Number of crimes in the U.S. 2020, by region

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 5, 2024
In 2020, the number of known burglaries in the Northeast of the United States amounted to 99,884, making it the region with the least number of burglaries in the country. Burglaries were highest in the South, with 441,688 known offenses.

Number of crimes committed in the United States in 2020, by region and type

CharacteristicNortheastMidwestSouthWest
Violent crime 172,219 264,915 546,535 329,436
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,526 4,803 10,156 4,085
Rape (revised definition) 15,066 30,157 48,307 32,900
Robbery 38,535 43,368 91,100 70,597
Aggravated assault 116,092 186,587 396,972 221,854
Property crime 765,478 1,219,817 2,668,302 1,798,441
Burglary 99,884 195,963 441,688 297,779
Larceny-theft 601,250 877,996 1,929,682 1,197,396
Motor vehicle theft 64,344 145,858 296,932 303,266
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September 2021

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United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Not all agencies submit reports for arson to the FBI. As a result, the number of reports the FBI uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for arson is less than the number it uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for all other offenses.

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