Crime in Maryland 2014

CRIME IN MARYLAND

2014 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

DENISE VIDI SCHERER, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER GERARD K. ABLES, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

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. 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 176,912 total crime incidents reported in 2014 compared to 185,422 in 2013. The crime index total as well as both the violent and property crime decreased five percent in 2014, when compared to 2013. The violent crime group consists of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. The composition of the property crime group is breaking or entering, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. The 2014 decrease in index crimes breaks down as follows:

Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault

- 6.2% - 2.1% - 4.3% - 5.4%

Breaking or Entering Larceny-Theft Motor Vehicle Theft Arson

- 11.6% - 2.8% - 2.1% - 19.3%

There were 237,835 arrests reported in 2014 compared to 245,505 in 2013. Arrests in Maryland decreased three percent in 2014, when compared to 2013. Of the total arrests, 213,271 were adults and 24,564 were juvenile. When compared to adult and juvenile arrests in 2013 this is a decrease of two percent and 13 percent respectively. Arrests for drug offenses totaled 43,705 in 2014. This is an 11 percent decrease when compared to drug offense arrests reported in 2013. In 2014, 20,678 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 2013.

There were no Maryland law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty during 2014; however, there were 2,968 Maryland law enforcement officers assaulted in 2014. This represents a decrease of 13 percent over similar assaults reported in 2013 and equates to 19 percent of full time law enforcement officers employed in Maryland.

In 2014, there was a less than one percent increase in the number of full-time law enforcement officers in Maryland. There were 15,893 full-time law enforcement officers in 2014 compared to 15,828 in 2013. In 2014, this equated to 2.7 full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 of population, the same as in 2013.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

Murder.................................................................................................................13 Rape....................................................................................................................23 Robbery...............................................................................................................27 Aggravated Assault.............................................................................................31 Breaking or Entering...........................................................................................35 Larceny-Theft......................................................................................................39 Motor Vehicle Theft.............................................................................................43 Arson...................................................................................................................47 Domestic Violence..............................................................................................51 Carjacking...........................................................................................................65 Index Offense Data........................................................................................................73 Maryland UCR Crime Index Report by Region, County & Agency................................75 Municipality Crime Rate.................................................................................................99 Maryland Arrest Data...................................................................................................109 Drug Arrest County Chart..................................................................................113 Arrests - Sex & Race.........................................................................................119 Arrests - Age.....................................................................................................120 Maryland Arrest Report by Region, County & Agency.................................................122 Law Enforcement Officers Killed & Assaulted..............................................................173 Law Enforcement Officers Killed.......................................................................175 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted................................................................177 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted by Region,

County & Agency........................................................................................179 Law Enforcement Employee Data................................................................................191

Law Enforcement Employee Rates...................................................................193 Law Enforcement Employee Data by Region, County & Agency..................194 Ten Year Crime Index Chart........................................................................................201

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