2003 summary report: Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program

2003 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. The 2003 report reflects statistics based on local agency submissions from 19992003. The UCR 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.
Vernon M. Keenan Director, G.B.I.
Table of Contents

2003 Summary Report Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
Georgia Crime Information Center
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Profile of Reported Index Crimes - 2003 Reported Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Index Crimes - 2003 Profile of Persons Arrested by Specific Age, Sex, and Race - 2003 Juvenile Arrests for Index and Part II Arrests, 1999-2003 Juvenile Arrest Dispositions - 1999-2003 Comparison of Reported Index Crimes and Arrests - 1999-2003 Reported Arrests for Index Crimes by Age Groups - 1999-2003 Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted - 2003 Georgia's Law Enforcement Personnel - 2003

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 2003 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.

PROFILE OF REPORTED INDEX CRIMES - 2003

Crime
Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault
Total Violent Crime
Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft
Total Property Crime
Total Index Crime

Reported
619 2,075 13,318 20,972
36,984
73,155 229,182
41,012
343,349
380,333

% of Total Rate Per 100,000

0.2

7.1

0.5

23.9

3.5

153.3

5.5

241.5

9.7

425.9

19.2

842.3

60.3

2638.9

10.8

472.2

90.3

3,953.4

100

4,379.3

REPORTED METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA) INDEX CRIMES 2003
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.
Index

Metropolitan Statistical AreaCounty

Albany MSA

Baker Dougherty Lee Terrell Worth

Population

Murder

Rape

Robbery

Aggrav.
Assault

Motor Burglary Larceny Vehicle
Theft

Crime

Total

% of Total

4,083

-

97,268

7

27,780

-

11,029

-

22,083

-

-

-

43

277

6

9

-

6

1

2

6

5

238 1,395

35

143

26

58

44

119

-

-

11

3,273

435

5,668

482

34

709

139

12

241

249

20

435

Albany MSA Total

162,243

7

50

294

348 1,720

4,133 501 7,064 1.9

Athens MSA
Athens MSA Total
Atlanta MSA

Clarke Madison Oconee Oglethorpe
Barrow Bartow Butts Carroll Cherokee Clayton Cobb Coweta Dawson Dekalb

105,391

9

27,105

1

27,260

-

13,367

1

173,123

11

53

145

1

7

1

4

6

-

61

156

190 1,106

45

180

15

85

51

70

5,179

407

7,089

391

72

697

356

29

490

186

29

343

301 1,441

6,112 5378,619

2.3

51,757

3

83,808

5

21,656

2

96,286

4

161,610

1

256,406

21

660,953

28

99,192

1

17,793

1

686,835

81

12

24

5

47

5

11

17

59

6

27

79

661

138

664

8

39

1

3

181 2,134

208 128
27 314
78 533 887
79 20 1,137

383 866 111 783 186 2,776 3,939 452
80 8,284

1,092 239 1,961

2,345 433 3,829

488

90

734

2,642 247 4,066

1,176

91 1,565

7,373 2,120 13,563

12,504 2,356 20,516

1,397 241 2,217

293

51

449

22,362 7,689 41,868

Atlanta MSA Total Augusta
MSA
Augusta MSA Total

Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Haralson Heard Henry Jasper Lamar Meriwether Newton Paulding Pickens Pike Rockdale Spalding Walton
Burke Columbia McDuffie Richmond

100,084

4

98,015

3

118,623

4

837,428

171

548,617

42

27,144

-

11,505

-

141,729

12,462

-

16,681

-

22,952

-

72,634

4

95,553

1

25,991

-

14,811

-

74,627

-

60,273

4

68,044

-

20

83

5

24

19

10

377 4,662

171

760

8

12

-

1

10

40

-

-

1

1

3

10

5

49

12

10

-

1

-

2

26

74

24

71

4

21

205

619

37

133

197

518

5,733 12,132

728 4,764

46

268

5

39

145

466

4

7

41

63

46

176

70

633

278

595

22

183

11

51

215

666

232

511

57

317

3,086 393

1,236 151

1,805 229

37,327 10,199

12,190 2,449

711 154

85

19

1,522 302

4

-

106

23

385

99

1,461 256

1,621 352

322

72

111

34

2,339 333

1,659 252

750 145

4,410 1,589 2,782 70,601 21,104 1,199
149 2,485
15 235 719 2,478 2,869 600 209 3,653 2,753 1,294

