NCJ Number
231870
Date Published
September 2010
Length
1 page
Annotation
This online report provides a statistical overview of crime in the United States for 2009.
Abstract
Highlights of findings for 2009 include: (1) an estimated 1,318,398 violent crimes occurred nationwide, a decrease of 5.3 percent from 2008; (2) an estimated 429.4 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants occurred; (3) aggravated assaults accounted for the highest number of violent crimes reported to law enforcement at 61.2 percent; robbery comprised 31.0 percent, forcible rape accounted for 6.7 percent, and murder accounted for 1.2 of estimated violent crimes; (4) an estimated 9,320,971 property crime offenses occurred in the Nation resulting in losses estimated at $15.2 billion; (5) 47.1 percent of violent crimes and 18.6 percent of property crimes were cleared by arrest or exceptional means; (6) of the offenders for whom gender was known, 89.7 percent were males; (7) 24.2 percent of victims were slain by family members; 53.8 percent were killed by someone they knew (acquaintance, neighbor, friend, boyfriend, etc.); (8) law enforcement made an estimated 13,687,241 arrests (except traffic violations); of these arrests, 581,765 were for violent crimes and 1,728,285 were for property crimes; (9) arrests of juveniles for all offenses decreased 8.9 percent in 2009 when compared with the 2008 number; arrests of adults declined 1.2 percent; (10) sworn officers accounted for 69.2 percent of all law enforcement personnel in the United States; and (11) cities with less than 10,000 residents reported an average of 3.5 officers per 1,000 inhabitants, the largest officer to individual rate among city population groups. This online report for Crime in the United States for 2009 is broken down into three statistical areas: 1) offenses known to law enforcement, such as violent crime, property crime, offenses closed by arrest or exceptional means, homicide, trends, rates and weapons; 2) persons arrested, such as age, gender, and race; and 3) police employee data, such as sworn and civilian employees. Tables and figures