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FBI
2016 NIBRS Crime Data
Released
Report Contains New Data Including Animal Cruelty
Today, the FBI released information on more than 6 million criminal
offenses that were submitted to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
Program’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2016—and
for the first time last year, the annual NIBRS report included data on
animal cruelty. Additionally, hacking and identity theft were added to
the overall fraud offense category.
While NIBRS data is not yet nationally representative, 6,849 law
enforcement agencies (about 37 percent of the country’s law enforcement
agencies that participate in the UCR Program) contributed their data to
the NIBRS, 2016 report, a 201-agency increase from 2015. By 2021, NIBRS
is scheduled to become the national standard for crime reporting,
replacing the Summary Reporting System. NIBRS provides additional
information and context for criminal offenses, and when fully
implemented, it will assist law enforcement in using their resources
efficiently and effectively. Read more on the benefits of NIBRS
participation.
“Information that is accurate, accessible, and complete enhances and
informs conversations about policing,” FBI Director Christopher Wray
said in his message in the report. “It helps us learn how and why
crimes occur and what we can do to prevent them from happening in the
first place. It helps law enforcement to be more proactive, helps
communities use resources more strategically, and it improves the
safety of our nation’s citizens and law enforcement officers.”
In the new categories, there were 1,126 animal cruelty cases reported
to NIBRS. In recent years, law enforcement and other groups have
advocated for adding animal cruelty to FBI crime statistics as a way to
better understand it as a crime against society and also because animal
cruelty is sometimes linked to domestic violence and other violent
crimes.
Of the more than 250,000 fraud offenses reported by law enforcement to
NIBRS in 2016, 22,894 were identity theft offenses and 581 were
hacking/computer invasion offenses.
Some additional highlights from NIBRS, 2016:
Based on aggregate data, NIBRS agencies reported 5,237,106 incidents
involving 6,101,034 offenses with 6,437,018 victims.
There were 4,963,644 offenses with known offenders (in which at least
one characteristic of the offender was known.) Of those offenders whose
age was known, 43.5 percent were between the ages of 16 and 30.
Sixty-three percent of known offenders were men, and 25.6 percent were
women. In other cases, sex of the offender was unknown.
Of the reported offenses, 62.5 percent were crimes against property,
22.7 were crimes against persons, and 14.8 percent were crimes against
society (such as gambling or animal cruelty).
More than half of the victims (52.4 percent) knew their offenders (or
at least one of the offenders if the incident included more than one
offender). Additionally, 24.3 percent of the victims were related to
their offender (or at least one offender if more than one was present.)
The NIBRS report contains data on 3,261,521 arrestees. Of those who
were arrested, 34.1 percent were 21 to 30 years old. More than 71
percent of arrestees were men, and 28.3 percent were women.
More NIBRS data can be found in the NIBRS interactive map or in the
Crime Data Explorer tool.
FBI Launches Crime Data Explorer Tool
The FBI recently released its Crime Data Explorer (CDE), an interactive
tool that enables law enforcement and the public to more easily use and
understand the massive amount of published UCR data. CDE users can
easily search, sort, and compare crime statistics; create charts and
graphs; download tailored reports; and use application programming
interface (API) to build their own web applications. For mobile users,
CDE offers a streamlined, mobile-responsive web design that works on
cell phones and tablets as well as computers.
CDE currently includes on data on hate crime, assaults on law
enforcement, police employees, agency participation, cargo theft, and
human trafficking. Additional datasets and tools will continue to be
added to the tool.
Find links to additional information here
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