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Violent Crime Rate (FBI Bureau of Investigation)

The number of violent crime incidents per 100,000 people. Violent crimes include murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

  • Measurement Period: 2017
Violent Crime Rate (FBI Bureau of Investigation)
384.1
TREND
RANGE: 0<860.7

Understanding the color Range

Each Health Indicator includes five-color range indexes. The color range index compares all counties in the state that have the same indicator in the same timeframe. It then calculates where the selected county falls in that range and displays the color that best reflects how the county is doing in comparison to the other counties in the filtered group. The range displays the highest and lowest county values within the state that have the same indicator for the same measurement period.

Current county values will be compared to State and National values if they are available.

Green and red arrows indicate that the county value is better or worse than the state or national value. The arrows will change directions and colors based on which end of the range is positive.
This icon simply means that the county value is equal to the state or national value.
Some indicators display blue, which means the data is not meant for health-status comparison, but is intended simply to provide information.
If history data is available the trend icon will point up or down based on its relationship to the last county value.
History
Dimensions 2017
Dimension Low Value High Number of Counties Compared
CDC Treatment Guidelines
Source
Uniform Crime Reporting Program
The Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) is a nationwide, cooperative, statistical effort of more than 17,000 city, county, and state law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their attention. The program's primary objective is to generate a reliable set of criminal statistics for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management; however, over the years, its data have become one of the country's leading social indicators. Eight major classifications of crime, known as the crime index, are tracked to gauge fluctuations in the overall volume and rate of crime. These include the violent crimes of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, and the property crimes of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

Methodology

To ensure these data are uniformly reported, the FBI provides contributing law enforcement agencies with a handbook explaining how to classify and score offenses and provides uniform crime definitions.