Video game violence up, violent crime down

As the amount of video game violence increases, violent crime in the U.S. in on a downward spiral.

According to crime figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Justice, crime is at an all time low, dating back to 1973.  In fact, since our society has been playing violent video games, crime has decreased the most over any period in the past 35 years.   

Adjusted violent victimization rates
Number of victimizations per 1,000 population age 12 and over

	Total violent crime				Aggravated  assault		Simple assault
Year		Murder	Rape	Robbery
1973	47.7	0.1	2.5	6.7	12.5		25.9
1974	48.0	0.1	2.6	7.2	12.9		25.3
1975	48.4	0.1	2.4	6.8	11.9		27.2
1976	48.0	0.1	2.2	6.5	12.2		27.0
1977	50.4	0.1	2.3	6.2	12.4		29.4
1978	50.6	0.1	2.6	5.9	12.0		30.0
1979	51.7	0.1	2.8	6.3	12.3		30.3
1980	49.4	0.1	2.5	6.6	11.4		28.8
1981	52.3	0.1	2.5	7.4	12.0		30.3
1982	50.7	0.1	2.1	7.1	11.5		29.8
1983	46.5	0.1	2.1	6.0	9.9		28.3
1984	46.4	0.1	2.5	5.8	10.8		27.2
1985	45.2	0.1	1.9	5.1	10.3		27.9
1986	42.0	0.1	1.7	5.1	9.8		25.3
1987	44.0	0.1	2.0	5.3	10.0		26.7
1988	44.1	0.1	1.7	5.3	10.8		26.3
1989	43.3	0.1	1.8	5.4	10.3		25.8
1990	44.1	0.1	1.7	5.7	9.8		26.9
1991	48.8	0.1	2.2	5.9	9.9		30.6
1992	47.9	0.1	1.8	6.1	11.1		28.9
1993	49.1	0.1	1.6	6.0	12.0		29.4
1994	51.2	0.1	1.4	6.3	11.9		31.5
1995	46.1	0.1	1.2	5.4	9.5		29.9
1996	41.6	0.1	0.9	5.2	8.8		26.6
1997	38.8	0.1	0.9	4.3	8.6		24.9
1998	36.0	0.1	0.9	4.0	7.5		23.5
1999	32.1	0.1	0.9	3.6	6.7		20.8
2000	27.4	0.1	0.6	3.2	5.7		17.8
2001	24.7	0.1	0.6	2.8	5.3		15.9
2002	22.8	0.1	0.7	2.2	4.3		15.5
2003	22.3	0.1	0.5	2.5	4.6		14.6
2004	21.1	0.1	0.4	2.1	4.3		14.2
2005	21.0	0.1	0.5	2.6	4.3		13.5