Today, there are several criminals who roam freely. Due to all the protests against police in 2020-21, many cities and states have fewer police officers than they used to. A lot of officers have either been fired or quit. Some even go to court for something they did on duty while doing their job and end up getting their badges revoked. According to charts and graphs updated every year since the late nineteen hundreds  (1980 and later), the crime rate across America has shifted many times. The most recently updated charts compare how much the crime rate has increased and decreased since 1980. The data divides into different types of crime. The types of crime include violence and property. Violent crimes consist of anything that involves harming another person, assault, and robbery. Property crimes include robbery and vandalism. 

Each state has different rates at which crimes occur, meaning that while robbery may not happen as often in Tennessee, it might happen every day in New York. As of right now, in the United States, Vermont is the state that has the lowest crime rate, while South Carolina is the state with the highest crime rate; unless including US territories, then it would be the District of Columbia. 

In recent years the arrest rate has been at the lowest in the United States. In 1980, there were a total of 10,458,260 arrests in the United States. By 1997, the total number of arrests went up by five million. Then by 2019, it went back down to 10,085,207. Now, the arrest rate depends on the crime rate. However, it also depends on how many criminals get caught and arrested. Due to the number of crimes that take place, police are unable to detain every single person who commits a crime. 

Because of how many cops have gotten fired or quit, fewer criminals end up caught. While most cops would do anything to catch a criminal, they can’t get them all. And with fewer cops to detain them, more people are willing to come further out of their shells and possibly do more criminal activity than before.