Look Up Crime Clearance Rates In Your Community

As you use this, keep in mind: The quality of American crime statistics is notoriously uneven, and this FBI data set is no exception. (For example, this database shows New York Police Department clearing zero homicides in 2011 and 2012 — which was clearly not the case.) Sometimes cities fail to report, or their data are rejected because of errors. Some 2014 figures are available, but agencies have until mid-December to update or correct their numbers with the FBI. More about these data.

Examples: Boston | Detroit | Richmond, Va. | Colorado State Patrol

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Note: Clearance rates reported to the FBI are calculated using the Uniform Crime Reporting formula. Cases credited as “cleared” in a given year may have been opened in a previous year.