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Since 1994, violent crime rates have declined, reaching the lowest level ever in 2005.
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- Note: The violent crimes included are rape, robbery, aggravated
and simple assault, and
- homicide. The National Crime Victimization Survey
redesign was implemented in 1993; the area with the lighter shading
is before the redesign and the darker area after the redesign. The data
before 1993 are adjusted to make them comparable with data collected
since the redesign. The adjustment methods are described in Criminal
Victimization 1973-95. Estimates for 1993 and beyond
are based on collection year while earlier estimates are based on data
year. For additional information about the methods used, see Criminal
Victimization 2005.
- Sources: Rape (excluding sexual assault), robbery,
and assault data are from the National
Crime Victimization
Survey (NCVS). Ongoing since 1972, this survey of households
interviews about 134,000 persons age 12 and older in 77,200 households
each year about their victimizations from crime. The homicide
data are collected by the FBI's
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) from reports from law enforcement
agencies.
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