TABLE 1
REPORTED CRIMES AND CRIME RATES
BY CATEGORY AND CRIME
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
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CATEGORY/CRIME 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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CRIMES
FBI CRIME INDEX 48,614 51,777 50,931 50,575 50,557 46,549 43,752 45,448 45,972 37,972
CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI) 21,738 22,909 23,043 23,417 22,186 19,750 18,113 19,759 19,256 15,103
VIOLENT CRIMES 6,523 6,620 7,262 7,038 6,393 6,028 5,408 5,634 5,080 4,453
HOMICIDE 70 107 86 113 120 80 71 63 54 57
FORCIBLE RAPE 330 314 309 297 276 252 276 210 267 219
ROBBERY 2,023 2,128 2,551 2,544 2,206 1,991 1,734 1,657 1,546 1,401
AGG. ASSAULT * 4,100 4,071 4,316 4,084 3,791 3,705 3,327 3,704 3,213 2,776
PROPERTY CRIMES 15,215 16,289 15,781 16,379 15,793 13,722 12,705 14,125 14,176 10,650
BURGLARY 9,649 10,312 10,776 10,959 10,543 9,457 8,253 8,729 8,319 6,193
M.V. THEFT 5,566 5,977 5,005 5,420 5,250 4,265 4,452 5,396 5,857 4,457
LARCENY-THEFT 26,384 28,339 27,435 26,750 27,976 26,499 25,355 25,377 26,408 22,600
ARSON 492 529 453 408 395 300 284 312 308 269
POPULATION (THOUSANDS) 797.6 827.1 846.4 861.2 874.7 867.3 877.9 896.2 916.9 932.0
CRIME RATES
PER 100,000 POP
FBI CRIME INDEX 6,095.0 6,260.1 6,017.4 5,872.6 5,779.9 5,367.1 4,983.7 5,071.2 5,013.9 4,074.2
CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI) 2,725.4 2,769.8 2,722.5 2,719.1 2,536.4 2,277.2 2,063.2 2,204.8 2,100.1 1,620.5
VIOLENT CRIMES 817.8 800.4 858.0 817.2 730.9 695.0 616.0 628.7 554.0 477.8
HOMICIDE 8.8 12.9 10.2 13.1 13.7 9.2 8.1 7.0 5.9 6.1
FORCIBLE RAPE 41.4 38.0 36.5 34.5 31.6 29.1 31.4 23.4 29.1 23.5
ROBBERY 253.6 257.3 301.4 295.4 252.2 229.6 197.5 184.9 168.6 150.3
AGG. ASSAULT * 514.0 492.2 509.9 474.2 433.4 427.2 379.0 413.3 350.4 297.9
PROPERTY CRIMES 1,907.6 1,969.4 1,864.5 1,901.9 1,805.5 1,582.2 1,447.2 1,576.1 1,546.1 1,142.7
BURGLARY 1,209.8 1,246.8 1,273.2 1,272.5 1,205.3 1,090.4 940.1 974.0 907.3 664.5
M.V. THEFT 697.8 722.6 591.3 629.4 600.2 491.8 507.1 602.1 638.8 478.2
LARCENY-THEFT 3,307.9 3,426.3 3,241.4 3,106.1 3,198.4 3,055.3 2,888.1 2,831.6 2,880.1 2,424.9
ARSON 61.7 64.0 53.5 47.4 45.2 34.6 32.3 34.8 33.6 28.9
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