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FBI: Murder Up 21% in First 3/4 of 2020
Rape -15%, robbery -10%, aggravated assault +8%. Arson +24%, car theft +9%, burglary -9%, larceny -11%.
The results are here, "based on data received from 11,980 of 18,653 law enforcement agencies." You can download the tables here; this is the January-September data, released Dec. 15.
Thanks to Jeff Asher (@Crimealytics) for the pointer.
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