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Table 7

Offense Analysis

United States, 2010–2014

Classification 2010 2011 2012 20131 2014
Murder 14,722 14,661 14,856 14,319 14,249
Rape (revised definition)2 113,695 116,645
Rape (legacy definition)3 85,593 84,175 85,141 82,109 84,041
Robbery: Total4 369,089 354,746 355,051 345,093 325,802
Robbery by location: Street/highway 159,307 155,218 154,289 146,499 133,456
Commercial house 48,804 46,156 47,151 45,760 45,679
Gas or service station 8,549 8,539 8,660 8,354 8,144
Convenience store 19,282 18,108 18,180 17,103 17,536
Residence 63,779 60,138 59,979 57,372 54,605
Bank 8,034 7,038 6,666 6,512 5,992
Miscellaneous 61,333 59,549 60,126 63,495 60,390
Burglary: Total4 2,168,459 2,185,140 2,109,932 1,932,139 1,729,806
Burglary by location: Residence (dwelling): 1,602,056 1,628,656 1,571,635 1,428,448 1,266,104
Residence Night 445,480 442,390 429,662 395,604 352,838
Residence Day 825,163 859,299 832,944 756,617 675,870
Residence Unknown 331,414 326,967 309,028 276,227 237,396
Nonresidence (store, office, etc.): 566,403 556,484 538,297 503,691 463,702
Nonresidence Night 233,765 227,446 220,784 206,031 189,837
Nonresidence Day 192,985 196,461 192,963 183,380 169,379
Nonresidence Unknown 139,652 132,577 124,550 114,280 104,485
Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft): Total4 6,204,601 6,151,095 6,168,874 6,019,465 5,858,496
Larceny-theft by type: Pocket-picking 24,231 26,518 29,550 32,426 31,478
Purse-snatching 28,137 27,082 26,407 25,867 23,679
Shoplifting 1,064,608 1,077,791 1,147,679 1,199,157 1,257,814
From motor vehicles (except accessories) 1,638,670 1,523,950 1,480,790 1,405,858 1,344,269
Motor vehicle accessories 549,905 497,980 467,369 439,151 412,022
Bicycles 206,677 216,987 223,786 212,889 211,547
From buildings 699,599 728,050 745,238 740,092 718,133
From coin-operated machines 20,309 19,536 17,240 15,906 13,442
All others 1,972,464 2,033,200 2,030,815 1,948,120 1,846,111
Larceny-theft by value: Over $200 2,811,555 2,850,302 2,872,445 2,819,518 2,710,465
$50 to $200 1,421,342 1,399,484 1,398,870 1,342,473 1,317,469
Under $50 1,971,705 1,901,309 1,897,560 1,857,474 1,830,562
Motor vehicle theft 739,565 716,508 723,186 700,288 689,527
  • 1 The crime figures have been adjusted.
  • 2 The figures shown for this offense of rape were estimated using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See data declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 The figures shown for this offense of rape were estimated using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See data declaration for further explanation.
  • 4 Because of rounding, the number of offenses may not add to the total.

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