2000 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 and the number of arrests for all crimes are 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 have occurred 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 of 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 2000 report reflects statistics based on local agency updates from 1996-1999. 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. You may contact the UCR program at (404) 244-2880 or fax your inquiries to (404) 244-2743. Milton E. Nix, Jr.Director, G.B.I. Milton E. Nix, Jr. Director, G.B.I. Table of Contents Profile of Reported Index Crimes - 2000 Reported Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Index Crimes - 2000 Profile of Persons Arrested by Specific Age, Sex, and Race - 2000 Juvenile Arrests for Index and Part II Arrests, 1996-2000 Juvenile Arrest Dispositions - 1996-2000 Comparison of Reported Index Crimes and Arrests - 1996-2000 Reported Arrests for Index Crimes by Age Groups - 1996-2000 Law Enforcement Officers Killed - 2000 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted - 2000 Family Violence Incidents - 1996-2000 Family Violence - Police Action Taken - 2000 Family Violence - Relationship of Aggressor to Victim - 2000 Family Violence - Weapon Used - 2000 Family Violence - Aggressor by Sex - 2000 Georgia's Law Enforcement Personnel - 2000 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, larceny-theft, 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. The first four Index Crimes are violent crimes or crimes against persons. The remaining Index Crimes are serious property crimes. The following table is a profile of reported Index Crimes for 2000 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 victims report crimes and that Uniform Crime Reports are submitted to GCIC by law enforcement agencies. Crime Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Total Violent Crime Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Total Property Crime Total Index Crime Reported 496 1,683 11,715 21,463 35,357 57,987 204,026 33,895 295,908 331,265 % of Total 0.2 0.5 3.5 6.5 10.7 17.5 61.6 10.2 89.3 100.0 Rate Per 100,000 6.1 20.6 143.1 262.2 432.0 708.3 2,492.2 414.0 3,614.5 4,046.5 REPORTED METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA) INDEX CRIMES 2000 The table on the following page reflects 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 Sheriff's Offices, Police Departments, campus police, and any other agency designated as a law enforcement agency. Metropolitan Statistical Area Albany, GA MSA Albany, GA MSA Total Athens, GA MSA County Population Murder Rape Robbery Aggrav. Burglary Larceny Motor Index % of Assault Vehicle Crime Index Theft Total Crime Dougherty Lee 98,890 24,534 5 34 237 0 1 4 285 1,432 3,777 322 24 140 322 18 6,092 509 Clarke Madison 123,424 95,272 26,497 5 35 241 5 37 161 1 0 2 309 1,572 4,099 340 221 1,099 5,479 372 17 48 126 11 6,601 2.0% 7,374 205 Athens, GA MSA Total Atlanta, GA MSA Atlanta, GA MSA Total Augusta, GA-SC MSA Oconee 25,780 0 1 5 11 65 406 33 521 147,549 6 38 168 249 1,212 6,011 416 8,100 2.4% Barrow Bartow Carroll Cherokee Clayton Cobb Coweta DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Henry Newton Paulding Pickens Rockdale Spalding W alton 44,033 78,422 89,099 148,930 224,655 613,377 93,972 627,370 95,837 97,101 101,630 782,915 573,530 119,243 63,681 83,656 22,099 72,494 60,782 61,489 2 6 1 5 4 35 1 16 21 46 25 124 2 14 41 74 5 34 0 2 0 16 150 388 22 146 1 12 5 4 2 11 0 0 1 7 3 10 0 1 21 24 47 23 488 633 40 1,453 237 9 13 4,447 463 55 44 9 1 27 72 8 87 71 227 113 551 771 113 706 285 27 216 7,390 625 185 103 145 9 153 309 29 345 444 414 459 2,238 3,660 431 5,542 1,432 160 439 10,834 3,042 570 349 338 52 265 692 195 1,073 920 2,428 1,907 8,716 13,151 1,421 16,952 3,777 884 1,400 35,758 11,066 2,056 1,069 938 175 1,357 2,340 542 129 183 224 120 1,682 2,316 169 5,852 322 115 205 8,895 1,822 