Agency says murders increased by 4.1% in 2021 after a 30% surge in 2020, but new data tracking system excludes some major cities
The FBI’s annual crime data released on Wednesday suggested a slight increase in homicides in the US in 2021, but officials warned that the statistics were incomplete and excluded some major cities due to a new data tracking system.
The agency said that homicides increased by 4.1% in 2021, following a nearly 30% surge in homicides in 2020, which marked the largest single-year increase since the FBI began keeping count in the 1960s. But the murder rate still remained below the historic highs of the early 1990s.
Continue reading…Agency says murders increased by 4.1% in 2021 after a 30% surge in 2020, but new data tracking system excludes some major citiesThe FBI’s annual crime data released on Wednesday suggested a slight increase in homicides in the US in 2021, but officials warned that the statistics were incomplete and excluded some major cities due to a new data tracking system.The agency said that homicides increased by 4.1% in 2021, following a nearly 30% surge in homicides in 2020, which marked the largest single-year increase since the FBI began keeping count in the 1960s. But the murder rate still remained below the historic highs of the early 1990s. Continue reading…