Crime clearance rate

This article is about the criminological term. For the pharmacological term, see Clearance (pharmacology).

In criminal justice, a clearance rate is a measure of how many crimes have been solved in a specific geographical region during a specific time period, usually given as a percentage. Various groups use clearance rates as a measure of crimes solved by the police.

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