Violent crime rates dropped sharply last year, including a 12% decline in homicides nationally from 2022 to 2023, according to a crime analysis by AH Datalytics, after spiking during the first two years of the pandemic.

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I have no reason to dispute this stat. The liberals use it all the time as a response to any accusation of rampant crime that is increasing under Biden. That response fails to explore what regular folk are afraid of when they say they are afraid of crime or that addressing rising crime is top priority. There are many examples, here a just a few...

the crazy guy menacing people on a confined subway car.

stepping over dragged out homeless encampments as you and your family move about in your daily lives

swarms of smash and grab thieves at work....

the latest thing is miscreants just walking up to women and hitting them in the face...

dangerous repeat offenders being released on the public by the courts...

None of this stuff is captured by a Homicide statistic.

Sure no one wants to be homicide victim, and good that stat is down, but these other fears are real and is the reason uneducated Trump supporters say crime is rising problem. Silly isn't it.