From: [f--r--a] at [agcs.com] (Andrew Ford)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns,dc.talk.guns
Subject: 1990 US crime rates
Date: 26 Jul 1993 15:03:41 -0700
In article <[1993 Jul 22 221606 7679] at [mdd.comm.mot.com]>, [b--o--h] at [mdd.comm.mot.com] (Greg Booth) writes:
> In <22mqhn$[cv 7] at [hw_chevy.agcs.com]> [f--r--a] at [agcs.com] (Andrew Ford) writes:
[...]
> If someone has the US rates for property crime, violent crime,
> and sexual assault, I have the 1990 rates for Canada, and
> am working on getting the 1991 rates, we can verify
> these numbers.
Glad to be of service.
This file would make an excellent contribution to the rkba archive, IMHO.
[send email for ccw survey used to generate GRI].
Note that on average, the higher the individual gun rights, the lower the
crime rates in every category except rate. Note also that rape includes
both reported successful rapes and reported attempted rapes: successful
rapes are very rarely to reported. Attempted rapes, especially in those
cases where the intended victim has shot her attacker, are far more likely
to be reported. I've tried to find a break out of rape vs attempted, but
have not been successful. I could have left Rape out, but that didn't seem
too honest.
I haven't done tests for significance -- I'll leave that to the
mathematicians (sp? -- shucks, I caint even be bothered to *spell* it!).
NOTE: rates are in crimes per 100,000 people, unless otherwise
specified.
Gun Crime Vio- Prop- Homi- Rape
Rights Index lent erty cide
Index Total Crime Crime **' **''
Average for:
Top third 41 5995.7 778.3 5217.4 12.2 38.5
Middle third 66 5181.5 517.5 4664.0 7.0 41.6
Bottom third 80 4742.7 419.6 4323.1 6.1 39.3
D. C. 0 10774.3 2458.2 8316.0 77.8 49.9
Illinois 7 5935.1 967.4 4967.7 10.3 39.4
Tennessee 28 5051.0 670.4 4380.6 10.5 49.5
Texas 33 7826.8 761.4 7065.3 14.1 51.5
Arkansas 33 4866.9 532.2 4334.7 10.3 43.3
California 42 6603.6 1045.2 5558.4 11.9 42.6
New York 43 6363.8 1180.9 5182.8 14.5 29.8
Utah 44 5659.9 283.9 5376.0 3.0 37.8
New Jersey 45 5447.2 647.6 4799.7 5.6 29.8
Iowa 46 4100.9 299.7 3801.2 1.9 18.4
N. Dakota 50 2922.4 73.9 2848.5 0.8 17.8
Hawaii 50 6106.7 280.9 5825.8 4.0 32.5
N. Carolina 52 5485.9 623.5 4862.3 10.7 34.3
Florida 54 8810.8 1244.3 7566.5 10.7 52.4
Massachusetts 54 5297.9 736.3 4561.5 4.0 33.7
Ohio 55 4843.4 506.2 4337.3 6.1 46.8
Maryland 56 5830.5 919.0 4911.5 11.5 45.7
Missouri 58 5120.6 715.3 4405.3 8.8 32.5
Minnesota 61 4538.8 306.1 4232.7 2.7 34.0
Virginia 62 4440.6 350.6 4090.0 8.8 31.0
Colorado 65 6053.7 526.0 5527.8 4.2 46.2
New Mexico 66 6684.1 780.2 5903.9 9.2 49.7
Kentucky 66 3299.4 390.4 2909.1 7.2 29.0
Oklahoma 66 5598.7 547.5 5051.2 8.0 47.0
Wisconsin 66 4395.1 264.7 4130.4 4.6 20.7
Alaska 66 5152.7 524.5 4628.2 7.5 72.9
Arizona 66 7888.7 652.4 7236.4 7.7 40.9
Nebraska 66 4213.1 330.0 3883.1 2.7 30.0
Kansas 66 5193.1 447.7 4745.4 4.0 40.4
Michigan 66 5994.8 790.4 5204.4 10.4 77.6
S. Carolina 67 6045.2 976.6 5068.7 11.2 53.7
Connecticut 69 5386.7 553.7 4833.0 5.1 27.9
Mississippi 69 3869.1 340.4 3528.8 12.2 44.1
Wyoming 69 4210.6 301.4 3909.3 4.9 29.5
Oregon 71 5646.0 506.8 5139.2 3.8 46.9
Rhode Island 72 5352.7 431.9 4920.8 4.8 24.7
W. Virginia 72 2503.0 169.3 2333.7 5.7 23.6
Georgia 76 6763.6 756.3 6007.3 11.8 53.6
Alabama 77 4915.2 708.6 4206.7 11.6 32.6
Idaho 77 4057.1 275.7 3781.4 2.7 27.3
Washington 78 6222.9 501.6 5721.3 4.9 64.0
Indiana 79 4683.3 473.9 4209.4 6.2 37.9
Pennsylvania 80 3476.1 431.0 3045.1 6.7 25.8
