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“REC. 59 —_ " August 7, 1058 —_ Honorable Edmund G. Brown Attorney General . PD state of California & 600 State Building San Francisco 2, California My dear Mr. Attorney General: I received your Jetter of July 31, 1958, concerning crime in California. In your letter you seem to question the accuracy of the data which has appeared in the press in California concerning the comparison of crime in 1957 with that of 1950. So that you will understand how the figure of 77 per cent was derived, a computation was made of the total number of crimes reported to us in 1950 by cities in California and that figure compared with the total crimes reported by the same cities in 1957. This reflected a 76.7 per cent increase. The data which was used in computing this percentage was submitted to this Bureau by law enforcement agencies in California. Consequently, the per cent change indicated is based not upon any FBI data but is based entirely upon data submitted by California law enforcement agencies. I am not unmindful af the fact that population estimates of the U. S. Census Bureau reflect that there was a popu-~- lation increase in California from 1950 to 1957 of 33 per cent. Since receiving your letter we have reviewed your publication, "Crime in California, 1957" and compared the figures therein relating to felony crimes reported to your Bureau with similar data presented in your first publication for 19$2 and this reflects an increase of approximately 70 per cent for this five-year period. / UNRECORMED COPY FILED IN I hope that the foregoing clarifies our position for you and assures you of the accuracy of the data which has been compiled from statistics submitted N by C a w enforcement agencies. * eee & y . a : ~ 5 AUG oO? Eb Se Sincerely yours, —/) x Toles —— 4. SAC, San Frangis@o(Enclosures-5) <- F J > Neh 1 - SAC; ‘Los “Angeles (Enclosures -5) ij x. Parsons 1 - SAC, San Diego (Enclosures-5) J oS. i Tamm 1-M ent direct) n Edgar Hoover <{¥ , = -Sdrector (X a _ woe in 1 - sent direct) T DIRECTOR 1 ‘\ 7 .C. Sullivan _ 7 ELCTOR : tee - Tele. Room — M:ak RECTOR a ¢ Holloman ~ 2 ake} lot CO BOR APPROVAL ain ye Sat Gandy waIL ROOM) «TELETYPE UNIT (J y- L- 5% Sl _ aoa . Leo eg EYER PRT TE