The FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report (UCR) for January through December 2023 was published on March 18, 2024. This report is based on National Incident-Based Reporting System data that 15,199 of 19,152 law enforcement agencies from across the country voluntarily submitted to the FBI.

UCR data is preliminary and can change as agencies submit updates. Figures are rounded to the nearest percent.

Highlights from the release include the following:

• The nation’s largest cities, those with populations of one million or more, had a three percent increase in property crime. All other population groups had decreases; the largest decrease occurred in nonmetropolitan counties with a 14 percent drop.

• Property crime rose four percent in the Northeast. All other regions had decreases. The largest decline, 11 percent, was in the West.

• Arson decreased in all population areas. Cities with populations of 250,000 to 499,999 saw the largest decrease: 14 percent.

• The Northeast had a four percent increase in arson. All other regions showed decreases in arson, with the West having the largest decline at 15 percent.

• Burglary decreased across all population areas, with nonmetropolitan counties having the largest drop at 17 percent.

• All regions showed decreases in burglary. The largest decrease, 14 percent, was in the West.

• Though all population areas experienced a decrease in the reported volume of larceny-theft offenses, the largest decline, 14 percent, occurred in nonmetropolitan counties.

• A two percent increase in larceny-theft occurred in the Northeast. All other regions had decreases, with the largest being a 12 percent decrease in the West.

• Metropolitan counties and all sizes of cities with populations of 50,000 or more showed increases in motor vehicle theft. The largest increase, 30 percent, was in cities with populations of one million or more.

• Nonmetropolitan counties and cities with populations of 49,999 or fewer saw decreases in motor vehicle theft. The largest decrease, 12 percent, was in nonmetropolitan counties.

• The volume of motor vehicle theft offenses reported in the West decreased by four percent. Other regions of the nation showed increases in motor vehicle theft, with the largest being a 38 percent increase in the Northeast.

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