Crime rate is a measure of the rate of occurrence of crime committed in a given area and time. Most commonly, crime rate is given as the number of crimes committed among a given number of persons.Often, the type of crime is exactly specified. Thus, a crime rate might be given as the number of murder (or rape, theft, etc.) per 100,000 persons per year within a city.
Crime rate is a useful statistic for many purposes, such as evaluating the effec...
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Crime rate is a measure of the rate of occurrence of crime committed in a given area and time. Most commonly, crime rate is given as the number of crimes committed among a given number of persons.Often, the type of crime is exactly specified. Thus, a crime rate might be given as the number of murder (or rape, theft, etc.) per 100,000 persons per year within a city.
Crime rate is a useful statistic for many purposes, such as evaluating the effectiveness of crime prevention measures or the relative safety of a particular city or neighborhood. Crime rate statistics are commonly used by politician to advocate for or against a policy designed to deal with crime.
The calculation of crime rates uses data that is obtained either from criminal justice system or from public surveys. Comparisons between the two types of data are problematic, and so are comparisons using the same type of data between different jurisdiction. The United Nations publishes international reports of both Crime...
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