Carl in Michigan
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Here is the email we sent to Louis Jacobson, but he never responded to our point that the most recent National Crime Victimization Survey data shows a 43 percent increase from the rate in 2020. So, how exactly is the current rate near a 50-year low? How does comparing it to only the crime rate 50 years ago exactly justify Biden’s claim?Is that why crime is near a 50 year low?
Fact-Checking Politifact: Is Biden Correct that the violent crime rate is near a 50-year low?
Other types of crime statistics, including the National Crime Victimization Survey, show current levels of violent crime far lower than their peaks in the early 1990s. . . . Louis Jacobso…
crimeresearch.org