4,483,469

380

1,137 9,500

11,483 40,001 118,392 29,019 209,912 55.2

23,125

1

96,338

2

21,750

2

200,717

31

2

19

13

3

7

154

450

151

116

42

273

34

118

412 2,273

266

19

1,325

74

444

45

8,269 1,166

555 1,748
653 12,755

341,930

36

176

472

639 2,780 10,304 1,30415,711

4.1

Brunswick MSA

Brantley Glynn McIntosh

Brunswick MSA Totals

Chattanooga
MSA
Chattanooga
MSA Totals

Catoosa Dade Walker

15,279

1

70,039

1

11,312

-

3

1

32

144

-

1

96,630

2

57,160

2

-

15,842

-

52,849

35

146

3

26

3

2

2

21

109,255

2

8

49

Columbus, MSA
Columbus MSA Total
Dalton MSA
Dalton MSA Total Gainesville
Gainesville

Chattahoochee

15,664

-

Harris Marion

25,457

1

7,343

-

Muscogee 188,650

20

2

-

-

3

-

1

22

331

237,114

21

24

335

Murray Whitfield

39,104

1

1

2

88,302

3

14

50

Hall County

89,474

4

154,447

5

15

52

30

76

22

149

267

32

475

476

897

4,819 196 6,565

18

64

158

26

267

516 1,110

5,244 2547,307

1.9

69

341

1,481 149 2,071

7

54

123

19

208

38

372

1,116

90 1,639

114

767

2,720 2583,918

1.0

5

22

13

53

8

20

466 2,205

16

3

129

35

57

1

9,572 1,219

48 234
87 13,835

492 2,300

9,774 1,25814,204

3.7

63 256

267

817

540
2,776

60 923 381 4,292

330 1,073

3,316 4415,215

1.4

281

979

3,578 508 5,457

MSA Total Hinesville
MSA
Hinesville MSA Total
Macon MSA
Macon

Liberty Long
Bibb Crawford Jones Monroe Twiggs

154,447

5

30

76

62,646

7

14

84

10,917

-

5

39,951

7

14

89

157,074

19

-

12,691

24,848

1

-

23,005

-

10,698

68

249

1

-

2

1

2

3

-

1

MSA Total Rome, GA

122,435

20

MSA

Floyd County

93,952

9

Rome

MSA Total

94,701

9

Savannah

Bryan

25,623

MSA

Chatham

237,098

35

-

Effingham 41,425

Savannah MSA Total
Valdosta, MSA

Brooks Echols Lanier

292,261

35

-

16,667

-

3,898

-

7,321

Valdosta MSA Total

Lowndes

95,019

3

73

254

12

65

12

65

4

15

68

702

5

7

77

724

2

9

1

2

2

1

40

116

281

979

3,578 508 5,457 1.4

129 461 2,014 108 2,817

25

84

75

9

198

154

545

2,089 1173,015

0.8

409 2,587

15

153

16

114

5

128

1

25

8,157 1,334 12,823

272

29

470

410

64

608

196

37

371

9

1

37

446 3,007

9,044 1,465 14,309 3.8

394 1,026

2,965 303 4,774

394 1,026

2,965 303 4,774 1.3

27

117

692 3181

80

234

612

31

806

8808 1696 15,182

512

91

929

799 3,532

160

130

-

1

15

12

240

882

9,932 1,818 16,917 4.4

327

30

658

-

-

4

25

2

57

3,514 220 5,015

Warner Robins MSA

Houston County

Warner Robins

MSA Total
Total MSA's

Total Non MSA's
Total State

122,905

3

45

128

415 1,025

3,866 252 5,734 1.5

118,465

6

21

84

173

951

3,550 260 5,045

118,465

6

21

84

173

951

3,550 260 5,045 1.3

6,512,804

548

1,778 12,424

16,886 62,257 195,029 38,295 327,201 86.0

2,171,911

71

297

894

4,086 10,898 34,153 2,717 53,132 14.0

8,684,715

619

2,075 13,318

20,972 73,155 229,182 41,012 380,333 100.0

ARREST DATA

The numbers of persons arrested are compiled from summary arrest reports submitted monthly by local law enforcement agencies. These reports are a profile of arrests broken down by age, sex, and race for 2003.

