There's been a recent uptick in murder (not crime) [0] rates in the US, which can skew the numbers, depending on how you choose to source your per-year stat. H

There's been a recent uptick in murder (not crime) [0] rates in the US, which can skew the numbers, depending on how you choose to source your per-year stat. However, the US does tend to drop the ball on homicides [1], with some of the lowest clearance rates in the Western world. Though that's skewed by some states being utterly atrocious, and some being more average. > Across the country, North Dakota has the highest solved-murder rate among U.S. states for homicides reported from 1976 to 2019. It also has the fewest reported murders, according to the Murder Accountability Project. Its 94 percent solved rate dwarfs New York state’s 55 percent solved rate. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/30/us-crime-rate-homcides-explained https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/30/us-crime-rat... [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/track-solved-murder-rates-united-states-n1271928 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/track-solved-murder-rat...