Statistics published by the Council of Criminal Justice reveal a 10% drop in homicides and a 3% decrease in aggravated assaults in big cities in 2023 compared to 2022, yet rates are higher than pre-pandemic levels.
More surprising still, crime in rural areas appears to be rising even faster—and a much higher share of this crime involves strangers and guns. These startling findings come from...the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) that includes crimes not reported to police.
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