Auto thefts most likely to be reported, murders most likely to be solved % of crimes reported to the police, 2015 (BJS) Violent victimizations Motor vehicle theft % of "crimes cleared by police, 2015 (FBI)
Of the individual property crimes tracked by BJS, for example, theft is the least likely to be reported to police (possibly because it is also the most common form of property crime). Only 29% of thefts were reported in 2015. By comparison, half of household burglaries (51%) and about seven-in-ten motor vehicle thefts (69%) were reported.
Auto thefts most likely to be reported,  | murders most likely to be solved  | % of crimes reported to the police, 2015 (BJS)  | Violent victimizations  | Property victimizations  | 69 0%  | Motor vehicle theft  | Aggravated assault  | 61.9  | Robbery  | 61.9  | Household burglary  | 50.8  | Simple assault  | 41.7  | Rape/sexual assault  | 32 5  | Theft  | 28. 6  | % of "crimes cleared by police, 2015 (FBI)  | Violent crimes  | Property crimes  | Murder  | 61 5%  | Aggravated assault  | 54.0  | Ra pe  | 37.8  | Robbery  | 29 3  | Larceny-theft  | 21.9  | Motor vehicle theft 13. 1  | Burglary 12.9  | Note: BJS and FBI crime definitions Siliffer for some offenses.  | Murder includes non-negligent manslaughter. FBI figures  | reflect percentage of crimes cleared through arrest or  | exceptional means including cases in which a suspect dies  | or a victim declines to cooperate with a prosecution. FBI  | figures for arson are not included beca use of data limitations  | FBI figures for rape use the revised definition of the crime,  | Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (reported crimes),  | FBI (crimes cleared).  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 