NCJ Number
180535
Date Published
1999
Length
24 pages
Annotation
Between 1988 and 1998, data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program showed the number of burglary arrests in California declined from 76,270 to 55,595 and the burglary arrest rate per 100,000 total population declined by 34 percent from 271.8 to 166.
Abstract
From 1997 to 1998, burglary arrests dropped by 6 percent from 59,148 to 55,595. Between 1988 and 1998, the number of males arrested for burglary declined from 65,266 to 44,039. In contrast, the number of females arrested increased from 11,004 to 11,556. More men than women were arrested for burglary each year (79.2 percent of the total in 1998), but the percentage of women arrested increased from 14.4 percent of the total in 1988 to 20.8 percent of the total in 1998. Between 1988 and 1998, the burglary arrest rate declined for all race-ethnic groups (white, Hispanic, black, and other). Blacks declined the most (42.7 percent), from 872.2 to 499.4 arrests per 100,000. When age groups were combined, data showed the percentage of 18- to 39-year-olds arrested for burglary decreased from 65.3 percent of the total in 1988 to 54.6 percent in 1998, while the percentage of juveniles plus individuals over 40 arrested for burglary increased from 34.6 percent of the total in 1988 to 45.4 percent in 1998. Appendixes contain supplemental data on burglary arrests and population estimates. 14 tables and 4 figures