Murder dropped by more than 11% in largest single-year decline in decades while rape and other crimes also fell
Murder dropped by more than 11% from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year decline in two decades, according to FBI data released on Monday.
Meanwhile, the broader category of violent crime nationwide decreased about 3%, said the data, which is audited and confirms earlier reporting from unaudited statistics.
Monday’s release of audited data contradicts a talking point that Donald Trump has made on the campaign trail as the Republican presidential nominee seeks a return to the White House during the 5 November election: that crime has been rampant and out of control without him in power.
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Of course it did… Murders started creeping up in 2019, you know, when Trump was President:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/murder
Up again in 2020, despite the pandemic, again, when Trump was President.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/10/27/what-we-know-about-the-increase-in-u-s-murders-in-2020/
“The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century”
And 2021, + another 5% on top of the +30%.
https://counciloncj.org/crime-trends-yearend-2021-update/
And down slightly in 2022.
https://abc7news.com/murders-down-116%25-in-us-as-crime-remains-key-election-issue/15344794/
Of course it went down in 2023, we’re still recovering from the pre and post covid spike.