TABLE 1A                                                                

                                                           CRIME CLEARANCES AND CLEARANCE RATES 

                                                                  BY CATEGORY AND CRIME 

                                                                     MERCED COUNTY  

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      CATEGORY/CRIME CLEARANCES        2000       2001       2002       2003       2004       2005       2006       2007       2008       2009  

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         CLEARANCES 



      VIOLENT CRIMES                    892        744        836        936        988        876        974        871        930        944  

        HOMICIDE                          5          1         11          8          9         11         11         12          9         14  

        FORCIBLE RAPE                    36         28         46         41         39         40         46         42         34         30  

        ROBBERY                          43         47         45         73         67         60         80         59         74         87  

        AGG. ASSAULT                    808        668        734        814        873        765        837        758        813        813  



      PROPERTY CRIMES                   N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  

        BURGLARY                        297        244        228        407        634        330        321        403        392        384  

        M.V. THEFT                       92        157        143        226        190        191        158        151        108        105  

        LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400         N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  



      LARCENY-THEFT                     906        715        675      1,046      1,057        896        934      1,229      1,232      1,128  

        OVER $400                       N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  

        $400 AND UNDER                  N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  



      ARSON                              15         11         13         14         11         18         19         13         23         13  





         CLEARANCE RATES



      VIOLENT CRIMES                   68.2       56.3       59.3       58.4       61.3       58.6       60.3       59.5       60.4       56.9  

        HOMICIDE                       83.3       20.0       61.1       50.0       56.3       50.0       50.0       70.6       42.9       53.8  

        FORCIBLE RAPE                  62.1       41.8       59.7       53.9       47.0       48.8       56.8       53.2       48.6       38.5  

        ROBBERY                        25.0       26.7       23.3       25.6       28.9       24.1       28.0       24.4       27.7       31.5  

        AGG. ASSAULT                   75.4       62.2       65.5       66.4       68.1       66.9       68.2       67.4       68.7       63.6  



      PROPERTY CRIMES                   N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  

        BURGLARY                       13.7       11.8        8.4       15.5       26.9       14.3       12.7       16.6       17.3       16.6  

        M.V. THEFT                     11.8       15.7       10.8       14.8       11.9       13.5       12.9       11.9        9.8       11.6  

        LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400         N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  



      LARCENY-THEFT                    19.1       14.1       11.8       18.1       16.2       15.6       17.8       21.9       21.8       22.2  

        OVER $400                       N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  

        $400 AND UNDER                  N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  



      ARSON                            23.8       14.7       15.9       17.1       13.4       19.8       19.2       14.1       26.7       14.4  

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      *SEE FOOTNOTES.