

Palmyra    

Palo  Alto    

Parkesburg   

Patterson  Township   ... 

Fatten   

Fatten  Township  

Paxtang    

Pen  Argyl  

Penbreok  

Penndel    

Penn  Township  (Butler 

County)  

Penn  Township 

(Lancaster  County)  . 
Penn  Township 

(Westmoreland 

County)  

Penn  Township  (York 

County)  

Pequea  Township    

Perkasie    


273 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 


Total       Male      Female 


Total  police  employees 


Male     Female 


City  by  State 


PENNSYLVANU- 


Perkiomer   Township 

Perryopolis   

Perry  Township    

Peters  Township  

Philipsburg  

Phoenixville  

Pine  Grove    

Pine  Township    

Pitcaim  

Pittston  

Pittston  Township  

PlainHeld  Township  .. 

Plains  Township  

Pleasant  Hills  

Plumstead  Township  . 

Plymouth  

Plymouth  Township    . 

Pocono  Township   

Point  Manon    

Point  Township    

Portage   

Port  Allegany    

Port  Carbon    

Port  Vue    

Potter  Township    

Pottstown    

Pottsville    

Pringle    

Prospect  Park    

Pulaski  Township    

Punxsutawney    

Pymatuning  Township 

Quakerlown   

Raccoon  Township    . . 

Ralpho  Township    

Rankin    

Red  Hill    

Red  Lion    

Redstone  Township   . . 

Renovo  

Reserve  Township    

Reynoldsville    

Richland  Township 

(Allegheny  County) 
Richland  Township 

(Cambria  County)    . 

Ridgway    

Ridley  Park  

Riegelsville  

Rimersburg    

Riverside   

Roaring  Brook 

Township  

Roaring  Spnng   

Robesonia-Heidelberg 
Robeson  Township  .. 
Robinson  Township    . 

Rochester    

Rochester  Township    . 

Rockledge  

Rockwood    

Rosslyn  Farms    

Rostraver    

Roulette  Township  ... 

Royersford   

Rye  Township  

Saegerlown  

Saint  Clair  

Saint  Marys    

Salem  Township  

Salisbury  Township   .. 


PENNSYLVANIA— 


PENNSYLVAMA- 


Saltsburg   

Sandy  Lake  

Sandy  Township    

Saxonburg    

Saxton 

Sayre    

Schuylkill  Haven    

Schuylkill  Township 

Scottdale    

Scott  Township 

(Allegheny  County) 
Scott  Township 

(Columbia  County) 
Scott  Township 

(Lackawanna 

County)   

Selinsgrove   

Sellersville  

Seven  Springs    

Sewickley    

Sewickley  Heights   . 

Shamokin    

Shamokin  Dam    

Sharon    

Sharon  Hill    

Sharpsburg   

Sharpsville    

Sheffield  Township  . 

Shenandoah  

Shenango  Township 

(Lawrence  County) 
Shenango  Township 

(Mercer  County)  . 

Shickshinny    

Shillington    

Shinglehouse   

Shippensburg    

Shiremanstown    

Shoemakersville  

Shrewsbury    

Silver  Spring 

Township   

Sinking  Spnng  

Slattington    

Slippery  Rock    

Smethporl   

Smithfield   

Smith  Township  

Snow  Shoe  

Snyder  Township    ... 
Solebury  Township    . 

Somerset    

Souderton    

South  Abington 

Township   

South  Centre 

Township   

South  CoalesviUe  

South  Connellsville    . 
South  Fayette 

Township   

South  Fork    

South  Greensburg  ... 
South  Lebanon 

Township   

South  Londonderry 

Township   

Southmont   

South  Park  Township 
South  Strabane 

Township   


South  Waverly    

Southwest  Greensburg 
South  Whitehall 

Township  

South  Williamsport    ... 

Spangler  

Speers    

Spring  City    

Springdale  

Spnngettsbury 

Township   

Springfield  Township 

(Bucks  County)    

Spnngfield  Township 

(Montgomery 

County)  

Spring  Garden 

Township   

Spring  Township 

(Berks  County)    

Spnng  Township 

(Centre  County)  .... 
Steelton    

Stoneytreek  Township 

Stowe  Township 

Stroud  Township 

Stroudsburg 

Sugar  Creek 

Sugarloaf  Township 

Summil   Hill 

Sunbury 

Susquehanna 

Susquehanna  Township 

Swarthmore 

Swatara  Township 

Swissvale 

Swoyersville 

Sykesville 

Tamaqua 

Tarentum 

Taylor 
Telford 
Thomburg 
Throop 

Tidioute    

Tinicum  Township 

(Bucks  County)   

Timcum  Township 

(Delaware  County)    . 

Titusville    

Tobyhanna  Township  . 

Towamencin  Township 

Towanda   

Trafford   

Trainer    

TredyfTrin  Township  .. 

Troy   

TuUytown    

Tunkhannock   

Tunkhannock 

Township   

Turtle  Creek   

Union  City    

Uniontown  

Union  Township    

Upland   


274 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 


Male      Female 


Total  police  employees 


City  by  State 


Total  polic 


PENNSYLVANIA— 


West  Hazleton    

West  Hempfield 

Township   

West  Hills  Regional    . 

West  Homestead    

West  Lampeter 

Township 

West  Lawn    

West  Mahanoy 

Township   

West  Manchester 

Township   

West  Manheim 

Township   

West  Middlesex   

West  Newton  

West  Nomton 

Township   

West  Pittston    

West  Pottsgrove 

Township   

West  Reading    

""'est  Roclchill 

Township   

West  Taylor  Township 
Westtown  Township    . , 

West  View    

West  Whiteland 

Township   

West  Wyoming  

West  York   

Wheatland    

Whitehall  

Whitehall  Township    .. 

e  Haven    

Whitemarsh  Township 

"'    e  Oak   

Whitpain  Township  . . . 
Wilkes  Barre 

Township   

Wilkinsburg  

Wilkins  Township  

Williamsburg    

Willistown  Township    . 

Wilmerding    

Wilson    

Windber  

Wind  Gap    

Windsor   


Wormleysburg   .... 

WrightsviUe    

Wyoming  

Wyomissing   

Wyomissing  Hills 

Yardley    

Yeadon  

York  Township  ... 

Youngsville    

Youngwood   

Zelienople  

Zerbe   


RHODE  ISLAND 

Bamngton    

Bristol    

llvUle  

Central  Falls    

Charlestown    


RHODE  ISLAND- 


East  Greenwich    . 

Foster    

Glocesler  

Hopkinton    

Jamestown    

Johnston    

Lincoln   

Little  Compton  .. 
Middletown   

New  Shoreham  .. 
North  Kingstown 
North  Smithfield 

Portsmouth    

Scituate    

Smithfield    

South  Kingstown 

Warren    

Westerly  

West  Greenwich  . 
Wyoming  


SOUTH  CAROLINA 


Abbeville  . 
Allendale  . 
Andrews 
Bamberg  . 
Barnwell  . 
Batesburg 
Beaufort  . . 
Bellon    .... 


Bishopville    — 

Blackv.lle    

Calhoun  Falls 

Camden    

Campobeilo   . . . 

Cayce    

Central  City    .. 

Cheraw     

Chesnee    

Chester   

Chesterfield    ... 

City  View  

Clemson  

Clinton    

Clover   

Darlington    — 

Denmark   

Donalds   

Duncan    

Easlover  

Edgefield   

Estill  


Eutawville  

Folly  Beach    . 

Fort  Mill  

Fountain  Inn 

Gaffney    

Gaston    

Georgetown  .. 
Goose  Creek  . 
Great  Falls  .. 
GreeleyviUe    . . 

Hampton  


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 


Total  police  employees 


City  by  State 


SOUTH  CAROLINA- 


Hanahan    

Hardeeville  

Hartsville  

Heath  Springs   

Holly  Hill  

Honea  Path  

Inman   

Iva  

Johnsonville  

Jonesville  

Kershaw  

Lake  City  

Lakeview  

Lamar  

Lancaster    

Landrura  

LatU    

Laurens    

Leesville  

Lexington   

Liberty    

Lyman    

Marion   

Mauldin  

McBee  

McCormick   

Moncks  Comer    .... 
Mount  Pleasant   .... 

Myrtle  Beach  

Newberry    

New  Ellenton  

Norris   

North  Augusta    

North  Myrtle  Beach 

Olanta  

Orangeburg   

Pacolet   

Pageland    

Pendleton   

Pickens   

Pine  Ridge  

Port  Royal  

Prosperity    

Ridge  Spring    

Ridgeway    

Saint  Matthews  

Saint  Stephens  

Saluda  

Santee   

Simpsonville    

Society  Hill  

South  Congaree   .... 

Surfside  Beach    

Timmonsville    

Travelers  Rest   

Turbeville 

Wagenei 

Walterboro 

West  Columbia 

Westminster 

West  Union 

Whitmire 

Williamslon 

Willislon 

Winnsboro 

York  .. 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Brookings 

Canton    

Deadwood    

Fort  Pierre  

Hot  Springs  

Huron   

Lead  

Madison  

MitcheU    

Mobridge    

Pierre  

Redfield  

Sisseton    

Spearfish    

Sturgis  

Vermillion  

Watertown    

Woonsocket   

Yankton  

TENNESSEE 

Adamsville   

Alamo  

Alcoa  

Algood   

Ardmore    

Ashland  City    

Baileyton   

Bartlett   

Baxter    

Bells    

Bolivar    

Brentwood    

Bristol    

Brownsville    

Bruceton    

Bulls  Gap  

Camden    

Carthage    

Caryville    

Centerville    

Church  Hill  

Cleveland    

Clinton    

CoUegedale    

CoUierville    

Collinwood  

Columbia    

Cookeville  

Comersville    

Covington   

Crossville  

Cumberland  Gap    — 

Dandridge    

Dayton   

Decatur    

Decalurville   

Decherd   

Dickson    

Dresden    

Dyer  

Dyersburg  

East  Ridge  

Elizabethton    

Elkton  

Englewood   

Erwin  

Estill  Springs   


6 

,■ 

3 

6 

1 

26 

1 

7 

14 

1 

25 

2 

6 

4 

23 

4 

6 

7 

4 

13 

5 

15 

5 

27 

2 

18 

7 

^ 

21 

1 

4 

26 

6 

23 

5 

13 

5 

17 

1 

49 

4 

15 

5 

1 

10 

2 

1 

2 

12 

1 

46 

5 

9 

2 

22 

2 

41 

6 

44 

3 

20 

1 
1 

15 

3 

10 

1 

10 

1 

17 

1 

1 

36 

5 

27 

3 

TENNESSEE-Con. 

Fairview  

Fayetteville    

Franklin  

Gallatin    

Gallaway 

Gates   

Gatlinburg    

Germantown   

Gleason    

Goodlettsville    

Grand  Junction    

Greeneville  

Halls    

Harriman    

Hartsville  

Henderson    

Hendersonville  

Hohenwald  

Hollow  Rock    

Humboldt   

Huntingdon   

Huntland  

Iron  City  

Jacksboro    

Jasper    

Jefferson  City    

Jellico    

Jonesboro    

Kenton    

Kimball    

Kingston    

Lafayette   

La  Follette  

Lake  City   

La  Vergnc    

Lawrenceburg  

Lebanon    

Lenoir  City    

Lewisburg   

Lexington    

Livingston  

Loretlo    

Loudon  

Manchester    

Martin  

Maryville  

Mason  

McKenzie  

McEwen    

McMinnviUe  

Middleton  

MUan  

Millington  

Minor  Hill   

Monterey  

Morristown    

Moscow    

Mount  Carmel    

Mount  Juliet    

Mount  Pleasant    

Newbem    

Newport  

New  Tazewell    

Norris    

Obion    

Oliver  Springs    

Paris   

Parsons  

Pigeon  Forge   

Pikeville   

Portland  


Table  61.— Number  of  FuU-tiiiie  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Male      Female 


Total  polic 


TEXAS-CoB. 

Belton    

Benbrook    

Beverly  HiUs    

Big  Lake   

Blanco  

Blue  Mound   

Bonham   

Bowie    

Brady  

Breckenridge   

Brenham    

Bridge  City    

Bridgeport    

Brookshire    

Brownfield    

Brownwood    

Burkbumett   

Burleson  

Burnet   

Caldwell  

Cameron    

Canton    

Carthage    

Castle  Hills    

Cedar  Hill    

Cedar  Park    

Center   

Childress   

Clarendon  

Clarksville  

Cleburne    

Cleveland    

Clifton  

Clute    

Cockrell  Hill  

Coleman 

Colleyville  

Colorado  City    

Columbus    

Comanche    

Converse    

Conroe    

Corsicana    

Crowley    

Daingerfield  

Dalhart  

Dayton   

Decatur    

Deer  Park    

De  Kalb    

Denver  City    

De  Soto  

Devine    

Diboll    

Dimmitt  

Dublm    

DuncanviUe   

Eagle  Pass   

Eastland  

Edinburg   

Edna    

EI  Campo  

Electra    


TEXAS-Con. 

Ennis   

Everman    

Falfurrias    

Farmersville  

Flower  Mound    

Forest  Hill   

Fort  Gates   

Fort  Stockton    

Fredericksburg  

Freeport  

Fnendswood  

Fnona   

Gainesville    

Galena  Park   

Gatesville    

Georgetown   

Gladewater  

Gonzales   

Graham    

Granbury    

Grand  Saline   

Grapevine  

Greenville   

Groesbeck  

Gruver    

Gun  Barrel    

Hallettsville   

Hamlin   

Harker  Heights  

Haskell   

Henderson    

Hereford    

Hewitt  

Highland  Park  

Hillsboro   

Hitchcock   

Hollywood  Park  .... 

Hooks   

Humble    

Hutchins    

Idalou    

Ingleside    

Iowa  Park    

Jacinto  City    

Jacksboro    

Jacksonville    

Jamaica  Beach    

Jefferson    

Joshua  

Katy  

Keene    

Keller    

Kennedale    

KerrvUle  

Kilgore   

Kirby  

Kountzfi  

La  Feria    

Joya    

Lake  Dallas    

Lake  Jackson   

Lakeway  Village    ... 


277 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employei 


Total  polic 


City  by  Stat< 


TEXAS-Con. 

Lake  Worth    

La  Marque    

Lamesa  

Lampasas    

Lancaster    

La  Porte   

League  City    

Leon  Valley    

Levelland    

Lewisville    

Liberty    

Liltlefield  

Live  Oak  

Livingston  

Lockhart    

Lockney  

Lone  Star   

Los  Fresnos    

Luling   

Madisonville   

Malakoff  

Mansfield    

Marble  Falls  

Marfa    

Marlin  

Mathis  

McKinney    

Memphis   

Mercedes  

Merkel    

Mexia    

Midlothian  

Mineral  Wells   

Mission  

Missouri  City  

Monahans  

Mount  Pleasant    

Muleshoe  

Monday  

Naples  

Navasota  

Nederland  

Needville   

New  Boston    

New  Braunfels    

Nocona    

Nolanvilie   

North  Richland  Hills 

Olmos  Park  

OIney  

Olton   

Overton    

Paducah  

Palacios    

Palestine    

Pantego    

Pearland    

Pearsall  

Pecos   

Perryton  

Pharr   

Pilot  Point  

Pittsburg    

Pleasanton    

Port  Aransas    

Port  Isabel  

Portland  

Port  Lavaca    

Port  Neches    

Premont  

Princeton  


TEXAS— Con. 

Ranger    

Raymondville   

Richland  Hills  

Richmond   

Richwood    

River  Oaks    

Robinson  

Robstown    

Rockdale   

Rockport   — 

Rockwall    

Rollingwood    

Rosebud  

Rosenberg  

Round  Rock  

Rowlett  

Royse  City  

Rusk  

Saginaw    

San  Benito  

San  Juan  

San  Saba  

Sansom  Park  Village 

Schertz    

Seabrook    

Seagraves  

Sealy    

Seguin   

Selma  

Seminole    

Seven  Points  

Shallowater    

Shamrock    

Sinton    

Slaton    

Smithville    

Snyder  

Sonora    

South  Houston    

Southlake    

South  Padre  Island    . 

Spearman    

Spring  Valley   

Spur    

Stafford    

Stamford    

Slephenville   

Sugarland   

Sulphur  Springs    

Sweeny    

Sweetwater  

Taylor   

Terrell    

Terrell  Hills    

The  Colony  

Tomball    

Troup    

Tulia    

Universal  City  

University  Park    

Uvalde    

Valley  Mills    

Van   

Van  Horn  

Vernon    

Vidor   

Village  

Wake  ViUage    

Watauga    

Waxahachie  


TEXAS-Con. 

Weatherford    

Webster    

Weslaco    

West  

West  Columbia  

West  Lake  Hills  

West  Orange    

Westover  Hills    

West  University  Place 

Westworth    

Wharton    

Whitehouse    

White  Oak   

Whitesboro    

White  Settlement  

Wilmer    

Windcrest    

Winnsboro    

Winters  

Woodville    

Woodway    

Wylie   

Yoakum  

Yorktown    

UTAH 

American  Fork  

Beaver  

Blanding    

Brigham  City    

Castle  Dale' 

Cedar  City  

Centerville    

Clearfield    

Clinton    

Draper    

East  Carbon    

East  Layton    

Ephraim  

Fa 

Gu 
Ha 
Heber  City    ... 

Helper   

Hurricane    

Hyde  Park    

Hyrum    

Kanob  

Kaysville    

L^y<°n    

Uhi    

Manti    

Maplelon  

Midvale    

Moab  

Morgan  City  . . . 
Mount  Pleasant 
North  Ogden  .. 
North  Salt  Uke 

Panquitch    

Park  City    

Parowan  

Payson    

Pleasant  Grove 
Pleasant  View    . 

Price  

Richfield    

Riverdale  


278 


of  Full-tliiie  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Cities  with  Population  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Tola]  police  employee: 
Total       Male      Female 


City  by  State 


Total  police  employees 


Male     Female 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


Clifton  Forge   .... 

