Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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If people aren’t panicked, they wouldn’t elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

  • LaticaudaEnglish
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    6 months ago

    What their experience is, is anecdotal, not “localized”. It doesn’t indicate anything about the actual reality of the statistics. The places they patrol do not represent all of crime everywhere.