PROPERTY
CRIME
In 2003, almost 10.5 million property offenses were reported to law
enforcement. These included 2.1 million burglaries, 7 million
larceny-thefts, 1.3 million motor-vehicle thefts, and 64,043 arson
offenses.81
Seventeen percent of property offenses were cleared* by law
enforcement in 2003.82
*Clearances can occur by arrest or by exceptional means
when some element beyond law enforcement control precludes the placing of formal
charges against the offender.
81 Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2004).
Crime in the United States, 2003. Washington, DC: FBI, U.S. Department of
Justice. Online: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/pdf/03sec2.pdf
.
82 Ibid.
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