UCR Offense Classifications (2024)

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Note: The UCR codes defined in CrimeStar are NOT user definable. Likewise, CrimeStar RMS is NOT state specific and produces UCR reports that adhere to the FBI national standard for UCR reporting.

CrimeStar produces the FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) based on the published FBI national standards only. Some states have chosen to deviate from this national standard and in such circ*mstances the report(s) produced by CrimeStar may or may not be compliant with a particular state. The following is a list of the Part I and Part II offense classifications as they are published by the FBI. This list was simply retyped in substance from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook. It describes the crimes that are included in the various Part I and Part II classification categories. For more information on the classifications, you should obtain a copy of the Handbook directly from the FBI. Also see: UCR Additional

PART I OFFENSES

01. Criminal Homicide

02. Forcible Rape

03. Robbery Forcible Rape

04. Assault

05. Burglary

06. Larceny - theft

07. Motor Vehicle Theft

08. Arson

PART II OFFENSES

09. Other Assaults

Assaults and attempted assaults where no weapon was used or which did not result in serious or aggravated injury to the victim are included as other assaults.

Examples of local jurisdiction offense titles which would be included in "other assaults" are:

Simple assault;

Minor assault;

Assault and battery;

Injury by culpable negligence;

Resisting or obstructing an officer;

Intimidation;

Coercion;

Hazing; and

Attempts to commit the above.

10. Forgery and Counterfeiting

In the majority of states, forgery and counterfeiting are treated as allied offenses. Placed in this class are all offenses dealing with the making, altering, uttering, or possessing, with intent to defraud, anything false in the semblance of that which is true.

Include:

Altering or forging public and other records;

Making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting bills, notes, drafts, tickets, checks, credit cards, etc.;

Forging wills, deeds, notes, bonds, seals, trademarks, etc.;

Counterfeiting coins, plates, banknotes, checks, etc.;

Possessing or uttering forged or counterfeiting instruments;

Erasures;

Signing the name of another or fictitious person with intent to defraud;

Using forged labels;

Possession, manufacture, etc., of counterfeiting apparatus;

Selling goods with altered, forged, or counterfeited trademarks; and

All attempts to commit the above.

11. Fraud

Fraudulent conversion and obtaining money or property by false pretenses.

Include:

Bad checks, except forgeries and counterfeiting;

Confidence games;

Leaving full-service gas station without paying attendant;

Unauthorized withdrawal of money from an automatic teller machine; and

Attempts to commit the above.

12. Embezzlement

Misappropriation or misapplication of money or property entrusted to one’s care, custody, or control.

Include attempts.

13. Stolen Property; buying, Receiving, Possessing

Include in this class all offenses of buying, receiving, and possessing stolen property, as well as all attempts to commit any of these offenses.

14. Vandalism

Vandalism consists of the willful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement, or defacement of any public or private property, real or personal, without consent of the owner or person having custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law. This offense covers a wide range of malicious behavior directed at property, such as; cutting auto tires, drawing obscene pictures on public restroom walls, smashing windows, destroying school records, tipping over gravestones, defacing library books, etc. Count all arrests for the above, including attempts.

15. Weapons; Carrying, Possessing, etc.

This class deals with weapon offenses, regulatory in nature, such as:

Manufacture, sale or possession of deadly weapons;

Carrying deadly weapons, concealed or openly;

Using, manufacturing, etc., silencers;

Furnishing deadly weapons to minors;

Aliens possessing deadly weapons; and

All attempts to commit any of the above.

16. Prostitution and Commercialized Vice

Include in this class the sex offenses of a commercialized nature, such as:

Prostitution;

Keeping a bawdy house, disorderly house, or house of ill fame;

Pandering, procuring, transporting, or detaining women for immoral purposes, etc.; and

All attempts to commit any of the above.

17. Sex Offenses

(Except forcible rape, prostitution, and commercialized vice.) Include offenses against chastity, common decency, morals, and the like, such as:

Adultery and fornication;

Buggery;

Incest;

Indecent exposure;

Indecent liberties;

Seduction;

Sodomy or crime against nature;

Statutory rape (no force); and

All attempts to commit any of the above.

18. Drug Abuse Violations

Drug abuse violation arrests are requested on the basis of the narcotics used. Include all arrests for violations of state and local laws, specifically those relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs. Make the following subdivisions of drug abuse violation arrests, kee0ing in mind to differentiate between Sale/Manufacturing and Possession:

(1) Sale/Manufacturing

a. Opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine)

b. Marijuana

c. Synthetic narcotics-manufactured narcotics which can cause true drug addiction (demerol, methadones)

d. Dangerous nonnarcotic drugs (barbiturates, benzedrine)

(2) Possession

e. Opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine)

f. Marijuana

g. Synthetic narcotics-manufactured narcotics which can cause true drug addiction (demerol, methadones)

h. Dangerous nonnarcotic drugs (barbiturates, benzedrine)

Include all attempts to sell, manufacture, or possess any of the above.

