STATE DOC'S. ARIL iTAIL Duo. 5 1.1 J (11 ) NON - CIRCULA.TiNG Arizona FEDERAL COUNTY STATE cArizona Crime Report 1975 Arizona Uniform Crime Reporting • Department Of Public Safety Arizona Crime Report 1975 An annual report compiled by the Uniform Crime Reporting Section Arizona Department of Public Safety 2310 North 20th Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85009 V. L. Hoy, Director June 1976 81 42r3454 11138 30-010-02 Table of Contents IV Acknowledgements Part I 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 Uniform Crime Reporting: The Arizona System 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Introduction Defining the Crime Problem History of Uniform Crime Reporting Intent of the System Significance of the System Objectives of the System Assumptions and Limitations of the Publication Assumptions Limitations Design of the AUCR System Source of the Data Procedures and Methods Uniform Crime Reporting Classification of Offenses Major Crime Offenses (Crime Index) Other Crime Offenses (Non-Index) Verification Conclusion Recommendations Part II 8 9 9 10 10 Uniform Crime Reporting: The Arizona Statistical Data Arizona Profile 1. Portrait of Arizona 2. Criminal Homicide 3. Definition and Classification Analysis Rape Definition and Classification 10 15 15 5. Analysis Robbery Definition and Classification 15 16 16 6. Analysis Assault Definition and Classification 16 18 18 18 20 20 20 22 22 22 4. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Analysis Burglary Definition and Classification Analysis Larceny Theft Definition and Classification Analysis Motor Vehicle Theft Definition and Classification Analysis AUCR Annual Report/State Totals ........ AUCR Annual Report/Value of Property Stolen and ........ . Recovered for Index Offenses. . AUCR Annual Report/Clearance Rates for Index Offenses AUCR Annual Report/All Arrests for Index Offenses for ....... Part II Crimes . ..... . AUCR Annual Report/Police Assault Figures AUCR Annual Report/Law Enforcement Employee Data Bibliography .. 25 25 25 27 30 33 35 42 44 . . 46 Statistical Charts and Graphs Arizona Uniform Crime Reporting Data Flow Chart Murder Victims by Day of Week Murder Distribution by Circumstances and Population Group Murder Distribution by Circumstance Murder Victims by Age, Sex, Race Murder by Month Homicide Victim by Time of Day Homicide Victim by Weapon Forcible Rape by Group Forcible Rape by Month Robbery by Location Robbery by Month and Weapon Involved Robbery by Group and Percent Distribution Assaults by Population Group Assaults by Month and Weapon Used Burglary by Location and Time Burglary by Month and Means of Entry Percent or Burglary Distribution by Entry Burglary by Population Group Larceny by Classification and Month Larceny by Month and Value Larceny Breakdown by Percent Larceny by Population Group Motor Vehicle Theft Motor Vehicle Theft by Month Motor Vehicle Theft by Population Group Motor Vehicle Recovery Information State Totals 1975 Part I Crimes Population Group and Index Rates State Totals by Group Arizona Time Clock Index Crimes Index Crimes by Month/State Totals 1975 Value of Property Stolen and Recovered by Month Type and Value of Property Stolen by Month Value of Property Stolen by Crime and Month Value of Property Recovered by Article and Month Clearance Rates for Index Offenses Percent Distribution of Clearances by Age Arrests by Race and Percent Distribution Arrests by Sex Arrests by Age Total Arrests for 1975 Juvenile Male Arrests Adult Male Arrests Juvenile Female Arrests Adult Female Arrests Time of Day Assaults on Police Occur Percent Distribution of Weapons Used to Commit Assaults on Police Officers Police Assaults by Activity, Weapon, Assignment and Time Law Enforcement Personnel Sworn Officers Only (On Patrol) Arizona Revised Statutes Glossary of Terms II 5 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 22 23 23 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 27 28 29 30 31 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 42 43 44 44 45 46 FOREWORD Anyone actively involved in the criminal justice system recognizes crime to be a problem that extends beyond those professionally concerned with the prevention and control of crime. Crime is a Because crime is everyone's social disease, affecting everyone. problem, the responsibility of its control is shared by all. Every citizen must unite with local authorities to provide an effective defense against crime and its ability to flourish in our communities. Such a combined effort provides an environment hostile to crime. It is the purpose of this publication to expose the nature and extent Ideally, such information will prompt of crime in our state. citizen action against crime. This publication is the product of the combined efforts of Arizona's law enforcement agencies, whose cooperation made the collection of this data possible. The Department of Public Safety strives to maintain a crime reporting system patterned after the system established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A comprehensive system of crime reporting, coupled with the cooperation of Arizona's law enforcement agencies demonstrated throughout the past year, provides a vehicle for the effective distribution of crime information. It is hoped that this publication will stimulate the concern of all Arizonans. V. L. Hoy Director III CITY COUNTY FEDERAL Acknowledgements STATE The first edition of the "Arizona Crime Report" is dedicated to the Arizona Police personnel and public officials who have cooperated in the establishment and operation of the Arizona Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Their diligence and interest have made this program possible. Special acknowledgement is extended to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for their advice and support. The financial assistance provided by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration through the Arizona State Justice Planning Agency is also deeply appreciated. Finally, specific thanks to the Reproduction and Photo Lab, Department of Public Safety for their efforts in designing and printing this first annual Arizona Uniform Crime Reporting Publication. IV FEDERAL COUNTY Part I Uniform Crime Reporting The Arizona System 1 Intent of the System Introduction Defining the Crime Problem The AUCR intent shall be to: supply local community agencies, institutions and organizations with a source of Crime is a social problem in Arizona which poses a multi-faceted threat to the quality of life and to the it is various subdivisions of society within Arizona.' efficiently and effectively deter, reduce and prevent crime. a social problem which requires total cooperation between public and private segments of our communities if they are to successfully deter, reduce and prevent its presence. Crime may be defined as "any act done in violation of those duties which an individual owes to the community, and for the breach of which the law has provided that the offender shall make satisfaction to the public."2 Then the intent of the Arizona Uniform Crime Reporting (AUCR) System shall be to: supply local community quantitative crime statistics which they can use to The AUCR personnel believe that a lack of practical and applicable quantitative crime statistics makes: 1. Community agency, institutional and organizational involvement in crime deterrence, reduction and prevention inefficient and ineffective 2. Police planning, administration and operational responsibilities difficult 3. Public awareness of a crime problem minimal Significance of the System agencies, institutions and organizations with a resource of quantitative crime statistics which they can use to efficiently and effectively deter, reduce and prevent crime. AUCR personnel believe that the collecting, retaining, retrieving, summarizing and communicating of quantitative crime statistics is the first step in developing this resource. In the local communities of Arizona, felony and misdemeanor acts exist as social problems which affect the communities economic, social and political foundation. The AUCR program represents an initial step in developing a quantitative statistical resource which local communities can use to solve one of their mutual problems, crime. History of Uniform Crime Reporting The need to gather and analyze crime statistics in this country dates back to 1870. During this time Congress sought to provide a national system of crime reporting but their efforts failed. In 1871, the National Police Association attempted to collect crime data but with equal lack of success. It was not until 1927 that a Uniform Crime Records Committee was established by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. This committee, proposed by police commissioner William P. Rutledge of Detroit,3 developed a uniform classification of offenses which was deemed satisfactory for most parts of the country. The classification was based directly upon the system employed by the Bureau of Census in compiling statistics of prisoners.4 During the later part of 1930 the program was turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Bureau began receiving, on a voluntary basis, crime statistics from police agencies throughout the United States. Since those early times, the Bureau has published many distinguished reports using those statistics, the most notable being their annual Uniform Crime Reports Publication, Crime in the United States. In recent years the Bureau has actively assisted individual states in developing their own statewide UCR programs. If the AUCR system is to have a meaningful, significant impact upon the reduction and prevention of crime, practical application must be made of the quantitative statistical resource before the program can purport to have attained its purpose. Changes could be measured with a formal evaluative instrument; one designed to test the relationships between the quantitative statistical resource and the deterrence, reduction and prevention of local community crime. To date, this formal evaluative instrument is still in the primary stages of development. Presently, an evaluation of the significance of the crime statistical resource must be made on an informal basis by the local community institutions, organizations and police agencies from within the state. These segments of society can informally determine the worth of the AUCR system by their applied use of the resource in deterring, reducing and preventing community crime. Only then can this system assume that it has begun to meet its stated intent. Objectives of the System The extent of the conditions and performance of the AUCR Section, Department of Public Safety, shall be limited to the intent set forth in the Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Section 1750.