Columbus Police Department

Columbus, Georgia, USA

      Crime Statistics

from the Crime Analysis Office

Crimes Reported

1998 - 1999

The statistics below represent crime reported to the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).  These seven crimes were chosen by the Department of Justice because they felt the frequency of their occurrence would be an indicator of the criminal "climate" in a particular area.  For more specific information about these individual crimes, see Definitions.

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2002

2001

 2000 1999 1998
  Number Cleared* Number Cleared* Number Cleared* Number Cleared* Number Cleared*
Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter 25 17 17 15 19 17 19 19 21 16
Rape 24 20 18 17 23 20 27 26 24 38
Robbery 377 109 431 142 449 131 444 180 395 175
Aggravated Assault 432 136 441 140 588 184 449 273 475 315
Burglary 1941 405 1784 312 1,782 284 1,626 333 1,540 481
Larceny 8595 1379 8337 1476 8,011 1,396 8,396 1,580 8,070 1,660
Auto Theft 1022 278 865 210 1,062 165 1,165 293 1,165 341
      TOTAL 12,416   11,891   11,934   12,126   11,690
 
*Number of clearances may exceed number of occurrences because of clearances of crimes from previous years.