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Bookmark or Share- FBI — Violent Crime - Federal Bureau of InvestigationIn the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Violent crimes...
- Violent Crime — FBISignificant violent crime incidents such as mass killings, sniper murders, and serial killings can paralyze entire communities and stretch state and local law enforcement resources to their...
- Violent crimes - USAFactsViolent crime statistics include aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and homicide. The definitions of each have changed over time, particularly for rape and sexual assault. For this reason, data is not always comparable across time. There were a total of 1,313,105 violent crimes in the US in 2020, an increase of 5% or ... Read More.
- How the Spike in Murders Impacted the U.S. - The New York TimesIn 2020, murders in the United States spiked more than 27 percent — the largest percentage increase in at least six decades. Last year, murders went up again. Those murders resulted in the...
- New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down.Murders are a good measurement for the most serious violent crimes, partially because they are almost always reported to police. According to the FBI’s crime statistics, the number of murders dropped by 6.1% from 2021 to 2022, but is still higher than where it was prior to the pandemic.
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