Crime

Below is a list of crime statistics in the United States, which includes total arrests, number of persons executed, hate crime and murder victims, law enforcement officers killed, and more.

• Total arrests (2005): 10.369 million
• State, federal, and local prison inmates (2005): 2,186,230
• Prisoners under sentence of death (2005): 3,254
• Persons executed under civil authority (2006): 53
• Law enforcement officers killed (2005): 55
• Total murder victims (2005): 14,860
• Violent crimes per 100,000 people (2004): 465.5
• Property crimes per 100,000 people (2004): 3,517.1
• Homicides per 100,000 people (2004): 5.5
• Hate crime victims (2005): 7,163

See also Crime Data.

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