* Functioning under these limitations the AUCR system shall: 1, 2, 3. 4 . . . See Bibliography 2 ' • See Appendix B I. Gather Quantitative Crime Statistic Records by: (A) (B) (C) (D) II. Compiling complete and accurate records Planning record systems Designing forms Assumptions 1. Crime is a social problem in Arizona. 2. Agencies, institutions and organizations within Arizona communities want to use the AUCR resource of crime statistics in order to reduce or prevent crime. 3. The AUCR Crime Index is a valid indication of serious crime in Arizona. 4. AUCR crime statistics are practical and applicable. 5. Crime figures presented in this publication are police statistics as distinguished from judicial or penal statistics. 6. Actual crimes represent violations of Arizona statutes and local ordinances. Communicate Crime Statistics by using the media of: 7. Citizen apathy and indifference contribute to the spread of crime. (A) (B) (C) 8. Authentic and comparable quantitative crime statistics demonstrate what changes can be adopted by communities in order to reduce or prevent crime. 9. Community institutions and organizations, coupled with police agencies are influenced by the decline and/or rise in crime rates. 10. A high level of integrity is needed in order to state AUCR Index Crime rates. 11. A great degree of interpretation is necessary when examining AUCR Index Crime rates. 12. Some police agencies have a profound distrust of the practical value of a statistical collection of data. 13. It is significant to consider the fact that policy relevant to reporting will differ in accordance with the philosophy of the various agency heads. Accumulating informative statistical data Retain Quantitative Crime Statistic Records by: (A) Designing and maintaining filing systems Retrieve Quantitative Crime Statistic Records by: (A) Developing and operating an efficient retrieval system IV. Summarize Crime Statistical Information by: (A) (B) (C) V. (D) (E) (F) (GI Compiling statistics Analyzing data Denoting trends Publications, booklets Manuals, texts Bulletins, reports Computer print-outs Television, video tapes, radio Speeches Other media forms The scope of this system shall be to produce a reliable set of state quantitative crime statistics which measure the extent, fluctuation and distribution of serious crime in Arizona. Assumptions and Limitations of the Publication Unfortunately we cannot state that all police agencies within Arizona accurately record and submit crime statistics to AUCR, however, the statistics listed in this Limitations publication are based on the most accurate data currently available. Accompanying this current data are many 1. render complete and accurate accounting of offenses committed and persons charged because of limited manpower, funding, etc. assumptions and limitations which directly affect the accuracy and precision of the statistics within this publication. These assumptions and limitations also directly 2. Limited differences in the collecting and interpreting of crime data exist. 3. Some police jurisdictions overlap. 4. Crime rates as used in the AUCR program, are based on census-fixed residential populations of police jurisdictions. 5. Arizona Indians living on reservations are not counted in AUCR population figures, although they are included in the state's base population figures. affect the summarizing and the comparing of local community crime statistics. These are being noted for the reader who endeavors to draw conclusions concerning the statistical data. The following factors are the major aspects which have an influence on the statistics presented in this publication. All police departments are not equipped to 3 6. Some juveniles are informally handled which 11. and the community. affects the accuracy of the juvenile report input. 7. Crime against persons and their property is not 12. Administrative and investigative efficiency of law enforcement, including degree of adherence always reported to police. 8. Relationships and attitudes of law enforcement to crime reporting standards. There is no direct relationship between offenses and arrests. Offenses are crime events. Arrests refer to numbers of individual persons taken 13. Organization and cooperation of adjoining and overlapping police jurisdictions. into custody and charged with violation of a law. To delineate further, an offense crime event may The FBI's 'Crime Factors' are included as additional involve one or many criminals, and one criminal assumptions and limitations which have an effect on It is the statistical information included in this publication. may commit many separate offenses. also possible to arrest many persons for a single offense; or, the arrest of a single individual may 9. solve many recorded offenses. Design of the AUCR System Crime clearances lag months and sometimes The AUCR System first began receiving quantitative years behind the actual reported offenses. 10. Property illustrations reflect the property reported stolen and/or recovered. Property damaged is not included in the value of property stolen/recovered. crime statistics from Arizona police agencies during January 1975. By the close of the calendar year December 1975, 69 out of a possible 82 (84%) Arizona police agencies were contributing to the AUCR program. An accurate estimate of the exact influence the missing reports from the 9 non-reporting and 4 partial reporting 11. Stolen property figures represent reported pro- agencies have on this statistical publication is difficult to perty stolen during the calendar year 1975. assess. However, these non-reporting and partially report- Recovered property figures may reflect reported ing agencies represent a combined census population of property stolen in a previous calendar year but 100,525 people. recovered in calendar year 1975. 12. Sixteen percent of the police agencies within Source of the Data Arizona did not contribute twelve full months of AUCR statistical information. AUCR which finds its statistical origin in police activities is only one of the three major fields of criminal statistics. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has stated in their The two remaining major fields are comprised of those 1974 annual report on Crime in the United States statistics kept by courts and corrective facilities. that some 'Crime Factors' which affect the volume and type of crime that occur from place to place are: 1. The reporting of these police statistics is compulsory under state law, although presently the statistics are Density and size of the community population voluntarily submitted to the AUCR system by police and the metropolitan area of which it is a part. agencies within Arizona. The statistics originate with the police agencies, therefore, without their support, there 2. Composition of the population with reference can be no accurate AUCR statistical system. particularly to age, sex, and race. 3. Economic status and mores of the population. 4. Stability of population, including commuters, seasonal and other transient types. 5. Climate, including seasonal weather conditions. 6. Educational, recreational and religious characteristics. Each contributing agency is responsible for compiling its own reports. To aid in this endeavor the Arizona UCR guide manual is supplied to all contributors. This manual outlines reporting procedures in detail and is complete with examples and illustrations. Furthermore, the system 7. Effective strength of the police force. supplies each agency with twelve complete sets of forms 8. Standards of appointments to the local police force. (seven monthly forms and two annual forms). These forms are used by the agencies when they submit their Policies of the prosecuting officials. reports to the AUCR system. The AUCR system also Attitudes and policies of the courts and correctional institutions. supplies Field Representatives who provide additional 9. 10. 4 Procedures and Methods instruction and clarification as required. Arizona Uniform Crime Reporting Data Flow Chart LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES D.P.S. U.C.R. STAFF FIELD [ REPRESENTATIVE INVESTIGATION. 