Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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If people aren’t panicked, they wouldn’t elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

  • dmtalon@infosec.pubEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Well, I read.the article, then asked two relatives who are both cops.

    Obviously their experience is localized, but the response I got from them that overall violent crimes are not down, they are in fact up. I won’t go into any details but they both indicated things like house break-ins are down most likely due to work from home but murders, which I would consider violent crime are not trending down.

    Take that for what it’s worth.

    • shackled@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Not to be rude but that is worth little to nothing in the frame of this discussion. Crime will go up in some areas and down in others. FBI data compiles all of that data, including the precinct of your relatives. The data shows overall numbers are down.

      Now if the discussion was about what areas have seen upticks and why, then you information would be slightly more relevant. Even then, we would still need to clarify whether your relatives gave you their statement based on a report provided by their precinct or based on their personal experience.