October has been recognized for years as National Crime Prevention Month, but statistics from the Department of Justice show the best way for Americans to prevent criminal activity may be to simply ...

The Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) is the primary source for data on deaths, homicides and suicides. WISQARS is part of the National Center for Injury Prevention and ...

Washington, D.C. — A new Center for American Progress analysis of data through April 30, 2024, shows that gun violence is declining this year at a historic rate for the second straight year. While ...

New research finds that individuals who report being victims of crime to police are less likely to become future victims of crime than those who do not report their initial experiences. As law ...

As with firearm crimes, the rate of overall non-fatal violent crime—defined as aggravated or simple assault, robbery or sex crimes (with or without a gun)—also is lower than it was in the early 1990s.

A UCLA study found that transgender people are more than four times as likely to be victims of violent crimes compared to people who are cisgender. Researchers from the UCLA Williams Institute, ...