THERE ARE MORE WHITE, MALE CRIME OFFENDERS IN U.S – FBI

WASHINGTON – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today released the 2015 crime statistics for the United States. According to the report, there are more white offenders in terms of criminal activities than blacks and other races.

“By race, more than half (56.9 percent) of known offenders were white, 27.3 percent were black or African-American, and 1.7 percent were of other races. The race was unknown for 14.1 percent of reported known offenders”, the FBI said in the 2015 report based on National Incident-Based Reporting SystemNIBRS.

“Of these offenders, more than 44.0 percent (44.4) were between 16 and 30 years of age. By gender, most offenders (63.3 percent) were male, and 25.7 percent were female; gender was unknown for 11.0 percent’, the report said.

Based on aggregate data, NIBRS agencies reported 4,902,177 incidents that involved 5,668,103 offenses, 5,979,330 victims, and 4,607,928 known offenders.

“Agencies reported 3,081,609 arrestees, which includes all persons arrested as opposed to a subset of arrestees as was published in the 2012 and 2013 editions of NIBRS.

“Of the reported offenses, 62.9 percent involved crimes against property, 23.2 percent involved crimes against persons, and 14.0 percent included crimes against society (e.g., gambling and prostitution). (Due to rounding, percentage breakdowns may not add to 100.0 percent.)Of the 4,158,264 individual victims reported in 2015, 23.8 percent were between 21 and 30 years of age”, the FBI said.

A little more than half (50.9 percent) were female, 48.3 percent were male, and gender was unknown for 0.8 percent.
The majority of victims (72.0 percent) were white, 20.8 percent were black or African-American, 1.4 percent were Asian, 0.6 percent were American Indian or Alaska Native, and less than 0.1 percent were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Race was unknown for 5.2 percent of victims.

In 2015, there were 4,607,928 known offenders, meaning that some aspect of the suspect—such as age, gender, or race—was identified and reported. Of these offenders, more than 44.0 percent (44.4) were between 16 and 30 years of age. By gender, most offenders (63.3 percent) were male, and 25.7 percent were female; gender was unknown for 11.0 percent.

By race, more than half (56.9 percent) of known offenders were white, 27.3 percent were black or African-American, and 1.7 percent were of other races. The race was unknown for 14.1 percent of reported known offenders.

Concerning the relationship of victims to known offenders, there were 1,322,282 victims of crimes against persons (e.g., murders, sex offenses, assault offenses) and robbery offenses from the crimes against property category. The majority of these victims knew their offenders (or at least one offender where more than one was present).

More than half (52.3 percent) of the victims knew their offenders (or at least one offender where more than one was present) but did not have a familial relationship to them.

Nearly one quarter (24.8 percent) of the victims were related to their offenders (or at least one offender where more than one was present). Law enforcement agencies submitted data to the UCR Program through incident reports and arrest reports for 3,081,609 arrestees.

Of these arrestees, 18.4 percent were 21 to 25 years of age. By gender, 71.7 percent were male, and 28.3 percent were female.
By race, most (71.6 percent) arrestees were White, 24.4 percent were black or African-American, and 2.5 percent were of other races. The race was unknown for 1.6 percent of arrestees.