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The West > Alaska > Crime

ALASKAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003 7.1% [9th of 0]
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003 8.1% [13th of 0]
Aggravated assault 3,460 [40th of 51]
Arson deaths 2.6 [16th of 49]
Burglary 4,136 [45th of 51]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 20 [2nd of 51]
Forcible rape 509 [39th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 45.9 [45th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 10.8 [42nd of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 43.2 [5th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 37 [39th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 0 [32nd of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 0 [48th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 4 [47th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 0 [48th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 2 [46th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 6 [47th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 32 [41st of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 3.1% [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 25% [19th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 31.3% [5th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 21.9% [30th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 12.5% [13th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 0% [48th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 6.3% [17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 0% [45th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 25% [28th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 21.9% [1st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 12.5% [5th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 25% [31st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 34.4% [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 40.6% [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 55.9 % [3rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 44.1 % [47th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 52.9 % [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 17.6 % [15th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 29.4 % [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 15.6% [24th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 25% [37th of 49]
Larceny-theft 17,490 [46th of 51]
Motor vehicle theft 2,529 [43rd of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 36 [41st of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 4,554 [40th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 6.862 per 1,000 people [5th of 50]
Property crime total 24,155 [47th of 51]
Robbery 605 [43rd of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 1,392 [16th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 209.746 per 100,000 people [1st of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 22 [38th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.331 per 10,000 people [5th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 0 [38th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [49th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 3 [30th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 4.52 per 1 million people [3rd of 50]
Violent crime 4,610 [41st of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 397 [35th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 59.82 per 100,000 people [5th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.

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