US crime dropped widely in 2024, FBI says — with some notable caveats
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FBI's 2024 crime report shows violent crime dropped 4.5% and murder rates fell nearly 15% to nine-year lows, though 64 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty.
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI, and other national news.
The numbers were part of the FBI’s annual Unified Crime Report, a report released by the bureau each year. And despite the overwhelmingly positive findings, the report did underscore a sobering uptick in attacks on law enforcement officers in the line of duty over the last four years.
This year's report used data shared by roughly 16,675 law enforcement agencies across the U.S., accounting for nearly 96% of U.S. residents, the FBI said.
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