Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Tuesday that US crime statistics are “only” going up.
Murder, other kinds of reported violent crime and reported property crime all dropped in 2023, according to preliminary statistics published by the FBI.
But violent crime has been falling during the Biden presidency.”As always with crime data, there are caveats.
“The available evidence from the FBI suggests reported violent crime has fallen since 2020 including a large decline in murder over that span.
Like other crime, reported violent crime in the US has plummeted since the heights of the early 1990s.
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