Crime in the United StatesRelation of various crime statistics with drawn correlations between the data.
Metro Area Primary City
Murder 11 23
Rape 41 69
Robbery 353 773
Aggravated assault 477 833
Simple Assault 894 1309
250
750
1250
1750
2250
2750
3250
Violent Crimes Per 100,000 Residents In The 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas 1990[1]
Viol
ent C
rim
es p
er 1
00,0
00 R
esid
ents
Metro Area Primary City Suburb
Murder 6 13 3
Rape 29 44 21
Robbery 183 391 82
Aggravated assault 340 592 219
Simple Assault 917 1291 736
250
750
1250
1750
2250
Violent Crimes per 100,000 Residents in the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas 2000[2]
Viol
ent C
rim
es p
er 1
00,0
00 R
esid
ents
Metro Area Primary City Suburb
Murder 6 12 3
Rape 26 36 21
Robbery 182 362 97
Aggravated assault 281 465 195
Simple Assault 908 1242 746
250
750
1250
1750
2250
Violent Crimes per 100,000 Residents in the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas 2008[3]
Viol
ent C
rim
es p
er 1
00,0
00 R
esid
ents
Metro Area Primary City Suburb
Murder -5 -12 -2
Rape -16 -34 -6
Robbery -171 -410 -41
Aggravated assault -196 -368 -100
Simple Assault 14 -67 64-450
-350
-250
-150
-50
50
Change of Violent Crimes per 100,000 Residents in the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas from 1990-2008[4]
Chan
ge in
Vio
lent
Cri
mes
pe
r 100
,000
Res
iden
ts
Metro Area Primary City
1,314
1,984
3,359
4,772
871
1,570
Property Crime Rates for the 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas in 1990 per 100,000 residents[5]
Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft
Metro Area Primary City Suburb
6831,024
517
2,357
3,447
1,830
495
887
306
Property Crime Rates for the 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas in 2000 per 100,000 residents[6]
Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft
Metro Area Primary City Suburb
7061,005
566
2,131
2,853
1,793
373619
257
Property Crime Rates for the 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas in 2008 per 100,000 residents[7]
Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft
Metro Area Primary City Suburb
Burglary -608 -979 -407
Larceny -1227 -1919 -844
Motor Vehicle Theft -498 -950 -257
-1900-1700-1500-1300-1100
-900-700-500-300-100
Change of Property Crimes per 100,000 Residents in the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas from 1990-2008[8]
Chan
ge in
Pro
pert
y Cr
imes
pe
r 100
,000
Res
iden
ts
What could have caused this decrease or will cause the next increase?
Possible Correlations Increased amount of immigrants
Legal
Illegal
Poverty
Race
1990 1991
1992 1993
1994 1995
1996 1997
1998 1999
2000 2001
2002 2003
2004 2005
2006 2007
2008 0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
1,800,000
2,000,000
Year
Persons obtaining legal permanent resident status in the United States[9]
1990 1991
1992 1993
1994 1995
1996 1997
1998 1999
2000 2001
2002 2003
2004 2005
2006 2007
2008 0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000
1,000,000 1,200,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 2,000,000
Correlation of Violent Crimes to amount of Legal immigrants
Persons obtaining legal permanent resident statusViolent Crime
1990 1991
1992 1993
1994 1995
1996 1997
1998 1999
2000 2001
2002 2003
2004 2005
2006 2007
2008 0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
Correlation of Property Crimes to amount of Legal immigrants
Persons obtaining legal permanent resident statusProperty Crime
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080
2
4
6
8
10
12
Published Estimates of the Illegal Immigrants2000-2008[10]
Illegal Immigrants
Year
Mill
ions
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080
2
4
6
8
10
12
Correlation of Violent Crimes to amount of Illegal immigrants 2000-2008
Illegal ImmigrantsViolent Crimes
Year
Mill
ions
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080
2
4
6
8
10
12
Correlation of Property Crimes to amount of Illegal immigrants 2000-2008
Illegal ImmigrantsProperty Crimes
Year
Mill
ions
Do you see a strong correlation? Does the data mimic the corresponding data?
If both pieces of data follow a trend does that mean they cause on another?
What would cause this increase of Legal and Illegal Immigrants? Poverty?
Bad government?
Is this to say that these possible causes of the previous variables are inadvertently affecting the crime rates in America?
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
-400,000
-200,000
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
Yearly increase of illegal and legal immigrants in the United States
Legal Immigrants Illegal Immigrants
Looking deeper Is there a correlation between the increase of the different types of
immigrants? From just looking at the statistics previously given it is hard to say what caused it.
To do you must look deeper into the problem
You have to ask questions like where do the immigrants come from and why are they immigrating to the United States?
Mexico62%
El Salvador5%
Guatemala4%
Honduras3%
Philippines3%
India2%
Korea2%
Ecuador2%
Brazil1%
China1%
Other15%
Number of Illegal Immigrants[11]
Illegal and legal immigrants from Mexico Reasons for immigration
Mexico has a : High poverty rate
44.2% of Mexico’s population is below the Poverty Line
33.7% is in Moderate Poverty
10.5% is in Extreme Poverty
A large population does not have health care
43.9 Million people ( 39.5% of population)
The highest minimum wage in Mexico was $4.45 (2010)
High crime rate
2001 2002
10.96
54.89
35.27 35.79
4.79 4.79
Violent Crimes in Mexico per 100,000 inhabitants[12]
Homicides Assaults Rapes
2001 2002
51 36
510450
16 1463 55
Property Crime in Mexico per 100,000 inhabitants[13]
Burglary LarcenyMotor Vehicle Theft Robbery
Conclusion So after looking at all this data, with possible connections. What have we
found out? The amount of property and violent crime decreased while the amounts of illegal
immigrants increased.
There was not any visible connections between the increase of legal immigrants and American crime rates.
Most of the incoming illegal immigrants are from Mexico
Many of these illegal immigrants wish to experience the “American Dream”. So they illegally cross over the border from Mexico into the united states.
So from looking at the data we can say that there may have been a connection between the increase of illegal immigration and crime rates, but truthfully it was only a coincidence and the two did not directly affect each other.