Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice?
1 year, 5 months ago

Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice?

LA Times  

In a country the size of the U.S., scenes like this, of police investigating a homicide in Ontario, CA., are daily occurrences. But “the concept of a violent crime wave — it just really doesn’t exist,” Asher said. “Every time there’s a smash-and-grab, it just amplifies in people’s minds that crime’s out of control,” said pollster David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University polling center, which has surveyed residents of many of the country’s major cities. They’re not, however, the voters who most often back policies traditionally seen as tough on crime — longer sentences, for example, or expanded police powers. There’s evidence, however, that even if public perceptions of crime remain at odds with reality, voters are less prone to support “lock them up” as a solution.

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Crime rate stable but more gun-related incidents, says CBS
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Crime rate stable but more gun-related incidents, says CBS

Dutch News  

Dutch police registered 812,000 crimes last year, virtually unchanged from 2023 and the continuation of a stable crime rate that began in 2018, national statistics agency CBS said on Tuesday. However, the number of gun and other weapon-related crimes was up 24% over the 10 years since 2014, the CBS said. Nationwide, police registered 45 crimes per 1,000 people, a …

US cities largely saw a drop in violent crime in 2024, yet many still feel unsafe
2 months, 1 week ago

US cities largely saw a drop in violent crime in 2024, yet many still feel unsafe

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As U.S. police departments release …

Murder rates drop for third year in a row as Trump complains nation is ‘breaking down’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Murder rates drop for third year in a row as Trump complains nation is ‘breaking down’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Although Trump declared in a Truth Social post Thursday that the U.S. is “breaking …

"Remarkable": Despite GOP fear-mongering, experts say new crime data shows US "safest" in decades
7 months, 2 weeks ago

"Remarkable": Despite GOP fear-mongering, experts say new crime data shows US "safest" in decades

Salon  

Violent crime in the nation's major cities plummeted in the first six months of 2024 as the early COVID-era crime surge subsides, new data suggests. While the FBI Uniform Crime report points to a similarly significant drop in overall violent crime for the first quarter of the year — showing a 15.2 percent decrease between January and March 2024 compared …

Republicans say Biden’s America is awash in immigrant-driven crime. What do the data say?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans say Biden’s America is awash in immigrant-driven crime. What do the data say?

LA Times  

One after another, Republican leaders painted a dire picture of America from the Republican National Convention stage in Milwaukee on Tuesday, suggesting the nation is awash in violent crime driven by an “invasion” of “illegal aliens” and “Chinese fentanyl” at the southern border. In an interview with The Times, he said the Republican talking points about rising violent crime “would …

Here's Some Of The False Claims You May Hear During First Biden-Trump Debate
9 months ago

Here's Some Of The False Claims You May Hear During First Biden-Trump Debate

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING To hear former President Donald Trump tell it, the U.S. has fallen apart under President Joe Biden: the economy is failing, countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions across the southern border and crime has skyrocketed. The FBI’s annual crime report for 2022, the last year for which yearly data is available, showed violent crime across …

Authorities across US grapple with a rash of violence in final days of spring
9 months, 1 week ago

Authorities across US grapple with a rash of violence in final days of spring

Associated Press  

Communities across the country are grappling with a rash of violence in the final days of spring that included at least four mass shootings in one weekend, and continued Monday with stabbings outside an Indiana strip mall. The shooting at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock also wounded two children, Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks said. Indianapolis stabbing In …

FBI data show sharp drop in violent crime but steepness is questioned
9 months, 2 weeks ago

FBI data show sharp drop in violent crime but steepness is questioned

Associated Press  

The Biden administration is taking credit for a sharp drop in violent crime nationwide earlier this year but one expert cautions that the declines in FBI data are preliminary and likely overstated. The data show steep drops in every category of violent crime in every region in the first three months of 2024 compared to a year earlier, continuing a …

Violent crime is down and the US murder rate is plunging, FBI statistics show
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Violent crime is down and the US murder rate is plunging, FBI statistics show

CNN  

CNN — Violent crime dropped by more than 15% in the United States during the first three months of 2024, according to statistics released Monday by the FBI. In a statement Monday, Attorney General Merrick Garland stressed the new data “makes clear that last year’s historic decline in violent crime is continuing.” “This continued historic decline in homicides does not …

Crime is not on the rise — so why do so many Americans think it is?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Crime is not on the rise — so why do so many Americans think it is?

