Chapter 5: Insurance-Related Crimes US Crime Clock: 1994 And 1998
The Crime Clock should be viewed with care. Being the most aggregate representation of Uniform Crime Report data, it is designed to convey the annual reported crime experience by showing the relative frequency of occurrence of the index offenses. This mode of display should not be taken to imply a regularity in the commission of the offenses; rather, it represents the annual ratio of crime to fixed time intervals.
One Crime Index Offense 1998: Every 3 seconds 1994: Every 2 seconds One Violent Crime 1998: Every 21 seconds 1994: Every 17 seconds One Murder 1998: Every 31 minutes 1994: Every 23 minutes One Forcible Rape 1998: Every 6 minutes 1994: Every 5 minutes One Robbery 1998: Every minute 1994: Every 51 seconds One Aggravated Assault 1998: Every 32 seconds 1994: Every 28 seconds
One Property Crime 1998: Every 3 seconds 1994: Every 3 seconds One Burglary 1998: Every 14 seconds 1994: Every 12 seconds One Larceny-Theft 1998: Every 4 seconds 1994: Every 4 seconds One Motor Vehicle Theft 1998: Every 25 seconds 1994: Every 20 seconds
Source: Excerpted from FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1994 and 1998