Major Cities Chiefs Association
VIOLENT CRIME SURVEY – NATIONAL TOTALS Midyear Comparison 1
January 1 to June 30, 2021 and 2020
Contact: Laura Cooper, Executive Director (908) 268-2298 | [email protected]
United States 66 of 70 Responding Agencies Totals in United States
Homicide 2021 4,033 United States 2 2021 2020 Homicide 2020 3,341 Homicide 4,033 3,341 Rape 2021 13,943 Rape 2020 13,823 Rape 13,943 13,823 Robbery 2021 46,013 Robbery 46,013 50,865 Robbery 2020 50,865 Aggravated 128,413 120,301 Assault Agg Assault 2021 128,413 Agg Assault 2020 120,301
- 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000
Canada 9 of 9 Responding Agencies Totals in Canada
Homicide 2021 112 Canada 3 2021 2020 Homicide 2020 104
Homicide 112 104 Sexual Assault 2021 3,778 Sexual Sexual Assault 2020 3,379 3,778 3,379 Assault Robbery 2021 3,662 Robbery 2020 Robbery 3,662 4,965 4,965 Aggravated Agg Assault 2021 482 482 596 Agg Assault 2020 Assault 596 - 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000
Indicates increase from 2020 to 2021. August 5, 2021
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Major Cities Chiefs Association
VIOLENT CRIME SURVEY – AGENCY TOTALS Midyear Comparison 1 January 1 to June 30, 2021 and 2020
Contact: Laura Cooper, Executive Director (908) 268-2298 | [email protected]
Aggravated Homicide Rape Robbery United States 2 Assault 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 Albuquerque NM Police 58 31 262 218 745 690 2,305 2,115
Arlington TX Police 8 14 144 119 121 186 841 670 Atlanta GA Police 70 53 89 49 358 386 1,222 992
Aurora CO Police 14 19 162 125 378 334 1,287 986 Austin TX Police 43 21 270 264 474 541 1,376 1,196 Baltimore City MD Police 4 138 127 171 135 1,140 1,510 2,049 1,967 Baltimore County MD Police 32 18 94 134 310 405 1,225 1,291 Boston MA Police 19 20 90 98 356 471 1,115 1,253 Buffalo NY Police 45 31 18 28 261 296 743 699 Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC 50 51 155 109 698 892 2,818 2,499 Police Chicago IL Police 339 339 755 731 3,259 3,485 8,012 7,449 Cincinnati OH Police 43 51 103 97 284 398 439 419 Cleveland OH Police 85 62 301 229 840 972 1,647 1,342 Columbus OH Police 99 58 327 408 1,006 875 1,397 1,239 Dallas TX Police 102 96 191 260 1,274 1,717 3,940 3,770 DeKalb County GA Police 69 42 79 84 420 459 1,506 731
Denver CO Police 45 40 279 307 591 480 2,176 1,865 Detroit MI Police 158 141 391 322 692 938 5,903 5,014
El Paso TX Police 10 9 117 120 100 172 447 750 Fairfax County VA Police 10 5 29 34 132 159 96 77
Fort Worth TX Police 59 53 300 267 345 461 1,946 1,627 Fresno CA Police 37 19 93 80 460 456 837 736
Honolulu HI Police 14 11 87 112 393 360 559 592
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Major Cities Chiefs Association
VIOLENT CRIME SURVEY – AGENCY TOTALS Midyear Comparison 1 January 1 to June 30, 2021 and 2020
Aggravated Homicide Rape Robbery United States (cont.) 2 Assault 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 Houston TX Police 231 184 579 668 3,962 4,333 9,579 9,126 Indianapolis IN Metro Police 113 89 229 213 812 1,052 1,255 2,257
Jacksonville FL Sheriff's Dept 62 87 193 216 393 455 1,954 1,809
Kansas City MO Police 75 93 132 120 511 621 1,638 1,933 Las Vegas NV Metro Police 62 38 601 561 652 893 2,630 2,889
Long Beach CA Police 19 21 125 114 356 391 707 543 Los Angeles CA Police 184 143 1,040 1,003 3,858 4,007 9,436 8,600 Louisville KY Metro Police 100 59 119 111 627 566 2,872 2,294 Memphis TN Police 119 108 158 168 892 1,056 3,683 3,163 Mesa AZ Police 18 7 98 79 152 187 562 500
Miami FL Police 28 28 125 123 239 347 453 482 Miami-Dade FL Police 56 47 264 234 310 484 1,882 2,289 Milwaukee WI Police 81 81 255 211 952 790 3,800 3,166 Minneapolis MN Police 42 29 197 236 889 682 1,408 1,307 Montgomery County MD 14 9 157 213 226 164 428 373 Police Nashville TN Metro Police 68 47 248 234 643 806 2,929 2,727 Nassau County NY Police 3 5 93 18 148 168 431 399
New Orleans LA Police 95 74 270 251 293 228 720 509
New York City NY Police 5 92 67 565 623 2,639 3,480 7,291 7,284
Newark NJ Police 28 16 68 66 181 206 583 569
Oakland CA Police 62 34 61 111 1,373 1,218 1,782 1,518 Oklahoma City OK Police 6 27 22 222 224 242 345 1,151 1,216 Omaha NE Police 16 18 184 171 185 214 948 1,092
Orlando FL Police 17 17 106 81 236 280 881 857
Philadelphia PA Police 271 202 409 391 2,085 2,334 4,478 4,071
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Major Cities Chiefs Association
