According to Statista, the reported violent crime rate in the United States has decreased since 1990, from 758.20 crimes in 1991 to 363.6 in 2014. In 2022, the FBI reported about 1.23 million violent crimes, including 893,980 aggravated assaults. The District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate in 2022. The decline in violent crime rates has not been steady, however. For example, the murder rate increased significantly in 2020, and remained higher than before the pandemic in 2022. Preliminary data for 2023 suggests that the murder rate may have dropped again.