Much has been said recently about crime in the U.S. being on the rise. But how accurate are these claims? Join me for a "big picture" look at 60 years of UCR crime data to find out more.

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The data come from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system. This is what is usually used when discussing crime incidents as it comes from official police records.

Does it represent all crime that occurs in the U.S.? No. The UCR only includes four specific types of vi*len* crime: (homicide, r*p*, robbery, and aggravated as*aul*). Along with four types of property crime (larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft (with its own separate category), burglary, and arson). What do all these crimes have in common? They're all street crimes. Other crimes that don't occur on the street, like fraud or cybercrime, are not represented here. It also doesn't include drug crimes, which make up a large portion of all the crime that occurs. I'll put a link to another video below that goes through many other types of crimes not captured here.

And, these are known crimes; incidents that have been reported to police, recorded by police agencies as crime, and then reported to the FBI. There's a massive amount of crime not captured here, commonly referred to as the "dark figure" of crime. (I have a separate video addressing the strengths and limitations of common measures of crime including the UCR you can check out). So, these data are limited. But, they're the most useful we have for tracking long-term trends in street crime.

Click on the links below to learn more:
Measuring Crime (including UCR Description): https://youtu.be/wM296B2hkp8
Crime Types: https://youtu.be/7NEgbrmqlPQ

0:00 - Crime on the Rise?
0:25 - Crime Rates
0:37 - Violen* Crime Rate (2019-2020)
0:53 - Overall Crime Rate
1:53 - Property Crime Rates
2:25 - Violen* Crime Rates
3:56 - Homicides
5:49 - Have Homicides Risen Recently Only to Drop Again?
7:48 - Crime Goes Through Cycles
8:51 - 2020/21 Was Really Screwed Up
10:06 - Beginning of a New Trend? Or Return to Normal?

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