Homicide Rates Fell Sharply in 2023 but Racists Don't Believe it [racists Imagine Blacks are Inherently Criminal and whites are Morally Superior. They believe crime stats are Proof of their delusion]
/According to the Wall Street Journal Killings were down about 15% in the 10 largest cities last year when compared with the previous year.
Homicides in big U.S. cities fell in 2023 after skyrocketing during the first two years of the pandemic.
Killings were down about 15% in the 10 largest cities last year when compared with 2022, according to local government data. That includes a 20% drop in both Philadelphia and Houston and 16% in Los Angeles.
Murders rose in two of the top 10 cities. Dallas reported a 15% increase, while homicides in Austin edged up by 3%.
In 2022, murders in the U.S. dropped 6% after rising 4% in 2021 and spiking by nearly 30% in 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The agency isn’t expected to release national crime figures for 2023 until later this year. [MORE]