The sizable drop in killings in the FBI’s national crime report comes with an asterisk as poor data collection methods saw homicides be undercounted in some major cities, according to analysts.
The FBI reported a nearly 12% decline in homicides throughout the country in its 2023 Crime in the Nation report. However, those official numbers didn’t include 27 uncounted killings in Baltimore, an extra 50 slayings that took place in Dallas and a whopping 118 additional homicides in Chicago that were part of the Major Cities Chiefs Association’s data.
The discrepancy was highlighted by the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, an advocacy group for police officers and public safety causes…