Table 23
Offense Analysis
Number and Percent Change, 2009–2010
[14,153 agencies; 2010 estimated population 270,682,616]
| Classification |
Number of offenses 2010 |
Percent change from 2009 |
Percent distribution1 |
Average value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 12,990 | -4.2 | - | ||
| Forcible rape | 72,117 | -4.5 | - | ||
| Robbery: | Total | 300,274 | -10.6 | 100.0 | $1,239 |
| Robbery by location: | Street/highway | 129,605 | -9.6 | 43.2 | 908 |
| Commercial house | 39,705 | -13.4 | 13.2 | 1,858 | |
| Gas or service station | 6,955 | -14.6 | 2.3 | 939 | |
| Convenience store | 15,687 | -14.3 | 5.2 | 782 | |
| Residence | 51,888 | -8.8 | 17.3 | 1,491 | |
| Bank | 6,536 | -8.8 | 2.2 | 4,410 | |
| Miscellaneous | 49,898 | -11.0 | 16.6 | 1,115 | |
| Burglary: | Total | 1,897,963 | -2.0 | 100.0 | 2,119 |
| Burglary by location: | Residence (dwelling): | 1,402,214 | -0.2 | 73.9 | 2,137 |
| Residence Night | 389,910 | -0.8 | 20.5 | 1,868 | |
| Residence Day | 722,231 | +0.2 | 38.1 | 2,158 | |
| Residence Unknown | 290,073 | -0.5 | 15.3 | 2,445 | |
| Nonresidence (store, office, etc.): | 495,749 | -6.6 | 26.1 | 2,070 | |
| Nonresidence Night | 204,605 | -8.8 | 10.8 | 1,765 | |
| Nonresidence Day | 168,912 | -4.7 | 8.9 | 2,010 | |
| Nonresidence Unknown | 122,232 | -5.5 | 6.4 | 2,662 | |
| Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft): | Total | 5,391,580 | -2.6 | 100.0 | 988 |
| Larceny-theft by type: | Pocket-picking | 21,056 | -8.3 | 0.4 | 526 |
| Purse-snatching | 24,450 | -7.1 | 0.5 | 400 | |
| Shoplifting | 925,107 | -7.1 | 17.2 | 174 | |
| From motor vehicles (except accessories) | 1,423,947 | -5.6 | 26.4 | 704 | |
| Motor vehicle accessories | 477,848 | -5.5 | 8.9 | 681 | |
| Bicycles | 179,595 | -1.7 | 3.3 | 351 | |
| From buildings | 607,927 | -0.4 | 11.3 | 1,406 | |
| From coin-operated machines | 17,648 | -20.8 | 0.3 | 365 | |
| All others | 1,714,002 | +3.2 | 31.8 | 1,654 | |
| Larceny-theft by value: | Over $200 | 2,443,142 | -0.9 | 45.3 | 2,089 |
| $50 to $200 | 1,235,096 | -1.8 | 22.9 | 111 | |
| Under $50 | 1,713,342 | -5.5 | 31.8 | 17 | |
| Motor vehicle theft | 641,874 | -8.4 | - | 6,152 |
- 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
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Overview
Offense Analysis, Number and Percent Change, 2009–2010
- In 2010, the average dollar value per motor vehicle stolen in the U.S. was $6,152. The average dollar value of property taken during burglaries was $2,119; during robberies, $1,239; and during larceny-thefts, $988.
- By location, 73.9 percent of burglaries occurred at residences. Among robbery offenses, 43.2 percent occurred on streets or highways.
- The number of offenses in all of the specific larceny-theft categories decreased in 2010 when compared with the 2009 totals. The category with the largest decrease over that time period was larceny-thefts of coin-operated machines, which declined 20.8 percent from the 2009 total.
- Larceny-thefts involving property valued at more than $200 comprised over 45 percent (45.3) of all larceny-thefts.