Coebum  

Colonial  Beach   .. 
Colonial  Heights 

Courtland    

Covington   


Culpeper 


Dan 

Dayton   

Dubhn    

Dumfries   

Elkton   

Emporia  

Fairfax  City  ... 
Falls  Church  .. 
Farmville  

Fredericksburg  . 

Front  Royal    ... 

Galax  

Glade  Spring  .. 
Gordonsville    . . . 

Grundy  

Halifax    

Harrisonburg    . . 

Haysi   

Hemdon    

HUlsville    

Hopewell   

Kenbridge  

Lawrenceville   . . 

Lebanon    

Leesburg    

Lexington    

Luray  

Manassas  

Manassas  Park 

Manon    

Martinsville    

Middleburg  . . . . 
Middletown  .... 
Jackson 

Narrows  

New  Market  ... 
Norton    

Pearisburg  

Pocahontas  

Poquoson    

Pound   

Pulaski    

Purcellville    

Radford   

Richlands    

Rocky  Mount    . 

Samt  Paul    

Salem  

Saltville  

thfield   

South  Boston   .. 

South  Hill    

Sunley    

Staunton    

Stephens  City  .. 


VIHGINU-Con. 


Strasburg  

Tappahannock 

Tazewell  

Victoria    

Vinton  

Waynesboro  . . 
Williamsburg  . 
Winchester  .... 


Wise   

Woodstock   

WytheviUe    

WASHINGTON 

Aberdeen  

Anacortes    

Auburn  

Battle  Ground  

Blaine    

Bonney  I-ake    

Bothell    

Brier  

Buckley    

Burhngton    

Camas  

Castle  Rock    

Centralia    

Chehalis   

Chewelah    

Clarkston  

Qe  Blum    

Clyde  Hill  Town  . . . . 

Colfax   

College  Place   

ColviUe  

Connell  

Cosraopohs    

Dayton   

Des  Moines  

Ellensburg  

Enumclaw  

Ephrata    

Fircrest  

Grand  Coulee    

Grandview    

Hoquiam   

Issaquah  

Kelso   

Kent  

Kirkland    

Lacey  

Lynden   

Lynnwood    

MarysviUe  

McCleary    

Medma  

Mercer  Island    

Milton  

Monroe    

Montesano   

Moses  Lake    

Mountlake  Terrace  .. 

Mount  Vernon    

Normandy  Park   

Oak  Harbor    

Ocean  Shores  

Orting   


279 


Table  61.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforeement  Employees,  Cities  with  Populatioo  under  2S,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


City  by  State 


Total  police  employe 


Total  police  employees 


WASHINCTON- 


Othello    

Pacific  

Pasco   

Port  Angeles  

Port  Orchard    

Port  Townsend  

Prosser    

Pullman   

Puyallup  

Quincy    

Raymond    

Redmond    

Ridgefield  

Sedro  WooUey  

Selah    

Sequim   

Shelton   

Snohomish   

South  Bend  

Steilacoom   

Sumner  

Sunnyside   

Toppenish  

Tukwila    

Tumwater  

Waitsburg  

Walla  Walla   

Wapato  

Wenatchee   

Weslport   

Woodland  

WEST  VIRGINU 

Alderson    

Anawalt   

Anmoore   

Ansted    

Athens    

Barboursville  

Beckley  

Belington  

Belle  

Benwood   

Berkeley  Springs    .... 

Bethlehem  

Bluefield    

Bramwell  

Bridgeport    

Buckhannon    

Bumsville    

Cairo   

Cameron   

Cedar  Grove    

Ceredo    

Chapmanville   

Charles  Town    

Chesapeake    

Chester  

Clarksburg  

Clay    

Clendenin   

Cowen  

Davy    

Delbarton   

Dunbar  

East  Bank    

Eleanor  

Elizabeth   

Elk  Garden  


WEST  VIRGINU- 


WEST  VTRGINIA- 


Elkins    

Fairview 

Farmington    

Fayetteville    

Flemington  

FoUansbee    

Fort  Gay    

Franklin  

Friendly   

Gary  

Gassaway    

Gilbert    

Glasgow  

Glen  Dale    

GlenviUe    

Grafton    

Granttown    

Grantsville    

Hamlin   

Hartford    

Henderson    

Hinton    

Hundred    

Hurricane    

Kenova  

Kermit    

Keystone   

KimbaU    

Kingwood  

Leon  

Lester    

Lewisburg   

Logan    

Lost  Creek  

Lumberport    

Mabscott   

Madison  

Man    

Manmngton  

Marlinton    

Marmet    

Martmsburg  

Mason  

Matewan   

Matoaka    

McMechen  

Meadow  Bridge    . 
Middleboume  .... 

Mill  Creek    

Milton  

Monongah    

Montgomery   

Moorefield   

Moundsville  

Mount  Hope    .... 

Mullens    

Newburg    

New  Cumberland 

New  Haven  

New  Martinsville 

Nitro    

Northfork    

Nutter  Fort   

Oak  Hill    

Oceana   

Osage  

Paden  City    


34 

29 

15 

11 

24 

19 

13 

12 

16 

13 

12 

Parsons  

Paw  Paw   

Pax    

Pennsboro  

Petersburg  

Philippi   

Piedmont  

Pine  Grove    

Pineville   

Point  Pleasant   

Rainelle    

Ranson   

Ravenswood    

Rhodell  

Rjchwood    

Ridgeley  

Ripley    

Rivesville  

Romney    

Ronceverte  

Saint  Albans  

Saint  Marys    

Salem  

Shepherdstown    

Shinnston    

SistersviUe  

Smilhers  

Sophia  

South  Charleston  

Spencer  

Star  City    

Stonewood    

SummersviUe  

Sutton   

Terra  Alta    

Union    

Valley  Grove    

Vienna    

War    

Wardensville    

Wayne  

Webster  Springs  

Welch    

Wellsburg    

West  Liberty    

West  Milford    

Weston    

Westover   

West  Umon    

Whitesville   

White  Sulphur  Springs 

Williamson   

Williamstown 

Worthington    


WISCONSIN 

Algoma  

Altoona    

Ashland    

Baraboo   

Bayside  

Beaver  Dam    

Beloit  Town    

Beriin  

Black  River  FaUs    . 
Bloomer   


280 


Table  61.— Number  of  FuU-ttme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  aties  with  Populatioa  under  25,000,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 


City  by 


Total  police  employees 


City  by  State 


Total  police  i 


WISCONSIN-Con. 

Menasha    

Menasha  Town  

Menomonie    

Mequon    

Memll  

Middleton  

Milton  

Mineral  Point    

Minocqua   

Monona  

Monroe    

Montello   

Mosinee   

Mount  Pleasant  Town 

Mukwonago    

Muskego    

Neenah  

Neillsville    

New  Holstein  

New  Lisbon    

New  London    

New  Richmond    

North  Fond  du  Lac   .. 

Oak  Creek   

Oconomowoc   

Oconomowoc  Town    .. 

Oconto   

Oconto  Falls    

Onalaska   

Oregon   

Park  Falls    

Peshtigo   

Pewaiiee    

Platteville    

Plymouth  

Portage  

Port  Washijgton    

Prairie  du  Chien   

Prescott    

Reedsburg  

Rhinelander  

Rice  Lake  

Richland  Center  

Ripon    

River  Falls  

Rothschild    

Saint  Francis    

Sauk  Prairie    

Schofield   

Shawano    

Sheboygan  Falls  

Shorewood   

Shorewood  Hills    

South  Milwaukee    

Sparta    

Stanley    

Stevens  Point   


WISCONSIN— Con. 

Stoddard   

Stoughton   

Stiu-geon  Bay  

Sturtevant  

Summit  Town    

Sun  Prairie    

Thicnsville    

Tomah    

Tomahawk   

Town  Of 

Oconomowoc 

Twin  Lakes  

Two  Rivers   

Union  Grove   

Washburn  

Waterloo   

Watertown   

Waupaca  

Waupun  

West  Bend  

West  Milwaukee    

Weston   

Whitefish  Bay   

Whitewater  

Wisconsin  Dells   

Wisconsin  Rapids  

WYOMING 

Afton  

Basin   

BuiTalo   

Cody    

Douglas   

Evanston   

Gillette   

Glenrock   

Green  River   

Greybull    

Guernsey  

Jackson    

Lander    

Lusk  

Medicine  Bow   

Mills  

Pine  Bluffs  

Powell   

RawUns    

Riverton  

Rock  Springs    

Saratoga  

Sheridan    

ThermopoUs    

Torrington    

Wheatland    

Worland  


281 


Table  62.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Universities  and  Colleges,  October  31, 


Total  Police  Employees 
Total       Male      Female 


iity/College 


Auburn  Umversity,  Alabama    

University  of  Alabama,  Birmmgham    . . . . 

Arizona  State  University    

Arizona  Western  College  

Central  Arizona  College  

Eastern  Arizona  College    

Northern  Arizona  University    

Pima  Community  College,  Arizona    

University  of  Arizona    

University  of  Arkansas   

California  State  College: 

Bakersfield   

Dominguez  Hills    

San  Bernardino    

Sonoma    

California  State  Polytechnic  University: 

Pomona   

San  Luis  Obispo   

California  State  University: 

Chico  

Fresno  

FuUerton   

Hayward   

Long  Beach    

Los  Angeles   

Northridge   

Sacramento    

San  Diego    

San  Francisco    

San  Jose    

Humboldt  State  University,  California  . 
University  of  California: 

Berkeley  

Davis   

Irvine  

Los  Angeles   

Riverside  

San  Diego    

San  Francisco   

Santa  Barbara   

Santa  Cruz    

Adams  Stale  College.  Colorado    

Colorado  State  University    

University  of  Colordo,  Colorado  Spnngs 

Central  Connecticut  State  College    

University  of  Connecticut  

Florida  A  &  M  University    

Florida  Atlantic  University    

Florida  International  University  

Florida  State  University  

University  of  Central  Florida    

University  of  Florida   

University  of  North  Florida    

University  of  South  Florida    

University  of  West  Florida    

Clayton  Junior  College,  Georgia    

Columbus  College,  Georgia  

Georgia  College   

Georgia  Institute  of  Technology    

Georgia  State  University   

Medical  College  of  Georgia    

Middle  Georgia  College  

University  of  Georgia    

Valdosta  State  College,  Georgia  

West  Georgia  College    

Black  Hawk  College,  Illinois    

Chicago  Stale  College.  Illinois  

Eastern  Ilhnois  University    

Governors  Slate  University,  Illinois  

Illinois  Central  College   

Illinois  State  University    

John  A.  Logan  College,  Illinois  


Lake  County  College,  Illinois    

Lewis  and  Clark  Commumity  College,  Illinois 

Loyola  University  of  Chicago,  Illinois  

Moraine  Valley  Conununity  College,  Illinois    .. 

Morton  Junior  College,  Illinois  

Northeastern  Ilhnois  University    

Northern  Ilhnois  University    

Oakton  Community  College,  Ilhnois  

Rock  Valley  College,  Illinois    

Sangamon  State  University,  Ilhnois   

Southern  Illinois  University: 

Carbondale    

Edwardsville    

State  Community  College  of  East  Saint  Louis, 


Thornton  Community  College,  Ilhnois    

Triton  College,  Illinois    

Jefferson    

Johnson    

University  of  Illinois: 

Chicago    

Urbana 

Waubonsee  College.  Illinois  

Western  Illinois  University  

Wilham  Rainey  Harper  College,  Illinois  ... 
Indiana  University: 

Bloomington   

Indianapohs    

New  Albany  

South  Bend  

Iowa  State  University    

ersity  of  Iowa  

Fort  Hays  State  University,  Kansas   

Kansas  State  University,  Manhattan  

Pittsburg  State  University,  Kansas   

University  of  Kansas   

University  of  Kansas,  Medical  Center    

Wichita  State  Univeristy,  Kansas    

Eastern  Kentucky  University    

Jefferson  Community  College,  Kentucky   ... 

Morehead  State  University,  Kentucky   

Northern  Kentucky  State  University  

University  of  Kentucky    

University  of  Louisville,  Kentucky  

Western  Kentucky  University    .. 

Louisiana  State  University    

Southeastern  Louisiana  University 
University  of  Maine,  Orono   .... 
University  of  Southern  Maine  .. 
Bowie  Slate  College,  Maryland  . 
Frostburg  State  College,  Maryland 
Morgan  State  University,  Maryland 
Saint  Mary's  College  of  Maryland 
Salisbury  State  College,  Maryland 
Towson  Slate  University,  Maryland 
University  of  Baltimore,  Maryland 
University  of  Maryland: 

Baltimore  City    

Baltimore  County   

College  Park  

Eastern  Shore    

Bentley  College,  Massachusetts  . 
Boston  College,  Massachusetts    . 
Boston  University,  Massachusetts 
Brandeis  University,  Massachusetts 
Clark  University,  Massachusetts 
Fitchburg  State  College,  Massachusetts 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology 
North  Adams  Slate  College,  Massachusetts 
Northeastern  University,  Massachusetts 
Spnngfield  College,  Massachusetts 
Tufts  University,  Massachusetts   


282 


Table  62.— Number  of  FuU-ttme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Univenities  and  Colleges,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


University /College 


Total  Police  Employei 


University/College 


Total  Police  Employees 
Total       Male      Female 


University  of  Massachusetts: 

Amherst   

Wellesley  College,  Massachusetts  

Wentworth  Institute,  Massachusetts  

Westfield  State  College,  Massachusetts    

Worcester  Slate  College,  Massachusetts    

Central  Michigan  University  

Delta  College,  Michigan    

Eastern  Michigan  University    

Ferns  State  College.  Michigan    

Grand  Valley  Stale  College,  Michigan    

Lansing  Community  College,  Michigan    

Michigan  State  University    

Michigan  Technological  University    

Northern  Michigan  University  

Oakland  University.  Michigan  

Saginaw  Valley  State  College,  Michigan    

Western  Michigan  Umversity  

University  of  Minnesota    

Mississippi  Stale  University  

University  of  Mississippi    

University  of  Missouri: 

Columbia    

Saint  Louis    

University  of  Nebraska,  Lincoln    

University  of  Nevada,  Reno  

University  of  New  Hampshire  

Brookdale  Community  College,  New  Jersey    .... 

Burlington  County  College.  New  Jersey  

Glassboro  Stale  College,  New  Jersey   

Kean  College,  New  Jersey   

Middlesex  County  College,  New  Jersey    

Monmouth  College,  New  Jersey    

Montciair  State  College,  New  Jersey    

Rutgers  University,  New  Jersey    

Stockton  State  College,  New  Jersey    

Trenton  Slate  College,  New  Jersey    

William  Palerson  College,  New  Jersey    

Eastern  New  Mexico  University    

New  Mexico  Stale  University    

University  of  New  Mexico    

Western  New  Mexico  University  

Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  New  York    .... 
Appalachian  Slate  University,  North  Carolina    . 

East  Carolina  University,  North  Carohna  

North  Carohna  A  &  T  University  

North  Carolina  Central  Umversity  

North  Carolina  Stale  University    

Pembroke  Stale  University.  North  Carolina    .... 
University  of  North  Carolina: 

Chapel  Hill    

Charlotte   

Greensboro 

Wilmington    

Winston-Salem  Stale  University,  North  Carohna 

Cleveland  State  University,  Ohio    

Kent  Slate  University,  Ohio   

Miami  Umversity,  Ohio   

Ohio  State  University    

Wright  State  University,  Ohio  

Central  Stale  University,  Oklahoma    

Northeastern  Oklahoma  State  University  

Oklahoma  State  University    

Putnam  City  Campus,  Oklahoma    

University  of  Oklahoma  

University  of  Oklahoma,  Health  Sciences 

Center   

Oregon  State  University  

Bloomsburg  State  College,  Pennsylvania    

California  Stale  College,  Pennsylvania  

Cheyney  State  College,  Pennsylvania    

Clarion  State  College,  Pennsylvania    

East  Stroudsburg  State  College,  Pennsylvania    .. 


Edinboro  State  College,  Pennsylvania    

Elizabethtown  College,  Pennsylvania  

Indiana  University  of  Pennsylvania  

Lincoln  University,  Pennsylvania  

Lock  Haven  State  College,  Pennsylvania  

Pennsylvania  State  University: 

Altoona  Campus   

Behrend  College    

Capitol  Campus   

McKeesport  Campus 

University  Park    

Seton  Hill  College.  Pennsylvania  

Shippensburg  Slate  College,  Pennsylvania  

Slippery  Rock  State  College,  Pennsylvania  

West  Chester  Stale  College,  Pennsylvania  

University  of  South  Carolina   

Austin  Peay  State  University,  Tennessee   

East  Tennessee  Stale  Umversity  

Middle  Tennessee  Stale  University    

Tennessee  Technological  University  

University  of  Tennessee: 

KnoxviUe    

Martin    

Memphis   

Baylor  Umversity.  Texas   

Eastfield  College,  Texas   

East  Texas  State  University    

Lamar  Umversity,  Texas   

Midwestern  Slate  University,  Texas    

Moody  College,  Texas  

North  Texas  Stale  University    

Pan  American  University,  Texas   

Southern  Methodist  University,  Texas  

Southwest  Texas  Slate  University   

Stephen  F.  Austin  Stale  University,  Texas    

Sul  Ross  State  LIniversity,  Texas    

Texas  A  &  M  University    

Texas  Christian  University   

Texas  State  Technical  Institute  

Texas  Technological  University    

University  of  Houston.  Texas    

Umversity  of  Texas: 

Arhngton  

Dallas    

El  Paso    

Penman  Basin  

San  Antonio  

University  of  Texas  Health  Science  Center, 

San  Antomo    

University  of  Texas  Medical  Branch,  Galveston 
University  of  Texas  Southwest  Medical  School. 

