What the data says about crime in the U.S.
Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.
Police officers in the United States still make more arrests for marijuana offenses than for any other drug, according to FBI data.
Attitudes vary considerably by race on issues including crime, policing, the death penalty, parole decisions and voting rights.
Among the challenges U.S. police officers perceive on the job is a widespread feeling that police are mistreated by the media.
In 2015, 47% of the violent crimes and 35% of the property crimes tracked by the Bureau of Justice Statistics were reported to police.
Read an interview with Senior Editor Rich Morin and Senior Research Methodologist Andrew Mercer, who were involved in our groundbreaking police officer survey.
On some subjects, racial differences among the police are considerably more pronounced than they are among the public as a whole.
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