According to the FBI, in 2015 there was been a 3.9% increase of violent crimes and a 2.6% decrease in the amount of property crime. This is a little bit surprising, because property crime happens more often, but it doesn't seem like a dramatic or extremely serious change in the numbers. This does not seem too concrete either, because it increased from 2014-20156, but the 1,197,704 is a .7% decrease from 2011 and 16.5% decrease from 2006. It doesn't seem like to big of a deal to see a moderate change, good or bad, from one year to the next. It is unrealistic to hope for a dramatic decrease in every category of crime each year, and it is also unrealistic to expect there to be no change in the numbers as well. FBI director James Comey claims that they are trying to improve collection, analysis, and the use of the crime statistics with the National Incident-Based Reporting System, or NIBRIS for short. gh_blackhawks002
Statistics are quite an interesting detail to be shared. And I completely agree, changes over a one or two years is really nothing to be gauged, unless the change is truly drastic. For example, if murder counts jump by 300 percent in a year, I believe their is something truly wrong. However, small changes back and forth, all over a short time frame, should really not be considered an issue worth looking into. - AJC002
Any amount of decrease in crime, no matter how little it is, is certainly a good sight to see. It is definitely unrealistic to see a major decrease in crime because it is just nearly impossible for that to happen. I'm just glad to see that there was not a huge fluctuation on the amount of violent crimes. 3.9% is still 3.9% too much, but really thinking about it, it doesn't seem like that huge of a jump. CAE002
I definitely agree with CAE002. Any decrease of crime is a good thing. Even if it is by a very small percent. The changes over a year are nothing to be worried about. There was not a violent spike in crime, it mostly was about the same as the year before. Steve002
This article is loaded with crime rate statistics. But the most interesting to me is the percentage of agrevated assaults that involved firearms. According to the article linked to us above, 24.2 percent of agravated assults were performed with firearms involved. From everything I have seen growing up, especially with the media, firearms were the most common form of violent assaults and such. The website says otherwise, less than a third including firearms. I just find that strange, but also it makes me feel a little less likely to be a victim of gun threats. I also find the lack of automobile thefts interesting. I know a lot of people worry constantly that their vehicle is going to be taken somehow while they walk into a store or something. It's actually really amazing how secure cars are. For one, it would be difficult to steal it anyways, but also there is very little way to get away with it once you are questioned about ownership of the vehicle. And there are so many cameras on every street corner in the cities, stealing a car is sure to get you caught. To me that is pretty cool, as one of our most expensive assets is actually pretty secure from thieves. - AJC002
While only 24.2% of aggravated assaults were performed with firearms, 71.5% of murders and 40.8% of robberies were carried out with a firearm. You might feel safe from being a victim from being assaulted with a gun, but you may still want to be a little fearful from being murdered or robbed with a gun. zmw002
I have to agree, the amount of crime that comes from car thefts seems very low for the amount of fear people have of the crime. Most crime against vehicles are for the materials inside. People see an electronic device such as a phone or laptop or something like that, and decide they want it. It's as easy as breaking a window. So while car thefts aren't as high as we thought we'd be, break ins into our car are still a problem.-OKC002
In this article, it displayed pie charts that showed crime rates from the year of 2015. Not to my surprise, Aggravated assault had beat out murder, rape, and robbery by a whole lot. Aggravated assault was at 63.8%, robbery came in second at 27.3% rape in third with 7.5%, and murder at 1.3%. This does not surprise me at all because whenever a fight breaks out anywhere, usually the first thing that happens is someone calls the police rather than letting them duke it out and solve their problems on their own. I was, however, a little surprised that murder had only 1.3%. It seems like every time you turn around someone else gets murdered, so I had expected that percentage to be a little higher. On the property crime side, larceny-theft is taking a whopping 71.4%, with burglary at 19.8%, and motor vehicle theft at 8.9%. zmw002
It is quite surprising to see that Murder had a 1.3% because when someone does get murdered the media blows it up and that's all they talk about for days maybe even weeks but they don't talk about any other crime so much which makes no sense all the media does is scare people. Why have people fight out their own problems? It could turn into a murder or worse if you just let two guys fight and fight and no one does anything about it we can't always solve our problems by ourselves and actually in today's world it seems like almost no matter what the problem is we can't solve it because it involves effort to solve and today's America and Americans are so lazy we almost do nothing to benefit ourselves. JE002
