FBI 2023 decreases in crime

Violent Crime Totals By State

Highlights We present the states with the highest and lowest totals of violent crime and provide some context based on numbers provided by the FBI…

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Older individuals and criminal victimization

US Violence Is Both Increasing And Decreasing? Who’s Right?

Highlights We have a paradox, significantly rising violence and serious violence in 2022 per the National Crime Victimization Survey and mostly decreasing violent crime in…

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Fear Of Crime

Cities Ranked For Fear Of Crime-Do Crime Rates Impact Fear?

Highlights Gallup offers a poll on perceptions of crime-related safety for 16 American cities.  Do one-year reductions or increases in city crime rates or totals…

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Police Response Time Increases

Characteristics Of High-Crime Communities-Dangers To Children

Highlights Where crime is concentrated? Income and location mean much to parents rating neighborhoods as to potential dangers to their children. It’s a unique and…

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Understanding the Impact: 75 Million Crime Victimization in the United States Yearly

States Having The Highest Rates Of Violent And Property Crimes

Highlights Arizona, Colorado, and Washington states have much higher rates of violence when compared to other large states. Arizona, Colorado, California, Indiana, Texas, and Washington…

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American Views On Crime

Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is Increasing

Highlights Ever wonder why violence is increasing? Are there reasons why arrests are plummeting, correctional populations are at record lows and thousands of cops are…

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Solutions To “The Tragedy Of Baltimore’s Violence Problem”

Editor’s Note: This article supports the nationally syndicated Armstrong Williams television show (I’ve been a guest many times) regarding crime in Baltimore City. I was…

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Is The US One Of The Most Dangerous Countries?

Highlights Gallup’s Law and Order Index rates countries as to safety and confidence in law enforcement. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…

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Arrests By Age

The Homeless Are Far More Likely To Commit Crimes And To Be Victims

Highlights San Diego: experiencing homelessness have been involved with crime “at dramatically higher rates than the rest of the population,” whether as victims or offenders.…

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A Historic Crisis In Keeping Police Officers

Can Proactive Policing Save American Cities?

Highlights There is a big increase in the criminal victimization of urban households in 2021, 30 percent compared to 22 percent in 2020. Local fear…

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