329.1
2025 (latest)
VIOLENT CRIME RATE
offenses per 100,000 people · 1976–2025 · FBI Crime Data Explorer, reported violent crime
467.8
1976
758.2
high · 1991
329.1
low · 2025
−30%
since 1976
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Reported offenses per 100k. 2021 dip partly reflects the NIBRS reporting transition. 1976-1990 from FBI Crime in the United States 1995 Table 1 (UCR national estimates); 1991-1999 from the CIUS 2010 edition Table 1 (later revisions; overlap with the 1995 edition agrees within 0.3). LINEAGE SEAM at 2000: pre-2000 values are UCR estimated rates, 2000+ are FBI CDE reported rates — the two methodologies differ (UCR-estimated 2000 was 506.5 vs CDE-reported 534.4), so the 1999-2000 step is not a like-for-like change.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/
- https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/1995/95sec2.pdf
- https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10tbl01.xls
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Violent Crime Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 329.1 | −9% |
| 2024 | 363.6 | −6% |
| 2023 | 385.7 | −3% |
| 2022 | 398.2 | +10% |
| 2021 | 361.2 | −10% |
| 2020 | 399.3 | +5% |
| 2019 | 381.0 | −1% |
| 2018 | 384.8 | −3% |
| 2017 | 397.4 | −1% |
| 2016 | 399.5 | +4% |
| 2015 | 384.6 | +3% |
| 2014 | 373.7 | −1% |
| 2013 | 378.2 | −3% |
| 2012 | 390.7 | +0% |
| 2011 | 390.1 | −4% |
| 2010 | 408.1 | −7% |
| 2009 | 436.8 | −6% |
| 2008 | 463.6 | −3% |
| 2007 | 477.9 | −2% |
| 2006 | 486.9 | +1% |
| 2005 | 483.0 | +1% |
| 2004 | 478.6 | −3% |
| 2003 | 493.8 | −4% |
| 2002 | 512.9 | −3% |
| 2001 | 529.5 | −1% |
| 2000 | 534.4 | +2% |
| 1999 | 523.0 | −8% |
| 1998 | 567.6 | −7% |
| 1997 | 611.0 | −4% |
| 1996 | 636.6 | −7% |
| 1995 | 684.5 | −4% |
| 1994 | 713.6 | −4% |
| 1993 | 747.1 | −1% |
| 1992 | 757.7 | −0% |
| 1991 | 758.2 | +4% |
| 1990 | 731.8 | +10% |
| 1989 | 663.1 | +4% |
| 1988 | 637.2 | +5% |
| 1987 | 609.7 | −1% |
| 1986 | 617.7 | +11% |
| 1985 | 556.6 | +3% |
| 1984 | 539.2 | +0% |
| 1983 | 537.7 | −6% |
| 1982 | 571.1 | −4% |
| 1981 | 594.3 | −0% |
| 1980 | 596.6 | +9% |
| 1979 | 548.9 | +10% |
| 1978 | 497.8 | +5% |
| 1977 | 475.9 | +2% |
| 1976 | 467.8 | — |
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