U.S. violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise

FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise Data in the FBI's annual crime report released Monday shows that violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year, dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. AP News

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Richard Rosenfeld, criminal justice professor emeritus at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, said the drop in violence can be attributed largely to the fact that the “stresses and strains” associated with the pandemic have abated.

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