America's Rap Sheet: Has crime ever been worse in America?

6'6" 6'0" 5'6" 5'0" 4'6" 4'0 3'6" 3'0" 6'6" AMERICA'S RAP SHEET Has crime ever been worse in America? 6'0" 5'6" 5'0" 4'6" bo640" 3'6" 3'0" You hear about the worst of the worst, the shooting sprees, the psychopaths, but how is daily crime in America? 0066uuo0O OVER 14,700 PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY HOMICIDE IN THE US EVERY YEAR RACE IS A LARGE DETERMINANT OF HOMICIDES Black Americans constitute only 13% of the population, yet are the victims of over 50% of homicides. MOSTLY MALE 13% Black 63.7% White 6,830 White 11,370 Male 3,240 Female 7,380 Black FROM 18-34 YOU'RE A HALF OF ALL HOMICIDES INVOLVE HANDGUNS PRIME TARGET 3,680 3,850 10% 3,260 20% 50% 20% 1,710 665 700 20% OTHER FIREARM 20% KNIFE OR BLUNT OBJECT 12-17 18-24 25-34 35-49 50-64 65+ 10% OTHER 2011 515 -Nearly 1 in 30 homicides occurred in N.Y. MOST NON-NEGLIGENT HOMICIDES BY CITY 431 344 324 297 200 198 196 133 117 116 113 108 108 104 N.Y. Chicago Detroit Philidelphia L.A. New Orleans Houston Baltimore Dallas Memphis Phoenix St. Louis D.C. Oakland HOMICIDE RATES PEAKED IN THE EARLY 80'S & 90'S & HAVE BEEN FALLING HOMICIDES PER 100,000 PEOPLE 10.22 9.62 9.42 7.87 7.95 8.22 5.08 5.15 5.54 5.65 4.78 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 A MAJORITY OF RAPES ARE UNREPORTED Almost 1 in 5 women will experience an attempted or completed rape in any given year, & nearly l in 20 men. RAPES PER 100,000 PEOPLE PERPETRATOR STATS 91.6 7% 38% 58.4 53.2 26% 33.7 30.9 28.6 WERE FRIENDS OR ACQUAINTANCES 28% Lesotho Trinidad & Tobago Korea New Zealand Sweden U.S. 28% RAPED TO INTIMIDATE Though reported rates declined 60% from 1993, the U.S. still has the 6th highest rate in the world. 26% WERE STRANGERS 7% WERE RELATIVES LOCATION 30.9% PERPETRATOR'S HOME 26.6% 26.6% VICTIM'S HOME 10.1% PERP & VICTIM'S SHARED HOME 7.2% AT A PARTY 10.1% 30.9% 7.2% 7.2% IN A VEHICLE 3.6% OUTDOORS 7.2% 2.2% IN A BAR REPORTED RAPES PER 100,000 PEOPLE 42.75 NO 36.83 37.14 41.24 37.1 32.04 31.82 26.32 27.67 18.69 9.59 12.1 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 1992 1 IN 400 AMERICANS WERE ASSAULTED LAST YEAR BY WEAPON TYPE 21.77% 21.77% FIREARM 26.8% 18.1% KNIVES, CUTTING INSTRUMENTS 18.1% 32.6% 32.6% OTHER WEAPONS 26.8% PERSONAL WEAPONS ASSAULTS PER 100,000 PEOPLE 441.81 424.13 418.34 idim 302.94 323.96 298.49 290.79 252.75 231.14 164.82 86.06 111.27 1980 2010 1990 1995 1992 1960 1965 1970 1975 1985 2000 2005 1 IN 33 AMERICANS WERE ROBBED OR BURGLARIZED LAST YEAR BY TYPE 7.7% 3.8% FORCIBLE ROBBERY 22.5% AGGRAVATED BURGLARY 22.5% 65.9% LARCENY THEFT 7.7% CAR THEFT 65.9% THEFTS PER 100,000 PEOPLE 5,604 5,345 4,859 4,812 3,763 5,031 3,793 1,786 2,320 3,572 3,065 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 MOST DANGEROUS METRO AREAS PER 100,000 PEOPLE MURDERS RAPES ROBBERIES FLINT, MICH. 62 106 662 DETROIT, MICH. 55 62 685 OAKLAND, CALIF. 32 38 1,086 BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 15 266 415 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 53 37 293 CLEVELAND, OHIO 21 92 826 ST. LOUIS, MO. 35 62 558 JACKSON, MISS. 36 77 454 BALTIMORE, MD. 35 51 576 NEWARK, N.J. 34 20 708 BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 31 71 461 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 22 57 519 MEMPHIS, TENN. 20 63 514 LITTLE ROCK, ARK. 23 70 412 BATON ROUGE, LA. 29 28 446 CINCINNATI, OHIO 16 63 582 STOCKTON, CALIF. 24 30 520 BUFFALO, N.Y. 18 53 529 DAYTON, OHIO 17 79 445 NEW HAVEN, CONN. 13 42 650 KANSAS CITY, MO. | 23 53 355 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 10 103 440 ATLANTA, GA. | 19 26 521 HARTFORD, CONN. 18 22 511 MILWAUKEE, WIS. 15 38 505 STRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER FOR EVERY 1 HOMICIDE THERE ARE ALMOST 6 REPORTED RAPES FOR I REPORTED RAPE THERE ARE 9 ASSAULTS FOR 1 ASSAULT 88888888 THERE ARE 12 THEFTS CREATING. HUGE COSTS FOR TAXPAYERS COSTS FOR DEPARTMENT WITH 9,963 OFFICERS IN L.A. 2010 $8,649,216 57,414 18,435 18,391 12,217 $217,866, 312 $87,238 | 10,638 $13,096 903 $67,277 $2,139 $9,079 MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT BURGLARY LARCENY CAR THEFT U.S. CRIME IS NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S STILL DANGEROUS OUT THERE. Criminaljusticedegreehub.com CITATIONS www.businessinsider.com/cities-with-the-most-murders-per-the-ucr-2012-10 www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/hus11.pdf www.statisticbrain.com/rape-statistics/ www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.2012/tables/22tabledatadecpdf/table_22_aggravated_ assault_by_state_types_of_weapons_2012.xls www.fbi.gov/about-us/jis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/6tabledatadecpdf www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/ www.rand.org/jie/centers/quality-policing/cost-of-crime.html www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/preliminary-annual-uniform-crime-report-january-december-2012/tables/t able-4/view