Crime rates in the United States (both violent and property) have been dropping for decades-- variety of charts here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_

Crime rates in the United States (both violent and property) have been dropping for decades-- variety of charts here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States. I could hunt for more original sources but I promise they are not at all hard to find, it is a very well-established trend.