Crime in California
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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
    Griffith Jenkins Griffith was a Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s, Griffith donated to the City of Los Angeles which became Griffith Park, and he bequeathed the money to build the park's Greek Theatre and...

  • 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
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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:...

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