Fun with DOJ Charts

The previous post was a bit light on data, so this post is going to make up for that by giving the reader an overview of the data

The previous post was a bit light on data, so this post is going to make up for that by giving the reader an overview of the data.  The DOJ has a lot of interesting crime related statistics and is the source of these charts.

Imprisonment rate has been going up, but it decelerated recently.

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Motor vehicle theft is down.

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Property crimes have been steadily declining:

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Homicide rates have been dropping recently, but they are not back toe their 1900 levels.

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Nonfatal firearm related violent crime has also been going down:

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Public order crime (which include weapons and immigration) and drug crimes have been on the rise.

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 With the recent drop in crime, the police have become more efficient in terms of making more arrests per crime committed.

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