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<strong>Wyoming</strong> Police Department Annual Report WYPD 2002<br />

Arson Defined<br />

Arson Offense <strong>Data</strong><br />

Arson<br />

10 Year Trend 1993-2002<br />

Arson is defined by the Uniform Crime<br />

Reporting Program as any willful or malicious<br />

burning or attempt to burn, with or<br />

without intent to defraud a dwelling<br />

house, public building, motor vehicle or<br />

aircraft, personal property <strong>of</strong> another,<br />

etc. Only fires determined through investigation<br />

to have been willfully or maliciously<br />

set are classified as arsons.<br />

Fires <strong>of</strong> suspicious or unknown origins<br />

are excluded.<br />

• During 2002, 17 cases <strong>of</strong> arson<br />

were reported to the <strong>Wyoming</strong> Police<br />

Department.<br />

• Based upon a population <strong>of</strong> 70,000,<br />

the adjusted arson rate for the <strong>City</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Wyoming</strong> was 24.2 per 100,000<br />

inhabitants.<br />

• The 2001 national average arson<br />

rate for cities outside metropolitan<br />

areas was 32.1 per 100,000 inhabitants.<br />

Geographically, the Midwest<br />

arson rate was 31.5 per 100,000;<br />

while the U.S. arson rate was 35.5<br />

per 100,000 inhabitants.<br />

• The 2002 WYPD arson rate remains<br />

unchanged from 2001.<br />

• The 2002 WYPD arson rate is 35<br />

percent lower than the 1995 rate.<br />

37<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

20<br />

Property Crime Reported<br />

Offense Distribution<br />

25<br />

26<br />

Arson<br />

1%<br />

Arson Totals<br />

1993 - 2002<br />

27<br />

1993<br />

1994<br />

1995<br />

1996<br />

1997<br />

All Other<br />

Property<br />

Crime<br />

99%<br />

22<br />

20<br />

Arson Totals<br />

Ten Year Trend<br />

24<br />

1998<br />

1999<br />

2000<br />

32<br />

17<br />

17<br />

2001<br />

2002<br />

1993<br />

1994<br />

1995<br />

1996<br />

1997<br />

1998<br />

1999<br />

2000<br />

2001<br />

2002

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