https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/clearance-browse-by/national-data https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-i

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/clearance-browse-by/national-data https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-... Property crimes typically have a 10-20% clearance rate. Police are too preoccupied writing traffic tickets and/or harassing poor people. If anything, reported property crimes track against unemployment/economic prosperity-- probably much stronger than police payroll. The FBI's UCR is even more accessible at https://crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov/ https://crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov/ -- where you can look at crime rates, clearance rates, types of crime all the way down to the municipality level.