LibGuides: Soc 361: Criminology: Uniform Crime Report

Uniform Crime Report

also known as Crime in the United States

The Uniform Crime Report (aka Crime in the United States)
Review the whole page, but we will use the link at the bottom for UCR Publications.
2016 Uniform Crime Report/Crime in the United States (see notes)
Table Crosswalk - use this to compare the 2016 edition with earlier and later editions (the 2016 edition significantly streamlined the number of data tables available).
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About changes to the UCR in (just) the 2016 edition
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70 supplemental tables provided by the FBI (Note: these save as a zipfile) - these tables represent data tables available in earlier editions of the UCR but no longer in the official 2016 edition.
Variables Affecting Crime (UCR) - A Caution Against Ranking (2017)
UCR Offense Definitions
Defines the "Part 1" offenses under the UCR SRS (Summary Reporting System): murder and nonnegligent homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, larceny-theft, and arson.
Note: the FBI is currently moving to a more expansive data collection system called the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) but this will not change the data provided by the UCR program.
Crime Data Explorer
Provides tables and other data visualizations. Can see multiple years. Options will be increased in future.
UCR Data Tool
Lets you build customized data tables for the US and individual or multiple states - also include city data. You can download multiple years at a time, but it seems to be a legacy tool now, providing data from 1960/1985-2014.

Computing Crimes per Population Unit: online calculator link

(#crimes/population) x population unit = rate of crimes per population unit

-OR-

Divide:

# Crimes * population unit (i.e. 1000)

by: # total population

To Equal:

Crimes per Population Unit (pop. unit should be appropriate for the population size),

(be sure to include the statistic measured and the population unit used in the answer, i.e. 13 violent crimes per 1000 population [people] at WSU)

Part 1 Crimes (formerly called the Crime Index - did not include arson)

Violent Crimes + Property Crimes

Murder Burglary

Forcible Rape Larceny/Theft

Robbery Car theft

Aggrav. Assault [ Arson ]

The old “Modified Crime Index” included all eight Part 1 crimes.

There are 21 Part II offenses (Note that is a list from 2004, although it is unlikely to have changed.)