2015 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 2015 report reflects statistics based on local agency submissions from 20112015. 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 via fax at (404) 270-8463 or email your request to: ucrweb@gbi.ga.gov. Vernon M. Keenan Director, G.B.I TABLE OF CONTENTS Profile of Reported Index Crimes 2015 3 Reported Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Index Crimes 2015 4 Profile of Persons Arrested by Specific Age, Sex, and Race 2015 7 Juvenile Arrests for Index and Part II Arrests 20112015 8 Juvenile Arrest Dispositions 20112015 9 Comparison of Reported Index Crimes and Arrests 20112015 10 Reported Arrests for Index Crimes by Age Groups 20112015 10 Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assaulted 2015 11 Georgia's Law Enforcement Personnel 2015 12 Georgia's Family Violence Incidents 2011-2015 13 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 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 2015 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 - 2015 Crime Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Total Violent Crime Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Total Property Crime Total Index Crime Reported 606 2,222 11,947 21,517 36,292 63,983 208,826 25,690 881 299,380 335,672 % of Total 0.18% 0.66% 3.56% 6.40% 10.8% 19.06% 62.22% 7.65% 0.26% 89.2% 100.0% Rate Per 100,000 5.9 21.8 117.0 210.6 355.3 626.4 2044.3 251.5 8.6 2930.8 3286.1 Page 3 REPORTED METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA) INDEX CRIMES - 2015 The table below 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 (MSA) COUNTY POPULATION MURDER RAPE ROBBERY AGGRAV ASSAULT BURGLARY MOTOR LARCENY VEHICLE ARSON THEFT INDEX CRIME THEFT % OF TOTAL Albany, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Baker Dougherty Lee Terrell Worth 3,215 92,038 29,432 9,051 20,780 154,516 -9 39 -6 111 11 46 - - - - -0 0 210 576 1,256 2,958 168 23 5,239 4 33 126 530 6 0 705 13 29 143 132 10 2 330 10 84 134 340 20 2 592 237 722 1,659 3,960 204 27 6,866 2.0 Athens, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Clarke Madison Oconee Oglethorpe 122,021 28,399 35,717 13,606 199,743 3 69 2 12 --5 81 119 333 977 3,464 242 30 5,237 11 31 173 406 36 4 675 3 29 107 461 24 0 624 6 22 93 126 13 2 262 139 415 1,350 4,457 315 36 6,798 2.0 Atlanta, GA Barrow Bartow Butts Carroll Cherokee Clayton Cobb Coweta Dawson DeKalb Douglas Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Haralson Heard Henry Jasper 74,283 102,315 23,315 115,148 235,496 269,959 742,910 137,775 23,163 730,960 140,588 110,526 212,195 1,016,392 897,705 28,652 11,561 216,449 13,343 1 17 5 29 -6 2 28 3 43 24 106 26 141 4 18 27 78 173 6 16 27 - 34 138 284 27 126 29 11 6 53 -1 22 39 8 52 29 707 708 49 6 2,228 102 31 8 3,224 855 7 - 181 1 197 338 60 249 115 735 1,245 223 14 1,897 251 52 101 4,253 942 133 17 223 45 232 912 94 6 1,481 757 2,762 370 0 4,300 95 312 29 0 510 831 2,584 216 9 3,971 424 2,479 147 3 3,243 3,112 7,108 1,468 10 13,270 3,367 13,887 1,244 47 20,665 508 1,762 130 10 2,704 81 370 38 1 519 8,075 20,259 4,371 132 37,213 585 3,018 239 10 4,227 188 1,347 104 0 1,731 318 1,447 83 5 1,996 8,765 32,235 6,849 90 55,838 3,506 13,341 1,506 46 20,349 219 578 47 0 