CRIME IN MARYLAND

CRIME IN MARYLAND

2015 UNIFORM CRIME REPORT

GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN LT. GOVERNOR BOYD K. RUTHERFORD

COLONEL WILLIAM M. PALLOZZI MARYLAND STATE POLICE

CENTRAL RECORDS DIVISION

IDA J. WILLIAMS, DIVISION DIRECTOR

UNIFORM CRIME

REPORTING PROGRAM

Executive Summary

An annual release since 1975, Crime in Maryland reports crime statistics provided by Maryland Law Enforcement agencies to the State's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program under the Department of Maryland State Police. Crime in Maryland details crime incidents, clearance rates, arrests, law enforcement officers killed or assaulted, and law enforcement employee data. The statewide UCR Program was developed to report crime in Maryland to the National UCR Program administered by the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Maryland program has evolved to collect data on domestic violence, hate bias, and carjacking incidents and arrests. Reports and statistics pertaining to hate bias and their associated arrests are released in a separate State Police publication.

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects information on crimes that have been selected as an index to represent crime in the United States. These index crimes are murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, breaking or entering, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. Although not an index crime, data pertaining to the crime of arson is also included.

There were 172,182 total crime incidents reported in 2015 compared to 176,912 in 2014. The crime index total decreased three percent in 2015 when compared to 2014. Violent crime increased seven percent. The violent crime group consists of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crime decreased four percent. The composition of the property crime group is breaking or entering, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. The summary for the 2015 index crimes is as follows:

Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault

+ 52.3% + 53.6% + 5.2% + 4.2%

Breaking or Entering Larceny-Theft Motor Vehicle Theft Arson

- 5.1% - 5.2% + 3.2% + 8.7%

There were 212,623 arrests reported in 2015 compared to 237,835 in 2014. Arrests in Maryland decreased 11 percent in 2015, when compared to 2014. Of the total arrests, 189,918 were adults and 22,705 were juvenile. When compared to adult and juvenile arrests in 2014 this is a decrease of 11 percent and eight percent respectively. Arrests for drug offenses totaled 32,251 in 2015. This is a 26 percent decrease when compared to drug offense arrests reported in 2014. In 2015, 20,457 persons were arrested for driving under the influence. This is a decrease of one percent when compared to driving under the influence arrests reported in 2014.

Three Maryland law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during 2015. There were 2,858 Maryland law enforcement officers assaulted in 2015. This represents a decrease of four percent over similar assaults reported in 2014 and equates to 18 percent of full time law enforcement officers employed in Maryland.

In 2015, there was a one percent decrease in the number of full-time law enforcement officers in Maryland. There were 15,720 full-time law enforcement officers in 2015 compared to 15,893 in 2014. In 2015, this equated to 2.6 full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 of population, compared to 2.7 in 2014.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction......................................................................................................................1 Crime Factors..................................................................................................................7 Crime Index Offenses......................................................................................................9

Murder.................................................................................................................13 Rape....................................................................................................................21 Robbery...............................................................................................................25 Aggravated Assault.............................................................................................29 Breaking or Entering...........................................................................................33 Larceny-Theft......................................................................................................37 Motor Vehicle Theft.............................................................................................41 Arson...................................................................................................................45 Domestic Violence..............................................................................................49 Carjacking...........................................................................................................63 Index Offense Data........................................................................................................71 Maryland UCR Crime Index Report by Region, County & Agency................................73 Municipality Crime Rate.................................................................................................97 Maryland Arrest Data...................................................................................................107 Drug Arrest County Chart..................................................................................111 Arrests - Sex & Race.........................................................................................117 Arrests - Age.....................................................................................................118 Maryland Arrest Report by Region, County & Agency.................................................120 Law Enforcement Officers Killed & Assaulted..............................................................169 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted................................................................171 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted by Region,

County & Agency........................................................................................173 Law Enforcement Employee Data................................................................................183

Law Enforcement Employee Rates...................................................................185 Law Enforcement Employee Data by Region, County & Agency..................186 Ten Year Crime Index Chart........................................................................................193

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