TABLE 1A                                                                
                                                      REPORTED CRIME CLEARANCES AND CLEARANCE RATES 
                                                                  BY CATEGORY AND CRIME 

                                                                     MERCED COUNTY  
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      CATEGORY/CRIME CLEARANCES        1990       1991       1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1997       1998       1999  
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         CLEARANCES 

      FBI CRIME INDEX                 2,092      2,147      2,203      2,497      2,108      2,219      2,352      2,475      2,234      2,158  

       CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI)       1,128      1,196      1,182      1,522      1,239      1,217      1,236      1,386      1,117      1,276  
          VIOLENT CRIMES                508        428        420        662        528        654        679        873        715        855  
            HOMICIDE                     14          5          8         12          9          5          4          9          4          8  
            FORCIBLE RAPE                35         28         36         32         30         30         34         34         47         32  
            ROBBERY                      44         53         62         66         40         75         67         61         55         41  
            AGG. ASSAULT *              415        342        314        552        449        544        574        769        609        774  

          PROPERTY CRIMES               620        768        762        860        711        563        557        513        402        421  
            BURGLARY                    482        633        638        694        537        427        421        383        316        317  
            M.V. THEFT                  138        135        124        166        174        136        136        130         86        104  

       LARCENY-THEFT                    935        930      1,001        966        859        991      1,099      1,069      1,108        857  
       ARSON                             29         21         20          9         10         11         17         20          9         25  


         CLEARANCE RATES

      FBI CRIME INDEX                  25.1       24.8       22.9       22.6       19.7       19.9       21.4       21.7       21.8       23.1  

       CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI)        31.4       31.0       29.5       28.6       22.6       21.9       23.6       24.7       21.6       28.1  
          VIOLENT CRIMES               58.7       48.6       52.6       56.0       50.7       45.6       53.5       58.1       51.2       61.7  
            HOMICIDE                   93.3       71.4       72.7       57.1       56.3       45.5       50.0       52.9       23.5       57.1  
            FORCIBLE RAPE              54.7       41.8       39.1       45.7       48.4       41.1       45.9       44.7       60.3       50.8  
            ROBBERY                    31.7       29.8       35.0       31.0       20.8       31.5       32.2       29.8       25.9       21.0  
            AGG. ASSAULT *             64.1       54.4       60.6       62.8       58.2       49.0       58.6       63.9       55.9       69.5  

          PROPERTY CRIMES              22.8       25.8       23.7       20.8       16.0       13.6       14.0       12.5       10.6       13.3  
            BURGLARY                   22.0       27.0       26.0       22.6       17.5       14.1       14.4       12.6       11.1       13.0  
            M.V. THEFT                 25.7       21.5       16.4       15.7       12.7       12.4       13.0       12.3        9.3       14.4  

       LARCENY-THEFT                   20.0       19.7       18.0       17.1       16.6       17.8       19.7       18.8       22.3       18.2  
       ARSON                           45.3       35.6       32.8       12.5       17.2       22.9        9.0       23.0       11.3       28.4  
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