TABLE 1 
                                                             REPORTED CRIMES AND CRIME RATES
                                                                  BY CATEGORY AND CRIME 

                                                                      KERN 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                35,736     37,235     38,124     39,622     39,616     36,011     33,397     34,133     31,773     27,614  

       CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI)      16,198     17,125     18,073     18,559     18,563     16,604     14,955     15,255     14,545     11,967  
        VIOLENT CRIMES                4,636      5,087      5,776      5,149      5,182      4,460      4,122      4,094      3,733      3,418  
          HOMICIDE                       60         61         49         73         92         71         52         55         55         52  
          FORCIBLE RAPE                 265        267        212        174        216        172        167        191        167        134  
          ROBBERY                     1,071      1,209      1,117      1,157      1,046      1,121        972        964        924        741  
          AGG. ASSAULT *              3,240      3,550      4,398      3,745      3,828      3,096      2,931      2,884      2,587      2,491  

        PROPERTY CRIMES              11,562     12,038     12,297     13,410     13,381     12,144     10,833     11,161     10,812      8,549  
          BURGLARY                    8,756      9,310      9,359      9,781      9,083      8,127      7,932      7,875      7,585      6,073  
          M.V. THEFT                  2,806      2,728      2,938      3,629      4,298      4,017      2,901      3,286      3,227      2,476  

       LARCENY-THEFT                 18,652     19,193     18,920     19,709     19,796     18,037     16,940     17,629     15,994     14,412  
       ARSON                            886        917      1,131      1,354      1,257      1,370      1,502      1,249      1,234      1,235  

      POPULATION (THOUSANDS)          537.3      572.7      595.2      610.9      622.9      616.7      624.1      634.4      640.1      651.7  

             CRIME RATES
           PER 100,000 POP  

      FBI CRIME INDEX               6,651.0    6,501.7    6,405.2    6,485.8    6,359.9    5,839.3    5,351.2    5,380.4    4,963.8    4,237.2  

       CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI)     3,014.7    2,990.2    3,036.5    3,038.0    2,980.1    2,692.4    2,396.3    2,404.6    2,272.3    1,836.3  
        VIOLENT CRIMES                862.8      888.2      970.4      842.9      831.9      723.2      660.5      645.3      583.2      524.5  
          HOMICIDE                     11.2       10.7        8.2       11.9       14.8       11.5        8.3        8.7        8.6        8.0  
          FORCIBLE RAPE                49.3       46.6       35.6       28.5       34.7       27.9       26.8       30.1       26.1       20.6  
          ROBBERY                     199.3      211.1      187.7      189.4      167.9      181.8      155.7      152.0      144.4      113.7  
          AGG. ASSAULT *              603.0      619.9      738.9      613.0      614.5      502.0      469.6      454.6      404.2      382.2  

        PROPERTY CRIMES             2,151.9    2,102.0    2,066.0    2,195.1    2,148.2    1,969.2    1,735.8    1,759.3    1,689.1    1,311.8  
          BURGLARY                  1,629.6    1,625.6    1,572.4    1,601.1    1,458.2    1,317.8    1,271.0    1,241.3    1,185.0      931.9  
          M.V. THEFT                  522.2      476.3      493.6      594.0      690.0      651.4      464.8      518.0      504.1      379.9  

       LARCENY-THEFT                3,471.4    3,351.3    3,178.8    3,226.2    3,178.0    2,924.8    2,714.3    2,778.8    2,498.7    2,211.4  
       ARSON                          164.9      160.1      190.0      221.6      201.8      222.2      240.7      196.9      192.8      189.5  
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