Introduction The Uniform Crime Report is a series of annual studies on criminological data. The report includes official data on the seven major felony offenses that have been reported to the police departments of Happy Town, Frown Town, Smooth Town, and Cool Town during years 2010-2015. The categories of crime that have been included in the statistics and further analyzed are violent crimes (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault) and property crimes (burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft). These offenses have been chosen because they are serious crimes and regularly occur in the given areas. The data presented in the report reflect the Hierarchy Rule, so in a multiple-offense incident, only the most serious offense has been counted. A data-gathering strategy that has been chosen is the document review strategy. This qualitative method of collecting data involves a systematic collection and analysis of data gathered from law enforcement agencies. Types of data include reports, data files, and other written artifacts. This strategy has been chosen because documents that are reviewed can be verified independently (Liebling, Maruna, & McAra, 2017). The crime data have been submitted through the state UCR Program. In order to ensure that data are uniformly reported, law enforcement agencies have been instructed on how to classify and score offenses. All the reports obtained from law enforcement agencies have been examined for accuracy and consistency using cross-checking procedures. Crime Statistics in Happy Town for 2010-2015 Table 1 shows the estimated rates of different categories of crime in Happy Town per 100,000 inhabitants. Based on Table 1, Table 2 has been created to show the percent change in rate per 100,000 inhabitants. It can be seen that during 2010-2015, there was a constant increase in the crime rate. The 2015 violent crime rate has increased by 9,7% as compared to the 2014 violent crime rate. Compared to the 2013 violent crime rate, the 2015 violent crime rate increased by 24,3%. There is a 5,7% increase in the 2015 murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate as compared to 2014. In comparison with 2010, the increase in this rate is much more dramatic and equals 100%. All the other 2015 crime rates have increased as compared to all the previous years. Such an increase in crime must be viewed as a subject of great concern. Table 1. Crime in Happy Town by Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants.                                       Murder and                                                                                                                           Year  Population  Violent crime rate  nonnegligent  Forcible rape rate  Robbery rate  Aggravated assault rate  Burglary rate  Larceny-theft rate  Motor vehicle theft rate                                       manslaughter                                                                                                                                                               rate                                                                                                                                 2015  125336      128,45              5,58          9,57                44,68         68,62                    14,36          170,74              16,75                    2014  132426      117,05              5,29          9,06                40,02         62,68                    14,35          154,80              16,61