If you find your interest piqued by this article and want to dive a little bit deeper into specific examples, I highly recommend reading Factfulness by Hans Ros

If you find your interest piqued by this article and want to dive a little bit deeper into specific examples, I highly recommend reading Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Yes, there are problems with crime reporting. Yes, violent crimes have been on a downward trend since the 1990s. Things can be both bad and getting better at the same time.