19. Gambling

All charges which relate to promoting, permitting, or engaging in illegal gambling are included in this category. To provide a more refined collection of gambling arrests, the following breakdown should be furnished:

a. Bookmaking (horse and sport book)

b. Numbers and lottery

c. All other

20. Offenses Against the Family and Children

Include here all charges of nonsupport and neglect or abuse of family and children, such as:

Desertion, abandonment, or nonsupport of spouse or child;

Neglect or abuse of spouse or child (if injury is serious, score as aggravated assault);

Nonpayment or alimony; and

All attempts to commit any of the above.

Note: Do not count victims of these charges who are merely taken into custody for their own protection.

21. Driving Under the Influence

This class is limited to the driving or operating of any vehicle or common carrier while drunk or under the influence of liquor or narcotics.

Include:

Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence; and

Operating an engine, train, streetcar, boat, etc., while under the influence.

22. Liquor Laws

With the exception of "drunkenness" (offense 23) and "driving under the influence" (offense 21), liquor law violations, state or local, are placed in this class.

Include:

Manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possessing, etc., intoxicating liquor;

Maintaining unlawful drinking places;

Bootlegging;

Operating still;

Furnishing liquor to a minor or intemperate person;

Using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor;

Drinking on train or public conveyance; and

All attempts to commit any of the above.

23. Drunkenness

Include in this class all offenses of drunkenness or intoxication, with the exception of "driving under the influence" (offense 21).

Drunkenness

Drunk and disorderly

Common or habitual drunkard

Intoxication

24. Disorderly Conduct

In this class are placed all charges of committing a breach of the peace.

Include:

Affray;

Unlawful assembly;

Disturbing the peace;

Disturbing meetings;

Disorderly conduct in state institutions, at court, at fairs, on trains or public conveyances, etc.;

Blasphemy, profanity, and obscene language;

Desecrating the flag;

Refusing to assist an officer; and

All attempts to commit any of the above.

25. Vagrancy

Persons prosecuted on the charge of being a "suspicious character or person, etc." are included in this class.

Include:

Vagrancy;

Begging;

Loitering (persons 18 and over); and

Vagabondage

26. All Other Offenses

Include in this class every other state or local offense (except traffic violations) not included in offenses 1 through 25, such as;

Admitting minors to improper places;

Abduction and compelling to marry;

Bigamy and polygamy;

Blackmail and extortion;

Bribery;

Combination in restraint of trade; trusts, monopolies;

Contempt of court;

Criminal anarchism;

Criminal syndicalism;

Discrimination, unfair competition;

Kidnapping;

Marriage within prohibited degrees;

Offenses contributing to juvenile delinquency (except as provided for in offenses 1 to 25), such as employment of children in immoral vocations or practices, admitting minors to improper places, etc.;

Perjury and subornation of perjury;

Possession, repair, manufacture, etc., of burglar’s tools;

Possession of drug paraphernalia;

Possession or sale of obscene literature, pictures, etc.;

Public nuisances;

Riot and rout;

Trespass;

Unlawfully bringing weapons into prisons or hospitals;

Unlawfully bringing drugs or liquor into state prisons, hospitals, etc.; furnishing to convicts;

Unlawful disinterment of the dead and violation of sepulture;

Unlawful use, possession, etc., of explosives;

Violations of state regulatory laws and municipal ordinances (this does not include those offenses or regulations which belong in the above classes);

Violation of quarantine;

All offenses not otherwise classified; and

All attempts to commit any of the above.

27. Suspicion

While "suspicion" is not an offense, it is the grounds for many arrests in those jurisdictions where the law permits. After examination by law enforcement officers, the prisoner is either formally charged or released. Those formally charged are entered in one of the Part I or II offense classes. This class is limited to "suspicion" arrests where persons arrested are released by the police.

28. Curfew and Loitering Laws--(Persons under 18)

Count all arrests for violations of local curfew or loitering ordinances where such laws exist.

29. Runaways – (Persons under 18)

For purposes of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, report in this category apprehensions for protective custody as defined by local statute. Arrests of runaways from one jurisdiction by another agency should be counted by the home jurisdiction. Do not include protective custody actions with respect to runaways taken for other jurisdictions.