Murders in the United States decreased by 11.6% in 2023, according to statistics released by the FBI on Monday morning.
The the homicide rate decreased from 6.2 per 100,000 people in 2022 to 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2023.
violent crime, which is one of the top issues for voters in the presidential electionas a whole, decreased by 3% from 2022 to 2023, according to the FBI.
An FBI official said the drop in homicides represents the “biggest decrease” since the agency began collecting the data, the agency said in a call with reporters Monday.
“An estimated 1,218,467 violent crimes were committed in 2023, indicating a rate of 363.8 violent crimes per 100,000 population, a decrease from the 2022 crime rate of 377.1 violent crimes per 1,000 population,” the Uniforme report released Monday said. residents.
Jeff Asher, a former CIA data analyst told ABC News that the killing was falling at its fastest pace.
“Homicides fell at the fastest rate ever recorded,” said Asher, who co-founded AH Datalytics. “It eclipses 1996 when homicides fell 9.1%, which was previously the largest one-year decline on record.”
Other crimes, such as rape, decreased by 9.4%, aggravated assault decreased by 2.8% and robbery decreased by 0.3%, according to the report.
The robberies also behaved differently during the pandemic and, unlike murders, went down during the shutdown and reappeared after the pandemic.
The number of law enforcement agencies reporting their data also increased from last year with 85.% of agencies actively enrolled in the FBI’s UCR program covering a combined population of 315,761,680 (94.3%) residents.
All 12 cities that have 1,000,000 or more people reported the data, the FBI said.
Historical versions of the American flag fly over the entrance to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters on September 15, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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One crime that increased in 2023 was motor vehicle theft, which increased by 12.6%, the FBI said.
Overall, property crime decreased by 2.4%, burglaries decreased by 7.6% and thefts decreased by 4.4%.
Hate crimes increase in the US from 2022 to 2023, according to FBI statistics – including the number of incidents, crimes and victims of hate crimes.
The FBI does not specify which group is the most targeted.