TABLE 1
REPORTED CRIMES AND CRIME RATES
BY CATEGORY AND CRIME
MERCED 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 8,328 8,646 9,630 11,030 10,700 11,177 11,010 11,384 10,239 9,348
CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI) 3,590 3,858 4,012 5,313 5,474 5,562 5,239 5,609 5,182 4,543
VIOLENT CRIMES 865 881 798 1,183 1,042 1,433 1,269 1,502 1,396 1,385
HOMICIDE 15 7 11 21 16 11 8 17 17 14
FORCIBLE RAPE 64 67 92 70 62 73 74 76 78 63
ROBBERY 139 178 177 213 192 238 208 205 212 195
AGG. ASSAULT * 647 629 518 879 772 1,111 979 1,204 1,089 1,113
PROPERTY CRIMES 2,725 2,977 3,214 4,130 4,432 4,129 3,970 4,107 3,786 3,158
BURGLARY 2,188 2,348 2,457 3,075 3,063 3,031 2,922 3,050 2,858 2,437
M.V. THEFT 537 629 757 1,055 1,369 1,098 1,048 1,057 928 721
LARCENY-THEFT 4,674 4,729 5,557 5,645 5,168 5,567 5,582 5,688 4,977 4,717
ARSON 64 59 61 72 58 48 189 87 80 88
POPULATION (THOUSANDS) 176.3 185.0 189.9 195.8 201.2 198.5 198.4 202.0 204.4 207.0
CRIME RATES
PER 100,000 POP
FBI CRIME INDEX 4,723.8 4,673.5 5,071.1 5,633.3 5,318.1 5,630.7 5,549.4 5,635.6 5,009.3 4,515.9
CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI) 2,036.3 2,085.4 2,112.7 2,713.5 2,720.7 2,802.0 2,640.6 2,776.7 2,535.2 2,194.7
VIOLENT CRIMES 490.6 476.2 420.2 604.2 517.9 721.9 639.6 743.6 683.0 669.1
HOMICIDE 8.5 3.8 5.8 10.7 8.0 5.5 4.0 8.4 8.3 6.8
FORCIBLE RAPE 36.3 36.2 48.4 35.8 30.8 36.8 37.3 37.6 38.2 30.4
ROBBERY 78.8 96.2 93.2 108.8 95.4 119.9 104.8 101.5 103.7 94.2
AGG. ASSAULT * 367.0 340.0 272.8 448.9 383.7 559.7 493.4 596.0 532.8 537.7
PROPERTY CRIMES 1,545.7 1,609.2 1,692.5 2,109.3 2,202.8 2,080.1 2,001.0 2,033.2 1,852.3 1,525.6
BURGLARY 1,241.1 1,269.2 1,293.8 1,570.5 1,522.4 1,527.0 1,472.8 1,509.9 1,398.2 1,177.3
M.V. THEFT 304.6 340.0 398.6 538.8 680.4 553.1 528.2 523.3 454.0 348.3
LARCENY-THEFT 2,651.2 2,556.2 2,926.3 2,883.0 2,568.6 2,804.5 2,813.5 2,815.8 2,434.9 2,278.7
ARSON 36.3 31.9 32.1 36.8 28.8 24.2 95.3 43.1 39.1 42.5
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