California
Crime rates, 1960-present
Source: FBI
Violent crime………. ................ ............... .............. Property crime......
Murder and
Index Serious Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated
Year Crime Crime Total Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Total Burglary
1960 3,474.3 1,149.4 239.0 3.9 18.2 97.3 119.6 3,235.4 910.5
1961 3,410.1 1,126.8 232.7 3.7 18.5 90.5 120.0 3,177.5 894.2
1962 3,561.0 1,168.9 234.8 3.9 17.4 91.9 121.7 3,326.2 934.1
1963 3,787.0 1,240.0 241.2 3.8 17.5 93.6 126.3 3,545.8 998.9
1964 4,139.9 1,354.3 265.6 4.1 20.0 103.2 138.2 3,874.3 1,088.7
1965 4,319.4 1,491.8 282.2 4.7 21.2 113.3 142.9 4,037.2 1,209.6
1966 4,549.4 1,582.5 305.1 4.6 23.4 118.0 159.1 4,244.3 1,277.4
1967 5,055.1 1,798.2 352.1 5.4 25.0 149.0 172.7 4,703.0 1,446.0
1968 5,721.1 2,067.4 422.9 6.0 29.9 192.5 194.6 5,298.2 1,644.5
1969 6,099.7 2,138.4 462.3 7.1 36.3 201.8 217.0 5,637.4 1,676.1
1970 6,339.1 2,227.9 474.8 6.9 35.1 206.9 225.9 5,864.3 1,753.0
1971 6,690.1 2,458.3 518.6 8.1 36.1 235.5 238.9 6,171.5 1,939.8
1972 6,413.1 2,489.9 540.7 8.8 39.7 238.6 253.7 5,872.4 1,949.2
1973 6,304.9 2,545.4 565.8 9.0 40.6 240.4 275.8 5,739.1 1,979.6
1974 6,846.8 2,682.6 610.6 9.5 40.6 252.7 307.8 6,236.2 2,072.0
1975 7,204.6 2,872.6 655.4 10.4 41.6 282.4 321.0 6,549.2 2,217.3
1976 7,234.0 2,844.0 669.3 10.3 44.7 275.6 338.7 6,564.7 2,174.6
1977 7,008.7 2,845.4 706.0 11.5 49.4 287.0 358.0 6,302.7 2,139.4
1978 7,116.2 2,936.2 742.9 11.7 50.8 306.1 374.4 6,373.3 2,193.3
1979 7,468.8 2,997.9 811.1 13.0 53.9 333.8 410.3 6,657.7 2,186.8
1980 7,833.1 3,210.1 893.6 14.5 58.2 384.2 436.7 6,939.5 2,316.5
1981 7,590.5 3,101.5 863.0 13.0 56.2 388.2 405.6 6,727.5 2,238.5
1982 7,285.5 2,834.9 814.7 11.2 50.7 372.1 380.7 6,470.7 2,020.2
1983 6,677.4 2,601.7 772.6 10.5 48.0 340.9 373.1 5,904.9 1,829.1
1984 6,468.3 2,492.7 763.4 10.6 45.7 327.5 379.5 5,705.0 1,729.3
1985 6,518.0 2,466.4 765.3 10.5 43.3 327.7 383.8 5,752.7 1,701.1
1986 6,762.8 2,616.9 920.5 11.3 44.9 342.9 521.5 5,842.3 1,696.4
1987 6,506.4 2,436.1 918.0 10.6 43.8 301.3 562.4 5,588.4 1,518.2
1988 6,635.5 2,377.0 929.8 10.4 41.8 305.8 571.8 5,705.7 1,447.1
1989 6,763.4 2,390.0 977.7 10.9 41.2 331.8 593.8 5,785.8 1,412.3
1990 6,603.6 2,390.6 1,045.2 11.9 42.6 377.0 613.6 5,558.4 1,345.4
1991 6,772.6 2,487.7 1,089.9 12.7 42.4 411.3 623.5 5,682.7 1,397.8
1992 6,679.5 2,504.7 1,119.7 12.7 41.3 424.1 641.6 5,559.8 1,384.9
1993 6,456.9 2,404.8 1,077.8 13.1 37.7 405.1 621.8 5,379.1 1,327.0
1994 6,173.8 2,235.5 1,013.0 11.8 34.9 356.8 609.4 5,160.8 1,222.5
1995 5,831.1 2,086.3 966.0 11.2 33.4 331.2 590.3 4,865.1 1,120.3
1996 5,207.8 1,842.0 862.7 9.1 32.1 295.6 525.8 4,345.1 979.4
1997 4,865.3 1,725.6 798.3 8.0 31.6 252.5 506.2 4,067.1 927.4
1998 4,342.8 1,527.2 703.7 6.6 29.9 210.6 456.6 3,639.1 823.5
1999 3,805.0 1,302.4 627.2 6.0 28.2 181.1 411.7 3,177.8 675.3
2000 3,739.7 1,277.8 621.6 6.1 28.9 177.9 408.7 3,118.2 656.3
2001 3,902.9 1,289.4 617.0 6.4 28.9 187.1 394.6 3,286.0 672.4
2002 3,956.6 1,276.5 595.4 6.8 29.1 185.6 373.8 3,361.2 681.2
2003 4,003.5 1,262.0 579.3 6.8 28.2 179.7 364.6 3,424.3 682.8
2004 3,970.8 1,236.9 551.8 6.7 26.8 172.1 346.3 3,419.0 685.1
2005 3,846.6 1,218.9 526.0 6.9 26.0 176.0 317.1 3,320.6 692.9
2006 3,703.3 1,208.5 532.5 6.8 25.3 194.7 305.7 3,170.9 676.0
2007 3,555.6 1,171.0 522.6 6.2 24.7 193.0 298.8 3,033.0 648.4
2008 3,444.1 1,150.8 503.8 5.8 24.2 188.8 285.0 2,940.3 647.1
2009 3,203.5 1,094.6 472.0 5.3 23.6 173.4 269.7 2,731.5 622.6
California
Crime rate trends, year to year, 1960-present
Source: FBI
Violent crime.. ................ ............... .............. Property
Murder and
Trend Index Serious Violent Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated Property
Period Crime Crime Crime Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Crime Burglary
1960 to 1961 -1.8% -2.0% -2.6% -5.9% 1.7% -7.0% 0.4% -1.8% -1.8%
1961 to 1962 4.4% 3.7% 0.9% 4.9% -6.1% 1.6% 1.3% 4.7% 4.5%
1962 to 1963 6.3% 6.1% 2.7% -1.2% 0.9% 1.8% 3.8% 6.6% 6.9%
1963 to 1964 9.3% 9.2% 10.1% 7.0% 14.4% 10.3% 9.5% 9.3% 9.0%
1964 to 1965 4.3% 10.2% 6.3% 15.6% 6.0% 9.8% 3.4% 4.2% 11.1%
1965 to 1966 5.3% 6.1% 8.1% -3.0% 10.4% 4.1% 11.4% 5.1% 5.6%
1966 to 1967 11.1% 13.6% 15.4% 18.2% 6.8% 26.3% 8.5% 10.8% 13.2%
1967 to 1968 13.2% 15.0% 20.1% 10.3% 19.4% 29.2% 12.7% 12.7% 13.7%
1968 to 1969 6.6% 3.4% 9.3% 19.1% 21.4% 4.9% 11.5% 6.4% 1.9%
1969 to 1970 3.9% 4.2% 2.7% -3.3% -3.2% 2.5% 4.1% 4.0% 4.6%
1970 to 1971 5.5% 10.3% 9.2% 17.7% 2.8% 13.8% 5.7% 5.2% 10.7%
1971 to 1972 -4.1% 1.3% 4.3% 7.8% 10.0% 1.3% 6.2% -4.8% 0.5%
1972 to 1973 -1.7% 2.2% 4.6% 3.3% 2.2% 0.8% 8.7% -2.3% 1.6%
1973 to 1974 8.6% 5.4% 7.9% 5.0% 0.2% 5.1% 11.6% 8.7% 4.7%
1974 to 1975 5.2% 7.1% 7.3% 9.8% 2.3% 11.8% 4.3% 5.0% 7.0%
1975 to 1976 0.4% -1.0% 2.1% -1.1% 7.5% -2.4% 5.5% 0.2% -1.9%
1976 to 1977 -3.1% 0.1% 5.5% 11.3% 10.7% 4.1% 5.7% -4.0% -1.6%
1977 to 1978 1.5% 3.2% 5.2% 2.0% 2.7% 6.6% 4.6% 1.1% 2.5%
1978 to 1979 5.0% 2.1% 9.2% 11.1% 6.2% 9.1% 9.6% 4.5% -0.3%
1979 to 1980 4.9% 7.1% 10.2% 11.4% 7.9% 15.1% 6.4% 4.2% 5.9%
1980 to 1981 -3.1% -3.4% -3.4% -10.2% -3.5% 1.0% -7.1% -3.1% -3.4%
1981 to 1982 -4.0% -8.6% -5.6% -13.6% -9.8% -4.2% -6.1% -3.8% -9.8%
1982 to 1983 -8.3% -8.2% -5.2% -6.7% -5.2% -8.4% -2.0% -8.7% -9.5%
1983 to 1984 -3.1% -4.2% -1.2% 1.2% -4.9% -3.9% 1.7% -3.4% -5.5%
1984 to 1985 0.8% -1.1% 0.2% -0.9% -5.2% 0.0% 1.1% 0.8% -1.6%
1985 to 1986 3.8% 6.1% 20.3% 7.2% 3.7% 4.6% 35.9% 1.6% -0.3%
1986 to 1987 -3.8% -6.9% -0.3% -6.1% -2.5% -12.1% 7.8% -4.3% -10.5%
1987 to 1988 2.0% -2.4% 1.3% -1.4% -4.5% 1.5% 1.7% 2.1% -4.7%
1988 to 1989 1.9% 0.5% 5.1% 4.2% -1.5% 8.5% 3.9% 1.4% -2.4%
1989 to 1990 -2.4% 0.0% 6.9% 9.9% 3.6% 13.6% 3.3% -3.9% -4.7%
1990 to 1991 2.6% 4.1% 4.3% 6.4% -0.4% 9.1% 1.6% 2.2% 3.9%
1991 to 1992 -1.4% 0.7% 2.7% 0.0% -2.6% 3.1% 2.9% -2.2% -0.9%
1992 to 1993 -3.3% -4.0% -3.7% 3.3% -8.8% -4.5% -3.1% -3.2% -4.2%
1993 to 1994 -4.4% -7.0% -6.0% -10.2% -7.3% -11.9% -2.0% -4.1% -7.9%
1994 to 1995 -5.6% -6.7% -4.6% -5.1% -4.4% -7.2% -3.1% -5.7% -8.4%
1995 to 1996 -10.7% -11.7% -10.7% -18.2% -3.8% -10.7% -10.9% -10.7% -12.6%
1996 to 1997 -6.6% -6.3% -7.5% -12.6% -1.7% -14.6% -3.7% -6.4% -5.3%
1997 to 1998 -10.7% -11.5% -11.8% -16.8% -5.2% -16.6% -9.8% -10.5% -11.2%
1998 to 1999 -12.4% -14.7% -10.9% -9.0% -5.7% -14.0% -9.8% -12.7% -18.0%
1999 to 2000 -1.7% -1.9% -0.9% 1.5% 2.3% -1.8% -0.7% -1.9% -2.8%
2000 to 2001 4.4% 0.9% -0.7% 4.2% -0.1% 5.2% -3.4% 5.4% 2.5%
2001 to 2002 1.4% -1.0% -3.5% 7.0% 0.9% -0.8% -5.3% 2.3% 1.3%
2002 to 2003 1.2% -1.1% -2.7% -0.9% -3.3% -3.2% -2.5% 1.9% 0.2%
2003 to 2004 -0.8% -2.0% -4.7% -1.8% -4.9% -4.2% -5.0% -0.2% 0.3%
2004 to 2005 -3.1% -1.5% -4.7% 3.9% -3.0% 2.3% -8.4% -2.9% 1.1%
2005 to 2006 -3.7% -0.9% 1.2% -1.5% -2.7% 10.6% -3.6% -4.5% -2.4%
2006 to 2007 -4.0% -3.1% -1.9% -9.3% -2.4% -0.9% -2.3% -4.3% -4.1%
2007 to 2008 -3.1% -1.7% -3.6% -5.7% -1.8% -2.2% -4.6% -3.1% -0.2%
2008 to 2009 -7.0% -4.9% -6.3% -8.4% -2.7% -8.1% -5.4% -7.1% -3.8%
California
Crime rate trends, each year to present, 1960-present
Source: FBI
Violent crime.. ................ ............... .............. Property
Murder and
Trend Index Serious Violent Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated Property
Period Crime Crime Crime Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Crime Burglary
1960 to 2009 -7.8% -4.8% 97.5% 36.1% 29.6% 78.3% 125.5% -15.6% -31.6%
1961 to 2009 -6.1% -2.9% 102.8% 44.6% 27.4% 91.7% 124.7% -14.0% -30.4%
1962 to 2009 -10.0% -6.4% 101.0% 37.8% 35.8% 88.7% 121.7% -17.9% -33.3%
