* Due to the FBI's transition to a new crime reporting system in 2021, not all law enforcement agencies submitted data to the FBI. As a result, figures may not accurately reflect the total number of arrests in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
The number of arrests presented differ from other published numbers because of weighting. The weighting procedure calculates the proportion of all arrests attributable to an age group and multiplies this percentage by the total estimated number of arrests to determine an estimated count.
The data from previous years can be accessed at .
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Number of arrests for all offenses in the U.S. 1990-2024
There were over **** million arrests for all offenses in the United States in 2024. This figure is a decrease from 1990 levels, when the number of arrests was over **** million.
Arrest rate in the U.S.
Along with the declining number of arrests, the arrest rate for all offenses in the United States has also decreased since 1990, from ** arrests per 100,000 of the population down to ** per 100,000 in 2024. Additionally, ** had the highest arrest rate in the country in 2023 while *** had the lowest.
High numbers of arrests and unsolved crimes
A high number of arrests does not necessarily correlate to a high number of solved cases, and in the U.S., many cases remain unsolved. The crime clearance rate, or rate of closed cases, was less than **** for violent crimes in the U.S., and around ***percent for property crimes.
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