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Is crime falling in the U.S.?
How much has property crime fallen in the U.S.? By about 71% since 1991.
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How much has property crime fallen in the U.S.?
By about 71% since 1991. Police reported about 1,552 burglaries, thefts, car thefts and arsons per 100,000 people in 2025, down from about 5,388 in 1991. In 2021 the FBI stopped taking its old summary reports and accepted only its newer, more detailed system (NIBRS); many police departments hadn't switched yet, so agencies covering only about 77% of Americans reported, against 88 to 98% in other years, and 2021's number is less certain. Crimes people don't report to police aren't counted here.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of December 31, 2025 · Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program
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How has crime changed in your state since 1985?
Choose any state to see its violent and property crime rates each year since 1985, next to the U.S. rate, as police reported them to the FBI. It opens with California: police there reported about 435 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2025, against a peak of 1,121 in 1992. A state's year is left out when police departments covering fewer than 3 in 4 of its people reported a full year, as in California and many other states in 2021, when the FBI took only reports from its newer system (NIBRS) and many departments hadn't switched. Rates count only the agencies that reported.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of December 31, 2025 · Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program
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Is violent crime in the U.S. going up or down?
Down, over the long run. Police reported about 329 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2025, about 59% below the 1991 peak of about 798, and the lowest since at least 1985. The rate rose in 2020 and 2022, then fell in 2023, 2024 and 2025. In 2021 the FBI stopped taking its old summary reports and accepted only its newer, more detailed system (NIBRS); many police departments hadn't switched yet, so agencies covering only about 77% of Americans reported, against 88 to 98% in other years, and 2021's number is less certain. Rates count only the agencies that reported, so they differ a little from the FBI's national estimates, and the FBI widened its definition of rape in 2013.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program · Data as of December 31, 2025 · Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program
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