US homicide rates drop at record pace in 2023
US homicide rates drop at record pace in 2023
Despite feelings of crime increasing, data from cities across the US indicate murder rates fell at record pace this year
Despite feelings of crime increasing, data from cities across the US indicate murder rates fell at record pace this year
Major cities across the United States are expected to report significant drops in murder rates this past year to numbers not seen since before the pandemic, indicating violent crime is not as prevalent in the country as some believe.
According to data from cities and towns across the country, compiled by AH Datalytics, murder rates this year had one of the fastest rates of decline on record at approximately 12.8 per cent.
“Americans tend to think that crime is rising, but the evidence we have right now points to sizable declines this year (even if there are always outliers),” Jeff Asher, the co-founder of AH Datalytics said in a Substack post.
Cities often thought of as dangerous – Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Baltimore, St Louis, San Francisco and more saw a sharp reduction in murder rates.
Crime is such click bate in local social media. It gets engagement in community groups and on Nextdoor. I swear, it’s all the damn recommendation algos push.
If that’s all you see in your feed, yeah, you’re going to feel like the world is coming to an end.
There was another article today that said that 2023 was the second worst year ever for mass shootings in the US.
2023 was the second worst year ever for mass shootings in the US.
It was not the worst year ever.
The United States has faced 649 mass shootings so far this year, making it the second-worst year for shootings in the nine years since the Gun Violence Archive began recording data
Most murders are not mass shootings though.
Everything I care about is a crisis, everything you care about is not supported by the facts, actually
Mass shooting coverage sells and until we get comprehensive mental health and a good healthcare system people are going to continue to take up the mass shooter mantle like they used to pick up the serial killer mantle. The only thing that changed is these people stopped thinking they could get away with one at a time and are more willing to certianly throw their life away, so they make it some kind of grand finale.
Sadly, the spectacle of mass shooting coverage also somewhat appeals to the sort of person who would be open to the idea of committing one.
I… guess it’s better than the inverse…? Bleak state of affairs in the states when we’re picking and choosing which form of killings we want
This seems like the tail end of the COVID bubble. 2020 saw a massive rise in crime rate.
A bump, yes, but still lower than the 1990s.
So is it just mass shootings in the top places for murders overall going down or just in general or...
I certainly *feel* like I didn't see as many in the news this year but then again 1/4 of the year has been consumed by a mass genocidal rampage half a world away and its definitely sucking up all the media attention...
Well theres two issues I see when it comes to that. One is that mass shooting coverage sells, and two is that until we have things like healthcare and comprehensive mental health systems, mass shooters are going to increase the sam way serial killes had their boom in society.
@agitatedpotato yeah, no doubt those are factors indeed, especially the mental health one.
Wife made a succinct point at how much more stressful life in the States is in general with regard to the “keep up or die” lifestyle we have here and I feel it’s a major contributor.Miss one paycheck or slip on a bar of soap in the shower and wind up with a $20000 hospital bill and cause several years of worry and paranoia (as an example). Other places in the world don’t have to deal with that, hence they also don’t have the mental illness rates we do
(Again simple example for a complex variable just for illustration purposes; don’t flame pls 😉)
It benefits certain people for everyone to feel like their world is crashing down and needs to be saved by someone.