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WASHINGTON STATE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS
Are prepared by:
Washington Uniform Crime Reporting Staff:
Tracy Reynaud, WUCR/WIBR Manager
Linda Gibson, Statistical Compiler
Valerie Vogrin, Statistical Compiler
Bryna Walker, Statistical Compiler
THE WASHINGTON STATE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING
PROJECT IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF:
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS
P.O. Box 826
Olypmia, WA 98507
Phone (360) 586-3221
Fax: (360) 586-7030
Larry V. Erickson, Executive Director
WASHINGTON STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION
19010 1st Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98148
Phone (260) 439-3740
Fax: (206) 439-3752
Michael Parsons, Executive Director
CRIME IN WASHINGTON STATE
SUMMARY
| RATE OF INDEX CRIME |
Index crimes in Washington totaled 331,320 for 1997, constituting 59.2 offenses per 1,000 population.
This represents an increase in the total number of index crimes of 3.6% over those reported in 1996. |
| VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED |
Property valued at $291,988,147 was reported stolen in 1997. Of this amount, $111,867,279 or 38.3% was
recovered. Froperty stolen shows a 0.8% increase over 1996. |
| NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED OR ASSAULTED |
There was one law enforcement officers killed feloniously during 1997. A total of 1,445 law enforcement
officers were assaulted during the year. Assaults on officers showed a decrease of 4.5% from the 1,513 officer
assaults reported in 1996. |
| CLEARANCES |
There was a 19.4% clearance rate for all index crimes reported in 1997. The clearance rate for 1996 was 20.8%. |
| ARRESTS |
A total of *246,631 arrests were made in 1997 constituting a decrease of 5.9% over the year 1996. |
| DRUG ABUSE ARRESTS |
There were 19,220 reported drug abuse arrests. Of this number, 14.4% were persons under 18 years of age. |
| DUI ARRESTS |
A total of *32,613 arrests were made in 1997 for DUI, which constituted 13.2% of the total arrests reported
in 1997. This percentage represents the arrest of 32,117 adults and 496 juveniles. |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT |
In 1997 there were 13,103 full-time law enforcement employees in the State of Washington. Commissioned
officers showed a decrease of 0.2% over 1996. |
| POPULATION
| The estimated population in Washington for 1997 was 5,606,800 as compared to 5,516,800 for 1996. This
represents a 1.6% increase. |
| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE |
There was a total of 54,875 offenses including simple assault and
violation of protection/no contact orders. A total of 240 law enforcement agencies participated in this data
collection. |
| HATE/BIAS CRIME |
There were 192 reported incidents by 248 law enforcement agencies. Of the 192 incidents, there were
202 hate/bias offenses. Of the 248 reporting agencies,197 reported zero hate crimes. |
Source:Office of Financial Management, Forecasting Division 1997 Population Trends for Washington State
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CRIME IN WASHINGTON STATE 1997 was compiled from data submitted to the Washington Uniform Crime
Reporting division of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs by Washington State Law Enforcement
agencies during 1997. Coverage is 99% of the state population. Input and guidance from the Washington Association
of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Uniform Crime Reporting Advisory Policy Board is gratefully acknowledged.
This is the eighteenth annual report of criminal offenses, arrests, law enforcement officers killed or assaulted,
and full-time law enforcement employees produced by the Washington Uniform Crime Reporting Program (WUCR). Funding
for WUCR is provided by a contract agreed upon with the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC).
Administration of WUCR is the responsibility of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC). WUCR
is unique in that it is the only state UCR program which is sponsored, administered and supported by an organization of
contributing agency administrators, rather than a bureau or department of state government.
Although the impetus for collecting nationwide crime information dates back to the 1890’s, no ongoing program was
initiated until the committee on uniform crime records of the. International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
was established in 1917. This committee’s responsibility to provide management information to law enforcement agencies
was eventually turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1930, when the FBI received a congressional
mandate to collect and disseminate national crime information. The IACP has continued to serve the Uniform Crime Reporting
Program (UCR) in an advisory capacity and has been joined in this responsibility by the National Sheriffs Association.
Data for Crime in Washington State 1997 are compiled from monthly UCR reports submitted by individual law enforcement
agencies throughout the State of Washington. WUCR was activated in October 1979 and began the collection of monthly
reports from contributing agencies in January 1980. At the present time, the UCR program is operated on a semi-annual
and computerized basis. The computer program is designed to provide automated data input processing and provides various
programs that are necessary for statistical purposes in the criminal justice system.
Increasing attention has been focused on the problem of crime in our communities in recent years. Because of this
attention, many segments of our population need more complete information for a variety of reasons. Citizens are
understandably concerned about the possibility of becoming victims of crime but may not know what the real probability
is. Law enforcement professionals, managers and administrators who must focus on crime in their own jurisdictions,
also need to know what is occurring in surrounding jurisdictions in order to deploy personnel and equipment more
efficiently to protect citizens and bring criminals to justice. Legislators need statewide information about crime
in order to pass realistic laws that will increase the stability of our society. Researchers and planners need to know
what is actually happening to predict trends and recommend changes.
The objectives of Crime in Washington State 1997 are to implement and administer a uniform system of collecting
crime and arrest statistical data from contributing law enforcement agencies in the State of Washington and present
the information needed by each of these groups. This information will not in itself prevent crime, but it may encourage
segments of society to understand the problem and to work together with law enforcement agencies to reduce crime.
Additional objectives of Crime in Washington State 1997 when compiled and evaluated are:
- To identify the number of crimes reported by contributing agencies.