Dallas  

Bngham  Young  University.  Utah    

University  of  Utah    

LItah  Technical  College.  Provo  

Weber  State  CoUege,  Utah    

College  of  William  and  Mary,  Virginia    

James  Madison  Umversity,  Virginia    

Longwood  College,  Virginia    

Mary  Washington  College,  Virginia  

Radford  College.  Virgima   

University  of  Richmond,  Virginia  

University  of  Virginia    

Virginia  Commonwealth  University   

Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute  and  State 

University    

Central  Washmgton  State  College    

Washmgton  State  University  

Bluefield  State  CoUege,  West  Virginia  

Concord  College,  West  Virginia  

Glenville  State  College,  West  Virginia  

Marshal]  University,  West  Virginia    


283 


Table  62.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Universities  and  Colleges,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


University/College 

Total  Police  Employees 

University/College 

Total  Police  Employees 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

3 
4 
17 
10 
34 

10 

88 

31 

9 
76 

Milwaukee 
Oshkosh 
Parkside 
River  Falls 
Whitewater 
University  of  Wyoming 

31 

26 

West  Liberty  State  College.  West  Virgima  

3 
3 

12 

West  Virginia  University                       

University  of  Wisconsin: 

Madison                                       

284 


Table  63.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Suburban  Counties,  October  31, 


Tolal  poli( 


305 

222 

72 

60 

004 

773 

160 

132 

676 

501 

895 

704 

881 

686 

037 

811 

387 

301 

343 

282 

Male     Female 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male      Female 


DELAWARE 

New  Castle    

FLORIDA 

Alachua    

Baker   

Bay    

Brevard    

Broward  

Clay    

Dade    

Escambia  

Hillsborough   

Lee    

Leon  

Manatee  

Nassau    

Orange    

Osceola  

Palm  Beach  

Pinellas  

Polk    

Samt  Johns    

Santa  Rosa    

Sarasota   

Seminole    

Volusia   

Wakulla   

GEORGIA 

Bibb   

Butts    

Chatham    

Chatham  Police 

Department    

Chattahoochee  

Cherokee   

Clayton  

Clayton  Police 

Department    

Cobb    

Cobb  Pohce 

Department    

Columbia    

Dade    

De  Kalb    

De  Kalb  PoUce 

Department    

Dougherty    

Dougherty  Pohce 

Department    

Douglas    

Effingham  

Fayette   

Forsyth  

Fulton   

Fulton  Police 

Department    

Gwinnett   

Gwirmett  Pohce 

Department    

Henry    

Henry  PoUce 

Department    

Houston  

Jones    


GEORGU-a 

Newton    

Richmond  

Rockdale  

Twiggs    

Walker    

Walton    

IDAHO 

Ada  

ILLINOIS 

Champaign  

Clinton    

Cook    

Du  Page    

Henry    

Kane    

Kankakee    

Macon    

Madison  

McHenry  

McLean    

Menard    

Monroe    

Rock  Island    

Saint  Clair  

Sangamon  

Tazewell  

Will  

Winnebago  

Woodford   

INDIANA 

Adams    

Allen    

Clark    

Clay    

Dearborn  

De  Kalb    

Royd  

Gibson    

Hamilton  

Hancock    

Hendricks   

Howard    

Johnson    

Lake  

Madison  

Marion    

Marshall    

Monroe    

Morgan    

Porter    

Saint  Joseph   

Shelby   

Sullivan    

Tippecanoe    

Tipton  

Vanderburgh  

Vermillion  

Vigo    

Warrick    

Wells   


Table  63.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Suburban  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 


County  by  State 


Total  police  employees 

Total 

Male 

Female  1 

33 

9 

81 

69 

12 

26 

24 

2 

550 

479 

71 

36 

30 

6 

1,336 

1,212 

124 

24 

23 

1 

24 

21 

3 

85 

74 

11 

129 

113 

16 

14 

10 

4 

197 

157 

40 

70 

58 

12 

922 

774 

148 

122 

100 

22 

1.103 

896 

207 

37 

26 

11 

122 

92 

30 

67 

57 

10 

35 

29 

6 

91 

75 

16 

157 

127 

30 

156 

127 

29 

27 

20 

7 

66 

52 

14 

162 

119 

43 

258 

220 

38 

56 

46 

10 

63 

51 

12 

250 

226 

24 

115 

98 

17 

92 

70 

22 

339 

268 

71 

32 

26 

6 

80 

65 

15 

123 

92 

31 

70 

58 

12 

40 

33 

7 

25 

20 

5 

247 

181 

66 

823 

705 

118 

74 

63 

11 

10 

6 

4 

41 

36 

5 

31 

22 

9 

28 

22 

6 

53 

42 

11 

356 

296 

60 

48 

44 

4 

19 

18 

1 

206 

169 

37 

127 

105 

22 

48 

39 

9 

18 

16 

2 

IOWA 

Black  Hawk    

Dubuque   

Linn    

Polk    

Pottawattamie    .... 

Scott  

Warren   

Woodbury    

KANSAS 

Butler    

Douglas    

Jefferson    

Johnson    

Osage  

Sedgwick   

Shawnee  

Wyandotte    

KENTUCKY 

Boone    

Boone  Police 

Department    .... 

Bourbon  

Boyd    

Bulhtt    

Bullitt  Police 

Department    — 

Campbell  

Campbell  Police 

Department    .... 

ChnsUan    

Chnstian  Police 

Department  .... 
Clark    

Greenup  

Henderson    

Jefferson  Police 

Department    .... 

Jessamine    

Kenton  Police 

Department    .... 

Oldham    

Oldham  Police 

Department    .... 

Scott  

Woodford   

Woodford  Police 

Department    .... 

LOUISIANA 

Ascension    

Bossier    

Caddo   

Calcasieu  

East  Baton  Rouge 

Grant  

Lafayette   

Livingston  

Ouachita    

Rapides    

Saint  Bernard    

Saint  Tammany    .. 

Webster    

West  Baton  Rouge 


MAINE 

Androscoggin    

Cumberland  

MARYLAND 

Anne  Arundel   

Anne  Arundel  Police 

Department    

Baltimore    

Baltimore  Police 

Department    

Carroll    

Cecil  

Charles   

Harford    

Howard    

Howard  Police 

Department    

Montgomery    

Montgomery  Police 

Department    

Prince  Georges    

Prince  Georges  Polict 

Department    

MICHIGAN 

Barry    

Bay 

Calhoun 

Clinton 

Ingham 

Ionia 

Jackson 

Kalamazoo 

Kent 

Lapeer 

Macomb 

Muskegon 
Oakland 
Oceana 
Ottawa 

Saint  Clair 
Shiawassee 
Van  Buren 

Washtenaw     

Wayne  

MINNESOTA 

Anoka  

Carver 

Chisago 

Clay 

Dakota 

Hennepm 

Olmsted 

Polk 

Ramsey 

Saint  Louis 

Scott 

Sherburne 


MINNESOTA-Con. 

Steams    

Washington    

Wnght  

MISSISSIPPI 

De  Soto  

Hancock    

Harrison    

Hinds  

Jackson    

Rankin    

Stone    

MISSOURI 

Andrew    

Boone    

Buchanan    

Cass    

Chnstian    

Clay    

Franklin  

Jackson    

Jefferson    

Platte  

Ray  

Sami  Charles    

Saint  Louis  PoUcc 
Department    

MONTANA 

Cascade   

Yellowstone   

NEBRASKA 

Dakou   

Douglas    

Uncaster    

Sarpy   

NEVADA 

Washoe    

NEW  JERSEY 

Atlantic    

Atlantic  Prosecutor    ... 

Bergen  Police 

Department    

rgen  Prosecutor  

Burlington    

BurUngton  Prosecutor 

Camden    

Camden  Prosecutor    . . . 

Cumberland  

Cumberland  Prosecutor 

Essex    

Essex  Prosecutor    

Gloucester    

Gloucester  Prosecutor 
Hudson    


286 


Table  63.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforeement  Employees,  Suburban  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total 

pol.ce  en 

ployees 

Total 

Male 

Female 

91 

81 

10 

156 

109 

47 

90 

62 

28 

81 

45 

36 

185 

140 

45 

133 

87 

46 

122 

103 

19 

23 

20 

3 

130 

86 

44 

70 

41 

29 

239 

189 

50 

147 

102 

45 

39 
11 

35 

5 

4 
6 

79 

65 

14 

53 

31 

22 

202 

167 

35 

167 

96 

71 

4 

3 

1 

9 

6 

3 

159 

115 

44 

96 

85 

11 

452 

417 

35 

20 

16 

4 

43 

39 

4 

15 

11 

4 

412 

358 

54 

23 

18 

5 

4,091 

3.766 

325 

408 

346 

62 

24 

24 

51 

44 

7 

52 

43 

9 

39 

37 

2 

53 

41 

12 

41 

34 

7 

423 

377 

46 

2,875 

2,636 

239 

48 

39 

9 

58 

46 

12 

179 

149 

30 

53 

44 

9 

42 

35 

7 

131 

121 

10 

232 

182 

50 

13 

10 

3 

72 

56 

16 

67 

61 

6 

148 

116 

32 

68 

60 

g 

185 

165 

20 

4 

3 

1 

125 

120 

5 

91 

79 

12 

38 

36 

2 

50 

39 

11 

19 

16 

3 

50 

43 

7 

107 

95 

12 

20 

16 

4 

County  by  State 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


County  by  State 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male      Female 


NORTH  DAKOTA 

Cass    

Grand  Forks    

OHIO 

Allen    

Auglaize  

Belmont   

Butler    

Champaign  

Clark    

Clermont   

Cuyahoga    

Delaware  

Fairfield  

Franklin  

Geauga  

Greene    

Hamilton  

Jefferson    

Lawrence  

Lorain   

Lucas   

Madison  

Mahonmg   

Montgomery    

Pickaway   

Preble    

Stark    

Summit  

Van  Wert   

OKLAHOMA 

Canadian  

Cleveland    

Comanche    

Creek  

Le  Flore    

Mayes    

McClam  

Oklahoma  

Osage  

Pottawatomie    

Sequoyah  

Tulsa    

Wagoner    

OREGON 

Clackamas    

Marion    

Multnomah    

Polk    

Washington    

PENNSYLVANIA 

Allegheny    

Allegheny  Police 

Department    

Beaver  

Blair   

Carbon   

Cumberland  

Monroe    

Montgomery    

Montgomery  Detective 


PENNSYLVANU- 


Washington    

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Berkeley  

Charleston  Police 

Department    

Greenville 

Lexington    

Pickens   

Richland    

Spartanburg  

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Meade  

Minnehaha  

Pennington  

TENI 

Anderson  

Blount  

Carter 

Cheatham 

Dickson 

Hamilton 

Hawkins 

Manon 

Montgomery 

Robertson 

Rutherford 

Shelby 

Sullivan 

Sumner 

Tipton 

Unicoi 


Bexar 

Brazona 

Brazos 

Callahan 

Cameron 

Qay 

CoUin 

Comal 

Coryell 

Dallas 

Denton 

Ector 

Elhs 

El  Paso 

Fort  Bend 

Grayson 

Gregg 

Guadalupe 

Hardin 

Hays 

Hidalgo 

Hood 


Table  63.— Number  of  FuU-dme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Suburban  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Coatlnued 


Total       Male     Female 


County  by  State 


County  by  State 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


TEXAS-Coi 

Jefferson    

Johnson   

Jones   

Kaufman  

Lubbock    

McLennan   

Midland  

Montgomery   

Nueces    

Orange    

Parker   

Potter  

Randall    

Rockwall  

San  Patricio    

Smith  

Tarrant  

Taylor  

Tom  Green   

Travis    

WaUer  

Wichita  

Williamson  

Wise  

UTAH 

Davis  

Salt  Lake    

Tooele  

Utah  

Weber   

VIRGINU 

Amherst  


VIRGINU-Con. 

Appomattox    

Botetourt  

Campbell  

Charles  City    

Chesterfield  Police 

Department    

Craig    

Dinwiddle  

Fairfax  Pohce 

Department    

Gloucester    

Goochland   

Hanover  

Henrico  Pohce 

Department    

James  City  

Loudoun    

Powhatan    

Prince  George   

Prince  William  Police 

Department    

Roanoke    

Scott  

Washington    

York  


WASHINGTON 

Benton 

Qark 

Frankhn 

King 

Pierce 

Snohomish 


WASHINGTON-Coo. 

Spokane  

Yakima  

WEST  VIRGINU 

Brooke    

CabeU    

Hancock    

Kanawha  

Marshall    

Ohio  

Putnam  

Wayne  

Wirt    

Wood  

WISCONSIN 

Brown   

Calumet   

Chippewa    

Dane    

Douglas    

Eau  Claire   

Kenosha  

La  Crosse  

Milwaukee    

Outagamie    

Ozaukee  

Racine  

Rock    

Saint  Croix    

Washington   

Waukesha  

Winnebago  


Table  64.— Number  of  FuU-dme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978 


Total  police  employ© 


Male      Female 


Total  police  employees 


County  by  State 


Total 
Total 


Chicot 

12 

aark 

13 

Qay 

10 

CUburae 

16 

Oeveland 

7 

Columbia 

20 

Conway 

10 

Craighead 

20 

Cross 

12 

Dallas 

3 

Desha 

11 

Drew 

9 

Faulkner   

15 

Franlflin 

14 

See  footnote  at  end  of 

table 

ARKANSAS-Coo. 

Fulton  

Garland   

Grant  

Greene    

Hempstead  

Hot  Spring  

Howard    

Independence  

Jackson    

Johnson   

Lafayette   

Lawrence  

Lee    

Lincoln  

Lonoke  

Madison  

Marion   

Mississippi    

Monroe    

Nevada  

Newton    

Ouachita    

Perry    

PhiUips   

Pike    

Poinsett    

Polk    

Pope  

Prairie   

Randolph    

Saint  Francis    

Scott  

Searcy   

Stone    

Van  Buren   

White  

Woodruff    

YeU  

CALIFORNU 

Alpine  

Amador   

Butte    

Calaveras  

Colusa  

Del  Norte  

El  Dorado   

Glenn    

Humboldt   

Imperial   

Inyo    

Kings  

Lake  

Lassen  

Madera  

Mariposa  

Mendocino  

Modoc    

Nevada  

San  Benito  

San  Luis  Obispo   

Shasta   


CALIFORNIA-Con. 

Siskiyou    

Sutter  

Tehama    

Trinity  

Tulare   

Tuolumne   

Yuba    

COLORADO 

Alamosa  

Archuleta    

Baca  

Bent    

Chaffee  

Costilla  

Crowley   

ebert    

Garfield    

Gunnison    

Hinsdale    

Kiowa   

Kit  Carson    

La  Plata    

Las  Animas*  

Lincoln  

Mineral  

Moffat  

Montrose  

Morgan    

Otero   

PhiUips    

Pitkin  

Prowers    

Routt  

Saguache  

San  Juan  

San  Miguel    

Sedgwick   

Summit  

Yuma  

FLORIDA 

Bradford    

Calhoun  

Charlotte  

Citrus  

Collier  

Columbia    

De  Soto  

Dixie    

Hagler    

Franklin  

Gadsden    

Gilchrist  

Glades  

Gulf  

Hamilton  

Hardee   

Hendry   

Hernando    

Highlands   

Holmes  

Indian  River  

Jackson    

Jefferson    

Lafayette  

Lake  


Table  64.— Number  of  FuU-dme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male      Female 


County  by  State 


Total  pobce  employees 


County  by  Sute 


GEORGU-Con. 

Hall    

Hancock    

Hart 
Heard 

Jacl son 

JefT  Davis 

Jefferson 

Johnson 

Lamar 

Lamer 

Laurens 

Lib«  rty 

Lincoln 

Long 

Lowndes 

Lumpkin 

Madison 

Marion 

Mcintosh 

Menwether 

Miller 

Mite  hell 

Monroe 

Montgomerv 

Morgan 

Oconee 

Ogle  thorpe 

Peach 

Pickens 

Pierce 

Pike 

Polk 

Polk  Police 

Departmenl 
Pulaski 
Putnam 
Quitman 
Randolph 
Schley 
Seminole 
Spalding 
Stephens 
Stewart 

Talbot 

Taliaferro 

Taylor 

Terrell 

Thomas 

Tift 

Tcx>mbs 

Treutlen 

Troup 

Turner 

Union 

Ware 


Wayne 

Wheeler 

White 

Whitfield 

Wilcox 

Wilkes 

WUkinson 

Worth 


IDAHO 

Adams    

BanncKk    

Bear  Lake    

Benewah    

Bingham    

Blaine    

Boise    

Bonner    

Bonneville  

Boundary    

Butte    

Canyon  

Caribou    

Cassia    

Qark   

Custer   

Elmore    

Franklin  

Fremont  

Gem   

Gooding  

Idaho  

Jefferson    

Jerome    

Kootenai   

Latah   

Lewis   

Lincoln  

Madison  

Minidoka    

Nez  PcTce  

Oneida    

Owyhee    

Payette    

Power    

Shoshone  

Teton  

Twin  Falls  

Valley    

Washington   


Adams    

Alexander  .. 
Bond    

Bureau    

Calhoun  .... 

Carroll    

Cass    

Christian    . . . 

Clark    

Clay    

Coles    

Crawford  ... 
Cumberland 
De  Kalb  ... 
De  Witt  .... 
Douglas    .... 


Table  64.— Number  of  FuU-time  Uw  Enforcement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


291 


Table  64.— Number  of  FuU-dme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rm^  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


County  by  Stat.  Total  police  employees 

Total       Male      Female 


County  by  State 


KANSAS-Con. 

Rawlins    

Republic    

Rice    

Riley    

Rooks    

Rush    

Russell    

Scott  

Seward    

Sheridan    

Sherman  

Smith   

Stafford    

Stanton  

Sumner  

Thomas    

Trego   

Wabaunsee  

Wallace    

Washington    

Wichita  

Wilson    

Woodson   

KENTUCKY 

Adair   

Allen    

Anderson  

Ballard    

Barren  

Bath    

Bell    

Boyle    

Bracken    

Breathitt  

Breckmndge    

Butler    

Caldwell  

Calloway    

Carlisle   

Carroll    

Carter    

Casey  

Clay    

Clinton    

Crittenden    

Cumberland  

Edmonson    

Elliott    

Estill  

Fleming   

Floyd  

Franklin  

Fulton  

Gallatin    

Garrard    

Graves    

Grayson   

Green    

Hancock    

Hardin    

Harlan    

Harrison    

Hart    

Henry    

Hickman    


Total  pohce  employees 


Male     Female 


County  by  State 


KENTUCKY-Con. 

