The fourth quarter 2023 crime report from the FBI, the federal government’s keeper of crime data, is unreliable at best and deceptive at worst. The FBI’s preliminary 2023 data show murder ...

The FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) originally indicated a 2.1% decrease in violent crime from 2021 to 2022. However, the ...

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 ...

While the number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive year in 2023, it remained among the highest annual ...

Right-wing media are suggesting that the FBI is releasing incorrect data to show crime is decreasing to help President Joe Biden win the 2024 presidential election. Conservative media figures are ...

On June 10, the bureau released the FBI quarterly crime report data for Q1, which showed a significant drop in violent crime and property crime. While this report is not conclusive, the findings ...

The FBI said yesterday that violent crime fell 3% in the U.S. last year while murder and non-negligent homicide dropped 11.6% — the sharpest decline in two decades — and reported rapes were ...

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 ...

“There is a broader desire I think within the administration to at best ignore data and put their head ... direction of returning the FBI to its primary crime fighting mission." ...