FBI statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice web site:
Crime in the U.S., Year 2000 (please note: crime has continued to decrease during all the past five years of the Bush administration):
11.6 million Reported Offenses
(equalling 4,124 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants)
19% less than the 1996 rate
30% less than the 1991 rate
1.4 million Violent Crimes
(lowest volume of violent crimes since 1985)
506 violent crimes per 100,000 population
15,517 Murders in 2000
21% less than in 1996
37% less than in 1991
victims 76% males, 90% adults
offenders 90% males, 91% age 18 or older
firearms used in 66% of incidents
by comparison, Forcible Rapes, 2000
90,186 (nearly 6 times the murder rate)
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