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1998 Summary Report Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
Georgia Crime Information Center

Georgia's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is derived from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's national program. Utilizing standard definitions and procedures established by the national program, crime data on the number of serious criminal offenses reported to or investigated by law enforcement as well as the number of arrests for all crimes is collected from law enforcement agencies. This data can then be used to portray crime in Georgia as well as used for comparisons throughout the State and United States.

UCR data presented in this annual report is compiled directly from summary offense and arrest reports submitted from Georgia's law enforcement agencies. Data presented does not include estimates for incidents or arrests that might occur but are not reported.

Also included in this report is the annual report on Family Violence crime. Data includes the number of incidents and arrests involving family violence as reported to or investigated by law enforcement. Family Violence is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the following acts between past or present spouses, persons who are parents of the same child, parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren, foster parents and foster children, or other persons living or formerly living in the same household:

(1) Any felony; or

(2)

Commission of offenses of battery, simple battery, simple assault, assault,

criminal damage to property, unlawful restraint, or criminal trespass.

The term Family Violence shall not be deemed to include reasonable discipline administered by a parent to a child in the form of corporal punishment, restraint or detention.

In addition to reporting the criminal offense and arrest to the UCR program, Georgia law enforcement agencies are mandated to submit separate incident reports when those crimes or arrests involve Family Violence.

The UCR and Family Violence data presented in this report, as well as additional data compiled for the UCR program, can be retrieved for special purpose reports upon request. Contact Willene White-Smith at (404) 244-2840 or fax your inquiries to (404) 244-2743. You may also visit our website at www.ganet.org/gbi

Milton E. Nix, Jr. Director, G.B.1.

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Profile of 1998 Reported Index Crimes

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Reported Metropolitan ~tatistical ~rea Index Crimes

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Profile of Persons Arrested by Age, Sex, and Race

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Juvenile Arrests, 1992-1998

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Juvenile Arrest Dispositions

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Comparison of Index Crimes and Arrests, 1994-1998

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Reported Arrests for Index Crimes by Age, 1994-1998

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Law Enforcement Officers Killed '"

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Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

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Family Violence Incidents, 1995-1998

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Family Violence - Weapons Used

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Family Violence - Aggressor to Victim Relationship

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Family Violence - Police Action Taken

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Family Violence - Aggressor by Sex

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Georgia's Law Enforcement Personnel.

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Crime Data
Data collected on offenses reported to or investigated by law enforcement include counts for the crimes of murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larcenytheft and motor vehicle theft. Because of their seriousness, frequency of occurrence and likelihood of being reported, these crimes are regarded as an index of crime. Consequently, these offenses are often referred to as Index Crimes. The first four Index Crimes are violent crimes or crimes against persons. The remaining three Index Crimes are serious property crimes.
The following table is a profile of reported index crimes for 1998 in Georgia. This table includes calculated crime rates per 100,000 people. The use of crime rates in making comparisons in crime trends helps to minimize problems with crime data interpretation. However, readers are cautioned that crime rates cited are reliable indications of crime only to the extent that population estimates are accurate, that crimes are reported by victims and that Uniform Crime Reports are submitted to the GCIC by law enforcement agencies.
PROFILE OF REPORTED INDEX CRIMES, 1998
Crime

Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault

583 2,229 13,902 25,532

0.1% 0.6% 3.5% 6.4%

ITotal Violent Crime

42,246

10.6%

Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft

72,701 244,172
41,314

18.2% 61.0% 10.3%

Total Property Crime Total IndexCrilne

NOTE: Percentages do not always total 100%, due to rounding

7.7 29.2 182.0 334.2
553 1
951.4 3195.2
540.7

The table on page 6 presents Index Crimes reported for each designated Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Georgia. Listed for each area are the counties encompassed in that MSA, corresponding county populations and the total index crimes reported. The number of crimes reported for the county is compiled from all law enforcement agencies operating in that county. This includes Sheriffs Offices, Police Departments, campus police and any other agency designated as a law enforcement agency.

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Metropolitan Statistical Area
Albany, GA MSA

County

Population

% of Total

Dougherty Lee

97,796 22,330

Murder Rape Robbery

Aggrav. Assault

Motor Burglary Larceny Vehicle
Theft

10

36

0

1

285

297

8

45

1,874 4,142

465

191

390

35

Athens, GA MSA

Clarke Madison Oconee

92,939 24,925 23,546

4

40

0

0

0

2

176

295

0

3

3

21

1,166 5,805

523

6

21

2

83

238

28

Atlanta, GA MSA

Barrow Bartow Carroll Cherokee Clayton Cobb Coweta Dekalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fullon Gwinnett Henry Newlon Paulding Pickens Rockdale Spalding Wallon

