This dataset contains national data on the number of crimes committed in the United States between 1960 and 2019. It provides annual statistics on total crimes, violent crimes, property crimes, and their subcategories.
Usage
data(UScrimerates_tbl_df)Format
A tibble with 60 rows and 12 variables:
- year
Year of the recorded data (numeric).
- population
Total US population (numeric).
- total
Total number of crimes (numeric).
- violent
Total number of violent crimes (numeric).
- property
Total number of property crimes (numeric).
- murder
Number of murders (numeric).
- forcible_rape
Number of reported cases of forcible rape (numeric).
- robbery
Number of robberies (numeric).
- aggravated_assault
Number of aggravated assaults (numeric).
- burglary
Number of burglaries (numeric).
- larceny_theft
Number of larceny-theft crimes (numeric).
- vehicle_theft
Number of motor vehicle thefts (numeric).
Details
The dataset name has been changed to 'UScrimerates_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the crimedatasets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is stored as a tibble. The original content has not been modified in any way.