This is a 3 dimensional Array of the US crime statistics downloaded
from the "Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics" of the US government.
It comprises the years 1960 through 2010 for all 50 states, Washington
DC, and a total for the country.
Usage
data(USCrimes)
Format
The format is:
num [1:52, 1:51, 1:19] 3266740 226167 1302161 1786272 15717204 ...
- attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 3
..$ State: chr [1:52] "Alabama" "Alaska" "Arizona" "Arkansas" ...
..$ : chr [1:51] "1960" "1961" "1962" "1963" ...
..$ : chr [1:19] "Population" "ViolentCrimeRate" "MurderRate" "RapeRate" ...
Details
The first dimension is the state, the dimnames match the variable
state.name with the exception of including "District of Columbia"
in the 9th position (alphabetically) and "United States-Total" in
position 45 (alphabetical).
The second dimension is the year, ranging from 1960 to 2010. If indexing
by year, remember to put the year in quotes.
The third dimension is the variable:
Population:
Total number of residents
ViolentCrimeRate:
The total of the violent crimes (Murder,
Rape, Robbery, Assault) per 100,000 population
MurderRate:
The number of Murders and Nonnegligent
Manslaughters per 100,000 population
RapeRate:
Forcible Rapes per 100,000 population
RobberyRate:
Robberies per 100,000 population
AssaultRate:
Aggravated Assults per 100,000
PropertyCrimeRate:
The total of the property crimes (Burglary,
Theft, Vehicle Theft) per 100,000 population
BurglaryRate:
Burglaries per 100,000 population
TheftRate:
Larceny-Thefts per 100,000 population
VehicleTheftRate:
Motor Vehicle Thefts per 100,000 population
ViolentCrimeTotal:
The total of the violent crimes (Murder,
Rape, Robbery, Assault
Murder:
The number of Murders and Nonnegligent
Manslaughters
Rape:
Forcible Rapes
Robbery:
Robberies
Assault:
Aggravated Assults
PropertyCrimeTotal:
The total of the property crimes (Burglary,
Theft, Vehicle Theft)