UCR Part I Crime History

UCR Part I Reported Crimes
Each May, the City of Santa Barbara Police Department’s annual crime statistics are published for the previous calendar year in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) publication, Crime in the United States. This volume is a collection of data submitted by local, state and county law enforcement agencies, utilizing a standardized set of reporting criteria through the Uniform Crime Reporting program. The Crime in the United States volume is publicly accessible at http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm.

The Crime Index is comprised of the following crimes: homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson. Taken together, these crimes are referred to as Index Crimes. See the Table below for the City of Santa Barbara’s UCR-reported crimes for calendar years 1998 thru 2008.

City of Santa Barbara
UCR-Reported Part I Crimes for Calendar Years 1998 thru 2008
Offenses	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Criminal Homicide	3	1	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	3
Forcible Rape	18	24	38	29	42	40	41	34	33	44	26
Robbery	80	74	58	108	87	85	90	76	105	100	117
Aggravated Assault	406	424	371	415	401	468	510	399	324	311	347
Burglary	593	476	503	452	635	652	666	698	551	593	488
Larceny/Theft	2150	1787	1953	1869	1859	2402	1974	2125	1797	1589	1912
Motor Vehicle Theft	164	152	112	143	153	202	210	207	159	166	114
Arson	2	9	14	9	40	44	54	43	32	45	32
Totals	3416	2947	3052	3027	3220	3894	3545	3582	3002	2851	3039