NCJ Number
19100
Date Published
1974
Length
27 pages
Annotation
A COMPENDIUM OF CRIME DATA FOR THE BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN REGION, LISTING CRIME RATES FOR EACH INDEX CRIME, INDEX CRIME RATES FOR EACH REGION, AND ARRESTS FOR INDEX OFFENSES.
Abstract
THIS REPORT IDENTIFIES REPORTED CRIME INCIDENCE FROM 1971 TO JUNE OF 1974. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON CRIME INCIDENCE IN THE 1973-4 TIME FRAME. THE FBI, THROUGH ITS UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING SYSTEM, HAS DEVELOPED AN INDEX OF SEVEN SERIOUS CRIME OFFENSES. THE REPORTED INCIDENCE OF THESE INDEX OFFENSES--MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BURGLARY, LARCENY, AND AUTO THEFT--ARE PORTRAYED GRAPHICALLY AND NARRATIVELY IN THIS REPORT. THE DATA INDICATED THAT TOTAL REPORTED INDEX CRIME INCIDENCE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE BETWEEN 1972 AND 1973. HOWEVER, AN INCREASE OF 18.5 PERCENT IN REPORTED INDEX CRIME INCIDENCE WAS NOTED IN COMPARING THE TIME FRAMES OF JANUARY-JUNE (1973) TO JANUARY-JUNE (1974). OVER 90 PERCENT OF ALL MURDERS THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE REGION WERE FOUND TO OCCUR IN BALTIMORE CITY. AGGREVATED ASSAULT AND RAPE WERE THE ONLY INDEX CRIMES TO REGISTER A REGIONAL DECREASE DURING THE 1973-74 COMPARISON PERIOD, WHILE IN THE CATEGORY OF PROPERTY CRIMES, INCREASES WERE NOTED IN EACH JURISDICTION DURING THE 1973-74 COMPARISON PERIOD. THE DATA ALSO SHOWED THAT 46 PERCENT OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR INDEX CRIMES IN THE REGION IN 1973 WERE JUVENILES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)