It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Crime statistics. (Discuss) This graph shows the rate of occurrence of crimes committed among a given number of persons.Often, the type of crime is exactly specified. Thus, a crime rate might be given as the number of crimes committed among a given number of persons.Often, the type of crime is exactly specified. Thus, a crime rate might be given as the number of crimes committed in a given area and time. Most commonly, crime rate is given as the number of murders (or rapes,