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[https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1229891045/police-crime-baltimore-san-francisco-minneapolis-murder-statistics by Karen Zamora,Ari Shapiro,Courtney Dorning 12/2/24 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1229891045/police-crime-baltimore-san-francisco-minneapolis-murder-statistics by Karen Zamora,Ari Shapiro,Courtney Dorning 12/2/24 npr] | ||
The number of murders across the country surged by nearly 30% between 2019 and 2020, according to FBI statistics. The overall violent crime rate, which includes murder, assault, robbery and rape, inched up around 5% in the same period. | The number of murders across the country surged by nearly 30% between 2019 and 2020, according to FBI statistics. The overall violent crime rate, which includes murder, assault, robbery and rape, inched up around 5% in the same period. | ||
=====Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike===== | |||
[https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/11/politics/violent-crime-dc-fact-check-vis by Daniel Dale 11/8/25 CNN] | |||
President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse, not getting better.” He asserted in an executive order that “crime is out of control in the District of Columbia” and that there is “rising violence in the capital.” | |||
