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Originally Posted by Undertoad
...for the last 25 years, murders and violent crime are way way down?
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Chart is deceiving. Total number of violent crimes is irrelevant. Crimes per GDP are relevant. Relating same data to the population is number of violent crimes per citizen:
2010 0.0040
2005 0.0047
2000 0.0050
1995 0.0068
1990 0.0072
1988 0.0064
1985 0.0055
1980 0.0059
1975 0.0048
1970 0.0036
1965 0.0019
1960 0.0015
Violent crime is down significantly. But not as much as the chart would have us believe. Crime rates are similar to crime in early 1970s.