WASHINGTON — The FBI has released comprehensive crime data for 2024, showing an estimated 4.5% decline in violent crime across the United States compared with the previous year.
The data, compiled through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is based on over 14 million reported criminal offenses submitted by more than 16,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide, according to the FBI.
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The agencies participating in the UCR Program represent 95.6% of the U.S. population and reported through both the National Incident-Based Reporting System and the Summary Reporting System.
2024 violent crime estimates:
- Murder and non-negligent manslaughter: ↓ 14.9%
- Rape: ↓ 5.2%
- Aggravated assault: ↓ 3.0%
- Robbery: ↓ 8.9%
The FBI noted that this year’s report, for the first time, uses the revised 2013 definition of rape for all violent crime estimates dating back to 2013, streamlining its crime reporting standards. Prior to 2017, the FBI published data using both legacy and revised definitions.
Hate crime statistics:
In 2024, 16,419 agencies participated in the Hate Crime collection, population coverage of 95.1% of the U.S. population.
Agencies reported 11,679 criminal incidents involving 13,683 related offenses motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender and gender identity.
A year-over-year comparison of agencies reporting six or more months of data showed a 1.5% decrease in hate crime incidents, from 11,041 in 2023 to 10,873 in 2024.
More detailed analysis and datasets are available through the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer.
