TABLE 1
REPORTED CRIMES AND CRIME RATES
BY CATEGORY AND CRIME
SANTA CRUZ 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 13,794 13,775 14,078 14,138 15,006 13,940 13,399 12,285 10,051 8,761
CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI) 5,073 4,694 5,046 4,980 4,993 4,969 4,728 4,296 3,563 3,104
VIOLENT CRIMES 1,099 1,253 1,594 1,704 1,677 1,757 1,774 1,613 1,394 1,065
HOMICIDE 11 14 6 9 6 8 10 4 9 4
FORCIBLE RAPE 83 79 89 57 84 77 71 72 58 67
ROBBERY 261 251 267 334 305 286 276 250 188 165
AGG. ASSAULT * 744 909 1,232 1,304 1,282 1,386 1,417 1,287 1,139 829
PROPERTY CRIMES 3,974 3,441 3,452 3,276 3,316 3,212 2,954 2,683 2,169 2,039
BURGLARY 2,970 2,670 2,801 2,539 2,636 2,486 2,170 1,931 1,629 1,597
M.V. THEFT 1,004 771 651 737 680 726 784 752 540 442
LARCENY-THEFT 8,646 9,013 8,957 9,068 9,923 8,874 8,596 7,894 6,422 5,573
ARSON 75 68 75 90 90 97 75 95 66 84
POPULATION (THOUSANDS) 228.7 230.4 236.2 238.0 241.1 241.5 243.6 247.2 250.8 253.4
CRIME RATES
PER 100,000 POP
FBI CRIME INDEX 6,031.5 5,978.7 5,960.2 5,940.3 6,224.0 5,772.3 5,500.4 4,969.7 4,007.6 3,457.4
CALIF. CRIME INDEX (CCI) 2,218.2 2,037.3 2,136.3 2,092.4 2,070.9 2,057.6 1,940.9 1,737.9 1,420.7 1,224.9
VIOLENT CRIMES 480.5 543.8 674.9 716.0 695.6 727.5 728.2 652.5 555.8 420.3
HOMICIDE 4.8 6.1 2.5 3.8 2.5 3.3 4.1 1.6 3.6 1.6
FORCIBLE RAPE 36.3 34.3 37.7 23.9 34.8 31.9 29.1 29.1 23.1 26.4
ROBBERY 114.1 108.9 113.0 140.3 126.5 118.4 113.3 101.1 75.0 65.1
AGG. ASSAULT * 325.3 394.5 521.6 547.9 531.7 573.9 581.7 520.6 454.1 327.2
PROPERTY CRIMES 1,737.6 1,493.5 1,461.5 1,376.5 1,375.4 1,330.0 1,212.6 1,085.4 864.8 804.7
BURGLARY 1,298.6 1,158.9 1,185.9 1,066.8 1,093.3 1,029.4 890.8 781.1 649.5 630.2
M.V. THEFT 439.0 334.6 275.6 309.7 282.0 300.6 321.8 304.2 215.3 174.4
LARCENY-THEFT 3,780.5 3,911.9 3,792.1 3,810.1 4,115.7 3,674.5 3,528.7 3,193.4 2,560.6 2,199.3
ARSON 32.8 29.5 31.8 37.8 37.3 40.2 30.8 38.4 26.3 33.1
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