Motor vehicle deaths, especially when corrected for miles driven or total population, have dropped precipitously: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_ve

Motor vehicle deaths, especially when corrected for miles driven or total population, have dropped precipitously: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year#Motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in... Murder, aggravated assault, rape, robbery, etc. are all down across the board, in some cases by more than 50% in 20 years: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/1tabledatadecoverviewpdf/table_1_crime_in_the_united_states_by_volume_and_rate_per_100000_inhabitants_1993-2012.xls http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/c... There are always some subjective decisions on data reporting, but that's much more prevalent in data comparisons between countries rather than over time within a single country. The FBI has been very consistent in their reporting.