"Major media outlets have reported that murder has surged in some of
the nation’s largest cities. These stories have been based on a
patchwork of data, typically from a very small sample of cities. Without
geographically complete and historically comparable data, it is
difficult to discern whether the increases these articles report are
purely local anomalies, or are instead part of a larger national trend.
This report provides a preliminary in-depth look at current
national crime rates. It provides data on crime and murder for the 30
largest U.S. cities by population in 2015 and compares that to
historical data. This analysis relies on data collected from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and local police departments. The authors were
able to obtain preliminary 2015 murder statistics from 25 police
departments in the nation’s 30 largest cities and broader crime data
from 19 of the 30. The data covers the period from January 1 to October
1, 2015. As this report relies on initial data and projects crime data
for the reminder of the year, its findings should be treated as
preliminary as they may change when final figures are available."
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