Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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If people aren’t panicked, they wouldn’t elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

  • MelllvarEnglish
    -3•11 months ago

    The claim that crime is down is based entirely on voluntarily statistical reports submitted to the FBI by police departments? Seems kinds of thin.

    • @elephantiumEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      I’m curious, do you have any ideas about where else we could get crime statistics?

        • @elephantiumEnglish
          4•11 months ago

          Well, what is your point? If we can’t trust the statistics we do have “because police are just making them up”, then … we know nothing at all about crime levels? That doesn’t seem helpful. You must have some idea of what could be done better.

          • MelllvarEnglish
            -2•11 months ago

            Exactly what I said. That the data is thin.

            you must have some idea of what could be done better.

            If I don’t, does that invalidate my point? Does the cited data become more reliable somehow?