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Continuing the 30 year trend in decreasing violent crime that only briefly pushed back up during the start of the pandemic, ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C
by superkuh 3y ago
Continuing the 30 year trend in decreasing violent crime that only briefly pushed back up during the start of the pandemic, ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#Crime_over_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#Cri... . Nowhere near the highs of the late 1970s/1980s/very early 90s. Unfortunately this WSJ article is behind a paywall.
- 082349872349872 3y agoOr the 300 year secular trend: ...violent crime in the United States has been in decline since colonial times. The homicide rate has been estimated to be over 30 per 100,000 people in 1700, dropping to under 20 by 1800, and to under 10 by 1900.