Summary
In 2024, many U.S. cities reported historic declines in homicides and reductions in other violent crimes compared to 2023.
Cities like Philadelphia and Chicago saw notable drops, but some, such as Charlotte and Baton Rouge, experienced increases.
Despite these improvements, public perception of crime remains high, influenced by political rhetoric, media coverage, and local apps.
Experts note that gun violence disproportionately affects Black communities, impacting safety perceptions.
While intervention programs helped reduce violence, concentrated crime and rising shooting lethality continue to shape public unease.
well when the major conservative media “news” outlet sells CONSTANT FEAR and FEAR THE BLACK AND BROWN AND GAY AND EVERYONE NOT CONSERVATIVE IS ANTIFA 25/8 and the other legitimate news outlets are deathly afraid for some reason of losing ratings to that propaganda outlet that they parrot the exact same thing but with tamer language (which also kinda de-legitimatizes them to be honest), you get that kind of thing.
also what doesn’t help, is the constant blowout coverage of mass shootings that the neworks do (which also strangely are committed by white male conservatives) which also fuels the narrative of rampant violent crime.