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Biden Admin Says Crime Is Falling, but Faulty Crime Stats Make for Unreliable Comparisons

In an election year, polling shows Americans of all political stripes are more concerned about crime now than at any point in the last 20 years.
Biden Admin Says Crime Is Falling, but Faulty Crime Stats Make for Unreliable Comparisons
Police stand at the scene of a midtown shooting that left one dead with two others wounded on Nov. 9, 2015, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Austin Alonzo
Austin Alonzo
Reporter
5/13/2024|Updated: 5/13/2024
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After a massive spike in 2020, violent crime levels in the United States are dropping but still aren’t below where they were before the pandemic year.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in March that crime dropped across the country in the final three months of 2023, compared with the same period in 2022, including a 13 percent drop in homicides.

Austin Alonzo
Austin Alonzo
Reporter
Austin Alonzo covers U.S. political and national news for The Epoch Times. He has covered local, business and agricultural news in Kansas City, Missouri, since 2012. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri. You can reach Austin via email at [email protected]
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