NCJ Number
194728
Date Published
2001
Length
228 pages
Annotation
Crime in Maryland is an annual publication detailing crime statistics for the State of Maryland, in cooperation with the National Uniform Crime Report program administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Abstract
All Maryland law enforcement agencies contribute crime data to the Maryland Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Crime data are reported monthly to the Maryland UCR Program for the crime categories of criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, assault, breaking or entering, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. This publication also reports statistics concerning domestic violence, hate bias reporting, car jacking, clearance rates, arrests, law enforcement officers killed or assaulted, and law enforcement employee data. In the year 2000, there were a total of 256,286 crime incidents reported to Maryland law enforcement agencies, representing a 2 percent decrease from 1999 totals. There was a 1 percent decrease for the year 2000 in reports for the violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault compared to 1999 reports. Property crimes consisting of breaking or entering, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft dropped 2 percent in the year 2000 as compared to 1999. Total arrests, however, increased 2 percent for a total of 318,249 arrests during 2000. Of these arrests, 269,167 were adults, representing an increase of 3 percent from 1999, while 49,082 were juvenile arrests, a 1 percent drop from 1999. The arrests for drug abuse violations decreased 2 percent for a total of 41,488 arrests in 2000. Nine officers were killed in the line of duty in 2000, while a total of 4,189 officers were assaulted, a decrease of 13 percent from police officer assaults in 1999. For the year 2000, a total of 14,404 full time law enforcement officers were employed, a 1 percent increase from 1999. This figure represents 2.7 full time officers per 1,000 people.