Violent Crime Dropped in 2018 to the Second-Lowest Point Since 1991
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently released its annual crime statistics report. There hasn’t been much media coverage of the report, but it does show the violent crime rate…
End the Fear-Mongering, Crime Is Going Down
Perhaps one of the most misleading comments in the past few years is that the United States is seeing a new crime wave develop. Politicians who have long pushed for…
No, Crime Is Still Not on the Rise
For as long as publishers have needed to sell papers and television networks have needed to attract viewers, the promotion of sensational, overblown claims about how terrible everything is has…
New FBI Data Show Violent Crime Continued Downward Trend in 2014
The national violent crime rate continued to decline in 2014, according to data released on Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The decline is part of trend dating back…
Is Violent Crime Really on the Rise?
Media reports are stoking fears of a sharp rise in homicides in some cities in the United States. This has been used by some to advance the notion that crime…