WASHINGTON D.C.
Newly-Released FBI Crime Data Shows Violent Crime Decline in 2017
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday released the 2017 edition of its Crime in the United States report, a part of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports.
The report, which covers January-December 2017, reflects that after two consecutive, historic increases in violent crime.
To read the entire report click here: Department of Justice
The report estimates that the nationwide violent crime rate decreased by approximately one percent in 2017, while the nationwide homicide rate decreased by nearly one and a half percent.
The report released today also adjusts and corrects numbers for 2016, showing that the nationwide homicide rate actually increased by 8.8 percent (as opposed to 7.9 percent, as previously reported) in 2016.
In 2017, the rate of rapes increased by 2.2 percent, while the aggravated assault rate increased by 0.3 percent and the robbery rate decreased by 4.7 percent.
Aggravated assaults were 65 percent of violent crimes reported to law enforcement in 2017, while robberies and rapes were 25.6 percent and 8 percent, respectively.
Murder accounted for 1.4 percent of violent crimes reported to law enforcement in 2017.