286 128 106 25 124 287 100 1,663 1,648 3,379 2,639 13,742 20,680 2,190 30,620 6,092 1,197 2,289 67,862 17,186 3,165 1,702 1,549 262 1,934 3,713 875 4,054,315 Columbia Richmond 98,083 200,041 286 951 8,114 12,115 31,901 107,930 23,090 184,387 55.7% 1 14 14 16 88 312 63 217 1,470 73 266 2,171 7,331 1,083 1,852 11,267 Augusta, GA-SC MSA Total 298,124 17 102 326 Chattanooga, GA-TN Catoosa MSA Date W alker 56,764 2 4 21 16,129 0 1 4 66,182 1 20 22 Chattanooga, GA-TN MSA Total 137,075 3 25 47 Columbus, GA-AL MSA Chatta- Hoochee 17,506 0 3 0 Harris 23,791 2 2 0 Muscogee 191,367 18 24 440 Columbus, GA-AL MSA Total Macon, GA Bibb 232,664 20 29 440 163,389 13 71 341 329 2,388 8,801 1,156 13,119 4.0% 60 202 1,130 113 7 67 146 24 28 377 1,055 112 1,532 249 1,615 95 646 2,331 249 3,396 1.0% 5 35 26 4 7 28 65 9 592 1,775 8,020 1,055 73 113 11,924 604 1,838 8,111 1,068 453 2,824 8,165 1,494 12,110 3.7% 13,361 MSA Houston 113,148 4 29 88 542 899 3,178 274 5,014 Jones 24,499 0 1 12 78 147 281 35 554 Peach 26,274 0 3 18 60 120 290 44 535 Twiggs 10,719 0 1 0 15 30 22 2 70 Macon, GA MSA Total Savannah, GA MSA Bryan Chatham Effingham 338,029 25,641 237,200 40,332 17 105 0 1 34 99 1 3 459 1,148 4,020 11,936 1,849 19,534 5.9% 8 14 64 360 30 477 804 852 2,422 8,251 2,073 14,535 16 74 267 646 102 1,109 Savannah, GA MSA Total 303,173 35 103 828 940 2,753 9,257 2,205 16,121 4.9% Total MSAs Total Non MSAs Total State 5,634,353 2,552,100 8,186,453 389 1,388 107 295 496 1,683 10,623 1,092 11,715 15,789 5,674 21,463 46,330 158,476 30,373 11,657 45,550 3,522 57,987 204,026 33,895 263,368 79.5% 67,897 20.5% 331,265 100% ARREST DATA The numbers of persons arrested are compiled from summary arrest reports submitted monthly by local law enforcement agencies. Presented in these reports is a profile of individuals arrested broken down by age, sex, and race for 2000? Race totals are lower since race designations are not always reported by law enforcement agencies statewide. PROFILE OF PERSONS ARRESTED BY SPECIFIC AGE, SEX, RACE 2000 Type of Crime Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Total Violent Crime Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Total Property Crime Total Index Crime 16 and Under 55 64 265 899 1,283 1,529 5,977 663 8,169 9,452 AGE 17-21 22-29 149 160 945 2,143 3,397 1,880 7,385 1,015 10,280 13,677 134 148 700 2,938 3,920 1,124 5,247 740 7,111 11,031 30-39 78 126 623 3,084 3,911 1,524 6,714 690 8,928 12,839 40-49 52 57 234 1,953 2,296 795 4,212 287 5,294 7,590 50+ 29 14 62 838 943 187 1,345 98 1,630 2,573 Type of Crime Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Total Violent Crime Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Total Property Crime Total Index Crime SEX Male Female 428 569 2,599 8,774 69 0 230 3,081 12,370 3,380 6,247 20,804 3,013 792 10,076 480 30,064 11,348 42,434 14,728 RACE White Non-White 129 132 474 2,857 332 391 2,149 8,164 3,592 11,036 2,380 10,557 950 3,951 17,734 2,147 13,887 23,832 17,479 34,868 JUVENILE ARREST DATA The following tables present juvenile arrest data. For the purposes of the FBI UCR program, offenders who are 18 years of age and older are considered adults while anyone under the age of 18 is considered a juvenile. The first table is a comparison of juvenile arrests made between 1996 and 2000 for all crimes (Index and Part II or non-serious crimes). As part of the juvenile arrest report, local agencies also are requested to indicate how the juvenile arrestee was handled. Possible dispositions include referrals to other courts or agencies or disposition by the local law enforcement agency. Dispositions of juveniles from 1996 2000 are presented in the second table. JUVENILE ARRESTS for PART I (INDEX) AND PART II ARRESTS 1996-2000 CHARGES Murder/Non 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) DRUGS: Sale Manufacturing Opium or Cocaine & Their Derivatives (Morphine, Heroin, Codeine) Marijuana Synthetic Narcotics