Hopkins   

Jackson    

Johnson    

Knott  

Knox    

Larue  

Lawrence  

Ue    

Leslie   

Letcher   

Lewis   

Lincoln  

Livingston  

Logan    

Lyon  Police 

Department    

Madison  

Magoflin    

Marion    

Marshall 

Martin 

Mason 

McCracken 

McCracken  Police 

Department 
McCreary 
McLean 
Meade 
Menifee 
Mercer 
Metcalfe 
Monroe 
Montgomery 

Muhlenberg 

Nelson 

Nicholas 

Ohio 

Owen 

Pendleton 
Perry 

Pike    

Pike  Police 

Department    

Powell   

Pulaski    

Robertson   

Rockcastle    

Rowan    

Russell    

Shelby   

Simpson   

Spencer  

Taylor   

Todd    

Tngg    

Trimble    

Union    

Warren   

Washington    

Wayne  

Webster    

Whitley  

Wolfe  

LOUISIANA 

Acadia    


292 


Fable  64.— Number  of  FuU-dme  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 

Total  pobce  employees 
Toul       Male     Female 


Total  police  employees 


MARYLAND— Con. 

Fredentk 

Garrett 

Kent 

Queen  Annes 

Saint  Marys 

Somerset 

Talbot 

Washmgton 

Worcester    

MICHIGAN 

Alcona    

Alger    

Allegan   

Alpena    

Antnm    

Baraga    

Bemen    

Cass    

Charlevoix    

Cheboygan   

Chippewa    

Clare    

Crawford   

Delta    

Dickinson   

Emmet    

Gladwin  

Gogebic    

Grand  Traverse    

Gratiot    

Hillsdale    

Huron    

Iron    

Isabella  

Kalkaska   

Keweenaw    

Lake   

Leelanau    

Lenawee  

Luce  

Mackinac    

Manistee    

Mason  

Mecosta   

Menomii 
Midland 
Missaukee  ... 
Montcalm  ... 
Montmorency 

Newaygo   

Ogemaw  

Ontonagon    .. 
Osceola  

Otsego  

Presque  Isle  . 
Roscommon 
Saint  Joseph 

Sanilac    

Schoolcraft   . . 

Tuscola  

Wexford  


MINNESOTA 

Aitkin    

Becker  

Beltrami  

Big  Stone   

Blue  Earth   

Carlton  

Cass    

Chippewa    

Clearwater    

Cook    

Cottonwood  

Crow  Wing   

Dodge  

Douglas   

Faribault   

Fillmore  

Freeborn   

Goodhue   

Grant  

Houston  

Hubbard    

Itasca  

Jackson    

Kanabec    

Kandiyohi  

Kittson   

Koochiching   

Lac  Qui  Parle   

Lake-of-the-Woods 

Lake  

Le  Sueur  

Lincoln  

Lyon    

Mahnomen  

Marshall    

Martin  

McLeod   

Meeker  

Mille  Lacs   

Morrison   

Mower    

Murray  

Nicollet    

Nobles    

Norman    

Otter  Tail   

Pennington  

Pine    

Pipestone  

Pope  

Red  Lake   

Redwood  

Renville   

Rice    

Rock    

Roseau   

Sibley  

Steele  

Stevens   

Swift  

Todd    

Traverse   

Wabasha    

Wadena    

Waseca  

Watonwan    

WUkin   

Winona    

Yellow  Medicine   .. 


293 


Table  64.-Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rm^  Counties,  October  31,  1978-Continued 

County  by  State 

Total 

police  e 

nployees 

County  by  State 

Total 

police  employees 

County  by  State 

Total 

police  employees 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Femal 

MISSISSIPPI 

Alcorn  

25 
21 

10 

17 

10 

18 
14 

2 

1 

1' 

3 

2 

2 
2 
1 
3 
1 
1 

4 
4 

5 

2 

3 
3 

6 

2 
1 
I 
1 
1 

I 
1 
2 
3 
1 

2 

1 
10 
3 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1 

3 
2 

MlSSOURl-Con. 

17 
20 

48 
21 

10 

5 
10 
10 

9 
12 
10 

4 

7 

4 
II 

12 
13 
11 

9 
10 

3 

2 

7 

3 

6 
23 

5 
10 

4 

4 
12 

18 
10 

7 
5 
1 

3 
1 

4 
4 

2 
2 
2 

I 

1 
5 

2 
3 

4 

2 
1 

2 

11 

1 

2 

5 

2 

1 

5 

3 
2 

3 

2 
1 

2 
2 

2 

3 
1 
5 

2 

3 

3 

2 

5 

1 

2 

MISSOURl-Con. 

7 
7 
11 
11 
5 
6 
9 
7 
2 

11 
17 

5 
11 
7 
3 

4 
7 
2 
16 
42 
38 
2 
10 

3 

8 
10 

4 
11 
32 

8 
22 
10 

6 

4 
12 
62 

12 

9 

8 

5 
20 

6 
12 
27 
12 

4 
11 
10 
10 
12 

10 
4 

2 

17 
9 

21 

15 

Cape  Girardeau    

Stoddard 

Stone 

Taney 

Texas 

Vernon 

Warren 

Wayne 

Webster 

Bolivar    

Chickasaw    

Choctaw  

1 

Claiborne    

1 

Clarke   

Cole 

Clay    

Cooper    . 

I 

Coahoma  

Crawford 

MONTANA 

Copiah    

Dade 

Covington  

Dallas 

Forrest    

Daviess  

5 

Franklin  

De  Kalb    

Dent   

Big  Horn    .. 

George    

Holmes  

Douglas 



Humphreys    

Dunklin    

2 

Issaquena    

Jasper    

Jefferson    

Grundy  

Harrison    

Chouteau  

4 

Jefferson  Davis  

Henry    



Jones   

Lauderdale  

Howard    

Howell    

Fergus   

Hathead    

Gallatin    

Garfield   

Glacier    

Golden  Valley  

4 
9 
6 

Lawrence  

Leake  .... 

Jasper    

Johnson    

Knox   

Laclede  

Lafayette   

Lawrence  

Lewis   

Lincoln   

Linn    

Lee 

Unore    

Lincoln 

Hill   

Jefferson    

Lowndes 

1 

Madison  

Lake   

Lewis  and  Clark   

Liberty    

Monroe 

Montgomery   

Neshoba    

Madison 

Newton    

Maries 

'"^°  "  

Noxubee    

Madison  

Oktibbeha  

McDonald    . 

y,'^         °"^        

' 

Panola  

Mercer 

^  ^"  

4 
9 

Perry    

r^'"^"^  1  

Pike    

1^      .  ^  .: 

Pontotoc    

usse  s  e     

Quitman  

"^    

Sharkey    

p      .f        

3 

4 
3 

7 

Sunnower   

New  Madrid 

on  era 

owder  Kiver  

Tate    

Newton 

Tippah    

Tishomingo   

Oregon   .... 

Tunica  ,     

Osage 

"^    ^        

4 
6 

3 
2 
4 
5 
4 
5 

Union    

B  °^K^^      

Walthall   

Sanders  

Warren   

Washmgton   

Pettis 

Stillwater   

Wayne' 

Phelps   

Webster   

Pike 

Teton   

Toole   

Treasure  

Valley    

Wheatland    

Wibaux  

NEBRASKA 

Adams    

Antelope    

'Vrthur  

Banner    

Winston   

Polk 

Yazoo   

4 
2 

MISSOURI 

Adair  

RaUs  

Randolph    

Reynolds   

R'pi'y  • 

Saint  Clair 

Audrain   

Barton  .... 

Saint  Francois  

Sainte  Genevieve  

Saline  

Bates    

Benton    

Bollinger    

4 

Butler    

ScoUand  

Scott  

Caldwell  

Boone    

;■ 

294 


64.— Number  of  FuU-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Table  64.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforeement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


County  by  State 


Total  police  employees 


County  by  State 


Total  police  employees 


County  by  Stat( 


NORTH  CAROLINA- 


Jones   

Ue    

Lenoir  

Lincoln  

Macon    

McDowell  

Mitchell    

Montgomery    

Moore   

Nash    

Northampton    

Onslow    

Pamlico    

Pasquotank    

Pender  

Perquimans    

Person  

Pitt    

Polk    

Richmond  

Robeson  

Rockingham    

Rowan    

Rutherford 

Sampson    

Scotland  

Stanly    

Surry    

Transylvania   

Tyrrell   

Vance    

Warren    

Washington    

Watauga    

Wayne  

Wilkes  

Wilson    

NORTH  DAKOTA 

Adams    

Benson 

Bilhngs 

Bottmeau 

Bowman 

Burke 

Burleigh 

Cavalier 

Dickey 

Dunn 

Eddy 

Emmons 

Foster 

Golden  Valley 

Grant 

Hettinger 

Kidder 

La  Moure 

Logan 

McHenry 

Mcintosh 

McKenzie 

McLean 

Mercer 

Morton   


NORTH  DAKOTA- 


Mountrail 
Nelson  ... 
Oliver  .... 
Pembina  . . 

Pierce  

Ramsey  . . 
Ransom  . . 
Renville  .. 
Richland  . 
Rolette  . . . 
Sargent  ... 
Shehdan 
Sioux    

Stark    

Steele  

Stutsman  . 
Towner  . . . 

Traill    

Walsh    .... 

Ward    

Wells    

Williams  .. 


Adams    

Ashland  ... 
Athens    .... 

Brown    

Clinton  .... 
Columbiana 
Coshocton 

Darke    

Fayette   .... 

Galha    

Hancock 
Hardin    .... 

Henry    

Hocking   , . . 

Holmes  

Jackson    ... 

Knox    

Licking   .... 

Morrow    . . . 

Noble     

Paulding    . . 

Perry    

Pike    

Scioto    

Shelby  

Tuscarawas 


Union  ... 
Wayne  ... 
Williams  . 
Wyandot 


OKLAHOMA 


Adair  .... 
Alfalfa  ... 
Atoka  . . . 
Beaver  ... 
Beckham 

Bryan  .... 


OKLAHOMA-Con. 

Carter    

Cherokee   

Choctaw  

Cimarron  

Coal    

Craig    

Delaware   

Ellis    

Garfield    

Grady    

Grant  

Harmon    

Haskell    

Hughes   

Jackson    

JefTerson    

Johnston 

Kay  

Kingfisher  

Lincoln   

Love  

Major    

Marshall    

McCurtain    

Mcintosh  

Murray   

Muskogee    

Noble    

Nowata  

Okfuskee   

Okmulgee    

Ottawa    

Pawnee   

Pittsburg    

Pontotoc    

Pushmataha   

Roger  Mills  

Seminole    

Stephens    

Texas   

Tillman  


Baker  

Benton 
Clatsop 
Columbia 
Coos 

Curry 
Deschutes 
Douglas 
Gilliam 

Harney 
Hood  River 
Jackson 


296 


able  64.-Niunber  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 

b     State 

Total  police  employees 

County  by  State 

Total  police  employees  | 

County  by  State 

Total  police  employees 

ouny    y 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Female 

OREGON-Con. 

fferson    

14 
56 
29 

5 
27 
67 
10 
11 

3 

19 
16 

9 

6 
19 

1 
27 

3 

4 
26 

7 

4 
14 

8 
14 

7 

9 
19 

8 
70 
64 

7 
32 
27 
22 
13 
27 
31 
11 
10 
16 
58 
23 
35 
12 
52 
12 
30 
36 
30 
13 
12 

8 
18 
35 
41 

9 
47 
23 
22 

7 

11 
44 
22 

5 
19 
50 

9 

4 

2 
15 
16 

6 

3 
13 

1 
26 

2 

3 
2 

17 
6 
1 
3 
9 
7 

11 
6 
7 

15 

7 
66 
54 

7 
28 
24 
19 
13 
20 
25 
11 

15 
50 
21 
33 
10 
46 
10 
26 
34 
30 
11 
9 
7 
16 
25 
34 
6 
42 
21 

6 

3 
12 
7 

8 
17 

7 

3 
3 
6 

1 

1 
1 
2 
9 

1 

1 

5 

3 

2 
4 

1 

SOLITH  DAKOTA- 
Continued 

•• 

6 
1 

2 
3 
1 

1 

1 
4 

2 

6 
3 

5 

1 

3 

1 

3 
1 

3 

2 

2 
4 

2 

9 

1 
1 
3 

5 
1 
2 

1 
5 

1 
3 

TENNESSEE-Con. 

Hamblen 

Hancock 

Hardeman 

Hardin 

Henderson 

Henry 

Houston 

Humphreys 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Johnson 

Uke 

Uuderdale 

Lawrence 

Lewis 

Lincoln 

Loudon 

Macon 

Madison 

Marshall 

Mauiy 

McMinn 

McNairy 

Meigs 

Monroe 

Moore 

Obion 

Overton 

Perry 

Pickett 

Polk 

Putnam 

Rhea 

Roane 

Scott 

Sevier 

Smith 

Stewart 

Trousdale 

Van  Buren 

Warren 

Wayne 

Weakley 

White 

TEXAS 

Anderson 

Andrews 

Angelina 

Aransas 

Archer 

Armstrong 

Atascosa 

Austin 

Bailey 

Bandera 

Bastrop 

Baylor 

Blanco 

Borden 

Bosque 

Brewster 

Briscoe 

Brown 

Burleson 

Burnet 

Caldwell 

Calhoun 

Camp  

26 

2 
13 
13 

8 
24 
10 
10 

6 
15 

9 

4 
11 
27 

4 
13 
17 

8 
34 
11 
25 
23 
13 
10 
14 

3 

7 
12 

7 

13 
20 
17 
29 
20 
32 
8 
13 
9 
6 
16 
10 
10 
10 

21 

19 
12 

23 

16 

32 
22 

13 

18 

24 
20 
26 

14 

9 
10 

13 

5 

amath  

ike  

Bon  Homme  

Brookings    

Brown    

4 

5 

alheur 

Clark    

Clay    

Codington  

Corson    

Custer    

Davison    

Deuel   

Dewey   

1 

2 

erman  

illamook   

matUla  

3 

3 
3 

allowa  

4 

Tieller  

1 

Fall  River  

Faulk 

4 
1 

PENNSYLVANIA 

edford    

entre   

arion    

earf.eld    

Grant  

Gregory    

Haakon    

Hamlin 

1 
2 

3 

Hand    

1 
2 

Hughes 

3 

ulton   

Jackson 

1 

Jerauld    

1 

fferson    

Lake   

Lawrence 

1 

cKean  

ifflin 

2 

Lincoln  

2 

Marshall    

McCook  

McPherson 

arren 

2 

SOUTH  CAROUNA 

Uendale  

Mellette    

Moody    

Perkins 

5 
6 

Sp'nk    

eaufort  

5 

Sully   

3 

herokee   

hester 

3 

Turner  

2 

hesterfield    

larendon            

2 

Walworth    

Yankton 

2 

olleton   

2 

TENNESSEE 
Bedford 

illon    

dgefield   

airfield   

3 

5 

Bledsoe  

3 

^       nd 

Campbell 

5 

4 

Chester   

2 

4 

ancaster 

5 

Cocke    

3 

lanon 

Coffee                 

3 

5 

2 

ewberry 

Decatur    

Dekalb                 

1 

2 

Fentress    

1 

Jnion 

Franklin        

3 

4 

6 

eadle  

Grundy  

297 


Table  64.-Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 


Lipscomb 
Uano   

Lynn    

Madison  .... 

Marion   

Martin  

Mason  

Matagorda  . 
McCullough 
McMullen  .. 

Medina   

Milam    

Mills  

Mitchell    


Morns  

Motley    

Newton    

Nolan    

Ochiltree    

Oldham    

Palo  Pinto    ... 

Panola  

Parmer    

Pecos    

Polk    

Presidio    

Rains   

Reagan   

Real    

Red  River    .... 

Reeves  

Roberts  

Robertson   

Rusk  

.ugustine 

San  Saba  

Schleicher    

Scurry    

Shackelford    ... 

Sherman  

Somervell    

Starr   

Stephens    

Stonewall  

Swisher  

Terrell   

Throckmorton 

Titus  

Trinity  

Upshur   

'  Upton    

Uvalde    

Van  Zandt  


Total  pohce  employees 


County  by  State 


Victoria 

Walker 

Ward 

Washington 

Wharton 

Wheeler 

Wilbarger 

Willacy 

Wilson 

Winkler 

Wood 

Yoakum 

Young   


Beaver  .... 
Box  Elder 
Cache  .... 
Carbon    . . . 


Duchesne 
Garfield    . 


Juab    

Kane    

Millard    .... 

Piule  

Rich    

San  Juan  . . 

Sanpete  

Sevier  

Summit  . . . . . 

Uintah    

Wasatch  .... 
Washington 
Wayne  


VERMONT 

Bennington    


Accomack  .. 
Albemarle  . . 
Alleghany    . . 

Augusta    . . . . 

Bath   

Bedford    .... 

Bland  

Brunswick  .. 
Buchanan  . . 
Buckingham 
Caroline   .... 

Carroll    

Charlotte   ... 

aarke    

Culpeper  . . . 
Cumberland 
Dickenson  .. 

Essex   

Fauquier  ... 
Royd  


rabic  64.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforcement  Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978— Continued 


Total  police  employees 


Male      Female 


County  by  State 


Total  police  employees 
Total       Male     Female 


WASHINGTON-Con. 


Thurston  . . . . 
Wahkiakum  . 
Walla  Walla 


WEST  VIRGINU 


Barbour  . . 
Berkeley  . . 
Boone  .... 
Braxton  .. 
Calhoun   .. 

Clay    

Doddridge 
Fayette    ... 


