1996 and 2000 US Crime Clock

The Crime Clock should be viewed with care. Being the most aggregate representation of Uniform Crime Report data, it is designed to convey the annual reported crime experience by showing the relative frequency of occurrence of the index offenses. This mode of display should not be taken to imply a regularity in the commission of the offenses; rather, it represents the annual ratio of crime to fixed time intervals.

A December 2000 Justice Department report shows that violence in the workplace declined by 44% between 1993 and 2000. The lower level of workplace violence reflects the general decline in violent crime, which fell by 40% during the same period. The National Crime Victimization Survey notes that an average of 1.7 million people were attacked at work each year.