Despite this decline, when viewed in international comparison, the U.S. murder rate is still notably high. For example, the Canadian homicide rate stood at 1.94 in 2023, while the homicide rate in England and Wales was even lower. Read more ...
Murders in the United States were down 11.6% in 2023, according to statistics released by the FBI Monday morning. Themurder ratewent down from 6.2 per 100,000 people in 2022 to 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2023. Violent crime,which is one of the top issues for voters in the presidential ...
The motor vehicle theft rate — nearly 319 per 100,000 people — was the highest last year since 2007. The limitations of the FBI’s data The FBI collects data through its Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and not all law enforcement agencies in the U.S. participate. The 2023 ...
[05:37.92]It said that the violent crime victimization rate [05:42.56]rose from about 16 per 1,000 people in 2020 [05:49.36]to 22.5 last year. [05:54.00]The report said that the rate last year [05:57.20]was not sta...
“In some ways, ‘Is crime up?’ is a poorly defined question. Do you mean murder, do you mean the FBI definitions, are you talking about car theft, or are you talking about shoplifting or things that are difficult to measure?” Asher said. “Or maybe you’re thinking of things that...
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A western Michigan woman is accused of setting a house fire that killed her 12-year-old daughter who was trapped in a bedroom Associated PressJan. 28, 2025 Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters Will Not Run for Reelection, Opening a Key Senate Seat in 2026 ...
A brazen murder in broad daylight on the 19200 block of Schoolcraft on Detroit’s Northwest side. Police say it’s the result of an argument between two men, which is all too familiar with what many residents call an escalating homicide crisis in the Motor City. "If we look at a...
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Best States Suburban Seattle Officer Gets Over 16 Years in Prison for Fatally Shooting a Homeless Man .A suburban Seattle police officer who was convicted of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man has been sentenced to over 16 years in prison. Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson...