The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) announced in its latest crime statistics report that the number of murders in the United States in 2024 dropped nearly 15 percent from 2023. Newsweek ...

U.S. homicide rates surged to 7.3 per 100,000 between 2020 and 2023 compared to the 5.6 average from 2014 to 2019. Firearms accounted for 80% of reported U.S. homicides in 2023 compared to 68% in 2014 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Amid the national debates over urban crime, an analysis by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer examined the disparities between Cleveland and its surrounding suburbs. Using FBI and ...

Despite the widespread use of states of emergency, the increasingly militarized response to organized crime, and the growth of criminal economies, the murder rate in 2025 across Latin America and the ...

One of the most predictable clichés in journalism is "if it bleeds, it leads"—the idea that media have a bias for salacious, grisly stories. Like many stereotypes, it's very much based in truth, which ...