Question

Using the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) from 2018, find examples of crime rates, crime-specific rates, percentage change, and trend analyses.

Answer 1

Preliminary figures indicate that law enforcement agencies throughout the nation showed an overall decrease of 4.3 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for the first 6 months of 2018 when compared with figures reported for the same time in 2017.

The number of property crimes in the United States from January to June of 2018 dropped 7.2 percent when compared with data for the same time period in 2017. Figures for the first six months of 2018 indicate that arson decreased 9.4 percent when compared with 2017 figures for the same time period.

The graphs with the trends can be found here: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/preliminary-report