blog post Violent Crimes Involving Guns Drive Recent Rise in Crime By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Oct 19, 2022 Oct 19, 2022 ... Homicide, aggravated assault, and auto theft have surged compared to pre-pandemic rates. · Most large counties saw increases in violent crime, ...
Fact Sheet Crime Trends in California By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Oct 5, 2022 Oct 19, 2022 ... California's violent crime rate in 2020 (the latest nationwide statistics available) was higher than the national rate of 387 per 100,000 ...
blog post Mass Shootings in California By Heather Harris Jul 5, 2022 Although California's mass shooting homicide rate is lower than the national ... According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, California experienced an ...
blog post Crime Trends in Context By Magnus Lofstrom Jun 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 ... Crime data for Contra Costa County show that in 2020, both violent and property crime rates were at their lowest level since 1985.
blog post Fewer Domestic Violence Calls, but More Incidents Could Be Deadly By Heather Harris Apr 12, 2022 Apr 12, 2022 ... In 2001, 69% of calls involved weapons. By 2010, these calls were fewer than 40% of incidents—a 29 percentage-point drop. Since 2012, that share ...
blog post Two Years of Wide Variation in Crime Trends By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Mar 21, 2022 Mar 21, 2022 ... Official crime statistics may underestimate the actual number of incidents—all crimes are unlikely to be reported to law enforcement ...
blog post After Decreases in 2020, Both Property and Violent Crimes Are Up in 2021 By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Dec 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 ... While this news is disconcerting, it is worth noting that overall reported violent and property crimes are now similar to pre-pandemic levels; ...
blog post Video: Policing in California By Stephanie Barton Nov 10, 2021 Nov 10, 2021 ... ... Black Californians led to a search; the rate was 8% for white Californians. ... The next most common contact is for a crime in progress.
Report Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California By Deepak Premkumar, Alexandria Gumbs, Shannon McConville, Renee Hsia Oct 26, 2021 Many of the violent and sex crimes remain part of the top ten most common charges that officers face when arrested. Notably, crime types related to corruption ...
Report Racial Disparities in Law Enforcement Stops By Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Deepak Premkumar Oct 13, 2021 police department vs. sheriff's departments), jurisdictional crime rates, and policing practices. Furthermore, demographic characteristics differ across ...