995 29 100 14 0 162 1,255 4,161 449 9 6,337 54 131 7 0 239 Page 4 *** (MSA) TOTAL *** METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA) Augusta, GA-SC *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Brunswick, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Chattanooga, GA-TN *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Columbus, GA-AL *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Dalton, GA-AL *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Gainesville, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Lamar Meriwether Newton Paulding Pickens Pike Rockdale Spalding Walton COUNTY Burke Columbia McDuffie Richmond Brantley Glynn McIntosh Catoosa Dade Walker Chattahoochee Harris Marion Muscogee Murray Whitfield Hall 18,223 21,075 104,747 150,834 30,184 17,780 88,493 64,070 88,696 5,686,837 1 10 2 10 9 19 3 20 -1 11 5 14 1 24 - 14 349 1,212 6 10 57 28 2 81 80 28 8,549 81 56 313 181 54 12 198 305 162 12,452 90 360 10 1 559 147 351 20 5 601 608 1,490 207 6 2,709 611 2,419 305 47 3,614 96 270 29 0 452 73 140 15 0 242 422 1,868 177 7 2,772 491 1,888 147 0 2,936 486 1,484 135 3 2,312 35,425 119,063 18,450 447 195,947 58.4 POPULATION MURDER RAPE ROBBERY AGGRAV ASSAULT BURGLARY MOTOR LARCENY VEHICLE ARSON THEFT INDEX CRIME THEFT % OF TOTAL 22,587 143,318 21,294 201,790 388,989 25 2 11 33 -2 7 21 9 144 21 57 2 27 1 2 33 230 229 637 51 317 1,772 87 72 123 20 24 299 5 642 2,831 163 0 1,077 5 2,272 0 250 0 333 5 3,932 1.2 18,436 82,916 14,215 115,567 -4 2 26 13 30 1 24 89 247 5 10 95 281 98 326 12 727 2,101 187 127 225 16 952 2,652 215 0 465 1 3,380 2 386 3 4,231 1.3 66,137 16,356 68,164 150,657 3 17 -14 4 21 23 145 - 22 13 162 36 329 241 1,539 166 5 2,139 18 31 30 74 438 1,255 55 8 1,936 697 2,825 224 13 4,149 1.2 12,047 33,111 8,825 203,778 257,761 --5 -19 72 19 77 1 - - 2 11 5 1 27 111 251 19 0 414 1 11 5 18 30 38 548 498 2,565 7,717 1,057 37 12,513 551 536 2,681 7,988 1,080 38 12,970 3.9 39,441 103,907 143,348 -4 3 32 3 36 3 42 21 189 24 231 70 373 32 644 1,900 163 714 2,273 195 0 524 5 2,957 5 3,481 1.0 193,860 5 42 69 248 729 2,716 274 19 4,102 Page 5 Hinesville, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Liberty Long Macon, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Bibb Crawford Jones Monroe Twiggs Rome, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Floyd Savannah, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Bryan Chatham Effingham Valdosta *** (MSA) TOTAL *** Brooks Echols Lanier Lowndes Warner Robins, GA *** (MSA) TOTAL *** METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA) *** TOTAL MSAs *** Houston COUNTY *** TOTAL NON MSAs *** *** TOTAL STATE *** 193,860 5 42 69 248 729 2,716 274 19 4,102 1.2 65,965 17,812 83,777 14 -4 18 41 179 6 6 47 185 300 1,236 79 3 1,843 88 96 18 0 218 388 1,332 97 3 2,061 .6 153,732 12,358 28,868 27,244 8,180 230,382 34 59 -3 -3 -4 -1 34 70 325 375 2,222 5,900 668 132 9,715 2 9 61 171 17 1 264 3 18 131 463 39 2 659 6 30 108 474 29 0 651 - 9 32 101 9 1 153 336 441 2,554 7,109 762 136 11,442 3.4 96,139 96,139 11 37 11 37 74 215 74 215 624 2,303 201 16 3,481 624 2,303 201 16 3,481 1.0 34,901 288,379 56,287 379,567 -5 56 70 18 57 83 9 78 122 485 20 0 719 577 681 2,214 7,705 1,246 23 12,572 15 30 276 378 47 3 