Safety Statistics

The Federal Bureau of Investigation published the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) preliminary data for 2008 during January 2009 which indicated an overall reduction in the USA of violent crime of 3.5%. The UCR for 2007 violent crime statistics was published in September 2008 for 2007 showing an overall reduction of 0.7% for the USA in a year to year comparison. While violent crime had been generally declining since 1994, during 2005 and 2006 that trend was reversed and violent crime increased. All numbers are in % and red is a increase in crime while green indicates a decrease in crime. More detailed information regarding states, cities and populations is available by accessing the FBI UCR site.

Overall Murder Robbery Rape Assault

2007 versus 2006     -0.7         -0.1         -0.1        -2.5       -0.1
2006 versus 2005    +1.3        +0.3        +6.0        -1.9       -0.7
2005 versus 2004    +2.3        +3.4        +3.9        -1.2      +1.8
2004 versus 2003    -1.2          -2.4         -3.1       +0.8       -0.5
2003 versus 2002    -3.0         +1.7         -1.8        -1.9       -3.8

A positive note on this information it is that rape has decreased in the last three years.

You are more likely to be a victim of a violent crime than be injured in a passenger car accident. DOT HS 810623, US DOJ National Crime Victimization Survey 2005 NCJ 215244

8.8% of high school females experience Physical Dating Violence (PDV) - CDC MMWR May 16, 2006

On average, 4% of public school educators are physically attacked and another 7% are threatened with physical violence each year. US Dept of Education survey of 3.7 million public school educators 2003-2004.

Approximately 5%/year of college coeds experience rape or attempted rape. The Sexual Victimization of College Women. Fisher, Turner & Cullen, US DOJ 2000, Correlates of Rape while Intoxicated in a National Sample of College Women, Mohler-Kuo, Dowdall, Koss, Wechsler, Harvard School of Public Health Study 2003

Approximately 9.3% of violent crimes occur in school buildings or on school property. US Dept of Justice Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2005 Statistical Tables NCJ 215244