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Does 2% of the population cause 80% of crime?

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No. Available data show that small subsets of offenders account for large shares of some crimes, but these shares vary by measure and crime type and cannot be extrapolated to all crimes. No authoritative U.S.-wide finding shows that 2% of the total population commits 80% of all crime. One Swedish study involving all people born from 1958-1980 found that about 1% of the study population were persistent offenders who accounted for 63.2% of all vio…
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Does 2% of the population cause 80% of crime?

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No, 2 Percent of the Population Does Not Cause 91 Percent of America’s Crime | Sustainable Action Now Sustainable Action Now Criminal Justice & Policy Fact Check: False Criminal Justice No, 2 Percent of the Population Does Not Cause 91 Percent of America’s Crime It’s a tidy number. Easy to say at a podium, easy […]

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Oklahoma Watch broke the news on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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