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The Hill
4 days ago
- The Hill
Violent crime drops by 4.5 percent in 2024: FBI data
Violent crime declined by 4.5 percent in 2024, according to an FBI report released Tuesday. The 2024 drop in violent crime follows the 3 percent drop the year before and continues a general downward trend seen since levels peaked during COVID. The latest data also shows a year-over-year decrease across all other major crime categories. The FBI report shows murder and non-negligent manslaughter declined by 14.9 percent in 2024, compared to the previous year; rapes declined by 5.2 percent; aggravated assault declined by 3 percent; and robbery declined by 8.9 percent. Reported hate crimes decreased by 1.5 percent in 2024, compared to the year before. Brian Levin — the founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and professor emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino — told The Associated Press that, despite the decline in hate crimes, last year still recorded the second highest levels in the 30 years that the center has collected data. The report shows violent crime occurred, on average, every 25.9 seconds in 2024, while a murder occurred, on average, every 31.1 minutes; and a rape occurred, on average, every 4.1 minutes.
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Violent crime in the US dropped 4.5% last year, FBI data shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent crime in the United States fell 4.5% last year, according to a new FBI report, which also shows an 8% drop in property crime from the year before. The FBI statistics released Tuesday show murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in the U.S. in 2024 fell nearly 15% from a year earlier, continuing a decline that's been seen since a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike. Reported hate crimes decreased 1.5%, according to the report. Despite that slight decrease, last year's hate crime totals were the second highest reported by the FBI in the more than 30 years it has been collecting data, according to Brian Levin, founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and professor emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino. Crime surged during the coronavirus pandemic, with homicides increasing nearly 30% in 2020 over the previous year, the largest one-year jump since the FBI began keeping records. Violent crime across the U.S. dipped to near pre-pandemic levels around 2022. The FBI collects data through its Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and not all law enforcement agencies in the U.S. participate. The 2024 report is based on data from more than 16,000 agencies, or more than 86% of those agencies in the FBI's program. The agencies included in the report protect more than 325 million people across the U.S.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Cybertrucks vandalized with swastikas in Lynnwood as protest continue against its CEO
A series of Tesla Cybertrucks in Lynnwood were vandalized at a Tesla Service Station this week. The vehicles had graffiti and swastikas painted on their exteriors. 'We're stronger than this as a society,' says 'Roro', the owner of one of the vandalized vehicles. 'In 2025 to have swastikas on your car in Lynnwood, Washington, you know, as a gay Jewish person, I was kind of taken aback. But I didn't take it personally, because, obviously, I believe they were just targeting Tesla and Elon and the dealership itself.' On Wednesday, 'anti-Tesla' protesters gathered outside the Tesla dealership in Seattle with signs and chants criticizing Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Some of the protestors tell KIRO 7 that they plan to gather in peace, and that they don't condone the recent violence against local Tesla drivers. The vandalism in Lynnwood comes as Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations across the country have become recent targets for criminal activity. This week, President Trump, called the recent incidents 'attacks' that should be considered domestic terrorism. 'And let me tell you, you do it to Tesla, and you do it to any company, we're gonna catch you and you're gonna, you're gonna go through hell,' said President Trump on the White House lawn, Tuesday. When asked whether 'Roro' considers the graffiti on his car as domestic terrorism, he responded 'One hundred percent. Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely.' What do the experts say? KIRO 7 spoke with Brian Levin, who founded the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. 'Indeed, in the very technical notion of what constitutes terrorism targeting Tesla dealerships or infrastructure to make a social or political statement would be a terrorist act. The problem is, we don't have a domestic terrorism statute here in the United States,' says Levin. Levin says while some states do have a criminal statute involving 'domestic terrorism', they're rarely used. However, he states that the Tesla vandalism in Lynnwood could be seen as more than vandalism. It could be charged as a hate crime, depending on the prosecutors. 'Washington state has one of the most broadly applicable hate crime laws in the United States,' says Levin. 'The bottom line is, I wouldn't be committing a lot of crimes in Washington state, and certainly nothing like this.'
