The United States And Canada Are The Only Sections Of The World To Feel Less Safe

Arrests By Age-Juveniles Have The Highest Categories For Most Violent Crimes

Highlights The latest report from the FBI shows arrests by age. Juvenile arrests are astoundingly high. The number of juveniles killing other juveniles was the…

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Months having the most crime-crime by month

Violent And Property Crimes By Month

Highlights Data for the most prominent months for violent and property crimes are available. Times that most crimes occur are also offered. Author Leonard Adam…

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Firearm Violence Statistics

75 Million US Crime Victims: Understanding The Impact

  Introduction      Every year, tens of millions of Americans become victims of violent and property crimes, with statistics drawn from federal sources and…

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State Per Person Spending On Law Enforcement

250,000 Attempted But Failed Property Crimes Per The FBI-Reasons Why

Highlights A count of attempted property crimes from the FBI and probable reasons why. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of explaining crime data…

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The United States And Canada Are The Only Sections Of The World To Feel Less Safe

Most Crimes Are Not Solved-Why?

Highlights Arrests have plummeted along with crimes solved. Do we ask too much from too few? Do we provide the resources cops need to solve…

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Are FBI Crime Statistics Reliable?

The Time Of Day For Violent And Property Crimes

Highlights Most crimes are afternoon to evening events with an exception for sex offenses. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years…

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Firearm Violence Statistics

Violent Victimization Increases For Urban Areas in 2021 Per USDOJ

Highlights From 2020 to 2021, the violent victimization rate increased from 19.0 to 24.5 victimizations per 1,000 persons in urban areas while remaining unchanged in…

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A 50% Increase In Homicides-36% Increase In Aggravated Assaults

Highlights An overview of increasing violence and property crimes in the United States in 2022. The most recent yearly federal reports were for 2020. Per…

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Gun Violence-It’s Not What You Think-New DOJ Data

Highlights The overwhelming majority of violence doesn’t involve firearms. When firearms are used, the overwhelming majority of violence (including mass shootings) is committed with handguns.…

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The United States And Canada Are The Only Sections Of The World To Feel Less Safe

The Homeless Are Far More Likely To Commit Crimes And To Be Victims

Highlights San Diego: experiencing homelessness have been involved with crime “at dramatically higher rates than the rest of the population,” whether as victims or offenders.…

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Businesses And Jobs Disappear Because Of Crime

Are Businesses-Jobs And Residents Disappearing Because Of Growing Crime?

Highlights Residents of high-crime communities are cut off from jobs and places to shop because of crime. No business will invest in communities deemed dangerous.…

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Firearm Offenders Have Highest Rate of New Crimes

Highlights Firearm offenders are arrested at the highest levels after release. Firearm use during crimes of violence is increasing. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired…

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Smash And Grab Robberies Won’t Be Stopped

Highlights Smash and grab robberies can’t be stopped per a former chief of police. He’s right. Here’s why. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…

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230 Nonfatal Gun Injuries Daily-Most Violence Does Not Involve Firearms

Highlights 230 people a day experience a nonfatal gun injury. The vast majority of violent crimes do not involve firearms. The overwhelming majority of violent…

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Proactive Policing-National Study

Police Strategies Reduce Crime-New Study

Observations A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. This may be considered “the” definitive study of policing tactics as I update this article…

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Most crime occurs at home, roads, parking lots, schools and bars per FBI/NIBRS

The FBI released details on more than 5.6 million criminal offenses reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2013. The Uniform Crime Reporting…

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28 percent of burglaries involve people at home: good doors-windows prevent violent crime

Crime in America.Net An estimated 3.7 million household burglaries occurred each year on average from 2003 to 2007. In about 28% of these burglaries, a…

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