FBI: Violent Crimes Decrease 4th Year In A Row

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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2010 saw a drastic fall in the number of violent crimes committed, FBI reported. This is the fourth year in a row that this reduction has taken place. Apart from violent crimes, property crimes have also fallen for the eight year in a row.

Crime in the United States is an annual report compiled by the FBI. This data was a part of this report which was compiled after obtaining information from different law enforcement agencies that are a part of the Justice Department’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program.

Following you will find data that has been compiled in the report

Crime in 2010:

• The estimated volumes of violent and property crimes declined 6.0 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively, when compared with the 2009 estimates.
• Compared to 2009 estimates, each of the four violent crime offenses declined, with the largest decrease in Robbery (a drop of 10.0 percent). Forcible rape fell by 5.0 percent; murder and nonnegligent manslaughter by 4.2 percent; and aggravated assault by 4.1 percent.
• Nationwide there were an estimated 9,082,887 property crimes last year.
• Each category of property crime decreased in 2010 compared to 2009: Motor vehicle thefts fell by 7.4 percent, burglaries by 2.0 percent, and larceny-thefts by 2.4 percent.
• Arson offenses decreased 7.6 percent in 2010, although differences in reporting among agencies means arson offenses are excluded from total property crime figures.
• Collectively, property crimes (excluding arson) cost victims an estimated $15.7 billion in 2010.

Arrests:

• Excluding traffic violations, there were an estimated 13.1 million arrests nationwide.
• There were 552,077 arrests for violent crimes, and 1,643,962 arrests for property crimes.
• Trends show arrests for violent crimes fell 5.3 percent in 2010 compared to 2009.
• Arrests for property crimes decreased 4.7 percent.
• Drug abuse violations (estimated at 1,638,846) accounted for the highest number of arrests, or more than 12 percent of all arrests in the U.S. Nearly as many – 1,412,223 arrests – were for driving under the influence. Together they account for nearly 24 percent of all arrests, or one in four.
• An estimated arrest rate for the United States in 2010 was 4,257.6 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Reduced staff:

• Law enforcement agencies are doing more with less. In 2010, according to staffing data reported from 14,744 city and county agencies, there were 705,009 sworn officers and 308,599 civilian employees in law enforcement for a total of 1,013,608 – a rate of 3.5 employees per 1,000 inhabitants.
• In 2009 14,614 agencies reported 706,886 sworn officers and 314,570 civilian employees, a total of 1,021,456.