Washington State County Criminal Justice Databook: 1985 to 1995

February 1996

King County

County Seat: Seattle

Population - Office of Financial Management
Reported Index Crimes - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Adult Arrests - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Superior Court Filings - Office of the Administrator for the Courts
Jail Average Daily Populations (ADP) - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Felony Jail Sentences - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Average Felony Jail Sentences (Months) - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Prison Admissions - Department of Corrections
Prison Sentences - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Average Prison Sentences (Months) - Sentencing Guidelines Commission

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Age 0-17	314,777	317,895	321,200	325,350	331,350	342,881	357,266	368,434	380,305	387,477	394,459
Age 18-39	554,606	561,052	565,426	572,982	584,570	596,929	596,740	592,000	584,833	573,613	562,696
Age 40+	487,168	497,126	513,568	530,273	547,381	567,509	588,289	604,061	622,563	638,410	656,446
Total	1,356,552	1,376,073	1,400,193	1,428,605	1,463,301	1,507,319	1,542,295	1,564,495	1,587,700	1,599,500	1,613,601

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	90	86	86	80	57	83	74	95	104	105	NA
Forcible Rape	970	900	900	949	1,059	1,120	1,295	1,258	1,221	1,023	NA
Robbery	3,465	3,385	3,589	3,487	3,242	3,507	3,871	3,718	3,790	3,813	NA
Aggravated Assault	4,212	4,504	4,542	4,791	5,181	6,080	5,709	6,210	5,998	5,315	NA
Arson	705	772	1,051	815	722	758	786	1,029	804	863	NA
Burglary	29,843	20,204	31,888	30,881	26,311	21,896	21,588	19,834	18,933	17,823	NA
Theft	69,667	76,230	78,943	80,809	77,073	76,931	80,685	81,299	78,604	76,846	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	5,214	5,881	8,779	9,697	10,566	11,254	11,761	13,161	12,130	12,257	NA
Total	114,166	111,962	129,778	131,509	124,211	121,629	125,769	126,604	121,584	118,045	NA

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	51	58	75	69	56	54	51	59	65	81	NA
Forcible Rape	305	189	240	292	323	302	302	306	327	293	NA
Robbery	437	425	463	489	464	351	376	457	480	484	NA
Aggravated Assault	1,286	1,245	1,253	1,671	1,510	1,658	2,781	2,645	2,995	1,146	NA
Arson	61	67	72	96	59	64	54	60	77	25	NA
Burglary	1,145	1,313	1,357	1,404	1,293	1,114	1,026	964	870	875	NA
Theft	11,774	13,334	13,867	14,229	13,328	12,837	11,385	11,872	11,854	11,670	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	294	336	428	468	562	469	560	536	452	451	NA
Drug Crimes	1,177	1,681	2,911	1,800	5,948	4,913	4,751	4,689	4,957	5,965	NA
Other Crimes	42,873	50,287	53,961	59,429	61,134	60,607	59,506	63,842	64,500	59,400	NA
Total	59,403	68,935	74,627	79,947	84,677	82,369	80,792	85,430	86,577	80,390	NA
*Changes in arrests for aggravated assault have occurred, in part, as a result of reporting improvements made by Seattle Police Department

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Homicide	73	75	88	91	71	67	79	93	89	108	75
Sex Crimes	468	378	392	435	436	452	432	442	393	413	307
Robbery	305	306	338	357	335	272	318	370	360	366	389
Assault	390	482	447	420	485	557	627	716	698	780	881
Property Crimes	1,971	2,371	2,034	2,051	2,403	2,303	2,319	2,305	2,252	2,182	2,029
Drug Crimes	481	803	1,236	2,452	3,323	2,650	2,638	2,694	2,632	2,680	3,020
Other Felony	706	791	814	817	741	910	822	928	1,010	1,066	1,163
Total	4,394	5,206	5,349	6,623	7,794	7,211	7,235	7,548	7,434	7,595	7,864

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Rated Capacity	1,202	1,248	1,463	1,463	1,463	1,623	1,623	1,623	1,623	1,623	NA
Pre-trial ADP	482	607	717	838	1,018	944	994	1,144	1,134	1,168	NA
Post-trial ADP	520	542	545	618	640	578	526	579	631	727	NA
Other ADP	193	219	223	208	206	215	223	223	233	248	NA
Total ADP	1,195	1,368	1,485	1,664	1,864	1,737	1,743	1,946	1,998	2,143	NA

