Terrorism Cases: 2001–Today

Since 9/11, hundreds of Americans and people residing inside the United States have been charged with jihadist terrorism or related crimes, or have died before being charged, but were widely reported to have engaged in jihadist criminal activity. The rise of ISIS has brought an unprecedented surge in terrorism cases, though there have been cases every year since 9/11, as illustrated below. As the years have passed since the peak of ISIS’s influence, the number of terrorism cases has declined.