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The West > Washington > Crime

WASHINGTONIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aggravated assault 12,779 [20th of 51]
Arson deaths 1.49 [22nd of 49]
Burglary 58,307 [11th of 51]
Capital offenses
Aggravated first-degree murder.
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 4 [22nd of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 0 [22nd of 32]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 2 [22nd of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 4 [22nd of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 51 [24th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 9 [27th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 5 [27th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 9.3 [36th of 51]
Forcible rape 2,746 [9th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 56.1 [35th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 15.3 [20th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 28.6 [14th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 190 [24th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 2 [10th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 21 [14th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 87 [15th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 30 [13th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 37 [9th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 177 [12th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 205 [22nd of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 4.9% [17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 19.5% [38th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 25.9% [23rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 24.9% [21st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 13.2% [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 4.9% [23rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 5.9% [21st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 2.4% [34th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 11.2% [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 1.5% [9th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 5.4% [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 13.7% [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 6.8% [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 79% [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 29.4 % [16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 69.4 % [34th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 47.8 % [42nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 19.4 % [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 32.8 % [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 24.9% [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 54.1% [8th of 49]
Larceny-theft 182,327 [11th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 1 [36th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 0.159 per 1 million people [33rd of 44]
Lynchings > Total 26 [29th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 4.135 per 1 million people [30th of 44]
Lynchings > White 25 [21st of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 3.976 per 1 million people [25th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 45,899 [6th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 190 [25th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 16,614 [27th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 2.642 per 1,000 people [40th of 50]
Property crime total 286,533 [11th of 51]
Robbery 6,405 [21st of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 1 [34th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 0.159 per 1 million people [34th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 327 [24th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 5.201 per 100,000 people [25th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 60 [28th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.095 per 10,000 people [43rd of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 2 [20th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.318 per 1 million people [15th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 4 [25th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 0.636 per 1 million people [34th of 50]
Violent crime 22,120 [19th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 133 [45th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 2.115 per 100,000 people [47th of 50]

SOURCES: Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; 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.

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