FBI: Reported Crime Statistics in America for 2024

A violent crime occurred in the United States, on average, every 25.9 seconds in 2024, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program of over 14 million criminal offenses reported by more than 16,000 participating law enforcement agencies and analyzed by the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer.

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On average, a murder occurred every 31.1 minutes and a rape occurred every 4.1 minutes. Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

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Just under 73% of the persons arrested in the nation during 2024 were males. They accounted for 78.7% of persons arrested for violent crime and 65.6% of persons arrested for property crime.

In 2024, 65.5% of all persons arrested were White, 30.5% were Black or African American, and the remaining 4.1% were of other races.

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Hate crime offenses—11,679 incidents reported in 2024—are those motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias against the victim’s race/ethnicity/ancestry, gender, gender identity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, and were committed against persons, property, or society. Of the number of hate crimes, almost one-quarter—24.6%—resulted from religious bias.

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Of the 2,783 reported hate crime incidents that took place due to a religious bias:
     •  22.6% happened in or near residences/homes.
     •  16.3% took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.
     •  14.7% happened at schools/colleges.
     •  12.4% occurred in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques.
     •  3.8% occurred at parks/playgrounds.
     •  2.6% took place in parking/drop lots/garages.
     •  2.4% happened in commercial office buildings.
     •  2.2% happened in restaurants.
     •  2.0% occurred in government/public buildings.
     •  1.7% occurred in cyberspace.
     •  1.4% took place in grocery/supermarkets.
     •  1.0% took place in air/bus/train terminals.
     •  1.0% happened in department/discount stores.
     •  1.0% took place in shopping malls.
     •  8.0% occurred in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.
     •  7.0% took place in other/unknown locations.

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●  LaSorsa & Associates Executive Protection Incidents Report

●  US Secret Service Threat Assessment Church Case Study Links Domestic Violence with Mass Attacks

●  Church Security: Most Church Attacks Occur During Activities Other Than Sunday Morning Worship Services

●  2024 Edition of Hostility Against Churches Report Shows a Doubling of Attacks

●  Criminals and Terrorists Overwhelmingly Select Gun-Free Zones For Mass Attacks in Public Spaces

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