Regional distribution - crime clearance rate U.S. 2022

In 2022, the clearance rate for robberies in the South of the United States stood at 23.1 percent. The clearance rate for robberies was highest in the West, at 28.4 percent. Crime clearance is when an arrest is made in a case, or it is cleared by exceptional means.

Crime clearance rate in the United States in 2022, by region

Characteristic	Northeast	Midwest	South	West
Violent crime (total)	28.6%	38.6%	34.9%	41.9%
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	41.7%	49.7%	52.2%	60.3%
Rape	21.7%	25.7%	27.9%	25.9%
Robbery	15.2%	20.9%	23.1%	28.4%
Aggravated assault	34%	44.9%	37.6%	48%
Property crime (total)	12.4%	13.5%	13.2%	9.9%
Burglary	15%	13.5%	13.7%	11.4%
Larceny-theft	12.4%	14.5%	13.3%	10%
Motor vehicle theft	9.4%	8.8%	11.8%	7.5%
Arson	29.4%	21.1%	25.6%	25.7%

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Release date

October 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Figures shown for rape only include those reported by law enforcement agencies using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape.

Not all agencies submit reports for arson to the FBI. As a result, the number of reports the FBI uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for arson is less than the number it uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for all other offenses.

Due to the FBI's transition to a new crime reporting system, only 15,726 of 18,888 participating law enforcement agencies submitted crime data to the FBI for 2022. As a result, figures may not accurately reflect the total number of crimes.

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