- To identify the geographical distribution of reported offenses.
- To determine whether or not reported crimes have increased or decreased.
- To determine whether or not reported crimes have increased or decreased by population groups.
- To determine the number of clearances and the clearance rate for reported offenses.
- To determine the reported number of arrests by charge, age, sex and ethnic origin.
- To determine the number of law enforcement officers assaulted and killed.
- To determine the number of commissioned (sworn) and civilian law enforcement employees by sex.
- To determine the rate per population group of commissioned (sworn) and civilian law enforcement employees.
Care should be taken in drawing conclusions and making decisions about problems based solely on crime and
arrest data that is reported to WUCR. Factors relating to crime reporting practices, law enforcement policies,
population characteristics and attitudes all contribute to variation in reported data. Some general factors
which may affect the amount of crime reported and type of crime committed are:
- The density and size of the community population and of its surrounding area.
- The variations in composition of the population, particularly to age.
- The economic status, education and recreation characteristics of the community population.
- The stability of population with respect to residents’ mobility, commuting patterns, and transient factors.
- The climate, including seasonal weather conditions, and other geographical variations.
- The religious characteristics of the population.
- The effective strength of law enforcement agencies.
- The policies of other components of the criminal justice system
(i.e., prosecutorial, judicial, correctional and probational).
- The attitude of the public toward law enforcement problems.
- The crime reporting practices of the citizenry.
- The administrative and investigative follow-up of the local law enforcement agency, including the degree of
adherence to crime reporting standards.
Statistics are a tool used to summarize information so that patterns or trends become clearer. All statistics
must be interpreted with an understanding of just what it is that they can say. Too often, numbers of the type in
this report are used incorrectly to draw conclusions that the statistics simply do not support. In order to avoid
this error, it is necessary to know what information is included and how it is reported. To obtain accurate
information from many different agencies, the national UCR program has to precisely define the methods for counting
the number of offenses, arrests, clearances and value of stolen or recovered property. The methods of counting and
some resulting limitations are explained below.
UCR divides offenses into two major classifications which are designated Part I and Part II offenses. This
distinction is important to keep in mind because different information is collected for each. Part I offenses include
violent crimes: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; and
property crimes:burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and (since January, 1979) arson.
These reported Part I offenses comprise the FBI crime index. All other offenses are classified under Part II
offenses. Part I offenses are used to calculate the crime index and crime rate. All offenses are classified on the basis
of law enforcement investigation in accordance with UCR offense definitions(which are not necessarily identical to the
revised code of Washington definitions). Because WUCR identifies and tallies a police problem, offense classifications
are not based on the findings of a court, medical examiner, jury or other judicial findings.
The number of offenses is counted only for Part I crimes and simple assault. The method of counting varies with
the type of crime committed, and it is important to remember that the number of offenders does not determine the
number of offenses. For murder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape and aggravated assault, one offense is counted
for EACH VICTIM, regardless of the number of offenders involved.
For robbery and larceny, one offense is counted for EACH DISTINCT OPERATION that is separate in time and place.
The number of victims in any one operation does not determine the number of offenses. For example, if 20 people are
robbed in a bar at the same time, only one offense has occurred. However, if that robber leaves the bar and holds up
a passerby, a second offense has occurred. For burglary, one offense is counted for each structure that is illegally
entered. However,when the structure is an apartment house, business, or office building in which units are leased for
a period of time, one offense is counted for each unit burglarized.
For motor vehicle theft, one offense is counted for each vehicle stolen.
NOTE: attempts to commit any of the crime index offenses are counted as actual offenses, except that attempts
to kill and assault to kill are counted as aggravated assaults.
For multiple offenses that occur in one crime incident, only the most serious offense is counted. Part I crimes
are ranked according to seriousness and appear in order from most serious to least serious crimes. Example: a robber
takes a mans wallet and then beats him causing serious injury. Both a robbery and an aggravated assault have occurred,
but because robbery is considered by UCR to be more serious, only the robbery is counted. This is known as the
HIERARCHY RULE. From one perspective, this method of counting seriously understates the crime problem, but from another,
it prevents undue inflation of crime statistics.
NOTE: Arson is an exception to the above rule and is counted separately from other offenses.
The number of offenses is not reported for part II offenses.
Arrest information is collected for all Part I and Part II offenses according to the age, sex and race of the offender.
It is not possible, however, to correlate race with sex or specific ages because the information is collected independently,
thus limiting analysis. Furthermore, arrest figures cannot be directly related to the number of crimes cleared because the
arrest totals count all offenders arrested for each offense, and clearance-totals count only the offense for which an arrest
or arrests have occurred.
An offense is considered cleared (solved) when at least one offender is arrested for a crime, even though several
may have been involved. Offenses may also be cleared by exceptional means when the offender commits suicide, makes
a dying declaration, confesses while in custody or serving time for another crime, is prosecuted in another jurisdiction
for the same offense, is a juvenile who is handled by notifying the parents, or when the victim refuses to prosecute or
another jurisdiction refuses to extradite the offender, etc.
Clearances are counted as adult and "juvenile". A "juvenile" clearance is counted only when juveniles are
exclusively involved in the clearance of an offense. If the arrest of both adults and juveniles result in a clearance,
it is counted as an ‘adult’ clearance
NOTE: not all crimes are cleared within the calendar year in which the offense occurs.
The crime statistics reported by an individual agency indicate what is happening in one particular area, but
to make rational comparisons among a number of jurisdictions, communities with similar characteristics need to be
grouped together. It may be important to know how a city compares with cities of similar size, or how patterns of
crime differ in various types of communities. Grouping agencies with similar characteristics allows these determinations
to be made. Aside from being merely interesting, such comparative analysis provides the basic information for long-range
criminal justice planning.
