Giving Crime Victims A Fighting Chance-A New National Victims Taskforce

Are Clueless Americans Obsessed With Fear Of Crime?-New Data

Highlights Americans state that crime is one of their top concerns. Per Gallup, fear of crime is at record levels. Crime was a top issue…

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Do We Know Why Crime Is Declining?

Arrests And Crime Victims By Race And Ethnicity

Highlights- Updated in September 2025 This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. The article answers readers’ questions as to who is arrested and…

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Is A Record Low In Alcohol Use Connected To Crime Reductions?

Crime Is Up-Crime Is Down-Who’s Right?

Highlights Like declining inflation, most Americans don’t feel the change which is why the economy leads the nation’s voter priorities. Like crime, most Americans don’t…

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Black Perceptions Of Police

The Reader’s War: Progressives–Conservatives And Crime

Highlights There are more Independents than Democrats or Republicans. If we truly cared for the welfare of our fellow citizens, we would admit that we…

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National FBI Crime Statistics Need Clarification

Per FBI-Cybercrimes Almost Double-37 Billion In Losses Since 2019

Highlights There have been huge increases in cybercrime-internet crimes since 2019. There have been 37 billion dollars in cybercrime losses since 2019. These crimes cost…

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National FBI Crime Statistics Need Clarification

Crime Decreased In 2023 Per The FBI-Metropolitan Areas Still Struggle With Crime

Highlights Except for homicides and rapes, most of the decreases in metropolitan areas (where the vast majority of Americans live) are rather small. Robberies increased…

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Increasing Or decreasing Crime?

Growing Concerns About Violence Despite FBI Statistics-Who’s Right?

Highlights The President and others insist that violent crime has decreased considerably. Yet data, citizens, and recent media reports say the opposite. Who’s right? Author…

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Is A Record Low In Alcohol Use Connected To Crime Reductions?

Arrests By Age-Juveniles Have The Highest Categories For Most Violent Crimes

Highlights The latest report from the FBI shows arrests by age. Juvenile arrests are astoundingly high. The number of juveniles killing other juveniles was the…

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When Pigs Fly-Democratic Leadership Gets Tough On Crime

So It’s Impossible To Have An Honest Conversation About Crime?

Highlights How are crime writers supposed to place violent crime in its proper perspective? How do we factually write about crime when the issue has…

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Months having the most crime-crime by month

Violent And Property Crimes By Month

Highlights Data for the most prominent months for violent and property crimes are available. Times that most crimes occur are also offered. Author Leonard Adam…

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When Pigs Fly-Democratic Leadership Gets Tough On Crime

President Biden States That Crime Decreased Considerably-Did It?

Highlights President Biden firmly states that crime went down considerably in 2022 based on the most recent yearly crime reports. He suggests that crime went…

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Washington Post Says Social Programs Dramatically Reduced Homicides-Are They Right?

Males Are Arrested Far More Than Females Yet Women In Prison Skyrocket

Highlights We’ve been looking at data from the FBI for 2022 (the latest yearly numbers) examining an array of crime topics. The final three include…

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Nearly Six In 10 Mayors Called Juvenile Crime “Serious Or Very Serious”

Does Child Abuse And Family-Community Instability Cause Violent Crime?

Introduction A synopsis of family and community violence research that is strongly connected to those involved in violent crime. Childhood trauma can “rewire” the brain,…

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Do We Know Why Crime Is Declining?

75 Million US Crime Victims: Understanding The Impact

  Introduction      Every year, tens of millions of Americans become victims of violent and property crimes, with statistics drawn from federal sources and…

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How Many People Are Victimized By Crime Each Year

How Many Americans Are Victimized By Violent And Property Crime Yearly?

Introduction Tens of millions of Americans are victimized by violent and property crimes yearly. Approximate and direct numbers from federal sources and Gallup are below.…

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There Have To Be Reasons For Declining Crime-Arrest Statistics

Understanding How The US Collects Reported Crime Data

Highlights If you’re interested in yearly national “reported” crime data from the FBI, and how it’s produced, and what affects the numbers, this article is…

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Do Cops Control Crime And Improve Public Safety?

77% Say Their Interaction With Police Was A Positive Experience

Highlights A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54…

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Giving Crime Victims A Fighting Chance-A New National Victims Taskforce

Crime Victims By Age-Those 50 And Above Have Surprisingly High Numbers

Highlights We may want to rethink our traditional assessment of older individuals as being safe from violent and property crimes. Those in the 50-65 and…

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Most People Victimized By People They Know

What Causes Murders And Aggravated Assaults?

Highlights An overview of the circumstances of homicides and aggravated assaults. Per assaults on law enforcement, there were close to 20,000 aggravated assaults. There were…

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