Trends in Violent Crime and Accountability
50-state violent crime data
From 2019 to 2022, there were important variations in violent crime trends by offense. Nationally, rates of homicide and aggravated assault increased, while rates of rape and robbery declined.
Trends in violent crime also varied by state. Between 2019 and 2022, violent crime rates in 32 states and the District of Columbia decreased, while violent crime rates in 18 states increased.
The percentage of violent crimes that law enforcement did not solve continued to rise from 2019 to 2022.
In 2022, there was no arrest in 63 percent of violent crime incidents reported to police in the United States. This is 6 percentage points higher than in 2019.
Between 2019 and 2022, unsolved violent crime rates in 12 states decreased, while unsolved crime rates in 36 states and the District of Columbia increased.
Illinois and New York did not report enough data to the FBI on whether crimes were solved to make reliable estimates.
Reported violent crime trends
In 2022, 381 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in the United States.
Unsolved violent crime trends
In 2022, 63 percent of violent crime incidents reported to police in the United States were not solved.
Violent crime and unsolved crime by state, 2022
Data regarding crime and unsolved rates come from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Violent crime includes homicide, aggravated assault, robbery, and rape. Crime rates are calculated by dividing the number of estimated incidents by the total population for a given geography. Unsolved rates are the number of reported crimes not cleared by arrest or by exceptional means divided by the number of reported crimes. For more information, see the data sources and methodology section below.