CNN

The summer of trials and true crime coverage is here – and it’s not even Memorial Day yet

A constant influx of crime drama and trials often floods the national conversation. Some cases grip the public’s attention and leave a lasting mark on society. And we are in for a particularly busy ...
Yahoo

Most violent crime rates have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new report shows

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police ballistic markers stand near a stroller and a child’s chair at a crime scene in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The ...
Forbes

U.S. Violent Crime Is Down. Many Voters Refuse To Believe It

A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, D.C. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) ...
CNN

The FBI releases crime stats months after the fact. This new crime tracker is trying to be more timely – and the FBI is too

In September 2024, the FBI released data with some retroactively good news: Violent crime declined across the US in 2023. Has that trend continued this year? The FBI’s preliminary information says yes ...
USA Today

The Excerpt: Crime stats show improvement. Why do so many believe it's never been worse?

On a special episode (first released on January 17, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Crime in 2023 saw one of the largest declines in history. According to the FBI, murder is down double digits ...
Poynter

Newsrooms working to transform their crime coverage are seeing the payoffs

The United States got safer between 1993 and 2019, but you wouldn’t know that by asking the average American. Unfortunately, journalism is partly to blame. There are many reasons that newsrooms have ...