WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent crime in the U.S. dropped in 2023, according to FBI statistics that show a continued trend downward after a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike.

The third quarter FBI data showed murders dropping an estimated 15.6% compared with the same period in 2022 and violent crime dropping 8.2% overall. The fourth quarter 2023 report released in March ...

From January through June of 2024, law enforcement agencies that report statistics to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program saw a decrease of 10.3% in violent crime in general compared to ...

Its findings largely track with the National Crime Victimization Survey are also similar to another report from the nonpartisan think tank the Council on Criminal Justice. That analysis of violent ...