Violent Crimes In Boulder 2019: FBI Report

BOULDER, CO — New data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation show a decline in violent crimes nationally in the first six months of 2019 compared to the same time period in 2018. The law enforcement agency recently published its “Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report,” which covers crime data from January through June 2019.

The number of violent crimes in Boulder remained unchanged between the first six months of 2019 when compared to figures for the first six months of 2018; however, there was an uptick in robberies and vehicle thefts.

The report is based on information from 14,273 law enforcement agencies that submitted three to six months of data for both 2018 and 2019 to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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Here is the information for Boulder:

• Total Violent Crime Reported 2018: 127
• Total Violent Crime Reported 2019: 127

Totals for January-June 2018:

• Murder: 0
• Rape: 19
• Robbery: 12
• Aggravated Assault: 96
• Vehicle theft: 118
• Arson: 12

Totals for January-June 2019:

• Murder: 0
• Rape: 14
• Robbery: 23
• Aggravated Assault: 90
• Vehicle theft: 121
• Arson: 3

All four of the offenses in the violent crime category — robbery, rape, murder and nonegligent manslaughter, and aggravated assault — showed a decrease in the United States from the first six months of 2019 when compared to the first six months of 2018.

On a national scale, the number of robberies decreased 7.4 percent, rape offenses dropped 7.3 percent, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter offenses fell 3.9 percent, and aggravated assault offenses dropped 0.3 percent, according to the law enforcement agencies that reported data to the FBI.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation included a caution against the rankings within its report.

“When the FBI publishes crime data via its UCR Program, some entities use the information to compile rankings of cities and counties. Such rankings, however, do not provide insight into the numerous variables that shape crime in a given town, city, county, state, tribal area, or region.”