2014 Crime In Utah Report Table of Contents Table of Contents Contents 2014 CRIME IN UTAH REPORT INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 4 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Non‐Participating Agencies and County Coverage ..................................................................................................... 7 Crime Factors .............................................................................................................................................................. 8 Index Crimes ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Summary Based Reporting and Incident Based Reporting ....................................................................................... 10 Scoring of Offenses ................................................................................................................................................... 11 2014 Summary Analysis ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Crime Clock ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 Crime Cycle ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 SUMMARY BASED REPORTING ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Index Crimes by Agency ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Arrest Data by Agency ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Arrest Data by Offense .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Crime Trends ............................................................................................................................................................. 27 Homicide ............................................................................................................................................................... 27 Rape ...................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Aggravated Assault ............................................................................................................................................... 36 Burglary ................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Larceny / Theft ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 Motor Vehicle Theft .............................................................................................................................................. 42 Property Stolen and Recovered ............................................................................................................................ 44 Ten Year Trends ........................................................................................................................................................ 45 Index Crimes ......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Homicides ............................................................................................................................................................. 46 Rapes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Robberies .............................................................................................................................................................. 48 Aggravated Assaults .............................................................................................................................................. 49 Burglaries .............................................................................................................................................................. 50 Larcenies ............................................................................................................................................................... 51 Motor Vehicle Thefts ............................................................................................................................................ 52 Utah Department of Public Safety – Bureau of Criminal Identification Page 2 2014 Crime In Utah Report Table of Contents Hate Crimes ............................................................................................................................................................... 53 Officers Assaulted ..................................................................................................................................................... 55 Law Enforcement Employees per Agency ................................................................................................................. 58 INCIDENT BASED REPORTING ........................................................................................................................................ 64 Incident Based Reporting ‐ Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................... 65 Crimes Against Persons ............................................................................................................................................. 66 Crimes Against Property............................................................................................................................................ 69 Crimes Against Society and IBR Totals ...................................................................................................................... 73 IBR Domestic Violence Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 77 Group B Arrest Breakdown ....................................................................................................................................... 80 Clearance Rates ......................................................................................................................................................... 84 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 86 Utah Department of Public Safety – Bureau of Criminal Identification Page 3 2014 Crime In Utah Report Introduction 2014 CRIME IN UTAH REPORT INTRODUCTION This 2014 Crime in Utah report is published by the Utah Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) to give governmental leaders and citizens a better understanding of criminal activity in the state. The report is a compilation of crime data reported by local law enforcement agencies throughout the state. The data is reported under the guidelines of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, a national program which uses generic crime definitions to ensure that crime data is comparable across political boundaries. BCI forwards data collected from Utah law enforcement agencies to the FBI, who in turn combines it with data from other states to compile and publish an annual report called Crime in the United States. UCR data is collected in two formats: “summary based reporting” which has undergone only minor changes since the 1930s and “incident based reporting” (IBR) which uses computer technology to collect more detailed information. 75 agencies in Utah submitted IBR data in 2014, accounting for 53.19% of the agencies and covering 78.77% of Utah’s population. 66 agencies in Utah (or 46.81%) submitted summary based data, or did not submit any data. In the summary based system, crimes are divided into two categories: Part l Crimes, which include criminal homicide (murder, non‐negligent manslaughter, and manslaughter by negligence), forcible rape (which is defined by the UCR program as the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will), robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny‐theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson; and Part II Crimes, which include all other non‐traffic crimes. The Part I crimes, except manslaughter by negligence, make up the “crime index” used by the FBI to track our nation’s crime situation. Therefore, these crimes are often referred to as “index crimes.” The number of known offenses and arrests are reported on Part I Crimes, while only arrests are reported on Part II Crimes. If multiple Part I offenses are committed in the same criminal episode, only the