CRIME IN ILLINOIS ONLINE HELP
UCR Program
Table of Contents
Ø What is Uniform Crime Reporting?
Welcome to the Crime in
Illinois Online Portal
Ø FAQ
Introduction
The
objective of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is to produce reliable
crime statistics for law enforcement administration, operation and
management. This information is also available as a measure of the
fluctuations in the type and volume of crime in Illinois. Every year
the Illinois State Police (ISP) releases its annual Crime in Illinois
publication for the previous year’s crime data. Over time, this publication has
become relied upon by members of the general public, media, and academia, as a
measure of crime in the state. The ISP understands that to truly
understand the fluctuations in crime, agencies and the public need data to be
more readily available rather than in an annual crime data publication.
To
meet this growing need and expectation, the ISP released the Crime in Illinois
Online Portal, which provides a platform for the public to access statistical
and analytical information about crime in the state online and on demand. The
Portal was designed to allow users to create queries to analyze the data for the agencies
that they are particularly interested in, providing a more intuitive way to
gather statistical data that is needed without having to request the data
through the state’s UCR program. This document explains how to use this
portal. It provides guidance on each section of the portal, and step-by-step
directions to help the user understand the portal sections and how to generate
a variety of reports.
What is Uniform Crime Reporting?
The
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program was established by the FBI in the
1930s. Illinois created its own version of UCR, under the Illinois
State Police (ISP), established by then Governor Richard B. Ogilvie, in January
1972. This group reported as a division of the ISP Department of Law
Enforcement, with UCR reporting through the ISP. Prior to the creation of the
ISP Division of Criminal Investigation, information about offenders and crime
was limited to individual local agency records and the relatively small records
base of the ISP’s fingerprint identification bureau.
The
FBI’s UCR relies upon local law enforcement agencies to report information on
crime that is occurring within their jurisdiction. Historically, there have
been two methods of submission: Summary
Reporting and NIBRS. The UCR Program transitioned to NIBRS only reporting in
early 2021. However, for comparison
purposes, the NIBRS data will be converted to summary format for some
time. An agency’s crime statistics will
be available in both summary and NIBRS format.
Summary Reporting System (SRS)
Law
enforcement agencies report the number of known index crimes (Murder, Rape,
Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Larceny Theft, Motor Vehicle Theft,
Arson and Human Trafficking) or offenses from their local records of complaints
from victims, reports from witnesses and from crimes discovered by an agency during
its operations. Reports that are later determined to be unfounded
are eliminated from the totals. The resulting number of ‘offenses
known to law enforcement officials’ is reported without regard to whether
arrests were made, stolen property recovered or whether prosecution took
place. Agencies report additional data such as value of property
stolen and recovered, circumstances surrounding homicides, family violence,
hate crimes, and reports of persons arrested for all crimes. Arrest reports are
categorized by the arrestee’s age, sex, race, and ethnic origin.
SRS
data is typically compiled by hand and is a simple count of most serious
offenses (index crimes) that have occurred. SRS data is submitted to
the state’s program on a monthly basis.
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
The
other method of UCR data submission is the National Incident-Based Reporting
System (NIBRS). NIBRS is intended to be a by-product of the local,
state, and federal automated systems, allowing an agency to build a system to
meet its needs, but to also allow reporting to the state and federal UCR
Program.
NIBRS
collects data on each single incident and arrest within twenty-four (24)
offense categories made up of fifty-two (52) specific crimes called Group A offenses. In
addition to the Group A offenses, there are six (6)
Group B offense categories, in which only arrest data is
captured. NIBRS is a reporting methodology through which all details
of the incident are joined together by the incident number and allows for
reconstructing all aspects of the incident, such as weapon, location, victim,
offender, etc. The additional data elements provided by NIBRS
agencies yield more robust search capabilities. Standard searches are still
available such as searches on a specific weapon to find additional information
connected to that weapon; however, NIBRS data allow for better search
functionality, such as, searches using multiple search criteria, such as,
offense, offender demographic, and whether a specific weapon was employed
during the commission of the crime. This is possible with NIBRS NOT SRS!
Another aspect of NIBRS data is that
it is dynamic in nature. NIBRS data will change on a regular basis as new
information becomes available and is updated by the agency. Summary data on the
other hand is static and generally does not change.
