Property crime rate, term by term
Every term lined up from its inauguration. Context is everything: compare the start of a term with the trend it inherited and with what was happening in the world (recessions, pandemics), all of which are on the full property crime rate chart.
Of the 7 completed terms with data, the property crime rate fell fastest under Bill Clinton, at −161 per 100k/yr against −38 per 100k/yr in the four years before, and slowest under Ronald Reagan, at −37 per 100k/yr. So far under Donald Trump (2nd term), it has gone from 1,761 per 100k in 2024 to 1,535 per 100k in 2025.
Numbers
| President | During term | 4 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump (2nd term) | 1,761 per 100k → 1,535 per 100k −226 per 100k/yr · through 2025 | −49 per 100k/yr |
| Joe Biden | 1,958 per 100k → 1,761 per 100k −49 per 100k/yr | −123 per 100k/yr |
| Donald Trump (1st term) | 2,452 per 100k → 1,958 per 100k −123 per 100k/yr | −104 per 100k/yr |
| Barack Obama | 3,215 per 100k → 2,452 per 100k −95 per 100k/yr | −75 per 100k/yr |
| George W. Bush | 3,618 per 100k → 3,215 per 100k −50 per 100k/yr | −208 per 100k/yr |
| Bill Clinton | 4,904 per 100k → 3,618 per 100k −161 per 100k/yr | −38 per 100k/yr |
| George H. W. Bush | 5,054 per 100k → 4,904 per 100k −38 per 100k/yr | +139 per 100k/yr |
| Ronald Reagan | 5,353 per 100k → 5,054 per 100k −37 per 100k/yr | — |
| Jimmy Carter | no data | no data |