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Appendix4:NewHavenUniformCrimeReportStatistics



UCR PART 1 CRIMES - 1990 THROUGH 2009

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Murder 31 34 30 22 32 20 21 21 15 12 18 16 9 8 15 16 24 13 23 12

Rape 1681181311301029812093665663627972708786745558

Robbery 1,784 1,355 1,227 1,238 1,150 953 1,207 1,094 825 831 659 769 680 782 806 972 945 970 906 906

Agg. Assault 2,008 2,018 1,845 1,154 1,364 1,157 1,269 1,136 1,194 1,018 973 1,075 977 947 1,138 1,106 1,112 1,257 1,228 1,207

Buglary 4,476 4,146 3,672 3,417 2,961 2,965 2,936 2,510 2,147 1,962 1,488 1,359 1,516 1,517 1,485 1,317 1,533 1,507 1,688 1,430

Larceny 9,086 8,041 7,852 7,719 7,439 7,465 7,139 7,348 7,510 6,762 5,269 5,256 5,002 4,817 5,244 5,323 4,901 4,478 4,994 4,533

MV Theft 3,459 3,780 2,726 1,873 3,167 2,515 2,345 1,748 1,497 1,368 1,315 1,412 1,264 1,245 1,394 1,597 1,267 1,493 1,373 1,080

Total 21,012 19,492 17,483 15,553 16,215 15,173 15,037 13,950 13,254 12,009 9,785 9,949 9,527 9,388 10,152 10,418 9,868 9,792 10,267 9,226

Source: City of New Haven Audited Data



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UNIFORM CRIME REPORT PART 1 CRIMES BY CENSUS TRACT - NEW HAVEN - 2000 THROUGH 2009

Tract Neighborhood(s) in Population in Total number of Average annual Annualized rate of Number which tract falls 2004 violent crimes violent crimes violent crimes 1401 Downtown 2169 627 63 29.1 1402 / The Hill 1834 327 33 18.0 1403 The Hill 2545 641 64 25.2 1404 The Hill 3274 528 53 16.2 1405 The Hill 3385 763 76 22.5 1406 The Hill 4879 938 94 19.3 1407 Dwight / Downtown 6757 1158 116 17.2 1408 West River 4428 806 81 18.3 1409 Edgewood 4816 910 91 18.9 1410 Westville 3656 113 11 3.0 1411 Westville 2910 41 4 1.4 1412 4728 579 58 12.3 1413 West Rock / Beaver Hill 5169 567 57 11.0 1414 Beaver Hill 5064 570 57 11.3 1415 Newhallville 6621 1412 141 21.3 1416 Dixwell 4979 1112 111 22.3 1417 Downtown 6072 237 24 4.0 1418 Prospect Hill 4282 286 29 6.8 1419 East Rock 4831 205 20 4.1 1420 East Rock / Downtown 3203 198 20 6.2 1421 / Mill River 1455 352 35 24.1 1422 Wooster Square / Mill River 1548 321 32 20.7 1423 Fair Haven 4607 984 98 21.3 1424 Fair Haven / East Rock 4738 1174 117 24.7 1425 Fair Haven / East Rock 5688 845 84 14.8 142601 5452 560 56 10.3 142602 Fair Haven Heights 6782 431 43 6.3 1427 Annex / East Shore 5451 508 51 9.4 1428 East Shore 4655 89 9 1.9

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