NCJ Number
125814
Date Published
Unknown
Length
189 pages
Annotation
This report concentrates on major index offenses reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program by Alabama's law enforcement agencies for 1989.
Abstract
Crime statistics are compiled for the State, Alabama's nine metropolitan statistical areas, sheriffs' offices, municipal police departments, and campus police. Crime data are reported for the Part I offenses of homicide, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Clearance and arrest data are also reported. There were 184,185 index crimes reported in 1989, a 4-percent increase over 1988. The State crime rate was 4,473 per 100,000 inhabitants, and 505 Part I offenses were reported on a daily average. The total property value stolen in 1989 reached $159.1 million, with 32 percent recovered. A total of 416 law enforcement officers were assaulted in 1989; 35 percent received serious injuries and 65 percent received minimal or no injuries. There were 52,540 clearances in 1989, for a clearance rate of 29 percent. A total of 37,263 persons were arrested for Part I offenses, and juveniles comprised 18 percent of this total. Of those arrested for Part I offenses, 58 percent were black and 42 percent were white. A total of 191,825 persons were arrested for Part II offenses, with 6 percent being juveniles. Males constituted 81 percent of Part II arrests, whites 55 percent, and blacks 45 percent. Narcotic drug violations involved the arrest of 14,160 individuals, 30 percent for sale and 70 percent for possession; 95 percent of these arrests involved adults. There were 65,645 persons arrested for alcohol violations; 43 percent were arrested for driving under the influence, 37 percent for public drunkenness, and 20 percent for liquor law violations. Appendixes contain additional crime data by county. Tables and figures.