U.S. violent crimes fell in 2022, FBI says — but property crime is up

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U.S. violent crimes fell in 2022, FBI says — but property crime is up
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Reported murder and non-negligent manslaughter cases in 2021 nationwide fell 6.1% compared to 2021.

New York Police Department officers and detectives investigate the fatal stabbing of two young children at an apartment building on Echo Place in Mount Hope, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. Photo: Jeff Bachner/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Imagesin some cities contributed to a halt on police reform efforts and pressure on Democratic mayors, but new data suggests the tide may be turning.nationwide fell 6.1% compared to 2021, according to the FBI.

The estimated number of reported rape cases saw an estimated 5.4% decrease and aggravated assaults were down 1.1.% Overall, the rate of violent crime — such as murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault — per 100,000 inhabitants was 380.7 compared to 387 in 2021, an Axios review of FBI data found.The rate of property crime per 100,000 inhabitants jumped to 1,954.4 compared to 1,832.3 the year before.

Police reported to the FBI 3,624,208 larceny-theft cases in 2022, for example, compared to 3,227,622 the year before, illustrating theThe FBI reported a 6.9% increase in hate crimes from 2021 to 2022 and a rise in law enforcement participating in reporting.don't compel their law enforcement agencies to aggressively report hate crimes, hurting the FBI in gathering good data about bias crime

The top reported bias crimes in 2022 were anti-Black for race/ethnicity/ancestry bias, anti-Jewish for religious bias, and anti-gay for sexual orientation bias, the FBI said.The FBI said it is using old and new systems of crime data collection this year after it came under criticism last year when a number of agencies didn't report their crimes.Crime is expected to be a significant issue in the 2024 election, but violent crime rates are still nowhere near their highs in the 1990s.

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