Property and Violent Index Crimes Known to the Police
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Data Provider:NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
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Area: Community
Definition:
New York State Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Index crimes include serious property and violent crimes reported or otherwise known to the police. Property index crimes include burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft. Violent index crimes include murder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. A reported crime is recorded in the jurisdiction where it occurs, and only the most serious offense that was committed during a criminal incident is recorded. The crime rate is the number of reported UCR index crimes divided by an estimate of the general population and multiplied by 10,000.
Significance:
The number of property and violent UCR Index offenses reported or otherwise known to the police are the best official indicators of the relative level of criminal activity throughout New York State. A distinction is made between violent and property offenses because crime trends for these two categories generally differ.
Findings:
There were 463,184 violent and property Index crimes reported to the police in New York State during 2008. Approximately 17 percent of these crimes statewide involved violent Index offenses.
In 2008, 63 percent of the violent Index crimes and 39 percent of property Index crimes in the state were reported in New York City. This represents a decrease since 2000, when the City comprised 72 percent of the state's violent Index crime and 44 percent of the state's property Index crime.
Compared to 2000, New York City’s 2008 violent Index crime rates decreased 41 percent (from 97.8 to 58.0 per 10,000 persons). In contrast, the Rest of State saw violent Index offense rates per 10,000 persons increase by 1.5 percent (from 25.6 to 26.0 per 10,000 persons).
Both major parts of the state experienced declines in the numbers of reported property offenses in 2008: 29 percent fewer property Index crimes were reported in New York City and 12 percent fewer property Index crimes were reported in the Rest Of State, compared with 2000. Rates showed a commensurate decline: 179.7 property Index crimes were reported per 10,000 persons in New York City in 2008 (decline of 34 percent since 2000), and 211.7 property Index crimes were reported per 10,000 persons in the Rest Of State in 2008 (decline of 11 percent since 2000).
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