The national murder rate remained flat in 2021, after skyrocketing 29.4% the year before, according to a new FBI report on crime statistics.
“It is important to note that these estimated trends are not considered statistically significant,” the FBI said in a news release. “The nonsignificant nature of the observed trends is why, despite these described changes, the overall message is that crime remained consistent.”
Though that suggests the huge spike in murders during the pandemic has now flatlined, the murder rate is still much higher than before the pandemic. Other have found that property crime has been on the rise in the past year as the rate of inflation has risen.found that more than three-quarters of voters said violent crime is a major problem in the U.S.
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