Grant  

Greenbrier 
Hampshire 

Hardy    

Harrison 
Jackson    . . . 
Jefferson    . . 

Lincoln  .... 

Manon    .... 

Mason  

:Dowell   . 

Mineral  — 

Mingo    

Monongalia 
Monroe  . . . 
Morgan  . . . 
Nicholas  ... 
Pendleton  . 
Pleasants  .. 
Pocahontas 

Raleigh  .... 
Randolph  . 
Ritchie    .... 

Roane   

Summers  . . 
Taylor   

Tyler"..::::: 

Upshur   

Webster    ... 

Wetzel  

Wyoming  .. 


WISCONSIN 


Ashland    . 

Bayfield   . 
Buffalo    .. 

Clark    

Columbia 


WISCONSIN-Con. 

Crawford 

Dodge 

Door 

Dunn 

Florence 

Fond  du  Lac 

Forest 

Grant 

Green 

Green  Lake 

Iowa 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Juneau 

Kewaunee 

Lafayette 

Langlade 

Lincoln 

Manitowoc 

Marathon 

Marinette 

Marquette 

Menominee 

Monroe 

Oconto 

Oneida 

Pierce 

Polk 

Portage 


Sauk 

Sawyer 

Shawano 

Sheboygan 

Taylor 

Trempealeau 

Vilas 
Walworth 
Washburn 
Waupaca 
Waushara    . . . 
Wood  


Albany    

Big  Horn    .. 
Campbell  ... 

Carbon   

Converse   . . . 

Crook    

Fremont  .... 

Goshen   

Springs 

Johnson    

Laramie   .... 

Lincoln  

Natrona    .... 
Niobrara    ... 

Park    

Platte   

Sheridan    

Sweetwater  . 
Teton  


299 


Table  64.— Number  of  Full-time  Law  Enforeement 


WYOMING-CoD. 

Weslon    


Employees,  Rural  Counties,  October  31,  1978-Conttnued 


'Male  and  female  breakdown  is  not  available. 

ASSAULTS  ON  LAW  ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS 

During  1978,  56,130  assaults  on  law  enforcement 
officers  were  reported  by  9,150  agencies  covering  an 
estimated  180,948,000  inhabitants,  or  approximately 

Table  65.-Law 


County  by  State 

Total  police  employees 

County  by  State 

Total  police  employe 

Total 

Male 

Female 

Total 

Male 

Fema 

OTHER  AREAS 

Canal  Zone 

327 
356 

295 
296 

32 
60 

OTHER  AREAS-Con. 

10,523 
69 

9.393 

55 

Guam    

Samoa   

83  percent  of  the  United  States  population.  The  ra 
of  assaults  for  the  Nation  was  16  per  100  officer 
illustrating  that  such  incidents  continue  to  pose 
problem  for  those  involved  in  law  enforcement. 


Enforcement  Officers  Assaulted,  Geographic  Division  and  Population  Group,  1978 


[9,150  agencies:    1978  estimated  population   180,948,000] 


Geographic  division 

Total 
assaults 

Rate  per 

100 
officers 

Assaults 
with 
injury 

Rate^per 
ofTicers 

Population  group 

Total 

assaults 

Rate  per 
100 

Assaults 
with 

Ratep 
100 

TOTAL    

56,130 

I6.I 

21,705 

6.2 

TOTAL  

56,130 

16.1 

21,705 



New  England  

4.255 
11,827 
5,626 
3,535 
11,081 
1,797 
5,679 
2,929 
9,401 

20.8 
15.3 
9.3 

16.7 
20.8 
11.4 
16.6 
19.8 
18.8 

1,981 
6.261 
3.134 
1,133 
2.664 

466 
1,475 

865 
3,726 

9.7 
8.1 
5.2 
5.4 
5.0 
3.0 
4.3 
5.8 
7.4 

Group  1  (250,000  and  over)    

Group  11  (100,000  to  249,999) 
Group  III  (50.000  to  99,999)    .... 
Group  IV  (25,000  to  49,999)    . ... 
Group  V  (10,000  to  24,999)    ... 

21,760 
6,997 
5,172 
5.240 
4,858 
4,862 

14,329 
7,241 

19.2 
24.9 
18.0 
16.6 
13.7 
13.8 
12.8 
9.6 

9,673 
2,365 
1.835 
1,930 
1.781 
1,752 
5,102 

Middle  AtlanUc    

East  North  Central    

8 

West  North  Central    ... 

6 

South  Atlantic  

6 

East  South  Central    

West  South  Central  

Suburban  agencies'    

4> 

County  agencies   

law  enforo 

ement  agen 

ies  within 

metropoUta 

n  areas.  Excludes  core  cities.  Suburban 

cities  are  also  included 

in  other  city  group 

Injuries  to  Law  Enforcement  Officers 

Nearly  22,000  cases  of  personal  injury,  a  rate  of  6 
per  100  officers  nationwide,  resulted  from  assaults  on 
officers  in  1978.  Geographically,  the  injury  rate 
ranged  from  3  per  100  officers  in  the  East  South 
Central  Division  to  10  per  100  in  the  New  England 


Division.  Within  population  groups,  law  enforcemen 
officers  in  cities  with  250,000  or  more  inhabitant: 
experienced  the  greatest  rate  of  assaults  with  injuries 
9  per  100.  Sheriffs'  and  county  pohce  department! 
had  the  lowest  injury  rate  with  3  per  100  officers 


Veapons  Used  in  Assaults  on  Law  Enforcement 
)fncers 

Personal  weapons  such  as  hands,  fists,  feet,  etc., 
/ere  used  in  82  percent  of  the  assaults  on  officers  in 
978.  Firearms  were  used  in  5  percent  of  the  assaults, 
nives  or  cutting  instruments  in  3  percent,  and  other 
/capons  in  10  percent.  Tables  66  and  67  present  data 
m  the  types  of  weapons  used  in  assaults  within 


geographic  divisions  and  population  groups  and  by 
the  types  of  activity  in  which  the  officers  were 
involved  at  the  time  the  assaults  occurred. 

Time  of  Assault 

Assaults  on  officers  by  time  and  population  group 
are  set  forth  in  Table  69.  Approximately  one-half  of 
the  assaults  on  law  enforcement  officers  occurred 
between  the  hours  of  8:00  p.m.  and  2:00  a.m. 


Table  66.— Law  Enforcement  Officers  Assaulted,  Weapon  Used,  1978 


Group  I  (250.000  and  over)    .. 
Group  II  (100,000  to  249.999) 
Group  III  (50,000  to  99,999) 
Group  IV  (25,000  to  49.999) 
Group  V  (10,000  to  24,999)    .. 

Group  VI  (under  10,000)    

Suburban 
County  agen 


New  England   

Middle  Atlantic  .... 
East  North  Central 
West  North  Central 

South  Atlantic    

East  South  Central  , 
West  South  Central 

Mountain    

Pacific    


4,862 
14,329 
7,241 


4,255 
11,827 
5,626 
3,535 
11,081 
1,797 
5,679 
2,929 
9,401 


Knife  < 
cutting 


Knife  < 
cutting 


Other 
dangerous 
weapon 


Other 

dangerous 
weapon 


agencies  within  metropolitan  areas.  Excludes  core  ciues.  Suburban  c 


Activity  of  Law  Enforcement  Officers  at  the  Time 
of  Assault 

The  largest  portion  of  assaults,  30  percent,  oc- 
curred while  officers  were  responding  to  disturbance 
calls  (family  quarrels,  man-with-gun  calls,  bar  fights, 
etc.).  The  activity  resulting  in  the  second  highest 
number  of  assaults  was  attempting  arrests  for  crimes 
other  than  robbery  or  burglary;  22  percent  of  the 
officers  assaulted  were  performing  this  duty  at  the 
time  they  were  attacked. 

Type  of  Assignment 

Table  71  shows  the  types  of  assignment  of  officers 
assaulted.  Thirty-five  percent  were  in  two-offiicer 
vehicles,  45  percent  in  one-officer  vehicles,  6  percent 
on  detective  or  special  assignments,  and  14  percent 


on  other  assignments.  Vehicle  patrol  officers  were 
victims  in  80  percent  of  all  assaults  on  officers. 

Clearances 

Nationwide  in  1978,  92  percent  of  the  assaults  on 
law  enforcement  officers  were  cleared.  Cities  with 
populations  from  50,000  to  99,999  had  the  highest 
clearance  rate,  95  percent. 

By  activity,  the  highest  clearance  percentages  for 
all  agencies  were  recorded  for  assaults  on  officers 
attempting  arrests  for  crimes  other  than  robbery  or 
burglary  and  those  assaulted  by  mentally  deranged 
persons;  in  each  of  these  two  categories  94  percent  of 
the  offenses  were  cleared.  Ambush  attacks  accounted 
for  the  lowest  clearance  rate  with  62  percent.  Table 
72  shows  the  percentage  of  assaults  cleared  by  type 
of  activity  and  population  group. 


301 


Table  67.— Law  Enforcement  Officers  Assaulted,  Police  Activity 

[9,150  agencies,   1978  estimated  population   180,948,000) 


and  Type  of  Weapon,  1978 


Type  of  activity 


TOTAL  ASSAULTS 

Percent  of  individual  activity 

Responding  to  '  disturbance     calls  (tamily  quarrels    man  with  gu 

Percent  of  individual  activity 
Burglaries  in  progress  or  pursuing  burglary  suspects 

Percent  of  individual  activity 
Robbenes  in  progress  or  pursuing  robbery  suspects 

Percent  of  individual  activity 
Attempting  other  arrests 

Percent  of  individujl  activit\ 
Civil  disorder  (not    mass  disobedience) 

Percent  of  individual  activilj 
Handling,  transporting    custody  of  pnsoners 

Percent  of  individual  activity 
Investigating  suspicious  persons  or  circumstances 

Percent  of  individual  actmiv 
Ambush  -  no  warning 

Percent  of  individual  activity 
Mentally  deranged 

Percent  of  individual  activity 
Traffic  pursuits  and  stops 

Percent  of  individual  activity 
All  other   

Percent  of  individual  activity 

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


921 
100.0 

729 
100.0 
12,253 
1000 

925 
100.0 
7,078 
100.0 
4,594 
100.0 

264 
100.0 

976 
100.0 
6,085 
100.0 
5,188 
100.0 


Type  of  weapon 


Other 
dangerous 
weapon 


Table  68.-Law  Enforcement  OfHcers  Assaulted,  Type  of  Weapon  and  Police  Activity,  1978 

[9,150  agencies,   1978  estimated  population   180,948,000] 


Type  of  activity 


TOTAL  ASSAULTS    

Percent  of  total'    !!."!.!!!!!!!!.!! 

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

Percent  of  total .,, 

Burglaries  in  progress  or  pursuing  burglary  suspects    .... 

Percent  of  total 

Robberies  in  progress  or  pursuing  robbery  suspects   

Percent  of  total  

Attempting  other  arrests 

Percent  of  total 

Civil  disorder  (not,  mass  disobedience)    

Percent  of  total 

Handling,  transporting,  custody  of  prisoners    

Percent  of  total  ' 

Investigating  suspicious  persons  or  circumstances   

Percent  of  total  "" 

Ambush  -  no  warning   

Percent  of  total 

Mentally  deranged 

Percent  of  total 

Traffic  pursuits  and  slops 

Percent  of  total 

All  other 

Percent  of  total 

'Because  of  rounding,  percenUges  may  not  add  to  total. 


729 

1.3 

12,253 

21.8 


Type  of  weapon 


Knife  or  Other 

Jtting  in-       dangerous 

strumenl  weapon 


1,469 
26.8 
147 


T«ble  69.-UW  Enforcement  Officers  Assaulted,  Time  of  D«y,  Population  Croup,  1978 

Total- 

Time  of  assaults  by  popul 

Uon  group 

Population  group 

2  a.m. 

2  a.m.- 
4  a.m. 

4  a.m.- 

6  a.m.- 
8  a.m. 

8  a.m.- 
10  a.m. 

10  a.m.- 
12 

12- 
2  p.m. 

2  p.m.- 
4  p.m. 

ir.: 

6  p.m.- 
8  p.m. 

8  p.m.- 
10  p.m. 

10  ,m.. 

TOTAL 

9,150  agencies;  1978  estimated 
poputadon  180.948,000: 

56.130 
100.0 

9.595 

17.1 

6,430 
11,5 

2,140 
3.8 

986 
1.8 

1.404 
2.5 

2,0<» 

3.7 

2,764 
4,9 

3,173 

5.7 

4J16 

7.7 

5,653 
10.1 

7355 
14.0 

9,745 

Pereeni  distribution    

17.4 

Group  1 

54  agencies,  250,000  and  over;  total 
populaiioii  39,739,000: 

21,760 
100.0 

3,381 
15.5 

2,382 
10.9 

914 

4.2 

388 
1.8 

563 
2.6 

895 
4.1 

1.233 
5.7 

1,386 
6.4 

1,898 

8.7 

2.300 
10.6 

2.857 
13.1 

3,563 

16.4 

Group  II 

105  agencies,  100,000  to  249,999;  total 
population   15,061,000: 

6,997 
100.0 

1,235 

17.7 

793 
11.3 

250 
3.6 

129 

176 

2.5 

227 
3.2 

291 
4.2 

385 

5.5 

585 
8.4 

729 
10.4 

991 
14.2 

1,206 

17.2 

Group  III 

251  agencies,  50,000  to  99,999;  total 
population  17,206,000: 

Total  assaults    

Percent  distribuuon    

5,172 
100.0 

1,030 
19.9 

617 
11.9 

175 
3.4 

84 
1.6 

108 
2.1 

151 
2.9 

215 
4.2 

278 
5.4 

365 
7.1 

505 
98 

701 
13.6 

943 
18.2 

Group  IV 

571  agencies,  25,000  to  49,999  totol 
population  19,508,000: 

5.240 
100.0 

978 
18.7 

635 
12.1 

185 

3.5 

75 
1.4 

124 
2.4 

185 
3.5 

256 
4.9 

265 
5.1 

336 
6.4 

502 
96 

734 
14.0 

965 

Percent  distribution    

18.4 

Group  V 

1,391  agencies,  10,000  to  24,999;  total 
population  21,589.000: 

4.858 
100.0 

918 
18.9 

586 
12.1 

155 
3.2 

66 
1.4 

116 
2.4 

154 

3.2 

179 

3.7 

234 
4.8 

300 
6.2 

483 
9.9 

807 
16.6 

860 

Percent  distribution    

17.7 

Group  VI 

4.613  agencies  under  10,000;  total 
population  18,323,000: 

4.862 
100.0 

923 
19.0 

628 
12.9 

167 
3.4 

62 
1.3 

85 
1.7 

139 
2.9 

198 
4.1 

226 
4.6 

304 
6.3 

428 
8.8 

781 
16.1 

921 

Percent  distribution    

18.9 

Counties 

2.165  agencies;  total  population 
49.524.000: 

7,241 
100.0 

1,130 
15.6 

789 
10.9 

294 
4.1 

182 
2.5 

232 
3.2 

318 

392 
5.4 

399 

5.5 

528 

7.3 

706 
98 

984 
13.6 

1,287 

17.8 

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


303 


Table  70.— Law  Enforcement  Ofllcers  Aasaulted, 

|9,150  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  180,948,000) 


Percent  Distribution  of  Officer  Activity,  1978 


Total 

2-man 
vehicMs) 

Type  of 

assignment 

Type  of  activity 

1-man 

«hicle(s) 

Detective  or  special 
assignment 

Other 

Unassisted 

Assisted 

Unassisted 

Assisted 

Unassisted 

TOTAL    

56,130 
100.0 

19,784 
100.0 

10.113 
100.0 

15.268 
100.0 

873 
100.0 

2,474 
100.0 

2,804 
100.0 

4J8U 

100.t 

Responding  to  "disturbance"  calls  (family  quarrels. 

17,117 

30.5 

921 

1.6 

729 

1.3 

12,253 

21.8 

925 

1.6 

7,078 

12.6 

4,594 

8.2 

264 

.5 

976 

1.7 

6,085 

10.8 

5,188 

9.2 

6,879 

34.8 

462 

2.3 

309 

1.6 

4,289 

21.7 

258 

1.3 

1,915 

9.7 

1,626 

8.2 

86 

.4 

535 

2.7 

2,057 

10.4 

1,368 

6.9 

2,859 

28.3 

122 

1.2 

79 

.8 

2,234 

22.1 

99 

1.0 

929 

9.2 

962 

9.5 

83 

.8 

101 

1.0 

1,664 

16.5 

981 

9.7 

5.997 

39.3 

227 

1.5 

126 

.8 

3,162 

20.7 

238 

1.6 

1,294 

8.5 

1,043 

6.8 

39 

.3 

199 

1.3 

1,941 

12.7 

1,002 

6.6 

152 

17.4 

7 

.8 

10 

1.1 

246 

28.2 

21 

2.4 

118 

13.5 

99 

11.3 

3 

.3 

12 

1.4 

54 

6.2 

151 

17.3 

280 

11.3 

43 

1.7 

98 

4.0 

844 

34.1 

89 

3.6 

227 

9.2 

434 

17.5 

17 

.7 

12 

.5 

113 

4.6 

317 

12.8 

328 

11.7 

34 

1.2 

66 

2.4 

651 

23.2 

24 

.9 

576 

20.5 

211 

7.5 

23 

.8 

43 

1.5 

117 

4.2 

73! 

26.1 

622 

Burglaries  in  progress  or  pursuing  burglary  suspects 
Percent  of  toul  

12.9 
26 

Robberies  in  progress  or  pursuing  robbery  suspects   . 

.5 
41 

Attempting  other  arrests    .... 

