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U.S. crime rate trend perception from 1990 to 2017

Is there more crime in the U.S. than there was a year ago, or less?

The data displays the public perception of the development of crime in the U.S. In 2017, about 68% of the Americans felt there is more crime now in the United States than there was a year ago.

1990	84	3	7
1992	89	3	4
1993	87	4	5
1996	71	15	8
1997	64	25	6
1998	52	35	8
2000	47	41	7
2001	41	43	10
2002	62	21	11
2003	60	25	11
2004	53	28	14
2005	67	21	9
2006	68	16	8
2007	71	14	8
2008	67	15	9
2009	74	15	6
2010	66	17	8
2011	68	17	8
2013	64	19	9
2014	63	21	9
2015	70	18	8
2016	70	20	6
2017	68	19	9

U.S. crime rate trend perception from 1990 to 2017

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