39,778 70,623 83,098 129,481 208,452 562,542 82,339 599,978 88,459 86,819 77,328 737,345 511,252 100,147 56,297 70,399 18,961 68,447 58,159 52,613

Augusta, GA-SC MSA

Columbia Richmond

90,663 197,122

Chattanooga, TN-GAMSA
Columbus, GA-AL MSA

Catoosa Dade Walker

50,600 14,970 63,137

Chattahoochee Harris Muscogee

16,660 22,690 186,578

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178 537

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175 116 218 121 396 763 172 983 191 37 312 8,872 559 154 86 155 20 312 427 274

331 610 783 356 2,415 3,523 622 8,527 651 263 510 12,864 2,992 818 377 466
69 382 773 444

876 883 2,521 1,369 8,139 12,815 1,680 25,154 2,769 1,195 1,952 45,723 13,069 2,245 1,271 1,040 145 2,151 2,211 1,350

140 222 282 136 1,797 2,266 243 7,240 409 115 216 11,667 2,006 294 133 126
32 217 289 129

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553

231

295 1,510 2,615 10,040

102 1,574

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26

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243 1,343

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459 1,381

175

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28

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371

448

50 57 1,458

26 87 8,033

6 20 1154

Macon, GA MSA

Bibb Houston Jones Peach Twiggs

159,225 105,701
23,106 24,554 10,078

Savannah, GA MSA

Bryan Chatham Effingham

23,574 230,642
35,794

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259 489
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317 10,552
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Total MSA's Total Non MSAs Total Stat~

5,219,147 68.3% 448 1,601 12,306 17,882

2,422,853 31.7% 135 628

1,596 7,650

* 7,642,000 100% 583 2,229 13,902 25,532

* Source: U.S. Census Bureau

53,707 186,686 18,994 57,486 72,701 244,172

35,742 5,572
41,314

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7,109 670
8,009 32
375
1,543 1,881 3,877 2,015 13,174 20,096 2,772 44,147 4,084 1,623 3,022 85,473 19,257 3,583 1,908 1,805
269 3,116 3,825 2,242
2,018 15,184
1,835 436
2,112
94 179 11,509
14,095 5,819 496 997 77
482 16,413
719
308,372 92,061
400,433

Arrest Data
The number of persons arrested for all violations except traffic offenses is compiled from summary arrest reports submitted monthly by local law enforcement agencies. For the purposes of the VCR program, offenders who are 18 years of age and older are considered adults while under the age of 18 is considered a juvenile.
Presented in this report is a profile of all offenders (adult and juvenile) arrested for the seven Index Crimes. The following two tables include a breakdown of all arrestees by age, sex, and race for 1998.
PROFILE OF PERSONS ARRESTED BY SPECIFIC AGE, SEX, RACE, 1998 AGE

Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault

33

140

139

109

51

23

54

160

170

169

78

24

277

1,076

732

626

228

52

959

2,339

3,179

3,694

1,842

840

Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft

1,655 6,033
729

2,205 8,303
924

1,490 6,682
719

1,684 7,936
715

771 4,063
272

144 1,295
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Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault
Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft

SEX

418 643 2,731 9,696

77 12 260 3,157

7,040 23,365
2,938

909 10,947
497

RACE

138 210 550 3,884

357 445 2,441 8,969

3,485 14,098
1,267

4,464 20,214
2,168

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Juvenile Arrest Data
The following tables present juvenile arrest data. The first table is a comparison ofjuvenile arrests made between 1992 and 1998 for all crimes (Index and Non-Index crimes). As part of the juvenile arrest report, local agencies are also requested to indicate how the juvenile arrestee was handled. Possible dispositions include referrals to courts or other agencies or disposition by the local law enforcement agency. Dispositions ofjuveniles from 1992 through 1998 are presented in the second table.
JUVENILE ARRESTS for INDEX and NON-INDEX ARRESTS: 1992-1998

Murder/Non Negligent Manslaughter Negligent Manslaughter Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Other Assaults Arson Forgery & Counterfeiting Fraud Embezzlement Stolen Property; Building, Receiving, Possessing Vandalism Weapons; Carrying, Possessing, etc. Prostitution & Commercialized Vice Sex Offenses (except forcible rape & Prostitution)

36 0 90 468 1212 2086 5690 1070 2560 0 92 225 6 608
1189 964
10 290

68 0 92 540 1437 2019 5930 1394 2975 0 98 142 2 891
1293 1216
9 239

51 0 84 579 1292 2249 7741 1365 3385 0 105 188 4 791
1142 1174
12 372

42 0 76 554 1221 1945 8277 1139 3722 0 98 131 3 657
986 1008
14 341

Opium or Cocaine & Their

228

139

189

194

Derivatives

(Morphine, Heroin, Codeine)

