The number of killings in the United States fell by 16% in 2024, continuing the last relegation trajectory, in accordance with the latest criminal trends report From the Criminal Justice Council, an impartial think tank.
Assassination barbed In the early years of Covid-19 pandemic, and crime became the central goal of the re-election campaign of President Donald Trump in 2024. Asset he insisted These data on the FBI crime showing the declines were “false” and claimed that the crime “through the roof”. Trump’s second administration is expected to adopt a hard approach.
It is also expected that the legislators will prioritize various actions of the judiciary in criminal matters, including prison supervision, illegal immigration, retail theft as well as police and police procedures. Surveys show that most Americans perceive a crime as a significant problem, though less than in recent years.
The Council for Justice in criminal matters, known as CJ, collects data From individual law enforcement agencies due to reports on biannet trends, which means that data is newer than the FBI annual report. However, both Think Tank and FBI reports show a similar phrase using violence.
In 2023, the FBI defines the criminal murder as a murder or dishonest murder-scale by 11.6% compared to the previous year. According to the annual crime, the FBI was the largest one -year decline in two decades report Published last year.
The CCJ report shows that the inheritance trend seems to last, and the murders in 2024 fall by 16% compared to 2023, with a drop corresponds to 631 fewer killings in 29 cities that provided data for the category, according to the Council report.
If this decrease persists when more jurisdictions report their FBI data at the end of this year, 2024 would take care of the largest one -year declines of killings from at least 1960, according to the report to start contemporary records.
Political issue
Despite the recent decline in the murder of crime, it remains a politically critical issue. Most Americans – 56% – believe that domestic crime has increased or considers it “very” or “very” a solemn problem. However, the society for crimes has decreased over the past year, in accordance with Gallup’s annual crime questionnaire.
Political affiliation is very influenced by the perception of crime. The study showed that 60% of Democrats believe that crimes have fallen over the past year, while 90% of Republicans believe that it has increased.
Some crime experts say that media reports, political news and viral posts in social media can exaggerate Americans’ concerns about disorders, which means that crimes, such as thefts in stores and public drug utilize, seem more common than in reality. Despite this, some individual cities and districts may experience higher crime rates, which can further explain these fears.
“We still have problems with crime, we still have problems in the justice system in criminal matters, and although crime indicators improve, we should not focus on crime and justice in criminal matters,” said Ernesto Lopez, co -author of the IA report and senior specialist. Research in the council, in an interview with Stateline.
The Council analyzed criminal trends in 40 American cities, although not all cities had data for each type of crime.
Among the tested cities 22 there was a decrease in killings last year, and Chandler, Arizona and Little Rock, Arkansas, recording the largest drop at 50% and 43%, respectively. Six cities have experienced growth, along with Colorado Springs in Colorado, leading with a 56%jump.
Comparing the murder rates in 2019–2024, in the Council’s research attempt, a 6%decrease was recorded, largely driven by cities with a traditionally high murder rate, including Baltimore and St. Louis.
The murders are still above the pre -standardic levels in some cities, including New York AND Washington, DC For example, in New York in 2024 there were 382 killings compared to 319 in 2019. In Washington in 2024 and 166 there were 187 killings.
Other crimes
The CCJ report also analyzed trends in other crimes using violence and real estate, including assaulting weapons, theft, theft of engine vehicles and drug offenses. Most of these crimes was lower in 2024 than in 2023, and the only exception of storefall is an raise in 14%. The stolen shopping was also 1% higher in 2024 compared to 2019.
Researchers were surprised that the stolen stolen rates increased last year, despite the fact that retailers undertook more funds to combat it, such as blocking goods for Glass. Some experts say that growth can reflect better reporting efforts, not an actual raise in theft.
Last year, the legislators put a powerful emphasis on dealing with retail theft, and this shoot will probably be continued this year, and the legislators Maryland are already considering Bill aimed at solving organized organized retail theft.
In the years 2023–2024 the seizure incidents fell by 10%, theft theft fell by 32%, and the theft of engine vehicles dropped by 24%.
Crimes using violence, such as sexual assault, domestic violence and robbery, are now below pre -standardic levels, but according to the assault report, weapon assaults and thefts, remain higher than in 2019.
Real estate crime trends have been different in the last five years. Burglary and residential thefts stopped, and non -resident burglaries increased. The theft of motor vehicles increased by 53%, and drug crimes fell by 28%.
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