Today’s crime rate is less than half of what it was in 1991.
Estimates based on preliminary data for 2016 indicate that the overall crime rate will remain stable at 2,857 offenses per 100,000, rising less than 1 percent from 2015. In 2015, crime fell for the 14th year in a row. Overall Crime Rate: The national crime rate peaked in 1991 at 5,856 crimes per 100,000 people, and has generally been declining ever since.While murder rates have increased in some cities, this report finds no evidence that the hard-won public safety gains of the last two and a half decades are being reversed. While crime may fall in some years and rise in others, annual variations are not indicative of long-term trends. Overall Trends: Crime has dropped precipitously in the last quarter-century.This report concludes that although there are some troubling increases in crime in specific cities, there is no evidence of a national crime wave.
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Data for 2016 are estimated, as full year data was not available at the time of publication. It analyzes data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and from police departments from the nation’s 30 largest cities. It covers the years 1990 through 2016, as crime rates peaked in 1991. This report examines crime trends at the national and city level during the last quarter century. Advance Constitutional Change Show / hide.National Task Force on Democracy Reform & the Rule of Law.