This article does a great job on breaking down on what violent crimes are being committed most often. Most of the time as just a citizen we think violent crime is a murder, rape, manslaughter, and so on not like aggravated assault or the smaller but still violent crimes. Yes it says violent crime is on the rise but not by a whole lot and I wouldn't go crazy or be scared yet well period because it's just a year and if you want to see how crime rates are really doing take a 5 year span at least and see how it is. It's probably a roller coaster depending on the economy at that time and many other factors that we don't even think could effect crime but do. Honestly no matter what we do for crime violent or not there is always going to be a spike in one area because we can't stop anything because we are not a perfect world at all we are very far from that. After just a year though I wouldn't worry yes I would maybe watch it a little closer than before but I wouldn't go crazy and flip out just yet. JE002
I agree that it can be pretty easy to look past the smaller and less serious violent crimes, but it still falls under that category. Looking at the statistics in a more broad stance would be more helpful in my opinion, when comparing crime from year to year. There is always going to be some fluctuation, so a small change from one year to the next is nothing to freak out about. gh_blackhawks002
I think this article is interesting with the breakdown of crimes. It is also interesting to see that rape and murder have lower rates in 2015. I guess with always hearing about murders and sometimes rape on the news one is to assume that those would be the highest out of the four beings they get so much media attention than the other 2 listed on the pie chart. When it comes to the numbers for burglery, theft, and car theft I can believe it. The app that we were to downlaod for class shows a far greater number of burglaries and theft in just this area alone. So it doesn't suprise me much of those numbers. I would like to see what this data would look like if they collected it over the span of 3 to 4 years instead of just a year. I'm curious to see what the numbers would be like then. Ciaccio002
I wasn't too surprised about the numbers for burglary and theft either. I feel like people see that as something they could possibly get away with unlike murder which is more extreme and obvious in some cases. And yeah seeing an estimation of what this data could look like in possibly 3 to 4 years would be interesting. Thats something i wish this article could have offered and maybe the reasoning or thoughts if they had it on why the crimes rates were lower in 2015 than 2011. Kt002
This article gave out a lot of information and data regarding to our countrys crime rates. This would have to be my first time seeing the actual percentages of certain crimes. According to this article it is said that there is an estimation of 119,7704 violent crimes around the nation. It also states that this violent crime rate is actually 0.7% lower than the 2011 level and i wonder why that is, they didnt really explain that in this article. The number of murders in the nation was said to be 15,696 which i think is crazy, but some things I'm to too surprised about is the number of robberies nationwide and property crime. Thats a certain crime that people are so willing to do without thinking, or some thinking there will be no consequences unlike murder were you absolutely know theres a good chance you'll get caught. Kt002
This article really does prove that crime rates are really falling. Looking at the long term trends, crime is down across the board. With a 16.5 percent drop in crime since 2006, things are looking up. The thing that seems troublesome, is the percentage of violent crime that comes from domestic violence. With preventative policing, you can only do so much. Paying attention to deteriorating situations and trying to prevent it is possible if given the information, but that is far too much work for any branch of law enforcement. The only way to truly deal with domestic violence is to clean up the mess, and make sure it doesn’t happen again. Looking past this sad statistic, crime is going down. So, contrary to what the media portrays, America really isn’t a crime filled wasteland, but a society that is cleaning up his act. Hopefully this trend will continue, and we can continue to see a drop in crime.-OKC002
There were some interesting statics given out by the UCR, according to this article. Including such was a 3.9% increase in the estimated number of violent crimes, but there was a decrease in the number of property crimes last year, a 2.6% decrease. There were an estimated 15,696 murders and of those murders 71.5% involved a firearm. I was surprised to see that only 40.8% of robberies involved a firearm because when I think of a robbery I think of the typical man walks into a bank or store with a gun demanding money. Now I know that is not true for a robberies. The total amount of loss resulting from the 327,374 robberies that occurred in the country was $390 million. That is an awful lot of money to be lost in one year! And not to mention there was an estimated $14.3 billion in loss resulting from property crimes. CAE002
