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_o —, A © Tne rates are based on the number of occurrences for each 100,000 persons in the State based on the 1957 population. Exception is taken in the report to the figures of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its Uniform Crime Reports in using the decennial United States Census. This presents California's crime in "an unjustifiable unfavorable light as the State is one-third greater in population over 1957 than it was in 1950." “— a California's 1957 population, on estimates of the State Department of Finance, was 14,160,000. The seven major crimes in 1957 in comparison with 1956 are listed as follows: 1956 1957 Total 165,250 194,038 Willful homicide 474 497 Robbery 10,182 11,582 Assault 13,620 15,349 Burglary 84,7721 101,060 Theft, except auto 15,364 17,767 Auto theft 38,530 45,178 Foreible rape 2,289 2,605 These seven major crimes show an increase of 12.8 per cent in 1957 over 1956. Arrests for adult felony are up 10.6 per cent. Felony complaints increased 11.6 per cent. Number of defendants prosecuted rose 13.7 per cent. ‘?his means that serious crime nas increased in California petween 10 per cent and 13 per cent faster than the rise in population,” says the report to the Attorney General. Rises in rates are general in all counties, but. San.Francisco and Alameda Counties are listed as still relatively low, with the average for the Bay Area and seven other counties being 7.1 per cent. Los Angeles County had a rise of 14.9, and nine other Southern California counties had an average of 17.8 per cent. It is pointed out that the increase in population from 1950 to 1957 is estimated at 54.6 per cent in the nine Southern Sent x Mace awn nareett