Chart · Crime & Demographics
ARREST RATES BY RACE — VIOLENT & PROPERTY CRIME
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program ·
Table 43A: Arrests by Race and Ethnicity, 2019 ·
10,831 reporting agencies · Estimated population covered: 229,735,355 ·
Population denominators: U.S. Census Bureau 2019 estimates
Methodology: All figures shown are arrest rates per 100,000 people within each racial group —
not raw counts. This normalization is essential for accurate comparison given population differences
(White non-Hispanic ~196M, Black ~42M, Native American ~4M, Asian ~19M).
Raw counts without per-capita adjustment would be misleading.
Important limitations: These are arrest rates, not conviction or offending rates. Arrest rates are influenced by policing patterns, reporting practices, and socioeconomic factors. The FBI notes that not all agencies report, and figures represent agencies covering ~70% of the U.S. population. The FBI switched to NIBRS in 2021; 2019 is the last complete UCR dataset of this type.
Important limitations: These are arrest rates, not conviction or offending rates. Arrest rates are influenced by policing patterns, reporting practices, and socioeconomic factors. The FBI notes that not all agencies report, and figures represent agencies covering ~70% of the U.S. population. The FBI switched to NIBRS in 2021; 2019 is the last complete UCR dataset of this type.
Category:
VIOLENT CRIME ARREST RATE PER 100,000
White
Black
Native American
Asian
ALL CATEGORIES — ARREST RATES PER 100,000
| Offense | White | Black | Native Am. | Asian | Black rate (relative) |
|---|
NCVS Methodology: The National Crime Victimization Survey (2022) asks victims directly about the race of their offender.
This is a victim-perception measure — not dependent on police arrests or charging decisions —
making it the least biased available measure of who commits violent crime.
Figures shown are total violent incidents attributed to each offender racial group,
normalized per 100,000 within that racial group using 2022 Census population estimates.
Limitation: Only applies to single-offender incidents where the victim could identify the attacker. Excludes incidents where offender race was unknown (~11% of total). Source: BJS Criminal Victimization 2022 (NCJ 307089), Table 13.
Limitation: Only applies to single-offender incidents where the victim could identify the attacker. Excludes incidents where offender race was unknown (~11% of total). Source: BJS Criminal Victimization 2022 (NCJ 307089), Table 13.
VIOLENT INCIDENTS PER 100,000 — BY PERCEIVED OFFENDER RACE (NCVS 2022)
White (non-Hispanic)
Black (non-Hispanic)
Hispanic
Other
INTRARACIAL VS. INTERRACIAL VIOLENCE — NCVS 2022
Of violent incidents where both victim and offender race are known, the majority are intraracial — victims and offenders share the same racial group. This is consistent across all groups.
| Victim Race | White Offender | Black Offender | Hispanic Offender | Other Offender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White victims | 2,148,030 | 543,480 | 262,060 | 224,610 |
| Black victims | 96,550 | 433,290 | 46,100 | 25,440 |
| Hispanic victims | 245,250 | 164,250 | 331,930 | 82,040 |
| Other victims | 197,940 | 142,280 | 54,330 | 63,990 |
Source: BJS NCVS 2022, Table 13. Offender race based on victim perception. Excludes incidents with unknown offender race.