City TABLE 4-PERCENT OF ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY OUTSIDERS (NONSTUDENTS) Atlanta. Balt more. Cade County.. Los Angeles. ! Not available. * Less than 10 percent. 1 More than 50 percent. * Between 2 and 50 percent. 15 76 Note: These figures represent the best approximations of school district personnel based on the data available to them. OVERVIEW OF CRIMINAL INCIDENTS For the cities where a breakdown of figures is available for the past five years, it appears that incidents of burglary are the most frequent criminal incidents. A chart-"Rates of Criminal Incidents: 1974-1975"-is included in the Appendix. Crimes against property (burglary, larceny, vandalism, trespass and arson) outnumber crimes against people (robbery, assault, sex offenses, homicides) more than 2 to 1 overall (See Figure 7). Because of differing classifications and changes in classification of criminal incidents, it is difficult to trace trends within or across cities. Weapons violations, however, appear to be on the increase in most cities with the single exception of Oakland, where they have been decreasing over the years (See Figure 8). Drug violations (including alcohol abuse) also appear to be generally increasing. Again, Oakland is an exception (See Figure 9). A rather surprising finding for these cities is that, although there are fluctuations in the incidence of vandalism, the overall trend in the six cities for which long-term data are available is down (See Figure 10). |