Safety Statistics
These are some general safety statistics:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation published the Uniform Crime
Report (UCR) preliminary data for 2009 during January 2010 which indicated a continuing reduction in crime and overall reduction
in the USA of violent crime of 4.4%. While violent crime had been generally declining since 1994, during 2005 and 2006 that
trend was reversed and violent crime increased. All numbers are in % and red is a increase in crime
while green indicates a decrease in crime. More detailed information regarding states, cities and populations is available
by accessing the FBI UCR site.
Overall Murder Rape Robbery Assault
2009 versus 2008 -4.4
-10 -3.3 -6.5
-3.2 2008 versus 2007 -3.5 -4.4 -3.3
-2.2 -4.1 2007
versus 2006 -1.8 -1.1
-6.1 -1.2 -1.7 2006
versus 2005 +3.7
+1.4 +0
-1.2 -1.7 The
economic difficulties may have an impact on crime for 2010 after several years of declining crime. While meaningful
statistics are not yet available, there is some data that suggests a significant increase in domestic violence and some increase
in violent crime.
You are more likely to be a victim of a violent crime than
be injured in a passenger car accident. DOT HS 810623, US DOJ National Crime Victimization
Survey 2005 NCJ 215244
8.8% of high school females experience Physical Dating Violence (PDV)
- CDC MMWR May 16, 2006
On average, 4% of public school educators are physically attacked
and another 7% are threatened with physical violence each year. US Dept of Education survey of 3.7 million
public school educators 2003-2004.
Approximately 5%/year of college coeds experience rape
or attempted rape. The Sexual Victimization of College Women. Fisher, Turner & Cullen, US DOJ 2000, Correlates
of Rape while Intoxicated in a National Sample of College Women, Mohler-Kuo, Dowdall, Koss, Wechsler, Harvard School of Public
Health Study 2003
Approximately 9.3% of violent crimes occur in school buildings or
on school property. US Dept of Justice Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2005 Statistical Tables
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