Did US homicide rate rise or fall in 2023? The answer might surprise you.
Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They’re wrong.
“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.”
“The FBI data, which compares crime rates in the third quarter of 2023 to the same period last year, found that violent crime dropped 8%, while property crime fell 6.3% to what would be its lowest level since 1961, according to criminologist Jeff Asher, who analyzed the FBI numbers.
Murder plummeted in the United States in 2023 at one of the fastest rates of decline ever recorded, Asher found, and every category of major crime except auto theft declined.
Yet 92% of Republicans, 78% of independents and 58% of Democrats believe crime is rising, the Gallup survey shows.”
Homicides in U.S. set to drop by record numbers this year
The U.S. is on course to end 2023 with one of the largest annual drops in homicides on record, according to preliminary figures from AH Datalytics, a data analysis firm.
Why it matters: The findings appear to be at odds with Americans’ perception of crime both in their communities and in the rest of the country.
- More than three-quarters (77%) of Americans believe crime has increased in the U.S. since last year, according to a Gallup survey of 1,009 adults released last month.
- A majority (55%) also said crime was rising in their local area.
- “Both figures are similar to what Gallup measured last year and rank among the most pessimistic readings in the respective trends,” the company said.
Regardless of what the GOP and FoxNews tells you, Violent Crime has gone DOWN over the years,
Which city is safer Mike Pence? New York City or Indianapolis?
Which states have the least and most crime?
“Northeastern states have the lowest crime rates, while states in the South and West have the most crime”
Saying the quiet part out loud:
“Defund the Police” is a LIE
Remind me again who was President in 2020 and who was President in 2021…
Violent Crime Reports Dropped Slightly Last Year, FBI Says
“Reported violent crime in the U.S. dropped slightly last year from 1,326,600 incidents in 2020 to 1,313,200 in 2021, the FBI said in a new report released Wednesday. The 2020 figure was up 5.6 percent from 2019, however.”
A great political ad:
Let’s ask FoxNews:
Fox News: House Republicans Voted to Defund the Police
“JUNE 27, 2021
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From the Speaker’s Press Office:
House Republicans voted against the American Rescue Plan’s billions in funding available to keep police officers on the street – and Fox News is asking tough questions about it.”
DEMOCRATS’ NEW MIDTERM STRATEGY: KNOCKING THE GOP FOR VOTE AGAINST POLICE FUNDING
“Republicans’ vote against the American Rescue Plan — which released funds that some cities are using to hire more police — is now being used against them.”
What does ‘defund the police’ mean and does it have merit?
““Defund the police” means reallocating or redirecting funding away from the police department to other government agencies funded by the local municipality. That’s it. It’s that simple. Defund does not mean abolish policing.”
Let’s Compare some GOP Legislator’s home towns to other towns, shall we?
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield, CA to border town El Paso, TX (The Border!!!)
BAKERSFIELD, CA CRIME ANALYTICS
Jim Jordan’s Lima, OH vs Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, CA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA CRIME ANALYTICS
Mitch McConnell’s Louisville, KY vs Chuck Schumer’s New York City, NY
LOUISVILLE, KY CRIME ANALYTICS
I created some maps:
