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The Guardian - US
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Abené Clayton

The FBI released its annual national crime stats. The data is horribly incomplete

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Incomplete national data can be used by police departments and officials to justify tough-on-crime agendas. Photograph: Thomas Winz/Getty Images

After a spike of homicides in 2020 and 2021, the rate of violent crimes, including homicide, in the US fell last year to pre-pandemic levels, even as other types of crime increased, data released this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) show.

But experts say these findings should be viewed with caution, since much of it is based on incomplete data from local police departments.

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