The estimated numbers for all three property crimes showed declines when compared with the previous year’s estimates. Nationwide, there were an estimated 6,925,677 property crimes.
The estimated number of aggravated assault offenses rose 1.3%, and the volume of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter offenses increased 0.3%. When compared with the estimates from 2018, the estimated number of robbery offenses fell 4.7% and the estimated volume of rape (revised definition) offenses decreased 2.7%. In 2019, there were an estimated 1,203,808 violent crimes.A high-level summary of the statistics submitted, as well as estimates for those agencies that did not report, follows: Of the 18,667 federal, state, county, city, university and college, and tribal agencies eligible to participate in the UCR Program, 16,554 agencies submitted data in 2019. Consequently, arson data is not included in the property crime estimate.) The program also collects arrest data for the offenses listed above and 20 offenses that include all other crimes except traffic violations. (The FBI classifies arson as a property crime but does not estimate arson data because of variations in the level of participation by the reporting agencies. The UCR Program collects information on crimes reported by law enforcement agencies regarding the violent crimes of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, as well as the property crimes of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. This publication is a statistical compilation of offense, arrest, and police employee data reported by law enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. These and additional data are presented in the 2019 edition of the FBI’s annual report Crime in the United States. The violent crime rate fell 1.0% when compared with the 2018 rate the property crime rate declined 4.5%. The 2019 statistics show the estimated rate of violent crime was 366.7 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, and the estimated rate of property crime was 2,109.9 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. Property crimes also dropped 4.1%, marking the 17th consecutive year the collective estimates for these offenses declined. In 2019, violent crime was down 0.5% from the 2018 number. For the third consecutive year, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased when compared with the previous year’s statistics, according to FBI figures released today.
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