District of Columbia Crime Rates 1978 - 1999

Forcible
Aggravated
Larceny- Vehicle
Year Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape
Robbery assault
Burglary Theft
Theft
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999

674,000
656,000
635,233
636,000
631,000
623,000
623,000
626,000
626,000
622,000
620,000
604,000
606,900
598,000
589,000
578,000
570,000
554,000
543,000
529,000
523,000
519,000

50,950
56,430
63,668
67,910
65,692
57,776
53,524
50,075
52,204
52,569
61,471
62,172
65,389
64,393
67,187
67,979
63,186
67,441
64,599
52,049
46,210
41,868

9,515
10,553
12,772
14,468
13,397
11,933
10,725
10,171
9,423
10,016
11,914
12,937
14,919
14,671
16,685
16,888
15,177
14,744
13,411
10,708
8,988
8,448

41,435
45,877
50,896
53,442
52,295
45,843
42,799
39,904
42,781
42,553
49,557
49,235
50,470
49,722
50,502
51,091
48,009
52,697
51,188
41,341
37,222
33,420

189
180
200
223
194
183
175
147
194
225
369
434
472
482
443
454
399
360
397
301
260
241

447
489
439
414
421
406
366
337
328
245
165
186
303
214
215
324
249
292
260
218
190
248

6,333
6,920
8,897
10,399
9,137
7,698
6,087
5,230
4,720
4,462
5,690
6,542
7,365
7,269
7,459
7,107
6,311
6,864
6,444
4,501
3,606
3,344

2,546
2,964
3,236
3,432
3,645
3,646
4,097
4,457
4,181
5,084
5,690
5,775
6,779
6,706
8,568
9,003
8,218
7,228
6,310
5,688
4,932
4,615

12,497
13,452
16,260
16,832
14,774
12,483
10,954
10,005
10,815
11,244
12,300
11,780
12,035
12,405
10,721
11,534
10,037
10,185
9,828
6,963
6,361
5,067

25,744
28,819
31,068
32,845
33,435
29,405
27,471
24,874
25,861
25,012
28,624
29,164
30,326
29,182
30,663
31,495
29,711
32,319
31,385
26,809
24,360
21,701

3,194
3,606
3,568
3,765
4,086
3,955
4,374
5,025
6,105
6,297
8,633
8,291
8,109
8,135
9,118
8,062
8,261
10,193
9,975
7,569
6,501
6,652