Raw Story  

As we approach the 2024 election, crime is all over the media. As Gideon Taffe of Media Matters reported in January 2023, Fox produced “a misleading narrative” about the United States being in the grip of a crime wave in 2022, devoted 11 percent of its reporting to the topic in advance of the midterm election. “By focusing on racist …

US violent crime decreased in 2023, continuing to reverse pandemic-era spike, FBI data shows
1 year ago

US violent crime decreased in 2023, continuing to reverse pandemic-era spike, FBI data shows

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — New FBI statistics show overall violent crime in the U.S. dropped again last year, continuing a downward trend after a pandemic-era spike. The FBI’s report was in line with the findings of the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice, which found that homicides were down an average of 10% in a survey of 32 cities over the year before, …

Crime Rates Dwindle Despite Belief Among Americans That It's Rising
1 year ago

Crime Rates Dwindle Despite Belief Among Americans That It's Rising

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Newly released data from the FBI shows crime in the U.S. declined between the last quarter of 2022 and the last quarter of 2023, a pattern that runs counter to the common narrative that crime is increasing nationwide. According to the data, violent crime decreased by approximately 6% across all U.S. regions in the final quarter of …

Violent Crime Is Dropping, But Americans Feel Less Safe. : Consider This from NPR
1 year, 1 month ago

Violent Crime Is Dropping, But Americans Feel Less Safe. : Consider This from NPR

NPR  

Violent Crime Is Dropping, But Americans Feel Less Safe. Enlarge this image toggle caption Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images For people in the US, 2020 was one of the most dangerous years in decades. According to crime analyst Jeff Asher, "2023 featured one …

Violent crime in Los Angeles decreased in 2023. But officials worry the city is perceived as unsafe
1 year, 2 months ago

Violent crime in Los Angeles decreased in 2023. But officials worry the city is perceived as unsafe

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Violent crime overall in Los Angeles decreased more than 3% in 2023, officials said Wednesday, despite a perception that the nation’s second-largest city is unsafe. Blaring headlines and shocking video footage of smash-and-grab robberies, where dozens of individuals come into a luxury store and begin stealing en masse, has prompted some Californians to fear shopping — despite …

L.A. officials tout double-digit drop in violent crime in 2023
1 year, 2 months ago

L.A. officials tout double-digit drop in violent crime in 2023

LA Times  

In the latest sign that violent crime in Los Angeles is receding from a surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, LAPD officials on Wednesday released statistics showing double-digit percentage declines in both homicides and nonfatal shootings in 2023. California LAPD Chief Michel Moore to step down at end of February At a news conference with Mayor Karen Bass, the LAPD chief …

US homicide rates drop at record pace in 2023
1 year, 3 months ago

US homicide rates drop at record pace in 2023

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Major cities across the …

How the U.S. gun violence death rate compares with the rest of the world
1 year, 4 months ago

How the U.S. gun violence death rate compares with the rest of the world

NPR  

How the U.S. gun violence death rate compares with the rest of the world The deadly shooting this month in Maine has once again shone a spotlight on how frequent this type of violence is in the United States compared with other wealthy countries. The U.S. has the 28th-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 4.31 deaths …

US firearm homicide rate ticks down from pandemic peak, but remains elevated
1 year, 5 months ago

US firearm homicide rate ticks down from pandemic peak, but remains elevated

CNN  

CNN — After years of increases, the rate of firearm-related homicides in the United States decreased in 2022, according to data published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is the first time the national firearm homicide rate has fallen since a sharp increase was recorded from 2019 to 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to …

FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise
1 year, 5 months ago

FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — but property crimes rose substantially, according to data in the FBI’s annual crime report released Monday. Rachael Eisenberg, managing director of rights and justice for the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress, said …

Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, FBI report says
1 year, 5 months ago

Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, FBI report says

LA Times  

An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha. Data in the FBI’s annual crime report released Monday shows that violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year, dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the …

Crime is down, but fear is up: Why is L.A. still perceived as dangerous?
1 year, 5 months ago

Crime is down, but fear is up: Why is L.A. still perceived as dangerous?

