NCJ Number
142920
Date Published
1992
Length
122 pages
Annotation
This report presents statistics on crime patterns, clearance rates, arrests, and offenders in Kentucky during 1991.
Abstract
During the year, 125,553 serious crimes were committed, for a rate of a serious crime every 4.19 minutes. Property crimes outnumbered violent crimes by 6 to 1. Firearms were used in 67 percent of all murders. Seventy-seven percent of all murder victims were white, and 76 percent were male. A rape was committed every 4.5 hours, and a robbery every 2.8 hours. Fifty-eight percent of violent crimes and 21 percent of property crimes were solved. A total of 44,490 persons were arrested for driving under the influence, and 17,564 arrests occurred for drug law violations. A total of 279,658 arrests were made in 1991. Figures and tables