| Year | Violent Crimes | Population | Violent crime rate | Percent change, year to year | Percent change since 2000 | Percent change since 2005 |
| 2000 | 128,041 | 15,982,378 | 801.1 | |||
| 2001 | 130,323 | 16,331,739 | 798.0 | 0% | 0% | |
| 2002 | 127,905 | 16,674,608 | 767.1 | -4% | -4% | |
| 2003 | 124,236 | 17,071,508 | 727.7 | -5% | -9% | |
| 2004 | 123,697 | 17,516,732 | 706.2 | -3% | -12% | |
| 2005 | 125,825 | 17,918,227 | 702.2 | -1% | -12% | |
| 2006 | 129,501 | 18,349,132 | 705.8 | 1% | -12% | 1% |
| 2007 | 131,781 | 18,680,367 | 705.5 | 0% | -12% | 0% |
| 2008 | 126,072 | 18,807,219 | 670.3 | -5% | -16% | -5% |
| 2009 | 113,415 | 18,750,483 | 604.9 | -10% | -24% | -14% |
| 2010 | 101,906 | 18,771,768 | 542.9 | -10% | -32% | -23% |
LOL. “There you go again....” (hat tip to Ronaldus Maximus), messing up a nice propaganda tirade with actual hard data.