WUCR groups jurisdictions on the basis of population size in this report, and if any types of comparisons are to
be made the reader should also consider what type of communities are being compared. Grouping by population size
considers only the population of the reporting area. It does not consider proximity to a major metropolitan area
in spite of the fact that widely different crime patterns could be expected in a city of 30,000 which is a suburb
of Seattle or Tacoma and one which is in a rural area. In this report, grouping by population does not take into
account the urban/suburban/rural character of the area, and includes a wide range of populations in each category.
For use in interpreting this report, the WUCR grouping systems are listed below:
POPULATION GROUPINGS - CITIES, TOWNS AND SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS
|
GROUP |
POPULATION |
|
1 |
over 250,000 |
|
2 |
100,000 to 250,000 |
|
3 |
50,000 to 100,000 |
|
4 |
25,000 to 50,000 |
|
5 |
10,000 to 25,000 |
|
6 |
5,000 to 10,000 |
|
7 |
2,500 to 5,000 |
|
8 |
under 2,500 |
The crime index is a basic measure of crime which can be used for comparing the extent
of crime among cities, counties and states of similar size. The index is simply the total number of certain offenses
that occur in a given area in a given calendar period (usually quarterly and annually). The offenses are murder and
non-negligent homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft
and arson-- all of the Fart I offenses except simple assault and manslaughter by negligence.
The offenses were selected as indicators of the total amount of criminal activity because
they are serious offenses that are the focus of widespread concern. They occur with sufficient frequency to
reflect fluctuations in the overall level of criminal activity. They are most likely to be reported and reported
accurately, to law enforcement due to their seriousness. They are offenses that can clearly and specifically be
defined. Notwithstanding its usefulness, the index does have limitations.
The relationship between the index offenses and total criminal activity, both reported and
unreported, has never been firmly established. The varying severity of offenses is not taken into account, resulting
in equal weight being given to a shoplifting and a forcible rape. Furthermore, the actual incidence of crime in a city
may not be accurately depicted by the index if the majority of the city’s crime involves non-index offenses such as
gambling and narcotics.
The crime rate is based on the index, but adjusts the index for variances in population by indicating
the number of index offenses for each 1,000 persons (other base population increments may be used such as the number of
index offenses per 100,000). This means, that comparisons may be made among several areas with different populations, or
within one area with different populations over a period of time, without the information being biased by population
differences. For most general comparisons, the crime rate is probably the most accurate to use.
To calculate the crime rate, first divide the population of the area by 1,000, and divide the crime
index by that answer. For example, if a city has a population of 273,000 and a crime index of 21,257 the calculations
would be:
- 273,000 divided by 1,000 = 273.0
- 21,257 divided by 273.0 = 77.86
Thus, although the city’s crime index is 21,257, its crime rate (the number of crimes for each 1,000
people) is 77.86.
AS A Law ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, my fundamental duty is to serve the Community,’ to
safeguard Jives ndproperty to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation
and the peaceful against violence or disorder, and to respect the constitutional rights of all to liberty, equality
and justice.
I WILL keep my private life unsullied as an example to all and willbehave in a manner that does not
bring discredit to me or to my agency I will maintain courageous calm in the face of danger, scorn, or ridicule; develop
self-restraint; and be constantly mindful of the welfare of others. Honest in thought and deed both in my
personal and official life, I will be exemplary in obeying the law and the regulations of my department. Whatever I see
or hear of a confidential nature or that is confided to me in my official capacity will be kept ever secret unless
revelation is necessary in the performance of my duty
I WILL never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, political beliefs, aspirations,
animosities; or friendships to influence my decisions. With no compromise for crime and with relentless prosecution of
criminals, I will enforce the law courteously and appropriately without fear or favor, malice or ill will, never employing
unnecessary force or violence and never accepting gratuities.
I RECOGNIZE the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith, and 1 accept it as a public trust to be
held so long as lam true to the ethics of police service. I will never engage in acts of corruption or bribery nor will I
condone such acts by other police officers. I will cooperate with all legally authorized agencies and their representatives in the pursuit of justice.
I KNOW that I alone am responsible for my own standard of professional performance and will take every
reasonable opportunity to enhance and improve my level of knowledge and competence.
I WILL constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideals, dedicating myself before God to my
chosen profession...law enforcement.
In response to the passage of the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990, the Washington State Legislature directed every
law enforcement agency within Washington to report hate bias offenses to the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police
Chiefs.
FBI reporting guidelines and forms are used, and the data is forwarded to the FBI for inclusion in the national
statistics. In keeping with the Washington State Anti-Harassment Act, two additional motivational categories were added
for our state: anti-handicapped (physical, mental, sensory), and anti-gender (male and female). Hate crime offenses with
an anti-handicap or anti-gender motivation are not forwarded to the FBI.
Determining the prevalence of hate crime is an important responsibility for the entire law enforcement community.
Tremendous interest has been shown by the general public, law enforcement agencies, legislative bodies, human interest
groups, and others relative to the collection of hate crime data.
The commitment of Washington State law enforcement is the key to the success of Washington State’s hate crime data
collection program. Without law enforcement’s active participation in the collection of these statistics, this report
would not be possible.
The Washington Hate Crime Malicious Harassment Act defines hate crime as criminal offenses that manifest evidence
motivated by the offender’s bias against the victim’s race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, handicap or gender.
