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 ten (10) 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.
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 include 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 Department of
Law Enforcement. 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 map 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
eight 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 Incidents
The FBI classifies Group B incidents as those for
which law enforcement only reports Arrest information. The following
Group B Incidents are reported to the FBI:
§ Bad Checks - Knowingly and intentionally writing and/or negotiating
checks drawn against insufficient or nonexistent funds
§ 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
§ Drunkenness - To drink alcoholic beverages to the extent that one’s mental faculties
and physical coordination are substantially impaired
§ 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
§ Peeping Tom - To secretly look through a window, doorway, keyhole, or other aperture
for the purpose of voyeurism
§ Runaway - A person under 18 years of age who has left home without the permission
of his/her parent(s) or legal guardian
§ 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.