{"id":96024,"date":"2017-01-09T21:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=96024"},"modified":"2017-01-09T21:35:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:35:02","slug":"fbi-releases-preliminary-semiannual-crime-statistics-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/fbi-releases-preliminary-semiannual-crime-statistics-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Releases Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Statistics released today in the FBI\u2019s Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report revealed overall increases in the number of violent crimes reported and overall declines in the number of property crimes reported for the first six months of 2016 when compared with figures for the first six months of 2015. The report is based on information from 13,366 law enforcement agencies that submitted three to six months of comparable data to the FBI\u2019s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for the first six months of 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n

Violent Crime<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

-All of the offenses in the violent crime category\u2014murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape (revised definition), rape (legacy definition), aggravated assault, and robbery\u2014showed increases when data from the first six months of 2016 were compared with data from the first six months of 2015. The number of aggravated assaults increased 6.5 percent, murders increased 5.2 percent, rapes (legacy definition) increased 4.4 percent, rapes (revised definition) rose 3.5 percent, and robbery offenses were up 3.2 percent.<\/p>\n

-Violent crime increased in all city groupings. Among cities, violent crime rose the most over the previous year (9.7 percent) in those with populations of 1,000,000 and over. In cities with populations from 500,000 to 999,999, violent crime increased 5.2 percent, and in cities with 250,000 to 499,999 inhabitants, violent crime was up 4.3 percent.<\/p>\n

-Violent crime increased 6.3 percent in metropolitan counties and rose 1.6 percent in nonmetropolitan counties.<\/p>\n

-Violent crime increased in all four regions of the nation. These crimes were up 6.4 percent in the West, 5.9 percent in both the Midwest and in the South, and 1.2 percent in the Northeast.<\/p>\n

Property Crime<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the property crime category, offenses dropped 0.6 percent. Burglaries were down 3.4 percent, and larceny-thefts declined 0.8 percent. However, motor vehicle thefts increased 6.6 percent.
\nAmong the city population groups, there were both increases and decreases in the overall number of property crimes. Law enforcement agencies in cities with 1,000,000 and over populations reported the largest increase, 2.1 percent. Law enforcement agencies in cities with populations under 10,000 inhabitants reported the largest decrease, 3.5 percent.
\nProperty crime decreased 3.9 percent in nonmetropolitan counties and 1.5 percent in metropolitan counties.
\nThe West was the only region to show an increase (0.8 percent) in property crime. Reports of these offenses declined 2.4 percent in the Northeast, 1.3 percent in the Midwest, and 0.9 percent in the South.<\/p>\n

Arson<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the UCR Program, arson offenses are collected separately from other property crimes. The number of arson offenses decreased 1.1 percent in the first six months of 2016 when compared with figures for the first six months of 2015. Two of the nation\u2019s four regions reported decreases in the number of arsons. Arsons were down 5.1 percent in the West and 1.3 percent in the Midwest. However, arson offenses rose 5.0 percent in the Northeast and 1.2 percent in the South.<\/p>\n

Arson offenses were down 6.6 percent in cities with populations 10,000 to 24,999, the largest decrease within the city groupings. The city grouping to experience the greatest increase was in those cities with populations 1,000,000 and over, where arson offenses rose 5.3 percent. Arsons decreased 3.1 percent in nonmetropolitan counties and 0.3 percent in metropolitan counties.<\/p>\n

Revised Definition of Rape<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2013, the FBI\u2019s UCR Program initiated the collection of rape data under a revised definition within the Summary Based Reporting System. The term \u201cforcible\u201d was removed from the offense name, and the definition was changed to \u201cpenetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n

The number of rape incidents reported using the revised definition, as well as the number of rapes submitted using the legacy definition, are both included in this report in separate columns in each table. The rape figures for those agencies that changed from reporting rape under the legacy definition in 2015 to the revised definition in 2016 are not included in the trend calculations for Tables 1-3, but they are included in Table 4. Please note: Rape data reported for 2015 and 2016 cannot be aggregated by all agencies. Instead, two distinct groups of agencies (those reporting using the legacy definition and those reporting using the revised definition) are used for calculating trends. Therefore, the percent changes from one year to the next within each group are calculated with fewer agencies than in recent years. Users should be aware that offenses with fewer incidents are often sensitive to marginal increases\/decreases when calculating trends. More information about this subject is presented in footnotes and data declarations for each table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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