Violent crime decreased by 10.3% within the first six months of 2024, in accordance with newly launched preliminary FBI knowledge.
From January to June 2024, the Quarterly Uniform Crime Report discovered that:
- Homicide decreased by 22.7%.
- Rape decreased by 17.7%.
- Theft decreased by 13.6%.
- Aggravated assault decreased by 8.1%.
- Property crime decreased by 13.1%.
The preliminary knowledge relies on voluntary submissions from 14,809 of 19,311 regulation enforcement companies within the nation.
The Midwest noticed the biggest proportion drop by area, with a 12% drop in violent crime.
On this mixture of images taken in Pennsylvania, Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a marketing campaign occasion, Aug. 18, 2024, in Rochester, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion, Aug. 19, 2024, in York.
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Violent crime in 2024, a prime concern for voters within the upcoming presidential election, is constant its downward pattern from 2023.
Knowledge launched by the FBI final month discovered that violent crime was down 3% from 2022 to 2023, with murders down 11.6%.
Regulation enforcement tape isolating a criminal offense scene.
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The drop in murders represents the “largest drop” because the company has been accumulating knowledge, an FBI official stated of the 2022 to 2023 pattern in a name with reporters.
In that interval, the report famous that rape decreased by 9.4%, aggravated assault decreased by 2.8%, and theft decreased by 0.3%.
ABC Information’ Jack Date and Luke Barr contributed to this report.
