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The US murder rate rose from 4.705 murders per 100,000 Americans in 2011 (a total of 14,612 murders) to 4.723 in 2012 (14,827 murders). The most murderous of the 50 states was Louisiana, with a rate of 10.8. The least murderous was New Hampshire, at 1.1.
The biggest murder rate rise in percentage terms in recent years appears to be North Dakota, which had a rate of 0.8 in 2008 and 1.5 in 2010. In 2012, it rose to 4.0. I'd have to check on the biggest percentage decline, but it may be New Mexico, which has fallen from 7.5 in 2011 to 5.6 in 2012.
The rise in the rate is at odds with the rest of the western Anglosphere, where rates continue to drop - Canada's rate dropped from 1.7 in 2011 to 1.6 in 2012, and the rate in England/Wales dipped below the 1.0 mark for the first time in decades. So it is a bit disappointing.
But, we'll have to wait until next year to see if it is any kind of trend.
I am pretty shocked at how high the murder rate is in Puerto Rico 27.6!!!
That is horrible. I have heard that PR has a large amount of public housing and I wonder if they are considering, via their housing authority development to decentralize public housing to see if that will make a difference. (Will research that later, I am a housing trend nerd).
I was also surprised that my home state's murder rate is lower than my current state, didn't expect that since GA has less large metropolitan areas versus my home state of OH.
And it is surprising that NY/NJ and CA are as low as they are and that AL is as high as it is. But I think this corresponds with the trends, here in GA and in AL of crime becoming less centralized in major metropolitan areas and moving into suburban communities and rural areas.
And it is surprising that NY/NJ and CA are as low as they are and that AL is as high as it is. But I think this corresponds with the trends, here in GA and in AL of crime becoming less centralized in major metropolitan areas and moving into suburban communities and rural areas.
Oh yeah... it is soooo surprising that crime rate is high in Southern states
I like going back as far as say 1992 on the FBI sight, and look at how gun murder rates have fallen in the last 20 years, almost 50% drop to 2011, you can follow it year to year, Yet all i hear on the BS paid shill Media is gun crime is off the charts,lol....Nope.....
then you got our criminal Government going after semi auto rifles like AR15 and AK47 yet rifles only account for less than 3% of all gun murders... why does the government want these out of LAW ABIDING peolpes hands, Hmm what is there real end game, I know it's not for our own good, never-ever really is...
The US murder rate rose from 4.705 murders per 100,000 Americans in 2011 (a total of 14,612 murders) to 4.723 in 2012 (14,827 murders). The most murderous of the 50 states was Louisiana, with a rate of 10.8. The least murderous was New Hampshire, at 1.1.
The biggest murder rate rise in percentage terms in recent years appears to be North Dakota, which had a rate of 0.8 in 2008 and 1.5 in 2010. In 2012, it rose to 4.0. I'd have to check on the biggest percentage decline, but it may be New Mexico, which has fallen from 7.5 in 2011 to 5.6 in 2012.
The rise in the rate is at odds with the rest of the western Anglosphere, where rates continue to drop - Canada's rate dropped from 1.7 in 2011 to 1.6 in 2012, and the rate in England/Wales dipped below the 1.0 mark for the first time in decades. So it is a bit disappointing.
But, we'll have to wait until next year to see if it is any kind of trend.
A less than 1% change is not statically news worthy.
A less than 1% change is not statically news worthy.
Agree, I always find articles about crime rates now-a-days hilarious and the people who put so much worth into them even more hilarious. Crime could drop for 100 years straight but when the rate goes up .0000000001% its gigantic news, its a SPIKE. You got to look at the big picture. Crime has been dropping in the US for over 20 years now, yet you never see articles about that. There are gonna be years where homicides rise and homicides drop, your not gonna have the same exact number every year. 4.705 and 4.723, I'd consider that holding steady. A trend is over the long haul, and the trend is homicides going DOWN.
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