Bad data from the FBI mislead about crime
The fourth quarter 2023 crime report from the FBI, the federal government’s keeper of crime data, is unreliable at best and ...
National Review4mon
New Reason to Doubt That Recent FBI Crime Statistics Are Sufficiently Complete
As Mastio notes, in late September, USA Today reported that “violent crime in the United States declined for the third straight year in 2023,” citing those same FBI statistics ...
Tampa Free Press on MSN4mon
FBI Quietly Revises 2022 Crime Data, Now Showing Increase In Violent Crime
The FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) originally indicated a 2.1% decrease in violent crime from 2021 to 2022. However, the ...
U.S. News & World Report12mon
Low Violent Crime Rate
This metric evaluates the number of violent crimes per 100,000 residents, according to data from the FBI. Violent crime includes murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, robbery, aggravated assault ...
Media Matters for America12mon
Right-wing media falsely claim FBI, Biden administration are “cooking the books” on crime data
Preliminary FBI crime statistics for 2023 suggest violent crime is down from a pandemic spike and from 2022. While initial data, based on reports from about 80% of U.S. law enforcement agencies ...