Gallup Poll Finds More Americans Think Crime Is on the Rise
A Gallup poll finds that Americans feel crime is on the rise, with more Americans saying there is more crime this year than last year.
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New FBI Crime Report Omits Kidnapping and Drug Activity, Paints Misleading Picture of Border
This week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which summarizes a year’s worth of violent crime statistics from across the country. At a glance, it shows that violent crime is down across the country and in the State of Texas. However, the data used to make these assessments doesn’t include kidnappings or specify what crimes are drug- or cartel-related, painting a skewed picture of everyday life along some parts of the southwest border.
Sharp Rise In Urban Gun Crime Following Police Capitulation On Stop And Search
There has been a dramatic rise in urban gun crime across the UK in the past 12 months, leaping by nearly a quarter in London, statistics reveal. The rise coincides with increases in stabbings, knife possession and serious youth violence
SHOCK: As Americans Bought 170 Million Guns, Violent Crime Fell 51%
On August 28, the NRA presented ATF and FBI data showing Americans have purchased “170 million new guns” since 1991, and violent crime has fallen “51 percent.”
Violent Crime Spikes in Major Cities as Media’s Hate Campaign Against Police Rages
Police departments across the country that have spent years boasting about plummeting crime numbers are now scrambling to confront something many agencies have not seen in decades: more bloodshed.
Los Angeles: Violent Crime Up 12% in 2015
In April, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti boasted in his State of the City speech, “As long as I’m your mayor, I won’t duck bad news. I’m going to own it.” Garcetti may not want to own the newest data that shows that the overall crime rate in his city for the first half of 2015 spiked higher than any time in over ten years.
Another Shooting in Hollywood Adds to Violent Crime Spike
A man was shot and killed Saturday night at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue in the fourth violent incident to occur in the area in the past 19 months.