Crime Visualizations

Below are bar graphs combining all the crime rates for each state from the years 1960-2019. There is a quite a bit of fluctuation in both Property and Violent crime. Interestingly, the peaks of Property and Violent Crime Rates do not coincide. There is also significantly more Property Crime than Violent Crime. The most recent crime data shows that today there is a significantly higher crime rate than in the mid 1900s and a significanly lower crime rate than in the late 1900s. In other words, today's overall crime rates are not particularly historically significant.


Violent Crime Rates from 1960-2019

The categories of Violent Crime are: assult, murder, rape and robbery.

Property Crime Rates from 1960-2019

The categories of Property Crime are: burglary, larceny and motor.