Data Source: FBI Crime in the United States series and Crime Data Explorer, and Bureau of Justice Statistics' Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 2003 Table 3.106, showing the Total Crime Index by year from 1960-2002 (for historical comparison). The Prison Policy Initiative estimated 2024 data based on the reported percent change in crime rates between the first six months of 2023 and the first six months of 2024 (violent crime: down 10%, property crime: down 13%). 2024 data should be considered preliminary until annual crime data are reported. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2025)
This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025.
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