LA Times  

Skipp Townsend remembers a time when crime got so bad at Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard that Metro buses used to barely slow down at the bus stop, where gang members were known to jump aboard and pick fights with passengers. The statistics may indicate the city is getting safer, but Townsend, who works with 2nd Call, a community based …

A troubling California trend: More violent crimes with guns even as restrictions tighten
1 year, 5 months ago

A troubling California trend: More violent crimes with guns even as restrictions tighten

LA Times  

Guns on display at a shop in Burbank. “It is particularly in the last few years that we have seen an increase in violent crime involving firearms,” said Magnus Lofstrom, policy director of criminal justice and a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. The last time firearms were involved in such a high percentage of violent …

New report points to homicide rate declines in US cities after pandemic-era spike
1 year, 8 months ago

New report points to homicide rate declines in US cities after pandemic-era spike

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Homicides are declining in a cross-section of American cities, though their numbers remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, according to a new report analyzing data from 30 U.S. cities. Several of the nation’s largest cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, are represented, but researchers didn’t have immediate access to data for others, like …

United States sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
1 year, 8 months ago

United States sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

The Hindu  

The United States has registered 28 mass killings during the first six months of this year, according to a database maintained jointly by the Associated Press, USA Today and the Northeastern University. “The fact that there’s 28 in half a year is a staggering statistic.” But the chaos of the first six months of 2023 doesn’t automatically doom the last …

U.S. sets grim new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
1 year, 8 months ago

U.S. sets grim new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

LA Times  

A child cries on a bus leaving the Covenant School in Nashville following a mass shooting at the campus in March. “What a ghastly milestone,” said Brent Leatherwood, whose three children were in class at a private Christian school in Nashville when a former student killed three children and three adults March 27. “You never think your family would be …

US sets grim mass killings record in first half of 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

US sets grim mass killings record in first half of 2023

Al Jazeera  

Country endured 28 mass killings – a total of 140 victims – amid uptick in gun violence and calls by some for stricter laws. The United States saw a record of 28 mass killings in the first half of 2023, The Associated Press has reported, as policymakers struggle to curb gun violence across the country. “The fact that there’s 28 …

What the latest police numbers show about crime in L.A., San Francisco and West Hollywood
1 year, 9 months ago

What the latest police numbers show about crime in L.A., San Francisco and West Hollywood

LA Times  

Police officers make their way into the LAPD’s downtown headquarters. As Los Angeles prepares to expand its police force with a boost in spending and plans to hire hundreds more officers, new data show that crime in the city has dropped moderately in 2023. By contrast, violent and property crimes both spiked in the first five months of 2022; the …

Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record pace
1 year, 10 months ago

Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record pace

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Four people found shot to death in an RV in a small Mojave Desert community in California. Now the discovery of seven people found shot to death in rural Oklahoma is keeping the U.S. on a torrid pace for mass killings in 2023 and could push the number of people slain past 100 for the year. Outrage …

Frequent Shootings Put U.S. Mass Killings On A Record Pace
1 year, 11 months ago

Frequent Shootings Put U.S. Mass Killings On A Record Pace

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES — The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a loop roughly once a week so far this year. Outrage doesn’t begin to describe how I feel.” The Parkland victims are among the 2,842 people who have died in mass killings in the U.S. since 2006, according …

Frequent shootings put U.S. mass killings on a record pace
1 year, 11 months ago

Frequent shootings put U.S. mass killings on a record pace

LA Times  

Students from a nearby school pay respects March 28 at a memorial for six people killed at the Covenant School in Nashville. Outrage doesn’t begin to describe how I feel.” The Parkland victims are among the 2,842 people who have died in mass killings in the U.S. since 2006, according to a database maintained by the AP and USA Today, …

