Violent crime held relatively steady, ticking down a meager 1%, while homicides jumped 4.3% during 2021, according to an estimate from the FBI's 'Crime in the Nation' report.
jumped from 22,000 in 2020 to 22,900 in 2021, the report found. The bureau is cautioning that its report, which is historically one of the most extensive in the United States, is premised on scanter data than prior reports due to sagging local participation."For years, the FBI’s [Uniform Crime Reporting] Program has provided annual snapshots of crime in the nation.
The sagging participation appears to be the result of the bureau's reporting requirements that demanded more information from participants, CNNViolent crime is an umbrella measurement that captures homicide, aggravated assault, rape, and other types of criminal activity that entail physical force. Fueling much of the apparent slim decrease in violent crimes was a major 8.9% drop in the rate of robberies from 2020 to 2021. In the prior year,
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