FBI: Murders And Violent Crime Down Sharply In 2023

The New York Times reports:

Detroit is on track to record the fewest murders since the 1960s. In Philadelphia, where there were more murders in 2021 than in any year on record, the number of homicides this year has fallen more than 20 percent from last year. And in Los Angeles, the number of shooting victims this year is down more than 200 from two years ago. The rapid decline in homicides isn’t the only story. Among nine violent and property crime categories, the only figure that is up is motor vehicle theft.

The decline in crime contrasts with perceptions, driven in part by social media videos of flash-mob-style shoplifting incidents, that urban downtowns are out of control. Homicides are down by 13 percent in Chicago and by 11 percent in New York, where shootings are down by 25 percent — two cities that former President Donald J. Trump called “crime dens” in a campaign speech this year.

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Crime is dropping at record rates. Homicides are down 13% in Chicago. Shootings are down 25% in New York. LA had 200 fewer shooting victims than 2 years ago. And Detroit has its fewest homicides since 1966.

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