United States crime rates were significantly lower in 2011 than in 1992

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Evidence consistently shows that U.S. crime rates experienced a major decline following peaks in the 1990s, resulting in significantly lower rates by 2011.

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Wikipedia: United States

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Wikipedia: United States. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

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skeptics.stackexchange.com: Were US crime rates significantly lower in 2011 than in 1992?

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skeptics.stackexchange.com: Were US crime rates significantly lower in 2011 than in 1992?. skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/21923/were-us-crime-rates-significantly-lower-in-2011-than-in-1992

Provides specific crime rate statistics showing significantly lower rates in 2011 than in 1992.

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ourworldindata.org: How have crime rates in the United States changed over the last 50 years?

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ourworldindata.org: How have crime rates in the United States changed over the last 50 years?. ourworldindata.org. https://ourworldindata.org/us-crime-rates

States that both violent and property crime rates remain far below their 1990s peak.

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