Welcome to the Crime
in Illinois Online Portal
Illinois
State Police Online Portal has 6
sections:
1 Home Page
2 Report Center
3 Crime Map
4 Data Tables
5 FAQ
6 Is My Agency Reporting?
The
Home Page
Introduction
The Home Page gives the user an overview of the news
published by the Department of Public Safety and the Crime Density in the
state.
The Home Page features:
·
Left Menu bar
·
News
·
Resources
·
Crime Rate
·
Offense Trends Comparison
Menu Bar
The Menu Bar on
the left side of the window displays the main functionality available on this
website.
News
The News section on the Home Page displays news items published
by the Illinois Crime Information Center.
§ Drag the Scroll
bar in the news section to read through the news.
§ Click the “Dots”
and “Arrows” icons to access other news items.
Resources
The Resources
section on the Home Page allows the user to download resources accessible from
the Illinois Crime Information Center.
§ Drag the Scroll
bar in the Resources section to move through the Resources.
§
Click the “Dots” and “Arrows” icons to access other
Resources items.
Crime Rate
The Crime Rate
on the Home Page displays Crime rate and Crime Density in the State of
Illinois.
Offense Trends
Comparison
The Trends
Comparison on the Home Page displays the comparison of Offense trends spread
across years in the State of Illinois.
Report
Center
The Report
Center section includes reports of the state’s crime data. The user can run any
of these reports to examine crime patterns, trends, and information on victims,
suspects and arrestees.
Reports fall
under these main categories and sub-categories:
·
NIBRS Reports — These reports are based on the FBI’s
NIBRS reporting standards and reflect data only for Illinois’ NIBRS agencies.
o
Ad-Hoc Queries
o
Arrest Distributions
o Arrest Distribution Breakdowns
o Arrest Trends
o Group A Offense
o Hate Crime Incidents
o LEOKA Incidents
o Murder Incidents
o Offense & Arrest Summary
o Offense Density
o Offense Distributions
o Offense Distribution Breakdowns
o Offense Trends
o Offense Trends Comparison
o Year-to-Date Comparison
·
Crime in Illinois — This section includes Illinois
Reports and Archives. Illinois reports are based on the Illinois specific Crime
Information to provide a complete picture of Crime in Illinois.
o
ARD
o
Domestic Offense
o
Hate Crime
o
Homicide
o
Mental Health Incident
o
Offense and Arrest Annual Comparison
o
ONFS
o
Per County Offense and Arrest Annual Comparison
o
School Incident
The Archives section
contains Articles published by the Illinois State Police.
Click on any Article to download and read it.
·
Custom Reports— This section includes Custom Reports for
the state’s Crime Information which can be downloaded and viewed
Crime
Map
This section maps the crime
incidents in the State of Illinois using Google Maps to provide geo-coded crime
information
Data
Tables
This section contains static data
extracted from the UCR Repository. Any updates to the data in the repository,
Crime Data Tables will be refreshed accordingly
FAQ
This section contains the Frequently Asked Questions about the Crime
information and UCR Program in the State of Illinois.
Is
My Agency Reporting?
This section helps to track whether
the agency has submitted any record for that selected period
NIBRS Definitions
Segment: Incident reports
are submitted to the FBI using up to six distinct records, each of which is referred
to as a “segment.”
Element: A data field within the segment to collect specific
information about the offense.
