| Convictions from FBI Investigations Vary Widely by Region |
| (07 Nov 2014)
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during FY 2014 the government reported 10,979 federal criminal convictions resulting from cases referred by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Drug offenses accounted for about one fourth of these convictions (23.8 percent) followed by white collar crime (21.6 percent).
Nationally, there was an average of 35 convictions resulting from FBI investigation per one million population. But there were wide variations in the per capita rate among the 90 federal districts that make up the fifty states. Following the District of Columbia with 255 convictions per million -- over 7 times the national average -- were South Dakota with 192 convictions per million, Montana with 131 per million and the Southern District of Alabama (Mobile) with 102 per million. Rounding out the top five was the Southern District of California (San Diego) with 81 per million, still more than twice the national rate. At the other end of the scale, the fewest convictions as a percentage of population could be found in the Western District of Wisconsin (Madison) with 9.8 convictions per million, followed by the Central District of California (Los Angeles) with 11.5 per million, the Northern District of New York (Syracuse) with 11.9 per million and the Southern District of Iowa (Des Moines) with 13.2 per million. Completing the bottom five was the Western District of Washington (Seattle) which ranked 86th out of 90 districts with 13.4 convictions per million population. Figures are based on case-by-case information obtained by TRAC from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys under the Freedom of Information Act. For more details, including a twenty-year timeline of convictions as well as figures and rankings for all 90 districts, see the report at: http://trac.syr.edu/tracfbi/latest/369/In addition to this report on the FBI, TRAC continues to offer free monthly reports on selected government agencies such as the IRS, ATF and DHS. TRAC's reports also monitor program categories such as immigration, drugs, weapons, white collar crime and terrorism. For the latest information on prosecutions and convictions through December 2013, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through September 2014 is available to TRACFed subscribers via the Express and Going Deeper tools. Go to http://tracfed.syr.edu for more information. Customized reports for a specific agency, district, program, lead charge or judge are available via the TRAC Data Interpreter, either as part of a TRACFed subscription or on a per-report basis. Go to http://trac.syr.edu/interpreter to start. To keep up with TRAC, follow us on Twitter @tracreports or like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/tracreportsTRAC is self-supporting and depends on foundation grants, individual contributions and subscription fees for the funding needed to obtain, analyze and publish the data we collect on the activities of the US Federal government. To help support TRAC's ongoing efforts, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/sponsor/ |
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