Manufactured Narcotics which can cause True Drug Addiction (Demerol, Methadone) Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic Drugs (Barbiturates, Benzedrine) DRUGS: Possession Opium or Cocaine & Their Derivatives Marijuana Synthetic Narcotics Manufactured Narcotics which can cause True Drug Addiction (Demerol, Methadone) Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic Drugs (Barbiturates, Methadone) 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 1996 37 119 712 1,563 2,810 10,619 1,217 4,487 103 283 365 21 938 1,120 1,134 23 536 344 422 7 1997 103 131 743 1,462 2,405 8,799 1,182 4,848 155 234 425 12 928 1,116 1,036 63 480 1998 51 94 492 1,385 2,220 8,307 1,017 5,002 113 237 406 34 726 1,004 967 54 562 387 373 362 315 29 15 1999 79 83 488 1,168 2,059 7,797 889 5,079 108 193 319 23 580 843 891 56 654 2000 83 91 463 1,229 1,880 7,695 923 4,664 151 205 234 32 532 804 913 50 629 304 225 386 350 20 26 169 116 141 121 133 722 2,397 30 1,012 2,530 52 810 2,537 45 711 2,228 33 618 2,301 49 85 0 0 103 157 640 1,756 202 4,008 35 9,519 32 1,043 3,087 50,845 51 71 7 0 79 276 690 1,832 182 4,434 148 9,848 61 1,082 2,627 49,927 3 0 57 262 708 1,946 205 4,248 108 10,424 53 1,112 2,925 49,029 78 80 6 0 23 418 652 1,629 171 4,334 76 11,074 69 929 2,475 47,046 4 0 44 315 456 1,522 190 4,638 355 10,132 103 816 2,388 45,323 Year 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 JUVENILE ARREST DISPOSITONS 1996-2000 Handled Within Dept. 7,207 13,378 10,014 9,178 6,016 Referred to Juvenile Court 29,103 23,493 21,862 21,397 19,768 Referred to Welfare Dept. 757 716 775 729 779 Referred to Other Police Dept. 214 287 219 236 312 Referred to Adult/Criminal Court 4,429 3,302 3,485 3,731 3,749 Total Dispositions 41,710 41,176 36,355 35,271 30,624 Source: Juvenile Arrest Disposition for Part I (Index) and II 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. CRIME AND ARREST COMPARISONS 1996 - 2000 The first table shows the number of incidents and arrests reported each year, based upon UCR criteria, between 1996 and 2000 for each of the seven Index Crimes. While comparisons of arrests to crimes reported could be useful measurements of law enforcement activity, caution must be exercised. Arrests reported in one year may be 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 shows a profile of arrests made, by age group, for each of the seven Index Crimes between 1996 and 2000. COMPARISON OF REPORTED INDEX CRIMES AND ARRESTS 1996-2000 Type of Crime 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault 619 2,284 14,763 27,617 519 772 3,843 14,019 533 2,155 14,182 24,367 673 830 3,775 14,458 590 2,231 14,140 25,632 520 663 3,051 13,105 556 2,146 12,575 24,145 519 655 2,906 11,658 496 1,683 11,715 21,463 497 569 2,829 11,855 Total Violent Crime 45,283 19,153 41,237 19,736 42,593 17,339 39,422 15,738 35,357 15,750 Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft 78,656 9,509 74,682 8,937 73,335 8,077 67,645 7,582 57,987 7,039 278,936 44,285 239,454 39,384 246,157 34,974 235,688 32,993 204,026 30,880 44,847 4,510 41,042 4,536 41,789 3,510 38,663 3,152 33,895 3,493 Total Property Crime 402,439 58,304 355,178 52,857 361,281 46,561 341,996 43,727 295,908 41,412 Total Index Crime 447,722 77,457 396,415 72,593 403,874 63,900 381,418 59,465 331,265 57,162 ARRESTS FOR INDEX CRIMES BY AGE GROUPS 1996-2000 Age Group 0-16 17-21 22-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total 1996 % 1997 % 1998 % 1999 % 12,561 19,866 17,186 17,480 7,771 2,593 16.2% 25.6% 22.2% 22.6% 10.0% 3.3% 11,022 15.2% 17,895 24.7% 15,661 21.6% 17,205 23.7% 8,097 11.2% 2,713 3.7% 9,965 15,448 13,354 15,206 7,420 2,507 15.6% 24.2% 20.9% 23.8% 11.6% 3.9% 9,432 14,291 11,821 13,663 7,450 2,808 15.9% 24.0% 19.9% 23.0% 12.5% 4.7% 77,457 100.0% 72,593 100.0 63,900 100.0% 59,465 100.0% 2000 9,452 13,677 11,031 12,839 7,590 2,573 57,162 % 16.5% 23.9% 19.3% 22.5% 13.3% 4.5% 