Crime
Number of murders and non-negligent manslaughters per 100,000 inhabitants.
Figures for the whole population are from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States. The FBI’s estimates are based on the Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Demographic breakdowns are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Homicide Trends in the United States Series. The BJS’s primary data source is the FBI Supplementary Homicide Reports.
Population counts are based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s provisional estimates as of July 1 for each year, except 1990 and 2000 which are decennial census counts.
The murder and non-negligent homicides that occurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in the crime counts.
Number of violent crimes per 100,000 population.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics.
Violent crimes include murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
The murder and non-negligent homicides that occurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in the crime counts.
Number of property crimes per 100,000 population.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics.
Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft.
Number of people who report being the victim of a violent crime, per 1,000 people age 12 and over.
Violent crimes included are rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. This measure does not include murder.
Due to methodological inconsistencies between the NCVS data for 2006 and the data for other years, the estimates for 2006 are omitted from the graphing utility. More information about the National Crime Victimization Survey is available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Number of arrests per 1,000 population.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to produce its arrest rate statistics. A detailed description of the estimation procedure is available in the Methods section of Bureau of Justice Statistics, Arrest Data Analysis Tool.
Because the same person can be arrested multiple times in a year, arrest rates do not reflect the number of people who have been arrested. Rather, they measure the overall number of arrests relative to population size.
Race is coded with only four categories, and there is no multi-race category. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race and are not captured separately, so Hispanic arrestees will be found in each of the four race categories.
Number of prisoners under federal or state jurisdiction sentenced to a maximum term of more than one year.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners series. The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ estimates are based on the National Prisoner Statistics. Demographic breakdowns are reported in the Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years.
Prisoner counts are reported as of December 31 of each year. Counts include all persons under legal authority of state or federal correctional officials, regardless of where the person is held.
More information about the National Prisoner Statistics is available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Number of prisoners under federal or state jurisdiction sentenced to a maximum term of more than one year per 100,000 U.S. residents.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool - Prisoners.
Prisoner counts are reported as of December 31 of each year. Counts include all persons under legal authority of state or federal correctional officials, regardless of where the person is held.
More information about the National Prisoner Statistics is available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Number of adults on probation at the end of the calendar year.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Adults on Probation, Federal and State-by-State, 1977-2011." The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ estimates are based on the Annual Probation Survey.
The Annual Probation Survey collects population counts for January 1 and December 31 of each year. The value reported in the data is the count at the end of the reference year. For the most recent year, this is the population count as of December 31 of the reference year. For all other years, it is the population count as of January 1 of the year following the reference year.
Number of adults on parole at the end of the calendar year.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Adults on Parole, Federal and State-by-State, 1975-2012.” The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ estimates are based on the Annual Parole Survey.
The Annual Parole Survey collects population counts for January 1 and December 31 of each year. The value reported in the data is the count at the end of the reference year. For the most recent year, this is the population count as of December 31 of the reference year. For all other years, it is the population count as of January 1 of the year following the reference year.