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U.S. crime statistics

Police reported about 329 violent crimes and 1,552 property crimes per 100,000 people in 2025, and 4.3 murders per 100,000, as reported to the FBI.

15 key numbers from 11 charts. They update themselves when new data comes out; newest data as of December 31, 2025.

  1. U.S. violent crime rate, 2025

    329

    Violent crimes per 100,000 people: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  2. Change in the violent crime rate from the year before, 2024 to 2025

    Down 9.4%

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  3. Violent crime rate against its peak, 1991 to 2025

    59% below

    The rate was about 798 per 100,000 people in 1991, the highest since 1985, when this record begins.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  4. U.S. murder rate, 2025

    4.3

    Murders per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  5. Change in the murder rate from the year before, 2024 to 2025

    Down 17.3%

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  6. U.S. property crime rate, 2025

    1,552

    Burglaries, thefts, car thefts and arsons per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  7. U.S. rate of rapes reported to police, 2025

    37.1

    Reported rapes per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  8. U.S. robbery rate, 2025

    49.9

    Robberies per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  9. U.S. aggravated assault rate, 2025

    237.9

    Aggravated assaults per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  10. U.S. burglary rate, 2025

    195.0

    Burglaries per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  11. U.S. car theft rate, 2025

    199.8

    Motor vehicle thefts per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  12. Highest violent crime rate among the states and D.C., 2025

    806

    District of Columbia. Violent crimes per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  13. Lowest violent crime rate among the states and D.C., 2025

    95

    Maine. Violent crimes per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  14. Highest murder rate among the states and D.C., 2025

    16.7

    District of Columbia. Murders per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  15. Highest violent crime rate among big cities, 2025

    1,853

    Memphis, TN. Violent crimes per 100,000 people, among the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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What these numbers can and can't tell you

These are crimes police recorded and reported to the FBI. Many crimes, especially thefts and assaults, are never reported to police, so the rates show reported crime, not all crime.

Rates count only the police agencies that reported, so they differ a little from the FBI's national estimates. In 2021 agencies covering only about 77% of Americans reported, because the FBI accepted only its newer system that year, so 2021's numbers are less certain. The FBI also widened its definition of rape in 2013.

The FBI revises earlier years as more reports come in, and this page always shows the latest figures.

More: the data as a free feed and all statistics pages.