What we know about the increase in U.S. murders in 2020

The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century.

Myths and Realities: Understanding Recent Trends in Violent Crime

Crime rates changed dramatically across the United States in 2020. Most significantly, the murder rate — that is, the number of murders per ...

FBI Data Shows An Unprecedented Spike In Murders Nationwide In ...

The overall violent crime rate, which includes murder, assault, robbery and rape, inched up around 5%, while property crimes continued their ...

2020's historic surge in murders, explained - Vox

Across these analyses, aggravated assaults and gun assaults — gun violence — also increased, even as crime overall fell. The 2020 murder surge “ ...

Why Homicide Rates in US Spiked 30% During COVID Pandemic

The number of homicides in the United States spiked almost 30% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenon seen in both cities and rural areas.

FBI: 2020 homicides up nearly 30%, largest 1-year jump ever

“This jump in murders is just the latest proof that we are experiencing a gun violence epidemic within the COVID pandemic,” John Feinblatt, ...

What the data says about crime in the U.S. - Pew Research Center

Among violent crimes, aggravated assault was the most common offense, followed by robbery, rape, and murder/nonnegligent manslaughter. BJS ...

FBI: Homicides Increased by Nearly 30% in 2020

FBI data revealed an unprecedented spike in homicides in 2020, but overall crimes declined since the year prior.

The Record Increase in Homicide During 2020 - CDC

Occasionally, the one-year change will hit the low double digits. Death rates from influenza and pneumonia fell 17 percent in 2019, the result ...

Trends in Homicide: What You Need to Know

The recent decrease in murders is encouraging. But far more can and must be done to achieve lasting reductions in homicide and other violent crime. Government ...

Breaking Down the 2020 Homicide Spike | Manhattan Institute

In 2020, amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the protests and riots surrounding the death of George Floyd, America's homicide ...

Why did the US see a rise in violent crime during Covid? - Vox

The US saw a surge in gun violence during the pandemic that other countries didn't.

Murder Rose by Almost 30% in 2020. It's Rising at a Slower Rate in ...

Overall crime fell. Even with the rise in murders and a roughly 5 percent increase in violent crime, the new data shows that overall major ...

FBI data show surge in murders in 2020 - NBC News

More than 21500 murders were reported last year, according to the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report.

New CDC/NCHS Data Confirm Largest One-Year Increase in U.S. ...

Provisional data from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics indicate that the homicide rate for the United States increased 30 percent ...

FBI reports 2020 murder surge, with biggest single-year jump

FBI reported a nearly 30% increase in murders in 2020, the largest single-year jump since the bureau began recording crime statistics six ...

Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much ... - CNN

The FBI released its annual Uniform Crime Report for 2020 on Monday, showing that the number of homicides increased nearly 30% from 2019, ...

US records largest annual increase in murders in six decades

National statistics show that no other crime category surged to the same extent that murder did: the nation's overall violent crime rate ...

Murders Spiked in 2020 in Cities Across the United States

The year-to-year increase in homicides from 2019 was the largest since national record-keeping began in 1960. But overall, major crimes ...

What Drove the Historically Large Murder Spike in 2020?

The Covid-19 pandemic, police violence, and more guns all contributed to an unprecedented rise in murders across the United States.