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            It has been reported that the Uniform Crime Reporting or UCR Program was envisioned in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for credible, standard crime statistics for the United States ( 2007). In 1930, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was given the task of gathering, publishing, and archiving the data it has collected. At present, a number of annual statistical publications are being produced from the data gathered by approximately 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the country ( 2007).

 

            The following data shows the latest crime statistics according to the Uniform Crime Reports from the year 2002 up to present, per 100,000 population. The latest data listed is the data from the year 2005.

 

Table showing the crimes in Texas per 100,000 populations from 2002 to 2005.

 

Year

Population

Index

Violent

Property

Murder

Forcible Rape

Robbery

Aggravated Assault

Burglary

Larceny – theft

Vehicle Theft

2002

21,736,925

5,199.8

579.7

4,620.1

6.0

39.1

172.9

361.7

978.1

3,169.7

472.4

2003

22,103,374

5,153.0

553.1

4,599.9

6.4

36.3

167.1

342.9

994.8

3,160.8

444.3

2004

22,471,549

5,038.6

540.9

4,497.7

6.1

37.3

159.4

338.1

979.5

3,099.5

418.6

2005

22,859,968

4,861.7

529.7

4,332.0

6.2

37.2

156.6

329.8

961.6

2,961.7

408.7

 

From (“Texas Crime Rates 1960 – 2005”, 2006)

 

 

            This table shows the crime statistics in Texas per 100,000 population, based on minorities and non-minorities in the state.

 

Percent of Prisoners Under State or Federal Jurisdiction

 

Total

2002

2003

2004

2005

100%

100%

100%

100%

White

34.2

35.0

34.3

34.6

Black

45.1

44.1

40.7

39.5

Hispanic

18.1

19.0

19.2

20.2

Others

2.6

1.9

2.9

2.7

 

            In the data shown, it can be seen that Blacks commit the most number of crimes in all four consecutive years. The Whites rank second, the Hispanics rank third, and individuals from other races commit the least number of crimes per 100,000 populations in Texas.

 

2002

2003

2004

2005

Race

Gender

Race

Gender

Race

Gender

Race

Gender

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

W

B

H

M

F

W

B

H

M

F

W

B

H

M

F

W

B

H

M

F

33.77%

36.37%

29.36%

90.28%

9.72%

35.0

44.1

19.0

90.15

9.85

34.3

40.7

19.2

90.3

9.7

34.6

39.5

20.2

90.4

9.6

 

 

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