Property crime rate
Burglaries, thefts and motor vehicle thefts in the year, per 100,000 residents, from the FBI. Arson is not included. 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 for2,290areas, in 51 states — none in PR
Link to density0.47not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.24Moran’s I: only weakly, little map pattern
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 property_crime; counties, Return A master file, actual offenses
Burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft 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 6 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Property crime rate and Homeownership rateWhere Property crime rate is higher, Homeownership rate 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. Homeownership rate by US county | -0.59 | -0.44 |
| Property crime rate and Homicide rate, annualWhere Property crime 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 | +0.45 | +0.42 |
| Property crime rate and Homicide rateWhere Property crime rate is higher, Homicide rate tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Homicide rate by US county | +0.44 | +0.40 |
| Property crime rate and Share White, not HispanicWhere Property crime rate is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a weak 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 | -0.42 | -0.38 |
| Property crime rate and Average test scoreWhere Property crime rate is higher, Average test score tends to be lower: a weak 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 | -0.22 | -0.35 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Property crime rate and Share White, not HispanicWhere Property crime rate is higher, Share White, not Hispanic tends to be lower: a weak 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 | -0.42 | -0.38 |
| Property crime rate and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Property crime 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 | +0.34 | +0.22 |
| Property crime rate and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceWhere Property crime 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 | +0.12 | +0.20 |
| Property crime rate and Share Asian, not HispanicWhere Property crime 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 | +0.28 | +0.22 |
| Property crime 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 | -0.09 | +0.05 |
Highest and lowest
Of 2,290 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
- Norton city, VA — 10,120
- Shelby County, TN — 6,516
- St. Louis city, MO — 6,440
- San Francisco County, CA — 5,790
- Denver County, CO — 5,769
Lowest
The middle area reports 1,036. The middle half of counties falls between 626 and 1,624 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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