The Segments and
Data Elements in each Segment are defined below:
Level 1–Administrative Segment
Level
1–Administrative Segment—The Administrative Segment is the master segment. Only
one Administrative Segment is accepted per Group A
Incident Report. All other incident data relating to offenses, property,
victims, offenders, and arrestees are contained in the other segments that are
linked to the Administrative Segment by Data Element 1 (ORI) and Data Element 2
(Incident Number). The data elements used in the Administrative Segment are:
Data Element 1-ORI – Originating Agency Identifier
Data Element 2-Incident Number
Data Element 3-Incident Date
Data Element 3-Report Date Indicator • Only required if incident
date is unknown, otherwise Report Date Indicator should be blank
Data Element 3-Incident Hour
Data Element 4-Cleared Exceptionally
Data Element 5-Exceptional Clearance Date Exceptional Clearance
Offense Code
Data Element 2A-Cargo Theft
Level 2–Offense Segment
The Offense
Segment is used to identify and describe the types of offenses involved in the
incident. The data elements used in the Offense Segment are:
Data Element 6-UCR Offense Code
Data Element 7-Offense Attempted/Completed
Data Element 8-Offender Suspected of Using
Data Element 8A-Bias Motivation
Data Element 9-Location Type
Data Element 10-Number of Premises Entered
Data Element 11-Method of Entry
Data Element 12-Type Criminal Activity/Gang Information
Data Element 13-Type Weapon/Force Involved
Data Element 13-Automatic Weapon Indicator
Level 3–Property Segment
The Property
Segment provides information about the type, value, and (for drugs and narcotics
seized in drug cases) quantity of property involved in the incident. The data
elements used in the Property Segment are:
Data Element 1-ORI
Data Element 2-Incident Number
Data Element 14-Type Property Loss/Etc.
Data Element 15-Property Description
Data Element 16-Value of Property
Data Element 17-Date Recovered
Data Element 18-Number of Stolen Motor Vehicles
Data Element 19-Number of Recovered Motor Vehicles
Data Element 20-Suspected Drug Type
Data Element 21-Estimated Drug Quantity
Data Element 22-Type Drug Measurement
Level 4–Victim Segment
The Victim
Segment provides information about the victim(s) involved in the incident. The
data elements used in the Victim Segment are:
Data Element 23-Victim Sequence Number
Data Element 24-Victim Connected to UCR Offense Code
Data Element 25-Type of Victim
Data Element 25A-Type of Officer Activity/Circumstance
Data Element 25B-Officer Assignment Type
Data Element 25C-Officer–ORI Other Jurisdiction
Data Element 26-Age of Victim
Data Element 27-Sex of Victim
Data Element 28-Race of Victim
Data Element 29-Ethnicity of Victim
Data Element 30-Resident Status of Victim
Data Element 31-Aggravated Assault/Homicide Circumstances
Data Element 32-Additional Justifiable Homicide Circumstances
Data Element 33-Type Injury
Data Element 34-Offender Number to be Related
Data Element 35-Relationship of Victim to Offender
Level 5–Offender Segment
The Offender
Segment describes the offender involved in the incident (e.g., their age, sex,
race, and ethnicity). The data elements used in the Offender Segment are:
Data Element 36-Offender Sequence Number
Data Element 37-Age of Offender
Data Element 38-Sex of Offender
Data Element 39-Race of Offender
Data Element 39A-Ethnicity of Offender
Level 6–Arrestee Segment
The Arrestee
Segment is used to report arrests involving Group A
offenses and describes the arrestees and circumstances of their arrests). The
data elements used in the Arrestee Segment are:
Data Element 40-Arrestee Sequence Number
Data Element 41-Arrest Transaction Number
Data Element 42-Arrest Date
Data Element 43-Type of Arrest
Data Element 44-Multiple Arrestee Segments Indicator
Data Element 45-UCR Arrest Offense Code
Data Element 46-Arrestee Was Armed With
Data Element 46-Automatic Weapon Indicator
Data Element 47-Age of Arrestee
Data Element 48-Sex of Arrestee
Data Element 49-Race of Arrestee
Data Element 50-Ethnicity of Arrestee
Data Element 51-Resident Status of Arrestee
Data Element 52-Disposition of Arrestee Under
18
Level 7–Group B Arrest Report Segment
The Group B
Arrest Report is used to report arrests involving Group B offenses. The data
elements for this segment are:
Data Element
1-ORI
Data Element 41-Arrest Transaction Number
Data Element 40-Arrestee Sequence Number
Data Element 42-Arrest Date
Data Element 43-Type of Arrest
Data Element 44-Multiple Arrestee Segments Indicator
Data Element 45-UCR Arrest Offense Code
Data Element 46-Arrestee Was Armed With Automatic Weapon Indicator
Data Element 47-Age of Arrestee
Data Element 48-Sex of Arrestee
Data Element 49-Race of Arrestee
Data Element 50-Ethnicity of Arrestee
Data Element 51-Resident Status of Arrestee
Data Element 52-Disposition of
Arrestee Under 18
Level 0–Zero Report Segment
NIBRS Incident Definitions
Group
A
Incidents
Group A Incident Reports include Administrative, Offense, Victim,
Suspect, Property and Arrestee information. The following offenses
are reported to the FBI as Group A Incidents:
§ Murder
and Non-negligent Manslaughter - The willful
(non-negligent) killing of one human being by another
§ Negligent
Manslaughter - The killing of another person
through negligence
§ Justifiable Homicide - The killing
of a perpetrator of a serious criminal offense by a peace officer in the line
of duty, or the killing, during the commission of a serious criminal offense,
of the perpetrator by a private individual
§ Kidnapping/Abduction - The unlawful seizure, transportation,
