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CRIME IN TEXAS INDEX CRIME ANALYSIS
ARSON
DEFINITION
Arson Offenses 1979
1995
For Uniform Crime Reporting purposes, arson is 12000
defined as any willful or malicious burning or
attempt to burn, with or without intent to 10000
defraud, a house, public building, motor vehicle 8000
or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
Only fires determined through investigation to 6000
have been willfully or maliciously set are 4000 I
classified as arsons. Fires of suspicious or
unknown origins are excluded from data 2000
collection.
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ANALYSIS
Volume Nature
Volume
number of ar s c d in Structures were the most frequent targets of arThe
reported number of arsons committed in
The re d sonists in 1995, comprising some 52 percent of
Texas in 1995 was 9,498. The volume of arson of
t
the reported incidents and 85 percent of the
fenses decreased 3.7 percent in comparison with p v l i
7 1994. Becae t1 U.S. C s dd nt property value lost to arson. Mobile property
1994. Because the U.S. Congress did not man
' ' ' ' ' '
1994. Because the U.S. Congress did not man
constituted 34 percent of the reported arsons,
date arson to be an Index Crime until 1979, indate
arsn to be an I x C e ul , in
but only 14 percent of the value lost. The 'other'
formation on offenses before that year is
formation on offenses before that year is category (crops, timber, fences, signs, etc.) form|incomplete.
ed the remaining 14 percent of the arsons and 1
Rate percent of the value lost.
Residential property was involved in 63 percent
The 1995 arson rate for Texas was 50.7 arsons for esetal rert s inv d in 3 percent
of the structural arsons in 1995, with 73 percent
every 100,000 persons. The change in the arson
of such arsons directed at single occupancy
rate from 1994 was a decrease of 5.6 percent . v
dwellings. Of all targeted structural property, 17
Arson Arrests 1979
1995 Value Lost to Arson 1979
199
1400 Millions
$160
1200
$140
2000 $120
0 S~r f~rrl~i~i~ $60
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