[mosselman]

The article claims violent crime is up 30% over the last decade. An important note the article only mentions in the subtitle is that this is recorded crime.

So recording might have gotten better/loose or the methodology is super stable and violent crime exactly as it was defined 10 years ago is up.

This seems unlikely, but plausible.

From the article though:

“The top violent crimes in 2023 were assault not using weapons or resulting harm, uttering threats, and assault employing weapons or resulting in harm.”

To me the recording of “uttering threats” pops out as something that would easily change depending on society’s sensitivities.

I am not saying violent crime isn’t up. These are just some thoughts that I wish were addressed in the article. The article doesn’t go into any of the recording methods and possible changes in what is categorised as a certain type of crime that could also impact the stats.