| Data Dictionary: | FBI Crime Data 2010 |
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| Table: | T8. Arson [1] |
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| Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation; Uniform Crime Report - Crime in the United States, 2010. |
| Uniform Crime Report - Crime in the United States, 2010 -> Property Crime -> Arson |
The FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines arson as any willful or malicious burning or attempting to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
Only the fires that investigation determined to have been willfully set are included in this arson data collection. Fires labeled as suspicious or of unknown origin are excluded from these data. Points to consider regarding arson statistics include:
This data collection does not include any estimates for arson because the degree of reporting arson offenses varies from agency to agency. Because of this unevenness of reporting, arson offenses are excluded from Tables 1-7, all of which contain offense estimations. In addition, Metropolitan Statistical Area, state and national offense rates per 100,000 inhabitants (found in Tables 1, 2 and 4-6) do not include arson data.
Arson rates are calculated based upon data received from all law enforcement agencies that provide the UCR Program with data for 12 complete months and are presented in Arson Table 1.
The number of arsons reported by individual law enforcement agencies is available in Tables 8-11, arson trend data (indicating a year-to-year change) are in Tables 12-15 and arson clearance data (crimes solved) can be found in Arson Table 2 and Tables 25-28.
This data collection does not include any estimates for arson because the degree of reporting arson offenses varies from agency to agency. Because of this unevenness of reporting, arson offenses are excluded from Tables 1-7, all of which contain offense estimations. In addition, Metropolitan Statistical Area, state and national offense rates per 100,000 inhabitants (found in Tables 1, 2 and 4-6) do not include arson data.
Arson rates are calculated based upon data received from all law enforcement agencies that provide the UCR Program with data for 12 complete months and are presented in Arson Table 1.
The number of arsons reported by individual law enforcement agencies is available in Tables 8-11, arson trend data (indicating a year-to-year change) are in Tables 12-15 and arson clearance data (crimes solved) can be found in Arson Table 2 and Tables 25-28.
In 2010, 15,475 law enforcement agencies provided 1-12 months of arson data and reported 56,825 arsons. Of the participating agencies, 14,747 provided expanded offense data regarding 48,619 arsons.
Arsons involving structures (e.g., residential, storage, public, etc.) accounted for 45.5 percent of the total number of arson offenses. Mobile property was involved in 26.0 percent of arsons and other types of property (such as crops, timber, fences, etc.) accounted for 28.5 percent of reported arsons.
The average dollar loss due to arson was $17,612.
Arsons of industrial/manufacturing structures resulted in the highest average dollar losses (an average of $133,717 per arson).
Arson offenses decreased 7.6 percent in 2010 when compared with arson data reported in 2009. (See Table 12.)
Nationwide, there were 18.2 arson offenses for every 100,000 inhabitants.
Arsons involving structures (e.g., residential, storage, public, etc.) accounted for 45.5 percent of the total number of arson offenses. Mobile property was involved in 26.0 percent of arsons and other types of property (such as crops, timber, fences, etc.) accounted for 28.5 percent of reported arsons.
The average dollar loss due to arson was $17,612.
Arsons of industrial/manufacturing structures resulted in the highest average dollar losses (an average of $133,717 per arson).
Arson offenses decreased 7.6 percent in 2010 when compared with arson data reported in 2009. (See Table 12.)
Nationwide, there were 18.2 arson offenses for every 100,000 inhabitants.
Expanded offense data are the details of the various offenses that the program collects beyond the count of how many crimes law enforcement agencies report. These details may include the type of weapons used in a crime, type or value of items stolen and so forth. In addition, expanded data include trends (for example, 2-year comparisons) and rates per 100,000 inhabitants.
Expanded information regarding arson is available in the following tables:
Trends (2-year): Table 12, Table 13, Table 14 and Table 15
Property types: Table 15
Arson Table 1, Arson Rate, by Population Group, 2010
Arson Table 2, Arson, by Type of Property, 2010
Expanded information regarding arson is available in the following tables:
Trends (2-year): Table 12, Table 13, Table 14 and Table 15
Property types: Table 15
Arson Table 1, Arson Rate, by Population Group, 2010
Arson Table 2, Arson, by Type of Property, 2010
