Crime Statistics

It must be said that these statistics, being from 1999, represent a historic trough in U.S. crime rates. Most people attribute this to the general prosperity and full employment in the United States; others point out that we've got so many people in prison (another complaint altogether) that that's had an impact on crime rates.

In any case, I acknowledge that, while the USA might be no more violent than Canada in 1999, that it's much more violent, averaged over the last twenty years.

Here's where I got my data:

Statistics Canada - Population

Statistics Canada - Crimes by type of Offence

U.S. Bureau of the Census - Population

U.S. Department of Justice - Serious Violent Crime

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