1963 to 2009 -15.4% -11.7% 95.7% 39.4% 34.6% 85.3% 113.6% -23.0% -37.7%
1964 to 2009 -22.6% -19.2% 77.7% 30.4% 17.7% 68.0% 95.1% -29.5% -42.8%
1965 to 2009 -25.8% -26.6% 67.3% 12.8% 11.1% 53.0% 88.7% -32.3% -48.5%
1966 to 2009 -29.6% -30.8% 54.7% 16.3% 0.6% 47.0% 69.5% -35.6% -51.3%
1967 to 2009 -36.6% -39.1% 34.0% -1.6% -5.8% 16.4% 56.2% -41.9% -56.9%
1968 to 2009 -44.0% -47.1% 11.6% -10.8% -21.1% -9.9% 38.6% -48.4% -62.1%
1969 to 2009 -47.5% -48.8% 2.1% -25.2% -35.0% -14.1% 24.3% -51.5% -62.9%
1970 to 2009 -49.5% -50.9% -0.6% -22.6% -32.9% -16.2% 19.4% -53.4% -64.5%
1971 to 2009 -52.1% -55.5% -9.0% -34.3% -34.7% -26.4% 12.9% -55.7% -67.9%
1972 to 2009 -50.0% -56.0% -12.7% -39.0% -40.6% -27.3% 6.3% -53.5% -68.1%
1973 to 2009 -49.2% -57.0% -16.6% -41.0% -41.9% -27.9% -2.2% -52.4% -68.5%
1974 to 2009 -53.2% -59.2% -22.7% -43.8% -42.0% -31.4% -12.4% -56.2% -70.0%
1975 to 2009 -55.5% -61.9% -28.0% -48.8% -43.3% -38.6% -16.0% -58.3% -71.9%
1976 to 2009 -55.7% -61.5% -29.5% -48.3% -47.2% -37.1% -20.4% -58.4% -71.4%
1977 to 2009 -54.3% -61.5% -33.1% -53.6% -52.3% -39.6% -24.7% -56.7% -70.9%
1978 to 2009 -55.0% -62.7% -36.5% -54.4% -53.6% -43.3% -28.0% -57.1% -71.6%
1979 to 2009 -57.1% -63.5% -41.8% -59.0% -56.3% -48.1% -34.3% -59.0% -71.5%
1980 to 2009 -59.1% -65.9% -47.2% -63.2% -59.5% -54.9% -38.2% -60.6% -73.1%
1981 to 2009 -57.8% -64.7% -45.3% -59.0% -58.0% -55.3% -33.5% -59.4% -72.2%
1982 to 2009 -56.0% -61.4% -42.1% -52.5% -53.5% -53.4% -29.2% -57.8% -69.2%
1983 to 2009 -52.0% -57.9% -38.9% -49.1% -50.9% -49.1% -27.7% -53.7% -66.0%
1984 to 2009 -50.5% -56.1% -38.2% -49.7% -48.4% -47.1% -28.9% -52.1% -64.0%
1985 to 2009 -50.9% -55.6% -38.3% -49.2% -45.6% -47.1% -29.7% -52.5% -63.4%
1986 to 2009 -52.6% -58.2% -48.7% -52.6% -47.5% -49.4% -48.3% -53.2% -63.3%
1987 to 2009 -50.8% -55.1% -48.6% -49.5% -46.1% -42.4% -52.0% -51.1% -59.0%
1988 to 2009 -51.7% -53.9% -49.2% -48.8% -43.6% -43.3% -52.8% -52.1% -57.0%
1989 to 2009 -52.6% -54.2% -51.7% -50.9% -42.7% -47.7% -54.6% -52.8% -55.9%
1990 to 2009 -51.5% -54.2% -54.8% -55.3% -44.7% -54.0% -56.0% -50.9% -53.7%
1991 to 2009 -52.7% -56.0% -56.7% -58.0% -44.5% -57.8% -56.7% -51.9% -55.5%
1992 to 2009 -52.0% -56.3% -57.8% -58.0% -43.0% -59.1% -58.0% -50.9% -55.0%
1993 to 2009 -50.4% -54.5% -56.2% -59.3% -37.5% -57.2% -56.6% -49.2% -53.1%
1994 to 2009 -48.1% -51.0% -53.4% -54.7% -32.5% -51.4% -55.7% -47.1% -49.1%
1995 to 2009 -45.1% -47.5% -51.1% -52.3% -29.4% -47.6% -54.3% -43.9% -44.4%
1996 to 2009 -38.5% -40.6% -45.3% -41.7% -26.6% -41.3% -48.7% -37.1% -36.4%
1997 to 2009 -34.2% -36.6% -40.9% -33.2% -25.3% -31.3% -46.7% -32.8% -32.9%
1998 to 2009 -26.2% -28.3% -32.9% -19.7% -21.3% -17.6% -40.9% -24.9% -24.4%
1999 to 2009 -15.8% -16.0% -24.7% -11.8% -16.6% -4.3% -34.5% -14.0% -7.8%
2000 to 2009 -14.3% -14.3% -24.1% -13.1% -18.4% -2.5% -34.0% -12.4% -5.1%
2001 to 2009 -17.9% -15.1% -23.5% -16.6% -18.4% -7.3% -31.7% -16.9% -7.4%
2002 to 2009 -19.0% -14.3% -20.7% -22.0% -19.1% -6.6% -27.8% -18.7% -8.6%
2003 to 2009 -20.0% -13.3% -18.5% -21.3% -16.3% -3.5% -26.0% -20.2% -8.8%
2004 to 2009 -19.3% -11.5% -14.5% -19.9% -12.0% 0.8% -22.1% -20.1% -9.1%
2005 to 2009 -16.7% -10.2% -10.3% -22.9% -9.3% -1.5% -15.0% -17.7% -10.1%
2006 to 2009 -13.5% -9.4% -11.4% -21.7% -6.7% -10.9% -11.8% -13.9% -7.9%
2007 to 2009 -9.9% -6.5% -9.7% -13.7% -4.4% -10.1% -9.7% -9.9% -4.0%
2008 to 2009 -7.0% -4.9% -6.3% -8.4% -2.7% -8.1% -5.4% -7.1% -3.8%
Violent Crime Rates, 1960-2009
1,200
16
1,000 14
12
800
10
600
8
6
400
4
200
2
0
0
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
Robbery Rates, 1960-2009
450 700
400 600
350
500
300
400
250
50
0
100
150
200
250
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
100
200
300
400
0
California
Crimes and populations, 1960-present
Source: FBI
............... ............... Violent crime………. ................
Motor Murder and
Larceny- Vehicle Index Serious Non-Neg. Forcible
Theft Theft Year Population Crime Crime Total Mansl. Rape
1,984.8 340.1 1960 15,717,204 546,069 180,660 37,558 616 2,859
1,950.6 332.7 1961 16,397,000 559,162 184,769 38,154 605 3,033
2,052.9 339.2 1962 16,970,000 604,297 198,369 39,846 657 2,946
2,184.7 362.2 1963 17,590,000 666,128 218,122 42,419 673 3,080
2,366.5 419.1 1964 18,084,000 748,656 244,909 48,026 740 3,621
2,388.0 439.6 1965 18,602,000 803,487 277,497 52,490 880 3,948
2,506.2 460.7 1966 18,918,000 860,662 299,384 57,718 868 4,432
2,748.8 508.1 1967 19,153,000 968,203 344,404 67,446 1,039 4,792
3,032.3 621.4 1968 19,221,000 1,099,656 397,374 81,293 1,150 5,744
3,282.7 678.6 1969 19,443,000 1,185,961 415,769 89,878 1,386 7,053
3,422.1 689.2 1970 19,953,134 1,264,854 444,529 94,741 1,376 7,005
3,517.9 713.9 1971 20,223,000 1,352,941 497,149 104,872 1,642 7,300
3,242.0 681.3 1972 20,468,000 1,312,635 509,627 110,667 1,791 8,127
3,123.6 635.9 1973 20,601,000 1,298,872 524,387 116,563 1,862 8,357
3,525.5 638.8 1974 20,907,000 1,431,468 560,852 127,658 1,985 8,494
3,703.7 628.2 1975 21,185,000 1,526,293 608,568 138,842 2,209 8,807
3,745.8 644.3 1976 21,520,000 1,556,757 612,021 144,041 2,220 9,614
3,499.8 663.5 1977 21,896,000 1,534,621 623,034 154,582 2,515 10,825
3,488.8 691.3 1978 22,294,000 1,586,483 654,592 165,626 2,611 11,316
3,732.6 738.3 1979 22,696,000 1,695,108 680,397 184,087 2,952 12,239
3,880.0 742.9 1980 23,532,680 1,843,332 755,428 210,290 3,411 13,693
3,816.1 672.9 1981 24,159,000 1,833,787 749,291 208,485 3,143 13,566
3,785.1 665.5 1982 24,724,000 1,801,256 700,895 201,429 2,779 12,529
3,444.5 631.2 1983 25,174,000 1,680,978 654,951 194,491 2,639 12,093
3,346.1 629.6 1984 25,622,000 1,657,320 638,683 195,589 2,717 11,702
3,379.4 672.2 1985 26,365,000 1,718,473 650,269 201,763 2,770 11,421
3,383.9 762.0 1986 26,981,000 1,824,669 706,068 248,370 3,038 12,119
3,240.2 830.1 1987 27,663,000 1,799,871 673,912 253,943 2,924 12,109
3,314.5 944.0 1988 28,168,000 1,869,092 669,543 261,912 2,936 11,780
3,346.5 1,026.9 1989 29,063,000 1,965,652 694,604 284,136 3,158 11,966
3,197.5 1,015.5 1990 29,760,021 1,965,237 711,443 311,051 3,553 12,688
3,246.0 1,038.9 1991 30,380,000 2,057,513 755,778 331,122 3,859 12,896
3,137.8 1,037.1 1992 30,867,000 2,061,761 773,115 345,624 3,921 12,761
3,029.1 1,023.0 1993 31,211,000 2,015,265 750,563 336,381 4,096 11,766
2,957.7 980.6 1994 31,431,000 1,940,497 702,652 318,395 3,703 10,984
2,856.9 887.9 1995 31,589,000 1,841,984 659,049 305,154 3,531 10,554
2,605.1 760.6 1996 31,878,000 1,660,131 587,208 274,996 2,916 10,244
2,430.9 708.8 1997 32,268,000 1,569,949 556,822 257,582 2,579 10,189
2,217.1 598.5 1998 32,667,000 1,418,674 498,895 229,883 2,171 9,782
1,994.2 508.3 1999 33,145,000 1,261,164 431,693 207,879 2,005 9,363
1,924.5 537.4 2000 33,871,648 1,266,714 432,824 210,531 2,079 9,785
2,022.2 591.4 2001 34,501,130 1,346,557 444,855 212,855 2,206 9,961
2,044.7 635.3 2002 35,001,986 1,384,872 446,816 208,388 2,395 10,198
2,061.4 680.1 2003 35,484,453 1,420,637 447,825 205,551 2,407 9,994
2,030.1 703.8 2004 35,893,799 1,425,264 443,973 198,070 2,392 9,615
1,915.3 712.3 2005 36,154,147 1,390,709 440,699 190,178 2,503 9,392
1,829.1 665.7 2006 36,457,549 1,350,137 440,584 194,120 2,485 9,212
1,784.4 600.2 2007 36,553,215 1,299,685 428,050 191,025 2,260 9,013
1,769.4 523.8 2008 36,756,666 ####### 423,008 185,173 2,142 8,903
1,665.1 443.8 2009 36,961,664 1,184,073 404,596 174,459 1,972 8,713
California
Crime and population trends, year to year, 1960-present
Source: FBI
crime...... ............... Violent crime.. ................