To be quite honest it isn’t all really a such that crime has gone up I the past several years. There has been many of mass violence from shootings to bombings over the past couple of months let alone compared the past couple of years. The medial feeds of violent crimes and it’s sad. They take a horrible event and publicize it so much that sociopaths just want to fee “famous” and do a horrible and awful crime just to get there 15 minutes of fame. If the media keeps blowing up so much with such awful crimes I really see no change in crime rates anytime soon. Haggard002
I do not think that the media influences crime rates. I think a potential factor to influence crime rates would be stricter firearm laws, deeming that 71% of murders were caused by firearms. You mentioned the mass amounts of murders, but murders were only 1.3% of all violent crimes taken place... Most crimes were theft and nonviolent. Oasis_002
In the United States there were 1197704 violent crimes committed in 2015. That number seems gigantic, however after studying crime rates in Peoria, it seems totally obtainable. Aggravated assault and theft are the two most common crimes in the United States. I have personally been a victim of theft, so I understand why the percent is so high. I am honestly surprised that the percentage for murder is only 1.3%. I would have for sure thought that it would be greater. Also, that firearms were used in 71% of all the murders! I am curious as to what else was used to murder. I am not a believer of gun control, but after seeing these numbers maybe gun control could be useful for us. Oasis_002
This article provided a lot of data regarding our country's crime rates. This is really my first time looking at the percentages of crimes. According to the article, there is an estimate of approximately 1,197,704 violent crimes across the United States. The reading also states that the violent crime rate is 0.7% lower than the 2011 rate. The number of murders in the country is 15,696. This number is staggering. It is hard to believe that that many actually happen. It is also surprising about the number of robberies and property crimes. The amount of money that is lost during these crimes are unbelievable. The total loss resulting from the 327,374 robberies that happened in the US was a shocking $390 million. It is estimated that $14.3 billion in loss resulted from property crimes. That is a large and shocking amount of money to lose in one year. Steve002
According to the FBI, in 2015 there was been a 3.9% increase of violent crimes and a 2.6% decrease in the amount of property crime. This is a little bit surprising, because property crime happens more often, but it doesn't seem like a dramatic or extremely serious change in the numbers. This does not seem too concrete either, because it increased from 2014-20156, but the 1,197,704 is a .7% decrease from 2011 and 16.5% decrease from 2006. It doesn't seem like to big of a deal to see a moderate change, good or bad, from one year to the next. It is unrealistic to hope for a dramatic decrease in every category of crime each year, and it is also unrealistic to expect there to be no change in the numbers as well. FBI director James Comey claims that they are trying to improve collection, analysis, and the use of the crime statistics with the National Incident-Based Reporting System, or NIBRIS for short.
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Statistics are quite an interesting detail to be shared. And I completely agree, changes over a one or two years is really nothing to be gauged, unless the change is truly drastic. For example, if murder counts jump by 300 percent in a year, I believe their is something truly wrong. However, small changes back and forth, all over a short time frame, should really not be considered an issue worth looking into.
Delete- AJC002
Any amount of decrease in crime, no matter how little it is, is certainly a good sight to see. It is definitely unrealistic to see a major decrease in crime because it is just nearly impossible for that to happen. I'm just glad to see that there was not a huge fluctuation on the amount of violent crimes. 3.9% is still 3.9% too much, but really thinking about it, it doesn't seem like that huge of a jump. CAE002
DeleteI definitely agree with CAE002. Any decrease of crime is a good thing. Even if it is by a very small percent. The changes over a year are nothing to be worried about. There was not a violent spike in crime, it mostly was about the same as the year before. Steve002
DeleteThis article is loaded with crime rate statistics. But the most interesting to me is the percentage of agrevated assaults that involved firearms. According to the article linked to us above, 24.2 percent of agravated assults were performed with firearms involved. From everything I have seen growing up, especially with the media, firearms were the most common form of violent assaults and such. The website says otherwise, less than a third including firearms. I just find that strange, but also it makes me feel a little less likely to be a victim of gun threats.
