Eye On Crime In America

(CBS)  Violent crime is on the rise in the United States. The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program published its 2005 edition of Crime in the United States, a statistical compilation of offense and arrest data reported by law enforcement agencies nationwide. The FBI's final numbers for last year show violent crime was up for the first time in four years. Murders rose 3.4 percent, and the number of juveniles arrested for murder jumped nearly 20 percent.


What are the key crime statistics?

From 2004 to 2005, the rate of violent crime, estimated at 469.2 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, increased 1.3 percent.

The rate of property crime, estimated at 3,429.8 property offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, decreased 2.4 percent.

Collectively, victims of property crimes (excluding arson) lost an estimated $16.5 billion: $7.6 billion in motor vehicle thefts, $5.2 billion as a result of larceny thefts, and $3.7 billion in burglaries.

The offense of forcible rape was the only violent crime to show a decrease
(1.2 percent) in estimated volume when compared with 2004 data.

Of the 14.1 million arrests made by law enforcement in 2005, drug violations accounted for more than any other offense.

What are the hate crime statistics?

The FBI's annual hate crime statistics (2005) show a noticeable decline from 2004.

2005 criminal incidents: 7,163
2004 criminal incidents: 7,649

2005 Number of victims: 8,804
2004 Number of victims: 9,528

The percentage of crimes committed because of someone's race went up from 52.9 percent in 2004 to 59.0 in 2005.

What are some of the variables that affect crime?

To assess criminality and law enforcement's response from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, one must consider many variables, some of which, while having significant impact on crime, are not readily measurable or applicable pervasively among all locales. Geographic and demographic factors specific to each jurisdiction must be considered and applied if one is going to make an accurate and complete assessment of crime in that jurisdiction.

What is crime like in my city?

The biggest increase came in crime came in midsize cities, with violent crime up four times the national average. The FBI tracks the data for crime by state and city. To find out about crime in your city, click here.

How many police are there in my neighborhood?

The FBI has compiled this information, according to state and city. You can obtain it by clicking here

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To read more about crime in the U.S.

• For more details on the FBI's crime report, click here

Click here for an interactive about crime in America from CBSNews.com.

• Read more about the Uniform Crime Reporting Program here.

• For regional crime figures, click here.

[Captha3210]

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A RACES MAKE

Young innocent Aiyana Jones was 7 years old a black female child asleep in her home! That was murder by a white Detroit police officer first burn with a flash bomb and then shot dead by the Detroit cop! The result TOO-BAD-SO-SAD the cop blame the grandmother and showed no remorse for the murder! WHAT A DIFFERENCE A RACES MAKES!!!!! Kathryn Johnston 92 year old black female senior citizen. Shot 39 times 6 bullets hitting their mark. The three white officers then handcuff the dying woman and planted drugs in her home and a gun in her hand. They had raided the wrong home. Result two of the three officers where sentence one 5 years another 11 years! In other words the life of a black senior citizen and the fact all three tried to cover their crime up! TOO-BAD-SO-SAD! When the police believe that white Joshua Komisarjevsky and white Steven Hayes, two parolees who met each other at a halfway house, staked out the Petit home who are white. The New York Post reported that Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her 11-year-old daughter Michaela had been stalked at a grocery store parking lot near their home the day before by the suspected murderers. After the pair broke into the Petit home and beat and kicked and put Dr;Petit in the basement, Hawke-Petit was forced to a bank at to withdraw $15,000. Somehow, she signaled to the teller that her family was in danger. The teller then called the police, but it was too late: The Petit house was already burning. The children had been sexually assaulted and when the mother return from the bank she was also murdered! This was a horrible white on white crime that my heart goes out to the father! The difference is all American are outrage and letter of sorrow and regrets flood the father!The white control media kept this story in the news daily! The two blacks people I mention above was reported on maybe a two day story! Not ones did the white control media condemn the white police officer that burn and shot a innocent black child! The country wants the murderer of the white family to pay with their lives! But the two black people who are just as dead I mention above it's TOO-BAD-SO-SAD !!! WHAT A DIFFERENCE A RACES MAKES!!!!!

[javonsman]

Why, if as your own website reports, UCR arrest data says 69.8% of all persons arrested in 2005 were white, and 59% of all persons arrested for violent crime were white, did your evening news broadcast televize only black offenders?

[uwil0m]

Please post more information about the 45% drop in federal funding for city police forces.