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Table 7

Offense Analysis1

United States, 1998-2002
Classification
1998
1999
2000
20012
2002
Murder 16,974 15,522 15,586 16,037 16,204
           
Forcible rape 93,144 89,411 90,178 90,863 95,136
           
Robbery:          
Total 447,186 409,371 408,016 423,557 420,637
Street/highway 219,689 197,770 187,688 187,571 179,985
Commercial house 61,232 55,678 56,714 61,152 61,288
Gas or service station 9,861 8,844 11,832 12,084 11,249
Convenience store 25,972 24,712 26,113 27,783 27,172
Residence 54,497 49,793 49,778 53,268 56,700
Bank 8,640 8,021 8,568 10,262 9,689
Miscellaneous 67,295 64,552 67,323 71,436 74,554
           
Burglary:          
Total 2,332,735 2,100,739 2,050,992 2,116,531 2,151,875
Residence (dwelling): 1,563,086 1,394,868 1,337,247 1,380,472 1,415,971
Night 448,988 402,548 399,943 410,071 418,215
Day 668,619 612,429 617,349 642,264 673,976
Unknown 445,479 379,891 319,955 328,137 323,780
Nonresidence (store, office, etc.): 769,649 705,871 713,745 736,059 735,904
Night 328,218 296,303 299,445 310,596 312,607
Day 190,412 186,166 219,456 224,538 228,764
Unknown 251,018 223,402 194,844 200,925 194,533
           
Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft):          
Total 7,376,311 6,955,520 6,971,590 7,092,267 7,052,922
By type:          
Pocket-picking 44,315 43,035 34,858 33,346 32,431
Purse-snatching 42,484 40,377 34,858 38,550 38,872
Shoplifting 1,094,412 1,002,576 962,079 978,802 985,673
From motor vehicles (except accessories) 1,936,742 1,788,630 1,756,841 1,832,934 1,865,743
Motor vehicle accessories 738,231 723,720 676,244 723,419 755,772
Bicycles 375,348 325,683 313,722 291,203 276,828
From buildings 990,467 946,419 913,278 943,631 883,289
From coin-operated machines 44,129 46,479 48,801 52,039 52,341
All others 2,110,183 2,038,602 2,230,909 2,198,344 2,161,973
           
By value:          
Over $200 2,886,866 2,692,746 2,711,949 2,792,231 2,794,699
$50 to $200 1,715,250 1,609,400 1,631,352 1,630,567 1,591,824
Under $50 2,774,195 2,653,374 2,628,289 2,669,469 2,666,399
           
Motor vehicle theft 1,242,781 1,152,075 1,160,002 1,228,391 1,246,096