The first three months of 2024 saw a continued drop in levels of violent crime and murder across the country, according to data released by the FBI on Monday -- a trend that Attorney General Merrick Garland called "historic."
Reported incidents of violent crime dropped 15% between January and March of this year compared to the same period last year, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Data.
Murders dropped by more than 26% in the same time period, the data shows.
The FBI has not released details about the number of incidents for the categories of crime. It will do so when 80% participation levels are met, the agency said.
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 2y
Don't let that stop the media from scaring people though.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I'd also call out - don't let police spin this.
Was just reading about how my city's police force is demanding more money after the rise of vandalism and other crime.
Nobody@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 2y
Millennials are ruining crime, and they can't blame this one on a lack of disposable income. Go stick up a liquor store, ya lazy bums.
son_named_bort@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
I'm doing my part by taping Monday Night Football without the expressed written consent of ESPN or the National Football League.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
You absolutely can. Can't kill your s/o if you rely on their income to live.
Stern@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
Fox gonna spin this as criminals being too broke to crime or something
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 2y
Criminals have given up crime and have become woke!1!1
whygohomie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Shocking Murder Vic Confession: "I didn't even know I was dead.Thats how good they are."
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The moment a brown guy kills a person in bumfuck nowhere, they'll use that story for weeks about savages and how these monsters can disturb white folks way of life a thousand miles away.
DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 2y
Yay! Also has me wondering about “white collar” crime.
gdog05@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y
Estimated $50b in wage theft against workers per year I'm thinking white collar isn't being included.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world · -14 pts · 2y
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y
How does that "zero out". A bunch of upper and middle managers embezzling millions somehow cancels the harm of not paying, usually the lowest paid employees, their fair earned wages?
Explain the logic there?
Telodzrum@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 2y
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Those are indeed numbers
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
From your article-
Meaning that doesn't show anything being zeroed out, it means there were nearly 400 federal employee fraud cases.
And then it says-
In other words, that's utter hogwash.
franklin@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
I wonder if we have any statistics for non-violent crime like theft, grocery stores keep going on about rising pretty theft and I have my doubts.
cor@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 2y
or maybe:
e.g. https://www.govexec.com/management/2022/05/biden-orders-all-federal-law-enforcement-wear-body-cameras/367381/
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
My takeaway: Police do less work... Violent crime down.
Looks like the crime was doing itself!
Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Party of the rule of law… wait…
Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run · 13 pts · 2y
Is this more confirmation of the Lead Crime Hypothesis? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis)
MartianRecon@lemmus.org · 19 pts · 2y
Imagine how much crime would drop if we had basic housing and income for everyone!
Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run · 22 pts · 2y
Turns out we already have some clear data, and don't need to speculate.
What Would Happen If We Just Gave People Money? https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/universal-basic-income/
City-funded housing repairs in low-income neighborhoods associated with drop in crime https://phys.org/news/2021-07-city-funded-housing-low-income-neighborhoods-crime.pdf
The Unsung Role That Ordinary Citizens Played in the Great Crime Decline https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/upshot/the-unsung-role-that-ordinary-citizens-played-in-the-great-crime-decline.html
VERIFY: Does affordable housing bring more crime? (note, the answer as usual is no.) https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/verify/verify-does-affordable-housing-bring-more-crime/93-560002876
Places across the U.S. are testing no-strings cash as part of the social safety net https://www.npr.org/2024/03/05/1233440910/cash-aid-guaranteed-basic-income-social-safety-net-poverty
MartianRecon@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 2y
Sweet I've seen a few of those! I was hoping someone had them on hand =)
Thanks for sharing man!
Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run · 4 pts · 2y
I was curious,too. So I put a more or less direct quote of your question in DDG. :-D
MartianRecon@lemmus.org · 4 pts · 2y
Thanks! <3
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Maybe not violent crime, but, Trump is doing his personal damnedest to boost the crime rate.
Lock him up!
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Sort of a joke that white collar crime never seems to get a mention in hysterical news blotter crime statistics.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Yet, it carries the highest value. (no disrespect to human lives lost).
kandoh@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
Everyone is too busy complaining on the internet to do crimes
SeaJ@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
And Republicans will still act like crime is at an all time high because all they watch is Fox News and Newsmax.
eestileib@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah, well. Ignoring the crime done by Republicans will do that.