FBI Crime Report – The number of violent crimes in 2013 decreased by 4.4 percent compared with 2012 figures, according to the FBI’S latest crimes statistics.
The estimated number of property crimes decreased 4.1 percent. There were an estimated 1.1 million violent crimes reported to law enforcement last year, along with an estimated 8.6 million property crimes.
The crime statistics report, issued by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, contains voluntarily submitted data from 18,415 city, county, state, tribal, campus, and federal law enforcement agencies on specific crimes brought to their attention.
The crimes include the violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, and the property crimes of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson, officials said.
Here are some quick highlights from Crime in the United States, 2013:
- During 2013, law enforcement made an estimated 11,302,102 arrests (including 480,360 for violent crimes and 1,559,284 for property crimes).
- The highest number of arrests were for drug abuse violations (estimated at 1,501,043), larceny-theft (estimated at 1,231,580), and driving under the influence (estimated at 1,166,824).
- There were an estimated 14,196 murders last year.
- Aggravated assaults (an estimated 724,149 last year) accounted for the largest percentage of violent crimes reported to law enforcement—62.3 percent.
- Firearms were used in 69 percent of the nation’s murders, 40 percent of robberies, and 21.6 percent of aggravated assaults (weapons data is not collected on rape incidents).
- There were an estimated 79,770 rapes (legacy definition) reported to law enforcement.
- Victims of burglary offenses suffered an estimated $4.5 billion in property losses, and burglaries of residential properties accounted for 74 percent of the total reported.
- Larceny-thefts accounted for the largest percentage of property crimes reported to law enforcement—69.6 percent. (The average value of property taken during larceny-thefts was $1,259.)
- During 2013, an estimated 699,594 motor vehicles were reported stolen, and 73.9 percent of those were cars. (Other types of stolen vehicles included trucks, sport utility vehicles, buses, motorcycles, motor scooters, all-terrain vehicles, and snowmobiles).
For the Full Report and Details About Crime in Cities and States in 2013 Go To: FBI Crime Statistics