rio15.t1 $\ t15" \"11"3 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. This page left intentionally blank. Profile of 1998 Reported Index Crimes 5 Reported Metropolitan ~tatistical ~rea Index Crimes 6 Profile of Persons Arrested by Age, Sex, and Race 7 Juvenile Arrests, 1992-1998 8 Juvenile Arrest Dispositions 9 Comparison of Index Crimes and Arrests, 1994-1998 10 Reported Arrests for Index Crimes by Age, 1994-1998 10 Law Enforcement Officers Killed '" , 11 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted 11 Family Violence Incidents, 1995-1998 12 Family Violence - Weapons Used 12 Family Violence - Aggressor to Victim Relationship 13 Family Violence - Police Action Taken , 13 Family Violence - Aggressor by Sex 14 Georgia's Law Enforcement Personnel. 15 3 This page left intentionally blank. 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. 5 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 0 7 3 10 1 23 4 8 11 36 13 125 4 14 56 153 4 10 0 4 2 9 178 537 16 115 3 27 5 7 0 5 0 3 1 10 6 15 3 12 14 37 49 21 380 591 37 2,034 50 9 21 5,632 500 42 29 13 0 43 104 30 175 116 218 121 396 763 172 983 191 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 6 5 30 141 30 70 553 231 295 1,510 2,615 10,040 102 1,574 0 6 0 2 8 7 40 63 13 20 26 56 243 1,343 140 97 255 49 459 1,381 175 0 1 0 1 17 28 1 10 5 9 371 448 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 20 81 1 18 4 0 0 6 0 0 363 601 93 286 4 37 39 172 0 2 2,781 1,130 162 246 32 8,789 3,985 259 489 34 1,460 306 30 45 9 1 1 36 91 1 4 7 25 646 826 7 22 90 2,721 175 317 10,552 432 41 1,541 78 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 6 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 76 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 7 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 {Continued on Next Page} 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 1114 1024 63 474 344 373 422 360 7 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 8 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. 9 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+ 10 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 11 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% 12 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 o 5,000 10,000 PRESENT SPOUSE FORMER SPOUSE CHILD PARENT STEPPARENT . STEPCHILD .~ FOSTER PARENT FOSTER CHILD J NONE OF ABOVE I I MEDIATION 9% 15,000 20,000 I 1 I i I 25,000 I I I I I I I 30,000 13 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 8 2,057 10,795 NOTE: There were 1,985 (3.6%) Family Violence Incident Reports that did not provide the Sex of the Aggressor. 25,000 20,000 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 15,000 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 10,000 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 5,000 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 ~ 0 0 Vl Vl Vl u..J Vl u..J u..J u..J Ct:: ~ ~ --J u~.. u..J --J D:l Vl is ~ --J :fz-: :uz..:J ::2' Ct:: u..J "- u..J --J D:l Vl is ~ --J 1'2 Ct:: 0 "::2' i:::! u:z..:J 0:z: 0:z: 0 :::0 :::0 D:l 0 0 :z: 3: 3: u..J "0'" Ct:: D:l u..J '-'Z -"::-:z'-:"0-:- --J G c;: Ct:: u..J "- C) :::0 Vl C) ::2' 0 ~ fCt:: u..J "0 Ct:: "- f- u..J Ct:: :::c f- C) :::0 C) :z: --J u:.>.J Vi :::0 D:l Vl :::0 D:l --J :::0 X u..J Vl Vl :::0 D:l Ct:: :u:.:.cJ f- 0 14 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) 15 Georgia Crime Information Center P. O. Box 370748 Decatur, GA 30037-0748