FBI revises crime data, reveals increase after initial decline reported

[Karah Rucker]

THE FBI HAS REVISED ITS CRIME DATA FROM 2022 –

FIRST REPORTING A 2.1 PERCENT DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME.

NOW – REVEALING A 4.5 PERCENT **INCREASE.

THE INCREASE FROM 2021 TO 2022 IN EACH CRIME CATEGORY  IS DEPICTED HERE.

THE REVISION INCLUDES 80 THOUSANDS MORE INCIDENTS OF VIOLENT CRIME THAN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED –

1,699 MORE MURDERS. 

7,780 MORE RAPES.

AND MORE THAN 33 THOUSAND ROBBERIES AND 37 THOUSAND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

The FBI released this new data without formally announcing the changes, noting only on its website that the 2022 violent crime rate had been updated.

THE DISCOVERY WAS FIRST HIGHLIGHTED BY JOHN LOTT.
AN AMERICAN ECONOMIST AND POLITICAL COMMENTATOR. 

THE REVISED DATA IS ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

AND IT CHANGES PREVIOUS CLAIMS ONCE TOUTED IN NEWS HEADLINES.

IT MEANS A REPORTED TREND OF CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF DECREASES IN CRIME IS NO LONGER TRUE GIVEN THE INCREASE IN CRIME IN 2022.

THE NEW FIGURES ALSO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE FOR A DROP IN CRIME IN 2023 COMPARED TO 2022 –

NOW REDUCED FROM A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 3.5 PERCENT TO A 1.6 PERCENT DECREASE.

THE ISSUE OF VIOLENT CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES IS A POLITICALLY CHARGED ONE.

DEMOCRATS HAVE CONSISTENTLY POINTED TO THE FBI’S CRIME DATA TO SHOW A DECREASE IN CRIME UNDER THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION.

HOWEVER REPUBLICANS HAVE LARGELY CRITICIZED THE FBI AS A SOURCE FOR CRIME DATA – AND OFTEN REFER TO THE “NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY” – WHICH SHOWS AN INCREASE OF CRIME IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

THE FBI HAS NOT COMMENTED ON ITS REVISED FIGURES.

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