Overall violent crime – which includes homicides, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault – increased by 5.6 % and property crimes dropped by nearly 8%, according to FBI data. The agency compiled the figures using information voluntarily provided by nearly 16,000 of 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide. In New York, the city experienced 462 murders in 2020, compared to 319 in 2019. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPolitically, elected officials have differed on the causes of the increase in murders. The crime data came as the FBI is switching to a new format, the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), amid a push to change how law enforcement agencies provide crime figures.

Source: Fox News September 27, 2021 22:18 UTC