Uniform Crime Reports                                                          Release Date:  May 5, 1996
1995 Preliminary Annual Release


TABLE 3 - CRIME INDEX TRENDS                                               
          January through December, each year over previous year.


            Crime   Modi-*             Prop-*            For-             Aggra-                        Motor 
            Index    fied   Violent    erty            cible              vated             Larceny   vehicle
  Years     total   total     crime   crime    Murder   rape   Robbery  assault   Burglary   -theft     theft  Arson*


1992/1991      -3      -3        +1      -4        -4     +2        -2       +3         -6       -3        -3      0
1993/1992      -2      -2         0      -2        +3     -4        -2       +1         -5       -1        -3     -5
1994/1993      -1      -1        -3      -1        -5     -4        -6       -1         -4       +1        -2     +5
1995/1994      -2      -2        -4      -1        -8     -6        -7       -3         -5       +1        -6     -5



* The Modified Crime Index total is the sum of the Crime Index offenses, including arson.  Data for arson are not included 
  in the property crime totals. The number of agencies used in arson trends is less than used in compiling trends for 
  other Crime Index offenses.


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