Aggravated assault rate
Aggravated assaults in the year, per 100,000 residents, from the FBI. An aggravated assault is an attack with a weapon, or one that leaves someone badly hurt. Fights without a weapon or serious injury are not counted. Agencies that report far fewer of these attacks than robberies are left out, since they did not report them in the usual way. It counts only crimes reported to police or found by them, so crimes nobody reports are missing. For a state, the figure is the FBI's estimate, which fills in for police agencies that did not report. For a county, it is only what the agencies reported, and it is shown only where agencies that reported for all 12 months serve at least 90% of the people who live there.
Reported for2,289areas, in 51 states — none in PR
Link to density0.19not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.33Moran’s I: strongly, neighbouring places tend to be similar
Typerateper 100,000
How it has moved
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Every state, every year
One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.
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Where it comes from
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program (Crime Data Explorer) · FBI Crime Data Explorer: states, estimated_crimes aggravated_assault; counties, Return A master file, actual offenses
Attacks that use a weapon or leave someone badly hurt reported to police, per 100,000 residents, in the year. Counties are shown only where agencies that reported all year serve at least 90% of residents; states use the FBI's estimates.
Combining areas: an average weighted by UCR.POPULATION.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 7 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Aggravated assault rate and Homicide rateWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Homicide rate tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Homicide rate by US county | +0.62 | +0.54 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Homicide rate, annualWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Homicide rate, annual tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Homicide rate, annual by US county | +0.57 | +0.45 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Housing insecurityWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Housing insecurity tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Housing insecurity by US county | +0.50 | +0.43 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Threat of utility shut-offWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Threat of utility shut-off tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Threat of utility shut-off by US county | +0.50 | +0.42 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Average test scoreWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Average test score tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Average test score by US county | -0.42 | -0.41 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Share White, not HispanicWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | -0.44 | -0.41 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Food insecurityWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Food insecurity tends to be higher: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Food insecurity by US county | +0.47 | +0.41 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Lack of reliable transportationWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Lack of reliable transportation tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Lack of reliable transportation by US county | +0.46 | +0.39 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Lacking social and emotional supportWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Lacking social and emotional support tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Lacking social and emotional support by US county | +0.44 | +0.39 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Share Black, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | +0.47 | +0.38 |
11 more pairs with aggravated assault rate have a page: Firearm fatalities · Children in single-parent households · Black Protestant adherents · Economic connectedness · Stroke · Homeownership rate · Cancer other than skin cancer · Child mortality · Returns claiming the earned income credit · Fair or poor self-rated health · Self-care disability.
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Aggravated assault rate and Share White, not HispanicWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a moderate link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share White, not Hispanic by US county | -0.44 | -0.41 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Share Black, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county | +0.47 | +0.38 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Share Hispanic or Latino, any race tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county | +0.10 | +0.15 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Share Asian, not HispanicWhere Aggravated assault rate is higher, Share Asian, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county | +0.07 | +0.13 |
| Aggravated assault rate and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county | +0.04 | +0.11 |
Highest and lowest
Of 2,289 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Crittenden County, AR — 1,500
- Shelby County, TN — 1,463
- Orangeburg County, SC — 1,274
- Robeson County, NC — 1,219
- St. Francis County, AR — 1,202
Lowest
The middle area reports 156. The middle half of counties falls between 84.5 and 255 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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