The FBI's Quarterly Uniform Crime Report for the first three months of 2024 revealed a 15% drop in nationwide violent crime, leading Attorney General Merrick Garland to highlight a continued 'historic decline.' Data indicates a decrease in violent crime and murder levels across the country, with projections suggesting the lowest murder rate year since 2014. Murder rates in 2024 are expected to be at or below those of every year during Donald Trump's presidency. NYPD data shows a decline in homicides since 2019, with murders in 2024 currently 13.6% lower than at the same time last year. Positive trends in 2024 indicate a potential decrease in homicides by the year's end compared to 2019 levels.
This latest double stabbing happened within the confines of the 115th Precinct in Queens. It's a good time to remember that violent crime is up 39.8% in the 115th precinct since the implementation of bail reform. (2023 vs 2019). This year, violent crime is up another 21.6% as… https://t.co/w8hRXUIF10
This latest robbery happened within the confines of the 6th Precinct in Manhattan. It's a good time to remember that robbery was up 36.4% from 2020-2023 in this precinct while violent crime had increased 40.8% in the same time frame. The elected officials representing this… https://t.co/BaiCjLLJ7m
This latest likely murder happened within the confines of the 42nd precinct in the Bronx. Here's how violent crime has fared in this precinct 2000-2023. Violent crime is also up another 15.9% YTD in 2024. https://t.co/s7RQnOlaFQ https://t.co/Iw0rHawwA6
If present positive trends continue (2024 seems to be shaping up as less murdery than 2023), it seems reasonable to expect that the number of homicides at the end of this year will be less than 15% above the level of 2019. https://t.co/5kW7ZBWXXT
In 2023, homicides were 12% below their peak in 2021. Homicides remained 19% above the pre-BLM baseline in 2019. https://t.co/r7io0tG6w2
According to the NYPD, these are the homicide numbers since 2019. 2019-319 2020-468 2021-488 2022-438 2023-386 and murders so far (152) are 13.6% lower than they were at this time last year (176). Have murders in NYC been declining for the last 3 years?
murder rates in 2024 are on track to be at or below what they were *every year* of Donald Trump’s presidency, based on observed declines so far this year https://t.co/Oj2wN18Kua https://t.co/2emJppogcF https://t.co/jvSLCii5sd
Sophisticates no that the Trump Crime Wave has been reversed, but the 2024 data (so far, it's early yet) is actually better than that and suggests we're on pace for the lowest murder rate year since *2014* fully reversing the post-Ferguson rise in lethal violence. https://t.co/x9RAMoMSao
The first three months of 2024 saw a continued drop in levels of violent crime and murder across the country, according to FBI data. https://t.co/PPW1verMd9
The FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report from the first three months of the year showed that violent crime fell 15% nationwide, prompting Attorney General Merrick Garland to call it a part of a continued “historic decline.” https://t.co/TdCB28SZjQ