CRIME IN MARYLAND

CRIME IN MARYLAND

2013 UNIFORM CRIME REPORT

GOVERNOR MARTIN O'MALLEY LT. GOVERNOR ANTHONY G. BROWN COLONEL MARCUS L. BROWN, SUPERINTENDENT

MARYLAND STATE POLICE

CENTRAL RECORDS DIVISION

IDA J. WILLIAMS, DIVISION DIRECTOR

UNIFORM CRIME

REPORTING PROGRAM

DENISE VIDI SCHERER, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER KENNETH G. DEGEN, 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 and assaulted, and law enforcement employee data. Statewide, county, municipality, and reporting agency perspectives are presented within the report. 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 and report 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 publication to facilitate detailed reporting.

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects information on crimes that were 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 collected, analyzed and reported through this report.

Crime in Maryland decreased two percent in 2013, when compared to 2012. There were 185,422 total crime incidents reported in 2013 compared to 189,816 in 2012. Violent crime decreased one percent. The violent crime group consists of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crime decreased two percent during the same period. The composition of the property crime group is breaking or entering, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. The 2013 percent increase or decrease of the index crime breakdown is as follows:

Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault

+ 4.0% - 5.4% - 0.9% - 1.3%

Breaking or Entering Larceny-Theft Motor Vehicle Theft Arson

- 4.7% - 1.2% - 7.3% - 11.0%

Arrests in Maryland decreased six percent in 2013, when compared to 2012. There were 245,505 arrests reported in 2013 compared to 260,783 in 2012. Of the total arrests, 217,230 or 88 percent were adults. This is a decrease of six percent over 2012. Juvenile arrests accounted for 28,275 or 12 percent of arrests in 2013. This is a seven percent decrease over 2012. Arrests for drug offenses totaled 48,938 in 2013. This is a one percent decrease over similar arrests reported in 2012. In 2013, 20,792 persons were arrested for driving while intoxicated. This is an increase of two percent over similar arrests reported in 2012.

There was one Maryland law enforcement officer's who died in the line of duty during 2013. There were 3,405 Maryland law enforcement officers assaulted in 2013. This represents a decrease of one percent over similar assaults reported in 2012 and equates to 22 percent of full time law enforcement officers employed in Maryland.

In 2013, there was a one percent increase in the number of full-time law enforcement officers in Maryland. There were 15,828 full-time law enforcement officers in 2013 compared to 15,603 in 2012. In 2013, there were 2.7 full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 of population.

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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