What was the overall violent and property crime rate per 100,000 people in the U.S. in 2024 and 2025?

1. What the official 2024 numbers say — the headline rates

The FBI’s nationwide 2024 figures, reported and summarized across major outlets, show a violent‑crime rate of roughly 359.1 incidents per 100,000 people and a property‑crime rate of roughly 1,760.1 per 100,000 people — both described as two‑decade lows by analysts who reviewed the FBI release ^{[1] [4]}. Major press coverage also emphasized that violent crime fell about 4.5% and property crime fell about 8.1% in 2024 compared with 2023, per the FBI’s annual report ^{[5] [6]}.

2. How those rates were calculated and their limits

The FBI’s “Reported Crimes in the Nation” numbers derive from agency submissions to UCR/NIBRS and cover roughly 95% of the U.S. population; the 2024 report used data from over 16,000 participating agencies ^[6]. The FBI cautions participation is voluntary and some jurisdictions report differently; analysts note the annual numbers are estimates built on reported crimes rather than the broader National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) of victim experiences ^{[6] [7]}. The FBI also switched rape reporting to a revised definition in its 2013–2024 violent‑crime estimates, which affects comparability over long spans ^[8].

3. What 2025 reporting shows so far — trends, not a national rate

Multiple mid‑2025 snapshots from the Council on Criminal Justice and other aggregators show continued declines in homicides and many violent offenses in the first half of 2025 — for example, a 17% lower homicide rate among 30 large cities in the first six months of 2025 vs. the same period in 2024 — and national sampling tools reporting violent crime down roughly 7–11% year‑to‑date in various windows ^{[2] [3] [9]}. These are partial, city‑sampled or period‑limited measures and do not constitute a single FBI‑style annual national rate per 100,000 for 2025; available sources do not supply a final 2025 national violent or property crime rate per 100,000 ^{[2] [3]}.

4. Why you’ll see slightly different numbers in different outlets

News organizations and think tanks rely on the FBI report, the CCJ mid‑year sample, local police dashboards and the NCVS. Axios cites FBI’s 359.1 and 1,760.1 per 100,000 for 2024 ^[1]; the Sentencing Project cites a 2024 violent‑crime rate of 359 per 100,000 and property crime 1,760 per 100,000 while placing those figures in longer‑term historical context ^[4]. Mid‑year 2025 updates use different samples (30 or 42 cities, Real‑Time Crime Index agencies) and different time windows, producing different percent changes that are not directly comparable to an annual national rate ^{[2] [3]}.

5. What to watch for in the final 2025 numbers

The FBI announced it will provide more frequent monthly updates going forward, which could make year‑to‑year comparisons timelier; but for a final national annual rate comparable to 2024, look to the FBI’s full “Reported Crimes in the Nation” release that covers January–December 2025 once it’s published ^[10]. Analysts caution that partial 2025 data already show meaningful declines in homicides and many violent crimes in several city samples, but a national per‑100,000 figure for all of 2025 is not in the linked sources ^{[2] [3]}.

6. Bottom line for your question

The authoritative, cited national per‑100,000 rates for 2024 are: violent crime ≈ 359.1 per 100,000 and property crime ≈ 1,760.1 per 100,000 ^[1]. Available sources do not provide a single finalized national violent‑ or property‑crime rate per 100,000 for the full year 2025; reporting for 2025 so far shows continuing declines in many places but is based on partial or city‑level samples ^{[2] [3]}.