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Table 7

Offense Analysis

United States, 2007–2011

Classification 20071 20081 20091 20101 2011
Murder 17,128 16,465 15,399 14,722 14,612
Forcible rape 92,160 90,750 89,241 85,593 83,425
Robbery: Total2 447,324 443,563 408,742 369,089 354,396
Robbery by location: Street/highway 195,734 191,050 174,886 159,307 155,065
Commercial house 62,333 61,207 55,980 48,804 46,111
Gas or service station 11,825 11,468 9,881 8,549 8,531
Convenience store 25,056 24,394 21,983 19,282 18,090
Residence 67,841 72,217 69,280 63,779 60,078
Bank 9,298 8,996 8,829 8,034 7,031
Miscellaneous 75,238 74,231 67,903 61,333 59,490
Burglary: Total2 2,190,198 2,228,887 2,203,313 2,168,459 2,188,005
Burglary by location: Residence (dwelling): 1,486,405 1,567,682 1,599,047 1,602,056 1,630,791
Residence Night 423,995 438,323 445,983 445,480 442,970
Residence Day 742,403 807,617 819,725 825,163 860,425
Residence Unknown 320,007 321,742 333,339 331,414 327,396
Nonresidence (store, office, etc.): 703,793 661,205 604,266 566,403 557,214
Nonresidence Night 294,958 276,743 255,147 233,765 227,745
Nonresidence Day 228,244 223,303 200,924 192,985 196,719
Nonresidence Unknown 180,591 161,159 148,195 139,652 132,751
Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft): Total2 6,591,542 6,586,206 6,338,095 6,204,601 6,159,795
Larceny-theft by type: Pocket-picking 27,504 27,140 26,631 24,231 26,556
Purse-snatching 38,191 33,314 30,493 28,137 27,120
Shoplifting 982,402 1,067,655 1,149,406 1,064,608 1,079,316
From motor vehicles (except accessories) 1,712,949 1,714,745 1,727,583 1,638,670 1,526,106
Motor vehicle accessories 601,158 642,964 573,270 549,905 498,684
Bicycles 225,130 221,846 212,362 206,677 217,294
From buildings 791,882 753,450 704,184 699,599 729,080
From coin-operated machines 31,145 26,899 26,085 20,309 19,564
All others 2,181,182 2,098,192 1,888,080 1,972,464 2,036,076
Larceny-theft by value: Over $200 2,894,212 2,965,832 2,833,851 2,803,066 2,854,334
$50 to $200 1,476,222 1,465,002 1,443,919 1,421,342 1,401,463
Under $50 2,221,108 2,155,372 2,060,325 1,971,705 1,903,998
Motor vehicle theft 1,100,472 959,059 795,652 739,565 715,373
  • 1 The crime figures have been adjusted.
  • 2 Because of rounding, the number of offenses may not add to the total.

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