Crime Trends Have Been Tough to Track. We Broke Down the 10 Biggest Cities

News Analysis Is crime rising or falling across the United States? National crime trends have been difficult to track in recent years because of changes in the way that police departments report their statistics to the FBI. But by examining crime data from large police departments individually, a clearer pattern emerges. The Epoch Times’ analysis of data going back several years shows that while the major crime spike that plagued the United States’ largest cities has ebbed, crime rates are still exceeding numbers from before the 2020 summer of protests and riots. Car theft, in particular, has remained high. Robbery, on the other hand, has declined significantly in some large cities....