‘Concerningly, National Crime Victim Survey (NCVS) numbers suggest there’s been a 55-percent rise in violent crime since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office in 2021.’
By TNP Newsletter Staff | The National Pulse
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revised its crime statistics for 2022, now reporting a 4.5 percent rise in violent crime for that year under the Biden-Harris government, contrary to its earlier claim of a 2.1 percent decrease.
The updated figures include significant increases in the rates of murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults, amounting to 80,029 more violent crimes compared to 2021.
Even more concerning is that the FBI only briefly mentions the revisions in a discreet update to the data on its website, stating: “The 2022 violent crime rate has been updated for inclusion in CIUS, 2023.”
Meanwhile, the top federal law enforcement agency has made no effort to update the public regarding the changes—the new numbers were not included in its September 2024 press release announcing last year’s crime statistics.
Critics and researchers have expressed concern over the lack of transparency surrounding these adjustments.
Carl Moody, a crime specialist at the College of William and Mary, highlighted that changes of this magnitude had not been observed in past FBI reports. The FBI’s silence on the corrections has raised doubts about the dependability of its data, including its 2023 crime numbers.
‘CRIMINAL’ MISINFORMATION
Democratic officials, including President Joe Biden, had used the original, unrevised report to assert a decrease in crime due to the government’s policies.
On June 11, 2024, Biden referenced the data to claim a significant reduction in crime under his and Vice President Kamala Harris’s leadership. However, skepticism about the report’s accuracy emerged as critics noted the absence of data from numerous police precincts.
Researchers argue that the stealthily added and contradicting FBI numbers call into question the reliability of crime data as a measure of actual crime rates, pointing to nonreporting as a significant issue.
For example, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicated a 4.1 percent increase in reported violent crime for 2023, conflicting with both earlier and revised FBI data. Concerningly, the NCVS numbers suggest there has been a 55 percent rise in violent crime since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office in 2021.
Compounding these concerns, independent experts emphasize the importance of distinguishing between reported and unreported crime rates in public discussions, as the FBI’s data reflects only reported incidents.
The agency’s opaque extrapolation methods and reliance on varying data sources further complicate the picture. ##