centage of total arrests and compares the District of Columbia percentage with the average percentage of 1,551 cities over 2,500 population.

TABLE 1.-Serious offenses reported 1-calendar year 1956

[Cities 500,000 to 1,000,000 population]

1 Includes murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, and auto theft.

2 Expressed in thousands.

The total given here for the District of Columbia does not agree with totals shown on following tables. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in its listing of crimes reported by individual cities, does not indicate the number of negligent manslaughter and rape offenses reported; therefore, for purposes of comparison, those 2 offenses are excluded from the total for the District in this table only.

TABLE 2.-Offenses reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation-
Pt. 1. Classifications, by calendar years

! Represents average strength of force plus increases in patrol force provided by working men on assigned

days off.

TABLE 4.—Offenses reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, by calendar years

TABLE 5.-Value of property stolen and recovered, calendar year 1956

TABLE 7.-Description of persons arrested, calendar year 1956, by age and percent