ReplyDeleteI also find the lack of automobile thefts interesting. I know a lot of people worry constantly that their vehicle is going to be taken somehow while they walk into a store or something. It's actually really amazing how secure cars are. For one, it would be difficult to steal it anyways, but also there is very little way to get away with it once you are questioned about ownership of the vehicle. And there are so many cameras on every street corner in the cities, stealing a car is sure to get you caught. To me that is pretty cool, as one of our most expensive assets is actually pretty secure from thieves.
- AJC002
While only 24.2% of aggravated assaults were performed with firearms, 71.5% of murders and 40.8% of robberies were carried out with a firearm. You might feel safe from being a victim from being assaulted with a gun, but you may still want to be a little fearful from being murdered or robbed with a gun. zmw002
DeleteI have to agree, the amount of crime that comes from car thefts seems very low for the amount of fear people have of the crime. Most crime against vehicles are for the materials inside. People see an electronic device such as a phone or laptop or something like that, and decide they want it. It's as easy as breaking a window. So while car thefts aren't as high as we thought we'd be, break ins into our car are still a problem.-OKC002
DeleteIn this article, it displayed pie charts that showed crime rates from the year of 2015. Not to my surprise, Aggravated assault had beat out murder, rape, and robbery by a whole lot. Aggravated assault was at 63.8%, robbery came in second at 27.3% rape in third with 7.5%, and murder at 1.3%. This does not surprise me at all because whenever a fight breaks out anywhere, usually the first thing that happens is someone calls the police rather than letting them duke it out and solve their problems on their own. I was, however, a little surprised that murder had only 1.3%. It seems like every time you turn around someone else gets murdered, so I had expected that percentage to be a little higher. On the property crime side, larceny-theft is taking a whopping 71.4%, with burglary at 19.8%, and motor vehicle theft at 8.9%. zmw002
ReplyDeleteIt is quite surprising to see that Murder had a 1.3% because when someone does get murdered the media blows it up and that's all they talk about for days maybe even weeks but they don't talk about any other crime so much which makes no sense all the media does is scare people. Why have people fight out their own problems? It could turn into a murder or worse if you just let two guys fight and fight and no one does anything about it we can't always solve our problems by ourselves and actually in today's world it seems like almost no matter what the problem is we can't solve it because it involves effort to solve and today's America and Americans are so lazy we almost do nothing to benefit ourselves. JE002
DeleteThis article does a great job on breaking down on what violent crimes are being committed most often. Most of the time as just a citizen we think violent crime is a murder, rape, manslaughter, and so on not like aggravated assault or the smaller but still violent crimes. Yes it says violent crime is on the rise but not by a whole lot and I wouldn't go crazy or be scared yet well period because it's just a year and if you want to see how crime rates are really doing take a 5 year span at least and see how it is. It's probably a roller coaster depending on the economy at that time and many other factors that we don't even think could effect crime but do. Honestly no matter what we do for crime violent or not there is always going to be a spike in one area because we can't stop anything because we are not a perfect world at all we are very far from that. After just a year though I wouldn't worry yes I would maybe watch it a little closer than before but I wouldn't go crazy and flip out just yet. JE002
ReplyDeleteI agree that it can be pretty easy to look past the smaller and less serious violent crimes, but it still falls under that category. Looking at the statistics in a more broad stance would be more helpful in my opinion, when comparing crime from year to year. There is always going to be some fluctuation, so a small change from one year to the next is nothing to freak out about.
