CNN

The FBI releases crime stats months after the fact. This new crime tracker is trying to be more timely – and the FBI is too

In September 2024, the FBI released data with some retroactively good news: Violent crime declined across the US in 2023. Has that trend continued this year? The FBI’s preliminary information says yes ...
The Atlantic

The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country

Last summer, a protester in Seattle made an anti-police sign with an unusual message. Hey SPD, it read. Crime is down 20 percent, and you had nothing to do with it. The taunt was glib, but it hinted ...
The New York Times

Crime Has Been a Big Talking Point. How Does It Look in Battleground States?

Even as violence crime rates fall, Republicans have sought to tie murders and drug overdoses to migrants. Here’s a rundown of crime rates in swing states. By Shaila Dewan Michael Corkery and Tim ...
Yahoo

Violent crime went up, not down under Biden, revised FBI numbers show

Violent crime increased under Joe Biden rather than decreasing as previously thought, revised figures from the FBI show. Thousands more murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults occurred in ...
Time

Why Crime Rates Are Falling Across the U.S.

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Phys.org

Street lighting and public safety: Researchers evaluate the effect of improved street lighting on crime rates

It's an almost universally accepted truth that walking in well-lit areas is safer. But Aaron Chalfin, associate professor of criminology in Penn's School of Arts & Sciences; John MacDonald, ...