Table 1A

Crime in the United States
Percent Change in Volume and Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants for 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years

Years	Violent crime	Violent crime rate	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate	Forcible rape	Forcible rape rate	Robbery	Robbery rate	Aggravated assault	Aggravated assault rate	Property crime	Property crime rate	Burglary	Burglary rate	Larceny-theft	Larceny-theft rate	Motor vehicle theft	Motor vehicle theft rate
2005/2004	+2.3	+1.3	+3.4	+2.4	-1.2	-2.1	+3.9	+2.9	+1.8	+0.9	-1.5	-2.4	+0.5	-0.5	-2.3	-3.2	-0.2	-1.1
2005/2001	-3.4	-7.0	+4.1	+0.2	+3.4	-0.5	-1.5	-5.2	-5.1	-8.6	-2.6	-6.2	+1.8	-2.0	-4.4	-8.0	+0.6	-3.2
2005/1996	-17.6	-26.3	-15.0	-24.0	-2.4	-12.7	-22.1	-30.3	-16.8	-25.5	-13.9	-22.9	-14.1	-23.1	-14.3	-23.3	-11.4	-20.7

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The estimated number of violent crime offenses in 2005 was 1,390,695, an increase of 2.3 percent over the 2004 estimate. The estimated number of property crimes in 2005 was 10,166,159, a 1.5-percent decrease over the 2004 estimate.
The rate for the estimated number of violent crimes was 469.2 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2005, an increase of 1.3 percent compared to the 2004 figure. The property crime rate for 2005 (3,429.8 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants) was down 2.4 percent from the prior year's rate.
Of all violent crime in 2005, the offense of robbery had the largest increase, 3.9 percent, compared with the 2004 number. All violent crimes increased with the exception of forcible rape, which had a 1.2-percent decrease.
Murder decreased 15.0 percent in 2005 compared with data from 10 years ago (1996). In this same time period, robbery offenses decreased 22.1 percent.
All violent crimes rates increased in 2005 with the exception of the rate for forcible rape (31.7 per 100,000), which declined 2.1 percent compared with the 2004 data.
The murder rate was 5.6 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants in 2005, a 2.4-percent increase compared with the rate for 2004.
The 0.5-percent increase in burglary offenses was the only property crime to increase in 2005 compared with the prior year data. The number of larceny-thefts decreased 2.3 percent, and motor vehicle thefts declined a slight 0.2 percent.
Motor vehicle theft decreased 11.4 percent in 2005 compared with 1996 data.

Crime in the United States 2005

Release Date: September 2006