Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

Figure 3.20 Estimated rate (per 100,000 inhabitants) of offenses known to police, by type of offense, lkIited States, 1960-81I\DTE: See I\DTE, Table 3.56. Violent crimes are offenses of rrorder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravatedassault. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. For definitions ofoffenses, see Appendix 2.(Rote per 100,000 inhabitants)6,0005,500Total Crime IndexProperty crime5,0004,5004,000.......w!a:3,5003,0002,5002,0001,5001,000500..•.•....•..............•..................................•..•.••.•.......•.............•.•..•...................... ,...............0 1974 1976 1978 1980 19811960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972Violent crimeSource: U.S. Deportment of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, 1975, p. 49, Table 2; 1981, p. 39, Table 2 (Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government Printing Office). Figure constructed by Sa..RCEBCXl< stoff.\4\, I..,