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Annual number of violent crimes reported in the United States from 1990 to 2024

Characteristic	Reported violent crimes
2024	1,221,345
2023	1,278,301
2022	1,298,541
2021*	1,229,426
2020	1,272,812
2019	1,195,986
2018	1,213,267
2017	1,226,399
2016	1,249,913
2015	1,197,119
2014	1,159,239
2013	1,170,770
2012	1,217,562
2011	1,213,343
2010	1,271,312
2009	1,333,418
2008	1,398,219
2007	1,437,800
2006	1,433,310
2005	1,460,666
2004	1,428,745
2003	1,459,416
2002	1,423,677
2001	1,439,480
2000	1,425,486
1999	1,426,044
1998	1,533,887
1997	1,636,096
1996	1,688,540
1995	1,798,792
1994	1,857,670
1993	1,926,017
1992	1,932,274
1991	1,911,767
1990	1,820,127

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August 2025

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Survey time period

1990 to 2024

Supplementary notes

*The 2021 estimates are primarily NIBRS submissions and include nominal Summary Reporting System (SRS) statistics. As a result, estimates are below a statistically acceptable level to be nationally representative and are not comparable to other yearly estimates.

Due to the FBI's transition to a new crime reporting system, not all law enforcement agencies submitted crime data in 2021, 2022, and 2023. As a result, figures may not accurately reflect the total number of crimes.

The murders and nonnegligent homicides that occurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001 are not included.

In the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Violent crimes are defined in the UCR Program as those offenses which involve force or threat of force.

The data from previous years can be accessed at .

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In 2024, an estimated 1,221,345 violent crimes occurred in the United States. This was a decrease from the previous year, when 1,278,301 violent crimes were reported.

Violent crime in the United States

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that violent crime was at a high of 1.93 million crimes in 1992 and fell to a low of 1.15 million violent crimes in 2014. When conducting crime reporting, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program considered murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault to be violent crimes, because they are offenses that involve force or threat of violence.

California, Texas, Florida top the list

In 2024, California ranked first among U.S. states by number of murders, followed by Texas, and Florida. The greatest number of murders were committed by perpetrators with an 'unknown' relationship to their victim. 'Girlfriend' was the fourth most common relationship of victim to offender, with a reported 568 partners murdering their girlfriends that year.