Marijuana

75

83

152

174

Synthetic Narcotics Manufactured

Narcotics which can cause True

2

3

3

6

Drug Addiction (Demorol,

Methadone)

Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic

27

32

54

56

Drugs

(Barbiturates, Benzedrine)

Opium or Cocaine & Their Derivatives (Morphine, Heroin, Codeine) Marijuana

435

408

497

474

239

378

685

1093

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37 0 119 711 1560 2810 10613 1214 4483 103 283 365 21 936
1120 1132
22 536

101 0 130 734 1439 2370 8632 1157 4781 158 231 418 12 907
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63 474

344

373

422

360

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29

169

114

719

1001

2395

2477

49 0 95 479 1363 2183 8130 1003 4941 113 231 410 34 721
997 962
53 551
355
314
15
140
807
2512

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JUVENILE ARRESTS for INDEX and NON-INDEX ARRESTS: 1992-1998

Synthetic Narcotics Manufactured

Narcotics which can cause True

3

4

Drug Addiction (Demorol,

Methadone)

Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic

13

32

Drugs

(Barbiturates, Benzedrine)

Bookmaking (Horse & Sport Book) Numbers & Lottery All Other Gambling Offenses Against Family & Children DUI Liquor Laws Drunkenness Disorderly Conduct Vagrancy All Other Offenses (except Traffic) Suspicion Curfew and Loitering Law Violations Run Away
TOTAL

0 1 44 170 122 825 154 2189 36 5368 53 626 2348
29554

0 0 46 186 152 858 128 2050 51 6454 18 640 2591
32598

25
59
7 0 32 124 140 906 133 2151 67 7981 89 933 2940
37701

21

30

52

45

57

85

51

71

1 0 46 70 166 673 88 2366 60 7010 37 989 2965
36760

0 0 103 157 640 2756 202 4008 35 9520 32 1043 3087
51819

7 0 78 283 739 1763 180 4256 143 9541 58 1068 2669
48987

3 0 57 262 709 1915 200 4115 105 10341 50 1083 2916
48330

JUVENILE ARREST DISPOSITIONS, 1992-1998

YEAR
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

HANDLED REFERRED to REFERRED to

REFERRED to

REFERRED to

w/in DEPT. JUVENILE WELFARE DEPT. OTHER POLICE CRIMINAL or

COURT

DEPT.

ADULT COURT

6132

28270

1685

177

2514

8543

29755

2255

201

2557

9704

31853

740

160

3643

8961

30570

866

215

3853

7207

29103

757

214

4429

13377

23740

737

287

3316

10012

21619

775

218

3465

TOTAL DISPOS.
38778 43311 46100 44465 41710 41457 36089

Source: Juvenile Arrest Dispositions for Index and Non-Index Offenses are compiled from monthly Uniform Crime Reporting forms submitted to GCIC. Please keep in mind that these statistics only represent data that was submitted from Georgia's law enforcement agencies statewide.

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Crime and Arrest Comparisons
1994-1998
The first table presents the number of incidents and arrests reported each year between 1994 and 1998 for each of the seven Index Crimes. While comparisons of arrests to crimes reported can be useful measurements of law enforcement activity, caution must be exercised. Arrests reported in one year may be for incidents that occurred in that same year or earlier. Since more than one individual can be arrested for a crime, or individuals can be arrested more than once during a given year, arrest statistics more accurately reflect the number of arrests made, rather than the number of crimes solved or the number of different persons taken into custody. Also, it is possible in the UCR program to "clear" an incident without making an arrest, if certain exceptions are met.
The second table presents a profile of arrests made by age group for each of the seven Index Crimes between 1994 and 1998.
COMPARISON OF REPORTED INDEX CRIMES AND ARRESTS, 1994 -1998

Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault

671 2,223 14,878 25,650

602 769 3,989 13,857

654 2,423 14,479 28,058

608 814 4,019 15,384

617 2,250 14,664 27,550

508 750 3,754 13,823

563 2,195 14,889 25,293

661 816 3,716 14,152

583 2,229 13,902 25,532

495 655 2,991 12,853

Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft

70,561 243,973 36,220

9,528 40,513 3,903

72,795 258,224 39,970

9,274 43,468 4,262

77,851 275,931 44,497

9,322 42,817 4,350

76,268 245,194 42,508

8,796 38,789 4,455

72,701 244,172 41,314

7,949 34,312 3,435

0-16 17-21 22-29 30-39 40-49 50+
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REPORTED ARRESTS FOR INDEX CRIMES, 1994 -1998, BY AGE GROUP