It was recognized that hate crimes are not separate, distinct offenses, but rather traditional crimes motivated
by the offender’s bias. Because of the difficulty of ascertaining the offender’s subjective motivation, bias would
be reported when the law enforcement investigation revealed sufficient objective facts to lead a reasonable and prudent
person to conclude that the offender’s actions were motivated, in whole or in part, by bias.
Volume
During 1997, 192 bias motivated criminal incidents were reported by 248 law enforcement agencies in 39 counties.
The 192 incidents involved 202 separate offenses, 281 victims, and 263 known offenders. It is important to remember
that there can be more than one offense within a single incident.
Hate Crime Comparison
| |
1996 |
1997 |
% or change |
|
Reported Incidents |
199 |
192 |
- 4% |
|
Reported Victims |
299 |
281 |
- 6% |
|
Reported Known Offenders |
254 |
263 |
+4% |
|
Reported Offenses |
284 |
202 |
-29% |
Crimes against persons comprised 76 percent of the 202 offenses reported during 1997. Intimidation was the single most
frequently reported hate crime among all offenses measured, accounting for 41 percent of the total. Following were simple
assault, 17 percent; vandalism of property, 19 percent; aggravated assault, 16 percent; and murder, robbery, burglary,
larceny, arson, totaling 4 percent.
|
Offense Comparison |
|
Offense |
1996 |
1997 |
% or change |
|
Murder |
1 |
0 |
------- |
|
Rape |
0 |
2 |
------- |
|
Robbery |
5 |
5 |
0% |
|
Aggravated Assault |
42 |
33 |
-21 % |
|
Burglary |
6 |
3 |
-50% |
|
Larceny |
2 |
0 |
-------- |
|
Motor Vehicle Theft |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
Arson |
1 |
1 |
0% |
|
Simple Assault |
48 |
36 |
-25 % |
|
Intimidation |
134 |
83 |
-38% |
|
Vandalism |
45 |
39 |
-13% |
|
Total Offenses |
284 |
202 |
-29% |
Residences/home were the most frequent occurring location of bias crime in 1997. Following were
highways/roads/alleys/streets, school/colleges, parking lot/garages, and church/synagogue/temples.
The remaining incidents were widely distributed among other locations.
|
LOCATION COMPARISON |
|
Location |
1996 |
1997 |
%of Change |
|
Air/Bus/Train/Terminal |
9 |
3 |
-66% |
|
Bank/Savings and Loan |
1 |
0 |
------- |
|
Bar/Night Club |
3 |
5 |
+66% |
|
Church/Synagogue/Temple |
12 |
9 |
-25% |
|
Commercial/Office Building |
5 |
2 |
-60% |
|
Construction Site |
1 |
0 |
------- |
|
Convenience Store |
2 |
5 |
+ 150% |
|
Department/Discount Store |
2 |
2 |
0% |
|
Drug Store/Dr. s Office/Hospital |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
Field/Woods |
2 |
4 |
+ 100% |
|
Government/Public Building |
2 |
5 |
+ 150% |
|
Grocery/Supermarket |
0 |
3 |
------- |
|
Highway/Road/Alley/Street |
34 |
42 |
+23% |
|
Hotel/Motel/Etc. |
2 |
0 |
------- |
|
Jail/Prison |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
Lake/Waterway |
0 |
1 |
------- |
|
Liquor Store |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
Parking Lot/Garage |
20 |
11 |
45% |
|
Rental Storage Facility |
0 |
0 |
0% |
|
Residence/Home |
70 |
58 |
-17% |
|
Restaurant |
7 |
7 |
0% |
|
School/College |
18 |
29 |
+61% |
|
Service/Gas Station |
1 |
0 |
------- |
|
Specialty Store (TV, Fur, etc.) |
2 |
1 |
-50% |
|
Other/Unknown |
6 |
5 |
-16% |
|
Total Locations |
199 |
192 |
-03% |
January - December 1997
|
Murder |
0 |
|
Rape |
2 |
|
Robbery |
5 |
|
Aggravated Assault |
33 |
|
Burglary |
3 |
|
Larceny-Theft |
0 |
|
Motor Vehicle Theft |
0 |
|
Arson |
1 |
|
Simple Assault |
36 |
|
Intimidation |
83 |
|
Vandalism |
39 |
|
Total Offenses |
202 |
|
Individual |
164 |
|
Business |
3 |
|
Financial Institution |
0 |
|
Government |
2 |
|
Religious Organization |
6 |
|
Society/Public |
22 |
|
Other |
5 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
|
Total Victim Type by Offense |
202 |
|
White |
83 |
|
Black |
26 |
|
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
5 |
|
Asian/Pacific Islander |
2 |
|
Multi-Racial Group |
3 |
|
Unknown Race |
4 |
|
No Known Offender Information |
69 |
|
Total Suspected Offenders by Incident |
192 |
|
Anti-White |
15 |
|
Anti-Black |
63 |
|
Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native |
2 |
|
Anti-Asian/Pacific Is lander |
10 |
|
Anti-Multi Racial Group |
9 |
|
Total Racial Motivations |
99 |
|
Anti-Jewish |
16 |
|
Anti-Catholic |
0 |
|
Anti-Protestant |
4 |
|
Anti-Islamic (Moslem) |
0 |
|
Anti-Other Religion |
4 |
|
Anti-Multi-Religious Group |
0 |
|
Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism |
0 |
|
Total Religious Motivations |
24 |
|
Anti-Arab |
2 |
|
Anti-Hispanic |
17 |
|
Anti-Other Ethnicity/National Origin |
3 |
|
Total Ethnic/National Origin Motivations |
22 |
|
Anti-Male Homosexual (Gay) |
28 |
|
Anti-Female Homosexual (Lesbian) |
15 |
|
Anti-Homosexual (Gay & Lesbian) |
2 |
|
Anti-Heterosexual |
0 |
|
Anti-Bisexual |
1 |
|
Total Sexual Orientation Motivations |
46 |
|
Anti-Handicap Mental, Physical, Sensory |
0 |
|
Total Handicap Motivations |
0 |
|
Anti-Female |
1 |
|
Anti-Male |
0 |
|
Total Gender Motivations |
1 |
|
Total Bias Motivations by Incident |
192 |
TABLE 24
OFFENSE AND BIAS MOTIVATIONS BY AGENCY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AGENCY |
OFFENSE
|
TOTAL
OFFENSES |
BIAS MOTIVATION DESCRIPTION
|
TOTAL
MOTIVATION |
|
ASOTIN COUNTY
Clarkston P D |
Intimidation |
1
1 |
Anti-Black |
1
1
|
|
CLALLAM COUNTY |
|
Clallam Co. S.O
Port Angeles P.D. |
Intimidation
Simple Assault |
1
1
1
1 |
Anti-Jewish
Anti-White |
1
1
1
1 |
|
CLARK COUNTY |
|
Clark Co. So.
