USArrests
Violent Crime Rates by US State
This data set contains statistics, in arrests per 100,000 residents for assault, murder, and rape in each of the 50 US states in 1973. Also given is the percent of the population living in urban areas.
Usage
USArrests
Format
A data frame with 50 observations on 4 variables.
[,1] | Murder | numeric | Murder arrests (per 100,000) |
[,2] | Assault | numeric | Assault arrests (per 100,000) |
[,3] | UrbanPop | numeric | Percent urban population |
[,4] | Rape | numeric | Rape arrests (per 100,000) |
Source
World Almanac and Book of facts 1975. (Crime rates).
Statistical Abstracts of the United States 1975. (Urban rates).
References
McNeil, D. R. (1977) Interactive Data Analysis. New York: Wiley.
See Also
The state
data sets.
Examples
require(graphics) pairs(USArrests, panel = panel.smooth, main = "USArrests data")