Safety in America: New FBI Data Show Crime Declines in 2017
"The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), as it is officially known, is an
important bellwether for crime and safety in the United States. In
recent years, the release of the FBI data has been accompanied by
warnings that violent crime is increasing and has been used to call for
hard-line policies to combat spikes in offending. However, as Vera has
reported in previous years, the overall trend has been (and continues to
be) one of a steady decline in crime rates. If we take the long-view,
the major crime categories tracked by the UCR that receive the most
attention (property crime, violent crime, and homicide) are at much
lower rates than their peak in the early 1990s."
Link to: FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Crime in the U.S., 2017
See also: Brennan Center for Justice: Crime and Murder in 2018: A Preliminary Analysis
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