La Center P.D. |
Intimidation
Simple Assault |
1
1
1
1 |
Anti-Multi-Racial
Anti-Black |
1
1
1
1 |
|
COLUMBIA COUNTY |
|
Columbia Co. So. |
Simple Assault |
2
2 |
Anti-Hispanic |
2
2 |
|
COWLITZ COUNTY |
|
Longview P.D. |
Intimidation |
2
2 |
Anti-Black
Anti-Hispanic |
1
1
2 |
|
DOUGLAS COUNTY |
|
Douglas Co. So |
Intimidation |
1
1 |
Anti-Black |
1
1 |
|
FRANKLIN COUNTY |
|
Connell P.D. |
Vandalism |
1
1 |
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander |
1
1 |
|
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY |
|
Grays Harbor Co. So.
Ocean Shores P.D. |
Agg. Assault Vandalism
Intimidation |
1
1
2
1
1 |
Anti-Hispanic
Anti-Bisexual
Anti-Black |
1
1
2
1
1 |
OFFENSE AND BIAS MOTIVATIONS BY AGENCY(CONT’D)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AGENCY |
OFFENSE
|
TOTAL
OFFENSES |
BIAS MOTIVATION DESCRIPTION
|
TOTAL
MOTIVATION |
|
KING COUNTY |
|
King Co. S.O.
Bellevue P.D.
Kent P.D.
Kirkland P.D.
|
Agg. Assault
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism
Intimidation
Vandalism
Vandalism
Vandalism |
2
1
12
7
22
6
1
7
1
1
1
1 |
Anti-White
Anti-Black
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander
Anti-Multi-Racial
Anti-Hispanic
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Black
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Female Homosexual
Anti-Other Religion
Anti-Black |
1
6
3
3
3
3
19
5
1
1
7
1
1
1
1
|
|
Renton P.D.
Medina P.D.
Port of Seattle P.D.
Seatac P.D.
Burien P.D.
Newcastle P.D.
Seattle P.D. |
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism
Intimidation
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism
Intimidation
Vandalism
Intimidation
Forcible Rape
Robbery
Agg. Assault
Arson
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism |
1
2
3
6
1
1
1
1
4
1
5
3
4
7
1
1
1
1
18
1
3
10
4
38 |
Anti-White
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Multi-Racial
Anti-Black
Anti-White
Anti-Black
Anti-Multi-Racial
Anti-Hispanic
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander
Anti-Multi-Racial
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Multi-Racial
Anti-White
Anti-Black
Anti-Multi-Racial
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Protestant
Anti-Other-Ethnicity
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Female Homosexual |
1
2
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
5
1
1
5
7
1
1
6
6
1
1
2
1
14
6
37 |
|
KITSAP COUNTY |
|
Kitsap Co. S.O.
Bremerton P.D. |
Robbery
Agg. Assault
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism
Agg. Assault
Vandalism
|
1
1
6
6
2
16
2
1
3
|
Anti-Black
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Hispanic
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Homosexual
Anti-White
Anti-Black
|
7
2
3
2
1
15
1
2
3 |
|
Port Orchard P.D. |
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism
|
2
1
1
4 |
Anti-Black
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander |
3
1
4 |
|
KLICKITAT COUNTY |
|
Goldendale P.D. |
Simple Assault |
1
1 |
Anti-Hispanic |
1
1 |
|
LEWIS COUNTY |
|
Centralia P.D. |
Simple Assault
Intimidation |
1
1
2 |
Anti-Black
Anti-Female |
1
1
2 |
|
OKANOGAN COUNTY |
|
Omak P.D. |
Agg. Assault
Simple Assault
Intimidation
|
2
1
1
4 |
Anti-American Indian/Alaskan
Anti-Hispanic |
1
3
4 |
|
PIERCE COUNTY |
|
Tacoma P.D.
Milton P.D.
Lakewood P.D.
|
Forcible Rape
Robbery
Agg. Assault
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism
Burglary
Intimidation |
1
2
1
4
2
3
13
1
1
1
1 |
Anti-White
Anti-Black
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Female Homosexual
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Black |
3
7
1
2
13
1
1
2
2
|
|
University Place P.D. |
Vandalism |
2
2 |
Anti-Black |
2
2 |
|
SKAGIT COUNTY |
|
Burlington P.D. |
Intimidation |
1
1 |
Anti-Other Ethnicity |
1
1 |
|
SNOHOMISH COUNTY |
|
Snohomish Co. S.O.
