Part I Crime Information

The following information reflects only crimes that are categorized as Part I Crimes by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. By the FBI’s definition, Part I Crimes include homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The numbers reported here reflect the official Part I Crime numbers reported to the FBI and exclude cases that have been unfounded.

The following table shows the frequency and types of Part I Crime for 1999-2007 in Tempe. Overall there was a 9.8% decrease in Part I Crimes from 2006 to 2007. Comparisons of specific Part I Crimes across 2006 and 2007 indicated there was a 50.0% increase in homicide, an 11.3% decrease in rape, a 22.5% decrease in robbery, a 13.3% decrease in aggravated assault, a 4.0% increase in burglary, a 5.0% decrease in larceny, a 33.9% decrease in motor vehicle theft, and a 6.8% decrease in arson.

Part I Crime	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Homicide	6	13	5	10	7	8	4	6	9
Rape	68	80	72	76	74	86	72	71	63
Robbery	317	297	327	344	299	263	326	426	330
Aggravated Assault	481	588	533	811	633	623	658	592	513
Burglary	1,930	2,224	2,273	2,360	2,430	1,793	1,835	1,795	1,866
Larceny	9,297	9,711	10,497	11,004	9,756	8,838	8,260	8,374	7,958
Motor Vehicle Theft	1,988	2,295	2,827	3,215	2,701	2,411	2,305	2,420	1,599
Arson	40	38	37	41	48	36	57	74	69
Total Part I Crime	14,127	15,246	16,571	17,861	15,948	14,058	13,517	13,758	12,407
Part I Crime Rate per 1, 000	87.20	96.11	104.47	112.03	99.92	87.41	84.10	82.93	73.91

The following map is a thematic map of the 2007 Part I Crimes in Tempe reporting districts. Each of the reporting districts in Tempe is shaded by the number of reported Part I crimes with the darkest areas representing reporting districts with 100 or more reported Part I crimes. This map does not represent crime rates per population, but rather the frequency of crime in specific geographical areas.

2007 Part I Crime in Tempe Reporting Districts