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Crime

Below is a list of crime statistics in the United States, which includes total arrests, number of persons executed, hate crime and murder victims, law enforcement officers killed, and more.

  • Total arrests (2005): 10.369 million
  • State, federal, and local prison inmates (2005): 2,186,230
  • Prisoners under sentence of death (2005): 3,254
  • Persons executed under civil authority (2006): 53
  • Law enforcement officers killed (2005): 55
  • Total murder victims (2005): 14,860
  • Violent crimes per 100,000 people (2004): 465.5
  • Property crimes per 100,000 people (2004): 3,517.1
  • Homicides per 100,000 people (2004): 5.5
  • Hate crime victims (2005): 7,163

See also Crime Data.


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