1 ARIZONA U.C.R. REPORTS PUBLIC/ RESEARCH GOVERNOR LEGISLATURE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES 5 The contributing agency submits its monthly reports to the respective AUCR Field Representative. The Field Representative reviews and verifies the incoming reports. These reports basically contain two classes of offenses. These are Part I for major crime offenses (Crime Index) and Part II for all other crime offenses (Non-Index). The following is a brief listing of general crimes included in each category. Uniform Crime Reporting Classification of Offenses Major Crime Offenses (Crime Index) Part I Violent Crimes Non-Violent Crimes 1. Murder and nonnegligent 5. Burglary 6. Larceny-Theft 7. Motor Vehicle Theft Manslaughter 2. Forcible Rape 3. Robbery 4. Aggravated Assault Other Crime Offenses (Non -Index) Part II 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Other Assaults Arson Forgery and Counterfeiting Fraud Embezzlement Stolen Property: Buying, Receiving, Possessing, Etc. Vandalism Weapons: Carrying, Possession, Etc. Prostitution Sex Offenses (Except forcible rape and prostitution) Narcotic Drug Laws Gambling Offenses Against Family and Children Driving Under the Influence Liquor Laws Drunkenness Disorderly Conduct Vagrancy All other offenses (except traffic) Suspicion (not reported in Arizona) Curfew and Loitering Law Violations Run-Aways Verification When the Field Representative receives a report from a contributing agency, the report is examined for accurate mathematical computations and offense classifications. Errors of a minor nature are corrected by a telephone contact, while more serious errors are resolved with a 6 5 6 . . See Bibliography . . See Bibliography personal visit to the reporting agency. Once the report clears the Field Representative, a Clerk Verifier reviews and records the incoming report. After the contributed reports are verified, reviewed and recorded, the statistical information is key punched, processed and transcribed This statistical information is onto magnetic tape. reproduced on data printout forms and redistributed to the respective agencies. The statistics are also sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Uniform Crime Reporting center in Washington, D. C. In addition, the AUCR system is in the preliminary phase of communicating this statistical information to other criminal justice systems, the governor and legislature, community organizations, research institutions and the general public. Conclusion It has been stated that "crime statistics are a burden to journalists, a bore to readers, a nightmare to policemen... and an affront to sociologists."5 Detroit Police Commissioner, W. P. Rutledge, who first proposed a Uniform Crime Records committee to the International Association of Chiefs of Police made this "We are in the absurd statement concerning crime: position of endeavoring to diagnose and cure a social disease with little knowledge of its causes, its nature and its prevalence."6 This succinct statement reflects the vital concern our forefathers had for the social problem of crime and crime statistics. This social concern is also very predominant today. Crime does exist as a local community problem in Arizona. The intent of AUCR is to offer these local communities a basic resource of quantitative crime statistics that could be used by them to deter, reduce and prevent crime. The release of crime statistics frequently results in a controversy as to the accuracy of the statistics and how these statistics should be interpreted. Listed within this publication are many of the major assumptions and limitations which make it very apparent that great caution should be used when referring to the statistical data in this publication. The recognition of the assumptions and limitations should help the reader of this statistical resource to focus attention on valid objects thus minimizing the dangers of over-generalization. The AUCR System voluntarily receives quantitative crime statistics from 69 of the 82 police agencies from within the state. These statistics are an indication of the agencies daily operations. Each agency completes its own reports and submits them to their respective AUCR Field Representative. The Field Representative reviews and verifies the report and a Clerk Verifier examines and records the report. Data Processing then receives this statistical information, processes it and produces data Printouts for redistribution to the contributing agencies, the FBI and other community agencies. Since AUCR quantitative crime statistics are an indication of a police agency's daily operations, the success of the AUCR System and the accuracy of the quantitative statistics is directly related to the uniform reporting methods employed by the contributing police agencies within the communities of Arizona. An evaluation of the AUCR System will occur when the agencies, institutions and organizations within the local Arizona communities informally determine the worth of the program's statistical data. The local communities could address themselves to the following informal evaluative question: "Is the Arizona Uniform Crime Reporting's quantitative statistical data a practical and applicable basic resource that Arizona communities can use to reduce or prevent crime?" Your evaluative recommendations and impressions are openly solicited. Please address your evaluative communications to: Project Director Arizona Uniform Crime Reporting System c/o Arizona Department of Public Safety P. 0. Box 6638 Phoenix, Arizona 85005 Recommendations Community assessment of the extent, fluctuation and distribution of unique local problems is necessary before potential solutions to these unique problems can be implemented and evaluated. the establishing of local statistical data bases are addition- al uses for the AUCR quantitative crime statistics resource. The idea of using the AUCR System as a reductive or preventative panacea could be classified as an improper If crime is an Arizona community social problem which or incorrect use of the resource. Traditionally Uniform the local community wishes to deter, reduce or prevent, Crime Reporting statistics represent the first steps in a AUCR quantitative crime statistics can be a beginning historical desire to create a statistical data base which resource in identifying, measuring and evaluating this measured the extent, fluctuation and distribution of problem. Communities could use this data in program crime. It was a beginning step in trying to transcend the planning, implementation and evaluation_ The estimation absurd position of evaluating the social problem of of resource requirements and the allocating of manpower crime without having a sufficiently strong statistical and equipment could be assisted by this data. The devel- foundation of facts. Today this basic foundation of opment of local comparative norms of performance and facts exists in the AUCR System. 7 FEDERAL COUNTY Part II Uniform Crime Reporting The Arizona Statistical Data 8 Arizona Profile Portrait of Arizona The following profile factors influence the volume and type of crime which occurs within this state. Arizona is the sixth largest state in the United States with 113,909 square miles. Much of this area is owned by the Federal government in the form of Indian reservations, National parks and National forests. SurpeiSing is the fact that 70% of Arizona land is federally owned; 27% of that federal ownership is in the form of Indian reservations. The state owns 12%, leaving only 18% to private ownership. The cities and counties within the state have been lumped into 6 groups according to population size. The following breakdown is a grouping of the cities represented in each group: 1. Group I consists of cities with 250,000 population and over. Only two cities and towns fall within this group in Arizona. 2. Group II has a range of population between 100,001 and 250,000 people There are 3 cities that fall into this category. 3. Group III ranges between 50,001 and 100,000 in population and just as group two, it also has 3 cities and towns represented. 4. Group IV consists of the 9 cities with population between 25,001 to 50,000. 5. Group V makes up those Arizona agencies that serve cities with populations between 10,000 and 25,000 in population. Again, 9 cities fall into this classification. 6. The final group, group VI, is composed of the 46 cities with fewer than 9999 population. Arizona has two principal geographical locations containing a dense conglomerate of people; the city of Tucson with 340,500 people and Phoenix, the capital city, with a population of 670,000. These are two areas where crime is most prevalent but they are not necessarily the areas having the highest crime rate. More than 50 percent of the 2,220,136 people who live in Arizona live in these two cities. This figure includes the Indian reservations within the state. One of the unique characteristics of Arizona is its mild climate. This factor has contributed to the state's rapid population and economic growth. The population median age is 26.3 years while the over-all figure for the United 'States is 27.8 years. The state's population density is 19 5 persons per square mile. In reference to the economic aspects of the state, manufacturing produces"more income for Arizonans than any other facet of our economy• copper is the second largest industry, agriculture production third and tourism ranks fourth. These factors should be considered when reviewing the statistical information presented in this publication.7 9 7 . . . See Bibliography Criminal Homicide Definition and Classification AUCR defines criminal homicide or murder as the willful killing of one human being by another. As a general rule, it is death due to a fight, argument, quarrel, assault or commission of a crime. AUCR classifies murder as one offense for each victim. Analysis In 1975, Arizona agencies reported 184 criminal homicides. The month of July had the highest frequency of murders, with 20. There were 183,026 index crimes reported and the crime of murder made up .1 percent of these offenses, and 1.5 percent of the 11,942 violent crimes. There were .08 murders for every 1000 Arizona residents. The weapon most often used to commit these murders was the firearm which was used to commit 