fbiwide.v1: Numbers of crimes by state

fbiwide.v1R Documentation

Numbers of crimes by state

Description

A dataset containing the number of property and violent crimes across the United States from 1960 to 2019. The data was made available by the FBI in the Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics (UCR) at https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/index.cfm. The variables are as follows (more detail on the FBI website): This dataset is now superceded by fbiwide.

Usage

fbiwide.v1

Format

A data frame with 3011 rows and 12 variables:

State

name of the state for which numbers are reported.

Abb

two letter state abbreviation.

Year

year of the reporting.

Population

state population.

Aggravated.assault

number of reported aggravated assaults.

Burglary

number of reported burglaries.

Larceny.theft

number of reported larceny thefts.

Legacy.rape

number of reported rapes before 2013. The definition of rape was updated in 2012 and reported afterwards (see below).

Motor.vehicle.theft

number of reported motor vehicle thefts.

Murder

number of reported murders.

Rape

number of reported rapes using the definition of 2012.

Robbery

number of reported robberies.


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