Violent crime is NOT down in the U.S., according to the FBI. The FBI statistics did show that crime was down by 2.1% since 2022 and the Kamala Harris campaign has used those numbers on the campaign trail and during the debates.
But the FBI quietly revised those numbers, suspiciously after the debates. The new numbers show that violent crime is in fact up by 4.5%. The Trump campaign had warned that the initial numbers were incomplete since many precincts had not reported their numbers yet.
This is a huge change and no major headlines about it like this one?
Carl Moody, a professor at the College of William & Mary who specializes in studying crime, said this to RealClearInvestigations: “I have checked the data on total violent crime from 2004 to 2022. There were no revisions from 2004 to 2015, and from 2016 to 2020, there were small changes of less than one percentage point. The huge changes in 2021 and 2022, especially without an explanation, make it difficult to trust the FBI data.”
The revised numbers show an increase in other types of crimes too including property crime rate, rape, robbery, motor vehicle theft and aggravated assault.