Motor Murder and
Larceny- Vehicle Trend Index Serious Violent Non-Neg. Forcible
Theft Theft Period Population Crime Crime Crime Mansl. Rape
-1.7% -2.2% 1960 to 1961 4.3% 2.4% 2.3% 1.6% -1.8% 6.1%
5.2% 1.9% 1961 to 1962 3.5% 8.1% 7.4% 4.4% 8.6% -2.9%
6.4% 6.8% 1962 to 1963 3.7% 10.2% 10.0% 6.5% 2.4% 4.5%
8.3% 15.7% 1963 to 1964 2.8% 12.4% 12.3% 13.2% 10.0% 17.6%
0.9% 4.9% 1964 to 1965 2.9% 7.3% 13.3% 9.3% 18.9% 9.0%
4.9% 4.8% 1965 to 1966 1.7% 7.1% 7.9% 10.0% -1.4% 12.3%
9.7% 10.3% 1966 to 1967 1.2% 12.5% 15.0% 16.9% 19.7% 8.1%
10.3% 22.3% 1967 to 1968 0.4% 13.6% 15.4% 20.5% 10.7% 19.9%
8.3% 9.2% 1968 to 1969 1.2% 7.8% 4.6% 10.6% 20.5% 22.8%
4.2% 1.6% 1969 to 1970 2.6% 6.7% 6.9% 5.4% -0.7% -0.7%
2.8% 3.6% 1970 to 1971 1.4% 7.0% 11.8% 10.7% 19.3% 4.2%
-7.8% -4.6% 1971 to 1972 1.2% -3.0% 2.5% 5.5% 9.1% 11.3%
-3.7% -6.7% 1972 to 1973 0.6% -1.0% 2.9% 5.3% 4.0% 2.8%
12.9% 0.5% 1973 to 1974 1.5% 10.2% 7.0% 9.5% 6.6% 1.6%
5.1% -1.7% 1974 to 1975 1.3% 6.6% 8.5% 8.8% 11.3% 3.7%
1.1% 2.6% 1975 to 1976 1.6% 2.0% 0.6% 3.7% 0.5% 9.2%
-6.6% 3.0% 1976 to 1977 1.7% -1.4% 1.8% 7.3% 13.3% 12.6%
-0.3% 4.2% 1977 to 1978 1.8% 3.4% 5.1% 7.1% 3.8% 4.5%
7.0% 6.8% 1978 to 1979 1.8% 6.8% 3.9% 11.1% 13.1% 8.2%
3.9% 0.6% 1979 to 1980 3.7% 8.7% 11.0% 14.2% 15.5% 11.9%
-1.6% -9.4% 1980 to 1981 2.7% -0.5% -0.8% -0.9% -7.9% -0.9%
-0.8% -1.1% 1981 to 1982 2.3% -1.8% -6.5% -3.4% -11.6% -7.6%
-9.0% -5.1% 1982 to 1983 1.8% -6.7% -6.6% -3.4% -5.0% -3.5%
-2.9% -0.3% 1983 to 1984 1.8% -1.4% -2.5% 0.6% 3.0% -3.2%
1.0% 6.8% 1984 to 1985 2.9% 3.7% 1.8% 3.2% 2.0% -2.4%
0.1% 13.4% 1985 to 1986 2.3% 6.2% 8.6% 23.1% 9.7% 6.1%
-4.2% 8.9% 1986 to 1987 2.5% -1.4% -4.6% 2.2% -3.8% -0.1%
2.3% 13.7% 1987 to 1988 1.8% 3.8% -0.6% 3.1% 0.4% -2.7%
1.0% 8.8% 1988 to 1989 3.2% 5.2% 3.7% 8.5% 7.6% 1.6%
-4.5% -1.1% 1989 to 1990 2.4% -0.0% 2.4% 9.5% 12.5% 6.0%
1.5% 2.3% 1990 to 1991 2.1% 4.7% 6.2% 6.5% 8.6% 1.6%
-3.3% -0.2% 1991 to 1992 1.6% 0.2% 2.3% 4.4% 1.6% -1.0%
-3.5% -1.4% 1992 to 1993 1.1% -2.3% -2.9% -2.7% 4.5% -7.8%
-2.4% -4.1% 1993 to 1994 0.7% -3.7% -6.4% -5.3% -9.6% -6.6%
-3.4% -9.5% 1994 to 1995 0.5% -5.1% -6.2% -4.2% -4.6% -3.9%
-8.8% -14.3% 1995 to 1996 0.9% -9.9% -10.9% -9.9% -17.4% -2.9%
-6.7% -6.8% 1996 to 1997 1.2% -5.4% -5.2% -6.3% -11.6% -0.5%
-8.8% -15.6% 1997 to 1998 1.2% -9.6% -10.4% -10.8% -15.8% -4.0%
-10.1% -15.1% 1998 to 1999 1.5% -11.1% -13.5% -9.6% -7.6% -4.3%
-3.5% 5.7% 1999 to 2000 2.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.3% 3.7% 4.5%
5.1% 10.0% 2000 to 2001 1.9% 6.3% 2.8% 1.1% 6.1% 1.8%
1.1% 7.4% 2001 to 2002 1.5% 2.8% 0.4% -2.1% 8.6% 2.4%
0.8% 7.1% 2002 to 2003 1.4% 2.6% 0.2% -1.4% 0.5% -2.0%
-1.5% 3.5% 2003 to 2004 1.2% 0.3% -0.9% -3.6% -0.6% -3.8%
-5.7% 1.2% 2004 to 2005 0.7% -2.4% -0.7% -4.0% 4.6% -2.3%
-4.5% -6.6% 2005 to 2006 0.8% -2.9% -0.0% 2.1% -0.7% -1.9%
-2.4% -9.8% 2006 to 2007 0.3% -3.7% -2.8% -1.6% -9.1% -2.2%
-0.8% -12.7% 2007 to 2008 0.6% -2.6% -1.2% -3.1% -5.2% -1.2%
-5.9% -15.3% 2008 to 2009 0.6% -6.5% -4.4% -5.8% -7.9% -2.1%
California
Crime and population trends, each year to present, 1960-present
Source: FBI
crime...... ............... Violent crime.. ................
Motor Murder and
Larceny- Vehicle Trend Index Serious Violent Non-Neg. Forcible
Theft Theft Period Population Crime Crime Crime Mansl. Rape
-16.1% 30.5% 1960 to 2009 135.2% 116.8% 124.0% 364.5% 220.1% 204.8%
-14.6% 33.4% 1961 to 2009 125.4% 111.8% 119.0% 357.2% 226.0% 187.3%
-18.9% 30.8% 1962 to 2009 117.8% 95.9% 104.0% 337.8% 200.2% 195.8%
-23.8% 22.5% 1963 to 2009 110.1% 77.8% 85.5% 311.3% 193.0% 182.9%
-29.6% 5.9% 1964 to 2009 104.4% 58.2% 65.2% 263.3% 166.5% 140.6%
-30.3% 0.9% 1965 to 2009 98.7% 47.4% 45.8% 232.4% 124.1% 120.7%
-33.6% -3.7% 1966 to 2009 95.4% 37.6% 35.1% 202.3% 127.2% 96.6%
-39.4% -12.7% 1967 to 2009 93.0% 22.3% 17.5% 158.7% 89.8% 81.8%
-45.1% -28.6% 1968 to 2009 92.3% 7.7% 1.8% 114.6% 71.5% 51.7%
-49.3% -34.6% 1969 to 2009 90.1% -0.2% -2.7% 94.1% 42.3% 23.5%
-51.3% -35.6% 1970 to 2009 85.2% -6.4% -9.0% 84.1% 43.3% 24.4%
-52.7% -37.8% 1971 to 2009 82.8% -12.5% -18.6% 66.4% 20.1% 19.4%
-48.6% -34.9% 1972 to 2009 80.6% -9.8% -20.6% 57.6% 10.1% 7.2%
-46.7% -30.2% 1973 to 2009 79.4% -8.8% -22.8% 49.7% 5.9% 4.3%
-52.8% -30.5% 1974 to 2009 76.8% -17.3% -27.9% 36.7% -0.7% 2.6%
-55.0% -29.4% 1975 to 2009 74.5% -22.4% -33.5% 25.7% -10.7% -1.1%
-55.5% -31.1% 1976 to 2009 71.8% -23.9% -33.9% 21.1% -11.2% -9.4%
-52.4% -33.1% 1977 to 2009 68.8% -22.8% -35.1% 12.9% -21.6% -19.5%
-52.3% -35.8% 1978 to 2009 65.8% -25.4% -38.2% 5.3% -24.5% -23.0%
-55.4% -39.9% 1979 to 2009 62.9% -30.1% -40.5% -5.2% -33.2% -28.8%
-57.1% -40.3% 1980 to 2009 57.1% -35.8% -46.4% -17.0% -42.2% -36.4%
-56.4% -34.0% 1981 to 2009 53.0% -35.4% -46.0% -16.3% -37.3% -35.8%
-56.0% -33.3% 1982 to 2009 49.5% -34.3% -42.3% -13.4% -29.0% -30.5%
-51.7% -29.7% 1983 to 2009 46.8% -29.6% -38.2% -10.3% -25.3% -28.0%
-50.2% -29.5% 1984 to 2009 44.3% -28.6% -36.7% -10.8% -27.4% -25.5%
-50.7% -34.0% 1985 to 2009 40.2% -31.1% -37.8% -13.5% -28.8% -23.7%
-50.8% -41.8% 1986 to 2009 37.0% -35.1% -42.7% -29.8% -35.1% -28.1%
-48.6% -46.5% 1987 to 2009 33.6% -34.2% -40.0% -31.3% -32.6% -28.0%
-49.8% -53.0% 1988 to 2009 31.2% -36.6% -39.6% -33.4% -32.8% -26.0%
-50.2% -56.8% 1989 to 2009 27.2% -39.8% -41.8% -38.6% -37.6% -27.2%
-47.9% -56.3% 1990 to 2009 24.2% -39.7% -43.1% -43.9% -44.5% -31.3%
-48.7% -57.3% 1991 to 2009 21.7% -42.5% -46.5% -47.3% -48.9% -32.4%
-46.9% -57.2% 1992 to 2009 19.7% -42.6% -47.7% -49.5% -49.7% -31.7%
-45.0% -56.6% 1993 to 2009 18.4% -41.2% -46.1% -48.1% -51.9% -25.9%
-43.7% -54.7% 1994 to 2009 17.6% -39.0% -42.4% -45.2% -46.7% -20.7%
-41.7% -50.0% 1995 to 2009 17.0% -35.7% -38.6% -42.8% -44.2% -17.4%
-36.1% -41.7% 1996 to 2009 15.9% -28.7% -31.1% -36.6% -32.4% -14.9%
-31.5% -37.4% 1997 to 2009 14.5% -24.6% -27.3% -32.3% -23.5% -14.5%
-24.9% -25.9% 1998 to 2009 13.1% -16.5% -18.9% -24.1% -9.2% -10.9%
-16.5% -12.7% 1999 to 2009 11.5% -6.1% -6.3% -16.1% -1.6% -6.9%
-13.5% -17.4% 2000 to 2009 9.1% -6.5% -6.5% -17.1% -5.1% -11.0%
-17.7% -25.0% 2001 to 2009 7.1% -12.1% -9.0% -18.0% -10.6% -12.5%
-18.6% -30.1% 2002 to 2009 5.6% -14.5% -9.4% -16.3% -17.7% -14.6%
-19.2% -34.7% 2003 to 2009 4.2% -16.7% -9.7% -15.1% -18.1% -12.8%
-18.0% -36.9% 2004 to 2009 3.0% -16.9% -8.9% -11.9% -17.6% -9.4%
-13.1% -37.7% 2005 to 2009 2.2% -14.9% -8.2% -8.3% -21.2% -7.2%
-9.0% -33.3% 2006 to 2009 1.4% -12.3% -8.2% -10.1% -20.6% -5.4%
-6.7% -26.1% 2007 to 2009 1.1% -8.9% -5.5% -8.7% -12.7% -3.3%
-5.9% -15.3% 2008 to 2009 0.6% -6.5% -4.4% -5.8% -7.9% -2.1%
Murder Rates, 1960-2009
70
16
14 60
12 50
10
40
8
30
6
20
4
2 10
0
0
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
1960
Aggravated Assault Rates
1960-2009
700
600
500
400
100
200
300
400
0
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
California
Crimes as % of index crimes, 1960-present
Source: FBI
............... .............. Property crime...... ............... ............... Violent crime……….
