Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn’t increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.
Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn’t increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.
Even that 2020 peak is substantially lower than it was in the 80s and 90s, though.
It’s still really high compared to the global average. Why is that so difficult to accept?