Item #5 list the Top Crime Concerns in the U.S. Interestingly, "Getting Murdered" trends near the bottom, with 8% frequently worrying themselves, and 14% occasionally concerning themselves about becoming the victim of murder.
What else is known about the victims? If infanticide is down, then the average will go up; if the youth are not becoming drug dealers, the average will go up, if more old people are being killed in muggings... What other information about victims is included?
Given that both total murders and the share of murders in the 18-39 year old group fell at the same time, a decent assumption is that a drop in 18-39 year old victims is driving the average up.
Well, Gen Xers are just probably harder to kill. I mean, we (most of us) survived our youth doing all the dumb stuff we did. ;-)
Generation Lead
Maybe you've seen this story and data from Gallup?
https://news.gallup.com/poll/697124/crime-seen-less-serious-second-straight-year.aspx?utm_source=gallup_brand&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=front_page_1_november_11042025&utm_term=information&utm_content=read_more_textlink_6
Item #5 list the Top Crime Concerns in the U.S. Interestingly, "Getting Murdered" trends near the bottom, with 8% frequently worrying themselves, and 14% occasionally concerning themselves about becoming the victim of murder.
I'd love to hear your perspective on this.
Hmm. How does the average age of Americans, which is also increasing, drive the age of murder victims?
As a numbers guy I find this sort of unconvincing.
What else is known about the victims? If infanticide is down, then the average will go up; if the youth are not becoming drug dealers, the average will go up, if more old people are being killed in muggings... What other information about victims is included?
Given that both total murders and the share of murders in the 18-39 year old group fell at the same time, a decent assumption is that a drop in 18-39 year old victims is driving the average up.