In the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Violent crimes are defined in the UCR Program as those offenses which involve force or threat of force.

• Nationwide, there were an estimated 1,382,012 violent crimes in 2008.
  
  
• For each of the four violent crime offenses, the 2008 estimates declined when compared with estimates for 2007. The murder and nonnegligent manslaughter estimate dropped 3.9 percent; aggravated assault declined 2.5 percent; forcible rape declined 1.6 percent; and robbery was down 0.7 percent in 2008 when compared with data from 2007.
  
  
• Motor vehicle theft was the only property crime to decline in 2008 as the estimate for this offense was down 12.7 percent from 2007. Burglaries rose 2.0 percent, and larceny-thefts increased 0.3 percent in 2008 when compared with data from 2007.
  
  
• Collectively, victims of property crime lost an estimated $17.2 billion.
  
  
• According to FBI estimates, law enforcement agencies made 14,005,615 arrests, excluding traffic violations, in 2008.
  
  
• In 2008, the arrest rate for violent crimes was 198.2 per 100,000 persons. For property crime, the rate was 565.2 arrests per 100,000 inhabitants.
  
  
• For violent crime offenses, law enforcement arrested persons at a rate of 4.3 per 100,000 inhabitants for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Arrests for forcible rape occurred at a rate of 7.5 percent per 100,000 persons. For robbery, the rate was 43.6, and for aggravated assault, 142.9.
  
  
• Among the property crime offenses, the arrest rate for burglary was 102.3 per 100,000 inhabitants. The arrest rate for larceny-theft was 425.7; for motor vehicle theft, 32.5; and for arson, 4.7.