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{{{city_name}}}
Crime rates* ({{{year}}})
Violent crimes
Homicide{{{homicide}}}
Rape{{{forcible_rape}}}
Robbery{{{robbery}}}
Aggravated assault{{{aggravated_assault}}}
Total violent crime{{{violent_crime}}}
Property crimes
Burglary{{{burglary}}}
Larceny-theft{{{larceny_theft}}}
Motor vehicle theft{{{motor_vehicle_theft}}}
Arson{{{arson}}}
Total property crime{{{property_crime}}}
Notes

*Number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.

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Source: [{{{source_url}}} {{{source_name}}}]

The UCR template is for providing crime statistics tables/infoboxes for cities and other jurisdictions in the United States, tabulated using Uniform Crime Reports Part I definitions and types of offenses. Rates are for reported crime incidents per 100,000. The percent of crimes reported to the police varies with crime type. [1]

Usage

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{{Infobox Uniform Crime Reports
|city_name =   <!-- city or jurisdiction name -->
|year =
|homicide =
|forcible_rape =
|robbery =
|aggravated_assault =
|violent_crime =
|burglary =
|larceny_theft =
|motor_vehicle_theft =
|arson =
|property_crime =
|source_url =
|source_name =
|notes =
}} <!-- Infobox ends -->
Required and optional fields
Field Name Usage Description
city_name required City or jurisdiction name
year required Year for crime statistics
homicide optional Criminal homicide ―a.) Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, and accidental deaths are excluded. The Program classifies justifiable homicides separately and limits the definition to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty; or (2) the killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private citizen. b.) Manslaughter by negligence: the killing of another person through gross negligence. Traffic fatalities are excluded.
forcible_rape optional Forcible rape ―The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Rapes by force and attempts or assaults to rape, regardless of the age of the victim, are included. Statutory offenses (no force used ―victim under age of consent) are excluded.
robbery optional Robbery ―The taking or attempted taking of anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
aggravated_assault optional Aggravated assault ―An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults are excluded.
violent_crime optional Rate for homicide, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault combined.
burglary optional Burglary (breaking or entering) ―The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included.
larceny_theft optional Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft) ―The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Examples are thefts of bicycles or automobile accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the stealing of any property or article that is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.
motor_vehicle_theft optional Motor vehicle theft ―The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is self-propelled and runs on land surface and not on rails. Motorboats, construction equipment, airplanes, and farming equipment are specifically excluded from this category.
arson optional Arson ―Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
property_crime optional Rate for burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson combined.
source_url optional e.g. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_05/
source_name optional e.g. FBI 2005 UCR data
notes optional Additional notes, such as variant definitions of crime or reasons why some crime types are not reported.