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Oct 24, 2022 · Police departments across the US define violent crime in slightly different ways, but the data generally includes murder, robbery, assault and rape. In 2000, there were over 500 violent...
- Jake Horton
Sep 29, 2021 · A historic rise in homicides in 2020—and continued bloodshed in 2021—has incited fears that after years of plummeting crime rates, the U.S. could be headed back to the bad old days, when a crime...
- David A. Graham
Jan 12, 2022 · And while many Americans know that 2020 was a particularly bloody year—with homicides surging 29 percent, with 77 percent of them involving firearms—few realize that gun violence has been rising...
Dec 30, 2020 · This year, many Americans have experienced significantly higher levels of violence both wrought on and within their communities. Gun violence and gun crime has, in particular, risen...
May 26, 2022 · In 2021, nearly 21,000 people were killed by firearms (not including suicides), according to the Gun Violence Archive, an online database of U.S. gun violence incidents.
May 14, 2024 · The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.
Jan 27, 2022 · Amna Nawaz: The overall picture of violent crime in America right now is complicated. A new report by the Council on Criminal Justice tracks that. In 2021, the homicide rate rose by 5 percent, an...
