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Estimated property crime rate in the United States

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What you should know about this indicator

This data reflects the hierarchy rule, which requires that only the most serious offense in a case be counted. The descending order of violent crimes are homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, followed by the property crimes of burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. For example, if a robbery occurs during which a homicide takes place, only the homicide is counted.

Estimated property crime rate in the United States
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
Source
FBI (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
November 21, 2025
Next expected update
November 2026
Date range
1979–2024
Unit
property crimes per 100,000 population

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FBI – Summary Reporting System (SRS) Estimates

This dataset contains estimated data at the state and national level and was derived from the Summary Reporting System (SRS). These data reflect the estimates the FBI has traditionally included in its annual publications. Download this dataset to see the FBI's estimated crime totals for the nation and all 50 states, 1979 to current year available.

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November 21, 2025
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (2025). Estimated crime totals for the nation and all 50 states, 1979–2024. Summary Reporting System (SRS) Estimates.

This dataset contains estimated data at the state and national level and was derived from the Summary Reporting System (SRS). These data reflect the estimates the FBI has traditionally included in its annual publications. Download this dataset to see the FBI's estimated crime totals for the nation and all 50 states, 1979 to current year available.

Retrieved on
November 21, 2025
Retrieved from
https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (2025). Estimated crime totals for the nation and all 50 states, 1979–2024. Summary Reporting System (SRS) Estimates.

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“Data Page: Estimated property crime rate in the United States”, part of the following publication: Bastian Herre, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, and Max Roser (2024) - “War and Peace”. Data adapted from FBI. Retrieved from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260304-094028/grapher/property-crime-rate-us.html [online resource] (archived on March 4, 2026).

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FBI (2025) – processed by Our World in Data

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FBI (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. “Estimated property crime rate in the United States” [dataset]. FBI, “Summary Reporting System (SRS) Estimates” [original data]. Retrieved April 6, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260304-094028/grapher/property-crime-rate-us.html (archived on March 4, 2026).

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import pandas as pd
import requests

# Fetch the data.
df = pd.read_csv("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/property-crime-rate-us.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", storage_options = {'User-Agent': 'Our World In Data data fetch/1.0'})

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metadata = requests.get("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/property-crime-rate-us.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false").json()
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library(jsonlite)

# Fetch the data
df <- read.csv("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/property-crime-rate-us.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")

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metadata <- fromJSON("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/property-crime-rate-us.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")
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import delimited "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/property-crime-rate-us.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", encoding("utf-8") clear