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For the month of May, at criminaljusticeaccess.com, I’ve posted 2019 UCR crime data (2020 data is not available). For 2019, the FBI summary concludes “For the third consecutive year, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased when compared with the previous year’s statistics. In 2019, violent crime was down 0.5 percent from the 2018 number. Property crimes also dropped 4.1 percent, marking the seventeenth consecutive year the collective estimates for these offenses declined. The 2019 statistics show the estimated rate of violent crime was 366.7 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, and the estimated rate of property crime was 2,109.9 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. The violent crime rate fell 1.0 percent when compared with the 2018 rate; the property crime rate declined 4.5 percent.”

While overall numbers and rates have declined, within the individual index crimes, data on murder shows that while they have been declining since a peak in 2016, they showed a slight increase from 2018 to 2019, comparing CIUS 2018 to 2019. However, there is a discrepancy as the 2019 CIUS states there has been a slight decrease from 2018 and references a higher number of offenses occurring in 2018 than was stated in the 2018 version. Rape offenses have been on a steady rise since 2014, though the slight increase from 2018 to 2019 is flattening the slope of the trend. Robbery offense numbers had been relatively steady from 2014 to 2016 but started to drop in 2017. That trend continues with a slight decrease in robberies from 2018 to 2019. Aggravated assault offenses having been relatively steady from 2016 to 2018 following a rise in previous years, experienced another rise between 2018 and 2019.

Burglary offenses continue their sharp decline but the decline between 2018 and 2019 was not as large as the previous two years. Larceny and theft offenses have also been on a steady decline and 2019 was no exception. Motor vehicle thefts, having been on the rise since 2014, plateaued in 2017 and declined both in 2018 and 2019. Arson as well has seen a slight decline in both 2018 and 2019.

Check out 2019 US Crime Data for more details.

Murder 2019


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 1

Number of Offenses                            16,425

Rate per 100,00 Population          5.0

Number of Offenders                    16,245

Number of Victims                               13,927

          Male                                                 78%

Number of arrests                               7,711

          Male                                                 88%

Clearance rate                                       61.4%

Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 1, 2, 25, 30, 42, and Expanded Homicide Data Tables 2 and 3



Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 43 and Expanded Homicide Table 2


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 43 and Expanded Homicide Table 2

Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 38 and Expanded Homicide Tables 2, and 7

Victim age category data for 18-24 actually includes 17 year olds because of the way the UCR breaks down age categories


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Expanded Homicide Data Table 7
Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Expanded Homicide Data Table 7

Rape 2019


 
Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 1

Number of Offenses                            139,815

Rate per 100,00 Population             42.6

Number of Arrests                               16,966

          Male                                              96.6%

Clearance Rate                                     32.9%

Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 1, 2, 25, 30, 42


 
Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 38 and 43

Robbery 2019


 
Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 1

Number of Offenses                            267,988

Rate per 100,00 Population              81.6

Number of Arrests                               56,854

          Male                                                 84.2%

Clearance Rate                                      30.5%

Average Dollar Loss Amount        $1,797

Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 1, 2, 23, 25, 30, 42


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 38 and 43

From UCR CIUS 2019 Table 15

Figure from 2019 CIUS Robbery Overview


From UCR CIUS 2019 Table 23

Aggravated Assault 2019


 
Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 1

Aggravated Assault 2019

Number of Offenses                            821,182

Rate per 100,00 Population              250.2

Number of Arrests                               277,561

          Male                                                 76.5%

Clearance Rate                                       52.3%

Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 1, 2, 25, 30, 42


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 38 and 43

 
From UCR CIUS 2019 Table 19

Burglary 2019


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 1

Number of Offenses                            1,117,696

Rate per 100,00 Population              340.5

Number of Arrests                               120,242

          Male                                                  79.3%

Clearance Rate                                       14.1%

Average Dollar Loss Amount        $2,661

Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 1, 2, 25, 30, 42


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 38 and 43           


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 15

From UCR CIUS 2019 Table 23


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 15

Larceny-Theft 2019



Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 1

Number of Offenses                            5,086,096

Rate per 100,00 Population              1,549.5

Number of Arrests                               604,287

          Male                                                  57.4%

Clearance Rate                                       18.4%

Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 1, 2, 25, 30, 42


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 38 and 43

From UCR CIUS 2019 Theft Overview page

From UCR CIUS 2019 Table 23

Motor Vehicle Theft 2019


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 1

Number of Offenses                            721,885

Rate per 100,00 Population              219.9

Number of Arrests                               57,738

          Male                                                   76.8%

Clearance Rate                                       13.8%

Average Dollar Loss                           $8,886

Locally Stolen MV Recovered        56.1%

Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 1, 2, 23, 24, 25, 30, 42



Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 38 and 43


Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Table 15

Arson 2019

Reported Number of Offenses            33,395

Structural Arson                                     43.2%

          Mobile Property Arson                 23.2%

Rate per 100,00 Population                  12.1

Number of Arrests                                  6,369

          Male                                                   78.4%

Clearance Rate Avg                           23.4%

From CIUS Tables 12, 25, Arson Tables 1 & 2



    Data from UCR CIUS 2019 Tables 38 and 43