and/or detention of a person against his/her will, or of a minor without the
consent of his/her custodial parent(s) or legal guardian
§ Rape - The carnal knowledge of a person, without the
consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of
giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or
permanent mental or physical incapacity
§ Sodomy - Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another
person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim
is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her
temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity
§ Sexual Assault with an Object - To use an
object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate, however slightly, the genital or
anal opening of the body of another person, without the consent of the victim,
including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of
his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical
incapacity
§ Fondling - The touching of the private body parts of
another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of
the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent
because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or
physical incapacity
§ Robbery - The taking or attempting to take anything of
value under confrontational circumstances from the control, custody, or care of
another person by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the
victim in fear of immediate harm
§ Aggravated Assault - An unlawful attack by one
person upon another wherein the offender uses a weapon or displays it in a
threatening manner, or the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily
injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal
injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness
§ Simple Assault - An unlawful physical attack
by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor
the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving
apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe
laceration, or loss of consciousness
§ Intimidation
- To unlawfully
place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of
threatening words and/or other conduct but without displaying a weapon or
subjecting the victim to actual physical attack
§ Arson - To unlawfully and intentionally damage or attempt to
damage any real or personal property by fire or incendiary device
§ Extortion/Blackmail - To
unlawfully obtain money, property, or any other thing of value, either tangible
or intangible, through the use or threat of force, misuse of authority, threat of
criminal prosecution, threat of destruction of reputation or social standing,
or through other coercive means
§ Burglary/Breaking and Entering - The unlawful
entry into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or
a theft
§ Pocket-picking - The theft of articles from another
person’s physical possession by stealth where the victim usually does not
become immediately aware of the theft
§ Purse-snatching - The grabbing or snatching of a
purse, handbag, etc., from the physical possession of another person
§ Shoplifting
- The theft by
someone other than an employee of the victim of goods or merchandise exposed
for sale
§ Theft
From Building - A theft from within a building
which is either open to the general public or to which the offender has legal
access
§ Theft
From Coin-Operated Machine or Device - A theft from a
machine or device that is operated or activated by the use of coins
§ Theft
From Motor Vehicle - The theft of articles from a motor
vehicle, locked or unlocked
§ Theft
From Motor Vehicle Parts/Accessories - The theft of any
part or accessory affixed to the interior or exterior of a motor vehicle in a
manner which would make the item an attachment of the vehicle or necessary for
its operation
§ All
Other Larceny - All thefts that do not fit any of
the definitions of the specific subcategories of Larceny/Theft listed above
§ Motor
Vehicle Theft - The theft of a motor vehicle
§ Counterfeiting/Forgery - The
altering, copying, or imitation of something, without authority or right, with
the intent to deceive or defraud by passing the copy or thing altered or
imitated as that which is original or genuine; or, the selling, buying, or
possession of an altered, copied, or imitated thing with the intent to deceive
or defraud
§ False Pretense/Swindle/Confidence Game - The
intentional misrepresentation of existing fact or condition or the use of some
other deceptive scheme or device to obtain money, goods, or other things of
value
§ Credit
Card/Automatic Teller Machine Fraud - The unlawful use
of a credit (or debit) card or automatic teller machine for fraudulent purposes
§ Impersonation
- Falsely
representing one’s identity or position and acting in the character or position
thus unlawfully assumed to deceive others and thereby gain a profit or
advantage, enjoy some right or privilege, or subject another person or entity
to an expense, charge, or liability that would not have otherwise been incurred
§ Welfare
Fraud - The use of deceitful statements, practices, or devices
to unlawfully obtain welfare benefits
§
Wire Fraud
- The use of an
electric or electronic communications facility to intentionally transmit a
false and/or deceptive message in furtherance of a fraudulent activity
§ Identity
Theft - Identity theft refers to crimes in which someone
wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data (e.g., name, date of
birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number, credit card
number). For NIBRS purposes, LEAs should report this as
Impersonation.
