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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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The data in question originates from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, which outlines the untick in the number of murders in the United States, highlighting a significant surge in 2020.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2021

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

But we found their conclusion is not supported by several years of Uniform Crime Report data.

From Seattle Times Apr. 14, 2019

It’s true that the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report shows that El Paso’s annual number of reported violent crimes dropped from nearly 5,000 in 1995 to around 2,700 in 2016.

From Washington Times Feb. 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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