VIOLENT CRIME SURVEY – AGENCY TOTALS Midyear Comparison 1 January 1 to June 30, 2021 and 2020
Aggravated Homicide Rape Robbery United States (cont.) 2 Assault 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 Phoenix AZ Police 7 58 58 348 364 1,083 1,106 2,759 2,682 Pittsburgh PA Police 12 6 8 12 116 130 223 218
Portland OR Police 45 9 165 162 464 438 1,512 1,125 Prince George's County MD 60 43 122 99 503 395 588 453 Police Raleigh NC Police 14 13 93 79 238 225 500 405 Salt Lake City UT Police 9 5 129 117 195 203 481 408
San Antonio TX Police 74 71 483 634 785 1,140 3,527 3,785 San Diego CA Police 26 27 284 226 538 596 2,049 1,569 San Francisco CA Police 26 22 81 106 1,111 1,260 1,082 1,041 San Jose CA Police 22 15 336 259 571 588 1,351 1,147 Seattle WA Police 22 22 104 149 783 671 1,436 1,194 Suffolk County NY Police 11 9 66 72 91 146 355 312
Tampa FL Police 26 19 50 36 187 148 808 740 Tucson AZ Police 39 27 208 206 512 446 1,068 1,008 Tulsa OK Police 8 30 42 146 177 226 342 1,001 1,651 Virginia Beach VA Police 9 10 44 48 79 65 143 138 Washington DC 94 81 81 81 814 810 756 781 (Metropolitan Police) Wichita KS Police 26 26 190 226 224 206 1,407 1,392
Aggravated Homicide Sexual Assault Robbery Canada 3 Assault 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 Calgary AB Police 6 16 427 365 444 425 46 62 Edmonton AB Police 18 11 560 487 424 625 171 223
Montreal QC Police 10 10 363 291 288 411 11 13 Ottawa ON Police 8 4 319 288 167 223 24 37
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Major Cities Chiefs Association
VIOLENT CRIME SURVEY – AGENCY TOTALS Midyear Comparison 1 January 1 to June 30, 2021 and 2020
Aggravated Homicide Sexual Assault Robbery Canada (cont.) 3 Assault 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 Peel ON Regional Police 7 5 307 275 254 370 22 30
Toronto ON Police 32 34 1,187 1,128 967 1,587 109 93 Vancouver BC Police 9 4 51 67 256 276 19 25
Winnipeg MB Police 18 19 320 284 777 916 61 98 York ON Regional Police 4 1 244 194 85 132 19 15
Indicates increase from 2020 to 2021. August 5, 2021
1. Data is preliminary – not a final UCR/NIBRS report. 2. UCR Definitions – United States o Homicide - a.) Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, and accidental deaths are excluded. The program classifies justifiable homicides separately and limits the definition to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty; or (2) the killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private citizen. b.) Manslaughter by negligence: the killing of another person through gross negligence. Deaths of persons due to their own negligence, accidental deaths not resulting from gross negligence, and traffic fatalities are not included in the category Manslaughter by Negligence. o Robbery – The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. o Aggravated assault – An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults are excluded. o Forcible rape – The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Rapes by force and attempts or assaults to rape, regardless of the age of the victim, are included. Statutory offenses (no force used—victim under age of consent) are excluded. 3. UCR Definitions – Canada o Homicide – includes the Criminal Code offences of murder, manslaughter, and infanticide. Two primary criteria must exist for an offence to be considered as a homicide: 1) death of a human being and 2) someone must have caused that death. o Rape / Sexual Assault – Aggravated sexual assault is committed when the complainant in a sexual assault is wounded, maimed, disfigured or, has their life endangered. Canadian definition of Sexual Assault used to determine Rape numbers for Canadian agencies except Vancouver PD. o Robbery – Force or threat is a necessary ingredient in robbery whereas stealing from the person may be, and is usually, done secretly. Robbery includes theft with violence, or threats of violence, and theft while armed. o Aggravated Assault – Third level of assault. Everyone who wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of complainant. 4. Baltimore City MD Police – Numbers for January through May only. 5. New York City NY Police – Numbers for January through March only. 6. Oklahoma City OK Police – Numbers for January through May only. 7. Phoenix AZ Police – Numbers for January through April only. 8. Tulsa OK Police – 2021 numbers are not complete due to ransomware attack.
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