§ Hacking/Computer Invasion - Wrongfully
gaining access to another person’s or institution’s computer software,
hardware, or networks without authorized permissions or security clearances
§ Embezzlement
- The unlawful
misappropriation by an offender to his/her own use or purpose of money,
property, or some other thing of value entrusted to his/her care, custody, or
control
§ Stolen Property Offenses - Receiving,
buying, selling, possessing, concealing, or transporting any property with the
knowledge that it has been unlawfully taken, as by Burglary, Embezzlement,
Fraud, Larceny, Robbery, etc.
§ Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property - To willfully or
maliciously destroy, damage, deface, or otherwise injure real or personal
property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or
control of it
§ Drug/Narcotic Violations - The unlawful cultivation,
manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, use, possession, transportation, or
importation of any controlled drug or narcotic substance
§ Drug
Equipment Violations - The unlawful manufacture, sale,
purchase, possession, or transportation of equipment or devices utilized in
preparing and/or using drugs or narcotics
§ Incest – Non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who
are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by
law
§ Statutory
Rape – Non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is
under the statutory age of consent
§ Pornography/Obscene Material - The violation of
laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, publishing, sale, purchase, or
possession of sexually explicit material, e.g., literature or photographs
§ Betting/Wagering - To unlawfully stake money or
something else of value on the happening of an uncertain event or on the
ascertainment of a fact in dispute
§ Operating/Promoting/Assisting Gambling - To unlawfully
operate, promote, or assist in the operation of a game of chance, lottery, or
other gambling activity
§ Gambling
Equipment Violations - To unlawfully manufacture, sell,
buy, possess, or transport equipment, devices, and/or goods used for gambling
purposes
§ Sports
Tampering - To unlawfully alter, meddle in, or
otherwise interfere with a sporting contest or event for the purpose of gaining
a gambling advantage
§ Prostitution
- To engage in
commercial sex acts for anything of value
§ Assisting or Promoting Prostitution - To solicit
customers or transport persons for prostitution purposes; to own, manage, or
operate a dwelling or other establishment for the purpose of providing a place
where prostitution is performed; or to otherwise assist or promote prostitution
§ Purchasing
Prostitution - To purchase or trade anything of
value for commercial sex acts
§ Bribery
- The offering,
giving, receiving, or soliciting of anything of value (e.g., a bribe, gratuity,
or kickback) to sway the judgment or action of a person in a position of trust
or influence
§ Weapons
Law Violations - The violation of laws or ordinances
prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession,
concealment, or use of firearms, cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary
devices, or other deadly weapons
§ Human
Trafficking, Commercial Sex Acts - Inducing a
person by force, fraud, or coercion to participate in commercial sex acts, or
in which the person induced to perform such act(s) has not attained 18 years of
age
§ Human Trafficking, Involuntary Servitude - The
obtaining of a person(s) through recruitment, harboring, transportation, or
provision, and subjecting such persons by force, fraud, or coercion into
voluntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery (not to include
commercial sex acts)
§
Animal Cruelty
- Intentionally,
knowingly, or recklessly taking an action that mistreats or kills any animal
without just cause, such as torturing, tormenting, mutilation, maiming,
poisoning, or abandonment. Included are instances of duty to provide care,
e.g., shelter, food, water, care if sick or injured; transporting or confining
an animal in a manner likely to cause injury or death; causing an animal to
fight with another; inflicting excessive or repeated unnecessary pain or
suffering, e.g., uses objects to beat or injure an animal. This definition does
not include proper maintenance of animals for show or sport; use of animals for
food, lawful hunting, fishing or trapping.
