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Bloomberg
29-07-2025
- Bloomberg
What's Behind the Great American Murder Decline?
In Baltimore, among the US cities most battered by violent crime over the past decade, murders are now at their lowest level in half a century. Baltimore also has fewer people than it used to, so its murder rate isn't quite that low relative to past decades. At 31 homicides per 100,000 residents over the past 12 months, that rate is also still appallingly high. (In crime statistics, homicide is murder plus non-negligent manslaughter, and the terms tend to be used interchangeably.) The national homicide rate was 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is probably below five by now — low by historical standards though still quite high compared with other developed countries.
CBC
22-07-2025
- CBC
Crime severity index dropped 4% last year, Statistics Canada says
The national statistics agency says the volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada decreased four per cent last year, after three annual increases in a row. Statistics Canada says non-violent crime had a significant effect on the decline in the overall crime severity index in 2024. The non-violent crime severity index — including such crimes as property and drug offences — dropped six per cent last year, following a nine per cent increase from 2021 to 2023. The agency says the violent crime severity index decreased one per cent in 2024 and had a comparatively smaller effect on the overall picture. That particular index had risen for three previous consecutive years and had increased 15 per cent over that period. The crime severity index was developed to address the limitations of a police-reported crime rate that is driven by high-volume — but less serious — offences.
