Conflated property crimes with violent crimes to torture the data. The ubiquitous proliferation of digital security cameras and cell phone cameras has probably done more to decrease property crimes than any other factor.
The early 1990s represented the peak of the crack epidemic. Current rates for aggravated assault, rape, and homicide remain above 1990 levels and are increasing. The violent crime rate increased 5% from 2020 to 2021 and 2% from 2021 to 2022. The intentional homicide rate increased 28.64% from 2019 to 2020.
Our most populous cities are responsible for the increases in violent crime from 2011 to present . Violent crime has decreased in medium cities and the rest of the nation.
If you remove the crime statistics from the 20 most populated cites in the United States (all run by democrats for the last 70+ years) this country would have a lower crime rate than Lichtenstein.
If you remove the crime statistics for young black men (say 16 to 35) the crime rate gets stunningly low.
In whitopia suburbs and exurbs the cops get bored to death.