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Uniform Crime Report

American  

noun

  1. an annual report issued by the FBI that presents data on selected categories of crimes reported to the police. UCR


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Each month, state and local police departments tally up the crimes they have handled and send the data to the FBI for inclusion in the nation's annual Uniform Crime Report.

From Salon Oct. 24, 2022

Based on the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, the uptick in car thefts began in 2020, a year before the new law went into effect, and the trend is nationwide, not just here in Washington.

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2022

This newer system, started in 1988, collects data on a much wider array of offenses, though this data was not used until now for the Uniform Crime Report.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2021

Using data from the 2018 FBI Uniform Crime Report, SafeHome.org found that the South accounts for nearly half of the burglaries in the nation at 44.9%.

From Washington Times Oct. 16, 2019

Crime-related and demographic statistics for 47 US states in 1960 were collected from government agencies, including the FBI's Uniform Crime Report.

From Textbooks Sep. 19, 2013

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