Murder In The U.S.A.

It is widely known that the murder rates in the United States over the last 2 decades have been dropping sharply. It was continuing to drop until the turn of the century when it reached its modern lows but since 1999 it has been rising however. Listed below is a chart of the total number of murders committed in the United States since 1991, which was the worst year for murders in the country in history. The source for these figures is The Federal Bureau Of Investigations:

1991 -- 24,703
1992 -- 23,760
1993 -- 24,526
1994 -- 23,326
1995 -- 21,606
1996 -- 19,645
1997 -- 18,208
1998 -- 16,974
1999 -- 15,522
2000 -- 15,586
2001 -- 16,037
2002 -- 16,204
2003 -- 16,528
2004 -- 16,148
2005 -- 16,692