Everett P.D. |
Agg. Assault
Intimidation
Agg Assault
Burglary
Simple Assault
Intimidation |
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
4 |
Anti-Black
Anti-Jewish
Anti-White
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander
Anit-Other ethnicity
Anti-Male Homosexual |
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
4 |
|
SPOKANE COUNTY |
|
Spokane Co. S.O.
Cheney P.D.
Spokane P.D. |
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Simple Assault
Agg. Assault
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism |
3
1
4
1
1
1
1
8
2
12 |
Anti-Black
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Female Homosexual
Anti-Female Homosexual
Anti-Black
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Female Homosexual
Anti-Homosexual
|
1
2
1
4
1
1
4
1
4
1
1
11 |
|
THURSTON COUNTY |
|
Olympia P.D.
Tumwater P.D. |
Burglary
Intimidation
Vandalism
Robbery |
1
1
1
3
1
1 |
Anti-Black
Anti-Protestant
Anti-Arab
Anti-Female Homosexual |
1
1
1
3
1
1 |
|
WALLA WALLA COUNTY |
|
College Place P.D. |
Agg. Assault |
1
1 |
Anti-Other Religion |
1
1 |
|
WHATCOM COUNTY |
|
Whatcom Co. S.O.
Bellingham P.D.
Lynden P.D. |
Intimidation
Agg. Assault
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Intimidation
Vandalism |
4
4
2
2
2
6
1
1
2 |
Anti-Black
Anti-American Indian
Anti-Arab
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Black
Anti-Male Homosexual
Anti-Female Homosexual
Anti-Hispanic |
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
1
5
1
1 |
|
WHITMAN COUNTY |
|
Washington State University
Oakesdale P.D. |
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Vandalism
Simple Assault |
1
1
1
3
1
1 |
Anti-Black
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Other Religion |
2
1
3
1
1 |
|
YAKIMA COUNTY |
|
Yakima Co. S.O.
Union Gap P.D.
Yakima P.D.
Tieton P.D. |
Intimidation
Vandalism
Simple Assault
Intimidation
Intimidation |
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1 |
Anti-Black
Anti-Other Religion
Anti-Black
Anti-Hispanic
Anti-Protestant |
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
|
|
TOTAL |
202 |
192 |
TABLE 25
JANUARY - DECEMBER 1997
| PERCENT |
| COUNTY |
1996 |
1997 |
OF CHANGE |
| Adams | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Asotin | 2 | 1 | -50% |
| Benton | 3 | 0 | ----- |
| Chelan | 1 | 0 | ----- |
| Clallam | 4 | 2 | -50% |
| Clark | 15 | 2 | -87% |
| Columbia | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Cowlitz | 4 | 2 | -50% |
| Douglas | 0 | 1 | ----- |
| Ferry | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Franklin | 0 | 1 | ----- |
| Garfield | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Grant | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Grays Harbor | 4 | 3 | ----- |
| Island | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Jefferson | 2 | 1 | -50% |
| King | 125 | 90 | -28% |
Kitsap | 9 | 23 | +156% |
| Kittitas | 5 | 0 | ----- |
| Klickitat | 0 | 1 | ----- |
| Lewis | 4 | 2 | -50% |
| Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mason | 1 | 0 | ----- |
| Okanogan | 14 | 4 | -71% |
| Pacific | 1 | 0 | ----- |
| Pend Oreille | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Pierce | 28 | 17 | -39% |
| San Juan | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Skagit | 6 | 1 | -83% |
| Skamania | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Snohomish | 1 | 6 | 500% |
| Spokane | 24 | 17 | -29% |
| Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Thurston | 11 | 4 | -63% |
| Wahkiakum | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Walla WalIa | 0 | 1 | ----- |
| Whatcom | 13 | 12 | -8% |
| Whitman | 3 | 4 | ±33% |
| Yakima | 2 | 5 | + 150% |
| STATEWIDE OFFENSE TOTAL | 284 | 202 | -29% |
JANUARY - DECEMBER 1997
| ADAMS | Adams Co. S.O.
Othello P.D.,
Ritzville P.D.
|
| ASOTIN | Asotin Co. S.O. |
| BENTON | Benton Co. SO.
Kennewick P.D.
Richland P.D.
West Richland P.D. |
| CHELAN | Chelan Co. SO
Chelan P.D.
Wenatchee P.D. |
| CLALLAM | Forks P.D.
Hoh Tribal P.D.
Makah Tribal P.D.
Sequim P.D. |
| CLARK | Battle Ground P.D.
Camas P.D.
Ridgefield P.D.
Vancouver P.D.
Washouga P.DWSU Vancouver PD. |
| COWLITZ | Castle Rock P.D.
Cowlitz Co. SO.
Kalama P.D.
Kelso P.D.
Woodland P.D. |
| DOUGLAS | East Wenatchee P.D. |
| FERRY | Ferry Co. S.O.
Republic P.D. |
| FRANKLIN | Franklin Co. S.O
Pasco P.D. |
| GARFIELD | Garfield Co. So.
Pomeroy P.D. |
| GRANT | Coulee City PD.
Ephrata P.D.
Grand Coulee P.D.
Grant Co. S.O.
Moses Lake P.D.
Quincy P.D. Royal City P.D.
