‘Wrong’ Maryland Crime Data Highlights Inconsistent Statistics

By Elliott Davis, Capital News Service
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — The number of rapes in Maryland increased last year by 15% over the previous year, according to an annual FBI Uniform Crime Report, released Sept. 30.
This was significant — the largest year-over-year increase for the state since the FBI’s definition of rape was revised in 2013.
It’s also wrong.
In fact, many of Maryland’s crime statistics reported by government agencies are unusually inconsistent —