https://popular.info/p/new-data-explodes-myth-of-crime-wave
'Republican politicians and sympathetic media outlets are claiming that America
is in the midst of a violent "crime wave," driven in part by undocumented
immigrants. New data, however, demonstrates that there was not a spike in
violent crime in 2023. Instead, across America, rates of violent crime are
dropping precipitously — and the decline is especially pronounced in border
states.
In January 2024, the Republican National Committee claimed that “crime
continues at historic highs in Democrat-run cities.” Representative Jim Jordan
(R-OH) declared in February 2024 that “[i]n Joe Biden’s America you get…cities
plagued with crime.” These claims, however, are not supported by facts.
The most comprehensive look at violent crime in the United States in 2023 will
come when the FBI publishes its national
Uniform Crime Report. But that will
not happen until the fall. But, as crime analyst Jeff Asher explains in his
newsletter, the FBI report is based on individual Uniform Crime Reports
submitted by each state. Asher identified 14 states that have released their
Uniform Crime Reports publicly. The data has not been completely finalized and
could be adjusted slightly before formally submitting it to the FBI. But this
data is the best early look at violent crime trends last year.
Asher found that both murder and violent crime declined in 12 of 14 states.'
Via Kevin O/Brien.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