64.1 percent of the murders. Information was also gathered on the type of firearm, and it was shown that 54.3 percent of the firearms were handguns. Cutting or stabbing instruments were used to commit 15.8 percent of the murders. Other weapons, (blunt objects, poisons, explosives, arson, drowning, etc.) were used in the commission of 14 percent of the homicides. All other murders were committed through the use of personal weapons such as hands, fists, feet, etc. These amounted to 6.5 percent. Relevant to the 184 actual offenses of criminal homicide, 143 or 77.7 percent of these offenses were cleared by arrest or exceptional means. Murder Victims By Day of Week SUN MON TUE WED THU FR I SAT UN K 10 Murder Distribution by Circumstance & Population Group CIRCUMSTANCE LOVERS TRIANGLE GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 GROUP 5 GROUP 6 TOTALS 4 0 1 1 1 0 7 BRAWL DUE TO ALCOHOL 10 0 3 4 1 1 19 FELONY MURDER & INSTITUTIONAL KILLINGS 11 2 2 1 2 0 18 ARGUMENT (Property/Money) & OTHER ARGUMENTS 27 1 5 0 0 2 35 (Relationship Killing) 22 1 5 3 4 7 42 OTHER KILLINGS 27 9 12 12 2 1 63 101 13 28 21 10 11 184 15.2 11.4 FAMILY TOTAL % DISTRIBUTION 54.9 7.1 5.4 6 Murder Distribution By Circumstance BRAWL DUE TO ALCOHOL 19-10.3% FELONY MURDER & INSTRUMENTAL KILLING 18-9.8% LOVERS TRIANGLE 7-3.8% ARGUMENT (PROPERTYMONEY) & OTHER ARGUMENT 35-19.0% OTHER KILLINGS 63-34.2% FAMILY-RELATIONSHIP KILLINGS 42-22.8% 11 Murder Victims by Age, Sex, Race TOTAL AGE WHITE MALE FEMALE DIST. INDIAN NEGRO MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE ORIENTAL FEMALE MALE ALL OTHERS FEMALE FEMALE MALE UNDER 1 1-4 5 1 5-9 1 — 10-14 2 15-19 3.3 5 1 .5 1 - 1 1.6 2 1 12 4 8.7 9 4 2 - 1 20-24 21 6 14.7 14 5 5 1 2 25-29 14 6 10.9 8 5 5 30-34 30 8 20.7 20 6 7 2 35-39 11 7 9.8 9 5 2 2 40-44 9 4 7.1 8 3 1 1 45-49 7 5 6.5 6 4 1 - 50-54 6 2 4.3 5 - 1 2 55-59 6 — 3.3 6 60-64 2 2 2.2 2 1 - 1 65-69 2 2 2.2 1 2 1 70-74 — 1 .5 75 & OVER 2 2 2.2 UNK. 1 2 1.6 131 53 SUBTOTAL GRAND TOTAL - 2 _ 1 2 - _ 1 - - 1 1 1 2 98 184 _ 2 41 1 25 139 10 5 35 TOTAL UNDER 18 13 2 8.2 12 2 1 TOTAL 18 & OVER 117 49 90.2 as 37 24 12 - 2 7 10 5 1 2 1 2 2 2 Murder by Month TOTAL JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC MURDER/NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER % DISTRIBUTION 184 17 17 15 11 10 16 20 17 15 16 17 13 9.2 9.2 8.2 6.0 5.4 8.7 10.9 9.2 8.2 8.7 9.2 7.1 Homicide Victim By Time of Day 70 38.1% 50 27.2% 34 18.5% 2:01 AM 10:00 AM 10:01 AM 6:00 PM 6:01 PM 2:00 AM UNKNOWN 13 OTHER/UN KNOWN STRANGULATION EXPLOSIVES PERSONAL WEAPONS BLUNT OBJECT KNIFE/CUTTING INSTRUMENT Hom icide V ict ims By Weapon SHOTGUN UNKNOWN FIREARM RIFLE HANDGUN Rape Definition and Classification Rape is defined by the AUCR as the carnal knowledge actual forcible rapes, and 238 were attempts to of a female; forcibly and against her will. Generally commit forcible rape. There were 11,942 violent carnal abuse (statutory rape) or other sex offenses crimes in 1975, and the offense of rape made up are not classified in this section by AUCR. 6.5 percent of those crimes. Analysis was able to clear the offense by an arrest. 11.8 per- In 51.6 percent of the cases of rape, law enforcement cent of the 399 cases cleared were made by the Forcible rape and attempts to commit forcible rape arrest of juveniles. The largest number of persons accounted for 773 of Arizona's actual 183,026 index arrested for rape were in the 25 to 29 year age crimes reported in 1975. Of this number, 535 were bracket. Forcible Rape by Group 250,000 100,001 50,001 25,001 10,000 LESS TO TO TO TO THAN OVER 250,000 100,000 50,000 25,000 10,000 Forcible Rape by Month CIRCUMSTANCE TOTAL JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC FORCIBLE RAPE 535 35 39 37 51 61 52 52 49 49 28 45 37 ATTEMPTED RAPE 238 22 12 17 20 16 20 24 15 30 21 21 20 GRAND TOTALS 773 57 51 64 71 77 72 76 64 79 49 49 57 7.4 6.6 7.0 9.2 10.0 9.3 9.8 8.3 10.2 6.3 8.5 7.4 % DISTRIBUTION 15 Robbery Definition and Classification Robbery is defined by AUCR as the felonious and forcible taking of the property of another, against the persons will, by violence, by force, or by putting the person in fear. Generally, robbery differs from larceny in that it is aggravated by the element of force or threat of force. It is an offense against property. Robbery under AUCR classification is scored as one offense for each distinct operation. Analysis Arizonans reported 3,751 actual robberies in 1975. These robberies are 31.4 percent of the 11,942 violent crimes committed this year, and 2.1 percent of the 183,026 index crimes. The reporting agencies were able to clear 36.9 percent of the robberies. The average dollar amount taken in each of these was $753 dollars. There was a total of $2,827,155 dollars taken in Arizona robberies. The greatest number of persons arrested for robbery, were males in the 25 to 29 year age bracket with 171 of the 1324 total arrests. Approximately 7.7 percent of the arrested persons were females, and 27.9 percent were juveniles of both sexes. Of the 3751 actual offenses of robbery, 1385 or 36.9 percent of these offenses were cleared by arrest or exceptional means. Robbery By Location 1,443 38.5% 801 21.4% 538 14.3% 404 10.8% 341 9.1% 174 4.6% HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL HOUSE 16 GAS OR CHAINRESIDSERVICE STORE ENCE STATION 50 BANK MISC. Robbery by Month & Weapon Involved ROBBERY BY WEAPON FIREARM TOTAL DIST JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 1591 42.4 180 147 142 124 129 99 111 145 114 119 122 165 KNIFE OR CUTTING INSTRUMENT 406 10.8 31 39 32 31 30 28 36 44 35 27 33 40 OTHER DANG. WEAPON 191 5 15 14 10 14 25 12 15 22 17 12 16 19 172 143 136 104 121 117 130 146 140 121 94 139 398 337 320 273 305 256 292 357 306 279 265 363 STRONG ARM 1563 GRAND TOTAL 3751 % DISTRIBUTION 41.7 10.6 9 8.5 8.1 7.3 6.8 7.8 9.5 8.2 7.4 Robbery By Group & Percent Distribution 2,645 70.5% 353 9.4% 272 7.3% 207 5.5% 108 2.9% 250,000 OVER 100,001 TO 250,000 50,001 TO 100,000 25,001 TO 50,000 10,000 TO 25,000 166 4.4% LESS THAN 10,000 17 7.1 9 Aggravated Assault Definition and Classification Assault is defined by AUCR as an attempt, coupled with the present ability, to inflict injury to another. Generally all assaults will be classified and scored in Not included in this section are this section. assaults with intent to rob or rape. UCR denotes one offense for each victim. Analysis There were 7,234 aggravated assaults in the state in 1975 — 3.3 assaults for every 1000 Arizonans. The largest number of these assaults were committed in the month of March with 672 assaults. Personal weapons,, such as hands, fists and feet etc., predom- inate as the weapon most frequently used to commit an aggravated assault. These types of personal weapons were used to carry out 36.6 percent of the aggravated assaults. Firearms were used in 24 percent of the assaults, knife or cutting instruments in 16.8 percent, and the remaining 22.6 percent were committed with the use of other dangerous weapons such as clubs or tire irons etc. The aggravated assaults amounted to 4 percent of the index crimes and 60.6 percent of the violent crimes. During 1975, 4371 or 60.4 percent of the 7234 actual offenses of assault were cleared by either arrest or exceptional means. Assaults By Population Group 250,000 & OVER 18 100,001 TO 250,000 50,001 TO 100,000 25,001 TO 50,000 10,000 TO 25,000 LESS THAN 10,000 Assaults by Month & Weapon used ASSAULTS TOTAL DIST FIREARM 1738 24.0 OTHER DANG. WEAPONS 1636 HANDS, FIST, FEET AGGRAVATED INJURY JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY 161 . 136 142 127 158 22.6 115 114 155 142 2647 36.6 239 202 265 KNIFE/CUTTING INSTRUMENT 1213 16.8 86 103 TOTAL AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 7234 591 555 JUNE JU LY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 156 149 180 133 141 120 145 152 132 170 143 134 128 121 130 197 241 227 241 241 183 223 191 197 110 100 114 109 105 92 97 93 93 111 672 566 665 624 665 656 647 566 525 583 19 Burglary Definition and Classification Burglary as defined by AUCR is an unlawful entry or attempted forcible entry of any dwelling house, attached structure (carport, covered patio), public building, shop, office, factory, store house, apartment, mobile home (if considered to be a permanent structure), warehouse, mill, barn, other building, ship or railroad car. AUCR denotes burglary as one Burglary by Location & Time offense for each distinct operation. Analysis NUMBER OF OFFENSES DISTRIBUTION RESIDENCE (SUBTOTAL) 40,290 72.5 NIGHT (6 PM — 6 AM) 15,182 27.3 the total number of persons arrested, 58.4 percent DAY (6 AM 11,377 20.5 were juveniles and 92.9 percent were males. UNKNOWN 13,732 24.7 NON—RESIDENCE (SUBTOTAL) 15,257 27.5 NIGHT (6 PM — 6 AM) 8,581 15,4 DAY (6 AM —6 PM) 1,244 2.2 UNKNOWN 5,432 9.8 CLASSIFICATION The 55,547 burglaries in Arizona during 1975, comprised 30.3 percent of the index crimes, and 32.5 percent of our non-violent crimes. The reporting agencies were successful in clearing 8228 of these crimes. The largest number of persons arrested for burglary were 13 to 14 year age group, which contained 1124 of the 7,521 persons apprehended. Of The greatest number of burglaries were in the forcible entry category, which accounted for 64.6 percent of all burglaries. 