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I think this article is interesting with the breakdown of crimes. It is also interesting to see that rape and murder have lower rates in 2015. I guess with always hearing about murders and sometimes rape on the news one is to assume that those would be the highest out of the four beings they get so much media attention than the other 2 listed on the pie chart. When it comes to the numbers for burglery, theft, and car theft I can believe it. The app that we were to downlaod for class shows a far greater number of burglaries and theft in just this area alone. So it doesn't suprise me much of those numbers. I would like to see what this data would look like if they collected it over the span of 3 to 4 years instead of just a year. I'm curious to see what the numbers would be like then. Ciaccio002
ReplyDeleteI wasn't too surprised about the numbers for burglary and theft either. I feel like people see that as something they could possibly get away with unlike murder which is more extreme and obvious in some cases. And yeah seeing an estimation of what this data could look like in possibly 3 to 4 years would be interesting. Thats something i wish this article could have offered and maybe the reasoning or thoughts if they had it on why the crimes rates were lower in 2015 than 2011. Kt002
DeleteThis article gave out a lot of information and data regarding to our countrys crime rates. This would have to be my first time seeing the actual percentages of certain crimes. According to this article it is said that there is an estimation of 119,7704 violent crimes around the nation. It also states that this violent crime rate is actually 0.7% lower than the 2011 level and i wonder why that is, they didnt really explain that in this article. The number of murders in the nation was said to be 15,696 which i think is crazy, but some things I'm to too surprised about is the number of robberies nationwide and property crime. Thats a certain crime that people are so willing to do without thinking, or some thinking there will be no consequences unlike murder were you absolutely know theres a good chance you'll get caught. Kt002
ReplyDeleteThis article really does prove that crime rates are really falling. Looking at the long term trends, crime is down across the board. With a 16.5 percent drop in crime since 2006, things are looking up. The thing that seems troublesome, is the percentage of violent crime that comes from domestic violence. With preventative policing, you can only do so much. Paying attention to deteriorating situations and trying to prevent it is possible if given the information, but that is far too much work for any branch of law enforcement. The only way to truly deal with domestic violence is to clean up the mess, and make sure it doesn’t happen again. Looking past this sad statistic, crime is going down. So, contrary to what the media portrays, America really isn’t a crime filled wasteland, but a society that is cleaning up his act. Hopefully this trend will continue, and we can continue to see a drop in crime.-OKC002
ReplyDeleteThere were some interesting statics given out by the UCR, according to this article. Including such was a 3.9% increase in the estimated number of violent crimes, but there was a decrease in the number of property crimes last year, a 2.6% decrease. There were an estimated 15,696 murders and of those murders 71.5% involved a firearm. I was surprised to see that only 40.8% of robberies involved a firearm because when I think of a robbery I think of the typical man walks into a bank or store with a gun demanding money. Now I know that is not true for a robberies. The total amount of loss resulting from the 327,374 robberies that occurred in the country was $390 million. That is an awful lot of money to be lost in one year! And not to mention there was an estimated $14.3 billion in loss resulting from property crimes. CAE002
ReplyDeleteTo be quite honest it isn’t all really a such that crime has gone up I the past several years. There has been many of mass violence from shootings to bombings over the past couple of months let alone compared the past couple of years. The medial feeds of violent crimes and it’s sad. They take a horrible event and publicize it so much that sociopaths just want to fee “famous” and do a horrible and awful crime just to get there 15 minutes of fame. If the media keeps blowing up so much with such awful crimes I really see no change in crime rates anytime soon. Haggard002
ReplyDeleteI do not think that the media influences crime rates. I think a potential factor to influence crime rates would be stricter firearm laws, deeming that 71% of murders were caused by firearms. You mentioned the mass amounts of murders, but murders were only 1.3% of all violent crimes taken place... Most crimes were theft and nonviolent. Oasis_002
DeleteIn the United States there were 1197704 violent crimes committed in 2015. That number seems gigantic, however after studying crime rates in Peoria, it seems totally obtainable. Aggravated assault and theft are the two most common crimes in the United States. I have personally been a victim of theft, so I understand why the percent is so high. I am honestly surprised that the percentage for murder is only 1.3%. I would have for sure thought that it would be greater. Also, that firearms were used in 71% of all the murders! I am curious as to what else was used to murder. I am not a believer of gun control, but after seeing these numbers maybe gun control could be useful for us. Oasis_002
ReplyDeleteThis article provided a lot of data regarding our country's crime rates. This is really my first time looking at the percentages of crimes. According to the article, there is an estimate of approximately 1,197,704 violent crimes across the United States. The reading also states that the violent crime rate is 0.7% lower than the 2011 rate. The number of murders in the country is 15,696. This number is staggering. It is hard to believe that that many actually happen. It is also surprising about the number of robberies and property crimes. The amount of money that is lost during these crimes are unbelievable. The total loss resulting from the 327,374 robberies that happened in the US was a shocking $390 million. It is estimated that $14.3 billion in loss resulted from property crimes. That is a large and shocking amount of money to lose in one year. Steve002
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