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    The document defines key computational formulas used in analyzing crime and arrest data. It explains how to calculate a crime rate by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population and multiplying by 100,000. It also defines clearance rate as the percentage of clearances to reported crimes calculated by dividing clearances by reported crimes and multiplying by 100. For arrests, the arrest rate is calculated by dividing arrests by the total or at-risk population and multiplying by 100,000. Percent change is calculated by subtracting the base year data from the current year data, dividing by the base year data, and multiplying by 100.

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    The document defines key computational formulas used in analyzing crime and arrest data. It explains how to calculate a crime rate by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population and multiplying by 100,000. It also defines clearance rate as the percentage of clearances to reported crimes calculated by dividing clearances by reported crimes and multiplying by 100. For arrests, the arrest rate is calculated by dividing arrests by the total or at-risk population and multiplying by 100,000. Percent change is calculated by subtracting the base year data from the current year data, dividing by the base year data, and multiplying by 100.

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    The document defines key computational formulas used in analyzing crime and arrest data. It explains how to calculate a crime rate by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population and multiplying by 100,000. It also defines clearance rate as the percentage of clearances to reported crimes calculated by dividing clearances by reported crimes and multiplying by 100. For arrests, the arrest rate is calculated by dividing arrests by the total or at-risk population and multiplying by 100,000. Percent change is calculated by subtracting the base year data from the current year data, dividing by the base year data, and multiplying by 100.

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    Computational Formulas

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    The document defines key computational formulas used in analyzing crime and arrest data. It explains how to calculate a crime rate by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population and multiplying by 100,000. It also defines clearance rate as the percentage of clearances to reported crimes calculated by dividing clearances by reported crimes and multiplying by 100. For arrests, the arrest rate is calculated by dividing arrests by the total or at-risk population and multiplying by 100,000. Percent change is calculated by subtracting the base year data from the current year data, dividing by the base year data, and multiplying by 100.

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    CRIMES
    Crime rate – A crime rate describes the number of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies
    for every 100,000 persons within a population. A crime rate is calculated by dividing the number of
    reported crimes by the total population. The result is then multiplied by 100,000. For example, in 2014
    there were 48,650 robberies in California and the population was 38,499,378. This equals a robbery
    crime rate of 126.4 per 100,000.

    48,650 = 0.0012636 x 100,000 = 126.4


    38,499,378

    Clearance rate – A clearance rate describes the percentage of clearances reported to the number of
    crimes reported. A clearance rate is calculated by dividing the number of clearances by the number of
    crimes reported. The result is multiplied by 100. For example, in 2014 there were 1,091 clearances for
    homicide crimes and 1,697 homicides reported. This equals a homicide clearance rate of 64.3 percent.

    1,091
    = 0.64289 x 100 = 64.3 percent
    1,697

    ARRESTS
    Arrest rate – An arrest rate describes the number of arrests made by law enforcement agencies per
    100,000 total population or per 100,000 population considered to be at risk for arrest. Regardless of
    the population used, both rates are calculated in the same manner. An arrest rate is calculated by
    dividing the number of reported arrests by the desired population. The result is multiplied by 100,000.

    For example: 1) In 2014, there were 439,958 total felony arrests and the total population was
    38,499,378, which equates to a 1,142.8 arrest rate; 2) In 2014, there were 439,958 total felony arrests
    and the population at risk (10-69 years of age) was 30,190,364, which equates to a 1,457.3 arrest rate.

    1) 439,958 = 0.0114276 x 100,000 = 1,142.8 per 100,000 population

    38,499,378

    2) 439,958 = 0.0145727 x 100,000 = 1,457.3 per 100,000 population at risk


    30,190,364
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    Percent change – A percent change describes the change in number or rate from one year to another.
    A percent change is calculated by subtracting the base-year data from the current-year data. The
    result is divided by the base-year data and multiplied by 100. For example, in 2014 the robbery crime
    rate was 126.4. In 2009, the robbery crime rate was 172.6. The percent change in rate from 2009 to
    2014 is a 26.8 percent decrease.

    126.4 – 172.6 = - 0.26767 x 100 = -26.8 percent


    172.6

    Populations at risk – The Arrest tables in this report (16, 17, 22, and 27) include three comparison
    populations: total (10–69 years of age), adult (18–69 years of age), and juvenile (10–17 years of age).

    When a series of rates is calculated using different populations, the rate calculated for the total will not
    equal the sum of the rates for the parts. For example, the arrest rate calculated using the total at-risk
    population will not equal the sum of the juvenile arrest rate (based on the juvenile at-risk population)
    and the adult arrest rate (based on the adult at-risk population).

    Also, the percent changes calculated for these at-risk rates cannot be added. This is because the
    percent change in the total arrest rate is the result of independent changes in both the number of
    arrests and the at-risk populations of adults and juveniles.

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