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The West > California > Crime

CALIFORNIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aggravated assault 111,455 [1st of 51]
Burglary 246,464 [1st of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder with special circumstances; train wrecking; treason; perjury causing execution.
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 237 [1st of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 0 [29th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row 140 [1st of 26]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 8 [15th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 13 [16th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 305 [5th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 656 [1st of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 389 [1st of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 9.8 [30th of 51]
Forcible rape 9,212 [1st of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 72.2 [5th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 11.8 [35th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 16.1 [46th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 2,392 [1st of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 3 [5th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 247 [1st of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 597 [1st of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 204 [3rd of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 246 [1st of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 1,297 [1st of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 2,503 [1st of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 7.6% [5th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 30.3% [7th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 26.1% [21st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 19.9% [39th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 8.1% [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 3.4% [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 3.8% [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 3.9% [30th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 26.3% [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 1.3% [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 4% [14th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 30.2% [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 5.3% [14th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 62% [21st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 18.9 % [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 81 % [6th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 72.6 % [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 11.5 % [30th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 16 % [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 10.3% [41st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 51.8% [10th of 49]
Larceny-theft 666,860 [1st of 51]
Lynchings > Black 2 [28th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 0.055 per 1 million people [36th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 43 [21st of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 1.19 per 1 million people [37th of 44]
Lynchings > White 41 [13th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 1.135 per 1 million people [33rd of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 242,693 [1st of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,485 [1st of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 166,556 [2nd of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 4.61 per 1,000 people [18th of 50]
Property crime total 1,156,017 [1st of 51]
Robbery 70,968 [1st of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 2,452 [8th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 67.862 per 1 million people [20th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 2,989 [8th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 8.272 per 100,000 people [21st of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 625 [2nd of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.173 per 10,000 people [27th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 21 [1st of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.581 per 1 million people [8th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 52 [1st of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 1.439 per 1 million people [18th of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 49 [7th of 40]
Violent crime 194,120 [1st of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 11,188 [2nd of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 30.964 per 100,000 people [22nd of 50]

SOURCES: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; 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 ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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