In accordance with a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report, federal arrests declined by 35 % from fiscal yr 2020 to 2021, ending on the lowest variety of arrests in 20 years.
The pandemic sparked a direct drop-off, inflicting federal arrests to fall by 81 % and circumstances charged in federal court docket to plunge 77 % from March to April 2020.
However the decline continued later within the yr, with a 25 % slide in arrests and a 20 % dip in circumstances charged from October 2020 to February 2021.
Nevertheless, whereas federal arrests dipped over the interval, the variety of folks charged with a federal offense in U.S. district court docket decreased lower than 1 %.
Nonviolent offenses had probably the most important proportion discount whereas the variety of folks charged with violent crimes elevated.
Nearly 60 % (48,257) of federal arrests in 2021 have been for immigration, drug or supervision violations.
Immigration offenses dropped probably the most, from 51,723 to 14,446 arrests, or a 72 % decline. The variety of folks charged with immigration violations additionally dropped by 18 % in 2021.
Nevertheless, throughout the identical time interval, the variety of individuals charged with violent offenses rose by 18 %, and the variety of folks charged with public order offenses elevated by 13 %.
Nonetheless, the variety of folks beneath federal correction management declined.
For the last decade from fiscal year-end 2011 to 2021, the variety of individuals beneath federal correctional management fell 15 %, from 410,887 to 350,543.
As well as, 47,226 individuals have been launched from federal jail in 2021.
The complete report ready by BJS Statistician Mark Motivans might be discovered right here.