FACT FOCUS: NYC crime is not worst ever, despite claims
1 year, 11 months ago

FACT FOCUS: NYC crime is not worst ever, despite claims

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Following Monday’s congressional hearing on violent crime in New York City, claims spread across social media that the bad old days are back in the nation’s largest city. “DEMOCRAT city councilman Robert Holden has lived in New York City for 71 years,” Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee that held the hearing tweeted, along with a clip …

‘When does this stop?’ For 2023, an alarmingly bloody start
2 years, 2 months ago

‘When does this stop?’ For 2023, an alarmingly bloody start

Associated Press  

In a country with more guns than people — and one emerging from three years of isolation, stress and infighting amid the pandemic — Americans are beginning 2023 with a steady barrage of mass slaughter. “When does this stop?” The carnage over eight days in California, where the dance hall victims Saturday night were among two dozen people killed in …

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US
2 years, 2 months ago

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US

Firstpost  

The gun problem in the United States is grave. The Saturday incident was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in May last year, wherein 19 children and two teachers were killed. As per the non-profit research group Gun Violence Archive, on Sunday alone, the US saw three mass shootings …

Hope emerges in 2022 as homicides dip in Los Angeles
2 years, 2 months ago

Hope emerges in 2022 as homicides dip in Los Angeles

LA Times  

Crime emerged as a key issue in local elections, as political ads often painted Los Angeles as a failed state where violent criminals have free rein. California Killings in L.A. are on pace to top last year’s high People are being killed in Los Angeles in 2022 at near the same elevated rate as last year, when homicides hit a …

Homicide is a leading cause of death in kids, and rates are rising, study finds
2 years, 3 months ago

Homicide is a leading cause of death in kids, and rates are rising, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Homicide is a leading cause of death for children in the United States, a new study says, and the overall rate has increased an average of 4.3% each year for nearly a decade. The overall homicide rate had an especially “precipitous” rise from 2019 to 2020, with rates increasing across several demographics, the study says. We think about …

Gun death rate nears three-decade high, with men at most risk
2 years, 3 months ago

Gun death rate nears three-decade high, with men at most risk

Live Mint  

The rate of gun deaths in the U.S. reached a 28-year high in 2021 after sharp increases in homicides of Black men and suicides among white men, an analysis of federal data showed. Since 1990, rates of gun-related homicide have been highest among Black men aged 20 to 24, the analysis said, with 142 fatalities per 100,000 people in this …

Oakland police are doubling down on a tough-on-crime plan. Some activists are skeptical
2 years, 4 months ago

Oakland police are doubling down on a tough-on-crime plan. Some activists are skeptical

LA Times  

Chief LeRonne Armstrong, shown last year, said the Oakland Police Department will be extending what was initially a 30-day initiative to deploy “all available resources” against gun violence. “That’s not plausible.” And despite the efforts laid out by Armstrong, Brooks described the Police Department’s relationship with the community as “horrific.” “Rather than actually addressing the small percentage of the folks …

Many midterm races focus on rising crime. Here's what the data does and doesn't show
2 years, 5 months ago

Many midterm races focus on rising crime. Here's what the data does and doesn't show

NPR  

Many midterm races focus on rising crime. Here's what the data does and doesn't show Enlarge this image toggle caption Jack Berman/Getty Images Jack Berman/Getty Images Crime and public safety are among the issues that have taken center stage in many midterm races nationwide, from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania to New York. "We don't really have a common definition of what …

FBI finds US crime rate steady in 2021, but data incomplete
2 years, 5 months ago

FBI finds US crime rate steady in 2021, but data incomplete

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI estimates violent crime rates didn’t increase substantially last year, though they remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to annual crime data. The report, released Wednesday, comes with major caveats — about 40% of law-enforcement agencies didn’t participate, including big cities like New York City, Los Angeles and Miami, after a major overhaul in the reporting system. The …

