1. Crime in California Remains Well Below Historical Peaks
California Budget and Policy Center article by Scott Graves, April 2024
Everyone wants to live in safe communities, and data show California continues to experience crime rates well below historical peaks. The property crime rate — the number of property crimes per 100,000 residents — was 2,314 in 2022, far below the peak of 6,881 in 1980. The violent crime rate was 495 per 100,000 in 2022, less than half the 1992 peak of 1,104.
Read full article with graphs at the California Budget and Policy Center web site
https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/crime-in-california-remains-well-below-historical-peaks
2. Homicides Fell in Many Big U.S. Cities in 2023
Washington Post article by Mark Berman January 25, 2024
Homicides declined last year in nearly two dozen U.S. cities, though many communities still continued to face higher levels of deadly violence than they did in 2019, before a spike in killings, according to a new report on crime trends.
The report by the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice also said that while numerous cities saw violent crime fall in 2023 from the year before, other offenses increased over the same period, including motor vehicle thefts.
Read full article at Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/25/homicides-fell-many-big-us-cities-2023-report-says/
3. Crime Trends in the U.S. Cities: Year-End 2023 Update
Council on Criminal Justice article: Crime Trends in the U.S. Cities: Year-End 2023 Update
https://counciloncj.org/year-end-2023-crime-trends/