US violent crime rate

Per 100,000 people, 1960–2015

Notes: The 168 murder and nonnegligent homicides that occurred as a result of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 are included in the national estimates. The 2,823 murder and nonnegligent homicides that occurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001 are not included.
Source: FBI, Uniform Crime Reports, prepared by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data | Graphic: Jan Diehm/The Guardian