In the U.S. murder rates rise as solved cases decline

US Homicide Rates

Mark 13:12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.

Important Takeaways:

  • How just half of all America’s murders get solved as homicide clearance rates slump to their lowest level in four decades from 71% in 1980 to around 50% in 2020
  • Clearance rates are how many murders are solved of those committed
  • America is now at risk of becoming the first developed nation where the majority of murders go uncleared, according to Thomas Hargrove, founder of the Murder Accountability Project, which tracks unsolved homicides in the US.
  • Although US police have solved more murders than in any year since 1997, because of the increasing number of homicides, the clearance rate has dramatically declined to a little below 50 per cent.
  • Researchers found that the top five homicide hotspots were Detroit, Michigan, St Louis, Missouri, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Nationwide 30% spike in homicide rates in 2020 was WORSE in Democrat-leaning counties and had nothing to do with gun sales, new analysis reveals

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