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Crime in California refers to the statistics and history of crime in the American state of California
Contents
Statistics
In 2008 there were 1,265,920 crimes reported in California including 2,142 murders 8,903 rapes and 1,080,747 property crimes [1]
Number of Crimes per 100,000 persons (Crime Rates)[2] Violent Crime Rates Property Crime Rates Total Rank Population Violent Crime Homicide Rape Robbery Serious Assault Property Crime Burglary Larceny Motor vehicle theft 35,893,799 551.8 6.7 26.8 172.1 346.3 3,419.0 685.1 2,030.1 703.8 11,970.8 26 Year Population Index Violent Property Murder Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated
assaultBurglary Larceny
TheftVehicle
Theft1960 15,717,204 546,069 37,558 508,511 616 2,859 18,796 18,796 1970 19,953,134 1,264,854 94,741 1,170,113 1,376 7,005 45,083 45,083 1980 23,532,680 1,264,854 210,290 1,633,042 3,411 13,693 102,766 102,766 1990 29,760,021 1,965,237 311,051 1,654,186 3,553 12,688 182,602 182,602 2000 33,871,648 1,266,714 210,531 1,056,183 2,079 9,785 60,249 138,418 2008 36,756,666 1,265,920 185,173 1,080,747 2,142 8,903 69,385 104,743 237,835 650,385 192,572 History
This section explains the history of crime in the American state of California.
Capital Punishment laws
Old gas chamber for death row inmates in CaliforniaThe death penalty (also known as capital punishment) is legal in the American state of California.[3]
Notable criminals and cases
See also: Category:Prisoners and detainees of CaliforniaSee also
- Crime in Los Angeles
- Capital punishment in California
- Crime in the United States
- Organized crime in California
Gallery
- ^ http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/cacrime.htm
- ^ "US Census Bureau, median household income by state 2004". Archived from the original on 2006-06-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20060628082502/http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income04/statemhi.html. Retrieved 2006-07-01.
- ^ http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut3.htm
Crime in the United States by state States - Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Federal district Insular areas - American Samoa
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
Outlying islands - Bajo Nuevo Bank
- Baker Island
- Howland Island
- Jarvis Island
- Johnston Atoll
- Kingman Reef
- Midway Atoll
- Navassa Island
- Palmyra Atoll
- Serranilla Bank
- Wake Island
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- Crime in California
- Capital punishment in the United States by state
- Murder
- Theft
- Law enforcement in the United States by state
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