Improve the safety of people and property
Indicator 1: Reduced preventable loss of life, injury, or property
Measure a: Incidence of Property and Violent Crimes per 1,000 Population
Description:
The numbers of violent and property crimes are reported by individual police departments throughout the state to the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) as part of the federal Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) system. WASPC in turn, transmits these data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI developed the reporting standards. The rate of property and violent crimes per 1,000 population is derived by dividing the number of events by the relevant population. Since the majority of crimes are committed by younger men, the denominator is men aged 12 to 39.
| Incidence of Property and Violent Crimes per 1,000 Population | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Violent Crimes | 23.2 |
22.0 |
19.9 |
20.4 |
19.7 |
17.9 |
17.9 |
17.1 |
16.8 |
17.2 |
17.3 |
17.1 |
17.3 |
16.6 |
| Property Crimes (excluding Larceny) | 70.4 |
75.0 |
73.4 |
77.3 |
77.1 |
72.5 |
72.3 |
73.9 |
76.2 |
79.8 |
84.3 |
86.4 |
80.9 |
68.6 |