NCJ Number
145176
Date Published
1993
Length
211 pages
Annotation
Data from the 1992 North Carolina Uniform Crime Reports cover the total Crime Index, Index offenses, the value of property stolen and recovered, arrests, police officers killed or assaulted, and clearance rates.
Abstract
This report is based on monthly crime and arrest reports submitted by more than 430 law enforcement agencies throughout North Carolina. Reported crime in the State was virtually unchanged from 1991 to 1992. Violent crime (murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault), however, increased 5 percent, continuing a trend. Among the reported violent crimes, robbery showed the greatest increase at 8 percent. Rape increased 6 percent; aggravated assault was up 4 percent; and murder decreased 8 percent. Although arrests for violent crime decreased by 1 percent, arrests of juveniles aged 17 and under increased 5 percent. The number of children aged 15 and under arrested for violent crime increased 8 percent. Weapons violations by juveniles under 17 years old increased 14 percent from 1991 to 1992. Although total drug arrests increased 8 percent, drug arrests for juveniles increased 12 percent. Data are also presented by agency.