fbiwide.v2: Numbers of crimes by state and source - wide format

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Numbers of crimes by state and source - wide format

Description

A dataset containing the number of property and violent crimes across the United States as reported through the API for the FBI's Crime Data Explorer at https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/docApi. Last updated: Sep 20 2023
The variables are as follows (more detail on the FBI website):

Usage

fbiwide.v2

Format

A tibble with 9139 rows and 17 columns

state

name of the state for which numbers are reported.

state_id

id for each state.

state_abbr

two letter state abbreviation.

year

year of the reporting.

population

state population.

total_agency_count

number of agencies in the state.

agency_submitting

number of agencies involved in reporting to the system.

source

source of the estimate: SRS or NIBRS.

homicide

number of reported murders.

rape_legacy

number of reported rapes before 2013. The definition of rape was updated in 2012 and reported afterwards as rape_revised.

rape_revised

number of reported rapes using the definition of 2012.

robbery

number of reported robberies.

aggravated_assaults

number of reported aggravated assaults.

property_crime

number of property crimes. This number should be the sum of the next four variables.

burglary

number of reported burglaries.

larceny

number of reported larceny thefts.

motor_vehicle_theft

number of reported motor vehicle thefts.

arson

number of reported incidents of arson.

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