Table 2 Analytic sample characteristics, overall and by social media-involved status, violent crimes in Prince George’s County, Maryland, 2018–2023
Overall | Social media-involved violent crime | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
22,801 (100.0%) | 22,381 (98.2%) | 420 (1.8%) | ||
Age | < 0.001 | |||
<18 | 2,344 (10.3%) | 2,259 (10.1%) | 85 (20.2%) | |
18–45 | 15,256 (66.9%) | 14,964 (66.9%) | 292 (69.5%) | |
>45 | 3,852 (16.9%) | 3,812 (17.0%) | 40 (9.5%) | |
Missing | 1,349 (5.9%) | 1,346 (6.0%) | 3 (0.7%) | |
Sex | < 0.001 | |||
Male | 11,362 (49.8%) | 11,105 (49.6%) | 257 (61.2%) | |
Female | 10,095 (44.3%) | 9,935 (44.4%) | 160 (38.1%) | |
Unknown/Missing | 1,344 (5.9%) | 1,341 (6.0%) | 3 (0.7%) | |
Ethnicity | 0.12 | |||
non-Hispanic | 12,995 (57.0%) | 12,749 (57.0%) | 246 (58.6%) | |
Hispanic | 4,728 (20.7%) | 4,631 (20.7%) | 97 (23.1%) | |
Unknown/Missing | 5,078 (22.3%) | 5,001 (22.3%) | 77 (18.3%) | |
Race | < 0.001 | |||
White | 5,783 (25.4%) | 5,654 (25.3%) | 129 (30.7%) | |
Black | 14,933 (65.5%) | 14,673 (65.6%) | 260 (61.9%) | |
Asian | 366 (1.6%) | 350 (1.6%) | 16 (3.8%) | |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 132 (0.6%) | 126 (0.6%) | 6 (1.4%) | |
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 109 (0.5%) | 106 (0.5%) | 3 (0.7%) | |
Unknown/Missing | 1,478 (6.5%) | 1,472 (6.6%) | 6 (1.4%) | |
Resident status | < 0.001 | |||
Resident | 17,038 (74.7%) | 16,769 (74.9%) | 269 (64.0%) | |
Nonresident | 3,329 (14.6%) | 3,191 (14.3%) | 138 (32.9%) | |
Unknown/Missing | 2,434 (10.7%) | 2,421 (10.8%) | 13 (3.1%) | |
Crime type | < 0.001 | |||
Simple Assault | 9,474 (41.6%) | 9,403 (42.0%) | 71 (16.9%) | |
Aggravated Assault | 5,294 (23.2%) | 5,252 (23.5%) | 42 (10.0%) | |
Robbery | 6,477 (28.4%) | 6,246 (27.9%) | 231 (55.0%) | |
Sexual Offense | 1,044 (4.6%) | 977 (4.4%) | 67 (16.0%) | |
Homicide | 460 (2.0%) | 453 (2.0%) | 7 (1.7%) | |
Kidnapping/Abduction | 52 (0.2%) | 50 (0.2%) | 2 (0.5%) | |
Drug-related crime | 0.66 | |||
No | 22,235 (97.5%) | 21,828 (97.5%) | 407 (96.9%) | |
Yes | 535 (2.3%) | 523 (2.3%) | 12 (2.9%) | |
Missing | 31 (0.1%) | 30 (0.1%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
Year | 0.033 | |||
2018 | 3,943 (17.3%) | 3,884 (17.4%) | 59 (14.0%) | |
2019 | 3,869 (17.0%) | 3,806 (17.0%) | 63 (15.0%) | |
2020 | 3,612 (15.8%) | 3,553 (15.9%) | 59 (14.0%) | |
2021 | 3,163 (13.9%) | 3,100 (13.9%) | 63 (15.0%) | |
2022 | 3,836 (16.8%) | 3,743 (16.7%) | 93 (22.1%) | |
2023 | 4,378 (19.2%) | 4,295 (19.2%) | 83 (19.8%) | |