Soap Lake P.D.Warden P.D. |
| GRAYS HARBOR | Aberdeen P.D.
Cosmopolis P D.
Elma P.D.
Hoquiam P.D.
McCleary P.D. (1 & 2 qtrs only)
Quinault Tribal P.D.
Westport P.D. |
| ISLAND | Coupeville P.D.
Island Co. S.O.
Langley P.D.
Oak Harbor P.D. |
| JEFFERSON | Port Townsend P.D. |
| KING | Algona P.D.
Auburn P.D.
Black Diamond P.D.
Bothell P.D.
Clyde Hill PD
Covington P.D. (4 qtr. Only)
Des Moines P.D.
Duvall P.D.
Enumclaw P.D.
Federal Way P.D.
Issaquah P.D.
Lake Forest Park P.D.
Maple Valley P.D.(4 qtr. Only)
Mercer Island P.D.
Normandy Park P.D.
North Bend P.D.
Pacific P.D.
Redmond PD.
Shoreline P.D.
Snoqualmie P.D.
Univ. of Wa. P.D.
Woodinville P.D.
Yarrow Point P.D. |
| KITSAP | Bainbridge Island P.D.
Poulsbo P.D.
Suquamish Tribal P.D. |
| KITTITAS | Central Wa. Univ. P.D.
Cle Elum P.D.
Ellensburg P.D.
Kittitas Co. S.O.
Kittitas P.D.
Roslyn P.D. |
| KLICKITAT | Bingen P.D.
Klickitat Co. S.O.
White Salmon P.D. |
| LEWIS | Chehalis P.D.
Lewis Co. So.
Morton P.D.
Mossyrock P.D.
Napavine P.D.
Pe ElI P.D.
Toledo P.D.Vader P.D.
Winlock P.D |
| LINCOLN | Davenport P.D.
Harrington P.D.
Lincoln Co. S.O.
Odessa P.D.
Reardan P.D.
Wilbur P.D. |
| MASON | Mason Co. S.O.
Shelton PD.
Skokomish Tribal P.D. |
| OKANOGAN | Brewster P.D.
Conconully P.D.
Okanogan Co. S.O.
Oroville P.D.
Tonasket P.D.
Twisp P.D
Winthrop P.D. |
| PACIFIC | Illwaco P.D.
Long Beach P.D.
Pacific Co. S.O.
Raymond P.D.
South Bend P.D. |
| PEND OREILLE | Newport P.D.
Pend Oreille Co. SO. |
| PIERCE | Bonney Lake P.D.
Buckley P.D.
Dupont P.D
Eatonville P.D.
Fircrest P.D.
Gig Harbor P.D.
Orting P.D
Pierce Co. S.0.
Puyallup P.D.
Ruston P.D.
Steilacoom P.D.
Sumner P.D. |
| SAN JUAN | San Juan Co. S.O. |
| SKAGIT | Anacortes P.D.
La Conner P.D.
Mount Vernon P.D.
Sedro Woolley P.D.
Skagit Co. S.O.
Skagit Tribal P.D.
Swinomish Tribal P.D. |
| SKAMANIA | North Bonneville P.D.
Skamania Co. S.O.
Stevenson P.D. |
| SNOHOMISH | Arlington P.D.
Brier P.D.
Darrington P.D.
Edmonds P.D.
Granite Falls P.D.,BR>Lake Stevens P.D.
Lynnwood P.D.
Marysville P.D.
Mill Creek P.D.
Monroe P.D.
Mountlake Terrace P.D.
Mukilteo P.D.
Snohomish P.D.
Stanwood P.D.Sultan P.D. |
| SPOKANE | Airway Heights P.D.
Eastern Wa. Univ. P.D.
Medical Lake P.D. |
| STEVENS | Chewelah P.D.
Colville P.D.
Kettle Falls P.D.
Northport P.D.
Stevens Co. SO. |
| THURSTON | Lacey P.D.
Nisqually Tribal P.D.
Rainier P.D.
Tenino P.D.
Thurston Co. SO.
Yelm PD. |
| WAHKIAKUM | Wahkiakum Co S.O. |
| WALLA WALLA | Walla Walla Co. S.O.
Walla Walla P.D. |
| WHATCOM | Blaine P.D.
Everson P.D.
Ferndale P.D.
Lummi Tribal P.D.
Sumas P.D.
Western Wa. Univ. P.D. |
| WHITMAN | Colfax P.D.
Colton P.D.
Palouse P.D.
Pullman P.D.
Tekoa P.D.
Uniontown P.D.
Whitman Co. S.0. |
| YAKIMA | Grandview PD.
Mabton P.D.
Moxee City P.D.
Selah P.D.
Sunnyside P.D.
Toppenish P.D.
Wapato P.D.
Zillah P.D. |
JANUARY - DECEMBER 1997
| BENTON | Prosser P.D. |
| GRANT | Mattawa P.D. |
| GRAYS HARBOR | Montesano P.D.
Oakville P.D. |
| KING | Carnation P.D.
Tukwila P.D. |
| OKANOGAN | Coulee Dam P.D.
Elmer City P.D. |
PEND OREILLE | lone P.D.
Metaline Falls P.D.
Cusick P.D. |
PIERCE | Fife P.D.
Roy P.D.
Wilkeson P.D. |
| SKAGIT | Concrete P.D. |
| SNOHOMISH | Woodway P.D. |
| STEVENS | Springdale P.D. |
| WHITMAN | Albion PD.
