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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Erum Salam

Homicides in major US cities falling at ‘one of fastest rates ever’ – report

Nighttime urban street with people standing in the street and red and blue fire and ambulance lights.
Police respond to a shooting in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Homicides in major US cities are falling at likely “one of the fastest rates of decline ever recorded”, a crime analysis has found.

Jeff Asher of AH Datalytics, a New Orleans-based data-analytics company focused on criminal justice, education and the non-profit sector, discussed that finding with the Wall Street Journal on Monday after combing through quarterly data recently released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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