Violent crimes in United States
Violent crimes in the United States was 1.12 million in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 9.3% from 2024.
Violent crimes in United States, 1979 to 2025
All 43 values
| Period | count |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,119,768 |
| 2024 | 1,234,163 |
| 2023 | 1,278,301 |
| 2022 | 1,295,605 |
| 2021 | 1,284,885 |
| 2016 | 1,285,606 |
| 2015 | 1,199,310 |
| 2014 | 1,153,022 |
| 2013 | 1,168,298 |
| 2012 | 1,217,057 |
| 2011 | 1,206,031 |
| 2010 | 1,251,248 |
| 2009 | 1,325,896 |
| 2008 | 1,394,461 |
| 2007 | 1,422,970 |
| 2006 | 1,435,123 |
| 2005 | 1,390,745 |
| 2004 | 1,360,088 |
| 2003 | 1,383,676 |
| 2002 | 1,423,677 |
| 2001 | 1,439,480 |
| 2000 | 1,425,486 |
| 1999 | 1,426,044 |
| 1998 | 1,533,887 |
| 1997 | 1,636,099 |
| 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 |
| 1989 | 1,646,037 |
| 1988 | 1,566,221 |
| 1987 | 1,483,999 |
| 1986 | 1,489,169 |
| 1985 | 1,327,767 |
| 1984 | 1,273,282 |
| 1983 | 1,258,087 |
| 1982 | 1,322,390 |
| 1981 | 1,361,820 |
| 1980 | 1,344,520 |
| 1979 | 1,208,030 |
Rankings
Definition
Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.
How to cite
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.Citation styles
APA 7
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, United States, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads
MLA 9
FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, United States, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/united-states. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, United States, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/united-states.
Harvard
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, United States, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/united-states (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{federal_violent_crimes_united_states_2025,
author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program}},
title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, United States, 1979 to 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/united-states. Publisher attribution: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/\#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}
RIS
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What is the violent crimes in United States?
Violent crimes in the United States was 1.12 million in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 9.3% from 2024.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.
What was the highest violent crimes in United States?
1.93 million in 1992, the highest value since 1979 in this series.