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This report presents statistics on state and local expenditures on police protection from 2000 to 2017. The tables within this report show nominal (not inflation-adjusted) spending, real (inflation-adjusted) spending, spending as a percentage of GDP, spending in the 25 most populous U.S. cities, and how that spending has changed over time.
Selected Highlights:
- In nominal dollars, state and local police-protection spending per capita was $351.54 in 2017.
- In nominal dollars, local police-protection spending per capita was $304.18 in 2017.
- Of the 25 most populous U.S. cities in 2017, 18 increased their real per capita expenditures on police protection between 2000 and 2017, with Austin, Texas, showing the largest increase (up 77%) and San Diego, Calif., showing the largest decrease (down 27%).
Findings are based on a BJS analysis of the Census Bureau?s Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances.
State and Local Government Expenditures on Police Protection in the U.S., 2000-2017 (NCJ 254856) was prepared by BJS Statisticians Emily Buehler and Kevin Scott.?
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This report presents statistics on crimes known to law enforcement that were voluntarily reported to the FBI?s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Tables within this report show the number and rate of violent and property crimes over the 5-year period from 2014 through 2018, by offense type and by the population group that was victimized. They also show the number and rate of homicides over the 10-year period from 2009 through 2018, by the sex and race of the victims.
Selected Highlights:
- The violent crime rate in the United States rose 7% from 2014 to 2016 (from 362 to 387 violent crimes per 100,000 persons) and fell 5% from 2016 to 2018 (from 387 to 369 per 100,000 persons).
- The murder rate (including non-negligent manslaughter) in the U.S. rose 23% from 2014 to 2016 and fell 7% from 2016 to 2018.
- The rate of rape in the U.S. rose every year from 2014 to 2018, rising 15% over that span.
Findings are based on a BJS analysis of the FBI?s Crime in the United States, 2018.
Selected Findings from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (NCJ 254862) was prepared by BJS Statisticians Erica Smith and Alexia Cooper.
The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available at www.bjs.gov.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Jeffrey H. Anderson is the director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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