Property Crime

Abstract

Property crimes are defined as those offenses where offenders take money or property from victims without the use or threat of force. They include a long list of behaviors such as burglary, larceny‐theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, fraud, embezzlement, and forgery. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines the first four of these offenses as Part 1 property crimes. The remaining offenses are classified as Part 2 property crimes in the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). Part 1 crimes make up the property crime index published yearly in the UCR. Most data collected by the FBI on property crime are concentrated around Part 1 offenses.