827 

Civil  disorder  (riot,  mass  disobedience)    

17.2 

Percent  of  total  

Handling,  transporting,  custody  of  prisoners    

4.1 
2,019 

Investigating  suspicious  persons  or  circumstances  .... 
Percent  of  toUl  

41.9 
219 

Ambush  -  no  warning    

4.5 

Percent  of  total  

13 

.3 
74 
1.5 
139 
2.9 
638 
13J 

Percent  of  total  

Traffic  pursuits  and  stops  

All  other  

Percent  of  total  

'  Because  of  roundmg,  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

Table  71.-Law  Enforcement  Officers  Assaulted,  Percent  Distribution  of  Officer 

[9,150  agencies;   1978  estimated  population  180,948,000) 


Total» 

2-man 
vehicle(s) 

Type  of  assignment 

Type  of  activity 

1-man  vehicle(s) 

Detective  or  special 
assignment 

Other 

Unassisted 

Assisted 

Unassisted 

Assisted 

Unassisted 

Assisted 

TOTAL    

56,130 
100.0 

19.784 
35.2 

10,113 
18.0 

15J68 

27.2 

873 
1.6 

2,474 
4.4 

2,804 
5.0 

4314 

8.6 

Responding  to  "disturbance"  caUs  (family  quarrels, 
man  with  gun,  etc.)    '.^ 

17,117 
100.0 

921 
100.0 

729 
100.0 
12,253 
100.0 

925 
lOO.O 
7,078 
100.0 
4,594 
100.0 

264 
100.0 

976 
100.0 
6,085 
100.0 
5,188 

6,879 

40.2 

462 

50.2 

309 

42.4 

4,289 

35.0 

258 

27.9 

1,915 

27.1 

1,626 

35.4 

86 

32.6 

535 

54.8 

2,057 

33.8 

1,368 

26.4 

2,859 

16.7 

122 

13.2 

79 

10.8 

2,234 

18.2 

99 

10.7 

929 

13.1 

962 

20.9 

83 

31.4 

101 

10.3 

1,664 

27.3 

981 

5,997 
35.0 
227 
24.6 
126 
17.3 

3,162 
25.8 
238 
25.7 

1,294 
18.3 

1,043 
22.7 
39 
14.8 
199 
20.4 

1,941 
31.9 

152 
.9 
7 
.8 
10 
1.4 
246 
2.0 
21 
2.3 
118 
1.7 
99 
2.2 
3 
1.1 
12 
1.2 
54 
.9 

280 
1.6 
43 
4.7 
98 
13.4 
844 
6.9 
89 
9.6 
227 
3.2 
434 
9.4 
17 
6.4 
12 
1.2 
113 
1.9 
317 
6.1 

328 
1.9 
34 
3.7 
66 
9.1 
651 
5.3 
24 
2.6 
576 
8.1 
211 
4.6 
23 
8.7 
43 
4.4 
117 
1.9 
73! 
14.1 

622 

Burglaries  in  progress  or  pursuing  burglary  suspects 

3.6 
26 

Robbenes  in  progress  or  pursuing  robbery  suspects  . 
Percent  of  individual  activity .... 

Attempting  other  arrests    .... 

5.6 

Percent  of  individual  activity    

827 

Civil  disorder  (riot,  mass  disobedience)    .... 

21.2 

Percent  of  individual  activity    

2,019 

Investigating  suspicious  persons  or  circumstances   .... 

2!9 

Ambush  -  no  warning    

4.8 

Percent  of  individual  activity    

Mentally  deranged    

Percent  of  individual  activity    

Traffic  pursuits  and  stops  

7.6 

Percent  of  individual  activity    

All  other  ^     

638 

18.9                .,..  1 

12.3 

■Because  of  rounding,  percentages  may  not  add  to  total. 

304 


Fable  72.-Law  Enforcement  Officers  Assaulted,  Percent  Qeaied,  Type  of  Activity  Population  Group,  1978 


Type  of  activity 


rOTAL  ASSAULTS    

Percent  cleared    

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

Percent  cleared  

Burglaries  m  progress  or  pftrsuing 
burglary  suspects    

Percent  cleared   

Robberies  in  progress  or  pursuing 
robbery  suspects   

Percent  cleared   

Attempting  other  arrests    

Percent  cleared   

Civil  disorder  (riot,  mass  disobedience) 

Percent  cleared  

Handling,  transporting,  custody  of 
prisoners  

Percent  cleared  

Investigating  suspicious  persons  or 
circumstances    

Percent  cleared  

Ambush  -  no  warning    

Percent  cleared  

Mentally  deranged   

Percent  cleared  

Traffic  pursuits  and  stops  

Percent  cleared  

All  other   

Percent  cleared  


estimated 
population 


86.7 

12,253 

93.8 


91.8 
5,188 
89.3 


580 
96.7 

2,029 
92.3 

2,136 


Group  II 
(105  agen- 
;ies,  100.000 
to  249,999; 
population 
15,061,000) 


Group  III 
(251  agen- 
:ies,  50,000 
to  99,999; 
population 
17,206,000) 


Group  IV 
(571  agen- 
cies, 25,000 
to  49,999; 
population 
19,508,000) 


Group  V 
(1,391  agen- 
:ies,  10,000 
to  24,999; 
population 
21,589,000) 


Group  VI 

(4,613  agen- 


Counties 

(2,165 
agencies; 


305 


LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  KILLED 

1969-1978 


TOTAL,  all  Regions 

1969-1973    CZ]     565  KILLED 
1974-1978    IH     558  KILLED 


South 


Northeast 


23 


"'Puerto  Rico 

U.S.  Virgin  Islands 

Guam 

Foreign 


*Data  not  available  for  years  prior  to  1971. 


AW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  KILLED 

In  1978,  93  local,  county,  state,  and  Federal  law 
nforcement  officers  were  feloniously  killed;  this 
)tal  was  the  same  in  1977.  During  the  10-year  period 
969-1978.  1,123  officers  were  slain.  It  should  be 
oted  that  the  collection  of  statistics  regarding 
fficers  killed  in  the  line  of  duty  was  expanded  in 
971  to  include  United  States'  territories  (Puerto 
Lico,  the  Virgin  Islands,  and  Guam).  Also,  the 
ashenng  of  data  on  slain  Federal  officers  was  begun 
1  1972.  Therefore,  10-year  data  on  officers  killed 
iclude  figures  for  United  States'  territories  since 
971  and  Federal  officers  since  1972. 

Number 
of 
victim 
Year  officers 

1969    86 

1970  100 

1971  129 

1972  116 

1973  134 

1974  132 

1975  129 

1976  Ill 

1977    93 

1978   93 

Total   1,123 

Geographic  Locations 

During  1978,  47  officers  were  slain  in  the  Southern 
itates,  the  most  populous  region.  Twenty  were  killed 
n  the  Western  States,  12  in  the  Northeastern  States, 
ind  10  m  the  North  Central  States.  Four  officers 
vere  killed  in  Puerto  Rico.  The  accompanying  chart 

jiw  Enforcement  Officers  Feloniously  Killed,  1978 


shows  the  number  of  law  enforcement  officers  killed 
in  the  geographic  regions  during  each  of  two  succes- 
sive 5-year  periods,  1969-1973  and  1974^1978.  Addi- 
tionally, information  on  officers  feloniously  killed  in 
1978  by  geographic  division  and  population  group  is 
presented  in  tabular  form. 

Eighty-nine  of  the  93  officers  slain  during  1978 
were  from  78  different  local,  county,  state,  and 
Federal  law  enforcement  agencies  in  32  states  and 
the  District  of  Columbia.  As  indicated  above,  the 
remaining  4  were  from  Puerto  Rico. 

Among  the  states,  California  had  the  highest  count 
with  12  officers  killed.  The  State  of  Texas  followed 
with  9  officers  slain. 

Circumstances  Surrounding  Deaths 

During  the  year,  15  officers  were  slain  by  persons 
engaged  in  the  commission  of  a  robbery  or  during 
the  pursuit  of  robbery  suspects,  and  3  officers  lost 
their  lives  at  the  scene  of  burglaries  or  while  pursuing 
burglary  suspects.  Twenty  offiicers  were  killed  while 
attempting  arrests  for  crimes  other  than  robbery  or 
burglary. 

Ambush  situations  accounted  for  12  offiicers' 
deaths  in  1978.  Fifteen  offiicers  were  killed  while 
enforcing  traffiic  laws  and  10  were  slain  responding  to 
disturbance  calls,  which  include  family  quarrels, 
man-with-gun  calls,  bar  fights,  etc.  Eight  offiicers 
were  killed  while  investigating  suspicious  persons  or 
circumstances,  7  while  transporting  or  otherwise 
engaged  in  the  custody  of  prisoners,  and  the  remain- 
ing 3  offiicers  were  slain  while  handling  mentally 
deranged  persons. 


By  geographic  region  and  division  and 

population 

group] 

Geographic  region  and  division 

Total 

Group  I 
250.000 
and  over 

Group  II 
100,000  lo 
249,999 

Group  III 
50,000  to 
99,999 

Group  IV 
25,000  to 
49,999 

Group  V 
10,000  to 
24,999 

Group  VI 
under 
10,000 

County.  State 

Police  and 
Highway  Patrol 

Federal 
Agencies 

rOTAL    

93 

19 

4 

6 

2 

4 

15 

42 

1 

12 

10 

47 
15 
13 
19 
20 

2 
I 

1 

1 

22 
II 

10 

1 

1 

3 

1 

2 
2 

9 

5 
2 

I 

**"""  ;••••. 

2 

1 

West  

2 

Mounlam   

I 

2 
1 

2 

3 

Puerto  Rico  

307 


SIWATI 
LAW  [NfORCEHlh 

19 

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

Burglaries  in  progress  or 
pursuing  burglary  suspects 

Robberies  in  progress  or 
pursuing  robbery  suspects 

Attempting  other  arrests 
(excludes  arrests  for 
Burglaries   and  Robberies) 

Civil  disorders  (mass 
disobedience,  riot,  etc.) 

Handling,  transporting, 
custody  of  prisoners 

Investigating  suspicious 
persons  or  circumstances 

Ambush   (entrapment 
and   premeditation) 

Ambush 
(unprovoked   attack) 

Handling  mentally 
deranged  persons 

Traffic   pursuits   and   stops 

OHS  IN  WHICH 

n  OfFICERS  WERE  KILLED 

169-1978 

177 

noi 

139 

l37 

1120 

191 

1117 

]125 

:7 

0 

122 

J30 

136 

152 

131 

125 

^11 

3f 

173 

162 

1969-1973  CIZ\  565  KILLED 
1974-1978  m>>^  558  KILLED 
1969-1978  total:  1,123  KILLED 

308 


La«  Enforcement  Officers  Killed,  1969-1978 

Circumstances  at  scene  of  incident  by  type  of  assignment] 


Type  of  assignment 


Alone      Assisted 


Foot  patrol 


Alone       Assisted 


Detective,  special 
assignment 


GRAND  TOTAL    

Total  5-year  penod    

Total  5-year  period    

Disturbance  calls  (family  quarrels,  man  with 
gun)  

Burglaries  in  progress  or  pursuing  burglary 

Robberies  in  progress  or  pursuing  robbery 
suspects  

Attempting  other  arrests    

Civil  disorders  (mass  disobedience,  riot,  etc.) 

Handling,  transporting,  custody  of  prisoners 

Investigating  suspicious  persons  and 

Ambush  (entrapment  and  premeditation)    ... 

Ambush  (unprovoked  attack)  

Mentally  deranged   

Traffic  pursuits  and  stops  


1969-1978 

1969-1973 
1974-1978 


1969-1973 
1974-1978 
1969-1973 
1974-1978 
1969-1973 
1974-1978 
1969-1973 
1974-1978 

1969-1973 
1974-1978 
1969-1973 
1974-1978 
1969-1973 
1974-1978 
1969-1973 
1974-1978 
1969-1973 
1974-1978 


Types  of  Assignment 

Of  the  93  officers  slain  in  1978,  61  were  on  patrol 
duty.  Fifty-nine  of  the  patrol  officers  were  assigned 
to  vehicles  and  2  were  on  foot  patrol.  The  perils 
inherent  in  patrol  duties  are  substantiated  by  the  fact 
officers  assigned  in  this  capacity  have  consistently 
been  the  most  frequent  victims  of  the  police  killer  in 
recent  years.  The  patrol  officer  is  often  placed  in 
dangerous  situations  and  must  react  to  circumstances 
as  they  occur  without  the  benefit  of  detailed  informa- 
tion or  planning.  He  is  repeatedly  in  contact  with 
suspicious  or  dangerous  individuals,  each  of  whom 
could  constitute  a  threat  to  his  personal  safety. 

While  possibly  not  with  the  same  regularity,  law 
enforcement  officers  assigned  in  other  capacities  are 
confronted  with  equally  tense  and  dangerous  situa- 
tions. In  1978,  21  officers  slain  were  detectives  or  on 
special  assignments,  and  in  the  highest  tradition  of 
the  law  enforcement  profession,  1 1  officers  were  off 
duty  but  taking  appropriate  police  action  in  response 
to  a  criminal  act  when  murdered. 

Of  the  82  officers  who  were  slain  while  on  duty 
during  1978,  39  were  alone  and  unassisted  when 
killed.  Thirty-six  percent  (401)  of  the  on-duty  officers 


killed  during  the  period  1969-1978  were  alone  at  the 
time  they  were  attacked. 

Weapons  Used 

Ninety-one  (98  percent)  of  the  law  enforcement 
officers  killed  in  1978  were  slain  with  firearms. 
Handguns  were  used  in  67  of  these  deaths,  rifles  in 
13,  and  shotguns  were  used  to  kill  1 1  of  the  officers. 
Fourteen  officers  were  slain  with  their  own  firearms. 
Of  the  2  officers  not  slain  with  firearms,  1  was  killed 
with  a  blunt  instrument  and  1  with  personal  weapons 
(hands,  fists,  feet). 

Forty-six  of  the  officers  killed  in  1978  attempted  to 
utilize  their  service  firearms  while  in  contact  with 
their  assailants,  and  32  of  these  officers  discharged 
their  service  weapons  while  attempting  to  protect 
themselves.  Forty-one  percent  (37)  of  the  officers 
killed  by  firearms  were  within  5  feet  of  their 
assailants  at  the  time  they  were  shot. 

Day  and  Hour  of  Attack 

As  the  accompanying  data  show,  it  carmot  be 
stated  that  any  one  day  of  the  week  is  more 
hazardous  to  a  law  enforcement  officer  than  any 
other.  However,  more  officers  are  slain  during  the 


309 


Law  Enforcement  Officers  Killed,  1969-1978 

(By  type  of  weapon) 


1969-1978 

1969-1973 

1974-1978 

Total 
number 

Per- 

Number 

Per- 
cent 

Number 

Per- 
cent 

7SV 

138 

136 

1.061 

16 
8 
3 
35 
1,123 

70.1 
12.3 
12.1 
94.5 

1.4 
.7 
.3 
3.1 
100.0 

407 
67 
64 

538 

10 

12 
565 

72.0 
11.9 
11.3 
95.2 

1.8 
.7 
.2 
2.1 
100.0 

380 
71 
72 

523 

6 

4 

2 

23 

558 

R,ne  ....:::.::::7: 

12.7 
12  9 

Shotgun 

Total  firearms  .  .. 

93.7 

Bomb 

■ 

Personal  weapons    .. 
Other  (clubs,  etc.)  .. 
Total 

.4 

4.1 

100.0 

nighttime  hours,  especially  between  9:00  p.m.  and 
3:00  a.m.  From  1969-1978,  43  percent  (484)  of  the 
1,123  officers  who  lost  their  lives  in  the  line  of  duty 
were  killed  during  the  aforementioned  6-hour  period. 
The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  law 
enforcement  officers  killed  by  day  of  week  for  the 
period  1969-1978. 


Day  of  week  officers 

Sunday  159 

Monday    161 

Tuesday    140 

Wednesday  143 

Thursday    164 

Friday    186 

Saturday  170 

Total   1,123 

Profile  of  Victim  Officers 

Eighty-five  (9 1  percent)  of  the  officers  slain  during 
1978  were  white  and  8  (9  percent)  were  Negro.  The 
average  years  of  service  for  slain  officers  was  8.  Ten 
percent  of  the  officers  killed  had  1  year  or  less  of  law 
enforcement  experience;  30  percent  had  more  than  1 
but  less  than  5  years  of  service;  30  percent  had  5 
through  10  years  of  experience;  and  31  percent  had 
served  as  law  enforcement  officers  for  more  than  10 
years. 

Persons  Identified 

Law  enforcement  agencies  cleared  84  of  the  93 
killings  that  occurred  in  calendar  year  1978.  In 
connection  with  these  crimes,  127  persons  were 
identified.  Fifty-six  percent  of  the  persons  identified 
were  white,  39  percent  Negro,  and  5  percent  other 
races.  Sixty-two  percent  of  the  assailants  had  prior 
arrests,  and  50  percent  had  been  previously  convict- 


ed. Twenty-four  percent  had  prior  arrests  for  violent 
types  of  crime  such  as  murder,  forcible  rape,  armed 
robbery,  aggravated  assault,  etc.  Forty-five  percent 
had  been  granted  parole  or  probation  following 
convictions  for  prior  criminal  charges,  and  23  per- 
cent were  on  parole  or  probation  at  the  time  of  the 
police  killing  in  which  they  were  involved.  Nine 
percent  of  the  persons  identified  had  a  prior  arrest 
for  a  narcotics  charge,  and  an  additional  9  percent' 
had  prior  arrests  for  police  assault.  Ninety-foun 
percent  were  male  and  6  percent  were  female. 

