No, violent crime isn’t soaring, but neither is it falling

Trump cherry-picks data to argue there’s a crime spree, but violent crime rates are flat over the past ten years

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“President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.” — David Muir, ABC News moderator at the presidential debate , Sept. 10 “MASSIVE NEWS! The Department of Justice just released brand new Crime Data showing I was absolutely and completely right at the Debate.

In fact, the Data is even worse than we could have ever imagined. Compared to 2020, Violent Crime is up nearly 40 percent, Rape is up 42 percent, Aggravated Assaults are up 55 percent, Violent Crime with a weapon is up 56 percent, Violent Attacks on strangers are up 61 percent, Car Theft is up 42 percent, and the most serious forms of Violent Crime are up 55 percent. Our Cities are UNDER SIEGE.



And this does not include the Migrant Crime and Migrant Rape spree that has overtaken our Cities in recent months. Kamala Crime is destroying America, and gangs are taking over!”.