From 2014 to 2015, there was no statistically significant change in the overall rate of violent crime, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

Nearly all campus police officers at public universities now carry guns, pepper spray and other weapons, according to a new Bureau of Justice Statistics report.

A majority of Americans say there is more crime in the U.S. than there was a year ago.

The number of serious violent crimes not reported to police fell from 50 percent to 42 percent from 1994 to 2010, says a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.