The Curious Case of Crime in the Media
CRIME RATES HEADLINES VS. REALITY But an average person in the U.S. is over 1,000 times more likely to experience: Listening to news media, you would fear: WHY? WE LOOK AT HEADLINES VERSUS REALITY IN FOUR MAJOR U.S. CITIES TO FIND OUT. Cities ronked by how closely their crime news reporting percentages match actual crime rate percentages: O CRIMES REPORTED BY POLICE • CRIMES REPORTED BY MEDIA 0.8% 0.4% 69.2% 0% BEST Murder Rape 16.3% 10.6% 7.7% 0% Robbery Assault 19.6% 12.2% A 0% A 0% OAKLAND Burglary Larceny 24.9% 15.1% 0% 23.1% Auto Theft Other 0.1% 0.0% 27.3% 27.3% Murder Rape 6.8% 7.7% 4.6% 0% Robbery Assoult 20.1% 46.8% ATLANTA .0% 4.6% Burglary Larceny 18.5% 0% 9.1% 27.3% Auto Theft Other 0.4% 1.1% 8. 27.4% 3.2% Murder Rape 16% 18.5% 1.6% 6.5% Robbery Assault 15.7% 34.9% 0% 4.8% NEW YORK Burglary Larceny 9.5% 3.7% 0% 56.5% Auto Theft Other 0.2% 0.4% 우 6 20.8% 0% KORST Murder Rape 6.5% 6% 4.2% 4.2% Robbery Assault 25.7% 50.2% 8.3% A 0% DALLAS Larceny Burglary 11% 0% 62.5% Auto Theft Other NATIONWIDE In 2010, there were an estimated: 1,246,248 Violent Crimes 9,082,887 Property Crimes Nationwide crime rates (2010) per 100,000 people: Property 2,941.9 Larceny-Theft 2,003.5 Burglary Violent Crime 669.6 ài 403.6 238.8 Motor Vehicle i'heft Assault 252.3 Robbery 119.1 Rape | 27.5 Murder 4.8 MEAN WORLD SYNDROME Violent images inundate the media... CHILDREN SEE: Those who consume more 8,000 200,000 media are more likely to perceive the world'ás a mare frightening and scary place than it actually is. murders by the end of elementary school. murders by age 18. The good news? It's not a mean world. 99.5% of people in the U.S. will never be a victim of a violent crime. SOURCES: FBI.GOV, BEST PLACES TO LIVE & RETIRE, OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CRIMINOLOGY, MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION, GALLUP .::::.
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