Crime Rate in the United States, 1980–2014

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

(rate per 100,000 inhabitants)

The following table shows the crime rate per 100,000 inhabitants committed in the United States from 1980 to 2014 (the most recent data available), including violent crime, property crime, rape, robbery, and more.

Year Violent
crime1
Prop-
erty
crime2
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Forcible
rape
Robbery Aggra-
vated
assault
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
1980 596.6 5,353.3 10.2 36.8 251.1 298.5 1,684.1 3,167.0 502.2
1985 556.6 4,650.5 8.0 37.1 208.5 302.9 1,287.3 2,901.2 462.0
1990 731.8 5,088.5 9.4 41.2 257.0 424.1 1,235.9 3,194.8 657.8
1995 684.6 4,591.3 8.2 37.1 220.9 418.3 987.1 3,043.8 560.4
2000 506.1 3,617.9 5.5 32.0 144.9 323.6 728.4 2,475.3 414.2
2005 490.5 3,535.4 5.9 32.2 150.8 301.6 750.2 2,342.6 442.7
2010 404.5 2,945.9 4.8 27.7 119.3 252.8 701 2,005.8 239.1
2012 386.9 2,859.2 4.7 26.9 112.9 242.3 679.2 1,959.3 229.7
2013 367.9 2,730.7 4.5 25.2 109.1 229.1 610.0 1,899.4 221.3
2014 365.5 2,565.3 4.5 36.6 102.2 232.1 534.5 1,812.0 218.8
1. Violent crimes are offenses of murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
2. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. Data are not included for the property crime of arson.
3. The FBI has suspended use of the crime index, first used in the U.S. in 1960, because it “has not been a true indicator of the degree of criminality.”
Source: Crime in the United States, FBI, Uniform Crime Reports.

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