Homicides drop further than pre-pandemic levels: Report

(NewsNation) —Homicides have dropped lower than pre-pandemic levels when the nation saw a surge in violent crime, a new analysis shows.  

A report released Thursday by the Council on Criminal Justice which examined nearly 30 cities showed homicides dropped 13% representing 319 fewer homicides in these cities this year.

The decline in homicides and violent crime began in 2023 with more than two-thirds of the cities examined reporting a drop during the first half of this year. 

“Especially with homicide, the continuing downward trends we’re seeing so far this year are heartening, as every killing prevented is a life saved,” Ernesto Lopez, the group’s senior research specialist who co-aut...