100.0% LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED OR ASSAULTED 2000 As part of the UCR program, local law enforcement agencies are requested to complete monthly reports on all officers killed by felonious act, by accident or by negligence. Agencies also are required to report 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 During 2000, ten (10) law enforcement officers lost their lives in the line of duty in Georgia. The following officers will always be remembered for the ultimate sacrifice that they made in order to make the jurisdictions that they served a safer haven for citizens in Georgia. Law Enforcement Officers Killed in Felonious Situations Officer James Clinton Bryant Sergeant Clyde Almond Merritt Deputy Sheriff Ricky L. Kinchen Broxton Police Department Coffee County Sheriff's Office Fulton County Sheriff's Office Detective Hugo Fernando Arango Doraville Police Department Sergeant Carlton Daniel Sheriff-Elect Derwin Brown Camden County Sheriff's Office DeKalb County Sheriff's Office January 3, 2000 January 3, 2000 March 17, 2000 May 13, 2000 August 28, 2000 December 15, 2000 Law Enforcement Officers Killed in Accidental Situations Deputy Sheriff Eric Scott Salter Sergeant Gary Grant Scott Lieutenant James Clark Officer Allen Brad Rogers Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Sylvania Police Department Clarke County Sheriff's Office Atlanta Police Department January 18, 2000 February 12, 2000 May 24, 2000 July 24, 2000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSAULTED TYPE OF ACTIVITY Burglaries Robberies Attempted Arrests Civil Disturbances Transport Prisoners Suspicious Persons Ambush Mentally Ill Traffic Stops All Other TOTAL: NUMBER OF INCIDENTS 7 12 320 9 78 42 4 6 88 153 719 FAMILY VIOLENCE DATA The collection of Family Violence data began in the last half of 1995 when passage of legislation mandated reporting of such incidents to GCIC by local law enforcement agencies. Since that time, the number of reported offenses has increased steadily. In 2000, there were 56,339 reported incidents of Family Violence. Children were involved in 21% (11,819) of the total incidents. In an additional 44% (24,944) of the incidents, the act was committed in the presence of children. FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS 1996-2000 REPORTED CASES CHILDRED PRESENT CHILDREN INVOLVED NO CHILDREN PRESENT 1996 38,917 19,128 9,232 10,557 1997 50,152 22,964 11,166 16,022 1998 54,418 25,059 11,981 17,378 1999 49,072 22,090 10,332 16,650 2000 56,339 24,944 11,819 19,576 ACTION TAKE ARRESTED CITATION SEPARATION MEDIATION OTHER NONE TOTAL POLICE ACTION TAKEN 2000 OCCURRENCES 17,813 498 7,608 4,676 16,780 8,964 56,339 RELATIONSHIP OF AGGRESSOR TO VICTIM 2000 RELATIONSHIP PRESENT SPOUSE FORMER SPOUSE CHILD PARENT STEPPARENT STEPCHILD FOSTER PARENT FOSTER CHILD NONE OF THE ABOVE TOTAL COUNT 18,359 3,777 3,198 3,523 620 333 44 455 26,030 56,339 WEAPONS USED IN FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS 2000 WEAPON TYPES FIREARM CUTTING/KNIFE HAND/FIST OTHER WEAPONS TOTALS OCCURRENCES 1,153 3,345 26,812 25,029 56,339 FAMILY VIOLENCE AGGRESSOR BY SEX 2000 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 32 20 336 200 486 21,128 4,083 5,254 3,630 147 6,735 42,051 FEMALE 11 14 65 28 512 5,363 1,350 1,182 1,087 9 1,964 11,585 NOT LISTED 4 1 18 7 41 1,113 256 297 329 8 629 2,703 Georgia's Family Violence Hotline # 1-800-33HAVEN (1-800-334-2836) The National Family Violence Hotline # 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233 TOTAL 47 35 419 235 1,039 27,604 5,689 6,733 5,046 164 9,328 56,339 GEORGIA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL 2000 Each year, law enforcement agencies are requested to complete a survey for the FBI's UCR 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. SWORN CIVILIAN GRAND TOTAL MALE 20,557 3,296 23,853 FEMALE 2,710 5,793 8,503 *Source: FBI UCR Division TOTAL 23,267 9,089 32,356