In September 2024, the FBI released data with some retroactively good news: Violent crime declined across the US in 2023.
Has that trend continued this year? The FBI’s preliminary information says yes – but that data is not finalized, and it only includes crimes through the end of June.
And what about crime in the months since, a period that includes two attempted assassinations against a presidential candidate, multiple destructive hurricanes and the annual summer rise in mass shootings?
The FBI has only released preliminary crime data for first half of 2024
The federal law enforcement agency released final monthly crime counts for 2023, including monthly murder totals, in September. While final 2024 numbers won’t likely be available until September 2025, the FBI reported initial crime stats, including preliminary murder totals, for the first half of 2024.
