America’s crime trends in 2024 were remarkably positive with an enormous decline in murder, a continued small but steady decline in violent crime, and a sizable decline in motor vehicle theft on the heels of several years of surges.
Thank you for this blog. I live in DC and it's nice to see someone engage thoughtfully with the 2024 trends that I've seen in this city and also see that it fits into larger national patterns. Keeping hope that this continues
Interesting article on homicides (and probably all violent crime) from Brookings at https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-did-u-s-homicides-spike-in-2020-and-then-decline-rapidly-in-2023-and-2024/ Len.
Thank you for this blog. I live in DC and it's nice to see someone engage thoughtfully with the 2024 trends that I've seen in this city and also see that it fits into larger national patterns. Keeping hope that this continues