Motor Murder and
Aggravated Larceny- Vehicle Serious
Robbery Assault Total Burglary Theft Theft Year Crime Total
15,287 18,796 508,511 143,102 311,956 53,453 1960 33.1% 6.9%
14,832 19,684 521,008 146,615 319,834 54,559 1961 33.0% 6.8%
15,598 20,645 564,451 158,523 348,373 57,555 1962 32.8% 6.6%
16,458 22,208 623,709 175,703 384,289 63,717 1963 32.7% 6.4%
18,667 24,998 700,630 196,883 427,960 75,787 1964 32.7% 6.4%
21,081 26,581 750,997 225,007 444,217 81,773 1965 34.5% 6.5%
22,317 30,101 802,944 241,666 474,122 87,156 1966 34.8% 6.7%
28,539 33,076 900,757 276,958 526,477 97,322 1967 35.6% 7.0%
36,991 37,408 1,018,363 316,081 582,838 119,444 1968 36.1% 7.4%
39,240 42,199 1,096,083 325,891 638,249 131,943 1969 35.1% 7.6%
41,277 45,083 1,170,113 349,788 682,811 137,514 1970 35.1% 7.5%
47,626 48,304 1,248,069 392,277 711,417 144,375 1971 36.7% 7.8%
48,829 51,920 1,201,968 398,960 663,568 139,440 1972 38.8% 8.4%
49,531 56,813 1,182,309 407,824 643,488 130,997 1973 40.4% 9.0%
52,822 64,357 1,303,810 433,194 737,067 133,549 1974 39.2% 8.9%
59,827 67,999 1,387,451 469,726 784,639 133,086 1975 39.9% 9.1%
59,318 72,889 1,412,716 467,980 806,086 138,650 1976 39.3% 9.3%
62,852 78,390 1,380,039 468,452 766,317 145,270 1977 40.6% 10.1%
68,235 83,464 1,420,857 488,966 777,783 154,108 1978 41.3% 10.4%
75,767 93,129 1,511,021 496,310 847,148 167,563 1979 40.1% 10.9%
90,420 102,766 1,633,042 545,138 913,070 174,834 1980 41.0% 11.4%
93,781 97,995 1,625,302 540,806 921,939 162,557 1981 40.9% 11.4%
91,988 94,133 1,599,827 499,466 935,831 164,530 1982 38.9% 11.2%
85,826 93,933 1,486,487 460,460 867,123 158,904 1983 39.0% 11.6%
83,924 97,246 1,461,731 443,094 857,328 161,309 1984 38.5% 11.8%
86,387 101,185 1,516,710 448,506 890,967 177,237 1985 37.8% 11.7%
92,512 140,701 1,576,299 457,698 913,004 205,597 1986 38.7% 13.6%
83,341 155,569 1,545,928 419,969 896,335 229,624 1987 37.4% 14.1%
86,141 161,055 1,607,180 407,631 933,636 265,913 1988 35.8% 14.0%
96,431 172,581 1,681,516 410,468 972,603 298,445 1989 35.3% 14.5%
112,208 182,602 1,654,186 400,392 951,580 302,214 1990 36.2% 15.8%
124,939 189,428 1,726,391 424,656 986,120 315,615 1991 36.7% 16.1%
130,897 198,045 1,716,137 427,491 968,534 320,112 1992 37.5% 16.8%
126,436 194,083 1,678,884 414,182 945,407 319,295 1993 37.2% 16.7%
112,160 191,548 1,622,102 384,257 929,640 308,205 1994 36.2% 16.4%
104,611 186,458 1,536,830 353,895 902,456 280,479 1995 35.8% 16.6%
94,222 167,614 1,385,135 312,212 830,457 242,466 1996 35.4% 16.6%
81,468 163,346 1,312,367 299,240 784,405 228,722 1997 35.5% 16.4%
68,782 149,148 1,188,791 269,012 724,262 195,517 1998 35.2% 16.2%
60,039 136,472 1,053,285 223,814 660,991 168,480 1999 34.2% 16.5%
60,249 138,418 1,056,183 222,293 651,855 182,035 2000 34.2% 16.6%
64,545 136,143 1,133,702 232,000 697,669 204,033 2001 33.0% 15.8%
64,968 130,827 1,176,484 238,428 715,692 222,364 2002 32.3% 15.0%
63,770 129,380 1,215,086 242,274 731,486 241,326 2003 31.5% 14.5%
61,768 124,295 ######## 245,903 728,687 252,604 2004 31.2% 13.9%
63,622 114,661 ######## 250,521 692,467 257,543 2005 31.7% 13.7%
70,968 111,455 ######## 246,464 666,860 242,693 2006 32.6% 14.4%
70,542 109,210 ####### 237,025 652,243 219,392 2007 32.9% 14.7%
69,385 104,743 ####### 237,835 650,385 192,527 2008 33.4% 14.6%
64,093 99,681 ####### 230,137 615,456 164,021 2009 34.2% 14.7%
California
Crimes as a percentage of total/index crime, trends, year
Source: FBI
............... .............. Property crime...... ............... Violent crime..
Motor Murder and
Aggravated Property Larceny- Vehicle Trend Serious Violent
Robbery Assault Crime Burglary Theft Theft Period Crime Crime
-3.0% 4.7% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.1% 1960 to 1961 -0.1% -0.8%
5.2% 4.9% 8.3% 8.1% 8.9% 5.5% 1961 to 1962 -0.7% -3.4%
5.5% 7.6% 10.5% 10.8% 10.3% 10.7% 1962 to 1963 -0.2% -3.4%
13.4% 12.6% 12.3% 12.1% 11.4% 18.9% 1963 to 1964 -0.1% 0.7%
12.9% 6.3% 7.2% 14.3% 3.8% 7.9% 1964 to 1965 5.6% 1.8%
5.9% 13.2% 6.9% 7.4% 6.7% 6.6% 1965 to 1966 0.7% 2.7%
27.9% 9.9% 12.2% 14.6% 11.0% 11.7% 1966 to 1967 2.3% 3.9%
29.6% 13.1% 13.1% 14.1% 10.7% 22.7% 1967 to 1968 1.6% 6.1%
6.1% 12.8% 7.6% 3.1% 9.5% 10.5% 1968 to 1969 -3.0% 2.5%
5.2% 6.8% 6.8% 7.3% 7.0% 4.2% 1969 to 1970 0.2% -1.2%
15.4% 7.1% 6.7% 12.1% 4.2% 5.0% 1970 to 1971 4.6% 3.5%
2.5% 7.5% -3.7% 1.7% -6.7% -3.4% 1971 to 1972 5.7% 8.8%
1.4% 9.4% -1.6% 2.2% -3.0% -6.1% 1972 to 1973 4.0% 6.4%
6.6% 13.3% 10.3% 6.2% 14.5% 1.9% 1973 to 1974 -3.0% -0.6%
13.3% 5.7% 6.4% 8.4% 6.5% -0.3% 1974 to 1975 1.8% 2.0%
-0.9% 7.2% 1.8% -0.4% 2.7% 4.2% 1975 to 1976 -1.4% 1.7%
6.0% 7.5% -2.3% 0.1% -4.9% 4.8% 1976 to 1977 3.3% 8.9%
8.6% 6.5% 3.0% 4.4% 1.5% 6.1% 1977 to 1978 1.6% 3.6%
11.0% 11.6% 6.3% 1.5% 8.9% 8.7% 1978 to 1979 -2.7% 4.0%
19.3% 10.3% 8.1% 9.8% 7.8% 4.3% 1979 to 1980 2.1% 5.0%
3.7% -4.6% -0.5% -0.8% 1.0% -7.0% 1980 to 1981 -0.3% -0.3%
-1.9% -3.9% -1.6% -7.6% 1.5% 1.2% 1981 to 1982 -4.8% -1.6%
-6.7% -0.2% -7.1% -7.8% -7.3% -3.4% 1982 to 1983 0.1% 3.5%
-2.2% 3.5% -1.7% -3.8% -1.1% 1.5% 1983 to 1984 -1.1% 2.0%
2.9% 4.1% 3.8% 1.2% 3.9% 9.9% 1984 to 1985 -1.8% -0.5%
7.1% 39.1% 3.9% 2.0% 2.5% 16.0% 1985 to 1986 2.3% 15.9%
-9.9% 10.6% -1.9% -8.2% -1.8% 11.7% 1986 to 1987 -3.2% 3.7%
3.4% 3.5% 4.0% -2.9% 4.2% 15.8% 1987 to 1988 -4.3% -0.7%
11.9% 7.2% 4.6% 0.7% 4.2% 12.2% 1988 to 1989 -1.4% 3.2%
16.4% 5.8% -1.6% -2.5% -2.2% 1.3% 1989 to 1990 2.4% 9.5%
11.3% 3.7% 4.4% 6.1% 3.6% 4.4% 1990 to 1991 1.5% 1.7%
4.8% 4.5% -0.6% 0.7% -1.8% 1.4% 1991 to 1992 2.1% 4.2%
-3.4% -2.0% -2.2% -3.1% -2.4% -0.3% 1992 to 1993 -0.7% -0.4%
-11.3% -1.3% -3.4% -7.2% -1.7% -3.5% 1993 to 1994 -2.8% -1.7%
-6.7% -2.7% -5.3% -7.9% -2.9% -9.0% 1994 to 1995 -1.2% 1.0%
-9.9% -10.1% -9.9% -11.8% -8.0% -13.6% 1995 to 1996 -1.1% -0.0%
-13.5% -2.5% -5.3% -4.2% -5.5% -5.7% 1996 to 1997 0.3% -1.0%
-15.6% -8.7% -9.4% -10.1% -7.7% -14.5% 1997 to 1998 -0.8% -1.2%
-12.7% -8.5% -11.4% -16.8% -8.7% -13.8% 1998 to 1999 -2.7% 1.7%
0.3% 1.4% 0.3% -0.7% -1.4% 8.0% 1999 to 2000 -0.2% 0.8%
7.1% -1.6% 7.3% 4.4% 7.0% 12.1% 2000 to 2001 -3.3% -4.9%
0.7% -3.9% 3.8% 2.8% 2.6% 9.0% 2001 to 2002 -2.3% -4.8%
-1.8% -1.1% 3.3% 1.6% 2.2% 8.5% 2002 to 2003 -2.3% -3.8%
-3.1% -3.9% 1.0% 1.5% -0.4% 4.7% 2003 to 2004 -1.2% -4.0%
3.0% -7.8% -2.2% 1.9% -5.0% 2.0% 2004 to 2005 1.7% -1.6%
11.5% -2.8% -3.7% -1.6% -3.7% -5.8% 2005 to 2006 3.0% 5.1%
-0.6% -2.0% -4.1% -3.8% -2.2% -9.6% 2006 to 2007 0.9% 2.2%
-1.6% -4.1% -2.5% 0.3% -0.3% -12.2% 2007 to 2008 1.5% -0.5%
-7.6% -4.8% -6.6% -3.2% -5.4% -14.8% 2008 to 2009 2.3% 0.7%
California
Crimes as a percentage of total/index crime, trends, each
Source: FBI
............... .............. Property crime...... ............... Violent crime..
