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In reply to the discussion: Thieves in LA are looting freight trains filled with packages from UPS, FedEx and Amazon [View all]I-Scream
(34 posts)Per the FBI it's over $16 B. $256 M would only be about $0.75 (cents) per capita which is an incredibly unrealistically low dollar value for property crime.
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In 2018, there were an estimated 7,196,045 property crime offenses in the nation. The 2-year trend showed that property crime offenses declined 6.3 percent in 2018 when compared with the 2017 estimate. The 10-year trend showed that property crime offenses decreased 22.9 percent in 2018 when compared with the 2009 estimate. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
In 2018, the rate of property crime was estimated at 2,199.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, a 6.9 percent decrease when compared with the 2017 estimated rate. The 2018 property crime rate was 14.6 percent less than the 2014 estimate and 27.7 percent less than the 2009 estimate. (See Tables 1 and 1A.)
Larceny-theft accounted for 72.5 percent of all property crimes in 2018. Burglary accounted for 17.1 percent, and motor vehicle theft for 10.4 percent. (Based on Table 1.)
Property crimes in 2018 resulted in losses estimated at $16.4 billion. (Based on Tables 1 and 23.)
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/topic-pages/property-crime