Data in the FBI's annual crime report released Monday shows that violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year, dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But property crimes rose substantially. Violent crime dropped 1.7%, and that included a 6.1% decrease in murder and non-negligent manslaughter.
FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. FILE - An FBI Evidence Response Team investigator walks behind crime scene, July 15, 2023, in Fargo, N.D. FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. FILE - An FBI Evidence Response Team investigator walks behind crime scene, July 15, 2023, in Fargo, N.D.
Violent crime dropped 1.7%, and that included a 6.1% decrease in murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Rape decreased 5.4% and aggravated assault dropped 1.1%, but robbery increased 1.3%. Violent crime had alsoThe violent crime rate of 380.7 per 100,000 people was a tick better than 2019 — the year before the pandemic hit the U.S., when the rate was 380.8 per 100,000 people.
For this year’s report, the FBI used data voluntarily collected from agencies using the newer National Incident-Based Reporting System, but also included data from agencies still using an older system, known as the Summary Reporting System. That accounted, in part, for the huge increase in participating agencies.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Dallas violent crime is down, but that's not the whole storyDallas violent crime is down, but criminologists working with the police department have raised some red flags about the on-going problem of violent crime in...
Read more »
Funeral for Illinois Muslim boy stabbed to death in brutal Plainfield hate crime set for MondayThe funeral and vigil for a 6-year-old Illinois Muslim boy who was the victim of a brutal stabbing and hate crime that also left his 32-year-old mother…
Read more »
Funeral for Illinois Muslim boy stabbed to death in brutal hate crime set for MondayThe funeral and vigil for a 6-year-old Illinois Muslim boy who was the victim of a brutal stabbing and hate crime that also left his 32-year-old mother…
Read more »
Mortal Kombat 1's Omni-Man Trailer Features Callbacks to Invincible's Most Violent MomentsMortal Kombat 1 will show just how brutal Omni-Man is.
Read more »
10 Most Violent Westerns of All Time, RankedThe Wild Bunch, Bone Tomahawk and The Proposition are among the most brutally violent, bloody Western movies ever made.
Read more »
Study reveals violent material ejection process of a dying massive starA research team led by Dr. Zhang Jujia from Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Wang Xiaofeng from Tsinghua University has revealed the stellar mass violently ejected from a progenitor at the end of its life by observing the once-in-a-decade supernova SN 2023ixf.
Read more »