Profile  of  Victim  Officers 


Law  enforcement  officers 

I%9- 
1978 

1969- 
1973 

1974- 
1978 

Percent  white   

Percent  Negro   

89 
10 

13 
46 
29 
25 

88 

8 
13 
48 
26 
26 

90 
9 

8 
13 
44 
31 
25 

Percent  with   1  year 
or  less  of  service 

Percent  with  less  than 

Percent  with  5  through 

Percent  over  10  years 
of  service    

Profile  of  Persons  Identified 


Persons  identified 


Under  age  18    

From  18  to  30  years  of  age 


fhior  criminal  arrest   

Convicted  on  prior  criminal 

charge  

Prior  arrest  for  crime  of 

violence   

Convicted  on  criminal 

charges— granted  lemency 
On  parole  oi  probation  at 

time  of  killing  

Arrested  on  prior  murder 

charge  

Prior  arrest  on  narcotic 

dnig  law  violation   

Prior  arrest  for  assaulting 

policeman 

Prior  arrest 
violation 


persons 
identi- 
fied 


310 


In  1978,  14  offenders  were  justifiably  killed  at  the 
scene  of  the  police  killing  or  in  ensuing  confronta- 
tions. Three  of  these  assailants  were  killed  by  victim 
officers.  Eight  offenders  were  wounded  by  victim 
officers,  and  1  offender  committed  suicide. 

The  persons  identified  ranged  in  age  from  13  to  56. 
The  average  age  of  these  individuals  was  26  years. 
Sixty-two  percent  were  between  the  ages  of  18  and 
30,  and  8  percent  (10)  were  under  the  age  of  18. 

In  the  period  1967-1976,  the  most  recent  10-year 
period  for  which  complete  disposition  data  are 
available,  1,525  known  persons  were  involved  in 
connection  with  the  kilHng  of  1,077  law  enforcement 
officers.  Of  these  known  offenders,  1,272  were 
arrested  and  charged  in  connection  with  the  killings 
of  the  officers.  Available  court  disposition  data 
regarding  the  offenders  found  guilty  of  the  officers' 
murders  disclosed  that  1 13  offenders  were  sentenced 
to  death,  403  were  sentenced  to  life  imprisonment, 
260  received  prison  terms  ranging  from  1  to  2,001 


years,  4  offenders  received  probation,  and  1  received 
a  suspended  sentence.  Sentences  for  14  offenders 
who  were  found  guilty  are  unknown. 


Enforcement  Officers,  1967-1976 

KUIIng  of  Law 

Percent 
T^°'*'          distribution 

16 
196 
41 

1,272 

1 

JusUfiably  kiUed   

13 
3 

Arrested  and  charged   

83 

Arrested  and  charged    

1,272 

100 

Guilty  of  murder   

Guilty  of  lesser  offense  related  to  murder 

Guilty  of  crime  other  than  murder    

Acquitted  or  otherwise  dismissed  

795 
103 
98 
167 
42 
52 
15 

63 
8 
8 

13 
3 

Died  in  custody   

311 


L>IIV  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  KILLED 
Hour  of  Day 

1969-1978 


MIDNIGHT 

1:00 

2:00 

3:00 

4:00 

5:00 

8:00 

7:00 

8.00 

9.00 

10:00 

11:00 

NOON 

1:00 

2:00 

3:00 

4:00 

5:00 

8:00 

7:00 

8:00 

9KI0 

10:00 

11K)0 

MIDNIGHT 


62 

B8 

; 

79 

40 

24 

|21 

_f« 

14 

26 

■    ■           |24 

37 

43 

43 

3 

\9 
41 
44 

i 

1 

3> 

4 

« 

43 

■      l48 

62 

^72 

^fcllR 

91 

...    ...  ' '..  "..    ...  '^^9 

92 

The  hour  of  the  day  in  which  four  officers  were  killed  is  not  known. 


CRIMINAL  HISTORY  OF  1,573  PERSONS 
IDENTIFIED  IN  THE  KILLING  OF 
LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS 

PERCENT  OF  TOTAL  PERSONS  IDENTIFIED 

1969-1978 


TOTAL   PERSONS 
IDENTIFIED 


PERSONS  WITH 
PRIOR  ARREST 
FOR  CRIMINAL  CHARGE 


PERSONS  CONVICTED 
ON  PRIOR  CRIMINAL 
CHARGE 


PERSONS  WITH 
PRIOR  ARREST  FOR 
VIOLENT  CRIME 


PERSONS  WITH 
PRIOR  ARREST  FOR 
WEAPONS  VIOLATION 


PERSONS  WITH 
PRIOR  ARREST  FOR 
NARCOTIC  CHARGE 


PERSONS  WITH 
PRIOR  ARREST  FOR 
POLICE  ASSAULT 


100% 


72% 


53% 


36% 


21% 


17% 


313 


SECTION  VI 

APPENDIX  I 

TABLE  METHODOLOGY 


B) 


This  appendix  is  to  assist  the  reader  in  understand- 
ing the  tables  presented  in  this  pubUcation.  By 
utilizing  the  following  key,  the  reader  will  gain  a 
better  understanding  of  table  construction. 
Key:  A)  Column  1  shows  the  table  number.  This 
appendix  will  refer  to  Tables  1  through 
54,  Crime  in  the  United  States— 1978. 
Column  2  indicates  the  level  of  submis- 
sion necessary  for  an  agency's  statistics  to 
be  included  in  a  table.  There  are  three 
levels  of  agency  participation. 

1.  Agencies  having  reported  data 
for  all  1 2  months  of  the  year. 

2.  Agencies  having  reported  data 
for  at  least  one  month  but  less 
than  1 2  months  of  the  year. 

3.  Nonreporting  agencies. 
The  tabulations  presented  in  the  publica- 


tion employ  statistics  from  one  or  more  ( 
the  above-listed  participation  levels.  Fc 
example.  Table  1  includes  all  three  ager 
cy  reporting  levels,  but  Table  14  presem 
only  the  data  from  agencies  having  r< 
ported  for  the  entire  year. 

C)  Column  3  explains  how  each  table  wa 
constructed.  Data  adjustments,  if  any,  ar 
discussed  along  with  various  defmitior 
of  data  aggregation. 

D)  Column  4  contains  general  comment 
regarding  the  potential  use  and  misuse  c 
the  statistics  presented. 


314 


1  law  enforcement  agencies  in  the  UCR 
Program  (including  those  submitting  less 
than  12  months  for  1978). 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  in  the  UCR 
Program  (including  those  submitting  less 
than  12  months). 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  in  the  UCR 
Program  (including  those  submitting  less 
than  12  months). 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  in  the  UCR 
Program  (including  those  submitting  less 
than  12  months  for  1978). 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  in  the  UCR 
Program  (including  those  submitting  less 
than  12  months  in  1978). 


Stati! 


include  estimated  offense  totals  for 
submitting  less  than  12  months  of 
offense  reports.  Population  statistics  repre- 
sent July  1,  1978.  estimations.  The  tabular 
breakdowns  are  in  accordance  with  UCR 
crime  defimlions  (App.  II)  and  population 
classifications  (App.  III). 

The  1978  statistics  are  consistent  with  Table  1, 
Crime  in  the  US.  Pre-1978  crime  statistics 
have  been  updated,  and  hence,  may  not  be 
consistent  with  pnor  publications.  Crime 
statistics  include  estimated  offense  totals  for 
agencies  submitting  less  than  12  months  of 
offense  reports  for  1978.  Population  statis- 
tics represent  July  1  estimations  for  each 
year  except  April  1,  1970.  The  tabular 
breakdowns  are  according  to  UCR  crime 
definitions  (App.  II).  Cnme  volume  statistics 
are  rounded  to  the  10th  place  for  violent 
crime  and  1 00th  place  for  property  crime. 

The  1978  statistics  are  aggregated  from  individ- 
ual state  statistics  as  shown  in  Table  4. 
Crime  statistics  mclude  estimated  offense 
totals  for  agencies  submitting  less  than  12 
months  of  offense  reports  for  1978.  Popula- 
tion statistics  represent  July  1  estimations 
for  each  year.  The  tabular  breakdowns  are 
according  to  UCR  crime  defmitions  (App. 
II). 


Crime  statistics  include  estimated  offense  totals 
for  agencies  submitting  less  than  12  months 
of  offense  reports.  Population  statistics  rep- 
resent July  I,  1978,  population  estimations. 
Statistics  under  the  heading  "Area  Actually 
Reporting"  represent  reported  offense  totals 
for  agencies  submitting  all  12  months  of 
offense  reports  and  estimated  totals  for 
agencies  submitting  less  than  12  but  more 
than  2  months  of  offense  reports.  The  statis- 
tics under  the  heading  "Estimated  Totals" 
represent  the  above  plus  estimated  offense 
totals  for  agencies  having  less  than  3  months 
of  offense  reports.  The  tabular  breakdowns 
are  according  to  UCR  definitions  (App.  II). 

Statistics  are  published  for  all  Standard  Metro- 
poliun  Statistical  Areas  (SMSAs)  having  at 
least  75%  reporting.  Figures  are  listed  for 
central  cities  of  the  SMSAs  if  the  cities 
submitted  12  months  data  in  1978  Cnme 
statistics  include  estimated  offense  totals  for 
agencies  submitting  less  than  12  months  of 
offense  statistics  for  1978.  Population  statis- 
tics represent  July  I,  1978,  estimations.  The 
statistics  under  the  heading  "Area  Actually 
Reporting"  represent  reported  offense  totals 
for  agencies  submitting  all  12  months  of 
offense  reports  plus  estimated  offense  totals 
for  agencies  submitting  less  than  12  but 
more  than  2  months  of  offense  reports.  The 
statistics  under  the  heading  "Estimated  To- 
tal" represent  the  above  plus  the  estimated 
offense  totals  for  agencies  submitting  less 
than  3  months  of  offense  reports.  The  tabu- 
lar breakdowns  are  according  to  UCR  defi- 
mUons(App.lI). 


Represents  an  estimation  of  national  re- 
ported crime  activity  in  1978. 


Represents  an  estimation  of  national  re- 
ported crime  activity  from  1969  to 
1978. 


Represents  estimation  of  reported  crin 
activity  for  all  Index  offenses  at  the; 

1.  national  level 

2.  regional  level 

3.  division  level 

4.  state  level 


Any  comparison  of  UCR  statistics  should 
take  into  consideration  demographic 
differences. 

Represents  estimation  of  reported  crime 
activity  for  all  Index  offenses  at  state 
level.  Any  comparison  of  UCR  sutis- 
tics  should  take  into  consideration 
demographic  differences. 


Represents  estimation  of  the  reported 
crime  activity  for  all  Index  offenses  at 
individual  SMSA  level.  Any  compari- 
son of  UCR  statistics  should  take  into 
consideration     demographic     differ- 


I 


315 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com 
plete  reports  for  all  months  in  1978. 


All  university/college  law  enforcement  agencies 
submitting  complete  reports  for  all  m. 
in  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com 
plete  reports  for  all  months  in  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  ( 
plete  reports  for  all  months  in  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  ( 
plete  reports  for  all  months  in  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com 
plete  reports  for  at  least  6  months  in  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com 
plete  reports  for  at  least  6  months  in  1978. 


"Cities  and  Towns"  are  defined  to  be  agencies 
in  Population  Groups  1  through  V  (App. 
III).  The  population  classification  of  agen- 
cies IS  based  on  July  1.  1978.  population 
estimations  of  each  agency. 


Student  enrolhnent  figures  are  adjusted  by 
converting  part-time  students  into  full-tm 
equivalents  (FTEs)  as  provided  by  the  N 
tional  Center  for  Education  Statistics  of  the 
U.S.  Department  of  Health,  Education, 
Welfare.  FTEs  are  computed  by  taking  the 
fraction  of  part-time  students  by  the  pre- 
scribed method  in  the  "Higher  Education 
General  Information  Survey  (HEGIS  XII)." 

"Suburban  Counties"  are  defmed  to  be  the 
covered  by  all  noncity  agencies  within  an 
SMSA  (App.  III). 


"Rural  Counties"  are  those  outside  SMSAs  and 
not  covered  by  city  police  agencies  (App 
III).  Population  classifications  of  rural  coun- 
ties are  based  on  July  I.  1978,  population 
estimations  of  individual  agencies. 

The  1978  cnme  trend  statistics  are  1-year  i 
parisons  based  on  1978  reported  crime  a 
ity.  Only  common  reported  months  for 
individual  agencies  are  included  in  1978 
trend  calculations.  Populations  represent 
July  1,  1978,  estimations  of  individual  agen 
cies.  The  tabular  breakdowns  are  according 
to  UCR  crime  definitions  (App.  II)  and 
population  classifications  (App.  III).  Note 
that  "Suburban  and  Non-Suburban  Cities" 
represents  all  city  agencies  other  than 
cities  in  SMSAs. 

The  1978  crime  rates  are  the  ratios  of  the 
aggregated  1978  crime  volumes  and  the 
aggregated  1978  populations  of  the  contrib- 
uting agencies.  Population  statistics  repre- 
sent July  I,  1978,  estimations  of  individual 
agencies.  The  tabular  breakdowns  ar< 
cording  to  UCR  cnme  definitions  (App.  II) 
and  population  classifications  (App.  Ill) 
Note  that  "Suburban  and  Non-Suburban" 
represents  all  city  agencies  other  than 
cities  in  SMSAs. 

Offense  total  and  value  lost  total  are  computed 
for  all  Index  offense  categories  other  than 
aggravated  assault.  Percent  distribution  is 
denved  based  on  offense  total  with  each 
Index  offense.  Trend  statistics  are  derived 
based  on  agencies  with  at  least  6  common 
months  complete  for  1977  and  1978. 

The  1978  clearance  rates  are  based  on  offense 
and  clearance  volume  totals  of  the  contribut- 
ing agencies  for  1978.  Population  statistics 
represent  July  1,  1978,  estimations  of  indi- 
vidual agencies.  The  tabular  breakdowns  are 
according  to  UCR  crime  definitions  (App. 
II)  and  population  classifications  (App.  III). 


Represents  reported  cnme  activity  of  indi- 
vidual agencies  in  cities  and  towns 
10,000  and  over  in  population.  Any 
comparisons  of  UCR  statistics  should 
take  into  consideration  demographic 
differences. 

Represents  reported  cnme  and  FTEs  of 
individual  university/college  law  en- 
forcement agencies  listed  alphabetical- 
ly by  state.  Totals  are  supplied  for 
violent  and  property  cnmes. 


Represents  crime  reported  to  individual 
police  agencies  in  suburban  counties. 
Any  comparison  of  UCR  statistics 
should  lake  into  consideration  demo- 
graphic differences. 

Represents  crime  reported  to  individual 
police  agencies  in  rural  counties  over 
25,000  population.  Any  companson  of 
UCR  statistics  should  take  into  con- 
sideration demographic  differences. 

Shght  decrease  in  national  coverage  for 
Table  1 3  due  to  editing  procedure  and 
lower  submission  rate. 


Slight  decrease  in  national  coverage  for 
Table  17  due  to  editing  procedure  and 


lower  submission  i 


Aggravated  assault  is  excluded  from  the 
table  because,  for  UCR  Program  pur- 
poses, if  money  or  property  is  taken  in 
connection  with  the  assault  the  offense 
becomes  a  robbery. 


316 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com 
plete  reports  for  at  least  6  months  in  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  at  least 
6  months  in  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  annual 
reports  in  1969  and  all  months  in  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com- 
plete reports  for  at  least  6  common  months 
in  1974  and  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com- 
plete reports  for  at  least  6  common  months 
in  1977  and  1978. 


All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com- 
plete reports  for  at  least  6  months  in  1978. 


All  city  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting 
complete  reports  for  at  least  6  common 
months  in  1977  and  1978. 


The  arrest  totals  presented  are  national  esti- 
mates based  on  the  arrest  statistics  of  agen- 
cies reporting  at  least  6  months  in  1978.  A 
corresponding  population  is  used  when  6 
through  1 1  months  are  used.  The  "Total 
Estimated  Arrests"  statistic  is  the  sui 
estimated  arrest  volumes  for  each  of  the  29 
offenses.  Each  individual  arrest  total  is  the 
sum  of  the  estimated  volumes  withm  each  of 
the  eight  population  groups  (App.  III).  Each 
group's  estimate  is  the  reported  volum 
shown  in  Table  25)  divided  by  the  percent  of 
total  group  population  reporting  (as  estimat' 
ed  for  July  1,  1978). 

For  example,  in  the  Rural  Area,  agencies  having 
reported  6  or  more  months  represent  46,208 
burglary  arrests  and  88.1%  of  the  total  rural 
population.  The  rural  burglary  arrest  total  is 
estimated  to  be: 

Reported  volume 


The  1978  arrest  rates  are  the  ratios,  per  100,000 
inhabitants,  of  the  aggregated  1978  reported 
arrest  statistics  and  equivalent  population. 
The  population  statistics  represent  the  July 
I,  1978,  estimations  of  individual  agencies. 
The  tabular  breakdowns  are  according  to 
UCR  crime  definitions  (App.  II)  and  popu- 
lation classifications  (App.  HI). 

The, 
b< 

gregated  from  all  common  agencies.  Popula- 
tion statistics  represent  July  1,  1978,  estima- 

The  arrest  trends  are  the  percentage  differences 
between  1974  and  1978  arrest  volumes  ag- 
gregated from  common  agencies.  Population 
statistics  represent  July  I,  1978,  estimations 
for  individual  agencies. 

The  arrest  trends  are  1-year  comparisons  be- 
tween 1977  and  1978  arrest  volumes  aggre- 
gated from  common  agencies.  Population 
statistics  represent  July  1,  1978, 
of  individual  agencies. 


The  1978  city  arrest  trends  represent  the  per- 
centage differences  between  1977  and  1978 
arrest  volumes  aggregated  from  common 
city  agencies.  "City  agencies"  are  defined  to 
be  all  agencies  within  Population  Groups  I- 
VI  (App.  III). 


SUght  decrease  in  coverage  for  Table  35 
due  to  editing  procedure  and  lower 


317 


All  city  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting 
reports  for  at  least  6  months  in  1978. 

All  city  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting 
complete   reports   for  at   least  6 
months  in  1977  and  1978. 


All  city  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting 
least  6  months 


All  suburban  law  enforcement  agencies  submit- 
ting complete  reports  for  at  lea 
months  in  1977  and  1978. 


All  suburban  law  enforcement  agencies  submit- 
ting reports  for  at  least  6  months  in  1978. 

All  rural  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting 
complete  reports  for  at  least  6  common 
monthsin  1977  and  1978. 


