- 4 Violent crimes (Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter, Forcible Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault)
- 4 Property crimes (Burglary, Larceny-Theft, Motor Vehicle Theft, Arson)
- Crimes cleared
- Persons arrested
- Law enforcement personnel
-  the characteristics of homicides (including age, sex, and race of victims and offenders; victim–offender relationships; weapons used; and circumstances surrounding the homicides)

Data included in UCR

- Started in 1929
- Get data from monthly reports
- National, state and local crime count is shown as well as tribal, college and universites and for  law enforcement
- Results released in the fall


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How Crime is Measured in the USA

Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2014, September). The Nation’s Two Crime Measures. https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ntcm_2014.pdf.

The Nation’s Two Crime Measures

Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)

- Started in 1973 originally called NCS National Crime Survey
- Renamed to NCVS in 1992
- 169,000 persons age 12 or older surveyed for 3.5 years
- Results released annually

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