Form I-725 Monthly Return of Arson Offenses Know to Law Enforcement

MONTHLY RETURN OF ARSON OFFENSES KNOWN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT

1-725 (Rev. 08-08-08)

OMB No. 1110-0008

This form is authorized by law Title 28, Section 534, U.S. Code, and the enactment of the fiscal year 1979, Department of Justice Authorization Bill S. 3151. Your cooperation

Expires 12-31-11

in completing this form to report all monthly incidents of arson, will assist the FBI in compiling timely, comprehensive, and accurate data. Please submit this form and any questions

to the FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Attention: Uniform Crime Reports/Module E-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306; telephone 304-625-4830,

facsimile 304-625-3566. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, you are not required to complete this form unless it contains a valid OMB control number. This form takes approximately 9 minutes

to complete. Instructions appear on reverse side.

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Offenses Reported

Unfounded, i.e.,

Number of

Total Offenses Cleared

Number of

Offenses Where

Estimated Value of

or Known to Police

False or Baseless

Actual Offenses

by Arrest or

Clearances

Structures

Property Damage

PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION

(Include Unfounded)

Complaints

(Column 2 Minus

Exceptional Means

Involving Only

Uninhabited,

and Attempts)

Column 3)

(Include Column 6)

Persons Under

Abandoned, or not

(Include Attempts)

18 Years of Age

Normally in Use

STRUCTURAL

A. Single Occupancy Residential: Houses, Townhouses, Duplexes, etc.

$

B. Other Residential: Apartments, Tenements, Flats, Hotels, Motels, Inns, Dormitories, Boarding Houses, etc.

$

C. Storage: Barns, Garages, Warehouses, etc.

$

D. Industrial/Manufacturing

$

E. Other Commercial: Stores, Restaurants, Offices, etc.

$

F. Community/Public: Churches, Jails, Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, etc.

$

G. All Other Structure: Out Buildings, Monuments, Buildings Under Construction, etc.

$

TOTAL STRUCTURE

$

MOBILE

H. Motor Vehicles: Automobiles, Trucks, Buses, Motorcycles, etc.: UCR Definition

$

I. Other Mobile Property: Trailers, Recreational Vehicles, Airplanes, Boats, etc.

$

TOTAL MOBILE

$

J. TOTAL OTHER Crops, Timber, Fences, Signs, etc.

$

GRAND TOTAL

$

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Agency Identifier

Month

Recorded

Edited

Agency

State

Entered

Adjusted

Prepared by/Telephone number/Email address

Chief, Commissioner, Sheriff, or Superintendent

Corres.

MONTHLY RETURN OF ARSON OFFENSES KNOWN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT

Arson Definition

The offense of arson is defined by the national Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program to include any willful or malicious burning or attempts to burn, with or without

intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.

Instructions

In Column 2, report all arson incidents which occurred in your jurisdiction and became known to your department during the month. Use your law enforcement

jurisdiction and not fire districts to determine if an arson incident should be scored on your report. Count all arsons even though the offenses may have occurred in

conjunction with violent crimes reported on the Return A. Include attempts to commit arson. Also, include "unfounded" reports of arson.

In Column 3, include all reports of arson which prove to be unfounded; those reports which prove upon investigation to be baseless and no offense of arson was

committed or attempted.

In Column 4, enter the number of actual offenses of arson. This number is obtained by subtracting the number in Column 3 from the number in Column 2. Include

attempts to commit arson.

In Column 5, enter the total number of arson offenses which were cleared by arrest or exceptional means.

In Column 6, enter the number of arson offenses cleared by arrest or exceptional means involving only persons under 18 years of age. This number is included in

Column 5 and excludes those situations in which one or more of the persons involved were 18 years of age or over.

In Column 7, enter the number of arson offenses listed in Column 4 which involve structures (A. - G. only) which were uninhabited, abandoned, deserted, or not

normally in use.

In Column 8, enter the estimated value of property damage for all arson offenses listed in Column 4. Enter zero ($0) if no property damage.

The UCR handbook may be used as a guide to preparing this reporting with two exceptions:

1. The Hierarchy Rule will not apply in this additional report. Any other Part I offenses occurring in conjunction with an arson will be reported on the Return A

and the arson will be reported on this report.

2. If one of the property crimes occurs in conjunction with the arson, the value of the stolen property will be reported on the Supplement to Return A and the

property loss due to fire, smoke, water, or other damage resulting from the arson will be reported in Column 8 of this report.

Each agency is requested to submit this arson form each month even if there are no arsons or attempted arsons to report. (In those instances, please submit the

form indicating "None" or zero (0) arson offenses.)