6 PM) Unlawful entry-no force burglaries accounted for 27.6 percent, and those remaining were attempted forcible entries. As was anticipated, a very low percentage of the actual burglaries were cleared by arrest or exceptional means. Of the 55,547 actual offenses only 14.8 percent or 8228 were cleared. GRAND TOTALS 55,547 Burglary by Month & Means of Entry BURGLARY TOTAL JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC FORCIBLE ENTRY 35,902 3427 3083 3475 2870 2707 2775 3054 3207 2597 2838 2716 3153 UNLAWFUL ENTRY (No Force) 15,340 1337 1316 1330 1316 1221 1146 1285 1310 1268 1216 1257 1338 ATTEMPTED FORCIBLE ENTRY 4,305 354 361 399 355 373 319 388 416 354 323 305 358 55,547 5118 4760 5204 4541 4301 4240 4727 4933 4219 4377 4278 4849 GRAND TOTALS 20 Percent Distribution By Entry FORCED ENTRY 64.6% 35,902 Burglary By Population Group ATTEMPTED FORCED ENTRY 7.8% 4,305 UNLAWFUL ENTRYNO FORCE 27.6% 15,340 3,252 5.9% 250,000 100,001 50,001 25,001 TO TO TO OVER 250,000 100,000 50,000 2,413 4.3% 10,000 TO 25,000 3,048 5.5% LESS THAN 10,000 21 Larceny Theft Definition and Classification this crime occurred in the 13 to 14 year age bracket. Of all arrests for larceny, 74 percent were males, and 59 percent of the total arrests were In the AUCR system, larceny—theft is the unlawful taking, stealing, carrying, leading or driving away the personal property of another. Generally all larcenies and thefts result from the following: pocket-picking, purse-snatching, shop-lifting, larceny from auto, larceny from buildings and any coin operated machines, thefts from recreational type vehicles, trailers, camping tents, campers, camping trailers and similar recreational vehicles. Any theft that is not a robbery or the result of a burglary will be classified in this Not included in this section are emsection. juveniles. A total of $18,204,451 dollars were stolen in these larcenies. The category in which the largest amount of dollar loss occurred was "thefts from a motor vehicle" where in $3,753,802 dollars was taken. The second highest amount taken was through thefts from buildings. Thefts of motor vehicle parts 9nd accessories had the third highest amount of bezzlement, unlawful conversions, larceny by bailee, frauds or bad check cases. AUCR classifies larceny— theft as one offense for each distinct operation. money taken, with $1,917,308 worth of property stolen. Analysis Larceny, like burglary, is difficult to clear by arrest because of the lack of evidence and witnesses present during the commission of these two offenses. The Arizona law enforcement agencies reported 104,200 cases of larceny theft in 1975. These larcenies made up 60.9 percent of the non-violent crimes. Of the total number of these crimes, 18,581 were cleared. The highest number of arrests for During 1975, only 17.8 percent or 18581 of the 104,200 actual offenses were cleared by arrest or exceptional means. Larceny by Classification & Month CLASSIFICATION TOTAL JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC POCKET PICKING 435 31 36 43 34 32 21 28 43 36 48 40 43 PURSE SNATCHING 808 84 87 79 60 68 51 67 61 42 73 54 82 SHOP LIFTING 16,700 1485 1 548 1638 1400 1306 1151 1164 1256 1172 1383 1429 1768 FROM MOTOR VEHICLE 15,903 1419 1347 1458 1290 1163 1267 1300 1322 1222 1257 1296 1572 MOTOR VEH. PARTS/ACCESS. 20,702 1714 1779 1754 1745 1585 1440 1639 1699 1630 1917 1857 1943 BICYCLES 17,773 1315 1344 1616 1601 1565 1754 1496 1585 1501 1579 1185 1232 FROM BUILDINGS 12,186 1037 1016 1149 1047 981 895 983 972 1037 1021 951 1097 1,221 131 104 103 104 95 132 109 117 87 84 82 73 18,472 1468 1381 1639 1623 1632 1555 1627 1574 1405 1525 1368 1675 104,200 8685 8642 9479 8894 8427 8266 8412 8629 8132 8887 8262 9485 FROM COIN OPER. MACHINE ALL OTHER GRAND TOTALS 22 Larceny by Month & Value LARCENY TOTAL DIST JAN FEB $200 & OVER $ 15,488 14.9 1,352 1,248 $50 TO $200 33,588 32.2 2,629 UNDER $50 55,124 52.9 GRAND TOTAL $104,200 MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 1,400 1,329 1,211 1,180 1,285 1,240 1,162 1,266 1,298 1,517 2,757 2,988 2,918 2,778 2,744 2,715 2,813 2,652 2,955 2,653 2,986 4,704 4,637 5,091 4,647 4,438 4,342 4,412 4,576 4,318 4,666 4,311 4,982 8,685 8,642 9,479 8,894 8,427 8,266 8,412 8,629 8,132 8,887 8,262 9,485 Larceny Breakdown By Percent POCKET PICKING 435 - .4% PURSE SNATCHING 808 - .7% FROM COIN OPERATED 1,221 -- 1.2% MACHINES 17,773 BICYCLES 17.1% 12,186 FROM BUILDINGS 11.7% 18,472 ALL OTHER 17.7% 16,700 SHOP LIFTING 16.0% 15,903 FROM MOTOR 15.3% VEHICLE 20,702 19.9% MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES 23 Larceny By Population Group 7,434 5,494 5.3% 250,000 OVER 24 100,001 TO 250.000 50,001 TO 100,000 25,001 TO 50,000 0,000 TO 25,000 7.1% LESS THAN 10.000 Motor Vehicle Theft Definition and Classification Motor Vehicle theft in the AUCR system is defined as the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. Counted in this section is the theft or attempted theft of self-propelled vehicles which run on surfaces other than rails. Examples of motor vehicles are Arizona law enforcement agencies recovered 10,937 vehicles in 1975. However, cases are not cleared by merely recovering the abandoned vehicle. It should be noted that many of these 10,937 recovered vehicles could have been stolen outside Arizona. automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motor scootera, snowmobiles etc. Not classified in this section are incidents where there is lawful access to the vehicle, such as a family situation, or unauthorized use by others having access to the vehicle (chauffeur, Motor Vehicle Theft employee, etc.). Under AUCR classification, motor vehicle theft is scored as one offense for each motor vehicle stolen. Analysis In 1975, Arizona agencies reported 11,337 actual offenses of motor vehicle theft. There were 171,084 actual non-violent crimes. Therefore, the offenses of motor vehicle theft represent 6.6 percent of the non-violent crimes. There were 183,026 index crimes committed, and motor vehicle thefts accounted for 6.2 percent of these index crimes. Males accounted for 94.3 percent of all persons arrested for motor vehicle theft, and 60.8 percent of those arrested were juveniles of both sexes. The average value of these vehicles was $1,526 dollars. During 1975, 16.2 percent of the 11,337 vehicles stolen in Arizona resulted in an arrest or clearance by exceptional means. Therefore, 1841 cases were cleared. AUTOS TRUCKS MOTOR— OTHER & BUSES CYCLES VEHICLES Motor Vehicle Theft by Month MOTOR VEHICLE BREAKDOWN JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 562 534 538 657 638 575 505 519 171 181 169 167 205 143 205 161 204 175 180 152 125 139 159 148 141 115 155 21 64 20 12 20 21 21 18 15 11 17 1048 1041 925 907 848 865 1042 947 936 792 895 APRIL TOTAL JAN FEB MAR AUTOS 7,109 721 678 628 554 TRUCKS & BUSES 2,088 148 160 174 MOTORCYCLES 1,879 201 189 261 21 11,337 1091 OTHER VEHICLES GRAND TOTALS MAY 25 Motor Vehicle Theft By Population Group 250,000 100,001 TO 250,000 OVER 50,001 TO 100,000 25,001 TO 50,000 10,000 TO 25,000 LESS THAN 10,000 Motor Vehicle Recovery Information SITUATION TOTAL JAN FEB MAR 6257 594 559 558 2636 218 245 8893 812 2044 10937 APRIL SEPT OCT NOV DEC 597 510 518 429 470 188 210 251 218 204 200 688 697 807 761 736 633 670 165 138 157 171 190 174 174 173 890 826 854 978 951 910 807 843 MAY JUNE JULY 526 501 486 509 237 239 224 202 804 795 765 725 184 172 171 175 996 976 966 940 AUG LOCALLY STOLEN 'Recovered Locally) LOCALLY STOLEN (Recovered Other) TOTAL (Locally Stolen & Recovered) STOLEN OUT OF TOWN - Recovered Locally GRAND TOTALS 26 AUCR ANNUAL REPORT State Totals 1975 - Part I Crimes State Totals This section deals with state totals INDEX * CRIMES and the 6 groups represented ac- TOTAL FOR 1975 TOTAL CLEARED RATE PER (1000) INHABITANTS DISTRIBUTION cording to population size. These figures demonstrate the potential CRIMINAL HOMICIDE 184 143 .1 .1% information contained hereafter. FORCIBLE RAPE 773 399 .3 .4% After reviewing the pages that fol- ROBBERY 3,751 1385 1.6 2.1% ASSAULT 7,234 4371 3,3 4.0% 55,547 8228 24.3 30.3% 104,200 18581 45.6 57.0% 11,337 1841 5.0 6.2% 183,026 34,948 82.4 for a deeper study of crime analysis that can be made in addition to the low, one should have a broader awareness of the crime picture as it currently exists within Arizona. BURGLARY These charts will deal mainly with LARCENY the Part I crimes and will give MOTOR VEH. THEFT limited exposure to a few of the Part II crimes. GRAND TOTALS Population Group & Index Rates POPULATION GROUPS NUMBER OF AGENCIES POPULATION TOTAL INDEX ESTIMATE CRIMES RATE PER 1000 RATE RECIPROCAL POPULATION TOTAL CRIME VIOLENT CRIME RATE PER 1000 POPULATION NON-VIOLENT CRIME RATE PER (1000 POPULATION) 250,000 & OVER 2 1,010,500 107,419 .00099 106.3 6.4 100.0 100,001 to 250,000 3 349,379 23,229 .00286 66.4 4.9 61.6 50,001 to 100,000 3 238,905 18,111 .00419 75.9 3.6 72.3 25,001 to 50,000 9 317,050 13,241 .00315 41.7 4.3 37.4 10,000 to 25,000 9 148,559 8,949 .00673 60.2 3.9 56.3 46 155,742 12,077 .00642 77.5 6.2 71.3 72 2,220,135 183,026 .00045 82.4 5.4 82.4 LESS THAN 10,000 GROUP TOTALS State Totals by Group PERCENT MOTOR VEH. NON-VIOLENT TOTAL INDEX CRIMES DISTRIBUTION THEFT SUBTOTAL VIOLENT SUBTOTAL BURGLARY LARCENY 3268 6459 34136 59726 7098 100960 107,419 58.7 353 1206 1704 7111 13065 1349 21525 23,229 12.7 45 272 533 859 5587 10760 905 17252 18,111 9.9 26 73 207 1071 1377 3252 7721 891 11864 13,241 7.2 10,000 to 25,000 7 ga 108 436 579 2413 5494 463 8370 8.949 4.9 LESS THAN 10,000 13 65 166 720 964 3048 7434 631 11113 12,077 6.6 *184 773 3751 • 7234 11942 55,547 104,200 11,337 171.084 183,026 31.4 60.6 6.5 60.9 6.6 93.5 HOMICIDE FORCED RAPE ROBBERY 250,000 & OVER 98 448 2645 100,001 to 250,000 31 114 50,001 to 100,000 9 25,001 to 50,000 GROUP TOTAL % DIST. 1.5 6_6 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 32.5 • Does not include manslaughter or justifiable homicide. • Does not include simple assaults. 