PROFILE OF PERSONS ARRESTED BY SPECIFIC AGE, SEX, RACE - 2003

Type of Crime
Murder Forcible Rape

AGE

16 and Under

17-21

22-29

30-39

40-49

50+

45

132

171

99

34

147

133

138

42

42

60

23

Robbery Aggravated Assault
Total Violent Crime
Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft
Total Property Crime
Total Index Crime

346 942
1,367
1,499 5,641
752
7,892
9,259

974 1,916
3,169
1,868 7,015
716
9,599
12,768

689 2,708
3,701
1,215 5,844
564
7,623
11,324

556 2,577
3,370
1,244 6,403
550
8,197
11,567

257 1,808
2,167
816 4,525
303
5,644
7,811

54 770
889
183 1,533
62
1,778
2,667

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

458 535 2,618 8,003
11,614
6,112 20,475
2,455
29,042 40,656

73 0
258 2,718
3,049
713 10,486
492
11,691 14,740

RACE

White

Non-White

157 143 598 3,569
4,467
2,898 12,912
997
16,807 21,274

374 392 2,278 7,152
10,196
3,927 18,049
1,950
23,926 34,122

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 1999 and 2003 for all crimes (Index/serious and Part II/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 1999 2003 are presented in the second table.

JUVENILE ARRESTS for PART I (INDEX) AND PART II ARRESTS 1999-2003

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

1999
79 83 488 1,168 2,059 7,800 890 5,081 108 193 319 23
581 843 893
56
660
304
388 20

2000
83 93 467 1,226 1,902 7,720 930 4,630 157 207 232 32
521 801 919
49
626
226
355 27

2001
46 75 569 1,223 1,985 7,311 827 5,302 137 154 292
8
586 982 944
49
694
165
345 36

2003
111 83
476 1,192 1,963 7,230
784 5,305
150 210 540
15
546 861 813
38
694

2003
75 56 541 1,227 1,882 7,205 955 5,802 164 172 436
7
650 866 1,105
34
679

208

197

342

458

49

33

True Drug Addiction (Demerol, Methadone) Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic Drugs (Barbiturates, Benzedrine) DRUGS: Possession 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) Gambling 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

121

137

101

150

178

711
2228 33

624
2,301 50

482
2,191 70

586
1,761 127

525
2,219 108

78
6 0 23 418 671 1,630 171 4,342 76 11,084 69 930 2,477 47,046

80
4 0 44 315 467 1,526 190 4,623 355 10,190 103 815 2,385 45,323

109
0 25 33 308 469 1,319 180 5,383 137 11,052 304 942 2,184 47,145

121

127

36 359 414 1,215 193 5,333 133 10,433 100 765 2,135 45,388

3 1 32 272 397 1,045 285 6,095 169 10,407 38 817 2,452 47,714

JUVENILE ARREST DISPOSITONS ~ 1999-2003

Handled Within

Referred to Juvenile

Referred to Welfare

Referred to Other Police

Referred to Adult/Criminal

Total

Year 1999 2000 2001 2003 2003

Dept.
9,178 6,016 7,558 8,714 8,792

Court
21,397 19,768 26,653 26,762 28,562

Dept.
729 779 1,144 970 930

Dept.
236 312 292 443 706

Court
3,731 3,749 4,086 4,751 4,171

Dispositions
35,271 30,624 39,731 41,640 43,161

Source: Juvenile Arrest Dispositions for Part I (Serious) and Part II (Non-Serious) 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 1999 - 2003

The first table shows the number of incidents and arrests reported each year, based upon UCR criteria, between 1999 and 2003 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 1999 and 2003.

