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Number of committed crimes in the U.S. 2021, by type

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 19, 2022
In 2021, property crime was the most common type of crime committed in the United States, at 6.53 million offenses. In the same year, there were 2.55 million cases of violent crime, of which there were 2.3 million cases of assault.

Number of committed crimes in the United States in 2021, by type of crime

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Release date

October 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Sufficient data for arson are not available to estimate totals for arson.
The violent crime figures include the offenses of murder, rape (revised definition), robbery, and aggravated assault.

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