27 Arizona Time Clock Index Crimes 12 9 3 6 3 6 6 LARCENY-THEFT ONE EVERY 5.0 MINUTES 12 12 9 3 6 ASSAULT ONE EVERY 1.2 HOURS 12 6 MURDER ONE EVERY 47.6 HOURS 28 3 9 BURGLARY ONE EVERY 9.5 MINUTES 12 ROBBERY ONE EVERY 2.3 HOURS 3 9 6 RAPE ONE EVERY 11.3 HOURS 9 12 12 9 3 6 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT ONE EVERY 46.4 M INUTES Index Crimes by Month/State Totals 1975 INDEX OFFENSES TOTAL JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT 10 16 20 17 15 OCT NOV DEC 17 13 MURDER NON-NEG MAN 184 17 17 15 11 FORCIBLE RAPE RAPE BY FORCE ATTEMPTED 773 57 51 54 71 77 72 76 64 79 49 66 57 535 35 39 37 51 61 52 52 49 49 28 45 37 238 22 12 17 20 16 20 24 15 30 21 21 20 ROBBERY FIREARM KNIFE CUTTING INST. OTHER DANG WEAPON STRONG ARM 3,751 398 337 320 273 305 266 292 357 306 279 265 363 1,591 180 141 142 124 129 99 111 145 114 119 122 165 406 31 39 32 31 30 28 36 44 35 27 33 40 191 15 14 10 14 25 12 15 22 17 12 16 19 1,563 172 143 136 104 121 117 130 146 140 121 94 139 ASSAULT FIREARM KNIFE CUTTING INST. OTHER DANG WEAPON STRONG ARM 7,234 591 555 672 566 665 624 665 656 547 585 525 583 1,738 151 136 142 127 158 156 149 180 133 141 120 145 1,213 86 103 110 100 114 109 105 92 97 93 93 111 1,636 115 114 155 142 152 132 170 143 134 128 121 130 2,647 239 202 265 197 241 227 241 241 183 223 191 197 BURGLARY FORCIBLE ENTRY UNLAWFUL ENTRY ATTEMPTED FORCE EN 55,547 5,118 4,760 5,204 4,541 4,301 4.240 4,727 4,933 4,219 4,377 4,278 4,849 35,902 3,427 3,083 3,475 2,870 2,707 2,775 3,054 3,207 2,597 2,838 2,716 3,153 15,340 1,337 1,316 1,330 1,316 1,221 1,146 1,285 1,310 1,268 1,216 1,257 1,338 4,305 354 361 399 355 373 319 388 416 354 323 305 358 104,200 8,686 8,641 9,479 8,894 8,428 8,266 8,413 8,627 8,132 8,887 8,262 9,485 11,337 1,091 1,048 1,041 925 907 848 865 1,042 947 936 792 895 7,109 721 678 628 554 562 534 538 657 638 575 505 519 2,088 148 160 174 171 181 169 167 205 143 205 161 204 1,879 201 189 175 180 152 125 139 159 148 141 115 155 17 16,245 LARCENY EXCEPT MTR VEH THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT AUTOS TRUCKS AND BUSES MOTORCYCLES OTHER VEHICLES GRAND TOTAL 16 261 21 21 64 20 12 20 21 21 18 15 11 183,026 15,958 15,409 16,785 15,281 14,693 14,322 15,058 15,696 14,245 15,129 14,205 AUCR ANNUAL REPORT Value of Property Stolen and Recovered for Index Offenses The next two charts will deal with tempts to develop programs to pre- value of property stolen and re- vent the theft of any particular covered by article and month as article. It is realized that this list well as the value of property stolen in no way encompasses all articles by crime and month. These charts but it is a general list of items will reveal a great deal of detail frequently sought after by thieves in expounding on the areas men- during the last reporting period. tioned above. This is an attempt to list articles The article or type of property stolen by month and also to re- stolen is of grave importance to the veal the value of property involved police administrator when he at- in the 7 Part I crimes. Value of Property Stolen & Recovered by Month MONTH JANUARY TOTAL AMOUNT STOLEN TOTAL AMOUNT RECOVERED* $ 5,397,075.00 $ 1,194,880.00 22.1 FEBRUARY 5,297,925.00 1,513,717.00 28.6 MARCH 5,346,146.00 1,397,662.00 26.1 APRIL 7,705,203.00 1,371,760.00 17.8 MAY 4,919,530.00 1,297,738.00 26.4 JUNE 5,329,205.00 1,296,679.00 24.3 JULY 4,512,419.00 1,350,085.00 29.9 AUGUST 5,056,033.00 1,530,480.00 30.3 SEPTEMBER 4,736,161_00 1,339,047.00 28.3 OCTOBER 5,172,498.00 1,409 ,253.00 27.3 NOVEMBER 4,765,478.00 1,303,689.00 27.4 DECEMBER 5,366,018.00 1,308,342.00 24.4 $63,603,691.00 $16,313,832.00 25.7 GRAND TOTAL • AMOUNT RECOVERED MAY INCLUDE PROPERTY FROM PREVIOUS MONTH. 30 % RECOVERED Type & Value of Property Stolen by Month (breakdown) $ TOTAL PROPERTY STOLEN CURRENCY DIST JAN FEB MAR APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 3,891,875 5.8 364,241 356,184 411,816 265,013 318,942 283,630 281,550 349,154 311,708 227,969 248,829 283,020 12,961,066 20.4 858,501 764,006 794,899 3,531,931 936,267 1,537,788 661.327 725.319 545,336 924,966 796,004 811,742 1,069,681 1.7 126,484 120,458 113,567 89,691 67,511 44,774 86.629 69,367 64,368 108,943 89,411 106,458 17,926,014 28.2 1,610,780 1,600,678 1,468,482 1,483,351 1,385,699 1,509,859 1,285,382 1,680,510 1,498,543 1,646,064 1,265,405 1,591,261 840,791 1.3 85,495 62,912 68,216 65,666 76,535 71,767 70,187 67,272 65,012 70,418 70,983 66,338 STEREOS 5,834,198 10.7 667,776 603,565 624,939 520,233 480,358 444,274 504,594 543,069 508,342 613,150 593,069 750,839 FIREARMS 1,467,046 2.3 138,951 132,563 155,646 114,185 93,251 97,153 115,090 126,491 112,554 125,691 116,485 138,986 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS 1,507,456 2.4 144,451 150,613 131,840 163,736 92,719 78,644 107,777 133,899 135,378 102,420 160,015 105,964 CONSUMER ITEMS 567,473 1.0 81,900 61,202 47,496 43,721 40,654 32,437 36,647 47,134 48,647 42,663 37,645 47,327 LIVESTOCK 110,866 .2 9,193 4,364 20,095 10,869 14,995 22,636 7,521 2,476 7,048 4,282 3,605 3,782 MISCELLANEOUS 18,807,225 28.1 1,446,303 1,441,380 1,509,351 1,416,807 1,432,599 1,206,253 1,3 5 5,7 15 1,311,352 1,339,225 1,305,912 1,384,027 1,458,301 TOTAL STOLEN 83,803,691 - 5,397,075 5,297,926 5,348,146 7,706,203 4,919,530 5,329,205 4,512,419 5,056,033 4,736,161 5,172,496 4,766,478 5,388.018 JEWELRY CLOTHING LOCALLY STLN VEHICLES OFFICE EQUIPMENT Value of Property Stolen by Crime & Month INDEX OFFENSE HOMICIDE $ TOTAL JAN FEB MAR 1,486 - - - APRIL MAY - - JUNE - JULY - AUG 335 SEPT - OCT NOV 360 800 DEC - •AVERAGE VALUE PER OFFENSE $ 8.07 17,251 710 20 653 221 56 1,024 4,484 289 466 160 984 8,204 22.32 2,827,155 189,437 248,034 89,721 199,688 354,466 1,024,3-40 139,728 198,414 98,108 79,430 63,301 142,388 753.71 BURGLARY 25,245,550 2,424.453 2,312,946 2,580,224 2,010,121 1,770,684 1,630,561 1,842,983 2,081,363 1,950,985 2,294,105 2,069,142 2,289,144 464.49 LARCENY 19.204,461 1,322,355 1,213,527 1,322,797 4,094,224 1,420,406 1,173,457 1,247,562 1,175,122 1,215,035 1,197,144 1,408,948 1,403,874 174 71 MOTOR VEH THEFT 17,306,946 1,460,121 1,523,570 1,372,750 1,400,947 1,373,818 1,499,903 1,267,485 1,601,600 1,463.587 1,600,364 1,222,303 1,522,406 1,526.75 53,554,9191 5,397.078 5296,095 5,348,145 7,7111,201 4,919,530 5,329205 4,512,302 5,067,113 4,738,181 5,172,543 4,785,479 5,368,0113 FORCED RAPE ROBBERY TOTAL (STOLEN) • THIS CHART DOES NOT INCLUDE ASSAULTS AS NO PROPERTY OR MONEY IS INVOLVED IN THE CHARGE $ 351.92 N.) N Value of Property Recovered by Article & Month PROPERTY RECOVERED $ TOTAL R ECV. CURRENCY 385,314 AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC 33,447 65,747 14,482 43,014 11,693 23,987 121,260 151,104 104,557 62,935 149,780 1 29 ,29 4 32,758 7,140 6,305 8,430 5,161 10,581 7,147 66,079 9,643 1,048,145 983,290 937,641 907,316 1,103,423 1,055,510 1,042,264 855,471 1,014,736 6,293 3,625 7,156 4,590 5,334 9,407 2,608 3,828 3,179 3,149 45,871 36,012 24,824 27,365 20,150 25,688 38,019 27,873 42,918 31,435 34,731 7,293 15,738 10,288 10,009 9,515 6,836 8,805 10,998 6,336 10,523 6,307 12,168 9.4 8,478 4,812 24,152 56,704 6,027 6,801 4,819 10,563 1,892 6,962 5,776 4,374 52,703 9.3 3,130 3,098 4,437 5,172 4,913 2,587 3,569 6,140 2,497 8,087 4,788 4,275 31,060 28.0 1,950 557 6,119 1,296 3,220 813 1,541 241 214 950 13,749 410 1,858,551 11.2 169,878 131,509 154,141 96,498 190,864 145,779 200,032 176,224 154,319 93,790 176,918 168,611 16,313,832 25.7 1,194,880 1,513,717 1,397,662 1,371,760 1,297,738 1,296,679 1,350,085 1,530,480 1,339,047 1,409,253 1,303,889 1,308,842 JAN F Eft MAR 10.4 12,973 78,548 22,943 MAY JUNE 21,044 13,529 43,907 1,169,306 9.0 30,041 81,028 172,483 89,337 44,729 160,280 14.7 11,396 7,235 7,127 15,106 11,945,448 66.8 906,489 1,137,496 953,667 67,513 8.0 10,519 7,825 STEREOS 387,421 5.7 32,735 FIREARMS 114,816 7.8 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS 141,350 CONSUMER ITEMS LIVESTOCK JEWELRY CLOTHING LOCALLY STLN. VEHICLES OFFICE EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS TOTAL RECOVERED APRIL JULY AUCR ANNUAL REPORT Clearance rates for Index Offenses The two charts in this section will reveal the clearance rates of the index offenses. Both adults and juveniles will be included; the percentage of juveniles as compared with adults should prove interesting. Clearance Rates For Index Offenses 184 3751 773 11,337 104,200 55,547 7234 143 77.7% 4371 60.4% 399 51 6% 1385 369% 1841 8228 1 14.8% 17 8% 16 2% 1 MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT BURGLARY LARCENY MOTOR VEH. THEFT ACTUAL OFFENSES CLEARANCES 33 Percent Distribution of Clearances by Age 1 8.4% 91.6% MURDER 11.8% 88.2% RAPE / 15.5% ROBBERY I i 10.6% AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 33.7% 37.8% 39.3% ■ 11111111111111 18 & OVER 34 min L LARCENY IIIIIIIIIIIIIIMOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 32.2% UNDER 18 BURGLARY Ill" TOTALS 84.6% 89.5% 66.3% 62.2% 60.7% 67.8% AUCR ANNUAL REPORT All Arrests for Index Offenses for Part II Crimes The charts that follow reveal the number of arrests by the suspects age, sex and race. In this field both Part I and Part II crimes will be included. The most important detail to mention is that a relationship between age, sex and race could not be developed this year due to technical difficulties. However, a comparison of sex and age is illustrated in the four pages of adult and juvenile charts. Furthermore it is believed that the charts to follow will be of significant importance in denoting the frequent offenders. Arrests By Race & Percent Distribution 90,743 81.8% 11,266 10.2% 8,547 7.7% 25 WHITE NEGRO INDIAN CHINESE 21 316 0.3% JAPANESE ALL OTHER *LESS THAN 0.T% 35 Arrests By Sex MALE FEMALE 18 & OVER UNDER 18 Arrests By Age 36 Total Arrests 1975 RATE PER 1,000 OFFENSE MURDER & NON-NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER NUMBER OF ARRESTS PERCENT DISTRIBUTION POPULATION 146 .1 .06 83 .1 .03 340 .3 .15 ROBBERY 1,324 1.2 .59 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 2,720 2.5 1.22 BURGLARY 7,521 6.8 3.39 