USAcrime {addScales}

USA Property and Violent Crime Data, 1960 - 2014

Description

USA crime rates as incidents/100,000 population by state for several categories of property and violent crimes from 1960 - 2014 (except for New York, which starts in 1965).

Usage

data("USAcrime")

Format

A data frame with 2745 observations on the following 12 variables.

Year

numeric

State

a factor with state.abb as its levels

Population

estimated population, numeric

allViolent

overall estimated violent crime rate, numeric

Homicide

numeric

Rape

numeric

Robbery

numeric

Assault

numeric

allProperty

overall estimated property crime rate, numeric

Burglary

numeric

Larceny

numeric

vehicleTheft

numeric

Details

Note that these are estimates, and there are various caveats and inconsistencies in definitions and reporting methods among states and over time. Consult the source for details.

Note

The data are ordered by state and year within state. The levels of the (unordered) State factor are state.abb but in the full state name order of state.name. Hence, for example, AL will procede AK and AZ will precede AR in the default ordering of the levels, because Alabama precedes Alaska and Arizona precedes Arkansas in lexicographic order.

Source

FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/StatebyState.cfm