Homicide and assault rates have decreased significantly since 1980, but overall rates of violence remain high, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The Journal reports that homicide rates have decreased from a peak of 10.7 per 100?000 persons in 1980 to 5.1 per 100?000 in 2013. Aggravated assault rates have decreased from a peak of 442 per 100?000 in 1992 to 242 per 100 000 in 2012.