Group B Arrests
The FBI
classifies Group B arrests as those for which law enforcement only reports
Arrest information. The following Group B arrests are reported to
the FBI:
§ Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations - The
violation of a court order, regulation, ordinance, or law requiring the
withdrawal of persons from the streets or other specified areas; prohibiting
persons from remaining in an area or place in an idle or aimless manner; or
prohibiting persons from going from place to place without visible means of
support
§ Disorderly
Conduct - Any behavior that tends to disturb the public peace or
decorum, scandalize the community, or shock the public sense of morality
§ Driving
Under the Influence - Driving or operating a motor
vehicle or common carrier while mentally or physically impaired as the result
of consuming an alcoholic beverage or using a drug or narcotic
§ Family Offenses, Nonviolent - Unlawful,
nonviolent acts by a family member (or legal guardian) that threaten the
physical, mental, or economic well-being or morals of another family member and
that are not classifiable as other offenses, such as Assault, Incest, and
Statutory Rape
§ Liquor
Law Violations - The violation of laws or ordinances
prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, or use
of alcoholic beverages
§ Trespass
of Real Property - To unlawfully enter land, a
dwelling, or other real property
§ All
Other Offenses - All crimes that are not Group A
offenses and not included in one of the specifically named Group B crime
categories listed previously
SRS Definitions
The UCR Program
collects statistics on the number of offenses known to law enforcement. In the
traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS), there are eight crimes, or Part I
offenses, (murder and non-negligent homicide, rape (legacy & revised),
robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, larceny-theft, and
arson) to be reported to the UCR Program. These offenses were chosen because
they are serious crimes, they occur with regularity in all areas of the
country, and they are likely to be reported to police. Other offenses are
referred to as Part II offenses, and only arrests are collected for these
offenses.
Part I Offenses
The Part I
offenses are defined as:
§ Criminal
homicide - a.) Murder and non-negligent manslaughter: the
willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths caused by
negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, and accidental deaths
are excluded. The program classifies justifiable homicides separately and
limits the definition to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement
officer in the line of duty; or (2) the killing of a felon, during the
commission of a felony, by a private citizen. b.) Manslaughter by negligence:
the killing of another person through gross negligence. Deaths of persons due
to their own negligence, accidental deaths not resulting from gross negligence,
and traffic fatalities are not included in the category Manslaughter by
Negligence.
§ Forcible
Rape/Legacy Rape - The carnal knowledge of a female
forcibly and against her will. Rapes by force and attempts or assaults to rape,
regardless of the age of the victim, are included. Statutory offenses (no force
used—victim under age of consent) are excluded.
§ Legacy
Rape - See Forcible Rape
§ Revised
Rape - penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or
anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of
another person, without the consent of the victim. Attempts or assaults to
commit rape are also included; however, statutory rape and incest are excluded.
In December 2011, the UCR program changed its definition of SRS rape to this
revised definition. This change can be seen in the UCR data starting in 2013.
Any data reported under the older definition of rape will be called
"legacy rape".
Note: In December 2011, the UCR Program changed its SRS definition of rape:
"Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body
part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without
the consent of the victim." Starting in 2013, rape data may be reported
under either the historical definition, known as "legacy rape" or the
updated definition, referred to as "revised". For more information,
see the FBI's New Rape
Definition Frequently Asked Questions.
§ Robbery—The taking or attempting to take anything of value
from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of
force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
§ Aggravated
assault - An unlawful attack by one person upon another
for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of
assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to
produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults are excluded.
§ Burglary
(breaking or entering) - The unlawful entry of a
structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included.
§ Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft) - The
unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the
possession or constructive possession of another. Examples are thefts of
bicycles, motor vehicle parts and accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or
the stealing of any property or article that is not taken by force and violence
or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games,
forgery, check fraud, etc., are excluded.
§ Motor
vehicle theft - The theft or attempted theft
of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is self-propelled and runs on land surface
and not on rails. Motorboats, construction equipment, airplanes, and farming
equipment are specifically excluded from this category.
§ Arson - Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to
burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building,
motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc. Arson statistics
are not included in this table-building tool.
Part II offenses
Part II Offense, for which only arrest data are collected, are:
§
Other assaults
(simple) - Assaults and
attempted assaults where no weapon was used or no serious or aggravated injury
resulted to the victim. Stalking, intimidation, coercion, and hazing
are included.
