Historical crime data -- USA

number of reports rates per 100K population
year pop (1000s)homicide(1) murder(2) homicide
w firearm(4) 		robbery theft(3)
1900 75995 2.10



1901 77593 2.30



1902 79191 2.30



1903 80789 2.60



1904 82387 2.80



1905 83985 4.50



1906 85583 5.00



1907 87181 6.30



1908 88779 6.40



1909 90377 5.60



1910 91972 5.90



1911 93421 6.60



1912 94870 6.50



1913 96319 7.20



1914 97768 7.30



1915 99217 6.90



1916 100666 7.10



1917 102115 7.60



1918 103564 6.80



1919 105013 7.50



1920 106466 7.10



1921 108339 8.50



1922 110212 8.40



1923 112085 8.10



1924 113958 8.43



1925 115832 8.60



1926 117303 8.80



1927 118774 8.70



1928 120245 8.80



1929 121716 8.50



1930 123188 9.00



1931 124023 9.30



1932 124858 9.20



1933 125693 9.60 7.70
108.80 673.20
1934 126528 9.50 6.10
86.00 602.10
1935 127362 8.30 7.00
70.70 519.60
1936 128314 8.00 7.10
57.80 484.20
1937 129266 7.60 7.00
61.70 494.90
1938 130218 6.80 6.60
60.70 475.90
1939 131170 6.40 6.60
56.10 475.60
1940 132122 6.20 6.60
53.60 471.50
1941 133491 6.00 6.50
49.50 471.20
1942 134860 5.80 6.50
46.60 432.90
1943 136739 5.00 5.60
44.60 464.40
1944 138397 4.90 5.60
43.50 489.50
1945 139928 5.60 5.90
54.10 577.10
1946 141389 6.30 6.90
59.40 594.80
1947 144126 6.00 6.20
55.80 560.80
1948 146631 5.80 6.00
51.80 552.10
1949 149188 5.40 5.40
54.80 555.50
1950 151683 5.30 5.30
48.50 558.90
1951 154360 4.90 5.10
46.80 583.50
1952 157028 5.20 5.30
51.40 653.90
1953 159643 4.80 5.20
54.90 681.80
1954 162409 4.80 4.90
57.50 697.30
1955 165248 4.60 4.80
48.10 671.50
1956 168903 4.60 4.80
46.60 737.50
1957 171984 4.50 4.70
49.50 792.90
1958 174882 4.50 4.70
54.90 855.50
1959 177830 4.60 4.80
51.20 851.30
1960 180684 4.70 5.00
59.90 976.70
1961 183756 4.70 4.70
58.00 975.20
1962 186656 4.90 4.60
55.40 1033.30
1963 189417 4.90 4.50
61.50 1128.50
1964 192119 5.10 4.90
67.80 1254.70
1965 194300 5.50 5.10 3.7 71.20 1317.50
1966 196560 5.90 5.60 4.1 80.30 1452.90
1967 198710 6.80 6.10 4.9 102.10 1675.60
1968 200710 7.30 6.30 5.4 130.90 1944.80
1969 202680 7.20 7.30 5.8 147.30 2157.60
1970 204880 7.60 7.80 6.2 171.40 2391.10
1971 207050 8.50 8.50 6.7 187.10 2494.00
1972 208840 - 8.90 7.1 179.90 2431.80
1973 215000 - 9.07 7.1 177.99 2431.61
1974 205.317 (5)

7.5

1975 209.248

7.1

1976 213.403

6.2

1977 218.252

6.1

1978 222.782

6.2

1979 226.158

6.6

1980 229.796

6.9

1981 233.219

6.7

1982 237.101

6.0

1983 242.961

5.2

1984 244.773 7.9 (6)
5.0

1985 248.551 8.0
5.0

1986 250.925 8.5
5.4

1987 255 8.3
5.2

1988 255.556 8.4
5.7

1989 253.839 8.7
6.0
5,077.9
1990 254.486 9.4
6.8
5,088.5
1991 253.755 9.8
7.5
5,139.7
1992 253.53 9.3
7.4
4,902.7
1993 253.814 9.5
7.7
4,737.6
1994 255 9.0
7.4
4,660.0
1995 258.683 8.2
6.6
4,591.3
1996 263.876 7.4
5.9
4,450.1
1997

6.8

4,318.7
1998

6.3

4,051.8
1999

5.7

3,742.1

Notes

General
Raw figures for all crimes except homicide are extrapolated from UCR rates using total US population figures. UCR rates are computed from population figures for reporting areas only. [US population numbers are based on estimates between census years. This can account for "sudden jumps" at the years of censuses].
1.
number of deaths caused (vital statistics)
2.
murder and non-negligent manslaughter
3.
burglary, larceny and auto thefts
4.
From Violence Policy Center, 1999.
5.
US population estimates after 1973 in millions. From VPC, 1999.
6.
Posted to Talk.Politics.Guns et al. by "The Trainers", Mar 2000.