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Violent Crime

This figure is a line graph that presents trends in the estimated number of violent crimes for the nation from 2015 through 2019. In 2015, there were 1,199,310 violent crimes. In 2016, there were 1,250,162 violent crimes. In 2017, there were 1,247,917 violent crimes. In 2018, there were 1,209,997 violent crimes. In 2019, there were 1,203,808 violent crimes. The figure is based on statistics from Table 1.