The most recent FBI crime statistics present a 3 % drop in violent crime throughout the nation final yr, together with a big drop within the variety of homicides.
Homicide and non-negligent manslaughter dropped 11.6 % — the most important such drop in a long time, according to the FBI.
Reported rapes additionally dropped considerably in comparison with 2022, falling 9.4 %.
Property crime additionally dropped 2.4 %.
The drop in reported crimes comes as former President Trump and GOP candidates throughout the nation have seized on crime as a marketing campaign subject, repeatedly suggesting violent crime has surged.
However Monday’s figures present a gradual drop in crime that originally spiked in the beginning of the pandemic. Total violent crime remains to be down considerably in comparison with spikes within the Nineteen Nineties.
Some crime statistics did rise over the previous yr, nevertheless. Auto theft surged 12.6 %, and hate crime incidents additionally rose practically 2 %.
Crime statistics reporting does have some limitations. Not all cities share their crime reporting statistics with the FBI, although the info cowl simply over 94 % of the U.S. inhabitants.
All murders are reported to the FBI, nevertheless.
FBI’s Nationwide Incident-Based mostly Reporting System contains figures for each metropolis with greater than 1 million individuals.
This story was up to date at 12:46 p.m. EDT
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