New Hampshire 81 3645.2 131.5 3513.7 1.9 34.8
Delaware 83 5360.4 655.2 4705.1 5.0 88.1
Nevada 83 6063.6 600.9 5462.7 9.7 62.2
S. Dakota 83 2909.3 162.8 2746.5 2.0 34.3
Montana 83 4502.1 159.3 4342.8 4.9 24.4
Maine 84 3697.8 143.2 3554.5 2.4 19.7
Louisiana 88 6486.7 898.4 5588.2 17.2 42.2
Vermont 99 4340.9 127.2 4213.7 2.3 25.9
Gun Robb- Aggra- Burg- Theft Motor
Rights ery vated lary Vehicle
Index Assault Theft
Average for:
Top third 41 294.8 432.9 1244.4 3331.7 640.2
Middle third 66 121.8 347.1 1100.3 3131.6 432.0
Bottom third 80 112.1 262.2 1011.4 2913.8 397.9
D. C. 0 1213.5 1117.0 1983.0 4996.9 1336.1
Illinois 7 394.0 523.6 1063.0 3262.0 642.8
Tennessee 28 191.2 419.2 1264.0 2545.1 571.5
Texas 33 260.8 435.1 1851.5 4304.7 909.0
Arkansas 33 113.2 365.4 1210.9 2834.4 289.4
California 42 377.0 613.6 1345.4 3197.5 1015.5
New York 43 624.7 512.0 1160.7 2979.4 1024.7
Utah 44 59.9 186.3 880.6 4257.6 237.7
New Jersey 45 301.0 311.1 1017.2 2843.0 939.5
Iowa 46 39.2 240.1 808.4 2822.9 169.9
N. Dakota 50 7.8 47.4 426.6 2288.8 133.1
Hawaii 50 91.4 153.0 1228.2 4217.1 380.5
N. Carolina 52 152.1 426.4 1530.4 3048.3 283.7
Florida 54 416.8 764.4 2170.6 4569.6 826.3
Massachusetts 54 217.1 481.4 1112.7 2525.3 923.6
Ohio 55 188.5 264.7 982.5 2864.1 490.6
Maryland 56 363.8 497.9 1119.9 3082.9 708.7
Missouri 58 216.4 457.6 1065.8 2800.2 539.4
Minnesota 61 92.7 176.7 907.2 2959.9 365.6
Virginia 62 123.3 187.6 731.1 3031.4 327.5
Colorado 65 90.6 385.0 1208.8 3890.6 428.4
New Mexico 66 115.1 606.2 1738.7 3828.5 336.7
Kentucky 66 69.1 285.2 766.9 1942.7 199.4
Oklahoma 66 121.9 370.5 1447.5 3002.0 601.7
Wisconsin 66 112.7 126.7 751.4 2962.6 416.5
Alaska 66 76.7 367.4 894.3 3168.5 565.4
Arizona 66 160.9 442.8 1669.9 4703.0 863.5
Nebraska 66 51.1 246.2 723.8 2981.1 178.2
Kansas 66 117.6 285.7 1166.5 3243.5 335.4
Michigan 66 234.0 468.4 1143.3 3347.4 713.7
S. Carolina 67 152.4 759.3 1380.4 3302.4 385.8
Connecticut 69 234.8 286.0 1227.7 2874.4 730.9
Mississippi 69 86.2 198.0 1251.2 2070.0 207.6
Wyoming 69 15.9 251.1 631.0 3129.3 149.0
Oregon 71 144.3 311.8 1135.4 3545.2 458.6
Rhode Island 72 122.0 280.4 1271.1 2695.3 954.4
W. Virginia 72 37.9 102.1 657.1 1522.7 153.9
Georgia 76 263.5 427.4 1619.4 3714.3 673.6
Alabama 77 143.7 520.7 1103.4 2755.4 347.8
Idaho 77 15.0 230.7 813.2 2802.7 165.5
Washington 78 130.0 302.7 1262.9 4011.4 447.1
Indiana 79 101.3 328.4 943.3 2827.1 439.0
Pennsylvania 80 176.2 222.3 729.1 1810.5 505.5
New Hampshire 81 27.2 67.6 735.5 2534.2 244.0
Delaware 83 164.8 397.3 970.5 3290.8 443.9
Nevada 83 238.3 290.7 1367.4 3502.7 592.5
S. Dakota 83 12.4 114.1 527.4 2108.9 110.2
Montana 83 21.7 108.4 709.1 3391.2 242.5
Maine 84 25.1 96.0 823.0 2554.9 176.6
Louisiana 88 269.8 569.2 1437.9 3548.6 601.7
Vermont 99 11.7 87.2 1087.3 2918.5 207.9
* see ccw_survey.
** Population in thousands.
*** Area of state in (square miles???) taken from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (1981)
**** Persons/square mile
**' Murder and non-negligent manslaughter. IOW unjustified, intentional killings.
**'' Attempted Rape plus Rape. Stats for Illinois are estimated - reporting error.
All crime figures from 1990 FBI UCR's
see crime_definitions for descriptions of crimes.
--
Most people seem to think that trampling individual rights is OK if it is
"for the good of society as a whole." However, society is but a large number
of individuals, and how can harming the individual parts better the whole?
- Andrew Ford -- [f--r--a] at [agcs.com] -- (a strong INFP [>75% in all 4])