All  rural  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting 
complete  reports  for  at  least  6  months  in! 
1978. 

All  law  enforcement  agencies  submitting  com-: 
plete  reports  for  at  least  6  months  in  1978. 


"City  agencies"  are  defined  to  be  agencies 
within  Population  Groups  1-VI  (App.  III). 

The  1978  city  arrest  trends  represent  the  per- 
centage differences  between  1977  and  1978 
arrest  volumes  aggregated  from  common 
city  agencies.  "City  agencies"  are  defined  to 
be  all  agencies  within  Population  Groups  I- 
VI  (App.  III). 

"City  agencies"  are  defined  to  be  agencies 
within  Population  Groups  I-VI  (App.  III). 

1978  suburban  arrest  trends  represent  percent 
age  differences  between  1977  and  1978 
arrest  volumes  aggregated  from  contributing 
agencies.  "Suburban  area"  is  defined  to  be 
all  counties  and  cities  with  fewer  than  50,000 
inhabitants  within  SMSAs  (App.  III). 

"Suburban  area"  is  defmed  to  be  counties  and 
cities  with  less  than  50,000  population  within 
SMSAs  (App.  III). 

1978  rural  trends  represent  percentage  differ- 
ences between  1977  and  1978  volumes  aggre- 
gated from  contributing  agencies.  "Rural 
area"  is  defined  to  be  all  noncity  agencies 
outside  SMSAs  (App.  III). 

"Rural  area"  is  defined  to  be  noncity  agencies 
outside  SMSAs  (App.  III). 


Population   statistics   represent   July    1,    1978, 
estimations  of  individual  agencies.  See  Ap- 
pendix III  for  definitions  of  the  populati 
classifications  presented. 


General  Comments 


Slight  decrease  in  coverage  for  Table  41 
due  to  editing  procedure  and  lower 
submission  of  race  data. 


Slight  decrease  in  coverage  for  Table  47 
due  to  editing  procedure  and  lower 
submission  of  race  data. 


Slight  decrease  in  coverage  for  Table  53 
due  to  editing  procedure  and  lower 
submission  of  race  data. 

Data  furnished  are  based  upon  individual 
state  age  definitions  for  juveniles. 


APPENDIX  II 
OFFENSES  IN  UNIFORM  CRIME  REPORTING 


Offenses  in  Uniform  Crime  Reporting  are  divided 
into  two  groupings  designated  as  Part  I  and  Part  II 
offenses.  Offense  and  arrest  information  are  reported 
for  the  Part  I  offenses  on  a  monthly  basis,  whereas 
only  arrest  information  is  reported  for  Part  II 
offenses. 

The  Part  I  offenses  are  as  follows: 

1.  Criminal  homicide.— a.  Murder  and  nonne- 
gligent  manslaughter:  the  willful  (nonnegligent)  kill- 
ing of  one  human  being  by  another.  Deaths  caused 
by  negligence,  attempts  to  kill,  assaults  to  kill, 
suicides,  accidental  deaths,  and  justifiable  homicides 
are  excluded.  Justifiable  homicides  are  limited  to  : 
(1)  the  kiUing  of  a  felon  by  a  law  enforcement  officer 
in  the  line  of  duty;  and  (2)  the  killing  of  a  felon  by  a 
private  citizen,  b.  Manslaughter  by  negligence:  the 
killing  of  another  person  through  gross  negligence. 
Excludes  traffic  fatalities.  While  manslaughter  by 
negligence  is  a  Part  I  crime,  it  is  not  included  in  the 
Crime  Index. 

2.  Forcible  rape.— The  carnal  knowledge  of  a 
female  forcibly  and  against  her  will.  Included  are 
rapes  by  force  and  attempts  or  assaults  to  rape. 
Statutory  offenses  (no  force  used — victim  under  age 
of  consent)  are  excluded. 

3.  Robbery. — The  taking  or  attempting  to  take 
anything  of  value  from  the  care,  custody,  or  control 
of  a  person  or  persons  by  force  or  threat  of  force  or 
violence  and/or  by  putting  the  victim  in  fear. 

4.  Aggravated  assault.— An  unlawful  attack  by 
one  person  upon  another  for  the  purpose  of  inflicting 
severe  or  aggravated  bodily  injury.  This  type  of 
assault  usually  is  accompanied  by  the  use  of  a 
weapon  or  by  means  likely  to  produce  death  or  great 
bodily  harm.  Simple  assaults  are  excluded. 

5.  Burglary— breaking  or  entering.— The  un- 
lawful entry  of  a  structure  to  commit  a  felony  or  a 
theft.  Attempted  forcible  entry  is  included. 

'In  October,  1978,  arson  was  designated  as  a  Part  I  crime. 
However,  data  collection  did  not  commence  until  1979. 


6.  Larceny-theft  (except  motor  vehicle 
theft). — The  unlawful  taking,  carrying,  leading,  or 
riding  away  of  property  from  the  possession  or 
constructive  possession  of  another.  Examples  are 
thefts  of  bicycles,  automobile  accessories,  shoplifting, 
pocket-picking,  or  any  stealing  of  property  or  article 
which  is  not  taken  by  force  and  violence  or  by  fraud. 
Attempted  larcenies  are  included.  Embezzlement, 
"con"  games,  forgery,  worthless  checks,  etc.,  are 
excluded. 

7.  Motor  vehicle  theft.— The  theft  or  attempt- 
ed theft  of  a  motor  vehicle.  A  motor  vehicle  is  self- 
propelled  and  runs  on  the  surface  and  not  on  rails. 
Specifically  excluded  from  this  category  are  motor- 
boats,  construction  equipment,  airplanes,  and  farm- 
ing equipment. 

The  Part  II  offenses  are: 

8.  Other  assaults  (simple). — Assaults  or  at- 
tempted assaults  where  no  weapon  was  used  or 
which  did  not  result  in  serious  or  aggravated  injury 
to  the  victim. 

9.  Arson.i — Any  willful  or  malicious  burning 
or  attempts  to  bum,  with  or  without  intent  to 
defraud,  a  dwelling  house,  public  building,  motor 
vehicle  or  aircraft,  personal  property  of  another,  etc. 

10.  Forgery  and  counterfeiting.— Making,  al- 
tering, uttering,  or  possessing,  with  intent  to  defraud, 
anything  false  which  is  made  to  appear  true.  At- 
tempts are  included. 

11.  Fraud. — Fraudulent  conversion  and  ob- 
taining money  or  property  by  false  pretenses.  Includ- 
ed are  larceny  by  bailee  and  bad  checks  except 
forgeries  and  counterfeiting. 

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

13.  Stolen  property;  buying,  receiving,  possess- 
ing.—Buying,  receiving,  and  possessing  stolen  prop- 
erty, including  attempts. 


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14.  Vandalism.— Willful  or  malicious  destruc- 
tion, injury,  disfigurement,  or  defacement  of  any 
public  or  private  property,  real  or  personal,  without 
consent  of  the  owner  or  person  having  custody  or 
control. 

15.  Weapons;  carrying,  possessing,  etc.— All 
violations  of  regulations  or  statutes  controlling  the 
carrying,  using,  possessing,  furnishing,  and  manufac- 
turing of  deadly  weapons  or  silencers.  Included  are 
attempts. 

16.  Prostitution  and  commercialized  vice.— Sex 

offenses  of  a  commercialized  nature,  such  as  prosti- 
tution, keeping  a  bawdy  house,  procuring,  or  trans- 
porting women  for  immoral  purposes.  Attempts  are 
included. 

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

18.  Drug  abuse  violations.- State  and  local 
offenses  relating  to  narcotic  drugs,  such  as  unlawful 
possession,  sale,  use,  growing,  and  manufacturing  of 
narcotic  drugs. 


19. 


-Promoting,  permitting,  or  en- 


gaging in  illegal  gambling. 


20.  Offenses  against  the  family  and  children.— 

Nonsupport,  neglect,  desertion,  or  abuse  of  family 
and  children. 

21.  Driving  under  the  influence.- Driving  or 
operating  any  vehicle  or  common  carrier  while  drunk 
or  under  the  influence  of  liquor  or  narcotics. 

22.  Liquor  laws.— State  or  local  liquor  law 
violations,  except  "drunkenness"  (offense  23)  and 
"driving  under  the  influence"  (offense  21).  Federal 
violations  are  excluded. 

23.  Drunkenness. — Drunkenness  or  intoxica- 
tion. Excluded  is  "driving  under  the  influence" 
(offense  21). 

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  offenses  1-25  and  traffic 
offenses. 

27.  Suspicion.— No  specific  offense;  suspect 
released  without  formal  charges  being  placed. 

28.  Curfew  and  loitering  laws.— Offenses  relat- 
ing to  violation  of  local  curfew  or  loitering  ordi- 
nances where  such  laws  exist. 

29.  Runaway.— Limited  to  juveniles  taken  into 
protective  custody  under  provisions  of  local  statutes. 


APPENDIX  III 
UNIFORM  CRIME  REPORTING  AREA  DEFINITIONS 


The  geographic  presentation  of  Uniform  Crime 
Reporting  (UCR)  data  consistently  rehes  on  the 
concept  of  the  Standard  Metropohtan  Statistical 
Area  (SMSA).  Comprehension  of  this  term  is  crucial 
to  understanding  the  related  UCR  concepts  of 
"Other  Cities"  and  "Rural  Area"  to  be  discussed 
later  in  this  appendix. 

Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas  (SMSAs) 

A  Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Area  (SMSA) 
is  a  statistical  construct  used  to  define  metropohtan 
areas  in  a  uniform  manner.  It  is  an  integrated 
economic  and  social  unit  with  a  recognized  large 
population  nucleus.  The  SMSA  concept  was  devel- 
oped to  facihtate  the  analysis  and  dissemination  of 
statistical  information  on  metropolitan  areas.  The 
primary  objective  in  establishing  standard  definitions 
of  these  areas  was  to  make  it  possible  for  Federal 
statistical  agencies  to  utilize  the  same  boundaries 
when  publishing  statistical  data. 

An  SMSA  always  includes  a  central  city  (cities)  of 
specified  population  (generally  over  50,000)  and  the 
county  (counties)  in  which  it  is  located.  In  addition, 
an  SMSA  also  includes  contiguous  counties  when  the 
economic  and  social  relationship  between  the  central 
and  contiguous  counties  meet  specified  criteria  of 
metropolitan  character  and  integration.  An  SMSA 
may  cross  state  lines.  In  New  England,  SMSAs  are 
composed  of  cities  and  towns  instead  of  counties. 

The  Office  of  Federal  Statistical  Policy  and  Stand- 
ards of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce  has 
responsibility  for  designating  and  defining  SMSAs.  It 
in  turn  is  advised  by  the  Federal  Committee  on 
Standard  Metropolitan  Statistical  Areas.  The  de- 
tailed criteria  followed  in  establishing  and  defining 
SMSAs  are  presented  in  the  U.  S.  Department  of 
Commerce  publication.  Standard  Metropolitan  Statis- 
tical Areas,  revised  edition  1975.  These  criteria  are 
outlined  below. 

1.  Each  SMSA  must  include  at  least: 

(a)  One  city  with  50,000  or  more  inhabi- 
tants, or 

(b)  A  city  with  at  least  25,000  inhabitants, 


which,  together  with  those  contiguous 
places  (incorporated  or  unincorporat- 
ed) having  population  densities  of  at 
least  1,(X)0  persons  per  square  mile,  has 
a  combined  population  of  50,000  and 
constitutes  for  general  economic  and 
social  purposes  a  single  community, 
provided  that  the  county  or  counties  in 
which  the  city  and  contiguous  places 
are  located  has  a  total  population  of  at 
least  75,000. 

2.  A  contiguous  county  will  be  included  in  an 
SMSA  if 

(a)  at  least  75%  of  the  resident  labor  force 
in  the  county  is  in  the  nonagricultural 
labor  force,  and 

(b)  at  least  30%  of  the  employed  workers 
hving  in  the  county  work  in  the  central 
county  or  counties  of  the  area. 

3.  A  contiguous  county  which  does  not  meet 
the  requirements  of  criterion  2  will  be 
included  in  an  SMSA  if  at  least  75%  of  the 
resident  labor  force  is  in  the  nonagricultural 
labor  force  and  it  meets  two  of  the  follow- 
ing additional  criteria  of  metropolitan  char- 
acter and  one  of  the  following  criteria  of 
integration. 

(a)  Criteria  of  metropolitan  character. 

(1)  At  least  25%  of  the  population  is 
urban. 

(2)  The  county  had  an  increase  of  at 
least  15%  in  total  population  dur- 
ing the  period  covered  by  the  two 
most  recent  Censuses  of  Popula- 
tion. 

(3)  The  county  has  a  population  den- 
sity of  at  least  50  persons  per 
square  mile. 

(b)  Criteria  of  integration. 

(1)  At  least  15%  of  the  employed 
workers  living  in  the  county  work 
in  the  central  county  or  counties  of 


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the  area,  or 

(2)  The  number  of  people  working  in 
the  county  who  hve  in  the  central 
county  or  counties  of  the  area  is 
equal  to  at  least  15%  of  the  em- 
ployed workers  living  in  the  coun- 
ty, or 

(3)  The  sum  of  the  number  of  workers 
commuting  to  and  from  the  central 
county  or  counties  is  equal  to  20% 
of  the  employed  workers  living  in 
the  county. 

Community  Types 

Uniform  Crime  Reporting  data  are  often  presented 
using  three  community  type  aggregations.  These  are 
SMSA,  Other  Cities,  and  Rural  Area. 

The  concept  of  SMSA  was  explained  in  the 
preceding  paragraphs.  SMSAs  as  used  in  this  publi- 
cation made  up  approximately  73  percent  of  the  total 
United  States'  population  in  1978.  A  suburban  area 
includes  cities  with  less  than  50,000  inhabitants  in 
addition  to  counties  (unincorporated  areas)  within 
the  SMSA.  Suburban  areas  therefore  can  be  subdi- 
vided into  suburban  cities  and  suburban  counties. 

Other  Cities  are  those  outside  SMSAs.  Most  of 
these  places  are  incorporated  and  comprised  12 
percent  of  the  1978  population  of  the  United  States. 

A  Rural  Area  is  that  portion  of  a  county  outside 
the  SMSA  excluding  areas  covered  by  city  police 
agencies.  For  crime  reporting  purposes,  rural  areas 
are  made  up  of  unincorporated  portions  of  counties 
outside  urban  places  and  SMSAs.  They  comprised  15 
percent  of  the  1978  national  population. 

The  following  diagram  illustrates  the  aforemen- 
tioned discussion  of  the  community  types.  ^ 


SMSA 

NON-SMSA 

CITIES 

CITIES  OVER 

50.000 

OTHER 
CITIES 

SUBURBAN 
CITIES 

COUNTIES 
(unincorporaled  area) 

SUBURBAN 
COUNTIES 

RURAL 
AREA 

Population  Groups 

For  purposes  of  statistical  presentation,  the  cities 
and  counties  in  the  United  States  are  divided  into 
groups  based  on  population  size.  The  population 

iln  New  England,  "town"  instead  of  "county"  is  used  to 
describe  SMSAs.  These  towns  do  not  coincide  generally  with 
established  reporting  units;  therefore,  metropolitan  state  economic 


group  classifications  used  by  the  UCR  Program  are 
as  follows: 

Political  Population 

Population  Group  Label  Range 

I    City  250,000  and  Over 

II    City  100,000  to 

249,999 

III   City  50,000  to  99,999 

IV   City  25,000  to  49,999 

V    City  10,000  to  24,999 

VI    City  Less  than  10,000 

VIII  (Rural  Area)  County         N/A 

IX  (Suburban  County)  ...County         N/A 

The  major  source  of  UCR  data  is  the  individual 
law  enforcement  agency.  The  number  of  agencies 
included  in  each  population  group  will  vary  slightly 
from  year  to  year  due  to  population  growth,  geopoli- 
tical consolidation,  municipal  incorporation,  etc.  The 
following  table  shows  the  number  of  UCR  contribut- 
ing agencies  within  each  population  group  for  1978: 

Population  Number  of  Population 

Group  Agencies  Covered 

I    57  41,340,000 

II    117  16,862,000 

III   282  19,253,000 

IV   666  22,779,000 

V   1,620  25,146,000 

VI    7,311  24,034.000 

VIII  (Rural  Area)  3,632  32,786,000 

IX  (Suburban  County)  ...  1,350 35,859.000 

Total  15,035  218,059,000 

Regions  and  Divisions 

The  United  States  is  divided  into  four  regions:  the 
Northeastern  States,  the  North  Central  States,  the 
Southern  States,  and  the  Western  States.  These 
regions  are  further  divided  into  nine  divisions.  The 
following  table  delineates  the  regional,  divisional, 
and  state  configuration  of  the  country. 

NORTHEASTERN  STATES 


Middle  Atlantic 
New  Jersey 
New  York 
Pennsylvania 


New  England 
Connecticut 
Maine 

Massachusetts 
New  Hampshire 
Rhode  Island 
Vermont 


areas   are   used   in   tabulations   for   New   England   since   they 
encompass  an  entire  county  or  counties. 


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NORTH  CENTRAL  STATES 


WESTERN  STATES 


East  North  Central 

West  North  Central 

Mountain 

Pacific 

Illinois 

Iowa 

Arizona 

Alaska 

Indiana 

Kansas 

Colorado 

California 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Idaho 

Hawaii 

Ohio 

Missouri 

Montana 

Oregon 

Wisconsin 

Nebraska 

Nevada 

Washington 

North  Dakota 

New  Mexico 

South  Dakota 

Utah 
Wyoming 

SOUTHERN  STATES 

South  Atlantic  * 

East  South  Central 

Delaware 

Alabama 

Florida 

Kentucky 

Georgia 

Mississippi 

Maryland 

Tennessee 

North  Carolina 

West  South  Central 

South  Carohna 

Arkansas 

Virginia 

Louisiana 

West  Virginia 

Oklahoma 
Texas 

'Includes  District  of  Columbia. 


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