Although spending on law enforcement has increased significantly since the early 1990s, the number of reported crimes solved by arrests has dropped to historic lows, according to California Department of Justice data.
Hovering at about 13 percent for each year between 2020 and 2022—the latest year being the most recent for which data are available—the so-called crime clearance rate for all offenses is the lowest ever recorded in the state and has declined by 41 percent since the annual average of 22 percent from the early 1990s.