15,353 13.8 6.91 1,542 1.4 .69 PART 1 SUBTOTAL 29,009 26.2 13.05 OTHER`ASSAULTS 2,796 2.5 1.25 ARSON 364 .3 .16 FORGERY-COUNTERFEITING 448 .4 .20 1,052 1.0 .47 272 .3 .12 STOLEN PROPERTY 1,391 1.3 .63 VANDALISM 2,395 2.2 1.08 WEAPONS - CARRYING 1,793 1.6 .81 PROSTITUTION- COMM. VICE 865 .8 .39 SEX OFFENSES 757 .7 .34 9,456 8.5 4,26 MANSLAUGHTER BY NEGLIGENCE FORCIBLE RAPE LARCENY MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT FRAUD EMBEZZLEMENT DRUGS GAMBLING 37 .03 .02 OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY 633 .6 .28 DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE 23,404 21.1 10.53 6,296 5.7 2.83 373 .3 .17 9,200 8.3 4.14 867 .8 .39 ALL OTHER - NON TRAFFIC 13,091 11.8 5.89 CURFEW - LOITERING LAWS 1,527 1.4 .69 RUNAWAYS 4,893 4.4 2.20 81,910 73.9 36.86 LIQUOR LAWS DRUNKENNESS DISORDERLY CONDUCT VAGRANCY PART 2 SUBTOTAL GRAND TOTAL 110,919 49.91 37 Juvenile Male Arrests OFFENSE UNDER 11 11-12 l'AURDER NON-NEG MANSLAUGHTER 13-14 2 • UNDER 18 TOTAL 15 16 17 2 5 7 16 4 6 MANSLAUGHTER BY NEGLIGENCE 1 1 FORCIBLE RAPE 3 11 11 16 24 65 ROBBERY 3 19 67 64 80 109 342 AGG. ASSAULT 8 32 96 83 120 149 488 BURGLARY 240 441 1,036 827 825 705 4,074 LARCENY-THEFT 497 903 1,833 1,137 1,241 1,187 6,798 6 22 210 216 246 193 893 PART 1 SUBTOTAL 754 1,421 3,256 2,340 2,533 2,378 12,682 OTHER ASSAULTS 49 99 225 134 186 196 889 ARSON 58 41 56 28 15 16 214 2 5 8 12 27 4 16 12 37 44 114 1 1 2 8 14 26 6 19 121 109 126 143 524 276 312 424 228 202 192 1,634 1 12 62 63 94 83 315 1 1 MOTOR VEH. THEFT FORGERY-COUNTERFEIT FRAUD 1 EMBEZZLEMENT STOLEN PROPERTY VANDALISM WEAPONS-CARRYING PROSTITUTION---COM VICE SEX OFFENSES 2 12 OPIUM-COCAINE 58 42 30 41 185 3 6 12 25 46 222 344 599 787 1,975 7 7 13 3 31 MARIJUANA 1 SYNTHETIC NARCOTICS 1 OTHER DANG.-NARC. 2 5 11 12 19 31 80 DRUG SUBTOTAL 4 27 243 369 643 846 2,132 22 BOOKMAKING-HORSE SPORT NUMBERS & LOTTERY ALL OTHER GAMBLING 1 1 GAMBLING SUBTOTAL 1 1 OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY 15 17 DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE 47 41 27 29 176 6 24 166 288 484 LIQUOR LAWS 2 17 145 233 490 705 1,592 DRUNKENNESS 6 6 32 21 34 40 139 25 36 134 163 242 307 907 1 3 19 23 23 44 113 125 251 628 572 543 546 2,665 6 35 219 284 339 350 1,233 73 172 567 570 496 275 2,153 650 1,064 3,005 2,924 3,709 4,172 15,524 1,404 2,485 6,261 5,264 6,242 6,550 28.206 DISORDERLY CONDUCT VAGRANCY ALL OTHER--NON TRAFFIC CURFEW & LOITERING RUNAWAYS PART 2 SUBTOTAL GRAND TOTALS 38 Adult Male Arrests OFFENSE MURDER NON-NEG MANSLAUGHTER MANSLAUGHTER BY NEGLIGENCE FORCIBLE RAPE 19 18 4 21 20 8 6 22 6 23 4 24 2 25-29 4 19 30-34 12 OVER 18 TOTAL 35-39 40-44 46-49 5454 56-59 80-64 OVER 66 8 9 5 3 2 2 7 101 1 268 5 5 3 2 6 2 1 6 2 7 26 20 22 14 17 15 10 67 27 31 3 5 11 5 1 48 1 ROBBERY 125 101 75 84 71 63 45 171 67 29 20 13 9 6 AGG. ASSAULT 143 146 156 108 103 90 95 360 243 161 123 102 64 38 BURGLARY 581 444 335 225 206 171 140 384 186 108 51 39 19 122 1 880 19 17 1,988 12 7 2 2.910 81 49 62 4,547 1 561 LARCENY-THEFT 614 518 401 344 278 220 176 742 376 207 187 170 MOTOR VEH. THEFT 109 89 58 51 37 26 25 71 38 17 16 10 8 4 PART 1 SUBTOTAL 1,607 1,331 1,056 834 722 589 496 1,820 951 568 417 349 226 147 79 91 11.283 OTHER ASSAULTS 115 109 122 85 79 86 86 310 175 121 88 68 37 20 10 5 1,516 ARSON 10 20 8 7 5 1 18 8 6 4 7 2 2 FORGERY-COUNTERFEIT 16 17 24 19 15 13 26 79 36 21 9 4 4 3 2 FRAUD 49 34 41 44 38 38 31 137 83 77 57 58 30 20 14 16 6 8 4 9 13 8 35 31 32 14 16 3 2 142 98 79 61 33 35 41 94 63 33 30 17 12 5 3 26 20 18 11 5 6 3 537 116 71 57 38 38 16 11 1,324 5 4 23 EMBEZZLEMENT STOLEN PROPERTY VANDALISM WEAPONS-CARRYING PROSTITUTION-COM. VICE SEX OFFENSES OPIUM-COCAINE MARIJUANA SYNTHETIC NARCOTICS OTHER DANG.-NON NARC. DRUG SUBTOTAL 70 65 57 29 29 34 30 85 49 117 117 94 80 74 66 64 222 143 4 4 3 8 3 2 2 17 15 10 6 18 31 29 21 41 20 24 85 64 60 34 27 99 287 6 197 746 86 2 16 757 11 12 516 30 39 68 78 70 . 68 51 192 75 47 18 10 9 5 1 761 868 762 601 488 383 352 286 773 224 87 32 17 12 4 2 4,891 6 17 6 11 6 4 3 13 7 5 1 28 40 28 43 20 18 16 52 27 9 6 5 3 2 1 1 299 79 932 858 703 620 479 442 366 1,030 333 148 57 32 24 11 4 1 6,030 BOOKMAKING-HORSE SPORT 1 ALL OTHER GAMBLING GAMBLING SUBTOTAL OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY 30 21 DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE 685 1,003 LIQUOR LAWS DRUNKENNESS DISORDERLY CONDUCT VAGRANCY ALL OTHER-NON TRAFFIC PART 2 SUBTOTAL GRAND TOTAL 1 1 NUMBERS & LOTTERY 2 2 4 1 4 5 6 6 1 1 1 34 35 1 2 2 1 4 4 5 6 6 1 1 32 15 19 17 16 46 45 34 20 19 12 6 2 958 955 906 884 865 3,526 2,499 2,175 1,821 1,631 1,242 915 546 346 20,955 126 94 415 422 429 405 389 330 238 134 88 4,114 336 529 166 137 121 91 24 22 19 14 8 5 3 24 13 8 6 8 9 5 4 7 179 372 311 1,234 768 874 478 465 320 221 129 71 7,173 440 516 496 415 383 47 47 40 40 36 29 35 93 76 67 67 57 36 34 12 5 710 453 1,689 883 677 485 419 302 170 91 99 8,929 2,446 9 ,. 23 5,649 4,619 3,688 3,293 2,440 1,713 986 656 54,525 2,942 10,943 6,660 5,187 4,085 3,642 2,866 1,860 1,065 747 85,808 845 675 696 596 581 488 3,889 3,809 3,547 3,138 2,829 2,672 5,496 5,140 4,603 3,970 3,561 3,261 Juvenile Female Arrests UNDER 11 17 UNDER 18 TOTAL 15 16 2 4 1 7 MANSLAUGHTER BY NEGLIGENCE 1 1 2 FORCIBLE RAPE 1 1 2 OFFENSE 11-12 13-14 MURDER NON-NEG MANSLAUGHTER 4 6 6 9 2 27 2 3 25 22 20 9 81 24 46 88 54 44 60 316 104 307 755 462 361 329 2,318 1 1 12 14 13 4 45 PART 1 SUBTOTAL 131 361 886 560 453 407 2,798 OTHER ASSAULTS 7 27 68 49 32 33 216 ARSON 5 2 16 3 5 1 4 7 4 13 29 FRAUD 2 6 4 7 19 EMBEZZLEMENT 2 2 3 2 9 ROBBERY AGG. ASSAULT BURGLARY LARCENY-THEFT MOTOR VEH. THEFT FORGERY-COUNTERFEIT STOLEN PROPERTY VANDALISM 1 2 15 8 9 7 42 31 50 54 19 14 10 178 1 1 8 3 6 19 3 7 9 19 38 3 5 2 4 16 1 1 3 3 8 WEAPONS--CARRYING PROSTITUTION-COM. VICE SEX OFFENSES 31 1 1 OPIUM-COCAINE MARIJUANA 3 4 73 85 96 130 391 SYNTHETIC NARCOTICS 2 1 4 2 1 3 13 8 10 7 13 38 OTHER DANG.-NON NARC. DRUG SUBTOTAL 5 5 86 98 107 149 450 2 6 28 17 17 10 so 2 8 6 20 36 BOOKMAKING-HORSE SPORT NUMBERS & LOTTERY ALL OTHER GAMBLING GAMBLING SUBTOTAL OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE LIQUOR LAWS 1 8 68 89 86 75 327 DRUNKENNESS 1 2 7 5 8 7 30 DISORDERLY CONDUCT 2 9 33 21 40 28 133 3 3 1 1 8 VAGRANCY ALL OTHER -NON TRAFFIC 11 48 202 161 131 102 655 2 18 91 64 58 61 294 RUNAWAYS 22 144 936 784 543 311 2,740 PART 2 SUBTOTAL 91 324 1,624 1,364 1,082 865 5,350 222 685 2,510 1,924 1,535 1,272 8,148 CURFEW & LOITERING GRAND TOTAL 40 Adult Female Arrests OFFENSE MURDER NON—NEG MANSLAUGHTER 18 19 20 2 3 22 21 1 3 23 24 3 2 1 MANSLAUGHTER BY NEGLIGENCE FORCIBLE RAPE 1 25-29 30-34 35-39 1 3 2 40-44 46-49 50-64 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 6 9 5 9 6 6 19 4 - 7 8 11 8 14 11 8 40 26 19 16 6 4 8 30 15 8 5 6 5 67 76 47 MOTOR VEH. THEFT 23 29 28 14 11 168 145 143 103 100 77 233 127 98 5 4 5 7 3 3 1 9 1 5 57 41 51 41 2246 4 5 3 1 175 101 337 176 10 11 13 34 15 2 13 11 15 9 6 a 5 18 13 4 FRAUD 5 19 9 6 10 8 6 30 22 13 10 16 4 EMBEZZLEMENT 1 3 3 6 2 8 4 5 3 3 1 11 7 5 8 4 4 10 3 2 1 2 4 5 5 4 1 1 5 10 26 18 11 15 3 3 6 4 1 3 VANDALISM 1 3 8 9 5 13 8 4 WEAPONS—CARRYING PROSTITUTION—COM. VICE SEX OFFENSES OPIUM—COCAINE MARIJUANA 85 107 101 111 87 55 36 120 23 2 8 3 5 2 2 2 9 3 14 18 25 20 17 12 3 29 14 5 114 83 79 63 37 40 41 79 30 18 4 SYNTHETIC NARCOTICS 2 2 2 1 1 1 OTHER DANG.—NON NARC. 9 a 8 6 5 6 9 17 8 2 139 111 114 89 60 58 53 126 53 26 DRUG SUBTOTAL 1 1 20 2 1 106 1 2 1 162 40 79 46 136 5 2 1 1 740 40 4 1 1,690 4 135 16 1 39 91 145 15 14 221 2 18 194 7 10 183 9 200 14 11 37 47 2 134 211 11 STOLEN PROPERTY 2 43 OTHER ASSAULTS 1 78 2 92 240 FORGERY—COUNTERFEIT 7 1 PART 1 SUBTOTAL ARSON TOTAL 5 6 36 OVER 18 85 1 ROBBERY 183 OVER n AGG. ASSAULT LARCENY—THEFT 60-84 1 • 3 BURGLARY 65-59 161 2 2 592 2 1 81 4 3 844 10 8 BOOKMAKING—HORSE SPORT NUMBERS & LOTTERY GAMBLING SUBTOTAL 5 3 2 1 1 DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE 36 65 80 66 61 LIQUOR LAWS 41 20 10 11 4 9 2 2 DISORDERLY CONDUCT VAGRANCY ALL OTHER—NON TRAFFIC -P• ...■11 PART 2 SUBTOTAL GRAND TOTAL 1 1 OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY DRUNKENNESS 1 i ALL OTHER GAMBLING 6 56 53 52 68 69 1 6 3 4 1 6 3 10 3 4 3 1 69 76 267 250 242 242 191 131 83 51 11 7 32 26 17 7 4 2 3 1 1 69 54 40 16 4 21 15 11 58 33 38. 1 1 42 173 128 87 2 7 2 3 5' 42 17 283 1 25 8 967 4 542 1 1 1,929 38 62 77 65 63 49 46 43 134 87 74 54 493 524 503 477 378 351 306 998 694 627 466 338 218 131 75 33 6511 861 568 429 275 172 128 74 8,757 733 735 703 871 623 488 406 1 336 870 37 Time of Assault AUCR ANNUAL REPORT Police Assault Figures Police assault figures are crucial to the police administrator. They say much to anyone attempting to evaluate the causation of this type of criminal activity. There are many factors that contribute to police assaults but local circumstances vary from place to place. It is therefore impossible for a group of analysts in Phoenix to speculate on the reasons for these assaults. The information to follow will portray the frequency of these events and allow each agency head to objectively evaluate the cause after considering his unique variables and factors 2:00 204 56 2:01 4:00 93 49 4:01 6:00 23 90 6:01 8:00 19 105 8:01 10:00 32 162 10:01 12:00 40 195 411 657 Percent Distribution of Weapons Used to Commit Assaults on Police Officers n7 42 P.M. 10:01 TOTALS Z (I) Z H -I -I m m _ r-ii C Z ----K c) m Z H A .M . • 0 0 m> --I > Z 1 -0 n m O m JD Z 11 Cf) 0 C u) Police Assaults by Activity, Weapon, Assignment & Time TYPE OF WEAPON ACTIVITY DISTURBANCE TOTAL FIRE ARMS TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT KNIFE/ OTHER HANDS CUT. DANG. FEET INST. WEAPON FISTS TWO MAN VEHICLE ONE MAN VEH. ALONE ASSISTED DET. SPEC. ASSIGN ALONE ASSISTED 324 28 15 33 248 129 58 114 5 BURGLARY 33 10 4 3 16 11 7 13 1 ROBBERY 