13,350 16,369 16,721 17,494
6,751 2,476

18% 22% 23% 24%
9% 3%

13,251 18,005 17,316 18,966
7,663 2,628

17% 23% 22% 24% 10%
3%

12,078 19,354 16,756 17,018
7,570 2,548

16% 26% 22% 23% 10%
3%

10,875 17,544 15,338 16,951
7,997 2,680

15% 25% 21% 24% 11%
4%

9,740 15,147 13,111 14,933
7,305 2,454

15% 24% 21% 24% 12% 4%

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED or ASSAULTED
As part of the VCR program, local law enforcement agencies are requested to complete monthly reports on all officers killed by felonious act or by accident or negligence and on officers assaulted. The data on officers assaulted is broken down into the type of activity in which the officer was involved when the assault occurred.
Law Enforcement Officers Killed - 1998 During 1998, there were two law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line pf duty in Georgia. The following officers will always be remembered for the ultimate sacrifice that they gave in order to make the jurisdictions that they served a safer haven for citizens in Georgia:

Officer Kyle Wayne Dinkheller Officer Kenneth Lee Wimberly

Laurens Co. Police Dept. Jan. 12,1998 Gwinnett Co. Sheriff's Office Sept. 22, 1998

Killed in Accidental Situations

Officer Bobbie Sue Honie Officer Ricardo Torres Officer Jarvis Darren Crumley

Dawson Co. Sheriff's Office Mar. 9,1998 Dekalb Co. Dept. ofPub. Saf. Sept. 13,1998 Dekalb Co. Dept. ofPub. Saf. Dec. 29, 1998

"LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSAULTED -1998

Type ofActivity Disturbances Burglaries Robberies Attempted Arrests Civil Disorder Transport Prisoners Suspicious Persons Ambush Mentally III Traffic Stops All Other TOTAL:

Number ofIncidents 0 11
25 346
12
87 59
2
7
125 135 809

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Family Violence

The collection of family violence data began in the last half of 1995 when passage of legislation mandated reporting of such incidents to the GCIC by local law enforcement agencies. Since that time, the number of reported offenses has increased steadily. In 1998, there were 54,418 reported incidents of family violence. Children were involved in almost 22% (11,877) of the total incidents.. In an additional 46% (24,847) of the incidents, the act was committed in the presence of children.
Family Violence Incidents, 1995-1998

Reported Cases: Children Present Children Involved

1995
17,816 8,671 4,516

1996
38,917 18,793 9,059

1997
50,152 22,682 11,005

1998
54,418 24,847 11,877

Weapons Used in Family Violence -1998

WEAPON TYPES OCCURRENCES

FIREARM CUTIING/KNIFE HAND/FIST OTHER WEAPONS

1,305 3,003 27,151 22,959

TOTALS

54,418

FIREARM 2%

CUTTING/KNIFE 6%

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POLICE ACTION TAKEN

ARRESTED

16,770

CITATION

576

SEPARATION

7,862

MEDIATION

4,653

OTHER NONE

15,733 8,824

TOTAL

54,418

DNONE 16%

DARRESTED 31%

RELATIONSHIP OF AGGRESSOR TO VICTIM

PRESENT SPOUSE

18,731

FORMER SPOUSE

3,425

CHILD

2,737

PARENT

3,095

STEPPARENT

639

STEPCHILD

330

FOSTER PARENT

35

FOSTER CHILD NONE OF ABOVE

738 24,688

TOTALS

54,418

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5,000

10,000

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FORMER SPOUSE

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FAMILY VIOLENCE AGGRESSOR BY SEX

ABUSE TYPE FATAL INJURY PERMANENTLY DISABLED TEMPORARILY DISABLED BROKEN BONES GUN/KNIFE WOUNDS SUPERFICIAL WOUNDS PROPERTY DAMAGE THREATS ABUSIVE LANGUAGE SEXUAL ABUSE OTHER ABUSE TOTALS

MALE 51 47 470 206 534
20,996 3,629 4,977 3,292 153 7,283 41,638

FEMALE
18 9 73 26 542 4,952 1,132 1,017 961
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2,057 10,795

NOTE: There were 1,985 (3.6%) Family Violence Incident Reports that did not provide the Sex of the Aggressor.

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Georgia's Law Enforcement Personnel
Each year, local law enforcement agencies are requested to complete a survey for the FBI's VCR program on the number of law enforcement personnel employed. The survey requests for a breakdown by sworn and civilian employees as well as by sex.
"GEORGIA's LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL DURING 1998" *

Sworn: Civilian:
Grand Total:

MALE
18,353 2,383
20,736

FEMALE
2,911 4,840
7,751

*Source: FBI - VCR Division

TOTAL
21,264 7,223
28,487

Georgia's Family Violence Hotline #: 1-800-33HAYEN
(1-800-334-2836)
The National Family Violence Hotline #: 1-800-799-SAFE
(1-800-799-7233)
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Georgia Crime Information Center P. O. Box 370748 Decatur, GA 30037-0748