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Murder and non-negligent manslaughter recorded a 2023 estimated nationwide decrease of 11.6% compared to the previous year. In 2023, the estimated number of offenses in the revised rape...
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.
Key findings: crime is down across the board. Nearly all metrics of crime declined in 2023, with murder dropping most precipitously by a record-setting 11.6 percent. When broken down by rate — the number of offenses per 100,000 people — that is a decline of 12 percent.
According to the FBI, there were 21,156 cases of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, defined as the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another, in 2022 - equivalent to a rate...
Homicides across the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in 2023, according to FBI data released this week, declining for the second consecutive year after a precipitous spike during the coronavirus...
After three years of distressingly high levels, homicides in the US declined significantly across the board in 2023 – even as the public’s concerns about crime remained at its highest in over ...