Recent discussions on social media highlight a discrepancy between public perception and actual crime data in the United States. Despite claims from Republican politicians and former President Donald Trump about a rising crime wave, data indicates that national crime rates, particularly murders in American cities, have been falling since last year. Changes in FBI reporting mechanics have affected data releases, but local police department data corroborates the decline in murders. However, a significant portion of the American public remains skeptical, influenced by political rhetoric and media portrayal. Analysts suggest that President Joe Biden deserves some credit for the decline in crime rates. Notably, 3/4 of Americans believe crime is increasing.
Former President Donald Trump’s claim of a crime wave is obviously wrong, and Biden deserves at least some of the credit for the decline, @foxjust says https://t.co/deozVWedyM via @opinion
1. 3/4 of Americans believe crime is INCREASING when the data shows it is DECREASING rapidly Why? GOP politicians keep claiming crime is increasing Media outlets are unable or unwilling to correct them 🧵
Interesting dissection of a complex topic >> Former President Donald Trump’s claim of a crime wave is obviously wrong, and Biden deserves at least some of the credit for the decline, @foxjust says https://t.co/dfxEEVhh41 via @opinion
Former President Donald Trump’s claim of a crime wave is obviously wrong, and Biden deserves at least some of the credit for the decline, @foxjust says https://t.co/IjZSstGGEk
Former President Donald Trump’s claim of a crime wave is obviously wrong, and Biden deserves at least some of the credit for the decline, @foxjust says https://t.co/0xQFwTNrQZ via @opinion
Republicans continue to campaign on “Biden’s crime crisis” and promise they’ll return America to “a nation’s that safe.” Voters also appear to believe crime is still rising, @crampell writes. "In reality, national crime rates have been falling." https://t.co/prqQi3Qal3
oh wonder what y/y or q/q changes in reprting were like and how that affected aggregate crime rates that showed up in Discourse vibe is crime is down from peak but im sort of skeptical of the extent now otoh one can imagine an information cascade here 🤔 https://t.co/LjvQFJT59N
According to @Crimealytics, murders in American cities have been falling since last year. I think this is good news, but many folks remain skeptical. Do you think the data is accurate, and murders have been falling since last year? (Poll in next tweet.) 1/ https://t.co/jtWCTrJAcv
Crime discourse today (changes in FBI reporting mechanics are affecting their data releases, but it's easy to confirm with local PD data that murder is down this year and lots of rightist Twitter doesn't believe this) is a great example of where data skepticism turns to ignorance https://t.co/9VjQUotsiq
Crime is dropping. Just like jobs are up. (They aren’t) https://t.co/GHgs8s7I9R
And they'll also wonder why people don't believe them that crime is down. https://t.co/M1L1ewEWdc