Motor Murder and
Aggravated Property Larceny- Vehicle Trend Serious Violent
Robbery Assault Crime Burglary Theft Theft Period Crime Crime
319.3% 430.3% 98.5% 60.8% 97.3% 206.9% 1960 to 2009 3.3% 114.2%
332.1% 406.4% 93.8% 57.0% 92.4% 200.6% 1961 to 2009 3.4% 115.9%
310.9% 382.8% 78.9% 45.2% 76.7% 185.0% 1962 to 2009 4.1% 123.5%
289.4% 348.9% 61.9% 31.0% 60.2% 157.4% 1963 to 2009 4.4% 131.4%
243.3% 298.8% 44.1% 16.9% 43.8% 116.4% 1964 to 2009 4.5% 129.7%
204.0% 275.0% 34.4% 2.3% 38.5% 100.6% 1965 to 2009 -1.1% 125.5%
187.2% 231.2% 25.7% -4.8% 29.8% 88.2% 1966 to 2009 -1.8% 119.7%
124.6% 201.4% 12.1% -16.9% 16.9% 68.5% 1967 to 2009 -3.9% 111.5%
73.3% 166.5% -0.9% -27.2% 5.6% 37.3% 1968 to 2009 -5.4% 99.3%
63.3% 136.2% -7.9% -29.4% -3.6% 24.3% 1969 to 2009 -2.5% 94.4%
55.3% 121.1% -13.7% -34.2% -9.9% 19.3% 1970 to 2009 -2.8% 96.7%
34.6% 106.4% -19.1% -41.3% -13.5% 13.6% 1971 to 2009 -7.0% 90.1%
31.3% 92.0% -16.0% -42.3% -7.3% 17.6% 1972 to 2009 -12.0% 74.8%
29.4% 75.5% -14.6% -43.6% -4.4% 25.2% 1973 to 2009 -15.4% 64.2%
21.3% 54.9% -22.6% -46.9% -16.5% 22.8% 1974 to 2009 -12.8% 65.2%
7.1% 46.6% -27.2% -51.0% -21.6% 23.2% 1975 to 2009 -14.3% 62.0%
8.0% 36.8% -28.5% -50.8% -23.6% 18.3% 1976 to 2009 -13.1% 59.2%
2.0% 27.2% -26.8% -50.9% -19.7% 12.9% 1977 to 2009 -15.8% 46.3%
-6.1% 19.4% -28.9% -52.9% -20.9% 6.4% 1978 to 2009 -17.2% 41.1%
-15.4% 7.0% -33.2% -53.6% -27.3% -2.1% 1979 to 2009 -14.9% 35.7%
-29.1% -3.0% -38.2% -57.8% -32.6% -6.2% 1980 to 2009 -16.6% 29.2%
-31.7% 1.7% -37.9% -57.4% -33.2% 0.9% 1981 to 2009 -16.4% 29.6%
-30.3% 5.9% -36.9% -53.9% -34.2% -0.3% 1982 to 2009 -12.2% 31.8%
-25.3% 6.1% -32.1% -50.0% -29.0% 3.2% 1983 to 2009 -12.3% 27.3%
-23.6% 2.5% -30.9% -48.1% -28.2% 1.7% 1984 to 2009 -11.3% 24.8%
-25.8% -1.5% -33.4% -48.7% -30.9% -7.5% 1985 to 2009 -9.7% 25.5%
-30.7% -29.2% -36.0% -49.7% -32.6% -20.2% 1986 to 2009 -11.7% 8.2%
-23.1% -35.9% -34.7% -45.2% -31.3% -28.6% 1987 to 2009 -8.7% 4.4%
-25.6% -38.1% -37.2% -43.5% -34.1% -38.3% 1988 to 2009 -4.6% 5.1%
-33.5% -42.2% -40.0% -43.9% -36.7% -45.0% 1989 to 2009 -3.3% 1.9%
-42.9% -45.4% -39.0% -42.5% -35.3% -45.7% 1990 to 2009 -5.6% -6.9%
-48.7% -47.4% -41.5% -45.8% -37.6% -48.0% 1991 to 2009 -7.0% -8.4%
-51.0% -49.7% -41.2% -46.2% -36.5% -48.8% 1992 to 2009 -8.9% -12.1%
-49.3% -48.6% -39.9% -44.4% -34.9% -48.6% 1993 to 2009 -8.3% -11.7%
-42.9% -48.0% -37.8% -40.1% -33.8% -46.8% 1994 to 2009 -5.6% -10.2%
-38.7% -46.5% -34.3% -35.0% -31.8% -41.5% 1995 to 2009 -4.5% -11.1%
-32.0% -40.5% -27.1% -26.3% -25.9% -32.4% 1996 to 2009 -3.4% -11.1%
-21.3% -39.0% -23.1% -23.1% -21.5% -28.3% 1997 to 2009 -3.7% -10.2%
-6.8% -33.2% -15.1% -14.5% -15.0% -16.1% 1998 to 2009 -2.8% -9.1%
6.8% -27.0% -4.1% 2.8% -6.9% -2.6% 1999 to 2009 -0.2% -10.6%
6.4% -28.0% -4.4% 3.5% -5.6% -9.9% 2000 to 2009 0.0% -11.4%
-0.7% -26.8% -10.9% -0.8% -11.8% -19.6% 2001 to 2009 3.4% -6.8%
-1.3% -23.8% -14.2% -3.5% -14.0% -26.2% 2002 to 2009 5.9% -2.1%
0.5% -23.0% -16.9% -5.0% -15.9% -32.0% 2003 to 2009 8.4% 1.8%
3.8% -19.8% -17.7% -6.4% -15.5% -35.1% 2004 to 2009 9.7% 6.0%
0.7% -13.1% -15.9% -8.1% -11.1% -36.3% 2005 to 2009 7.8% 7.7%
-9.7% -10.6% -12.7% -6.6% -7.7% -32.4% 2006 to 2009 4.7% 2.5%
-9.1% -8.7% -8.9% -2.9% -5.6% -25.2% 2007 to 2009 3.7% 0.2%
-7.6% -4.8% -6.6% -3.2% -5.4% -14.8% 2008 to 2009 2.3% 0.7%
Rape Rates, 1960-2009
1974
1976
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
California
mes, 1960-present Crimes as % of serious and violent
Source: FBI
Serious Crimes
Violent crime………. ................ ............... .............. Property crime...... ............... ...............
Murder and Motor Murder and
Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated Larceny- Vehicle Violent
Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Total Burglary Theft Theft Year Crime
0.1% 0.5% 2.8% 3.4% 93.1% 26.2% 57.1% 9.8% 1960 20.8%
0.1% 0.5% 2.7% 3.5% 93.2% 26.2% 57.2% 9.8% 1961 20.6%
0.1% 0.5% 2.6% 3.4% 93.4% 26.2% 57.6% 9.5% 1962 20.1%
0.1% 0.5% 2.5% 3.3% 93.6% 26.4% 57.7% 9.6% 1963 19.4%
0.1% 0.5% 2.5% 3.3% 93.6% 26.3% 57.2% 10.1% 1964 19.6%
0.1% 0.5% 2.6% 3.3% 93.5% 28.0% 55.3% 10.2% 1965 18.9%
0.1% 0.5% 2.6% 3.5% 93.3% 28.1% 55.1% 10.1% 1966 19.3%
0.1% 0.5% 2.9% 3.4% 93.0% 28.6% 54.4% 10.1% 1967 19.6%
0.1% 0.5% 3.4% 3.4% 92.6% 28.7% 53.0% 10.9% 1968 20.5%
0.1% 0.6% 3.3% 3.6% 92.4% 27.5% 53.8% 11.1% 1969 21.6%
0.1% 0.6% 3.3% 3.6% 92.5% 27.7% 54.0% 10.9% 1970 21.3%
0.1% 0.5% 3.5% 3.6% 92.2% 29.0% 52.6% 10.7% 1971 21.1%
0.1% 0.6% 3.7% 4.0% 91.6% 30.4% 50.6% 10.6% 1972 21.7%
0.1% 0.6% 3.8% 4.4% 91.0% 31.4% 49.5% 10.1% 1973 22.2%
0.1% 0.6% 3.7% 4.5% 91.1% 30.3% 51.5% 9.3% 1974 22.8%
0.1% 0.6% 3.9% 4.5% 90.9% 30.8% 51.4% 8.7% 1975 22.8%
0.1% 0.6% 3.8% 4.7% 90.7% 30.1% 51.8% 8.9% 1976 23.5%
0.2% 0.7% 4.1% 5.1% 89.9% 30.5% 49.9% 9.5% 1977 24.8%
0.2% 0.7% 4.3% 5.3% 89.6% 30.8% 49.0% 9.7% 1978 25.3%
0.2% 0.7% 4.5% 5.5% 89.1% 29.3% 50.0% 9.9% 1979 27.1%
0.2% 0.7% 4.9% 5.6% 88.6% 29.6% 49.5% 9.5% 1980 27.8%
0.2% 0.7% 5.1% 5.3% 88.6% 29.5% 50.3% 8.9% 1981 27.8%
0.2% 0.7% 5.1% 5.2% 88.8% 27.7% 52.0% 9.1% 1982 28.7%
0.2% 0.7% 5.1% 5.6% 88.4% 27.4% 51.6% 9.5% 1983 29.7%
0.2% 0.7% 5.1% 5.9% 88.2% 26.7% 51.7% 9.7% 1984 30.6%
0.2% 0.7% 5.0% 5.9% 88.3% 26.1% 51.8% 10.3% 1985 31.0%
0.2% 0.7% 5.1% 7.7% 86.4% 25.1% 50.0% 11.3% 1986 35.2%
0.2% 0.7% 4.6% 8.6% 85.9% 23.3% 49.8% 12.8% 1987 37.7%
0.2% 0.6% 4.6% 8.6% 86.0% 21.8% 50.0% 14.2% 1988 39.1%
0.2% 0.6% 4.9% 8.8% 85.5% 20.9% 49.5% 15.2% 1989 40.9%
0.2% 0.6% 5.7% 9.3% 84.2% 20.4% 48.4% 15.4% 1990 43.7%
0.2% 0.6% 6.1% 9.2% 83.9% 20.6% 47.9% 15.3% 1991 43.8%
0.2% 0.6% 6.3% 9.6% 83.2% 20.7% 47.0% 15.5% 1992 44.7%
0.2% 0.6% 6.3% 9.6% 83.3% 20.6% 46.9% 15.8% 1993 44.8%
0.2% 0.6% 5.8% 9.9% 83.6% 19.8% 47.9% 15.9% 1994 45.3%
0.2% 0.6% 5.7% 10.1% 83.4% 19.2% 49.0% 15.2% 1995 46.3%
0.2% 0.6% 5.7% 10.1% 83.4% 18.8% 50.0% 14.6% 1996 46.8%
0.2% 0.6% 5.2% 10.4% 83.6% 19.1% 50.0% 14.6% 1997 46.3%
0.2% 0.7% 4.8% 10.5% 83.8% 19.0% 51.1% 13.8% 1998 46.1%
0.2% 0.7% 4.8% 10.8% 83.5% 17.7% 52.4% 13.4% 1999 48.2%
0.2% 0.8% 4.8% 10.9% 83.4% 17.5% 51.5% 14.4% 2000 48.6%
0.2% 0.7% 4.8% 10.1% 84.2% 17.2% 51.8% 15.2% 2001 47.8%
0.2% 0.7% 4.7% 9.4% 85.0% 17.2% 51.7% 16.1% 2002 46.6%
0.2% 0.7% 4.5% 9.1% 85.5% 17.1% 51.5% 17.0% 2003 45.9%
0.2% 0.7% 4.3% 8.7% 86.1% 17.3% 51.1% 17.7% 2004 44.6%
0.2% 0.7% 4.6% 8.2% 86.3% 18.0% 49.8% 18.5% 2005 43.2%
0.2% 0.7% 5.3% 8.3% 85.6% 18.3% 49.4% 18.0% 2006 44.1%
0.2% 0.7% 5.4% 8.4% 85.3% 18.2% 50.2% 16.9% 2007 44.6%
0.2% 0.7% 5.5% 8.3% 85.4% 18.8% 51.4% 15.2% 2008 43.8%
0.2% 0.7% 5.4% 8.4% 85.3% 19.4% 52.0% 13.9% 2009 43.1%
California
of total/index crime, trends, year to year, 1960-present Crimes as % of serious and violent
Source: FBI
Serious Crimes
Violent crime.. ................ ............... .............. Property crime...... ...............