Rosalia P.D. |
| ACTUAL OFFENSE: | An offenses which law enforcement personnel confirm to have happened |
| ADULT: | A person who is 18 years of age or older at the time of committing a crime. |
| ALL OTHER OFFENSES: | State and local offenses not otherwise specified. |
| ARRESTS: | The act of taking a person into custody by authonty of law to charge him or her with a
criminal offense. An adult arrest should be reported when a law enforcement officer detains an individual with the
express intent of seeking charges against this person for a specific criminal offense(s) and a record is made of the
detention. |
| 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.. |
| ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED: | An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or
aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to
produce death or great bodily harm. All assaults by one person upon another with the intent to kill, maim, or inflict
severe bodily injury with the use of any dangerous weapon are classified as aggravated. |
| ASSAULT, SIMPLE: | An unlawful attack or attempted attack by one person upon another in which no weapon was
used and which did not result in serious or aggravated injury to the victim. |
| BURGLARY: | The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. |
| CLEARANCE: | The solving of an offense by arrest, or in some circumstances, by exceptional means. |
CLEARANCE RATE:
Example:
- Number of robbery clearances, 38
- Number of total robbenes, 72
- Divide: 38 by 72=.528
- Multiply: .528X 100=52.8
- 52.8% clearance rate for robberies.
| Percentage of the total crimes cleared compared to the number reported. |
| CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS: | Subclassification of the Crime Index which encompasses murder and non-negligent
manslaughter, rape, and aggravated assault. |
| CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY: | Subclassification of the Crime Index which encompasses robbery, burglary,
larceny (theft), motor vehicle theft and arson. |
CRIME INDEX: | Classification of eight offenses selected for their seriousness, frequency of occurrence,
and likelihood of being reported. Includes murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault,
burglary, larceny (theft), motor vehicle theft and arson. |
| CURFEW AND LOITERING LAWS PERSONS UNDER 18: | Transgressions of curfew or loitering ordinances pertaining
to juveniles. |
| DISORDERLY CONDUCT: | Committing or attempting to commit a breach of the peace. Includes affray, unlawful assembly, disturbing the peace,
disturbing meetings, disorderly conduct in state institutions, blasphemy, profanity, and obscene language, desecrating
the flag, and refusing to assist an officer. |
| DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: | The driving or operating of any vehicle or common carrier while drunk or under the influence of liquor or narcotics.
This includes operating a motor vehicle, engine, train, street car, boat, etc., while intoxicated. |
| DRUG ABUSE VIOLATION: | Transgression of state and local laws relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing,
and making of narcotic drugs. |
| DRUNKENNESS: | Not applicable in Washington State, (except on Indian reservations). |
| EMBEZZLEMENT: | Misappropriation or misapplication of money or property entrusted to ones
care, custody, or control. |
| FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING: | All offenses dealing with the making, altering, uttering, or possessing with intent to defraud,
anything false in the semblance of that which is true. |
| FRAUD: | Converting and obtaining money or property by false pretenses other than forgery or counterfeiting. |
| GAMBLING: | Promoting, permitting, or engaging in illegal games of chance. |
| INCENDIARY: | Involving a deliberate burning of property. |
| JUVENILE: | A person who is under the age of 18 at the time of committing a crime. |
| LARCENY (THEFT): | The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive
possession of another or the attempt to do so. |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE RATE: | The number of employees per 1,000 inhabitants. Divide the jurisdiction's population by 1,000 and divide the number
of employees in the law enforcement agency by this number. |
| LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION: | Transgression of any state or local liquor law except drunkenness and
driving while intoxicated. |
| MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: | The theft or attempted theft of a self-propelled vehicle that runs on the
surface and not on rails. |
| MURDER AND NON-NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER: | The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by
another. |
| PART I OFFENSES: | Eight major offenses as defined in the Crime Index. |
| PART II OFFENSES: | All other crime classifications outside those defined as Part I. |
| PROPERTY CRIMES: | Subclassification of the Crime Index which encompasses burglary, larceny (theft),
motor vehicle theft and arson. |
| PROSTITUTION AND COMMERCIALIZED VICE: | Committing or attempting to commit sex offenses
of a commercialized nature. |
| RAPE: | The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Rapes or attempts accomplished by force
or threat of force are classified as forcible regardless of the age of the female victim |
| REPORTED OFFENSE: | An act which comes to the attention of law enforcement authorities as a possible
offense. |
| ROBBERY: | The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody or control
of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or putting the victim in fear. |
| RUNAWAY: | Frotective custody of juveniles under local statute. |
| SEX OFFENSES: | Offenses against chastity, common decency, morals, and the like, other than forcible rape,
prostitution and commercialized vice.
|
| STOLEN PROPERTY, BUYING, RECEIVING AND POSSESSING: | Buying, receiving, and possessing stolen property
or the attempt to commit such an offense. |
| UNFOUNDED OFFENSE: | An act reported to law enforcement authorities which, upon investigation,
proves to be false or baseless. |
| VAGRANCY: | Offenses of vagrancy, begging, loitering (adults), vagabondage and being a 'suspicious character
or person, etc.'. |
| VANDALISM: | The willful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement, or defacing of any public or private
property, real or personal, without consent of the owner or person having custody or control, by cuffing,
tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering with filth, or any other such means as may be
specified by local law. |
| VIOLENT CRIMES: | Subclassification of the Crime Index which encompasses murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault. |
| WEAPON OFFENSES: | Offenses and attempted offenses against weapons regulations. Includes manufacture, sale, possession,
or carrying open or concealed deadly weapons or silencers; furnishing deadly weapons to minors; possession
of deadly weapons by aliens |
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