Crime by Decade
How crime changed across five decades of American history. From the crack epidemic of the 1980s to the COVID disruption of the 2020s — the data tells the story.
Key Insights
- →Violent crime peaked in 1991 at 758.2 per 100K, then fell ~50% by 2014
- →The 2020 COVID year saw murder spike 30% — the largest single-year increase ever
- →Property crime has fallen even more dramatically than violent crime since the 1990s
- →By 2024, crime rates are approaching or surpassing pre-pandemic lows