Murder and Motor Murder and
Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated Property Larceny- Vehicle Violent
Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Crime Burglary Theft Theft Year Crime
-4.1% 3.6% -5.2% 2.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% -0.3% 1960 to 1961 -0.7%
0.5% -10.1% -2.7% -3.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.8% -2.4% 1961 to 1962 -2.7%
-7.1% -5.2% -4.3% -2.4% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 0.4% 1962 to 1963 -3.2%
-2.2% 4.6% 0.9% 0.2% -0.1% -0.3% -0.9% 5.8% 1963 to 1964 0.8%
10.8% 1.6% 5.2% -0.9% -0.1% 6.5% -3.3% 0.5% 1964 to 1965 -3.5%
-7.9% 4.8% -1.2% 5.7% -0.2% 0.3% -0.4% -0.5% 1965 to 1966 1.9%
6.4% -3.9% 13.7% -2.3% -0.3% 1.9% -1.3% -0.7% 1966 to 1967 1.6%
-2.5% 5.5% 14.1% -0.4% -0.5% 0.5% -2.5% 8.1% 1967 to 1968 4.5%
11.8% 13.9% -1.6% 4.6% -0.2% -4.4% 1.5% 2.4% 1968 to 1969 5.7%
-6.9% -6.9% -1.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.6% 0.3% -2.3% 1969 to 1970 -1.4%
11.6% -2.6% 7.9% 0.2% -0.3% 4.8% -2.6% -1.8% 1970 to 1971 -1.0%
12.4% 14.7% 5.7% 10.8% -0.7% 4.8% -3.9% -0.5% 1971 to 1972 2.9%
5.1% 3.9% 2.5% 10.6% -0.6% 3.3% -2.0% -5.1% 1972 to 1973 2.4%
-3.3% -7.8% -3.2% 2.8% 0.1% -3.6% 3.9% -7.5% 1973 to 1974 2.4%
4.4% -2.8% 6.2% -0.9% -0.2% 1.7% -0.2% -6.5% 1974 to 1975 0.2%
-1.5% 7.0% -2.8% 5.1% -0.2% -2.3% 0.7% 2.1% 1975 to 1976 3.2%
14.9% 14.2% 7.5% 9.1% -0.9% 1.5% -3.6% 6.3% 1976 to 1977 5.4%
0.4% 1.1% 5.0% 3.0% -0.4% 1.0% -1.8% 2.6% 1977 to 1978 2.0%
5.8% 1.2% 3.9% 4.4% -0.5% -5.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1978 to 1979 6.9%
6.3% 2.9% 9.7% 1.5% -0.6% 1.0% -0.9% -4.1% 1979 to 1980 2.9%
-7.4% -0.4% 4.3% -4.1% 0.0% -0.3% 1.5% -6.5% 1980 to 1981 0.0%
-10.0% -6.0% -0.1% -2.2% 0.2% -6.0% 3.3% 3.0% 1981 to 1982 3.3%
1.8% 3.4% -0.0% 6.9% -0.4% -1.2% -0.7% 3.5% 1982 to 1983 3.3%
4.4% -1.9% -0.8% 5.0% -0.3% -2.4% 0.3% 3.0% 1983 to 1984 3.1%
-1.7% -5.9% -0.7% 0.3% 0.1% -2.4% 0.2% 6.0% 1984 to 1985 1.3%
3.3% -0.1% 0.9% 31.0% -2.1% -3.9% -3.5% 9.2% 1985 to 1986 13.4%
-2.4% 1.3% -8.7% 12.1% -0.6% -7.0% -0.5% 13.2% 1986 to 1987 7.1%
-3.3% -6.3% -0.5% -0.3% 0.1% -6.5% 0.3% 11.5% 1987 to 1988 3.8%
2.3% -3.4% 6.4% 1.9% -0.5% -4.3% -0.9% 6.7% 1988 to 1989 4.6%
12.5% 6.1% 16.4% 5.8% -1.6% -2.4% -2.1% 1.3% 1989 to 1990 6.9%
3.7% -2.9% 6.4% -0.9% -0.3% 1.3% -1.0% -0.2% 1990 to 1991 0.2%
1.4% -1.3% 4.6% 4.3% -0.8% 0.5% -2.0% 1.2% 1991 to 1992 2.0%
6.9% -5.7% -1.2% 0.3% 0.1% -0.9% -0.1% 2.0% 1992 to 1993 0.3%
-6.1% -3.0% -7.9% 2.5% 0.3% -3.7% 2.1% 0.2% 1993 to 1994 1.1%
0.5% 1.2% -1.7% 2.5% -0.2% -3.0% 2.3% -4.1% 1994 to 1995 2.2%
-8.4% 7.7% -0.1% -0.3% 0.0% -2.1% 2.1% -4.1% 1995 to 1996 1.1%
-6.5% 5.2% -8.6% 3.1% 0.2% 1.4% -0.1% -0.2% 1996 to 1997 -1.2%
-6.8% 6.2% -6.6% 1.0% 0.2% -0.5% 2.2% -5.4% 1997 to 1998 -0.4%
3.9% 7.7% -1.8% 2.9% -0.3% -6.4% 2.7% -3.1% 1998 to 1999 4.5%
3.2% 4.0% -0.1% 1.0% -0.2% -1.1% -1.8% 7.6% 1999 to 2000 1.0%
-0.2% -4.2% 0.8% -7.5% 1.0% -1.8% 0.7% 5.4% 2000 to 2001 -1.6%
5.6% -0.5% -2.1% -6.6% 0.9% -0.1% -0.3% 6.0% 2001 to 2002 -2.5%
-2.0% -4.5% -4.3% -3.6% 0.7% -0.9% -0.4% 5.8% 2002 to 2003 -1.6%
-0.9% -4.1% -3.5% -4.2% 0.7% 1.2% -0.7% 4.3% 2003 to 2004 -2.8%
7.2% 0.1% 5.6% -5.5% 0.3% 4.4% -2.6% 4.5% 2004 to 2005 -3.3%
2.3% 1.0% 14.9% 0.1% -0.8% 1.3% -0.8% -2.9% 2005 to 2006 2.1%
-5.5% 1.6% 3.3% 1.8% -0.4% -0.1% 1.6% -6.1% 2006 to 2007 1.3%
-2.7% 1.4% 1.0% -1.5% 0.1% 3.0% 2.4% -9.9% 2007 to 2008 -1.9%
-1.6% 4.6% -1.2% 1.7% -0.1% 3.5% 1.2% -8.9% 2008 to 2009 -1.5%
California
of total/index crime, trends, each year to present, 1960-present Crimes as % of serious and violent
Source: FBI
Serious Crimes
Violent crime.. ................ ............... .............. Property crime...... ...............
Murder and Motor Murder and
Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated Property Larceny- Vehicle Violent
Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Crime Burglary Theft Theft Year Crime
47.6% 40.5% 93.4% 144.6% -8.4% -25.8% -9.0% 41.5% 1960 to 2009 107.4%
53.9% 35.7% 104.1% 139.1% -8.5% -25.9% -9.1% 42.0% 1961 to 2009 108.8%
53.2% 50.9% 109.7% 146.4% -8.7% -25.9% -9.8% 45.4% 1962 to 2009 114.7%
64.8% 59.1% 119.1% 152.5% -8.9% -26.3% -9.9% 44.8% 1963 to 2009 121.7%
68.5% 52.1% 117.1% 152.1% -8.9% -26.1% -9.1% 36.8% 1964 to 2009 119.9%
52.1% 49.8% 106.3% 154.5% -8.8% -30.6% -6.0% 36.1% 1965 to 2009 128.0%
65.1% 42.9% 108.8% 140.7% -8.6% -30.8% -5.6% 36.8% 1966 to 2009 123.7%
55.2% 48.7% 83.6% 146.4% -8.3% -32.1% -4.4% 37.8% 1967 to 2009 120.2%
59.3% 40.9% 60.9% 147.5% -7.9% -32.4% -1.9% 27.5% 1968 to 2009 110.8%
42.5% 23.7% 63.6% 136.6% -7.7% -29.3% -3.4% 24.5% 1969 to 2009 99.5%
53.1% 32.9% 65.9% 136.2% -7.8% -29.7% -3.7% 27.4% 1970 to 2009 102.3%
37.2% 36.4% 53.8% 135.8% -7.6% -33.0% -1.2% 29.8% 1971 to 2009 104.4%
22.1% 18.9% 45.5% 112.8% -6.9% -36.1% 2.8% 30.4% 1972 to 2009 98.6%
16.2% 14.4% 41.9% 92.5% -6.3% -38.1% 4.9% 37.3% 1973 to 2009 94.0%
20.1% 24.0% 46.7% 87.2% -6.4% -35.8% 0.9% 48.5% 1974 to 2009 89.4%
15.1% 27.5% 38.1% 89.0% -6.2% -36.8% 1.1% 58.9% 1975 to 2009 89.0%
16.8% 19.2% 42.1% 79.8% -6.0% -35.3% 0.4% 55.5% 1976 to 2009 83.2%
1.6% 4.3% 32.2% 64.8% -5.2% -36.3% 4.1% 46.3% 1977 to 2009 73.8%
1.2% 3.2% 25.9% 60.0% -4.8% -36.9% 6.0% 42.6% 1978 to 2009 70.4%
-4.4% 1.9% 21.1% 53.2% -4.3% -33.6% 4.0% 40.1% 1979 to 2009 59.4%
-10.0% -0.9% 10.3% 51.0% -3.8% -34.3% 4.9% 46.0% 1980 to 2009 54.9%
-2.8% -0.5% 5.8% 57.5% -3.8% -34.1% 3.4% 56.3% 1981 to 2009 55.0%
7.9% 5.8% 6.0% 61.1% -4.0% -29.9% 0.0% 51.7% 1982 to 2009 50.0%
6.1% 2.3% 6.0% 50.7% -3.6% -29.0% 0.8% 46.5% 1983 to 2009 45.2%
1.6% 4.2% 6.9% 43.5% -3.3% -27.3% 0.5% 42.3% 1984 to 2009 40.8%
3.3% 10.7% 7.7% 43.0% -3.4% -25.5% 0.3% 34.3% 1985 to 2009 39.0%
0.0% 10.8% 6.8% 9.2% -1.3% -22.5% 3.9% 22.9% 1986 to 2009 22.6%
2.5% 9.4% 16.9% -2.6% -0.7% -16.7% 4.4% 8.6% 1987 to 2009 14.4%
6.0% 16.8% 17.4% -2.3% -0.8% -10.9% 4.1% -2.6% 1988 to 2009 10.2%
3.7% 20.9% 10.3% -4.1% -0.3% -6.9% 5.0% -8.8% 1989 to 2009 5.4%
-7.9% 14.0% -5.2% -9.4% 1.3% -4.6% 7.3% -9.9% 1990 to 2009 -1.4%
-11.2% 17.4% -10.9% -8.6% 1.6% -5.8% 8.5% -9.7% 1991 to 2009 -1.6%
-12.4% 18.9% -14.7% -12.4% 2.4% -6.3% 10.6% -10.8% 1992 to 2009 -3.5%
-18.1% 26.0% -13.7% -12.6% 2.4% -5.4% 10.8% -12.6% 1993 to 2009 -3.8%
-12.7% 30.0% -6.4% -14.7% 2.0% -1.8% 8.5% -12.8% 1994 to 2009 -4.8%
-13.1% 28.4% -4.7% -16.8% 2.2% 1.2% 6.1% -9.0% 1995 to 2009 -6.9%
-5.2% 19.3% -4.6% -16.6% 2.2% 3.3% 3.9% -5.2% 1996 to 2009 -7.9%
1.4% 13.4% 4.3% -19.1% 2.0% 2.0% 4.0% -4.9% 1997 to 2009 -6.8%
8.8% 6.7% 11.6% -19.9% 1.8% 2.5% 1.8% 0.5% 1998 to 2009 -6.4%
4.8% -0.9% 13.7% -22.2% 2.1% 9.5% -0.8% 3.7% 1999 to 2009 -10.5%
