Data analyst Jeff Asher, drawing on figures from 600 police agencies, found murders fell 18.7% in the first four months of 2026 versus the same period in 2025, which itself was already the lowest year on record. All violent crime dropped 6.4%. The rate had spiked to 6.8 per 100,000 in 2021, up 54% from its prior low of 4.4 in 2014.
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USA verzeichnet niedrigste Mordrate seit Beginn der FBI-Statistik im Jahr 1960

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Der Kriminalitätsanalyst Jeff Asher ermittelte auf Basis von Daten aus 600 Polizeibehörden einen Rückgang der Morde um 18,7% in den ersten vier Monaten 2026 gegenüber dem Vorjahreszeitraum — der selbst bereits das niedrigste Jahr seit 1960 war. Die Gesamtrate der Gewaltkriminalität sank um 6,4%. 2021 hatte die Mordrate mit 6,8 pro 100.000 Einwohner noch 54% über dem vorherigen Tiefstwert von 4,4 im Jahr 2014 gelegen.

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