COMPARISON OF REPORTED INDEX CRIMES AND ARRESTS 1999-2003

Type of Crime

1999

1999

2000 2000

2001 2001

2003 2003

2003 2003

Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests

Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault

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

549 2,044 13,577 22,930

396 549 3,009 11,251

521 1,921 12,605 21,109

683 565 2,862 11,071

619 2,075 13,318 20,972

531 535 2,876 10,721

Total Violent Crime

39,422 15,738 35,357 15,750 39,100 15,205 36,156 15,181 36,984 14,663

Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft

67,645 235,688
38,663

7,582 32,993
3,152

57,987 7,039 204,026 30,880
33,895 3,493

66,646 6,738 223,570 30,104
36,460 2,754

68,461 7,212 216,476 30,854
35,678 2,874

73,155 6,825 229,182 30,961
41,012 2,947

Total Property Crime 341,996 43,727 295,908 41,412 326,676 39,596 320,615 40,940 343,349 40,733

Total Index Crime

381,418 59,465 331,265 57,162 365,776 54,801 356,771 56,121 380,333 55,396

Age Group 0-16
17-21 22-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total

REPORTED ARRESTS FOR INDEX CRIMES BY AGE GROUPS 1999-2003

1999
9,432 14,291 11,821 13,663
7,450 2,808 59,465

%
15.9 24.0 19.9 23.0 12.5
4.7 100.0

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

2001
9,347 12,950 10,773 11,940
7,404 2,387 54,801

%
17.1 23.6 19.7 21.8 13.5
4.4 100.0

2003

%

8,740 15.6

13,417 23.9

11,526 20.5

11,909 21.2

7,898 14.1

2,631

4.7

56,121 100.0

2003
9,259 12,768 11,324 11,567
7,811 2,667 55,396

%
16.7 23.0 20.4 20.9 14.1 4.8 100.0

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED OR ASSAULTED 2003
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 IN FELONIOUS & ACCIDENTAL SITUATIONS

During 2003, one (1) Georgia law enforcement officer lost his life in the line of duty.

Police Officer Aaron Jovon Blount

Fulton County Police Department

April 22, 2003

The following 5 (five) officers were killed accidentally in Georgia.

Sgt. David Land Patrol Officer Jonathan C. Martin Deputy Sheriff Timothy W. Woodard Police Officer Micah Corey Brown
Trooper Tony Michael Lumley

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office Chatsworth Police Department Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) State Patrol, Griffin

March 26, 2003 March 25, 2003 August 2, 2003 October 25, 2003
December 2, 2003

The officers above will always be remembered for the ultimate sacrifice they made in order to make the jurisdictions they served, a safer haven for citizens living in Georgia.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSAULTED DURING 2003

TYPE OF ACTIVITY

NUMBER OF INCIDENTS

Disturbance Calls

153

Burglaries

5

Robberies

9

Civil Disturbance

22

Attempted Arrests

282

Transport Prisoners

84

Suspicious Persons

67

Ambush

1

Mentally Ill

15

Traffic Stops

152

All Other

86

TOTAL:

876

GEORGIA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL - 2003
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 a breakdown by sworn and civilian employees as well as by gender.

SWORN CIVILIAN GRAND TOTAL

MALE 18,993
3,127 22,120

FEMALE 2,992
5,832 8,824

TOTAL 21,985
8,959 30,994

Source: FBI UCR Division