Rounding up some coverage and commentary of recent data showing violent crime down so far in 2024
In this post late last week, I highlighted the encouraging midyear 2024 violent crime data in this lastest report from the Major Cities Chiefs Association. That report shows declines in four major violent crime categories in the first half of 2024 compared with the same period last year. Having now seen a number of pieces discussing these and related crime data, I figured a follow-up round-up was in order:
From Axios, “New data shows violent crime dropping sharply in major U.S. cities“
From Fox News, “Homicides are plunging in Biden’s last year compared to Trump’s: report“
From the New York Post, “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics“
From Reason, “Trump Falsely Claims That ‘Homicides Are Skyrocketing,’ an Imaginary Trend He Blames on Kamala Harris“
From Salon, “‘Remarkable’: Despite GOP fear-mongering, experts say new crime data shows US ‘safest’ in decades“
From Vox, “Violent crime is plummeting. Why?“
From the Washington Examiner, “Violent crime dropped compared to 2023 in major cities: Report“