1998 and 2002 US Crime Clock

The Crime Clock should be viewed with care. Being the most aggregate representation of Uniform Crime Report data, it is designed to convey the annual reported crime experience by showing the relative frequency of occurrence of the index offenses. This mode of display should not be taken to imply a regularity in the commission of the offenses; rather, it represents the annual ratio of crime to fixed time intervals.

A study by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud found that Florida prosecuted the highest number of insurance fraud cases in the US in 2002–771 cases. California came in second with 678 prosecuted cases and New Jersey with 508 cases.