14 5 1 8 1 2 10 1 179 2 3 17 157 63 48 48 3 1 4 9 2 5 7 6 101 31 21 29 16 63 31 28 26 1 2 OTHER ARRESTS CIVIL DISORDERS 14 PRISONERS 109 2 SUSPICIOUS 91 8 AMBUSH 3 2 DERANGED 8 2 1 5 1 201 6 27 168 92 7 3 9 1,068 72 31 PERSONAL INJURY 396 9 NO PERSONAL INJURY 672 63 TRAFFIC ALL OTHER TOTALS 4 OTHER ALONE ASSISTED 9 POLICE ASSAULTS CLEARED 9 315 1 31 12 4 4 9 174 14 1 3 6 19 103 2 1 2 80 1 1 1 6 8 63 65 65 73 30 21 15 116 849 364 256 334 6 43 338 25 73 511 2 13 2 2 2 192 11 10 5 87 31 23 47 1,017 AUCR ANNUAL REPORT Law Enforcement Employee Data The law enforcement personnel chart merely reveals the number of full-time sworn officers and civilian employees. This chart indicates the type of shift that the officers work. The many part-time employees and reserves are not included in these totals. Law Enforcement Personnel EMPLOYEE STATUS MALE FEMALE TOTALS FULL-TIME CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 846 965 1,811 5,049 147 5,196 1,112 7,007 (DOES NOT INCLUDE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS) FULL-TIME SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (INCLUDES: CHIEFS, DIRECTORS, SHERIFFS, MARSHALS) 5,695 GRAND TOTAL Sworn Officers Only (on patrol) SWORN OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS EVENING SHIFT NIGHT SHIFT OTHER SHIFTS TOTALS (1) MAN VEHICLE 517 593 431 140 1,681 (2) MAN VEHICLE 26 51 28 36 141 (1) MAN FOOT 16 12 13 (2) MAN FOOT 6 2 51 25 a 1 85 616 683 480 177 1,956 ALL OTHERS TOTAL PATROLS 44 DAY SHIFT 41 8 Appendix Arizona Revised Statutes (41-1750 Criminal identification Section; duties) A. There shall be a criminal identification section within the Department of Public Safety. B. The criminal identification section shall: 1. Procure and maintain records of photographs, descriptions, fingerprints, dispositions and such other information as may be pertinent to all persons who have been arrested for or convicted of a public offense within the state. 2. Collect information concerning the number and nature of offenses known to have been committed in the state, of the legal steps taken in connection therewith, and such other information as shall be useful in the study of crime in the administration of justice. 3. Cooperate with the criminal identification bureaus in other states and with the appropriate agency of the federal government in the exchange of information pertinent to violators of the law. In addition, the criminal identification section shall provide for the rapid exchange of information con- 4. 5. 6. 7. cerning the commission of crime and the detection of violators of the law, between the law enforcement agencies of this state and its political subdivisions and the law enforcement agencies of other states and of the federal government. Furnish assistance to peace officers throughout the state in crime scene investigations for the detection of latent fingerprints, and in the comparison thereof. Provide information from its records to law enforcement agencies of the state or its political subdivisions upon request by the chief officer of such agency or his authorized representative. Such information shall be used only for purposes of law enforcement Provide information from its records to courts, prosecutors or correctional agencies of the state or its political subdivisions upon request by the chief officer of such agency or his authorized Such• information shall be used representative. only for purposes of the criminal justice system. Provide information from its records relating to convictions for public offenses to non law enforcement agencies of the state or its political subdivisions upon request by the chief officer of such agency or his authorized representative, for the • Section C and F directly applies to UCR. purpose of evaluating the fitness of prospective employees of such agency. Such information shall be used only for the purpose of such evaluation. 8. Provide information from its records relating to convictions for public offenses to licensing and regulatory agencies of the state or its political subdivisions upon request by the chief officer of such agency or his authorized representative, for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of prospective licensees. Such information shall be used only for the purpose of such evaluation. 9. Provide information from its records relating to arrests or convictions for public offenses to the subject of such information, or to his attorney at the request of the subject, and when accompanied by proper identification. *C. The chief officers of law enforcement agencies of the state or its political subdivisions shall provide to the criminal identification section such information concerning crimes and persons arrested for or convicted of public offenses within the state as the chief of the criminal identification section, with the approval of the director, shall deem useful for the study or prevention of crime and for the administration of justice_ D. Any person who releases or procures the release of information held by the criminal identification section other than as provided by this section, or who uses such information for a purpose other than as provided by this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor. E. The chief of the criminal identification section may, with the written approval of the director and in the manner prescribed by law, remove and destroy such records as he determines are no longer of value in the detection or prevention of crime. *F. The chief of the criminal identification section, subject to the approval of the director, shall make and issue rules and regulations relating to the procurement and dissemination of information, in the manner prescribed by law. G. All non-law enforcement agencies of the state or its political subdivisions may establish by rule, regulation or ordinance the need for fingerprint or background investigations for purposes of employment or licensing and may, thereafter, utilize the criminal identification section of the Department of Public Safety in accordance with subsection F. Added Laws 1968, Ch. 209, § 1, eff. July 1, 1969, as amended Laws 1972, Ch. 39, §1 (Effective April 6, 1972.) 45 aration of manuals and statistical analysis. Appendix Glossary of Terms 1. Quantitative Crime Statistics - The use of numbers to measure and express a mathematical quantity. This phrase implies results expressed in numbers rather than descriptive phrases. 2. Quantitative Statistical Resource - A compilation of numerical measurements. 3. Classify - Finding the proper offense category from the available facts. 4. Score - Counting and recording the number of offenses committed during the commission of an 5. Return or Report - The required forms, from A through H that are submitted by the individual agencies each month. The entire collection of forms submitted is referred to as the Monthly Return. 6. Verify or Verification - The process that the Monthly Return goes through to ascertain the accuracy of the This verification is per- formed by UCR Personnel on the state level. 7. Field Representative - The designation of commissioned personnel who travel about the state making personal contact with the individual agencies. This person instructs UCR, verifies and acts as liaison between the state and federal government. 8. Clerk Verifier - This person verifies returns and acts as a Girl Friday in the facilitation of any administrative function within the UCR Section. 9. Statistician - This individual is responsible for coordinating efforts relevant to computer programming, development of new programs, special studies, prep- Bibliography of Crime In Arizona - How Do We Solve It. 27th Arizona Town Hall, (Arizona: Arizona Academy., 1975). BlaCk's Law Dictionary. 4th ed.; Minn: West Publishing 1957. 3. International Association of Chiefs of Police, Proceedings, 1927. p. 131. 46 11. Offenses Known - Those offenses by report or investigation that come to the attention of the police. 12. Unfounded - A known offense that is found to be false or baseless as the end result of police investigation. (Not the findings of the courts). 13. Actual Offenses - Those known or reported offenses that actually occurred. has been apprehended. 15. Clearance by exceptional means - The person who committed the offense has been identified, you know where he is but for some reason beyond police control you cannot arrest. There must also be enough information to support the charge. 16. Part I Offense - Any of the crimes on form A. These crimes occur most frequently in the United States and subsequently generate the most interest. These crimes are Homicide, Rape, Assault, Robbery, Burglary, Theft and Motor Vehicle Theft. 17. Part 11 Offense - All crimes other than Part I offenses. We do not report Part II offenses unless the suspect is in custody. 18. Violent Crimes - Include Homicide, Rape, Robbery, Assault; it is important to remember however that robbery is still a crime against property. 19. Non-Violent Crimes - Burglary, Theft, and Motor Vehicle Theft. 4. The Committee on Uniform Crime Records, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Uniform 1. Kennedy, Thomas D. (Project Director), The Problem 2. Black, Henry Campbell. puter input. 14. Clearance by Arrest - The perpetrator of an offense unlawful set of events. contributed information. 10. Monthly facsimile printout - Reproduces agency input by form. Used to authenticate the accuracy of com- Crime Reporting. (New York: J. J. Little and Ives Co., 1929). p. 5. 5. Newspaper Article, Author unknown. Crime: The War We Are Losing. (circa: 1965). 6. Uniform Crime Reporting, op, cit., p. 16. 7. Valley National Bank of Arizona, Economic Research Departments, Arizona Statistical Review. (31st Annual ed.; Phoenix, Sept. 1975).