By 2022, the U.S. violent crime rate had fallen to near what benchmark?
Answernear a 50-year low
This followed a spike in violent crime during 2020.
Source: Wikipedia: Crime in the United States (2022) en.wikipedia.org
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5 sourced facts about crime in the United States, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
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In 2019, juveniles (ages 0–17) made up what share of all U.S. arrests, down sharply from 12.65% in 2010?
Answer7.13%
Juvenile arrest rates have dropped much faster than arrests overall.
Source: Wikipedia: Crime in the United States (2019) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
In 2021, researchers estimated the aggregate cost of crime in the United States at about:
Answer$4.9 trillion
That estimate includes things like victim costs, lost productivity, and the criminal justice system.
Source: Wikipedia: Crime in the United States (2021) en.wikipedia.org
In 2020, of about 7.6 million documented crimes, what share were committed by someone age 25 or older?
Answerabout 75% (5,721,190 of 7,632,470)
Crime is sometimes assumed to be mostly a young person's activity, but most documented offenders were adults 25 or older.
Source: Wikipedia: Crime in the United States (2020) en.wikipedia.org
Between 2010 and 2019, the juvenile arrest rate per 100,000 people fell from 1,296 to about:
Answer586
That's a decline of more than half in less than a decade.
Source: Wikipedia: Crime in the United States (2019) en.wikipedia.org
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