[cinFLA]

Society is not getting any more dangerous

The United States Crime Index Rates Per 100,000 Inhabitants went from 1,887.2 in 1960 to 5,897.8 in 1996. By 1996 the crime rate was 313% the 1960 crime rate. In 1996 your risk of being a victim of a crime in the United States was 5.079%, and of a violent crime 0.634%. In 1960 these rates were 1.89% of being a victim of a crime and 0.161% of becoming victim of a violent crime.

[Modernman]

Hmmm.... According to the DOJ- Bureau of Justice Statistics, the murder rate as of 2000 was 5.5/100,000, which is a level comparable to the 1960's. Violent crime rates are at the lowest level since 1973 (the first year statistics were compiled)as are property crime rates.