Choose Your Own Crime Stats

• Between 1992 and 2011, the violent crime rate in the U.S. has fallen by almost 50 percent (from 757.7 per 100,000 to 386.3 per 100,000).
• The murder rate in 2011 rate was 4.7 per 100,000, down from 1992’s 9.3 per 100,000. That’s a 54 percent decrease.
• In metropolitan areas where the population is greater than 250,000, the violent crime rate is double that of the national average.
• In metropolitan areas where the population is greater than 250,000, the murder rate is double that of the national average.