Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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If people aren’t panicked, they wouldn’t elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

  • Elric@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Well property crimes are up considerably. More poverty is correlated obviously. These are the types of crime most people are exposed to so it is unsurprising that perception of crime frequency is increasing. On a side note perhaps violent crime is decreasing as the population ages. Violent crime is negatively correlated with an aging population.