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Crime incidents (NIBRS 2021)

Crime rates

• (number of crimes/population) x 100,000

• Useful for comparison

Crime rates Morgantown:

Assault - 143.74

Theft - 2330.68

Rape - 109.52

Arson - 6.84

Crime rates Washington D.C:

assault - 184.06

Theft - 1405.67

Rape - 16.60

Arson - 0.75

WVU police

WVU enrollment - 25,474 (2021)

Assault - 9

Theft - 89 (larceny)

Rape - 4

Arson - 0

NIBRS

• NIBRS -31,215

• Assault - 144

• Theft - 2330

• Rape 110

• Arson - 6.8

NIBRS +WVU

• population - 54,693

• Assault - 93

• Theft - 1407

• Rape - 66

• Arson - 4

DC (NIBRS)

• population - 693,972

• Assault - 184

• Have to read fine print in NIBRS

Types of data

• uniform crime rates (UCR)

• National incident based reporting system (NIBRS)

• National crime victimization survey (NCVS)

• Self-report