But but but crime is down
July 2024
Crime rates in major U.S. cities declined substantially in the first half of 2024, according to novel data from NORC at the University of Chicago’s new Live Crime Tracker.
Using data from the Live Crime Tracker, a city panel that collects daily crime reports from the open records of 49 mid-sized and large U.S. cities, we find that both property and violent crime declined at a historically anomalous rate from January 1 to June 30, 2024, compared with the same period in 2023.
Three major types of crime declined by more than 22 percent: Homicide (-22.3 percent), Burglary (-22.5 percent), and Motor Vehicle Theft (-22.1 percent).
Robbery declined 13.9 percent, Larceny/Theft declined 8.9 percent, and Simple Assault declined 6.3 percent.
Aggravated Assault (-1.1 percent) and Sex Offenses (-4.4 percent) were essentially unchanged from the prior year.
That BS “fact check here on MSNBC shows crime rate is down.”
“But the Trump Right extremists continue to promote the myth.”
Meaning plea bargain deals reduce charges, violent crimes are reclassified to misdemeanors and some are ignored with police told to stand down to there won’t be escalation.
Do citizens feel safer? No.
Showing that crime reporting & actual sentencing is down.
Other reporting indicates the crimes & attacks continue unabated.