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Tables updated with the latest data are listed below. Comments or questions from our users are welcome and requested.
January 2, 2013 update
Parents and children reporting safety concerns at schools
Public attitudes toward the legality of gay and lesbian relations
December 20, 2012 update
Public confidence in the:
police; criminal justice system; U.S. Supreme Court
Those above compared to other institutions
See more public confidence data
December 13, 2012 update
Alcohol-related arrests in each State
Alcohol consumption by U.S. residents over 7 decades and in 2012
See more data on alcohol use
December 4, 2012 update
Arrests by age group
Arrests for violent and property crime by region
Offenses cleared by arrest and cleared by arrest of persons under age 18
November 29, 2012 update
Arrests by State for violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery, assault and property crimes: burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson
Arrests by State for earlier years
November 8, 2012 update
Arrests for violent crime, property crime, and DWI are down for 2nd year in a row
Public confidence in the Federal judiciary including the U.S. Supreme Court has risen slightly
November 1, 2012 update
Offenses known to police, number and rate of violent crime including murder, robbery, rape, and assault
and property crime including burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft
October 25, 2012 update
2011 victimization data (NCVS):
Number and rates of violent crime including domestic violence
Number and rates of property crime
October 18, 2012 update
Latest count of prisoners on death row in each State
More about prisoners under death sentence
October 11, 2012 update
30-year trend showing U.S. citizen casualties resulting from international terrorism
Bank robberies and resulting casualities
October 4, 2012 update
Cases of corruption by Federal, State, and local government officials
Approval ratings of the U.S. Supreme Court
May 30, 2012 tables updated on the following topics
Seizures of marijuana plants and operations by the DEA, including arrests, and seizures of weapons and assets
See this table for previous years
May 16, 2012 update
Jail inmates, trend data for:
May 2, 2012 update
18-year trend of criminal cases filed per judgeship in Federal district courts
15-year trend showing court-martial cases in each branch of the U.S. armed services
April 18, 2012 update
50-year trend of deportable aliens (immigrants) located and removed from the U.S.
28-year trend of public attitudes toward the most important problems facing the country
April 11, 2012 update
38-year trend of cases of public corruption
Juveniles in residential custody facilities: Trends, race and ethnicity, sex and age, and totals for each State
More on juvenile corrections and juvenile delinquency
March 28, 2012 update
Law enforcement agencies and personnel: Total, local police, sheriffs' offices, State police, and special jurisdiction agencies
More on law enforcement
March 14, 2012 update
State and Federal prisoners as of yearend 2010:
Total under custody population: State and Federal prisons and local jails
Prisoners housed in local jails and private correctional facilities
March 7, 2012 update
State and Federal prisoners as of yearend 2010:
Prisoners admitted and released
February 22, 2012 update
Prisoners executed by race and offense
Number of death sentences imposed in a given year and outcomes of those sentences
February 15, 2012 update
Death row:
Number serving capital sentence
Hispanics and females on death row
Trends and more capital punishment data
Latest criminal victimization estimates trends, violent crime, property crime, and victim-offender relationship
January 25, 2012 update
New Gallup Poll data on:
Honesty and ethical standards of police officers and lawyers; and compared to other professions
Attitudes toward gun laws generally and semi-automatic weapons (also called assault rifles)
January 18, 2012 update
New Gallup Poll data on:
Beliefs about whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent to committment of murder
Perceptions about the drug problem in the Nation and in one's own area
Annual salaries of Federal judges
January 11, 2012 update
New Gallup Poll data on:
General attitudes toward the death penalty and the fairness of it's application
Respondents reporting fear of walking alone at night and concerns about selected crimes
Perceptions about level of crime in the U.S. and in one's own neighborhood
Concerns about becoming a victim of terrorism and one's child being victimized at school
January 4, 2012 update
New Gallup Poll data on:
Gun ownership in the U.S.
Public attitudes toward gun control laws
Support for legalization of marijuana