§ Forgery and counterfeiting - The
altering, copying, or imitating of something, without authority or right, with
the intent to deceive or defraud by passing the copy or thing altered or
imitated as that which is original or genuine; or the selling, buying, or
possession of an altered, copied, or imitated thing with the intent to deceive
or defraud. Attempts are included.
§ Fraud
- The intentional
perversion of the truth for the purpose of inducing another person or other
entity in reliance upon it to part with something of value or to surrender a
legal right. Fraudulent conversion and obtaining of money or
property by false pretenses. Confidence games and bad checks, except
forgeries and counterfeiting, are included.
§ Embezzlement - The unlawful misappropriation
or misapplication by an offender to his/her own use or purpose of money,
property, or some other thing of value entrusted to his/her care, custody, or
control.
§ Stolen property - Buying, receiving,
possessing―Buying, receiving, possessing, selling, concealing, or transporting
any property with the knowledge that it has been unlawfully taken, as by
burglary, embezzlement, fraud, larceny, robbery, etc. Attempts are
included.
§ Vandalism
- To willfully or
maliciously destroy, injure, disfigure, or deface any public or private
property, real or personal, without the consent of the owner or person having
custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing,
covering with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law. Attempts
are included.
§ Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc. - The
violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase,
transportation, possession, concealment, or use of firearms, cutting
instruments, explosives, incendiary devices, or other deadly
weapons. Attempts are included.
§ Prostitution
and commercialized vice - The unlawful promotion of or
participation in sexual activities for profit, including
attempts. To solicit customers or transport persons for prostitution
purposes; to own, manage, or operate a dwelling or other establishment for the
purpose of providing a place where prostitution is performed; or to otherwise
assist or promote prostitution.
§ Sex
offenses (except forcible rape, prostitution, and
commercialized vice) - Offenses against
chastity, common decency, morals, and the like. Incest, indecent
exposure, and statutory rape are included. Attempts are included.
§ Drug
abuse violations - The violation of laws prohibiting
the production, distribution, and/or use of certain controlled
substances. The unlawful cultivation, manufacture, distribution,
sale, purchase, use, possession, transportation, or importation of any
controlled drug or narcotic substance. Arrests for violations of
state and local laws, specifically those relating to the unlawful possession,
sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs. The
following drug categories are specified: opium or cocaine and their
derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics―manufactured
narcotics that can cause true addiction (Demerol, methadone); and dangerous
nonnarcotic drugs (barbiturates, Benzedrine).
§ Gambling - To unlawfully bet or wager money or something
else of value; assist, promote, or operate a game of chance for money or some
other stake; possess or transmit wagering information; manufacture, sell,
purchase, possess, or transport gambling equipment, devices, or goods; or
tamper with the outcome of a sporting event or contest to gain a gambling
advantage.
§ Offenses
against the family and children - Unlawful
nonviolent acts by a family member (or legal guardian) that threaten the
physical, mental, or economic well-being or morals of another family member and
that are not classifiable as other offenses, such as Assault or Sex
Offenses. Attempts are included.
§ Driving
under the influence - Driving or operating a motor
vehicle or common carrier while mentally or physically impaired as the result
of consuming an alcoholic beverage or using a drug or narcotic.
§ Liquor laws - The violation of state or local laws or
ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation,
possession, or use of alcoholic beverages, not including driving under the
influence and drunkenness. Federal violations are excluded.
§ Drunkenness
- To drink
alcoholic beverages to the extent that one’s mental faculties and physical
coordination are substantially impaired. Driving under the influence
is excluded.
§ Disorderly
conduct - Any behavior that tends to disturb the public peace or
decorum, scandalize the community, or shock the public sense of morality.
§ Vagrancy - The violation of a court order, regulation,
ordinance, or law requiring the withdrawal of persons from the streets or other
specified areas; prohibiting persons from remaining in an area or place in an
idle or aimless manner; or prohibiting persons from going from place to place
without visible means of support.
§ All
other offenses - All violations of state or local
laws not specifically identified as Part I or Part II offenses,
except traffic violations.
§ Suspicion
- Arrested for no
specific offense and released without formal charges being placed.
§ Curfew
and loitering laws (persons under age 18) - Violations by
juveniles of local curfew or loitering ordinances.
§ Runaways
(persons under age 18) - Limited to juveniles taken into
protective custody under the provisions of local statutes.