Crime in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 refers to the statistics and history of crime in the American state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of California

Statistics

In 2008 there were 1,265,920 crimes reported in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 including 2,142 murders 8,903 rapes and 1,080,747 property crimes

Number of Crimes per 100,000 persons (Crime Rates)
Violent Crime Rates				Property Crime Rates						Total	Rank
Population	Violent Crime	Homicide	Rape	Robbery	Serious Assault	Property Crime	Burglary	Larceny	Motor vehicle theft
35,893,799	551.8	6.7	26.8	172.1	346.3	3,419.0	685.1	2,030.1	703.8	11,970.8	26

Year	Population	Index	Violent	Property	Murder	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Burglary	Larceny Theft	Vehicle Theft
1960	15,717,204	546,069	37,558	508,511	616	2,859	18,796	18,796
1970	19,953,134	1,264,854	94,741	1,170,113	1,376	7,005	45,083	45,083
1980	23,532,680	1,264,854	210,290	1,633,042	3,411	13,693	102,766	102,766
1990	29,760,021	1,965,237	311,051	1,654,186	3,553	12,688	182,602	182,602
2000	33,871,648	1,266,714	210,531	1,056,183	2,079	9,785	60,249	138,418
2008	36,756,666	1,265,920	185,173	1,080,747	2,142	8,903	69,385	104,743	237,835	650,385	192,572

History

This section explains the history of crime in the American state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

.

Capital Punishment laws

The death penalty (also known as capital punishment) is legal in the American state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

.

Notable criminals and cases

• Griffith J. Griffith
  Griffith J. Griffith
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• Jang In-hwan
  Jang In-hwan
  Jang In-hwan was a Korean independence activist. He is best known along with Jeon Myeong-un for his role in the 1908 assassination of Japan lobbyist and former American diplomat Durham Stevens.-Incident:Jang, a Christian, emigrated from Korea to Hawaii in February 1905, and from there to the...
  
  
• Kid McCoy
  Kid McCoy
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• Soledad Brothers
  Soledad Brothers
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See also

• Crime in Los Angeles
• Capital punishment in California
  Capital punishment in California
  Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of California. The first recorded execution in the area that is now California took place on April 11, 1878 when four Native Americans were shot in San Diego County for conspiracy to commit murder. These were the first of 709...
  
  
• Crime in the United States
  Crime in the United States
  Crime statistics for the United States are published annually by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Uniform Crime Reports which represents crimes reported to the police...
  
  
• Organized crime in California
  Organized crime in California
  Organized crime in California involves the criminal activities of organized crime groups, gangs, criminal extremists, and terrorists in California.-Gangs:...