NCJ Number
177631
Date Published
1998
Length
62 pages
Annotation
This summary of North Dakota's 1997 Uniform Crime Report Data covers crime index offenses, clearances, arrests, property loss to crime, crime rates by county, index offenses by judicial district, and rural-urban crime distribution.
Abstract
In 1997 a total of 17,122 crime index offenses were reported by local law enforcement agencies, a 3.2-percent decrease from the 17,682 reported in 1996. Crime index offenses include murder/non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny/theft, and motor vehicle theft. The index crime rate per 100,000 population for 1997 was 2,671.1; the index crime rate for 1996 was 2,745.7. The total number of reported violent index crimes (murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) was 549, a 7.6-percent decrease from the total of 594 reported in 1996. Violent crime accounted for 3 percent of total index crimes reported in 1997. Collectively, property crimes (burglary, larceny/theft, and motor vehicle theft) decreased by 3 percent from 17,088 reported in 1996 to 16,573 reported in 1997. Approximately 97 percent of index crimes reported in North Dakota were property crimes. The 13,163 larceny/theft offenses reported in 1997 accounted for 76.9 percent of total index crimes. More than $12 million worth of property was reported stolen in 1997, with 33.3 percent of that amount reported as recovered by law enforcement officials. 26 tables; 11 figures; and appended offense definitions, number and rate of index offenses by reporting jurisdiction, number of full-time law enforcement employees reported by UCR agencies, number and rate of index offenses by offense, 1978-97, and arrest by age, sex, and offense