ATM Robbery outside a convenience store would be categorized in the UCR as which offense?

• A. Fraud
• B. Robbery
• C. Convenience store robbery
• D. Highway Robbery

Answer: (D)

In UCR coding, robberies are categorized by where they occur, not just that a forcible taking happened. An ATM outside a convenience store happens on a public area along a street or parking lot, so the incident is treated as a street/public-place robbery rather than something that happens inside a store.

That’s why it’s classified as highway (or street) robbery—the crime involves force or threat on a public way, outside the store. It isn’t fraud, which would involve deception rather than force, and it isn’t labeled as convenience store robbery because that specific designation isn’t used for an incident occurring on a public area outside the business. The general term robbery would apply, but the location-based subcategory highway robbery best fits this scenario.