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U. S. Crime Statistics Total and by State 1960 - 2009. The Disaster Center United States: Uniform Crime Report -- State Statistics from 1960 - 2012 Crime in the United States accounts for more death, injuries and loss of property than all Natural Disasters combined. The Disaster Center is pleased to be able to provide you with access to the statistics of crime compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

When you experience a crime it can make you respond in ways that you might not understand. In that crisis situation you may react in ways that conflict with the assumptions you have created about your self. On top of this the victims and their relatives often experience financial problems, and time is often lost from work to handle the legal, insurance and personal problems associated with being a victim. Approximately thirteen million people (approximately 5% of the U.S. population) are victims of crime every year.

Plan on helping your friends if they become a victim of crime. Be there for the victim. Listen to the victim of the crime. NIJ Home Page. The National Center for Victims of Crime - Home. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. Uniform Crime Reports. The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation. The program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for reliable uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics.

Today, four annual publications, Crime in the United States, National Incident-Based Reporting System, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, and Hate Crime Statistics are produced from data received from over 18,000 city, university/college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the program.

The crime data are submitted either through a state UCR Program or directly to the FBI’s UCR Program.