Crime rate in the U.S. by type of crime 2020

In 2020, the violent crime rate in the United States was at 398.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. However, the total rate of property crime was far higher, at 1,958.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Crime rate in the United States in 2020, by type of crime (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Type of crime	Rate per 100,000 inhabitants
Property crime (total)	1,958.2
Larceny-theft	1,398
Violent crime (total)	398.5
Burglary	314.2
Aggravated assault	279.7
Motor vehicle theft	246
Robbery	73.9
Rape	38.4
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	6.5

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September 2021

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United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Figures shown for rape only include those reported by law enforcement agencies using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape.

Not all agencies submit reports for arson to the FBI. As a result, the number of reports the FBI uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for arson is less than the number it uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for all other offenses.

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