Crime statistics
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| + | '''Crime statistics''' attempt to provide [[statistics|statistical]] measures of the [[crime]] in societies. Given that crime is illegal, measurements of it are likely to be inaccurate. | ||
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| + | Several methods for measuring crime exist, including household surveys, hospital or insurance records, and compilations by [[police]] and similar law enforcement agencies. Typically official crime statistics are the latter, but some offences are likely to go unreported to the police. Public surveys are sometimes conducted to estimate the amount of crime not reported to police. Such surveys are usually more reliable for assessing trends. Public surveys rarely encompass all crime, rarely procure statistics useful for local crime prevention, often ignore offences against children, and do not count offenders brought before the criminal justice system. | ||
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| + | Crime statistics are gathered and reported by many countries and are of interest to several international organizations, including [[Interpol]] and the [[United Nations]]. Law enforcement agencies in some countries, such as the FBI in the United States and the Home Office in England & Wales, publish [[crime index|crime indices]], which are compilations of statistics for various types of crime. | ||
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Crime statistics attempt to provide statistical measures of the crime in societies. Given that crime is illegal, measurements of it are likely to be inaccurate.
Several methods for measuring crime exist, including household surveys, hospital or insurance records, and compilations by police and similar law enforcement agencies. Typically official crime statistics are the latter, but some offences are likely to go unreported to the police. Public surveys are sometimes conducted to estimate the amount of crime not reported to police. Such surveys are usually more reliable for assessing trends. Public surveys rarely encompass all crime, rarely procure statistics useful for local crime prevention, often ignore offences against children, and do not count offenders brought before the criminal justice system.
Crime statistics are gathered and reported by many countries and are of interest to several international organizations, including Interpol and the United Nations. Law enforcement agencies in some countries, such as the FBI in the United States and the Home Office in England & Wales, publish crime indices, which are compilations of statistics for various types of crime.
