Crime down
2023-12-26 17:16:51.085364+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Nothing new here, but good to have the recap (especially for the next time someone posts one of those "crime was lower when we beat our children" memes on Facebook): NBC News: 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.
A Gallup poll released this month found that 77% of Americans believe crime rates are worsening, but they are mistaken, the new FBI data and other statistics show.
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.
Although sometimes just tossing a link to the data is sufficient.