The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program collects and publishes data on violent crimes in the United States. Violent crimes are defined as those offenses that involve force or threat of force, such as murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The UCR Program provides statistics on the number, rate, and characteristics of violent crimes and their victims and offenders.

According to the latest UCR data for 2020¹, there were an estimated 1,268,495 violent crimes reported to law enforcement agencies nationwide, an increase of 5.6 percent from the 2019 figure. The violent crime rate was 382.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, up 3.3 percent from the previous year. The murder rate increased by 14.8 percent, the rape rate decreased by 12.0 percent, the robbery rate decreased by 9.3 percent, and the aggravated assault rate increased by 12.0 percent.

The UCR data also provide information on the gender, race, and ethnicity of violent crime victims and offenders. Based on the data for 2019², the most recent year for which these statistics are available:

- Of the 16,425 murder victims reported in 2019, 77.7 percent were male and 22.3 percent were female.
- Of the estimated 139,815 rape victims reported in 2019, 90.7 percent were female and 9.3 percent were male.
- Of the estimated 267,988 robbery victims reported in 2019, 63.4 percent were male and 36.6 percent were female.
- Of the estimated 821,182 aggravated assault victims reported in 2019, 60.2 percent were male and 39.8 percent were female.

- Of the 13,927 murder offenders reported in 2019, 89.5 percent were male and 10.5 percent were female.
- Of the estimated 129,928 rape offenders reported in 2019, 98.7 percent were male and 1.3 percent were female.
- Of the estimated 193,814 robbery offenders reported in 2019, 88.4 percent were male and 11.6 percent were female.
- Of the estimated 560,496 aggravated assault offenders reported in 2019, 77.6 percent were male and 22.4 percent were female.

- Of the murder victims for whom race was known in 2019, 52.5 percent were Black or African American, 43.1 percent were White, and 4.4 percent were of other races.
- Of the murder offenders for whom race was known in 2019, 54.7 percent were Black or African American, 42.1 percent were White, and 3.2 percent were of other races.
- Of the rape victims for whom race was known in 2019, 70.7 percent were White, 21.8 percent were Black or African American, and 7.5 percent were of other races.
- Of the rape offenders for whom race was known in 2019, 57.8 percent were White, 27.6 percent were Black or African American, and
14.6 percent were of other races.

- Of the robbery victims for whom race was known in
2019,
49
percent
were
White,
42
percent
were
Black
or
African
American,
and
9
percent
were
of
other
races.

- Of the robbery offenders for whom race was known in
2019,
43
percent
were
Black
or
African
American,
41
percent
were
White,
and
16
percent
were
of
other
races.

- Of the aggravated assault victims for whom race was known in
2019,
62
percent
were
White,
32
percent
were
Black
or
African
American,
and
6
percent
were
of
other races.

- Of the aggravated assault offenders for whom race was known in 
2019,
56 
percent 
were 
White,
38 
percent 
were 
Black 
or 
African 
American,
and 
6 
percent 
were 
of 
other races.

The UCR data also provide information on the ethnicity (Hispanic or non-Hispanic) of violent crime victims and offenders based on a subset of agencies that report this information to the FBI³. Based on this subset of data for 
2019:

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Source: Conversation with Bing, 4/15/2023(1) FBI — Violent Crime. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime Accessed 4/15/2023.
(2) Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (UCR Program) — FBI. https://ucr.fbi.gov/ Accessed 4/15/2023.
(3) Crime in the U.S.: Key questions answered | Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/ Accessed 4/15/2023.
(4) FBI Releases 2020 Crime Statistics — LE. https://le.fbi.gov/cjis-division/cjis-link/fbi-releases-2020-crime-statistics Accessed 4/15/2023.
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