1.5% -4.7% 13.8% -23.0% 2.3% 10.8% 1.0% -3.6% 2000 to 2009 -11.4%
1.7% -0.5% 12.9% -16.7% 1.3% 12.8% 0.3% -8.6% 2001 to 2009 -9.9%
-3.7% -0.1% 15.4% -10.9% 0.4% 12.9% 0.6% -13.7% 2002 to 2009 -7.5%
-1.7% 4.6% 20.6% -7.6% -0.3% 14.0% 0.9% -18.5% 2003 to 2009 -6.1%
-0.8% 9.1% 24.9% -3.5% -1.0% 12.7% 1.7% -21.8% 2004 to 2009 -3.3%
-7.5% 9.0% 18.3% 2.1% -1.2% 7.9% 4.4% -25.2% 2005 to 2009 -0.1%
-9.5% 7.8% 3.0% 2.0% -0.4% 6.5% 5.2% -22.9% 2006 to 2009 -2.1%
-4.2% 6.1% -0.3% 0.2% -0.0% 6.6% 3.6% -17.9% 2007 to 2009 -3.4%
-1.6% 4.6% -1.2% 1.7% -0.1% 3.5% 1.2% -8.9% 2008 to 2009 -1.5%
California
% of serious and violent crimes, 1960-present Prisoners under jurisdicti
Crimes as % of Violent Crimes Sources: crime, FBI; priso
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Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated Non-Negl. Aggravated
Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Year
0.3% 1.6% 8.5% 10.4% 79.2% 1.6% 7.6% 40.7% 50.0%
0.3% 1.6% 8.0% 10.7% 79.4% 1.6% 7.9% 38.9% 51.6%
0.3% 1.5% 7.9% 10.4% 79.9% 1.6% 7.4% 39.1% 51.8% 1,200.0
0.3% 1.4% 7.5% 10.2% 80.6% 1.6% 7.3% 38.8% 52.4%
0.3% 1.5% 7.6% 10.2% 80.4% 1.5% 7.5% 38.9% 52.1% 1,000.0
0.3% 1.4% 7.6% 9.6% 81.1% 1.7% 7.5% 40.2% 50.6%
800.0
0.3% 1.5% 7.5% 10.1% 80.7% 1.5% 7.7% 38.7% 52.2%
0.3% 1.4% 8.3% 9.6% 80.4% 1.5% 7.1% 42.3% 49.0%
600.0
0.3% 1.4% 9.3% 9.4% 79.5% 1.4% 7.1% 45.5% 46.0%
0.3% 1.7% 9.4% 10.1% 78.4% 1.5% 7.8% 43.7% 47.0% 400.0
0.3% 1.6% 9.3% 10.1% 78.7% 1.5% 7.4% 43.6% 47.6%
0.3% 1.5% 9.6% 9.7% 78.9% 1.6% 7.0% 45.4% 46.1% 200.0
0.4% 1.6% 9.6% 10.2% 78.3% 1.6% 7.3% 44.1% 46.9%
0.4% 1.6% 9.4% 10.8% 77.8% 1.6% 7.2% 42.5% 48.7% 0.0
1960
0.4% 1.5% 9.4% 11.5% 77.2% 1.6% 6.7% 41.4% 50.4%
0.4% 1.4% 9.8% 11.2% 77.2% 1.6% 6.3% 43.1% 49.0%
0.4% 1.6% 9.7% 11.9% 76.5% 1.5% 6.7% 41.2% 50.6%
0.4% 1.7% 10.1% 12.6% 75.2% 1.6% 7.0% 40.7% 50.7% 1977
0.4% 1.7% 10.4% 12.8% 74.7% 1.6% 6.8% 41.2% 50.4% 1978
0.4% 1.8% 11.1% 13.7% 72.9% 1.6% 6.6% 41.2% 50.6% 1979
0.5% 1.8% 12.0% 13.6% 72.2% 1.6% 6.5% 43.0% 48.9% 1980
0.4% 1.8% 12.5% 13.1% 72.2% 1.5% 6.5% 45.0% 47.0% 1981
0.4% 1.8% 13.1% 13.4% 71.3% 1.4% 6.2% 45.7% 46.7% 1982
0.4% 1.8% 13.1% 14.3% 70.3% 1.4% 6.2% 44.1% 48.3% 1983
0.4% 1.8% 13.1% 15.2% 69.4% 1.4% 6.0% 42.9% 49.7% 1984
0.4% 1.8% 13.3% 15.6% 69.0% 1.4% 5.7% 42.8% 50.2% 1985
0.4% 1.7% 13.1% 19.9% 64.8% 1.2% 4.9% 37.2% 56.6% 1986
0.4% 1.8% 12.4% 23.1% 62.3% 1.2% 4.8% 32.8% 61.3% 1987
0.4% 1.8% 12.9% 24.1% 60.9% 1.1% 4.5% 32.9% 61.5% 1988
0.5% 1.7% 13.9% 24.8% 59.1% 1.1% 4.2% 33.9% 60.7% 1989
0.5% 1.8% 15.8% 25.7% 56.3% 1.1% 4.1% 36.1% 58.7% 1990
0.5% 1.7% 16.5% 25.1% 56.2% 1.2% 3.9% 37.7% 57.2% 1991
0.5% 1.7% 16.9% 25.6% 55.3% 1.1% 3.7% 37.9% 57.3% 1992
0.5% 1.6% 16.8% 25.9% 55.2% 1.2% 3.5% 37.6% 57.7% 1993
0.5% 1.6% 16.0% 27.3% 54.7% 1.2% 3.4% 35.2% 60.2% 1994
0.5% 1.6% 15.9% 28.3% 53.7% 1.2% 3.5% 34.3% 61.1% 1995
0.5% 1.7% 16.0% 28.5% 53.2% 1.1% 3.7% 34.3% 61.0% 1996
0.5% 1.8% 14.6% 29.3% 53.7% 1.0% 4.0% 31.6% 63.4% 1997
0.4% 2.0% 13.8% 29.9% 53.9% 0.9% 4.3% 29.9% 64.9% 1998
0.5% 2.2% 13.9% 31.6% 51.8% 1.0% 4.5% 28.9% 65.6% 1999
0.5% 2.3% 13.9% 32.0% 51.4% 1.0% 4.6% 28.6% 65.7% 2000
0.5% 2.2% 14.5% 30.6% 52.2% 1.0% 4.7% 30.3% 64.0% 2001
0.5% 2.3% 14.5% 29.3% 53.4% 1.1% 4.9% 31.2% 62.8% 2002
0.5% 2.2% 14.2% 28.9% 54.1% 1.2% 4.9% 31.0% 62.9% 2003
0.5% 2.2% 13.9% 28.0% 55.4% 1.2% 4.9% 31.2% 62.8% 2004
0.6% 2.1% 14.4% 26.0% 56.8% 1.3% 4.9% 33.5% 60.3% 2005
0.6% 2.1% 16.1% 25.3% 55.9% 1.3% 4.7% 36.6% 57.4% 2006
0.5% 2.1% 16.5% 25.5% 55.4% 1.2% 4.7% 36.9% 57.2% 2007
0.5% 2.1% 16.4% 24.8% 56.2% 1.2% 4.8% 37.5% 56.6% 2008
0.5% 2.2% 15.8% 24.6% 56.9% 1.1% 5.0% 36.7% 57.1%
Source: FBI
% of serious and violent crimes, year-to-year, 1960-present Prisoners under jurisdicti
Crimes as % of Violent Crimes Trends, year-to-year, 1960
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Murder and Murder and
Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated Non-Negl. Aggravated Trend
Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Period
-4.0% 3.7% -5.1% 2.4% 0.2% -3.3% 4.4% -4.5% 3.1% 1977 to 1978
1.1% -9.5% -2.0% -2.3% 0.7% 4.0% -7.0% 0.7% 0.4% 1978 to 1979
-6.8% -4.9% -4.0% -2.2% 0.8% -3.8% -1.8% -0.9% 1.0% 1979 to 1980
-2.1% 4.7% 1.0% 0.3% -0.2% -2.9% 3.8% 0.2% -0.6% 1980 to 1981
5.0% -3.8% -0.3% -6.2% 0.9% 8.8% -0.2% 3.3% -2.7% 1981 to 1982
-8.6% 4.1% -1.9% 5.0% -0.4% -10.3% 2.1% -3.7% 3.0% 1982 to 1983
4.1% -6.0% 11.2% -4.5% -0.4% 2.4% -7.5% 9.4% -6.0% 1983 to 1984
-4.1% 3.9% 12.3% -2.0% -1.1% -8.2% -0.6% 7.5% -6.2% 1984 to 1985
15.2% 17.4% 1.4% 7.8% -1.5% 9.0% 11.1% -4.1% 2.0% 1985 to 1986
-7.1% -7.1% -1.6% -0.1% 0.4% -5.8% -5.8% -0.2% 1.4% 1986 to 1987
6.7% -6.8% 3.2% -4.2% 0.3% 7.8% -5.9% 4.2% -3.2% 1987 to 1988
6.4% 8.6% 0.0% 4.9% -0.8% 3.4% 5.5% -2.8% 1.9% 1988 to 1989
1.0% -0.1% -1.4% 6.3% -0.7% -1.3% -2.4% -3.7% 3.9% 1989 to 1990
-0.3% -5.0% -0.3% 5.9% -0.7% -2.7% -7.2% -2.6% 3.4% 1990 to 1991
2.6% -4.4% 4.4% -2.6% -0.1% 2.3% -4.7% 4.1% -2.9% 1991 to 1992
-0.1% 8.5% -1.4% 6.6% -0.9% -3.1% 5.2% -4.4% 3.3% 1992 to 1993
11.3% 10.6% 4.1% 5.6% -1.7% 5.6% 4.9% -1.3% 0.2% 1993 to 1994
-1.2% -0.5% 3.3% 1.3% -0.7% -3.1% -2.4% 1.3% -0.6% 1994 to 1995
8.8% 4.1% 6.8% 7.3% -2.3% 1.7% -2.7% -0.1% 0.4% 1995 to 1996
4.1% 0.8% 7.5% -0.6% -1.1% 1.2% -2.1% 4.5% -3.4% 1996 to 1997
-7.1% -0.1% 4.6% -3.9% 0.0% -7.1% -0.1% 4.6% -3.8% 1997 to 1998
-5.5% -1.3% 4.9% 2.7% -1.3% -8.5% -4.4% 1.5% -0.6% 1998 to 1999
1.6% 3.3% -0.2% 6.8% -1.3% -1.7% 0.0% -3.4% 3.3% 1999 to 2000
5.6% -0.8% 0.3% 6.2% -1.3% 2.4% -3.8% -2.8% 2.9% 2000 to 2001
0.1% -4.1% 1.1% 2.2% -0.6% -1.2% -5.4% -0.2% 0.9% 2001 to 2002
1.0% -2.3% -1.4% 28.1% -6.0% -10.9% -13.8% -13.0% 13.0% 2002 to 2003
0.8% 4.7% -5.6% 15.8% -3.9% -5.9% -2.3% -11.9% 8.1% 2003 to 2004
1.1% -2.1% 4.0% 4.2% -2.3% -2.6% -5.7% 0.2% 0.4% 2004 to 2005
3.7% -2.1% 7.9% 3.3% -2.9% -0.9% -6.4% 3.2% -1.2% 2005 to 2006
9.8% 3.5% 13.6% 3.3% -4.8% 2.8% -3.1% 6.3% -3.3% 2006 to 2007
2.2% -4.3% 4.8% -2.3% -0.2% 2.0% -4.5% 4.6% -2.5% 2007 to 2008
-0.7% -3.3% 2.4% 2.2% -1.6% -2.7% -5.2% 0.4% 0.2%
7.6% -5.0% -0.5% 0.9% -0.2% 7.3% -5.3% -0.8% 0.7%
-3.4% -0.3% -5.2% 5.4% -0.9% -4.5% -1.4% -6.3% 4.3%
1.7% 2.4% -0.6% 3.8% -1.8% -0.5% 0.3% -2.7% 1.6%
-7.3% 8.9% 1.1% 0.9% -1.0% -8.4% 7.7% -0.1% -0.2%
-6.7% 4.9% -8.8% 2.8% 1.1% -5.6% 6.2% -7.7% 4.0%
-6.0% 7.2% -5.8% 1.9% 0.3% -5.7% 7.6% -5.4% 2.3%
6.7% 10.6% 0.9% 5.7% -3.8% 2.1% 5.8% -3.5% 1.2%
3.4% 4.2% 0.1% 1.2% -0.9% 2.4% 3.2% -0.9% 0.1%
3.2% -1.0% 4.2% -4.3% 1.5% 5.0% 0.7% 6.0% -2.7%
8.1% 1.9% 0.2% -4.3% 2.3% 10.9% 4.6% 2.8% -1.8%
0.3% -2.2% -2.1% -1.3% 1.4% 1.9% -0.6% -0.5% 0.3%
0.2% -3.0% -2.3% -3.1% 2.4% 3.1% -0.2% 0.5% -0.3%
5.4% -1.6% 3.8% -7.1% 2.6% 9.0% 1.7% 7.3% -3.9%