‘Devastating': Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Devastating': Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Cameron Taylor was watching an illegal street race that had attracted hundreds to an intersection in Portland, Oregon, but decided to leave as the crowd got increasingly unruly. In Portland, police busy with three killings and nine non-fatal shootings in 48 hours couldn’t control three illegal street races last weekend that attracted hundreds and shut down major …

Reports: California homicides, violent crime rose in 2021
2 years, 7 months ago

Reports: California homicides, violent crime rose in 2021

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Homicides in California increased again last year — as did other violent crimes — amid rising frustration as the state’s top Democrats are seeking to keep their jobs in upcoming elections. The state Department of Justice released its annual crime reports Thursday, showing upticks in violent crime and property crime rates in 2021 even as the total …

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
2 years, 8 months ago

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Ala. — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news. Just 5% of mass shootings end with four or more people dead, he said, “and only a quarter of those are in …

US mass shootings are on pace to match last year – the worst ever, Gun Violence Archive data show
2 years, 9 months ago

US mass shootings are on pace to match last year – the worst ever, Gun Violence Archive data show

CNN  

CNN — The United States is on pace to match or surpass its worst year on record for the number of mass shootings, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit that tracks gun violence incidents across the country. That’s the same number the country saw through June 5 in 2021 – the worst year on record …

Spike in US homicide rates was WORSE in Democrat-leaning areas with no link found to gun sales
2 years, 10 months ago

Spike in US homicide rates was WORSE in Democrat-leaning areas with no link found to gun sales

Daily Mail  

The double-digit rise in murders at the start of the coronavirus pandemic was felt more sharply in Democrat-leaning counties and had little or nothing to do with gun sales in those areas, new analysis reveals. Many analysts attribute the rise in homicides to the social upheaval from pandemic lockdowns and the collapse in police-community ties When analyzing the data county …

Murders with a gun SOARED by 35% in 2020 to their highest level in 25 years, new CDC report reveals
2 years, 10 months ago

Murders with a gun SOARED by 35% in 2020 to their highest level in 25 years, new CDC report reveals

Daily Mail  

Gun murders skyrocketed in the United States in 2020 and reached their highest rate since 1994, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection. The US racked up 19,350 firearm homicides in 2020, as calls to defund the police were sweeping the nation, marking a nearly 35 percent increase from 2019, the CDC said in a …

US firearm homicides hit highest rate in decades in 2020: CDC
2 years, 10 months ago

US firearm homicides hit highest rate in decades in 2020: CDC

Al Jazeera  

The rate was the highest since 1994, the US public health agency says, with 79 percent of all homicides in 2020 linked to guns. Young persons, males, and Black persons consistently have the highest firearm homicide rates, and these groups experienced the largest increases in 2020,” the report said. “Firearm injury is tragically a major public health problem in the …

US homicides: 10 of the country’s most populous cities set records last year
3 years, 2 months ago

US homicides: 10 of the country’s most populous cities set records last year

CNN  

CNN — More than two-thirds of the country’s 40 most populous cities saw more homicides last year than in 2020, according to a CNN analysis of police department data. Homicides spiked in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and subsequent unrest in cities across the country. According to the 2020 Uniform Crime Report from …

Good luck Eric! NYC murders close-in on 500 - the highest number in a DECADE
3 years, 2 months ago

Good luck Eric! NYC murders close-in on 500 - the highest number in a DECADE

Daily Mail  

As lame duck Mayor Bill de Blasio departs Gracie Mansion on Friday and incoming Mayor Eric Adams takes the gig, he has a lot of work to do to slow the city's crime wave. Murders have gone up in New York City each of the last three years, with numbers hitting a 10-year high in 2021 Crime overall has gone …

Fueled by gun violence, cities across the US are breaking all-time homicide records this year
3 years, 3 months ago

Fueled by gun violence, cities across the US are breaking all-time homicide records this year

CNN  

Austin, Texas CNN — One of the fastest-growing cities in the country, the capital of Texas is nearing the end of its deadliest year on record in 2021 as cities nationwide are experiencing a rise in homicides and gun violence incidents that began last year when the pandemic tightened its grip on the US. The rise in violent crime is …

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