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	0	1	3	1	6	4	2	3	1	5
Sex Crimes	NA	37	48	71	52	98	98	99	100	90	78
Robbery	NA	44	73	74	85	62	57	71	88	67	64
Assault	NA	82	174	194	160	231	274	315	426	428	478
Burglary	NA	221	436	380	331	355	312	280	245	208	234
Other Property Crimes	NA	397	761	831	727	1,047	1,098	1,262	1,321	1,220	1,228
Drug Crimes	NA	74	263	519	938	1,090	1,088	1,134	1,100	872	984
Other Crimes	NA	131	195	249	182	195	203	168	319	326	412
Total	NA	986	1,951	2,321	2,476	3,084	3,134	3,331	3,602	3,212	3,483

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	-	0.1	6.1	0.1	6.8	9.7	7.5	6.3	12.0	6.4
Sex Crimes	NA	5.6	2.1	3.3	2.3	4.6	5.6	4.5	5.3	4.9	5.9
Robbery	NA	5.1	3.5	4.1	2.3	5.8	6.1	6.1	5.7	6.0	5.8
Assault	NA	4.1	2.9	3.7	2.3	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.4	4.5
Burglary	NA	3.7	2.4	2.7	1.5	3.3	3.5	3.8	3.7	4.3	3.6
Other Property Crimes	NA	3.2	2.0	2.3	1.7	2.6	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.3
Drug Crimes	NA	3.7	1.9	2.2	1.6	2.9	3.1	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.3
Other Crimes	NA	3.3	2.5	2.6	1.6	2.1	1.9	2.7	3.1	2.9	3.1
Average Sentence	NA	3.6	2.3	2.6	1.7	3.1	3.2	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
New Admissions	421	459	458	578	720	877	846	1,109	1,164	1,085	1,081
Readmissions	89	91	96	177	286	302	342	436	451	482	552
Parole/CCI Violations	163	166	140	80	97	243	298	262	267	341	334
Total	673	716	694	835	1,103	1,422	1,486	1,807	1,882	1,908	1,967

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	31	32	41	40	30	37	38	33	59	52
Manslaughter	NA	24	19	32	25	22	18	18	32	21	25
Sex Crimes	NA	107	96	115	125	125	162	141	158	137	141
Robbery	NA	132	132	152	166	110	118	167	168	153	141
Assault	NA	67	82	99	112	114	145	173	175	177	223
Burglary	NA	114	180	185	198	230	234	227	221	190	192
Other Property Crimes	NA	42	94	79	116	149	176	227	236	204	234
Drug Crimes	NA	34	103	203	514	650	664	838	777	747	787
Other Crimes	NA	5	11	19	25	24	21	14	22	23	25
Total	NA	556	749	925	1,321	1,454	1,575	1,843	1,822	1,711	1,820

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	216.8	203.3	247.9	199.5	336.1	291.3	267.1	226.3	281.0	309.2
Manslaughter	NA	28.3	35.7	28.1	37.9	40.8	29.3	33.1	40.9	96.4	38.8
Sex Crimes	NA	47.2	38.0	47.1	52.4	54.6	71.8	81.6	86.0	87.7	98.2
Robbery	NA	56.6	47.4	60.4	64.3	53.4	66.1	52.7	56.7	46.9	53.9
Assault	NA	35.7	31.4	42.7	42.5	36.8	40.7	40.2	44.1	34.2	48.1
Burglary	NA	33.6	25.7	25.6	25.0	30.5	34.3	34.8	37.2	38.0	32.9
Other Property Crimes	NA	28.1	23.5	21.3	22.0	21.8	19.9	22.7	19.9	19.3	22.4
Drug Crimes	NA	23.1	20.6	21.1	18.5	22.8	29.1	32.1	30.8	31.3	35.9
Other Crimes	NA	20.6	19.2	15.2	16.0	23.0	21.8	18.1	17.8	19.5	23.6
Average Sentence	NA	50.7	38.5	44.2	36.6	36.8	43.1	42.4	42.2	46.1	49.2