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Home Research Topics What the data says (and doesn’t say) about crime in the United States
Pew Research CenterNovember 20, 2020
What the data says (and doesn’t say) about crime in the United States

Theft is most common property crime, assault is most common violent crime

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What the data says (and doesn’t say) about crime in the United States
Public perception of crime rate at odds with data
Crime rates have fallen since the early 1990s
Two agencies’ measures of U.S. crime
Theft is most common property crime, assault is most common violent crime
Americans tend to believe crime is up nationally, less so locally
Auto thefts most likely to be reported, murders most likely to be solved
U.S. violent and property crime rate have plunged since 1990s, regardless of data source
Fewer than half of crimes in the U.S. are reported, and fewer than half of reported crimes are solved

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