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Crime rate comparisons across cities

Comparing crime rates across cities is complicated due to differences in reporting methods, city samples, and metrics used

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Jan 13, 2026
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who has the highest rate of violent crimes in terms of race and gender

National arrest data and victimization surveys paint a nuanced picture: by raw arrest counts, White people make up the largest share of violent-crime arrests because they are the largest racial group ...

Jan 24, 2026
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why do democrat cities have the highest crime rates

Claims that “Democrat cities” have the highest crime rates conflate correlation with causation: many large, densely populated urban centers vote Democratic and also register higher raw crime counts, b...

Jan 21, 2026

How did homicide and violent-crime rates vary across major U.S. cities between 2019 and 2025?

and violent-crime rates across major cities fell substantially from the peaks through 2025, with analyses showing a 14% decline in homicides in the first half of 2025 versus the same period in 2019 an...

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