758 601 789 2,612 8,568 1,313 26 14,049 4.2 15,236 4,005 10,461 114,703 144,405 14 -- 14 2 20 3 38 11 46 - 6 7 31 55 204 73 287 115 287 27 7 19 1 49 128 12 762 2,992 191 933 3,426 231 0 491 0 33 0 241 2 4,228 2 4,993 1.5 151,538 151,538 5 34 5 34 142 330 1,054 4,180 250 13 6,008 142 330 1,054 4,180 250 13 6,008 1.8 POPULATION MURDER RAPE 8,377,086 517 1,836 ROBBERY 11,006 AGGRAV ASSAULT 17,691 BURGLARY 53,014 MOTOR LARCENY VEHICLE ARSON THEFT 175,683 23,974 789 INDEX CRIME THEFT 284,510 % OF TOTAL 84.8 1,837,774 89 386 941 3,826 10,969 33,143 1,716 92 51,162 15.2 10,214,860 606 2,222 11,947 21,517 63,983 208,826 25,690 881 335,672 100% Page 6 ARREST DATA The numbers of persons arrested are compiled from summary arrest reports submitted monthly by local law enforcement agencies. Presented below is a profile of individuals arrested broken down by age, sex, and race for 2015. PROFILE OF PERSONS ARRESTED BY SPECIFIC AGE, SEX, RACE - 2015 *** AGE *** Type of Crime 16 and Under 17-21 22-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Murder 21 120 178 67 54 26 Forcible Rape 28 57 79 71 51 39 Robbery 412 804 678 372 184 96 Aggravated Assault 628 1,264 2,644 2,205 1,351 1,134 Total Violent Crime 1,089 2,245 3,579 2,715 1,640 1,295 Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Total Property Crime 1,208 3,802 428 27 5,465 1,522 8,628 317 27 10,494 1,388 9,170 336 38 10,932 1,043 7,597 284 43 8,967 605 4,898 164 22 5,689 395 3,982 88 20 4,485 Total Index Crime Type of Crime Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Total Violent Crime 6,554 12,739 14,511 *** SEX *** Male Female 415 51 319 6 2,235 311 6,998 2,228 9,967 2,596 11,682 7,329 5,780 *** RACE *** White Non-White 94 372 124 201 441 2,105 3,685 5,541 4,344 8,219 Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Total Property Crime 5,352 22,742 1,359 135 29,588 809 15,335 258 42 16,444 2,736 18,157 643 80 21,616 3,425 19,920 974 97 24,416 Total Index Crime 39,555 19,040 25,960 32,635 Page 7 JUVENILE ARREST DATA The following tables represent 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 2011 and 2015 for all crimes (Part I or 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. JUVENILE ARREST DISPOSITIONS - 2011-2015 are presented in the second table. JUVENILE ARRESTS FOR PART I (INDEX) and PART II (NON-INDEX) ARRESTS - 2011-2015 CHARGE: 01A Murder/Non Negligent Manslaughter 2 Forcible Rape 3 Robbery 4 Aggravated Assault 5 Burglary 6 Larceny 7 Motor Vehicle Theft 8 Other Assaults 9 Arson 10 Forgery & Counterfeiting 11 Fraud 12 Embezzlement 13 Stolen Property; Building, Receiving, Possessing 14 Vandalism 15 Weapons; Carrying, Possessing, etc. 16 Prostitution & Commercialized Vice 17 Sex Offenses (except Forcible Rape & Prostitution) CHARGE: DRUGS: Sale Manufacturing 18A Opium or Cocaine & Their Derivatives (Morphine, Heroin, Codeine) 18B Marijuana 18C Synthetic Narcotics Manufactured Narcotics Which Can Cause True Drug Addiction (Demerol, Methadone) 18D Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic Drugs (Barbiturates, Benzedrine) DRUGS: Possession 18E Opium or Cocaine & Their Derivatives (Morphine, Heroin, Codeine) 18F Marijuana 18G Synthetic Narcotics Manufactured Narcotics Which Can Cause True Drug Addiction (Demerol, Methadone) 2011 40 52 549 1,275 2,392 7,954 479 5,818 93 68 269 22 451 945 928 29 679 2011 2012 40 33 588 1,143 2,071 7,289 451 5,566 69 91 235 9 461 878 715 29 620 2012 2013 92 53 630 892 1,908 6,713 450 5,166 56 71 248 9 475 639 755 25 507 2013 2014 47 43 629 922 1,908 6,689 492 5,076 61 56 191 7 419 897 670 20 448 2014 2015 35 35 584 838 1,573 5,560 532 4,861 36 53 216 10 446 686 659 17 557 2015 60 50 46 31 26 336 457 434 345 227 37 41 21 18 24 114 124 142 166 194 109 87 78 72 60 2,387 2,453 2,447 2,213 2,110 147 82 61 60 77 Page 8 18H Other Dangerous Non-Narcotic Drugs (Barbiturates, Benzedrine) GAMBLING 19A Bookmaking (Horse & Sport Book) 19B Numbers & Lottery 19C All Other Gambling OTHER CHARGES 20 Offenses Against Family & Children 21 DUI 22 Liquor Laws 23 Drunkenness 24 Disorderly Conduct 25 Vagrancy 26 All Other Offenses (except Traffic) 27 Suspicion 28 Curfew and Loitering Law Violations 29 Run Away TOTAL: 110 129 89 85 80 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 9 11 5 9 4 256 246 174 197 218 230 216 175 156 144 1,126 1,095 843 728 489 81 60 52 64 54 4,385 3,553 4,125 3,366 2,894 103 218 90 61 186 8,427 8,078 6,877 6,239 6,027 22 10 6 196 8 738 720 709 646 528 1,759 1,847 1,504 1,504 913 42,480 39,767 36,567 34,458 30,963 JUVENILE ARREST DISPOSITIONS - 2011-2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Handled Within Dept. 5,606 5,004 4,230 4,013 3,383 Referred to Juvenile Court 25,698 23,355 20,297 18,108 17,161 Referred to Welfare Dept. 371 373 246 345 220 Referred to Other Police Dept. 147 278 325 162 187 Referred to Adult/Criminal Court 8,576 7,592 7,381 6,471 5,758 Total Dispositions 40,398 36,602 32,479 29,099 26,709 Source: Juvenile Arrest Disposition for Part I (Index) and Part II Offenses (Non-Index) 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. Page 9 CRIME AND ARREST COMPARISONS 2011-2015 The first table shows the number of incidents and arrests reported each year, based upon UCR criteria, between 2011 and 2015 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 2011 and 2015 Type of Crime Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Total Violent Crime Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Total Property Crime COMPARISON OF REPORTED INDEX CRIMES AND ARRESTS 2011 - 2015 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests Incidents Arrests 543 481 573 445 554 475 579 453 606 466 2,050 373 2,104 336 1,934 367 2,091 365 2,222 325 12,006 2,880 12,354 2,946 12,272 2,824 12,373 2,779 11,947 2,546 21,362 11,269 21,981 10,947 20,371 9,170 21,830 8,873 21,517 9,226 35,961 15,003 37,012 14,674 35,131 12,836 36,873 12,470 36,292 12,563 94,044 9,956 85,761 8,884 79,992 7,716 75,646 7,370 63,983 6,161 226,460 43,394 219,993 43,428 218,707 42,762 225,567 42,860 208,826 38,077 29,239 2,190 28,357 1,849 26,365 1,703 26,842 1,707 25,690 1,617 1,238 424 1,243 222 1,115 213 1,021 224 881 177 350,981 55,964 335,354 54,383 326,179 52,394 329,076 52,181 299,380 46,032 Total Index Crime 386,942 70,967 372,366 69,057 361,310 65,230 365,949 64,651 335,672 58,595 REPORTED ARRESTS FOR INDEX CRIMES BY AGE GROUPS - 2011-2015 Age Group 0-16 17-21 22-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total 2011 9,001 18,625 15,683 12,109 9,651 5,898 70,967 % 12.7% 26.2% 22.1% 17.1% 13.6% 8.3% 100.0% 2012 8,192 17,283 16,020 12,180 9,258 6,124 69,057 % 11.9% 25.0% 23.2% 17.6% 13.4% 8.9% 100.0% 2013 7,548 15,781 15,499 11,835 8,606 5,961 65,230 % 11.6% 24.2% 23.8% 18.1% 13.2% 9.1% 100.0% 2014 7,628 14,806 15,387 12,212 8,389 6,299 64,651 % 11.8% 22.9% 23.8% 18.9% 13.0% 9.6% 100.0% 2015 6,554 12,739 14,511 11,682 7,329 5,780 58,595 % 11.2% 21.7% 24.8% 19.9% 12.5% 9.9% 100.0% Page 10 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED OR ASSAULTED - 2015 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 The following officer lost their life in the line of duty in Georgia. Detective Terence Avery Green Fulton County PD, GA The following two(2) officers lost their life accidentally in Georgia. 03/04/2015 Corporal Richard Allen Hall Corporal William Matthew Solomon Patrol Officer Darryl Deon Wallace Police Office Jesse Arthaniel Tarplin Sheriff Ladson Lamar O'Connor Chatham County SO, GA Georgia Port Authority PD, GA Clayton County PD, GA Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) PD, GA Montgomery County SO, GA 09/16/2015 03/02/2015 03/15/2015 12/12/2015 06/16/2015 All of the officers above 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 ASSAULTED DURING 2015 TYPE OF ACTIVITY Disturbance Calls Burglaries Robberies Civil Disturbance Attempted Arrests Transport Prisoners Suspicious Persons Ambush Mentally Ill Traffic Stops All Other TOTAL: NUMBER OF INCIDENTS 277 35 15 6 100 178 185 8 73 137 99 1,113 Page 11 GEORGIA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL - 2015 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 19,951 2,880 22,931 FEMALE 3,878 5,559 9,437 TOTAL 23,829 8,439 32,268 Source: GCIC - UCR Division Page 12 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 reporting offenses has increased steadily. In 2015, there were 65,487 reported incidents of family violence. Children were involved in almost 31 % (20,578) of the total incidents. In an additional 20 % (13,195) of the incidents, the act was committed in the presence of children. Family Violence Incidents 2011 - 2015 Reported Cases: Children Present Children Involved 2011 71,475 14,191 23,610 2012 67,947 14,055 21,999 Family Violence 2015 2013 68,313 14,113 22,122 2014 65,529 13,339 21,185 2015 65,487 13,195 20,578 WEAPONS USED IN INCIDENTS Firearm Cutting/Knife Hand/Fist Other Weapons TOTALS: OCCURRENCES 1,196 5,297 35,079 23,915 65,487 PERCENTAGE 2% 8% 54% 37% 100% POLICE ACTION TAKEN Arrested Citation Separation Mediation Other None TOTALS: TOTAL 20,971 359 10,637 6,615 18,816 8,089 65,487 PERCENTAGE 32% 1% 16% 10% 29% 12% 100% RELATIONSHIP OF AGGRESSOR TO VICTIM Present Spouse Former Spouse Child Parent Step Parent Step Child Foster Parent Foster Child Lives Same Household or Did None of the Above TOTALS: TOTAL 14,543 2,573 4,545 6,549 706 498 51 89 15,632 20,301 65,487 PERCENTAGE 22% 4% 7% 10% 1% 1% < 1% < 1% 24% 31% 100% 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 56 73 299 205 312 18,984 4,217 4,202 7,461 441 9,154 45,404 FEMALE 13 24 76 32 295 7,437 1,624 1,129 2,882 56 3,599 17,167 NOTE: There were 2,916 (4.0%) Family Violence Incident Reports that did not provide the Sex of the Aggressor. 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