-0.7% -1.9% 11.6% -2.8% -1.6% -2.7% -3.9% 9.3% -4.8%
-6.4% 0.7% 2.3% 0.9% -1.0% -7.6% -0.6% 1.0% -0.4%
-4.1% 0.0% -0.5% -2.9% 1.5% -2.2% 1.9% 1.5% -1.1%
-3.7% 2.3% -3.4% -0.5% 1.2% -2.3% 3.9% -2.0% 1.0%
% of serious and violent crimes, year-to-present, 1960-present
Crimes as % of Violent Crimes
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Murder and Murder and
Non-Neg. Forcible Aggravated Non-Negl. Aggravated Trend
Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Mansl. Rape Robbery Assault Period
42.9% 36.1% 87.2% 136.8% -28.2% -31.1% -34.4% -9.7% 14.2% 1977 to 2008
48.9% 31.2% 97.3% 131.3% -28.3% -28.7% -37.2% -5.5% 10.8% 1978 to 2008
47.2% 45.0% 101.5% 136.7% -28.8% -31.4% -32.4% -6.2% 10.3% 1979 to 2008
58.0% 52.5% 109.9% 142.0% -29.4% -28.8% -31.2% -5.3% 9.1% 1980 to 2008
61.3% 45.7% 107.8% 141.4% -29.2% -26.6% -33.8% -5.5% 9.8% 1981 to 2008
53.7% 51.4% 108.5% 157.2% -29.9% -32.6% -33.6% -8.5% 12.8% 1982 to 2008
68.1% 45.5% 112.5% 145.0% -29.5% -24.8% -35.0% -5.0% 9.6% 1983 to 2008
61.6% 54.8% 91.2% 156.5% -29.3% -26.6% -29.7% -13.2% 16.5% 1984 to 2008
68.4% 49.0% 70.2% 161.7% -28.5% -20.1% -29.3% -19.3% 24.2% 1985 to 2008
46.2% 26.9% 67.8% 142.7% -27.4% -26.7% -36.4% -15.9% 21.7% 1986 to 2008
57.5% 36.7% 70.6% 142.9% -27.7% -22.2% -32.5% -15.7% 20.1% 1987 to 2008
47.6% 46.7% 65.4% 153.6% -27.9% -27.8% -28.3% -19.1% 24.0% 1988 to 2008
38.7% 35.0% 65.3% 141.8% -27.3% -30.2% -32.0% -16.7% 21.8% 1989 to 2008
37.3% 35.1% 67.7% 127.4% -26.9% -29.2% -30.3% -13.5% 17.2% 1990 to 2008
37.7% 42.2% 68.2% 114.7% -26.4% -27.3% -24.9% -11.2% 13.3% 1991 to 2008
34.3% 48.8% 61.1% 120.5% -26.3% -29.0% -21.3% -14.7% 16.7% 1992 to 2008
34.4% 37.1% 63.4% 106.9% -25.6% -26.7% -25.2% -10.8% 12.9% 1993 to 2008
20.7% 23.9% 57.0% 95.8% -24.3% -30.5% -28.7% -9.6% 12.7% 1994 to 2008
22.2% 24.6% 52.0% 93.2% -23.9% -28.3% -26.9% -10.8% 13.4% 1995 to 2008
12.3% 19.7% 42.3% 80.0% -22.0% -29.5% -24.9% -10.7% 12.9% 1996 to 2008
7.9% 18.8% 32.3% 81.1% -21.2% -30.3% -23.3% -14.6% 16.9% 1997 to 2008
16.2% 18.9% 26.6% 88.4% -21.2% -25.0% -23.2% -18.3% 21.6% 1998 to 2008
22.9% 20.5% 20.7% 83.4% -20.2% -18.1% -19.7% -19.6% 22.3% 1999 to 2008
21.0% 16.6% 20.9% 71.8% -19.1% -16.7% -19.7% -16.7% 18.3% 2000 to 2008
14.6% 17.5% 20.6% 61.8% -18.0% -18.6% -16.5% -14.4% 14.9% 2001 to 2008
14.4% 22.6% 19.2% 58.3% -17.5% -17.7% -11.8% -14.2% 13.9% 2002 to 2008
13.3% 25.5% 20.9% 23.6% -12.3% -7.6% 2.4% -1.4% 0.9% 2003 to 2008
12.3% 19.9% 28.1% 6.7% -8.7% -1.8% 4.7% 11.9% -6.7% 2004 to 2008
11.1% 22.4% 23.1% 2.4% -6.6% 0.8% 11.0% 11.7% -7.1% 2005 to 2008
7.2% 25.0% 14.1% -0.8% -3.7% 1.7% 18.6% 8.2% -5.9% 2006 to 2008
-2.4% 20.8% 0.4% -4.0% 1.1% -1.0% 22.4% 1.8% -2.7% 2007 to 2008
-4.5% 26.2% -4.2% -1.7% 1.2% -3.0% 28.2% -2.6% -0.1%
-3.9% 30.5% -6.4% -3.8% 2.9% -0.4% 35.3% -3.0% -0.3%
-10.7% 37.4% -6.0% -4.7% 3.1% -7.2% 42.8% -2.3% -1.0%
-7.5% 37.8% -0.8% -9.6% 4.0% -2.8% 44.8% 4.3% -5.0%
-9.0% 34.5% -0.2% -12.9% 5.9% -2.3% 44.4% 7.2% -6.5%
-1.9% 23.4% -1.3% -13.7% 7.0% 6.6% 34.1% 7.2% -6.3%
5.2% 17.7% 8.3% -16.0% 5.8% 12.9% 26.3% 16.2% -9.9%
12.0% 9.8% 14.9% -17.6% 5.5% 19.7% 17.4% 22.8% -11.9%
4.9% -0.7% 13.9% -22.1% 9.7% 17.2% 10.9% 27.2% -13.0%
1.5% -4.7% 13.8% -23.0% 10.8% 14.5% 7.5% 28.4% -13.1%
-1.7% -3.8% 9.2% -19.5% 9.1% 9.1% 6.7% 21.2% -10.7%
-9.1% -5.6% 8.9% -15.9% 6.6% -1.6% 2.1% 17.8% -9.0%
-9.3% -3.5% 11.2% -14.7% 5.1% -3.5% 2.7% 18.4% -9.2%
-9.5% -0.6% 13.9% -12.0% 2.7% -6.4% 2.9% 17.8% -8.9%
-14.2% 1.0% 9.7% -5.3% 0.1% -14.1% 1.1% 9.8% -5.2%
-13.6% 3.0% -1.7% -2.6% 1.7% -11.7% 5.2% 0.5% -0.5%
-7.7% 2.3% -3.9% -3.4% 2.7% -4.5% 5.9% -0.5% -0.1%
-3.7% 2.3% -3.4% -0.5% 1.2% -2.3% 3.9% -2.0% 1.0%
Prisoners under jurisdiction, sentenced to more than one year
Sources: crime, FBI; prisoners, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Prisoners Prisoners Prisoners
per 500 per 1,000 per
Violent Serious 100,000
Prisoners Crimes Crimes Pop.
Violent
crimes per
100,000 pop.
Prisoners
per 500
violent
crimes
Prisoners
per 1K
serious
crimes
Prisoners
per 100K
1988
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
pop.
19,623 63.5 31.5 89.6
21,325 64.4 32.6 95.7
22,632 61.5 33.3 99.7
24,569 58.4 32.5 104.4
29,202 70.0 39.0 120.9
34,640 86.0 49.4 140.1
39,373 101.2 60.1 156.4
43,197 110.4 67.6 168.6
50,158 124.3 77.1 190.2
59,484 119.7 84.2 220.5
66,975 131.9 99.4 242.1
76,171 145.4 113.8 270.4
87,297 153.6 125.7 300.4
97,309 156.4 136.8 327.0
101,808 153.7 134.7 335.1
109,496 158.4 141.6 354.7
119,951 178.3 159.8 384.3
126,091 198.0 179.5 401.2
135,646 222.3 205.8 429.4
146,049 265.5 248.7 458.1
155,790 302.4 279.8 482.8
160,127 348.3 321.0 490.2
163,067 392.2 377.7 492.0
163,001 387.1 376.6 481.2
159,444 374.5 358.4 462.1
162,317 389.5 363.3 463.7
164,487 400.1 367.3 463.5
166,556 420.4 375.1 464.0
170,676 448.7 387.3 472.1
175,512 452.1 398.4 481.4
174,282 456.2 407.2 476.8
173,670 468.9 410.6 472.5
Prisoners under jurisdiction, sentenced to more than one year
Trends, year-to-year, 1960-present
Prisoners Prisoners Prisoners
per 1,000 per 1,000 per
Violent Serious 100,000
Prisoners Crimes Crimes Pop.
8.7% 1.4% 3.4% 6.7%
6.1% -4.5% 2.1% 4.2%
8.6% -5.0% -2.2% 4.7%
18.9% 19.9% 19.8% 15.8%
18.6% 22.8% 26.8% 15.9%
13.7% 17.7% 21.6% 11.6%
9.7% 9.1% 12.5% 7.8%
16.1% 12.6% 14.0% 12.8%
18.6% -3.7% 9.2% 15.9%
12.6% 10.1% 18.0% 9.8%
13.7% 10.3% 14.5% 11.7%
14.6% 5.6% 10.5% 11.1%
11.5% 1.8% 8.8% 8.9%
4.6% -1.7% -1.5% 2.5%
7.6% 3.0% 5.1% 5.9%
9.5% 12.6% 12.8% 8.3%
5.1% 11.1% 12.3% 4.4%
7.6% 12.2% 14.7% 7.0%
7.7% 19.5% 20.8% 6.7%
6.7% 13.9% 12.5% 5.4%
2.8% 15.2% 14.7% 1.5%
1.8% 12.6% 17.7% 0.4%
0.0% -1.3% -0.3% -2.2%
-2.2% -3.3% -4.8% -4.0%
1.8% 4.0% 1.4% 0.3%
1.3% 2.7% 1.1% 0.0%
1.3% 5.1% 2.1% 0.1%
2.5% 6.7% 3.2% 1.7%
2.8% 0.7% 2.9% 2.0%
-0.7% 0.9% 2.2% -1.0%
-0.4% 2.8% 0.8% -0.9%
Prisoners Prisoners Prisoners
per 1,000 per 1,000 per
Violent Serious 100,000
Prisoners Crimes Crimes Pop.
785.0% 638.8% 1203.5% 427.2%
714.4% 628.4% 1160.3% 394.0%
667.4% 662.9% 1134.3% 373.8%
606.9% 702.7% 1162.4% 352.6%
494.7% 569.6% 953.5% 290.9%
401.4% 445.4% 730.7% 237.2%
341.1% 363.3% 582.9% 202.1%
302.0% 324.7% 507.0% 180.3%
246.2% 277.3% 432.3% 148.4%
192.0% 291.6% 387.3% 114.3%
159.3% 255.6% 313.1% 95.2%
128.0% 222.5% 260.9% 74.7%
98.9% 205.3% 226.7% 57.3%
78.5% 199.8% 200.2% 44.5%
70.6% 205.0% 204.8% 41.0%
58.6% 196.0% 189.9% 33.2%
44.8% 163.0% 156.9% 22.9%
37.7% 136.8% 128.8% 17.8%
28.0% 111.0% 99.5% 10.0%
18.9% 76.6% 65.1% 3.1%
11.5% 55.1% 46.7% -2.1%
8.5% 34.6% 27.9% -3.6%
6.5% 19.6% 8.7% -4.0%
6.5% 21.1% 9.0% -1.8%
8.9% 25.2% 14.5% 2.2%
7.0% 20.4% 13.0% 1.9%
5.6% 17.2% 11.8% 1.9%
4.3% 11.5% 9.4% 1.8%
1.8% 4.5% 6.0% 0.1%
-1.0% 3.7% 3.1% -1.9%
-0.4% 2.8% 0.8% -0.9%