Violent crimes are defined as murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Figures are from an annual National Crime Victimisation Survey (NCVS) and police Uniform Crime Reports (UCR).

 
 
 

Year	NCVS Actual	NCVS Reported	UCR Report	UCR Arrest
1973	3,590,500	1,861,000	715,900	392,700
1974	3,800,000	2,030,000	791,000	462,900
1975	3,594,700	1,976,100	844,100	441,100
1976	3,613,300	2,039,600	822,800	414,600
1977	3,662,500	1,966,800	845,700	438,500
1978	3,626,100	1,879,800	894,100	469,900
1979	3,834,800	2,020,500	998,700	467,700
1980	3,794,400	2,037,500	1,108,300	482,900
1981	4,101,700	2,217,900	1,125,000	496,600
1982	3,926,200	2,232,700	1,108,300	547,400
1983	3,455,500	1,877,400	1,064,900	516,600
1984	3,683,300	2,003,500	1,081,800	501,600
1985	3,358,400	1,926,500	1,126,700	506,800
1986	3,284,700	1,900,200	1,268,800	565,000
1987	3,424,900	1,987,800	1,265,300	568,100
1988	3,563,000	1,942,000	1,336,700	600,000
1989	3,533,700	1,847,800	1,405,000	666,100
1990	3,500,600	1,949,200	1,556,800	722,400
1991	3,712,000	2,133,000	1,632,700	738,200
1992	3,987,000	2,161,000	1,657,300	722,700
1993	4,191,000	2,218,500	1,648,100	716,100
1994	4,116,000	2,110,800	1,605,600	778,800
1995	3,493,500	1,848,600	1,549,900	796,200
1996	3,260,000	1,740,400	1,444,600	729,900
1997	3,039,000	1,741,800	1,405,200	717,800
1998	2,776,800	1,587,900	1,319,800	675,900
1999	2,529,900	1,408,500	1,233,500	636,000
2000	2,187,000	1,251,500	1,224,300	625,300
2001	2,014,400	1,181,300	1,229,700	627,100
2002	1,686,600	1,036,400	1,218,600	620,500